(Genesis 1:26-27) Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." {27} So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Made In God’s Image

(Genesis 9:2-3) The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. {3} Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

Man to rule over animals

• HE CREATED ALL THINGS (Colossians 1:16-22) For by him [JESUS] all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible…

• HE SUSTAINS ALL THINGS (Colossians 1:17) He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

• HE DESERVES SUPREMACY IN ALL THINGS (Colossians 1:18) And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

• HE SAVES US FROM ALL SIN …. (Colossians 1:21) Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. {22} But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation--

God sent Jesus His Son, to earth, for me