(Genesis 1:26)"Then 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 birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." (ESV)
Some Christians see the words "us" and "our" in the first part of Genesis 1:26 as referring to God as Trinitarian. Other Christians reject this interpretation, believing it does not refer to the Trinity.
Some interpreters hold that "us" and "our" refer to the angelic court. But angels were not involved in the creation of man, God alone is the Creator. Also man is not made in the image of angels. Man is made in the image and likeness of God. Others view the plurality in the verse as referring to majesty or intensity.
The phrase, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness is probably a hint of the Trinity. The doctrine of the Trinity, one God in three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is fully revealed in the New Testament.
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