Bible Questions and Answers

A visitor writes,

"Can you explained all of these Genesis 1:26, connected to John 17:5,24 , Psalm 2:7 and Proverb 30:4? (with references and verses and concise explanation)"

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
I understand this to refer to the angels (referred to in Job as ‘morning stars’ and ‘sons of God’).
Job 38:4 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7  When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
John 17: 5  "And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
God knows the future from the beginning. The earth was created by God for his future Son. Jesus was foreordained before the foundation of the world but did not come into existence until he was born of Mary.
1 Peter 1:20  He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.
Luke 1:35  And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
Matthew 1:21  "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins."
Jesus was thus made a little lower than the angels i.e. he was born mortal.
Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
The idea that he pre-existed as an immortal being and was converted into a mortal male sperm to fertilise the egg in the womb of Mary to produce a mortal offspring in the line of David is not supported by scripture.
Jesus was born mortal and subsequently died. He could not save himself and it required God to raise him from the dead.
Jesus was made like his brethren subject to the same temptations.
This makes him the perfect high priest and mediator between God and man.
1 Timothy 2:5  For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus;
All who will be in the kingdom of God have been known of God from the beginning of creation.
Romans 8:29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Ephesians 1:4  just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
Their names were written in the book of life from the foundation of the world.
Ephesians 1:11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
John 17: 24 "Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Jesus was foreknown and loved of God because God knew he would be obedient unto death and thus bring God’s purpose with the earth to fruition.
Psalm 2: 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
This is a prophecy of Jesus future begettal  by the power of God acting upon Mary.
Luke 1:35  And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
Proverb 30: 4  Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, If you know?
It was not possible to know the name of God’s son because he had not yet been born. What was knowable was that God’s purpose required the advent of a specific seed of the woman without a human father (ergo God would be his Father) to undo the serpent’s deception of Eve.
Genesis 3:15  And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel."
The son was given the name ‘Immanuel’ in the prophecy through Isaiah.
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Matthew 1:23  Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
I hope this helps,
God bless.
Glenn