In Genesis 1:26 we read: “God said, Let us make man in our image.” Who are referred to here by the words us and our?
The words “God said” prove that the Father only is the Speaker. Obviously He spoke thus to His “only begotten Son,” the Logos, the precarnate Lord Jesus (Psa. 89:27; Prov. 8:22; John 1:1; 3:16; Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:5; Rev. 3:14). Jesus existed “before the world was” (John 17:5; 1:1, 2). He acted as God’s Agent in the creation of all things (John 1:3; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16, 17).
Whether the angels who co-operated in the creative works under the Logos (Job 38:4-7) are also included in this term “us” cannot be positively determined from this passage or from other Scriptures. But at least the Father and the Son are included. The relation of the Two in creation is as follows: The Father was the Architect of the creative plans and the Supplier of the materials for creation, while the Son was the Contractor who took the plans and material and with the assistance of the angelic hosts worked them up into the finished product under the direction of the great Architect of the universe.
The words “God said” prove that the Father only is the Speaker. Obviously He spoke thus to His “only begotten Son,” the Logos, the precarnate Lord Jesus (Psa. 89:27; Prov. 8:22; John 1:1; 3:16; Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:5; Rev. 3:14). Jesus existed “before the world was” (John 17:5; 1:1, 2). He acted as God’s Agent in the creation of all things (John 1:3; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16, 17).
Whether the angels who co-operated in the creative works under the Logos (Job 38:4-7) are also included in this term “us” cannot be positively determined from this passage or from other Scriptures. But at least the Father and the Son are included. The relation of the Two in creation is as follows: The Father was the Architect of the creative plans and the Supplier of the materials for creation, while the Son was the Contractor who took the plans and material and with the assistance of the angelic hosts worked them up into the finished product under the direction of the great Architect of the universe.