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-God said he would make man in his "image and likeness". Then he made man in his image. Then he made male and female. <ref>{{bgw| Heb 4:12 }} For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.</ref>  This is not mere poetic repetition, but an indicator of a riddle. Christ was made in the image of God. His bride was made to be 'like' him. Together they are the "image and likeness".  The narrative through Gen 5 tells how the bride is made to be like Christ through the cross.
+God said he would make man in his "image and likeness". Then he made man in his image. Then he made male and female. <ref>{{bgw| Ge 1:26 }} And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.</ref>  This is not mere poetic repetition, but an indicator of a riddle. Christ was made in the image of God. His bride was made to be 'like' him. Together they are the "image and likeness".  The narrative through Gen 5 tells how the bride is made to be like Christ through the cross.
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