The first biblical passage that speaks of man practically shouts that he is created in the image of God. Evangelical studies on the image of God have concentrated mainly on the texts of Genesis, which has often led to speculation about the ontological identity of the image. However, there is a much richer reading that is not so interested in asking, “What is the image of God?” but “What does it mean to bear the image of God?” This reading draws on the testimony of both the Old and New Testaments, discovering that the restoration of the image becomes a central theme in the New Testament, taking on eschatological significance. Genesis introduces the idea of ​​the imago Dei into the story of creation. The six days of creation culminate in the creation of man. While plants, fish, birds, and animals are all created “after their kind” (1:12, 21, 24), only man is created in the image of God. “We create man to (בְ ) our image (צלם), according to (כְ) our likeness (דמות)” (1:26, ESV). צלם is normally used to denote a physical image, especially of the gods (Amos 5:26) but is also used figuratively in two Psalms describing simple dreams or appearances (39:7; 73:20). דמות denotes a resemblance or resemblance. Although reformers and most medieval scholars believed that 'image' and 'likeness' referred to separate characteristics, it has been accepted almost without exception by modern commentators that the terms are interchangeable and used synonymously. Syntactically the preposition בְ can be interpreted as a בְ of essence or norm. If it is the first, it indicates that man is the image (see Ex 6:3), while the second indicates that man is simply a copy of the "image". The second preposition is a כְ as a rule. In 5:3 the prepositus...... in the center of the sheet...... Ibid., 311. Stephen R. Holmes, “Image of God”, in Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, Kevin Vanhoozer ed . (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005), 319.Hoekema, Created, 22. «Then the best way to learn what the image of God is is not to contrast man with animals, as has often been done, and then find the divine image consisting of those qualities, abilities and gifts that man has unlike animals. Rather, we must learn to know what the image of God is by looking at Jesus Christ. What must therefore be at the center of the image of God are not characteristics such as the ability to make decisions, but rather what was central in the life of Christ: love for God and for man... Because no man has ever loved as he loved Christ. "Douglas John Hall, Imaging God (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986), 84.Douglas John Hall, Imaging God, 85.