supposes that there is within the divine being a distinction of personalities so that there is an intra-divine deliberation among the ‘persons’ within the divine being. He goes on to say that ‘in the creation of man a deliberating counseling between “persons” and a mutual summons within the deity or divine Being took place’.10 In the context of Genesis 1:2, where the Spirit of God is mentioned as participating in creation, it makes sense that God here speaks to the Spirit as a co-participant in creation.
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