His Likeness

“And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” – 2 Corinthians 3:18

President Abraham Lincoln died almost 160 years ago, but his likeness has plenty to say about today’s U.S. prison system, or so it would seem.

And he’s saying it in an AI-generated address to the nation trained on his speeches and writings.

“Slavery is not confined to the pages of history,” a lifelike computer-generated doppelganger of the 16th president told an audience from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., where he stood on a digital stage in front of an American flag.

“Today, the painful and troubling reality of slavery persists in our prisons and jails, where individuals endure hardship and suffering while being denied the opportunity for rehabilitation and redemption.”
Worth Rises, a New York-based nonprofit that fights to end the exploitation of incarcerated people, AI Lincoln refers specifically to the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, it abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude—with an exception for prisoners.
The Lincoln likeness is trying to persuade people to change the 13th Amendment which Lincoln supported with the exception for prisoners.

There is no photo or reliable portrait of Jesus Christ. The only Jesus many people will ever see is your transformed life in Christ.

Praise the Lord that you are being transformed into His likeness and let others see the glory of our Lord.

“We are called to be ‘stewards of the mysteries of God.’ . . . And the great mystery is ‘Christ in you, the hope of glory.’ . . . And that glory is the glory of God.” – John Piper

“I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one” – John 17:22