Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind"; and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. -Genesis 1:24&25 NKJV
This finishes the animal kingdom each according to its kind. The word cattle here was probably chosen in general reference to four legged mammals, and other large creatures. Beast is separated from cattle though, possibly a separate reference to dinosaurs and or those animals that would now be our large predators.
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, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
"Let us", "Our image", "Our likeness"; we see a plural reference to the Deity known as God. The word "Trinity", itself is not used in the Bible, as any good Jehovah's witness will point out to you, but I stand in strong disagreement with them as to the doctrine itself. It is derived from the whole counsel of God, Alpha to Omega.
When he had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
We here the Father's voice from heaven, the Spirit we see in the form of a dove landing on Jesus, and we here the voice of God from heaven telling us that this is His Son.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. -John3:1-5
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