Our earthly existence in not in His Image.
We ‘were’ made originally in His Image.
But we (Adam) chose to follow Satan, casting us into Earth and death.
But our (Adam’s) repentance, how sorrowful we (Adam) are of our choosing to follow Satan, has brought forgiveness in the form of a new Adam (Jesus) who is obedient, and who assumed an earthly existence to conquer death.
What remains in His Image is our soul, our life force, a spiritual existence derived from the Word.
It took me a long time to understand this.
Yes.