Genesis 1:26-27
Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female he created them.
Remember my comment for verse 2 about the word “moving” or Hovering,” which was a verb denoting an action with emotion. It would be like us preparing a nursery for a child of ours. Well, the Lord God Almighty, has now finished preparing mankinds nursery with more love than we can ever have for our own children. And with all His knowledge of the future, God still loved us and created us. This was His divine purpose.
Verse 26 is confusing to some when they read the words, “Let Us,” and “Our image: and “Our likeness.” When you study the Bible, you will find that the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ and God created the world. We are introduced to the Triune God.
Elohim is a Hebrew word for God which is plural. Plural and singular words may be used together. For example, Deuteronomy 6:4 says, “O Israel, the Lord (Jehovah) our God (Elohim – Plural) is our Lord (Jehovah).” It is not until the New Testament that we really begin to understand the Trinity.
Then the Bible says, “make man in Our image.” God Is Spirit. We Are Not a spirit. So, what is God’s divine purpose here. I believe He wanted us to have the capacity for spiritual fellowship with Him. We were to communicate with Him with a moral likeness, truth, wisdom, love, holiness, justice, and God’s other attributes.
If man had not sinned, we would have known about only God’s goodness and could have recognized sin by it not being good. We would have had dominion over the earth. As a result, we will not have dominion over the earth until Jesus’ second coming.