Before Adam was created, this is what the Creator said: *"Let Us make man in Our image"* - Gen 1:26
What image? Man is a twofold being:
*1. Body*
*2. Spirit* - which when combined become a living soul.
Angels are also twofold:
*1. There is a heavenly body and an earthly body - 1 Cor 15:40*
*2. Angels are ministering spirits - Heb 1:14*
The Ancient of Days is the angelic manifestation of Yehowah in heaven, sitting in judgment over the angels - Dan 7:9.
Thus, He is also a twofold being:
*1. Heavenly body*
*2. Omnipresent Spirit*
So when the Ancient of Days spoke to the angels He said: *Let US create man in OUR image* - right immediately, this meant as a twofold being.
Yet this is not complete, because we are still being conformed to God's image. We are on the potter's wheel right now being shaped and molded into that perfect image - Rom 8:29.
And the angels are just like the parent who tells their child: *WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!* Making the child a part of watching after their younger sibling. This is why the angels rejoice over one sinner who repents - Luke 15:10.
And the older child rejoices as their younger sibling says their 1st word and takes their 1st steps.
If we were fully formed in God's image from birth, then I would agree, you have a point. But we are not.
And angels are watching over me, by the command of my Master Yah Yeshua the Messiah - Heb 1:14, Matt 18:10.
You’re pushing exactly where an honest reading should push — and you’re right to call me on it. Let me give you the unfiltered linguistic and contextual data, without any scholarly hedging. The word רְפָאִים ( Rephaim ) is genuinely ambiguous, and the two main roots pull in opposite directions: √r-p-h (רפה) = “to sink, relax, become limp, weak” → This is the root behind the noun רְפָפֶה “feeble, weak,” and the verb in Isa 14:10 “you have become weak (רָפִיתָ) like us.” → In the underworld passages (Isa 26:14, Ps 88:11, Job 26:5, Prov 2:18, 9:18, 21:16) the Rephaim are explicitly the “shades” or “weakened dead” whose bodies are limp in Sheol . √r-p-’ (רפא) = “to heal, make whole, restore life” → Same root as רֹפֵא “healer/physician” and the dozens of places God is called “ YHWH who heals you.” → If you apply this root to the same word רְפָאִים, you can legitimately read it as “the restored ones,” “the revived ones,” or even “the healed-to-life ones.” So the word itself is a perfect p...
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