53. Verse 27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him. 'Image' is mentioned twice here for the reason that faith, which resides in the understanding, is called 'His own image', while love, which resides in the will, is called 'the image of God'. The latter comes second in a spiritual man but first in a celestial man.

3002. From this it also becomes clear how all natural forms, both animate and inanimate, are representative of spiritual and celestial things in the Lord's kingdom. That is, every single thing of the natural order is representative according to the extent and character of its correspondence.