Did you notice the plural pronoun there? God says, “Let us make man.” This is a fascinating hint about the nature of God to be revealed more fully later. After five days of creation, the crowning moment has come. It is almost as if God has a conversation with Himself. “Let’s do it! Let Us make man in Our image, in Our likeness.” An image is a reflection, and so God is telling us that He made us in such a way that we would be able to reflect something of His own nature and glory. “Man” is used as
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