Section 3
to be "copied" in man. This means that man was created in such a way that he could become God's duplication, His copy. God created man in His own image with the intention that man would become His duplication.
Since God created man for the purpose of man's becoming His duplication, and since this purpose is indicated by the use of the word image, we may go on to say that the word image implies the capacity to contain God. If man did not have the capacity to contain God, how could he become God's duplication, His copy? In order for man to be a copy of God, man must have the capacity or ability to contain what God is.
THE APPEARANCE OF GOD
FOR HIS EXPRESSION
Man was created not only in God's image but also after God's likeness. The word "likeness" re fers to outward form, outward fashion, outward appearance. Hence, "likeness" here is a matter of expression. First, man was made in God's image to be a duplicate of God, and then man was made after God's likeness to have the appearance of God for His expression. The image is the in ward reality of the outward expression, and the