Lets look at "definitions".
Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
here "God" is H430 אֱלֹהִים 'elohiym (el-o-heem') n-m.
אֱלֹהֵי 'elohiy (el-o-hee') [alternate plural]
1. (literally) supreme ones.
2. (hence, in the ordinary sense) gods.
3. (specifically, in the plural, especially with the article) the Supreme God (i.e. the all supreme).
4. (sometimes) supreme, used as a superlative.
5. (occasionally, by way of deference) supreme magistrates, the highest magistrates of the land.
6. (also) the supreme angels (entities of unspecified type).
[plural of H433]
KJV: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Root(s): H433
Compare: H5945, H7706, H8199, H4397
lets zero in on definition #3. (specifically, in the plural, especially with the article) notice what the definition states, in the plural , especially with the article. so do we see the article here in Genesis 1:1? YES, "The" beginning. but is this plurality manifested at Genesis 1:1? NO. this has been the sticking for a long time. and here's why, Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:" "ONE", here is the Hebrew word,
H259 אֶחָד 'echad (ech-awd') adj.
1. (properly) united, i.e. one.
2. (as an ordinal) first.
[a numeral from H258]
KJV: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together.
Root(s): H258
BINGO, God is ONE "LORD", not one God, and this is where those who believe in a three God make their mistake. the verse didn't say that God is an ECHAD, but that God is one/Echad "LORD". THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND GENESIS 1:26 AND 27.
so At Genesis 1:1, and at 1:26, God is ONE "LORD". which is bared out in Genesis 1:27.
so the term God is a plurality of "ONE" LORD, and "ONE" Lord.... to come. supportive scripture, Genesis 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." HOLD IT, how can God say, "us", and "our", when in fact Deuteronomy 6:4 states, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:". and if only the LORD is present at Genesis 1:26 hoe can God say "us", and "our?". answer, Romans 5:14 "Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come."
was to come? meaning he had not yet come at Genesis 1:26, and Genesis 1:27 confirm this by the single desigination of "his" and "he".
so God is a plurality in that which was to Come, and he came, or MANIFESTED at John 1:1.
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101G The "Spiritual Saboteur"