Why Did God Say “Let Us”?

Here is a question from a brother in Christ.

Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Why did God speak in the plural when He made man?

A_SUPER_SIGN  JEFF_IN 12-27-59 Morning

26 That’s a sign, that every unrepented sinner will perish in the judgment, that the righteous shall be saved by the mercy of God. He gave another sign at the burning bush. What was it when He caught His runaway prophet? “I have heard the cries of My people, and I’ve remembered My covenant”? He gave another sign there, that He was a covenant-keeping God, that He remembered everything that He said, every promise that He made. He gave a sign at the burning bush, “And I’ve come down to deliver them.” Watch God in His ways of work. When He created the heavens and earth, He called the Angels together, and He said, “Let us.” Every place in the Scripture where He did anything mostly, “Not Me, but My Father.” But when it come to the plan of redemption, He came alone; nobody was with Him. He was the only One that could come. An Angel couldn’t do it. Another man called His son, couldn’t do it. One called something else, a holy virgin, or a holy mother, or–or some saint, couldn’t do it. God had to come.

He was speaking to angels because he desired their participation in his work. First of all notice that after God says, “let us” first and then the scripture says in verse 27, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” 
See that Moses used the SINGULAR personal pronouns “HIS own image” “image of God created HE him, male and female created HE them.” 
So the plural pronoun by definition means he was speaking to someone who WAS NOT HIMSELF, ie not God. God is ONE person as evidenced by the THOUSANDS of scriptures that use singular personal pronouns. In this verse it clearly shows that he was speaking to someone OTHER than himself. 
A great example of this is in Isaiah 6. 

6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

God is speaking to the angelic beings surrounding his throne. He says whom shall I (singular pronoun pointing to ONE PERSON) send and whom shall go for US (the singular PERSON was speaking to the angelic beings who were NOT him).

Godhead – Part 4 – The Son of God and the Word of God

Here we study the difference and similarities between of the Logos of John 1:1 and the Son of God. Contrary to popular belief Jesus did not exist as God in heaven before his birth. We explore John 1:1, 1 John 1:1-2, Luke 1:35, Galatians 4:4, Psalm 2:7, John 17:5 and Colossians 1:15-18.

There is still an element of mystery to understanding who God is, but there is not a contradiction like there is with Trinitarianism. The Trinitarians accuse me of being a heretic and a false beleiver, but I would turn the tables and say the Trinity is a false doctrine that was erroneous from the start. The original doctrine espoused by the prophets of the OT and the apostles of the NT is the true doctrine of God, it’s simple and easy to understand. The important thing is to go back to the bible to search these things out for yourself to see if they are so.

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A Word to Muslims

A Word To Muslims

I dedicate this writing to followers of Muhammed around the world. I admire the strength of your conviction and the fervor with which you follow Allah. My hope is that this writing brings freedom and life to all who desperately need peace in their souls. I am an American and I love the Muslim people. I hate the atrocities that have been committed over the centuries in the name of “true religion”. God is love. Any true believer will express love to ALL people around him and will return good for evil.

Muslims rightly call Jesus a prophet. For truly he was the prophet that Moses said would come.

No true Christian would ever want to see any hurt to come to any Muslim or any other man for that matter. If one truly believes in Jesus he will give of himself and love his neighbor as himself and love his enemy and pray for those who persecute and despitefully use them.

The Trinity Is a False Concept

From the time of the inception of Islam’s prophet Muhammed “orthodox” Christians falsely believed in a God that exists as three persons. This is starkly different from the God that revealed himself through Jesus. Jesus said the greatest commandment was, “hear o Israel the LORD our God, the LORD is one.” God’s unity is the most sacred commandment. Truly the New Testament of the Christians teaches men that God is one not three. Jesus or his apostles never taught that there is a three person God. Three does not equal one in any way. There is one God and only one.

Is Jesus a prophet or a liar?

Jesus said, “I am the Son of God.” To the Muslim the Quran teaches that no one should say that God has a Son. From the perspective of the Muslim you are stating that there are not multiple persons who are God. Only God is God, there is none else. But the Quran also teaches that Jesus was a prophet and that prophet’s don’t make mistakes. But you are confronted with the fact that Jesus said he was the Son of God. The question is then, “was Jesus, the prophet of God, a liar or was he really who he said he was?” Do you even have the option to say he was a liar?

What Does It Mean To Be The Son of God?

Frankly what the Catholics have taught for centuries that the Son of God is a second person who is God is a false concept. According to the angel Gabriel Jesus was the Son of God because the God created a little cell inside of Mary. GOD DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH MARY. GOD CREATED WITHIN MARY A LITTLE EMBRYO.

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Luke 1:35

Jesus is the Son of God based upon the fact that God created within Mary a little baby, just as every Muslim believes. That is why Jesus was the Son of God. Just as Adam was created by God directly and therefore the son of God.

What will you do with this Jesus called the Christ?

Will you reject the prophet of God’s words? Will you tell him that he was in error when he said he was the Son of God? What decision will you make? Will you believe Jesus’ words or will you reject him as a liar? Everyone must make a choice.

What does the prophet Jesus offer?

Here is something to think about. Jesus was a prophet and as such he foretold his death, burial and resurrection. His apostles bore record of this and they died because of what they said about Jesus. Would they die for a lie? Would they allow themselves to be tortured and killed so that they could tell a lie. Truly, they witnessed Jesus die and rise again from the dead. They knew him personally for over three years and were with him each and every day. Could they possibly be tricked into believing a lie? They witnessed Jesus ascend into heaven. Would they die for a lie?

Jesus, God’s prophet and Son, offers you peace. But he not only offers you peace, he offers to take your burden from you. He will not put a heavy burden upon you. He will give you the peace with God that you have always longed for.

All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11:27-30

Jesus offers you rest from your works. You believe that at the end of days Allah will judge all men based upon their works and if their good works outweigh their evil works you will enter into heaven. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. There is no one righteous. There is no one worthy of heaven. That is why this offer of Jesus is so stunning. He offers you and me rest for our souls. We don’t have to work our way into heaven. If we have to work our way into heaven we will all be lost for our evil deeds always outweigh our good deeds. No one could ever be saved by their good deeds. We would all be condemned.

But the one true God put the sins of the entire world upon Jesus and Jesus who foretold the fact that he would die on the cross for our sins did in fact die in our places. The just for the unjust. The sinless for the sinners. Through faith in his Name and the love of God we are able to truly KNOW that we are forgiven. God accepted the blood of Jesus as a sacrifice for our sins. Because of that we have rest and we can know of a surety that we are going to be in paradise with God when we die. God raised Jesus from the dead and he is alive today in heaven praying for you and for me so that we can have rest for our souls.

If you know Jesus in truth you will have the freedom and rest for your souls that he offers. Will you accept his offer to take your heavy load and to give you his light load so that you can have rest for your souls?

Godhead Part 4 The Son of God and the Word

Here we study the difference and similarities between of the Logos of John 1:1 and the Son of God. Contrary to popular belief Jesus did not exist as God in heaven before his birth. We explore John 1:1, 1 John 1:1-2, Luke 1:35, Galatians 4:4, Psalm 2:7, John 17:5 and Colossians 1:15-18.

There is still an element of mystery to understanding who God is, but there is not a contradiction like there is with Trinitarianism. The Trinitarians accuse me of being a heretic and a false beleiver, but I would turn the tables and say the Trinity is a false doctrine that was erroneous from the start. The original doctrine espoused by the prophets of the OT and the apostles of the NT is the true doctrine of God, it’s simple and easy to understand. The important thing is to go back to the bible to search these things out for yourself to see if they are so.

The Godhead – Part 1

The oneness of God is a highly controversial subject. Trinitarians will do their best to plant fear in anyone who seeks to understand God based upon a biblical framework rather than non-biblical terminology being thrust upon the Bible. My hope is that at least you’ll take a look at this, go back to the bible and search out what it says and that you will come to your own conclusion based upon the leadership of the Holy Spirit instead of running from this based upon some fear that man would place in your heart.

Jason DeMars

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