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古代君王建造殿宇时，把神像安奉在里面的那一刻是建造的最高峰；神像通常是一具大型雕塑像，神像安放在那里，是要叫每一个人都记着那位神的能力、美丽和德行。

创世记中创造的故事达到最高峰时，耶和华神使一个有生命气息的形像和样式成为祂创造的中心。神按自己的形像创造了人类，祂又赐他们以神的形像生活的尊严和使命。神管理万物，所以祂也创造人类来管理万物。

J.R.R. 托尔金花了数十年时间，精心细致地创造了一个虚幻的世界，我们可以在他的著作中看到，例如哈比人历险记（The Hobbit）和魔戒（The Lord of the Rings）。托尔金有时以“分判创造”来形容他的著作。

神创造了我们，祂也同时吩咐我们去创造。我们是分判创造者，目的是去说话、建造、照料和管理，为要反映神的仁爱、公正、美善和真理。

单单想到神雄伟和壮丽的创造，便足以令我们深深谦卑下来，这是抑制我们的傲气的灵药；但它同时也能把我们从没有意义和盼望的感受中提升起来，因为我们被造是要成为君王和王后，在神治理的工作上有份。神造了我们，我们雄伟的身份，不亚于君王和王后。

When an ancient king built a temple, the crowning moment would happen when he placed an image of a god in that temple. This was usually a great carved statue, placed there to remind everyone of the god's strength, beauty, and virtue.

As the creation story of Genesis reaches its peak, the Lord God places a living, breathing image and likeness at the center of his creation. God creates humankind in the very image of God. And God gives humankind the great dignity and task of living in God's image. God rules, so human beings are made to rule.

J.R.R. Tolkien labored for decades to create an imaginary world in great depth and detail. We can read about it in his books such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien sometimes described his work as "sub-creation."

God, in creating us, also created us to create. We are sub-creators, intended to speak, build, tend, and rule in ways that reflect God's goodness, justice, beauty, and truth.

Just thinking about the majesty and grandeur of all that God has created can profoundly humble us. It is an antidote to our pride. At the same time, it can lift us up from feelings of meaninglessness or hopelessness, for we are created to be kings and queens, participating in God's rule. We are created for no less than majesty!