Please explain in Chapter 1 v.26 (King James Version) .... And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:..."
Has anyone ever thought about who the 'US' is refering too?
2006-11-09 04:52:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Us= Holy Trinity = The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost (Spirit)
2006-11-09 04:55:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My answer would be explained in the Trinitarian doctrine as taught by the Christian Church.
As St. Augustine said ("De Trinitas") - "The Father is eternal and eternally loves the Son. The Son is eternal and eternally loves the Father. The Holy Spirit is eternal, and is the love that proceeds from the Father and from the Son"
This might sound strange to the ears of a Jewish monotheist - but - the phrase "let us" is certainly in their own Torah...
When my Jewish friends tell me that that cannot be true, because "God is One" - I show them their own "Shema": The word translated from the Hebrew as "ONE" is not the NUMBER "one" - but means a "composite unity".
One must think that "Let us make man in OUR own image" is the earliest picture of the Holy Trinity in Scripture.
And we are indeed created in the Trinitarian Image: Mind (Father) Body (Son) and Spirit (Holy Ghost).
2006-11-09 04:55:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, we know that pre-incarnate Jesus was present at the creation. The most obvious answer would be Jesus and the Holy Spirit, along with God the Father. Can you say 'trinity".
2006-11-09 04:56:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
US IS: Jesus and all the angels.
John 17:3,5,24 [ Jesus is with God before the world, before Abraham. Rev.22:16 Jesus is the bright and morning star. Col.1:15-17; Rev.3:14 Jesus first creation created in image of God, by him all is created. Matt.16:16,17 Jesus is son of the living God. God is God of the living Matt.22:32; Jesus is Lord of the dead and the living Rom.14:9; Job 38:4-7 Angels see focus on earth, called morning stars and sons of God. Rev.5:11 Angels are vast in number and do not die Luke 20:34-36; Gen.1:26 God said, " Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." Spirit of God is life in soul, all can perish but God's Spirit is His. Num.16:22; Eccl.12:7; Psm.104:29,30. Job.2:1,2 Satan with sons of God Isa.14:12-14; Eze.28:13-15 The cherub anointed over Eden, called Lucifer means day star and compares world rulers to him. 3:1-5 [ Satan as serpent , decieved Eve. Gen.6:2,4[ Jude 6; 1Pet.3:18-20; 2Pet.2:4 Angels did sin, have judges 1Cor.6:2,3 ]; Gen.3:15; From Genesis is Satan and unholy angels, Michael and holy angels, at Moses death Jude 9 ]; John 8:44 Satan is responsible for every death of the offsprings of Adam and the age of the world LOST to SAVED. Satan is the god of this world that will end. Matt,24:3-38 [ Only God knows when ]; 2Cor.4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 2Cor.4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. John 3:16 Salvation under heaven is Jesus. Above heaven is Jehovah Gen.22:14; Exo.6:3; 17:15; Judges 16:24; Psm.68:4; 83:18; Isa.12:2; 26:4 Hallowed be thy name in Jesus name. What did Jesus say, or ask for when he prayed to God? John 14:14,15,26,28; 16:23.26 we pray and recieve Holy Spirit in Jesus name. Jesus prayed for John 14:3; 17:1-26;
Eph.2:7; 3:21 The world with Jesus is without end.
2006-11-09 04:56:29 · answer #4 · answered by jeni 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Creator and The Heavenly Host. The Heavenly Host had nothing to do with creation and because is Perfect in all His Ways, He said " US " out of Love,and Etiquette .
2006-11-09 05:00:53 · answer #5 · answered by Tinkerbelle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is referring to the other two persons of the Godhead, namely Jesus, the Son, and The Holy Spirit.
2006-11-09 04:57:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes i have for a long time. i believe that since God is love not man or woman or human ... love has a femanine source and masculine source....it may be too deep for you to get it so i will keep it simple. good luck understanding that one.
2006-11-09 04:55:05 · answer #7 · answered by ***BUTTERFLY*** 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's like the royal we. "We are not amused" "Let us make man in our image"
2006-11-09 04:55:21 · answer #8 · answered by sister steph 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
- Jesus
- Scripture tells us the Jesus was there in the beginning with the Father.
2006-11-09 04:56:09 · answer #9 · answered by righton 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GOD THE FATHER, JESUS CHRIST HIS SON and THE HOLY GHOST - HOLY SPIRIT. in my opinion.
2006-11-09 04:56:08 · answer #10 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋