神的像是基督
林后四章四节和歌罗西一章十五节都说，神的像是基督。基督是那不能看见之神的像。神是看不见的，然而祂有一个像。从来没有人看见神，基督却将祂表明出来（约一18）。我们都或多或少见过基督。彼得见过祂，约翰见过祂。在主复活后，五百多位弟兄同时看见祂（林前十五6）。
人是照着基督的形像造的
人是按着神的形像造的，而神的形像是基督，所以人是照着基督的形像造的。在创世记一章二十六节神说，“我们要照着我们的形像…造人，”二十七节却说，神照着祂的形像造人。当然这里“祂的形像，”意思就是基督的形像。所以人是照着基督的形像造的。
亚当是基督的豫像
罗马五章十四节说，亚当这个首先的人，是基督的豫像，豫表。如果我们为某人拍一张照片，这张照片就是那人的豫像或豫表。亚当是基督的照片。基督是神的形像，而亚当是基督的照片。照片如何是某个形像的彰显，照样，人的被造是为作神形像的彰显，神这形像就是基督。
手套是照着手的形像和形状造的，为着手能穿进手套里。手充满了手套，手套就彰显手。为甚么人是照着基督的形像造的呢？因为神的心意是要基督进到人里面，藉着人得着彰显。罗马九章二十一、二十三节清楚告诉我们，人被造是一个器皿，就是一个容器。罗马九章二十一，二十三节更说，人被造是贵重的器皿，以盛装神，盛装神的荣耀。林后四章七节说，我们有这宝贝在瓦器里。这瓦器像手套：有一天手进来了，内容进到容器里来了。我们只是盛装基督的器皿。
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God’s Creation – A Corporate Man (2) — Gen. 1:27
God’s Image Is Christ
Second Corinthians 4:4 and Colossians 1:15 both say that the image of God is Christ. Christ is the image of the invisible God. God is invisible; yet He has an image. The invisible God has a visible image. No one has ever seen God, but Christ has declared Him (John 1:18). We all, more or less, have seen Christ. Peter saw Him. John saw Him. After His resurrection, five hundred brothers saw Him at the same time (1 Cor. 15:6).
Man Was Created in Christ’s Image
Since man was created in the image of God and the image of God is Christ, man was created in the image of Christ. In Genesis 1:26 God said, “Let us make man in our image….” But verse 27 says, “God created man in his image.” Surely here “his image” means the image of Christ. So, man was made in the image of Christ.
Adam Was the Type of Christ
Romans 5:14 says that Adam, the first man, was a type, a figure of Christ. If we take a photograph of a person, that picture is the figure or type of the person. Adam was a photograph of Christ. Christ was the image of God and Adam was a picture of Christ. As a photograph is the expression of a certain image, so man was made to be the expression of the image of God which is Christ.
The glove was made in the image of the hand that one day the hand might enter into the glove. The hand fills up the glove, and the glove expresses the hand. Why was man made in the image of Christ? Because God’s intention was that someday Christ would enter into man and be expressed through man. Romans 9:21 and 23 tell us clearly that man was made as a vessel, that is, as a container. Romans 9:21 and 23 further say that man was made a vessel of honor to contain God, to contain God’s glory. Second Corinthians 4:7 says that we have this treasure in earthen vessels. This vessel is like the glove: one day the hand gets into it; the contents get into the container. We are simply a vessel to contain Christ.