Why does God use the pronoun us in Genesis 1:26?

@TurtlePink

By looking at scripture, it tells us that God said he would make [u]man[/u] in the image of God. [u]Let us make man[/u], in the image of God. It wouldn't make sense if he said let us make the world in the image of God. So I don't think we can say he was talking about the United States, but strictly the creation of man.

@TurtlePink Stupid, the US stand for both the Trinity AND the sons of God also being Elohim. Yahweh means God ONLY, the Trinity, Elohim means God, but get this, it also means sons of God, angels, fallen angels, powers, principalities, demons, and human spirits. The Hebrew word for God in Genesis 1:26 is Elohim. It is possible we are made in the image of God AND the sons of God. This upsets the apple cart of some theology and may disturb some people. Ask me if I care? No, I do not care at all...people should get a more accurate understanding of things in the bible.

@LadyGrace @SpiritualMan false! all that is false! Everything in the Bible was about the US. Everything took place in Texas

@SpiritualMan [quote]Stupid, the US stand for both the Trinity AND the sons of God also being Elohim. Yahweh means God ONLY, the Trinity, Elohim means God, but get this, it also means sons of God, angels, fallen angels, powers, principalities, demons, and human spirits. The Hebrew word for God in Genesis 1:26 is Elohim. It is possible we are made in the image of God AND the sons of God. This upsets the apple cart of some theology and may disturb some people. Ask me if I care? No, I do not care at all...people should get a more accurate understanding of things in the bible.
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Spiritual man.... calling people stupid does not sound very spiritual to me. That's just wrong. You said people should get more accurate understanding of the things in the Bible, but you are way off on this, in saying that the "us" refers to anyone other than the Trinity. All the others do not have the power to create as God does, so that verse speaks only of the trinity in creating people and the world. There is no place in the Bible that says otherwise so we cannot be reading into things here. Where did you get your other idea about that from? What Bible do you use?

@LadyGrace I didn't say HE was stupid, but that WHAT he said is stupid. Besides I said stupid because it seemed to be mockery.

@LadyGrace Actually that verse doesn't speak ONLY of the Trinity if the word Elohim is used, you can't assume that. I use different versions but in Hebrew Yahweh means God ONLY, but Elohim means divine beings or heavenly beings (sometimes called angels), fallen angels, demons, and human spirits, and it also means God. It is a catch-all term to mean residents of the spiritual realm. Gen 1:26 uses Elohim instead of Yahweh.

@SpiritualMan No. Just no.

@SpiritualMan You did. You called TurtlePink STUPID.

[quote]Stupid, the US stand for both the Trinity AND the sons of God also being Elohim. Yahweh means God ONLY, the Trinity, Elohim means God, but get this, it also means sons of God, angels,[/quote]

@LadyGrace No I called the mockery stupid, or that is what I meant.

@SpiritualMan God is not stupid. How dare you say that.

@TurtlePink I didn't I thought you were saying the us means US as in USA, which I took to be mockery, and thus I called the mockery stupid.

@SpiritualMan I didn't assume anything. I got all my information from God's Word, not the Jehovah Witness Bible.

@LadyGrace And I got mine from understanding some Hebrew wording. In Hebrew there are different words for God, some words mean God only, and some words mean other divine beings, "gods" small "g". Just because the Jehovah Witnesses have a bunch of errors doesn't make this part not true.

@SpiritualMan yes but in Genesis they are not talking about all these other gods or principalities, Angels or anything else. You are taking it out of context. When the Trinity created heaven and earth and people, they we're not talking about anything else or anyone else are conferring with anyone else, because, no one else has the power nor authority to create! What part of that don't you understand because you keep harping and saying that's wrong and if you claim that, then you're claiming that God's Word is wrong.

@SpiritualMan You're amazing at misrepresenting scripture and insisting it means something else. Study your Bible. The Bible. Not Jehovah Witnesses Bible, BASED on the biblical [b]interpretations of Charles Taze Russell [/b](1852–1916), founder (c. 1881) of the Bible Student movement, and of successive presidents of the Watch Tower Society, Joseph Franklin Rutherford (from 1917 to 1942) and Nathan Homer Knorr (from 1942 to 1977). Since 1976, ALL based on decisions made at closed meetings of the group. All based on man-made philosophy and not directed nor led by the authority of God or HIS WORD. How will you explain that to God, on Judgment Day that you followed Charles Taze Russell's philosophies, and word, over His?

@SpiritualMan I don't know why you keep harping on the name Yahweh and God yes it means God but that's not the subject we're on right now. We're talking about the trinity in the beginning of creation. And both cannot be true. God said there's only one truth and His is the truth. God never asked anybody else to join in the creation. So let's put that to rest. As I mentioned, no one else could have assisted him so what you said makes no sense.

@LadyGrace We could consider God doing creation and the angels assisting. That isn't too hard to imagine. The sons of God were made before the world was, Job makes that clear. Before you say, "God doesn't NEED them to help.", well God doesn't NEED US to do ministry work either, but God CHOOSES to use us.

@SpiritualMan If you consider the angels helping God, that's not even a possibility, why do you insist on adding them. Give GOD the credit for creation... He didn't make the angels, so they could assist in creating because they can't! And he sure didn't need their help! He didn't want anyone but himself to have the credit for that. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that angels assisted, so we shouldn't add or take away as Revelation warns us not to.

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. [b][c=BF0000]Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.Deuteronomy 12:32[/c][/b]“Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. [b][c=BF0000]YOU SHALL NOT ADD TO IT OR TAKE FROM IT.[/c][/b]

[b][c=BF0000]The gospel is meant to change the sinner. Not for the sinner to change the gospel to suit him or herself. If we add anything to the gospel we take away everything.[/c][/b]

[b][c=BF0000][center]WHAT DOES REVELATION SAY ABOUT ADDING THINGS TO HIS BOOK?[/center][/c][/b]

@SpiritualMan WRONG! YOU CALLED TURTLEPINK STUPID. THE FIRST WORD OF YOUR SENTENCE. Don't lie. Not ONE WORD did you say about mockery. You shouldn't call people names. Then lie about it.

[quote]SpiritualMan @Turtlepink: Stupid, the US stand for both the Trinity AND the sons of God also being Elohim. Yahweh means God ONLY, the Trinity, Elohim means God, but get this, it also means sons of God, angels, fallen angels, powers, principalities, demons, and human spirits. The Hebrew word for God in Genesis 1:26 is Elohim. It is possible we are made in the image of God AND the sons of God. This upsets the apple cart of some theology and may disturb some people. Ask me if I care? No, I do not care at all...people should get a more accurate understanding of things in the bible.[/quote]

@SpiritualMan say you’re sorry now 😤