How can Genesis 1:26 be referring to the holy trinity.?

Question

Duh!!!! Old Testament!!

No Genesis is talking about the male and female God!

Answer 1

anything in Genesis would NOT be referring to the holy trinity unless you are Christian and twist it's meaning till it did

a perfect example of this twisting is how they have to bring in other sources to back up their claim when if it was REALLY about it than it would be obvious all on it's own

the fact that they would have to mention an NT book like John just shows that it's not about it at all

Answer 2

Because the word used for God is Eloi or El.But in that sentence it is the word Eloihem which is plural used in a singular sense.That speaks of the complexity of God."Let Uscreate man in OUR image". God is not using the Royal "We" like the Queen of England,but talking among the Trinity. It is only one God in three persons.Father Son and Holy Spirit. Remember 1x1x1= 1 ,it is not 1+1+1=3 separate Gods.Even in the great Jewish saying "The Shema" the plural singular is used "Hear O Israel the Lord,the Lord our God is one Lord." The word used for one is 'echad' if it was just one singular it would be 'ychad'.Read in Collosians 1 where it says "in the beginning God created all things through Jesus.." and John 1 "In the beginning was the Word(Jesus) and the Word was with God and the Word WAS God..." They were all there at creation and the Holy Spirit was hovering over the face of the earth.

Answer 3

Duh!!!! So what.

The Trinity still existed back then. According to Philippians 2:5-11, Jesus existed BEFORE he took on flesh and became a man.

According to John 1:1-5, Jesus was already in existence before the world was created, and it was through him that everything came into existence.

Genesis 1:1-2 also states that the Holy Spirit was there at the time of creation.

All three persons of the Trinity have always existed. So they were there to speak to each other in Genesis 1:26.

Answer 4

Several reasons actually. The trinity did not begin with the New Testament but has been eternal, Elohim the word for God in Genesis one is a plurel known, and us is plurel as well.

Answer 5

God (in English) comes from many Hebrew terms; some singular some plural. The Hebrew term in Gen.1:26 is plural. Whether that means the 'holy trinity'; I would not state that as fact in that text presently!!!

Answer 6

Genesis 1:26 Then God said,'Let US make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; ......27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him......


The tri-unity of God is found in the first verse of the Bible, "in the beginning God," the word in Hebrew is "Elohim". Elohim is a plural word. Other places in the Old Testament it is translated Gods. "El" is God in Hebrew, singular. In Hebrew there is a dual tense, two, and the Hebrew "Elah" is God in a dual tense. But "Elohim" is the plural tense for God. And so, even the tri-unity of God is expressed in the first verse, "in the beginning God," Elohim. Not "El", but "Elohim" created the heavens and the earth.

And the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, moved over the face of the waters. "And God said". The moment God spoke, you have the Word of God. "And in the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God. And the same was in the beginning with God, and all things were made by Him"(John 1:1).

Now you have God saying "let us make man in our image after our likeness". Who was God talking to? God after the counsel of His own will, in the triunity of the Godhead which we, in our feeble, finite minds cannot comprehend. But in that trinity of His nature, He said "let us make man after our image" and thus he made man after His image, a trinity of nature. So God is a superior trinity. Man, made in the image of God is an inferior trinity. The superior trinity being Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the inferior trinity of man being body, soul and spirit.

There are actually many references in the OT as well as predictions about Jesus Christ coming, death and resurrection. When God said "Us", he didn't mean Him and another being somewhere, He meant "Us" in the sense of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. One God with three different personalities, each serving a purpose.

Answer 7

The Bible clearly speaks of God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit...and also clearly presents that there is only one God. Thus the term: "Tri" meaning three, and "Unity" meaning one, Tri+Unity = Trinity. It is a way of acknowledging what the Bible reveals to us about God, that God is yet three "Persons" who have the same essence of deity.Notice the plural pronouns "us" and "our" in Genesis 1:26. 26 Then God said, "Let US make man in OUR image, in OUR likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.

Answer 8

i'd say it's probably not referring to the trinity. wasn't god already supposed to have conjured up his son and the angels by the time he was ready to make man? wouldn't it follow, then, that that's who he was talking to when he said "let us...?" makes sense to me.

by the way, i thought "rhymeswithcamera" had a very good point. the fact that christians had to reference other scriptures in order to validate their view on this scripture is enough to make me suspicious.

Answer 9

You clearly do not understand the Old Testament, let alone the New Testament. Read John chapter 1. It is very clear to anyone who has read the entire bible that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit were together from the begining.

Answer 10

It doesn't.
When God said "Let us make man in our image", you need to know who was present and involved in the conversation. Study in the manuscripts would provide such information.
Who was there when this was being discussed? All of us. God, to include his ever-present Word along with the Spirit of Him, and all of the souls that had been created (yes, all of our souls were already created).
Now imagine all of us, and including the full Godhead and the Angels, all together in this "meeting", and then read the passage again. We were created in the flesh to
resemble the image of us in our spiritual bodies. "Lets create us in the flesh to look like we do in the spiritual".