Mankind is the crowning act of an intentional Creator. Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
"Let Us make man" is emphatic. It emphasizes the majesty of the speaker (the Lord of the universe!). Furthermore, the use of a plural for God allows for the later revelation of the Trinity.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
Keep in mind, the "Us" cannot refer to the angels that are present with the Lord God because man is made in the image of God alone.
Genesis 1:26-27 Matthew 28:19
~~W.R. Luchie
"Let Us make man" is emphatic. It emphasizes the majesty of the speaker (the Lord of the universe!). Furthermore, the use of a plural for God allows for the later revelation of the Trinity.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
Keep in mind, the "Us" cannot refer to the angels that are present with the Lord God because man is made in the image of God alone.
Genesis 1:26-27 Matthew 28:19
~~W.R. Luchie
