Help with Scripture...

[lil~peanut]

I've never been able to understand this. Can ya'll explain this to me?

Gen 1:26-28
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
NKJV


Who is (US and OUR) ? Why is that in there and then the use of the "HIS" really confuses me. Thanks for you help.

[mlqurgw]

I've never been able to understand this. Can ya'll explain this to me?

Gen 1:26-28
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
NKJV


Who is (US and OUR) ? Why is that in there and then the use of the "HIS" really confuses me. Thanks for you help.The very first mention of God in the book of Genisis in in verse 1. It is Elohim I believe and it is plural. It is one of the many arguments used to establish the Trinity as God in three Persons and yet one God. The Triune God is a basic orthodox belief that seperates the Christian from the cultist. Hope that helps.

[jochanaan]

The very first mention of God in the book of Genisis in in verse 1. It is Elohim I believe and it is plural. It is one of the many arguments used to establish the Trinity as God in three Persons and yet one God. The Triune God is a basic orthodox belief that seperates the Christian from the cultist. Hope that helps.
Very true. And to further reinforce the Trinitarian concept, the Hebrew verb for "created" in Genesis 1:1, bara, is given in the singular.

[arunma]

I think some Christians believe that God is referring to himself and to the angels. But since there is no further indication in Scripture that angels are created in the image of God, I would agree with everyone else here that the "Us" and "Our" refer to the three Persons of the Trinity.

[Athanasian Creed]

Moses revealed the counseling together of the Godhead: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness”; and again, “Let us go down, and there confound their language” (Gen 1:26;11:7). Who is this “us” if God is a single entity? Why does God say, “The man is become as one of us” (Gn 3:22)?
Moreover, if God is a single Being, then why is the plural Hebrew noun elohim (literally “gods”) used for God repeatedly? In fact, this plural noun is in the center of Israel’s famous confession of the oneness of God! The Shema declares, “Hear, O Israel, The LORD our God is one LORD” (Dt 6:4; Mk 12:29). In the Hebrew it reads, “Jehovah our elohim [gods] is one [echad] Jehovah.” The Hebrew word echad allows for a unity of more than one. For example, it is used in Genesis 2:24 where man and woman become one flesh; in Exodus 36:13 when the various parts “became one tabernacle”; in 2 Samuel 2:25 when many soldiers “became one troop”; and elsewhere. Nor is the word elohim the only way in which God’s plurality is presented. For example: Psalm 149:2, “Let Israel rejoice in him that made him” (literally “makers”); Ecclesiastes 12:1, “Remember now thy Creator (lit. “creators”); and Isaiah 54:5, “For thy Maker is thine husband (lit. “makers, husbands”).

The Hebrew word elohim (gods) occurs about 2,500 times in the Old Testament, while the singular form occurs only 250 times and most of those designate false gods. Genesis 1:1 reads, “In the beginning, elohim created the heaven and the earth”; i.e., literally, “gods created the heaven and the earth.” Though a single noun is available, yet the plural form is consistently used for God. And in violation of grammatical rules, with few exceptions, singular verbs and pronouns are used with this plural noun. Why? At the burning bush it was elohim (gods) who spoke to Moses. Yet elohim did not say, “We are that we are,” but “I AM THAT I AM” (Ex 3:14). One cannot escape the fact that, all through the Bible, God is presented as a plurality and yet as One, as having both diversity and unity.

(from Dave Hunt's article, "The Trinity", Berean Call article 1990)


Ray :wave:

[JPPT1974]

I think some Christians believe that God is referring to himself and to the angels. But since there is no further indication in Scripture that angels are created in the image of God, I would agree with everyone else here that the "Us" and "Our" refer to the three Persons of the Trinity.

The trinity I think is always been the Father, The Son, & the Holy Spirit.
Angels are indeed God's creation.
There also are walking around the earth as well as the heavens.
Watching out for us and over us.

[Happy to be His]

Well I beleive that we are made in Gods image. That is what He is talking about. Human form, not from monkeys for any other animal. God created us like Him.....