How do I put my frontpage featured image in a page template for home.php?

I figured it out with some help on the WordPress Slack.

Basically I had to use front-page.php instead of home.php, and set the specific page created in the editor. Then in my front-page.php I had to reset the wp-query after getting the page’s content to specifically target the posts content using the following code:

$args = array('post_type' => 'post');
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
   if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :
       while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();?>
<p> the content from the posts go here </p>
       <?php endwhile;?>
   <?php endif;?>