Creation mandate

In the first chapter of the Bible, God established the ‘creation mandate’ that we should be fruitful and multiply, and subdue the Earth. After the Fall, sin and death meant Adam could not properly fulfil the mandate. But God always had a plan to perfect the creation mandate in Christ. Some suggest this means it no longer applies to us as individuals. But the Bible’s teaching on creation, the family, stewardship and society are fundamental to what it means to be a human being in God’s world. Bill James.