Man Created In God’S Image And After His Likeness
MAN CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE
AND AFTER HIS LIKENESS
Based upon His design, God created man in His image and after His likeness. "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our like ness… So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him" (Gen. 1:26a, 27a).
GOD'S EMBODIMENT IN CHRIST
In the Scriptures the word "image" is used to refer to God's being. This can be proved by cer tain New Testament verses. Second Corinthians 4:4 says that Christ is the image of God, Colos sians 1:15 tells us that Christ is "the image of the invisible God," and Hebrews 1:3 reveals that Christ is "the effulgence of His glory and the ex press image of His substance." Christ is the very embodiment of God. As God's embodiment, Christ is God's image.
CONTAINING GOD AND BECOMING HIS DUPLICATION
Furthermore, according to the Bible the image of God is related to His duplication. In Genesis 1 "image" is for God to be duplicated,