Let US make man in OUR image?

Question

Who was god speaking to? WAS it Jesus or angels? Did they all look like god. Our where they all just aliens? And I hear people say that Jesus is god, so that would mean that god was talking to himself. What are your thoughts? I know this has been asked , but I am asking again.

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Answer 1

Yay Lateralus!!

I think it means, God is not real, so you can think up how he looks in your mind with a great imagination. ;)

Answer 2

Why I can’t believe in the royal we, idea to Genesis 1:26 and 3:22,

If Jehovah talked with the royal we or us, etc, why did He only do it only 4-5 times.

Why didn’t He or doesn’t He continue to do to so through out the bible.

Why didn’t He use the royal we at Gen. 1:29, 30 only 3 verses later, or Gen. 2:18, Gen. 3:11, 15
and through out the rest of the bible? Why at Isa. 6:8, does Jehovah say “Whom shall I send”?

Job 38:4-7 shows that the angels were existing at the creation of man, so Jehovah wasn’t alone and had many spirit creatures to talk to.

Instead, which sounds more real and truthful, that Jehovah was talking to someone who is His Master Worker, His Firstborn Son, His Faithful Witness, who is His image, His exact representation, OR He was talking to Himself. (Prov. 8:30; Heb. 1:3; Col 1:15)

Bible scholar Donald E. Gowan said “There is no support in the O[ld] T[estament] for most of the proposed explanations: the royal ‘we,’ the deliberative ‘we,’ the plural of fullness, or an indication of a plurality of persons in the Godhead.

Why does the word Elohim according to Strong’s Cyclopaedia, when it applies to Jehovah means Supreme God, not Gods? Even when this word is applied to Moses (Ex. 4:16 & 7:1) it doesn’t mean that there are 3 Moses, it doesn’t even mean there are 2 Moses.

(Side point when Jesus said if you see me you see the Father, it is because he is the image of God, the exact representation of his Father. When you see an image in a mirror you are seeing a representation, not the actual person. Col 1:15)

(Side point, According to my college dictionary, begotten means “to be born”, to be born means “brought into life or being” when was Jesus brought into life, when he came to life as a baby? No, as Jehovah’s Firstborn of creation Col. 1:15; Rev 3:14)

Answer 3

traditional sources show that G-d was consulting the angels. one of the main political ideas of the torah is that the strong should not abuse their power just because they are stronger. this is why the idea of the covenant between G-d and israel was so revolutionary at the time - because it said that just because G-d is G-d, he can't do just anything he wants. instead he entered into a bargain with humanity, promising to do (or not to do) certain things as long as we promised the same thing. oddly enough, G-d saves the hebrews from the tyrannical pharaoh, but then chooses not to become a tyrant to them even though he has every ability to. instead he chose enter into an agreement with us, teaching us that the right to rule does not automatically go to the stronger, but that power is established through the mutual consent of both sides. in the torah, we find the world's first notions of true democracy.

the "let us make man in our image" passage is simply an early example of one of the main themes of the torah, that of showing respect and consideration for those weaker than us and not overpowering them simply because we can. G-d made the angels in his image, not just man, and he was concerned that in creating man, the angels might feel offended. therefore, like he did with israel, he consulted with them, and came to an agreement, showing us once again that even G-d who has no equal is considerate and kind to those beneath him. we know that whoever he was talking to was not a god themselves and had no godly powers of creation because of the next sentence, which says: "and he created"... in singular, not plural form, showing that only one person is G-d and had the power of creation, which belongs solely to G-d.

Answer 4

Three parts of God, like an apple has three parts. The Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Before anything existed they were in communion with each other. I know it sounds odd, but God is cool like that.

Answer 5

Since God has revealed His nature as Trinity, three distinct divine persons, all of which and exach of which is the One True God, discussion among themselves is entirely possible. It is not really God "talking to Himself", but rather one person who is God speaking to another person who is also God. If you can't understand how this is possible, you are in good company. The greatest theologians who have ever lived couldn't understand it either. That's why it is called a "mystery" of the faith. But we know it is true because God has clearly revealed it.
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Answer 6

I take it as an unknown. The plural form of 'god' is used. The verse "Ye shall be as gods" was meant to be read with the addition of 'in your own minds'.... But, there is a school of thought, that there was an existence, before ours, that needed to be destroyed, and there were those uncorrupted in it.

The truth will be known, someday. So, wanna a cookie?

Answer 7

The other gods, of course. God also says, "Thou shalt have no god before me!" Now, if He isn't acknowledging the existence of other deities, then what is He worried about? It's quite plain throughout the Old Testament that other gods exist, God just wants to be considered the only one.

Answer 8

God was referring to Himself and Jesus. I am not certain if the Holy Spirit was also being referred to. I am not sure if the presence of the Holy Spirit was around then or until after Christ was resurrected.

Answer 9

God is a committee. They create by delegation, The Magatherians actually made the Earth headed by the design team of Slartybarfast. They even featured it on a trans dimensional Unreality TV show called, "Pimp my Planet"

Answer 10

That's common phraseology for royalty. "We are not amused." I'm sure you've all heard that before. Also, it might have been the only way to express talking to one's self in the ancient Hebrew language. It definitely does not verify the trinity in any way.

God is one person, not one God in three persons.
"There is one God and father of all who is above all, through all, and in ye all." Ephesians 4:6.

Answer 11

Not only was the there a God, there were also demi-gods. Don't you ever read the Bible? Also angels and arch-angels.

God has since changed his mind, and decided it was not a good idea. That's because humans turned out to be a race of reprobates, and they masturbate and keep slaves and they perform ritural democracy and oral sex, and slobber on virgins. God has had enough. The last thing he said was "You're on your own, perverts."