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06-19-2007, 10:12 AM
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Genesis - Who is our image?
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish…
Who is God referring to when he says our?
Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good…
Who is God referring to when he says us?
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06-19-2007, 10:18 AM
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My two little angels!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrsMcD
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish…
Who is God referring to when he says our?
Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good…
Who is God referring to when he says us?
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I always just though it was God and the angels.
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06-19-2007, 11:41 AM
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Since Adam was created in the image of Him that was to come. Rom 5:14. It could be that God, who inhabits all of time, was refferring to Jesus.
In the image of God created he him.
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06-25-2007, 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by QueenEsther
I always just though it was God and the angels.
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‘Then the LORD God said, “behold the man has become like one of us, to know good and evil ….’ (Genesis 3:22a).
The unfallen angels in heaven don't know evil, for they know only good, being unfallen. Only the omnipotent God knows (understands) both good and evil, though he only practices good, for although being omniscient, he understands and knows of all types of evil, but of course, without ever partaking in it. However, if the unfallen angels in heavens did know both good and evil then they'd consequently be omniscient, which an incommunicable divine attribute which God cannot transfer to any part of his creation.
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06-25-2007, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Iron_Bladder
‘Then the LORD God said, “behold the man has become like one of us, to know good and evil ….’ (Genesis 3:22a).
The unfallen angels in heaven don't know evil, for they know only good, being unfallen. Only the omnipotent God knows (understands) both good and evil, though he only practices good, for although being omniscient, he understands and knows of all types of evil, but of course, without ever partaking in it. However, if the unfallen angels in heavens did know both good and evil then they'd consequently be omniscient, which an incommunicable divine attribute which God cannot transfer to any part of his creation. |
You just made God a fallen God by equating knowledge of good and evil with a fallen state. Perhaps you'd take a stab at doing more than just making assertions and back them up with scriptures and logic
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06-19-2007, 12:44 PM
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"The image" could also be interpreted as the image of God's attributes.
His emotions. Anger, mercy, love, hatred, justice, compassion and so on.
His eternal existence. The soul will live forever somewhere.
His ability. To create, to destroy, to speak, to think.
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06-25-2007, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Pastor Poster
"The image" could also be interpreted as the image of God's attributes.
His emotions. Anger, mercy, love, hatred, justice, compassion and so on.
His eternal existence. The soul will live forever somewhere.
His ability. To create, to destroy, to speak, to think.
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This is impossible, as God's divine attributes don't possess the ability to cognate. The 'us' refers to the Yahweh God himself, who is Father and Son ( Hebrews 1:8) and Holy Spirit ( Acts 5:3-4). The unfallen angels in heaven don't know evil and so the 'us' can't refer to them as they only know good.
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06-19-2007, 01:06 PM
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06-19-2007, 02:42 PM
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So basically, we just don't know the answer. 
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06-19-2007, 03:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrsMcD
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish…
Who is God referring to when he says our?
Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good…
Who is God referring to when he says us?
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I believe that God was speaking to the angels in those passages, even though in Genesis 1:27 it says that God created man in His image and not their image.
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