{"id":9625,"date":"2016-10-26T21:04:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T04:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=9625"},"modified":"2016-10-26T21:04:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T04:04:08","slug":"what-is-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/26\/what-is-man\/","title":{"rendered":"What is man and what is he to do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/26\/what-is-man\/peasant-silhouette-on-white-background\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9626\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9626\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Plowing-AdobeStock_38336060.jpeg\" alt=\"peasant silhouette on white background\" width=\"5000\" height=\"3361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Plowing-AdobeStock_38336060.jpeg 5000w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Plowing-AdobeStock_38336060-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Plowing-AdobeStock_38336060-768x516.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Plowing-AdobeStock_38336060-1024x688.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Plowing-AdobeStock_38336060-446x300.jpeg 446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5000px) 100vw, 5000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Genesis 3:23<\/b><i>, <\/i><b><i>To till\/work [Heb. abad] the ground [Heb. adamah] from which he was taken.<\/i><\/b><i> Adam <\/i>means \u201cman, mankind, ground, land, and is a cognate to <i>adom<\/i> meaning \u201cred,\u201d and relates to the ruddiness of man\u2019s complexion. According to <i>The TWOT<\/i>, this word has to do with the man as being created in Elohim\u2019s image, the crown of his creation.<\/p>\n<p>In this verse, Elohim commissioned Adam<i> to work<\/i> or <i>to serve the earth\/adamah<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>In a homiletic sense, this command of YHVH could be construed to mean that <i>Adam<\/i>\/man who is spiritually <i>rough <\/i>and <i>ruddy<\/i>, yet who is created in the image of Elohim, has been commissioned to work on himself to work on and to conquer his [base] sin nature and to bring himself into conformity with the image of YHVH.<\/p>\n<p>Another facet of this idea could be that through the experiences and struggles of hard work, man will learn to overcome his fallen sin nature and rise to the higher calling of becoming like Elohim in nature. In a sense, hard work is part of man\u2019s redemption process.<\/p>\n<p>In a most fundamental sense, YHVH created man to serve or take care of the earth. 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