Colossians 1:15 tells us that Jesus is the “image of the invisible God, the firstborn of creation.”  Genesis 1:27 says, “God created man in his own image.”  We have thought all along that this act of creation in Genesis 1:27 was a one time event, a done deal, a completed thing.  But, we were wrong.  God is still creating his masterwork called “man.”  Jesus is the firstborn Son of God, the firstborn of the creation, the first man of flesh fully made in the image of God.

Notice, though, that he is the “firstborn.”  That means that others will be born later and that these others will also bear the image of God.  These others to be born are like Jesus, like God.  They are Elohim.  Selah.