Secrets of Gen 1.1
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SECRETS OF GENESIS 1:1<br />
PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />
<strong>Gen</strong>esis 1:26: Then God (Elohim) said,”Let Us make man in Our image, according<br />
to Our likeness.…”<br />
Here God is not talking to the angels since man was created in the image <strong>of</strong> God and not <strong>of</strong><br />
angels. The same situation exists in the following verses as well:<br />
<strong>Gen</strong>esis 3:22: Then the LORD God (YHVH Elohim) said, “Behold, the man has<br />
become like one <strong>of</strong> Us…<br />
”<strong>Gen</strong>esis 11:7: “Come, let Us go down, and there confuse their language…”<br />
Isaiah 6:8: Also I heard the voice <strong>of</strong> the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who<br />
will go for Us?”<br />
Even in the Shema Israel where the it is assumed to be a declartion <strong>of</strong> monotheism<br />
<strong>of</strong> Israelic faith repeated every day “Shema Israel, YHVH Elohenu, YHVH echad”<br />
which is translated usually as: Hear oh Israel,YHVH your God YHVH is one God.<br />
The verb echad there is the word for unity <strong>of</strong> oneness as opposed to numerical<br />
oneness. There is a verb yachid which signifies numerical one ness and that is not<br />
used here This upsets the whole meaning <strong>of</strong> monotheistic assertion. The God <strong>of</strong><br />
Israel is a unity <strong>of</strong> Gods.<br />
Sh'ma Yisra'el, YHWH 'eloheinu, YHWH echad<br />
It is here the Christians assert the Tri-une (Three in One) God<br />
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