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1 | In Gen 1, who is us referring to? | Gen 1:26 | Ray | 38336 | ||
Hi deola, Welcome to the forum. I encourage you to use the NASB in your study of the Scriptures for just the capitalization that is incorporated will help in the understanding. I think of the Man, Jesus Christ when I read in the 26th verse, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness..." The Man, Jesus Christ was totally God and thus it is indeed the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit speaking just as the Amplified version above says. God also created man in the spiritual image of God. Genesis 6:3, "Then the Lord said, "My Spirit/ shall not always strive with man forever, because he also is flesh;..." or as the margin says, [Or, in his going astray he is flesh] It is this same Spirit of God who had to thwart the purposes of the people in Genesis 11:7, "Come, let Us/ go down and there confuse their language, that they may not..." I think that the creation was the work of the Spirit also for the heavenly hosts were part of the work which He had done. Genesis 2:1, "Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. And by the seventh day God completed His work which (He) had done;..." Parentheses mine for comparison. Some verses to compare and contrast would be: Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of (God) was moving over the surface of the waters." Genesis 1:26, "The (God) said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness..." Genesis 1:28, "And (God) blessed them;..." Genesis 2:2, "And by the seventh day God completed His work which (He) had done;..." Genesis 2:4, "This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created in the day that the Lord (God) made earth and heaven." Genesis 2:19, "And out of the ground the Lord (God) formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them;..." Genesis 3:22, "Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of (Us), knowing good and evil;..." Genesis 6:6, "And the (Lord) was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart." Contrast 1:26 Genesis 6:6, "But Noah found favor in the eyes of the (Lord)." Genesis 7:5, "And Noah did according to all that the (Lord) had commanded him." I hope some of that was of interest. From the heart, Ray |
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2 | In Gen 1, who is us referring to? | Gen 1:26 | ava4 | 65466 | ||
I think it's interesting to note that, according to the Genesis account of creation, God seems to act unilaterally in speaking everything into existence..until it was time to create man. In creating man He spoke in the plural signifying that the whole Godhead was involved in creating man..God's intended crowning glory of all of His creation. To me this provides a strong, yet, simple understanding of the 'why' of God's desire and purpose throughout history to regain man and why He provided such great sacrifice to redeem us. May God bless our days....dennis |
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