Genesis 1:26 Let Us Make Man In Our Likeness

Is Jehovah the King of Heaven and Earth? - Out of the Book: "The Gospel Foundation OR Ten Cardinal Points in the Doctrine of Christ"

Jehovah is but one, and has no mother. He is the rightful owner of the heavens and earth for He made both. And Isaiah says:

"Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, 0 God of Israel, the Saviour... For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God him¬self that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. Tell ye, ("ye saved people,") and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who bath declared this from ancient time? who bath told it from that time? have not I the Loeo? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed." (Is. 45:15-24.)

When Jehovah receives the oath of obedience from every tongue, He will be reinstated in His kingdom as the only source of life and supreme power. This Supreme Being has conceived His Logos, i. e., life containing Word, and to it He spoke saying: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness" (Gen. 1:26) , and this included both physical and spiritual resemblance. God had His dual plan of creation so complete from the beginning that He looked upon His Word as the real Son, for whose sake He created all things, and fashioned the body of Adam as a mold for the Word to materialize into when the time appointed came. The duality of the plan required that this should come to pass at the beginning of the new Creation, for it must commence with the New Adam — Ben Adam — the Son of Man that is to reinstate the lost family into Paradise.

This Logos had to have a human mother in order to become the "Son of Man." Logos was abased for a little while in order to unite with flesh and blood so that a uniting link between God and man should be formed for atonement — the connecting link having been broken when Adam ate of the forbidden tree at the command of the deceiver. (Heb. 2:7.) By this Word the Father created all things, wherefore it was the real governing power or scepter in the mouth of Almighty God. This is the Son of God and constituted His seed conceived by Him and born from His mouth, and when promised to man God said: that the seed of the woman shall bruise the head of the serpent. Here man was left out. The woman's seed and the Logos-word united and the result was "the Word made flesh." A virgin cannot conceive, but here God spoke and the miracle resulted in the conception of the Savior of Mankind. (See Is. 7:14 and Luke 1:31-33.)

He was to make the Father known to His lost children, and unite man with God. He was to be the king of Jacob, and be called "the Son of God" — not God. The Almighty showed His disciples the kingly sphere of His Son's kingdom and spoke thus, so they all heard Him:

"While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him." (Mat. 17:5.)

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." (Is. 9:6.)

Professor Myrberg translates that verse, this way: "The wonderful counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father called His name: The Prince of Peace." And this corresponds

with all the other testifiers, and the following verse, which says:

"Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD (Jehovah) of hosts will perform this." (Is. 9:7.)

This clearly shows that Jehovah will give His Word made flesh power to restore the desolated home of Adam, and the throne of David.