The Human Icon: Christ as the Perfect Image of God and the Restoration of Human Vocation within the Promise-Plan of God

August 7, 2026

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This essay develops a theological anthropology of the imago Dei that is rigorously text-immanent, integrating Carmen Joy Imes’s ontological account of human identity with Walter C. Kaiser Jr.’s promise-plan framework, ancient Near Eastern temple cosmology, and the divine council worldview.

What This Study Explores

Promise-Plan Theology • Divine Council Worldview • Imago Dei • Theological Anthropology

Scripture Connections

Romans 11; Genesis 1; Genesis 1:26–28; Genesis 1:26; Genesis 3; Genesis 5:1–3; Genesis 9:6; Genesis 6:1–4

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· Divine Council, Promise-Plan, Read, Second Temple Judaism

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