![]() Third, the literary structure of the passage puts man’s creation from the dust of the earth in a place of significance. What gives man his glory? The dust, or the breath of God within the dust? Genesis 3:19 notes man’s dependence upon God and the fragile nature of human life: “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken for dust you are and to dust you will return.” God did not use gold or granite or gemstones to make man. Second, the use of dust suggests a certain lowliness. Such a mode of creation highlights the importance and value of human life. ![]() Man is a unique combination of earthly, natural material and life-giving power from God Himself. ![]() Human life, however, included the “dust of the earth” and the very breath of God. We read, “Then God said” over and over in Genesis 1. To create the sun, mountains, animal life, etc., God simply spoke. ![]() First, the fact that man was created from dust makes him unique among all of God’s creation. Three important observations can be made. Genesis 2:7 teaches, “The Lord God formed a man from the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” With the rest of creation, God had simply spoken things into existence (e.g., Genesis 1:3, 14, 20, 24), but God does things differently with man. ![]()
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