Tzelem Elokim and Goy Kadosh

Is it just a coincidence that we learned Vayikra and are now learning Bereshit? I don't think so. Or even if it is, it is a lovely coincidence, isn't it? 
Who remembers what the main themes we discussed in Vayikra?......


Vayikra is all about kedusha, how to be a goy kadosh, and how to be a separate nation. We have laws that we need to follow, and a lot of restrictions. We are commanded קדושים תהי
. This means that we need to emulate God and act in a respectable way. Ramban said that we shouldn't look for loopholes to be acting in a respectful way with the permission of the Torah. There are some high expectations for the Jewish people.


Back track to Bereshit. At the beginning of the sefer, the world is created and every human is made in צלם אלוקים. 
In Bereshit, we see that Hashem's initial plan for the world was for everyone to be one big, happy people. Everyone was created in צלם אלוקים, and that's cool. After the first sin, God was like, okay, now this should be it. After the second sin, it was like, okay now that should be it. It wasn't. So in Noach's generation, Hashem had no choice but to destroy the world and start all over. He/She/It basically made another creation. After that creation, surely the world can go on as planned, universally?  There were specific rules drawn out! But not really... And after the Bavel incident, Hashem spread the people out and made them speak different languages. We are slowly switching from a universal people to one nation, the Jewish people. 


צלם אלוקים is something everyone has. Every human being is born with צלם אלוקים and the obligation to keep the 7 mitzvoth bnai Noach. 
Then there is the Jewish nation. They were chosen to go beyond those 7 mitzvoth. The expectations are raised. Though the whole world could not meet Hashem's expectations, the Jewish nation, when behaving as commanded, should represent the ideal that Hashem wanted for the whole world. It's not just about the fact that we were born with צלם אלוקים, it's that we were commanded to be a goy kadosh. There are a lot of specific details because, as we've seen, without specific prohibitions, things can go terribly wrong.


I think the farther we advance into Bereshit, the more connections we'll be able to make.
What do you guys think?
Do you see any connections between Bereshit and Vayikra.