When I look at another human being, I am looking at royalty. But I am not looking at the full measure of what it means for humanity to be God’s image. I would expand Bavinck’s words to say that the image of God is much too rich for it to be realized in a single race, ethnic group, or culture. There is comfort in our cultural connection. Ethnic identity feels primordial to those embedded within a given culture. That is, it feels as though it’s the essence of who we are. This makes the intersection of multiple cultures challenging.
