In this sermon He Became Like Us, So We Can Become Like Him, there are two things we need. It's the WORD of God and the SPIRIT of God. The Word will never say anything the Spirit will not say, and vice versa.
While earth is a mirror of heaven, man is a mirror of God. Like God in the heaven, man is to rule in the earth. But man becomes darkness. The bible refers to wickedness and evil as darkness. And man, God's image is darkened and requires redemption.
We connect to Him when we get baptized. When he became marred, at that point, we connect to Him. He carries us into the grave with him when he is buried. Then he carries us out when he is resurrected. The world became an image of heaven. People become an image of God. He wants this world to be filled with the glory of God.