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This [is] an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;
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This [is] an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;
473. 'The likeness of God' is the celestial man and 'the image of God' is the spiritual man. This too has been shown already, for an image is approaching a likeness, while a likeness is a perfect replica. For the celestial man is governed so completely by the Lord that he is the likeness of Him.