26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:26-28
How does God exercise his sovereignty over his creation? Does he control every detail?
Mankind was created to “rule over” and to “subdue” the earth and its creatures. It pleased God to create humans in his image – even to the point of giving them limited sovereignty over his creation.
We see in Genesis a God who chose to actually delegate some of his authority to human beings!
– SSxG