What does it mean in Gen. when God said let "us" create..Who is us?

Question

Humming Bird..I know the first verses say that God created the heavens and the earth..but if you keep reading further at one point it says US..

Answer 1

Angel.

The "us" in Genesis is NOT a Trinity. A quick study will tell you that the bible was written in different languages, and translated to English for us. The original Old Testament was written in Hebrew and Chaldean.

I will quote a resource I highly give props for you to read...
"Any interpretation of Genesis 1:26 that permits the existence of more than one person of God runs into severe difficulties. Isaiah 44:24 says the LORD created the heavens alone and created the earth by Himself. There was only one Creator according to Malachi 2:10. Furthermore, if the plural in Genesis 1:26 refers to the Son of God, how do we reconcile this with the scriptural record that the Son was not born until at least four thousand years later in Bethlehem? The Son was made of a woman (Galatians 4:4); if the Son was present in the beginning who was His mother? If the Son be a spirit being, who was His spirit mother?

Since Genesis 1:26 cannot mean two or more persons in the Godhead, what does it mean? The Jews have traditionally interpreted it to mean that God talked to the angels at creation. [22] This does not imply that the angels actually took part in creation but that God informed them of His plans and solicited their comments out of courtesy and respect. On at least one other occasion God talked to the angels and requested their opinions in formulating His plans (I Kings 22:19-22). We do know that the angels were present at the creation (Job 38:4-7).

Other commentators have suggested that Genesis 1:26 simply describes God as He counseled with His own will. Ephesians 1:11 supports this view, saying that God works all things "after the counsel of his own will." By analogy, this is similar to a man saying "Let's see" (let us see) even when he is planning by himself.

Others explain this passage as a majestic or literary plural. That is, in formal speaking and writing the speaker or writer often refers to himself in the plural, especially if the speaker is of royalty. Biblical examples of the majestic plural can be cited to illustrate this practice. For example, Daniel told King Nebuchadnezzar, "We will tell the interpretation thereof before the king" even though Daniel alone proceeded to give the interpretation to the king (Daniel 2:36). King Artaxerxes alternately referred to himself in the singular and the plural in his correspondence. Once, he wrote, "The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me" (Ezra 4:18). In a letter to Ezra, Artaxerxes called himself "I" in one place (Ezra 7:13) but "we" in another place (7:24).

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Answer 2

In Genesis chapter 1 and 2, there are several verses regarding creation that say 'let US create', and another one is when Moses was writing the creation of man, that it is written 'Then God said "Let us make man in Our image, according to our likeness; ...' Genesis 1v26.

This is referring to the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. There are several scriptures in the Old and New Testament to support this.

Father: - Genesis 1v1 'In the beginning GOD created the heavens and the earth.'

Son:- This is Jesus, the Gospels show His biography that He is the Son of God. But there is one little known verse that points to the Son in the Old Testament; Daniel 3v25,' "Look" he answered, "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God" '

Holy Spirit: - This self explanatory, and again there is evidence t in Genesis 1v2 '...... the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.'

So thats who 'Us' are. Father - God, Son - Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit - Spirit of God.

Answer 3

There are different ideas about this, depending on your point of view, or you denomination. The first is the "royal plural" such as Queen Victoria might have used, like in saying "we are displeased", denoting God's sovereignity.. The second, indicates an Old Testament confirmation of the doctrine of the Trinity. The third, That God was speaking to the Archangels who had a hand in creation. The fourth is, that God the Father was speaking to his Son Jesus Christ, a seperate personage of the Godhead. Who created the earth under the direction of the Father.

Answer 4

Someone else stated that Jesus was included in creating everything. That is correct.
Some religions take issue with Jesus creations as "God", thinking of him as sole creator. (Incorrect) He used Jehovah's power, and has always been subordinate to him. He says many times in the bible that God / Jehovah / his father, is superior to himself.
Jehovah remains the sole creator since he began creation.
You might think of it this way. Had he "NOT" created Jesus as Michael, where would we now be?

Answer 5

Jesus created everything (John 1 "without him nothing was made that was made"): the sun, the stars, the birds, the earth, the fish, etc.

Man was a special creation, the only one to bear God's image and likeness. God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit got together and created man in God's image and likeness.

Answer 6

The best guess is that it refers to the Holy Trinity. The three Persons of the Trinity (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit) existed before the creation of man. The angels did not take part in creation. Thus, the best guess is that this passage (and others like it) reflect conversations among the Persons of the Holy Trinity.

Answer 7

He is speaking to his only begotten son, Jesus, long before Jesus had come to the earth [by volunteering to do so] to buy back what Adam and Eve had lost for us; life. Jesus though he was called Michael when he was in heaven before his reign on earth, was along side Jehovah God when most everything was created.

Remember when later on, after Adam and Eve sinned God began to put in place a "redeemer" a "seed", one who could give mankind back what Adam lost; life. Jesus was that seed.

Answer 8

The Bible is adapted from the Sumerian Annals and the Babylonian Enuma Elish. In those stories, there were various gods: Enki, Anu, Enlil, etc. All of these gods were written about roughly 1500 years before and Jewish texts. This also explains the duality of personality present in Yahweh. The Sumerian stories tell exactly the same stories, but with two deities who later have a falling out and begin each vying for devotees.

Other Biblical stories which were plagiarized from the Sumerians:

Noah's Ark
Adam & Eve

Don't believe me? Check it out for yourself. What do you suppose the odds are of two creation stories so close to one another? Do you know where ancient Sumeria was located? Present day Iraq, certainly close enough for their stories to be adapted by the Jews, the Bablyonians had conquered most of the surrounding areas within in the next thousand years. Their predecessors, the Sumerians had created cities all around as they are the oldest known civilization.

Answer 9

The early Hebrews believed there were multiple gods as did most religions at the time. That is why the first commandment states thou shall have NO OTHER gos before me. They believed their god was the leader much like Zeus and all other gods were less power full. But the monotheistic idea did not come about till much later.
You will hear that it means other than it does but those claiming otherwise have no understanding of the history of the Judea christian religion.

Answer 10

It said in the Original King James Version Bible:
GENESIS 1:1 IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
So I don't know where you got your info. from or what kind of bible you have but its not a good old Original King James Version Bible. You need to get and one and read Genesis.