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To: Ecliptic
“US” is the trilogy. God the Father, Jesus the Son and The Holy Spirit. Gos manifests himself in 3 ways.

Incorrect. That is from Genesis, 1:26 and 1:27, and has to do with what the great scholar Rashi called the Lord's "humility"...

26. And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness

Rashi: From here we learn the humility of the Holy One, blessed be He. Since man was created in the likeness of the angels, and they would envy him, He consulted them. And when He judges kings, He consults with His Heavenly household.

The very next section shows that this is not referring to a trilogy...

27. And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

42 posted on 03/02/2013 11:40:31 PM PST by montag813
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To: montag813

No...it is you who are incorrect. Perfect in holiness and perfect in unity. The Godhead (Romans 1:20; Colossians 2:9). God the Father has NO form (Col 1:15) by which they Godhead could have made man. The only “form” that exists is the Son...who created ALL things (Col 1:16; Eph 3:9; Heb 1:2; John 1:3; et al)...ALL things...including those things in Genesis 1.


67 posted on 03/03/2013 2:57:13 AM PST by NELSON111
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To: montag813
>> “Since man was created in the likeness of the angels...” <<

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Drivel!

The angels are winged reptilian warriors whose bodies are of impenetrable armor.

140 posted on 03/03/2013 8:34:49 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: montag813

Simply incorrect. Even “great scholars” can be incorrect. This is a case in point. Christ is the Son of God - the very reason for which the Jews delivered Him to Pilate. God’s Spirit is seen “hovering over the face of the Earth in Genesis.

In Genesis 1:1 it says, in the beginning (beginning of beginnings - talking about timeless existence), God (Elohim - plural). From the opening line of the scriptures God and not man, and not a rabbi, establishes who He is. God chooses to express Himself in this way (triune) and it is for man to see, understand, accept. John 1 establishes this same thought, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God. And the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. Again, God, and not man, expresses Himself how He wills and it is for man to see, to understand, to accept.

You also er when you (or is it the rabbi) say that, “since man was created in the likeness of the angels...” This is no where supported in scriptures. But look what it does say:

Psa 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psa 8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

We are not made like the angels, but in the image of God. That’s why the angels [might] envy.

We, a fallen race of beings, experience the grace of God and experience a new birth and are thus given a special knowledge of God that Peter writes about:
1Pe 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
1Pe 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
1Pe 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

That’s why the angels [might] envy.

Paul declares that “the glory of God is revealed in the face of Jesus Christ.

John declares, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”

We made in His image, He made like one of us. He the Son of Glory, We, the sons of a fallen race but one day will be brought to glory (Heb. 2).


179 posted on 03/04/2013 4:41:44 PM PST by MarDav
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