When God created man in knowledge,1 righteousness, and holiness,2 with dominion over the creatures,3 and told him to be fruitful and multiply, that was a mandate to fill the earth with godly people who would produce a godly culture. That is what godly people do. The goal was not to multiply misery or to populate hell but rather to advance God and His kingdom. The introduction of sin fouled the planet. In fact, it made it green: green with envy. Sin corrupted the culture. Soon thereafter, God promised a Redeemer.4
1. Col. 3:10
2. Eph. 4:24
3. Gen. 1:26; Psa. 8:6-8
4. Randy Booth, The Church-Friendly Family [Nacogdoches, TX: Covenant Media Press, 2012], p. 1
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