John 1:1-3
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”
A biblical response to the WMSCOG God the Mother doctrine using Genesis 1, John 1, Colossians 1, Galatians 4, and Revelation 22.
They argue that “Let us make man in our image” means God the Father and God the Mother created mankind together.
Genesis 1:26 does not explicitly mention a divine mother. John 1 identifies the Word as God and says all things were made by Him.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”
“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth... all things were created by him, and for him.”
God “hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son... by whom also he made the worlds.”
Christians have historically understood Genesis 1:26 in several ways: as a hint of the Trinity, as God speaking in heavenly council, or as a plural of majesty. What the text does not say is, “God the Mother created man.” A doctrine this serious cannot be built on an inference while the explicit New Testament testimony points creation to the Father through the Son.
Galatians 4 contrasts two covenants using an allegory: Hagar represents bondage and Sarah points to promise. “Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all” is covenant language, not proof that Christians must worship a separate divine mother. Paul’s entire argument points believers to freedom in Christ, not a new object of worship.
Revelation repeatedly uses bride imagery for the people of God and the New Jerusalem. Revelation 21:2 says the holy city is “prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” The Lamb’s bride is not another god. It is covenant imagery for the redeemed people and the heavenly city prepared by God.
The Bible teaches God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It never commands worship of “God the Mother,” never names a mother deity, and never says eternal life comes through a heavenly mother. Eternal life is in Jesus Christ.