talks in the Bible about man being made in the image of God if you read Babylonian text or if you read Egyptian text the description of the king is that the king is made in the image of God the king is a God in many cases but the common people are nothing the common people are just the chadow they're whatever they're not part of the history and the Bible says no every person is made in the image of God the Declaration of man as imod day begins in the first book of the Bible where God says let us make man in our image and after our likeness giving man the responsibility to have dominion or rule over his creation being made in God's image means we're made for knowledge righteousness andol Holiness with dominion and here's why Holiness is to be set apart meaning we were created by God for God's purposes righteousness is acting justly according to law beginning with God's first commands in being created for knowledge we have the capacity to name and identify all creation and each of these qualities of God's likeness knowledge righteousness and Holiness with Dominion are expressed in principle in the first two chapters of Genesis so that's what it means to be made in the image of God