Trinity

[rdscheirer]

Dear Molly123

Genisis says “Let us make man in OUR own image.” Seems like that means there.

Bob is more than one

 

[RuthByzCat3]

Warning!
Some will say that that is God using the “royal We.” The obvious objection to that argument is that nowhere else does God speak of Himself as “We.”

 

[steveb1]

Another answer I’ve heard is that God is addressing the angelic council, i.e., God and the angels are spiritual beings and God intends that Adam also be such - so he breathes his own divine life into Adam… something he did not do with material creation and the animals.

 

[RuthByzCat3]

And the objection to that one would be that the angels are not co-creators with God. The Bible is quite clear: “By the Word of the Lord the (something) was made, the heavens and all their host. He spoke and they were made; He commanded and they were created.”

 

[JimG]

I don’t know what the answer is, but I doubt that this language was intended as a hint of the Trinity. It makes no hint of three, in particular, and the OT was scrupulous in warning people away from polytheism and insistent on monotheism.

Of course, the Trinity is still one God, and monotheistic. But Old Testament peoples would have no way of coming to that knowledge without the revelation of Christ.

And it seems a stretch that the language would be intended for Christians rather than its original hearers. But I could be wrong.

 

[FaithJoy]

In original Hebrew,Elohim was used to mean God. In its correct grammar usage it is plural meaning “Gods”. Nobody really understands why, but there many ideas such as Trinity or all attributes of God. Since “Elohim” is used in Genesis, there must be a link.