Week 1 - From One Degree of Glory to Another - Preparation

One of the most fascinating characteristics of human beings is our ability to be molded and changed by our exposure to other people. This is most clearly demonstrated in the relationship between parent and child. The other day my father and I were speaking on the phone. He said in disgust: "Boy do I sound like my father!" I replied: "To me you've sounded like Grandpa for a long time." God has indeed created us to be imprinted by the physical characteristics, personality traits and even the flaws of those with whom we spend the most time experiencing relationship. Like my father, we often recoil in horror to discover that we bear the mark far more intensly then we would sometimes like to believe.

This characteristic of ours is, in a very real way, a type or a pattern that was built in to us from the beginning. We were created by the Triune God in the image of God. He says: "Let us make man in Our image, after our likeness..." - Genesis 1:26.

The first part of your assignment is to read about and consider the gift of being God's image bearer given to our father Adam, in the creation account:
Genesis 1:26 - 28

The second part of your assignment is to read about the curse that our parents Adam and Eve received as a consequence for his violation of the covenant that God made with them:
Genesis 3

The third part of your assignment is to read about the glory that reflected on Moses' face as he would leave the presence of the Lord. Also consider the reaction of the Israelites, to the reflected glory of the Lord:
Exodus 34:29-35

Have a blessed week!