creation, no precise definition is given of the meaning of this phrase. However, by studying the word image elsewhere in Scripture, we observe its use in connection with human kings who set up images of themselves around their kingdom to represent their power and authority. On analogy, then, human beings represent God’s presence, power and authority in the world. We reflect God’s glory like the moon reflects the light of the sun. These and other features of the creation accounts in Genesis 1–2 emphasize
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