"Like One of Us"

Genesis 3:22

“Like One of Us”

One of a company, not one inside the Almighty

Man joined a court that knew good and evil --- he never joined a Godhead.

--- The Standing Stone ---

Behind “LORD” in your Bible lies a hidden name --- in the Hebrew it is Yahuah Psalm 83:18**; Yahuah is the Father** Isaiah 63:16**; Yahuah is the only God, beside Him there is no other** Isaiah 45:5**; therefore Yahuah the Father is the only true God, leaving no room for a second or third person** 1 Corinthians 8:6**.**

Reference Piece

The “Us” Passages

Why a plural form is not a plural God

see the reference section at the back of the book

1 --- The Claim

After the man and his wife eat from the tree, Yahuah (God) speaks. He uses the word “us.” Trinitarians point to this sentence as proof that more than one person lives inside Yahuah.

Genesis 3:22 (KJV)

And the LORD [Yahuah] God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever…

The reasoning is the same as always. Yahuah says “us,” so they conclude there must be more than one person inside Him.

2 --- What the Comparison Is Actually About

Read carefully what the man has become like. The verse does not say the man has become equal to Yahuah in power, or in nature, or in eternity. It says he has become “like one of us, to know good and evil.” The comparison is about one thing only: knowing good and evil. It is about moral awareness.

The man has crossed a line. He now carries a kind of knowledge that belongs to the realm above him. That is what Yahuah is naming. Nothing in the verse says the man has become a second or a third Yahuah. It says he has gained a knowledge that the beings above him already hold.

3 --- Who Is “One of Us”?

In the Hebrew, the phrase is plain, and the plural is real.

כְּאַחַד מִמֶּנּוּ

kəʾaḥad mimmennu

like one from us --- one singled out from a group

Look closely at the shape of the words. The man has become like one of “us.” One out of a group. You only say “one of us” when “us” is a company of more than one --- a group with members you could be counted among.

This is the language of a court. Yahuah is speaking in the presence of His heavenly host, the messengers and servants who stand before His throne. The man now resembles that company in this one respect: he knows good and evil. Yahuah announces it in their hearing.

Now test the other reading against the words. If the “us” were three co-equal persons of one God, the verse would be saying that the man had become “like one of the three persons of the Godhead.” But which one? Like the Father? Like the Son? Like the Spirit? The sentence falls apart. The man did not become like one person inside Yahuah. He became like one of a company --- the heavenly court that already knew good and evil.

4 --- Yahuah Acts Alone

Watch the very next verse. The plural gives way to the singular at once.

Genesis 3:23 (KJV)

Therefore the LORD [Yahuah] God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Yahuah said “one of us.” Then the LORD [Yahuah] God --- singular --- sent the man out. Not “they sent him.” One Yahuah speaks in the hearing of His court, and one Yahuah acts.

And this must be said plainly: Yahuah does not take counsel. He does not ask His court for advice. He announces His will to His servants, and He alone carries it out. The court hears. The King acts.

5 --- Was the Son Speaking Here?

Some will say the Son is one of the “us.” But Hebrews 1:1-2 says Yahuah spoke through the prophets long ago, and through His Son only “in these last days.” The Son’s voice belongs to the last days, not to the garden. He is not one of the “us” here.

Conclusion

The Verdict

The man reached for a knowledge above him, and he got it. He came to know good and evil --- as the host of heaven already did. That is the whole of the comparison. He joined a company in one respect. He did not join a Godhead.

The man became “like one of us” --- one of the heavenly court who already knew good and evil. He never became like one inside Yahuah, for Yahuah is One and has no inside to join.