Bob wrote:
> Throughout the bible, God is referred to in the singular tense. Yet
in
> Genesis 1:26 God is referred to in the plural sense.
>
> And God said, "Let *us* make man in *our* image after *our*
> likeness."  (KJV)(NAB)
>
> Then God said "And now *we* will make human beings; they will be like
> *us* and resemble *us*. (GNB)
>
> If the bible is literally and truly the "Word of God", as many
> Christians believe, these words appear to say that God is a
collection
> of spiritual beings rather than a singular spiritual being. And if we
> try to explain away the meaning of the plural pronouns, are we not
> doubting the Word of God?

The literal Word of God came to Earth in bodily form in the man of
Jesus Christ. Numerous places in the New Testament state that God, the
invisible, referred to as The Father, created all of creation through
his Word. The plurality affirms the man, and the mission of Jesus
Christ, as evidenced by what the Apostles wrote about him in the New
Testament. Creation, and the incarnation of Jesus, and subsequent blood
self-sacrifice for the salvation of mankind, were done according to the
will of the Father, God.

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