Only one God?

Question

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Why does it say "Us" or "We" when it also says there is only one God?

Answer 1

Three persona in one Being.
That is why us.

How about this?
John 3:11 "Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and you do not receive our witness.
He starts out with I then he switches to we and our.
Only He and the Pharisee were there.
WOWSER!

Answer 2

Because the bible is a collection of copied works. The original, non-christian beliefs, dating back some 6000 years and beyond.
Initially, the concept of Gods(Elohiym) was taken from Sumarian legends. As were the majority of the epics told within the christian doctrine.
When being re-written, men put in their own ideas of the time, the primary one was of a singular God.
One would also notice, if they were to research it, that many passages(Genesis especially)have been grossly mistranslated and one can see in the same sentence, plural AND singular references to 'God' that confirm these mistranslations. It also shows that the words were NOT referring to the 'royal we'.
There are many examples of this for those who value the Truth to see, if they are not blinded by their fears, of course.

Chinese whispers did the rest, with a little help from corrupt churches.

Answer 3

"And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness."(Gen 1:26)
"And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man has become as one of Us, to know good and evil."(Gen 3:22)
"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they cannot understand one another's speech."(Gen 11:7)
"And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?"(Isa 6:8)


Genesis 1:26, 3:22, 11:7, & Isaiah 6:8 are an interesting place to start, when looking into God's Nature, and the belief in the Trinity of God. Before we look into the meaning of the verses, we first need to understand the construction of the verses from the standpoint of the Hebrew language. You will find in the original manuscripts that the words 'Us' and 'Our' do not appear. However, the word 'God' is translated from the Hebrew word, 'elohym. This word is a plural intensive word, so the translations of the verses, as recorded above, are valid translations and show what the verses mean to the Hebrew readers of the verses.

The verses Gen 1:26, 3:22, 11:7, & Isa 6:8 all raise the following question,
"Who is God talking to?"
The answer to the question is contained in Holy Scripture.

Obviously, God is talking to someone, and is addressing them as an equal. It should also be kept in mind, that in the case of Gen 1:26, no being, except for the angels, has been created. The Bible answers the question, of who is being addressed, in Isaiah 48:16,
- - "Come near to Me, hear this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning. From its being, I was there; and now the Lord Jehovah, and His Spirit, has sent Me."
We know, from numerous verses of the Bible, that 'the sent One' is the Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth.
(NOTE: You can find a listing of some of these verses at Jesus is God)
It should be noted that three separate, and distinct entities, persons, are mentioned in this verse; and that they are addressed as equals.
The speaker, who is the Sent One, Jesus the Son;
The Lord Jehovah;
The Spirit.
Obviously, in the instance of this biblical verse, a trinity of equal persons is represented.

We see in Gen 1:26, "Let Us make man". Since Holy Scripture identifies Jesus as being part of the 'Us' it thereby names Him, Creator.This is further proved by John 1:3 and Hebrews 1:10.
(You can find more biblical proof at Jesus, the Creator)

We have established that God was talking to Jesus, the Son, in the above verses. We have also established that the Divinely inspired writers of these verses used the plural word 'elohym' instead of the other Hebrew words for God, which are singular in nature. Scripture clearly shows that there is more than one being, entity, or person in the Godhead. This, along with other Scriptures, is the foundation of the Trinity Doctrine. The concept that Father, Son, & Holy Spirit are merely offices or aspects of God, is clearly in opposition to the above verses. Unless, of course, you want to believe that God talks to himself and sends himself on a mission!!!

Answer 4

three members of the Trinity. They are three different persons within the one Godhead . .

the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All three are individual persons with their own individual respective roles and attributes, but all three are God, and there is only one God. Hence the doctrine of the Trinity.

Answer 5

The plural pronouns "us" and "we" refer to the Trinity- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The reference to "gods" (note the lack of capitals) are referring to false gods, pagan deities of other cultures. Those verses are stressing God's superiority over the "gods."

Answer 6

Because God is a marriage of Good and Truth or the Father and the Son. This marriage produces a resultant action or the infinite and simultaneous action of the Holy Spirit.

Answer 7

Its describing the trinity. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 3 in 1.

Answer 8

Read this. It'll answer your question perfectly. Its called "Why does God refer to Himself in the plural in Genesis 1:26 and 3:22?"

Here's the site:
http://www.gotquestions.org/God-plural.html

Answer 9

The Deity of Jesus Christ
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

Answer 10

Yes there is one God...but this "us" is describing the trinity. God the Father, God the Son, God the holy spirit. One God, in three "expressions".