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What the "Image of God" Really Means, God’s Parenting Model, Purposes of Life, Exercising Power & much more.


The Sixth Day of Creation is packed with instructions, principles and wisdom most Bible readers are completely unaware of. Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor and Jim Myers discovered the things below, and more, embedded in the Hebrew words of the account of the Sixth Day of Creation in Genesis 1.

● Humans share an Earthly soul with the animals.

● “The image of God” is a “them” -- not a “him” or a “her.

● God’s model of “parenting.”

● Gender equality in the ancient text.

● “Impulse control” and “self-discipline.”

● God’s model for exercising power.

● Purposes of life.

● Jewish & Christian “images of God” are different.

● Judaism & Christian Religions view history differently.

View the discussions between Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor and Jim Myers about the Sixth Day of Creation by clicking on the links below.

● Creation of Animals (6:37 minutes)

​● Creation of Humans #1 (6:41 minutes)

​● Creation of Humans #2 (6:31 minutes)


● Dominion & Exercising Power (8:58 minutes)

● God's Diets for Humans & Others (4:16 minutes)

​● Jewish & Christian Images of God (11:48 minutes)

To see the complete list of videos for the First Account of Creation – Click Here.

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