The image is something we receive in Christ. It means that we are no longer “clothed” with our sinful nature but with the human nature of Jesus (Gal. 3:27). This is what it means to exist in the “image of God.” The imago, contemporary theologian David Kelsey (b. 1932) claims, is not a “what” but a “Who.” “‘Who is the “image”?’ . . . The answer is, ‘Jesus Christ.’”[29] As we practice theological anthropology, we learn that true human being is a gift, and we receive it through Christ by the power of his resurrection.
