The Highest Heavens Belong to Thee, Say I

In the ancient world it was rulers, emperors and pharaohs who were held to be in the image of god. The same language that is used for all of humanity in the opening of genesis was used in other hebrew literature only in relation to kings and queens. God made adam and eve, his managers here on earth, to put in a determineald you are more familiar with to day. They were god's intercessors who were trusted to call the shods. And this isn't a power hungry, manipulative sort of rule. It's an imago, day, an image of god, kind of author ruling the earth as a direct revelation or reflection of god's loving