26Then God said, "Let (AE)Us make (AF)man in Our image, according to Our likeness;"
He doesn't say MY but clearly says OUR. Who were the other Gods????
2007-09-28 02:47:37 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This kin of fits with him being a jealous God. Was he jealous of the rest of the Gods? Were they better than him?
2007-09-28 02:56:17 · update #1
He was refering to his buddies, Dick and Jack.
The other gods weren't better than him, but his older sisters Hera and Hecate picked on him growing up. He got his revenge, huh? That's why only Demeter survived as Mary.
2007-09-28 02:49:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's because Judaism (the religion Christianity came from) used to be polytheistic!
There is an Atheist bible scholar named Hector Avalos who wrote a cutting edge book called "The End of Biblical Studies". In short the book is about how Bible Translators are usually of the religion they are translating the Bible for and therefore will purposely fudge and change passages to make the Bible more relevant for modern times and to get rid of discrepancies that disagree with the way people practice the religion now. Here is a site that gives a bit of a taste of what's in the book and one of the first things it covers is a passage where the polytheistic nature of Judaism has been covered up by modern translation: Deuteronomy 32:8-9. You aught to really check out the site and even get the book. You seem like the type who would really put this kind of information to good use. ;)
http://www.heardworld.com/higgaion/?p=706
I not only have many different Christian Bible translations, but I also have one of the most accurate Jewish Bible (Torah, also known as the Old Testament) translations there is: The Jewish Study Bible which is translated by the Jewish Publication Society. I really recommend getting this Torah, since it has side notes for the above scripture along with Deuteronomy 32:43 and 33:2-3,7 that state in no uncertain terms that the original text had probably been tampered with at some point in history to cover up the very obvious polytheist roots of the Bible. Comparison of the Hebrew MT texts (what most Bibles are translated from) to the Dead Sea Scrolls and the LXX along with the fact that the passages don't make any sense in the form presented in the Hebrew MT is what brings many Bible scholars to the above conclusions.
2007-09-30 06:21:38 · answer #2 · answered by Tea 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's speaking of Jesus. This isn't clarified until John began to teach how Jesus was in the beginning with God.
John 1:1-3 MKJV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.
Jesus is the Living Word, as we know. He is the Word that John is referring to.
2007-09-28 10:00:20 · answer #3 · answered by edcw0214 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bible, God created heavens and the heavenly host long before he got round to putting humans on earth. Indeed, the Bible goes on to explain how said heavenly host applauded when God created physical humans.
If you believe in God and all the rest of it the most logical assumption was that He was addressing either the entire host or just one of them, in which case the most logical assumption (again) would have been Michael.
2007-09-28 11:12:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were others living with God the Father, and others were involved with Him in the creation process. We learn in John 1:3, 14 that Jesus was He who performed the creation under the direction of the father. From other scriptures we can gain even more insight into both the creation process and our own relationship with God.
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gs/c/73
2007-09-28 09:56:13 · answer #5 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Erik Von Daaniken's book "Chariots of the Gods" say it is because "God" is actually a group of aliens and that is why they said 'we' and 'us'.
The Jesus and God stuff is confusing. If it's OT, there was no Jesus yet, right? We also never hear anything about the Trinity until later too. And also, what is up with the Trinity? Why is it broken in to three?
2007-09-28 09:52:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was explained to me in seminary, that the hebrew word used in Genesis for God is a "uni-plural" word. Which is the basis for the Trinity doctrine. One God, three persons (God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit). An earthly example of a uni-plural word would be "team", one team, many members.
2007-09-28 09:52:51 · answer #7 · answered by Deus Luminarium 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The way I had it explained to me ...
There were other beings that looked like God ( and Adam ) , but these other beings were not divine and not Gods. They just looked like Gods.
I got the distinct impression that this particular Christian was making up his answer on the spur of the moment.
2007-09-28 10:01:36 · answer #8 · answered by londonpeter2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, the answer is the holy Trinity. about the jelous part.. God was jelous that the israelites, His chosen nation, forgot Him, and made themselves gods of woods, stones, silver, gold, etc. He was jealous of THAT. He went on to ask them why serve gods they created, if they cant hear/see/smell/touch and of course, save. they werent real. He is. anyway, i think im getting carried away on the subject, so imma end this right here. hope i helped.
2007-09-28 10:02:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This US refers to GOD AND JESUS!!! Jesus IS the VERB!
John 1.1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1.10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
2007-09-28 09:58:36 · answer #10 · answered by Desir D 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This could refer to the Trinty..God was speaking to Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I think this is what it means. Another theory is that He is talking to the angels..but this doesnt really fit with the idea that angels are servants of God.
God bless
2007-09-28 12:16:19 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋