DLW 324-325, 326 - an image of Him

DLW 324 - 325

. . . when the Word refers to the church

and the person of the church,

it so often speaks of trees,

such as olives, vines, and cedars,

and of gardens, groves, and forests,

and so, too, of beasts of the earth,

birds of the air,

and fish of the sea.

It speaks of these because they correspond,

and, as we said, by correspondence accord.

Consequently angels also do not perceive the things named,

but instead of these

the church or people of the church in their various states.

Since all constituents of the universe

resemble in an image the human being,

Adam is described 

in respect to his wisdom and intelligence

by the garden of Eden,

which had in it trees of every kind,

and also rivers,

precious stones and gold,

and moreover animals, to which Adam gave names.

By all of these things are meant the qualities

which he had in him

and which constituted the being that we call man.

DLW 326

It can now be seen from this

that regarded from the perspective of their uses,

all constituents of the created universe

resemble in an image the human being,

and this attests to the fact that God is human.

. . . Therefore they know in their world

that God is human,

and that the universe,

regarded in terms of its uses,

is an image of Him.