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God created one man and one woman in His image. Everyone else who did, does, or will live has multiple flaws. How can all humans be made in His image if none of them were, are, or will be perfect except two?
We are all of the first man and woman, and as they became flawed by sin and death, humanity is also flawed (destined to death & sin) through them. God is Spirit, and it was in creating man & woman with His Spirit breathed in them that they were His likeness and image. You make an important distinction between what Adam & Eve were at creation and how all of their offspring would be born without the Spirit of God in them. Without the Spirit in man, we are dead in trespasses and sins. It is for this reason that man must be born again, born of the life-giving Spirit. Christ is the image of God, and when we are in Him, we too are once again made into the image of God through Him.
Colossians 1:15 (KJV) Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Galatians 3:26-29 (KJV) For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
If man dies without the Spirit of God in them, the end will be the second death that is the Lake of Fire.
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