THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD GIVEN TO MAN: THE I AM OF GOD; THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST: As it was written in Genesis 1:26, man was created in the image and likeness of God. But then what is the image of God? Is it the man that we see in the physical, of the flesh, of the earlthly body?
God forbid, no! Because of this sad ignorance or misunderstanding of the
true image of God, men had been persuaded to make unto themselves
graven images of man and other creatures, made by the hands of men and to worship or pay homage to them; being convinced that such is the image of Godliness.
And it was fulfilled unto them saying, Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the
glory of the incorruptible God into an
image made like to corruptible man, and to
birds, and
four footed beasts, and
creeping things . . . Who changed the
truth of God into a
Lie, and worshipped
the creature more than the
Creator, Who is blessed for ever. Amen (ROMANS 1:21-25).
Given this factual statement, let us now consider and understand the matter in all wisdom: What is God? Is not God a Spirit? And What is the
image of the Spirit? Is it the material, or physical, or the flesh, or earthly thing? What is the
image of the invisible? Is that which is visible? And what is the
image of the Incorruptible and Immortal? Is that which is corruptible and temporal?
No, my dearly beloved! Because the truth is that the
image of God is His own kind of being too, that of
a spirit, invisible and
infinite. Thus, herein is wisdom: The
image of God is
the part of His Spirit, of His Being, Which giveth breath and mind or understanding and heart or conscience, emotions and feelings and senses, which in whole is the
life and
light in man.
While the
likeness of God is His
BodilyForm or Appearance, the body that contains the spirit, the
spiritual body. Which is called
the Soul.
THE CREATION OF MAN: THE DIVINE MYSTERY OF THE LIFE IN MAN: