A Family Resemblance

A short reflection on Genesis 1:26a

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Then God said, “Let us make humanity in our image to resemble us…
— Genesis 1:26a

We’ll spend some time here in these verses as they set the stage for some foundational understandings that will reverberate throughout the remainder of the Biblical story.

Humanity—adam in Hebrew—is created in the image of God. Another way…