Genesis 2:15 reveals a second Great Commission: humanity’s unrevoked call to work and guard God’s earth as faithful, priestly stewards When Christians hear the phrase “The Great Commission,” their minds almost universally fly to the closing verses of Matthew’s Gospel. There, Jesus instructs His disciples to go into all the […]
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The Sacred Stewardship: The Mandate of Care in Genesis 2:15 In the opening chapters of the Bible, the narrative of creation establishes more than just the origin of the physical world; it defines the original divinely-appointed vocation of humanity. Genesis 2:15 states that God placed man in the Garden of Eden “to […]