When you realize the centrality of humans being created in the ROLE of "image of God" as the starting point of the Biblical story, everything in the New Testament makes a whole lot more sense - beginning with the language used in describing Jesus, the Son of God.
Jesus is described as the "image of the invisible God". (Col 1:15)
According to John 14:9, "Those who have seen Jesus have seen the Father".
And Jesus repeatedly emphasized that "the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing". (John 5:19)
This is Jesus fulfilling the role of Image of God.
The author of Hebrews sums up Jesus in these terms: "On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word." (1:1-3a)
Jesus was "sent" by the Father to do the Father's will.
And He did it perfectly.
This is what we are called on to believe and this is the starting point of the gospel message.
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