To Be Least

      I have started to read through the Bible again, so I must likely will be talking more from the Old Testament. Several times God refers to "us."

   Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." (Gen. 1:26)

   And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." (Gen. 3:22)

      I had not caught this in previous readings of these chapters and I came to the logical conclusion that it was a reference to the Trinity, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. I looked at my "study notes" assuming that they would be in agreement with my simple
conclusion.
      I was surprised when I realized that the notes thought that it (us) was referring
to this "heavenly court."
      However, after looking at the passage again I decided that this was impossible. I came to this reasoning because of this simple fact. The first verse of the Bible states that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. With that said, I look at Genesis 1:26 where you can read "Let us make man in our image." This verse is not using "us" as the heavenly court. Obviously, God does the creating. So when it says "let us" it is referring to God. Thus, it can only mean the Trinity.
      This is not an "important" issue, but it is a topic that supports the Trinity and I found it interesting. I have two more days of finals left. May God bless you all. Later.