over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
US? OUR image? Who may He be talking about? What do you think it means?
Interesting answers please!:o]
2007-04-12 05:29:27 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
John 1 states that "everything was made by him [the Word, aka, Jesus] and nothing was there made that was not made by him".
So, all of creation was made by the hand of Jesus.
However, when creating Adam, all three persons in the Godhead [Elohim can also mean "gods"] contributed and thus, created men in THEIR image and likeness.
The Bible states that "creation declares the glory of God". Therefore, we can find examples of God's glory in creation.
Examples:
Three elements make up one egg (egg, white, yolk).
Water can be expressed in three forms: liquid, ice, steam.
Finally, most people think of the Trinity as follows:
1+1+1=3
However, they ignore the following:
1x1x1=1
Three divine Persons (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). One God.
2007-04-12 05:39:10 · answer #1 · answered by God Still Speaks Through His Word! 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
He was talking about working with his master worker, His only direct creation, His son. See Proverbs 8:22-31, Col 1:15-17, Revelation 3:14.
He created the earth to be inhabited Isa 45:18.
When we pray the Lords prayer at Mathew 6:10, we are praying for his rule to come to the earth and rule over us.
Man's rule has always dominated man to his injury so see the promises that are for-told: Daniel 2:44, Revelation 21:3,4, Psalms 37:9-11,29. The important thing would be to make sure that we know what God requires of us to be a part of his plans? gemhandy@hotmail.com
2007-04-12 05:45:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Many attempts have been made to explain the plural forms: "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness" : e.g., (1) the plural is a reference to the Trinity; (2) the plural is a reference to God and his heavenly court of angels; (3) the plural is an attempt to avoid the idea of an immediate resemblance of humans to God; (4) the plural is an expression of deliberation on God's part as he sets out to create the human race. The singulars in v. 27 ("in his own image" and "in the image of God"; cf. 5:1) rule out explanation 2, since in the immediate context the creation of man and woman is said to be "in his image," with no mention of them in the image of the angels. Explanations 3 and 4 are both possible, but neither explanation is specifically supported by the context. Verse 27 states twice that "man" was created in God's image and a third time that man was created "male and female." The same pattern is found in Ge 5:1-2a. The singular "man" is created as a plurality, "male and female." In a similar way the one God ("And God said") created humankind through an expression of his plurality ("Let us make man in our image"). Following this clue the divine plurality expressed in v. 26 is seen as an anticipation of the human plurality of the man and woman, thus casting the human relationship between man and woman as a reflection of God's own personal relationship with himself.
There are version of the scripture that have tried to eliminate the plurality of the God head. This is in accord with there doctrinal statement
2007-04-12 05:47:06 · answer #3 · answered by j.wisdom 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-21 23:10:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Genesis goes on to explain in Genesis chapter two God created Man from the dust (body and breathed into him life (Spirit) and the two became a living soul. this is the likeness of God that man is more than flesh but also spirit which is above the animals that perish with their flesh.
2007-04-12 05:35:49 · answer #5 · answered by djmantx 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
"Elohim" is plural for importance, similar to the royal "we." Notice, however, that the verbs are singular. It is simply God. Some say the Trinity, and this makes some sense, but not int he original context.
2007-04-12 05:42:17 · answer #6 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know others have said it but Jesus and the spirit.. Jesus was the word and the spirit moved over the waters both are mentioned in Genesis one.
2007-04-12 06:08:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I a Jehovah God that is speaking to his first son the one we know as Jesus according to Proverb 8:30 he was a helper of God allmighty ann in Colossians 1:15-16 add more information.
2007-04-12 05:47:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
He was talking to his Son who was with him and through whom he created the universe.
John 1:1, 2 tells us that Jesus was with God at the creation.
Colossians 1:15, 16 shows us that God created all things (except Jesus himself, of course) through Jesus.
In Proverbs 8:22-31 is an account if one reads the whole context that shows that this personification of Wisdom is also a prefigurement of Jesus. Notice verse 30 --
"I came to be beside him as a master worker, and I came to be the one he was specially fond of day by day, I being glad before him all the time." (NWT)
2007-04-12 05:33:07 · answer #9 · answered by Abdijah 7 · 6⤊ 4⤋
This is a reference to the Trinity. He is talking to Christ and the Holy Spirit. This isn't a reference to multiple gods but instead evidence of the eternalness of the Trinity.
2007-04-12 05:34:17 · answer #10 · answered by Ryan B 2 · 4⤊ 4⤋