What is the understanding between the Genesis account and the book of Abraham account of creation? (LDS)
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God
LDS worship one God, the Father, and that we must not have any other gods before Him. [God the Father, Exodus 20:3] God is also referred to as Elohim, the father of Jesus Christ and our spirits. Teachings: Joseph F. Smith
Godhead
The trinity consists of 3 distinct and separate beings, united with one common purpose. God (Father), Christ (Son), Holy Ghost. [Godhead]
The Creation
When the book of Abraham references "the Gods", saying, "they, that is the Gods, organized and formed the heavens and the earth," [Abraham 4:1] it refers to those who participated in forming the earth. LDS believe that Elohim (God) created the world through the son, Jehovah (Christ) [Moses 2:1] and that others participated including Michael (Adam), and a "host of noble and great ones." [Christ and the Creation] "The noble and great ones" were spoken of as a subset of the group of intelligences [Abraham 3:22], which the prophet Spencer W. Kimball clarified "That assemblage included us all." So, in the context of the creation, "the gods" refers to two or more of Elohim, Jehovah, Michael, and some of us (the noble and great ones).
Four accounts of the creation
The LDS church believes in 4 scriptural accounts of the creation: Genesis, Book of Moses (Pearl of Great Price), Book of Abraham (Pearl of Great Price), the temple account. This may seem like too many, but the Book of Mormon warns about not being accepting of more revelation in 2 Nephi 29:3-13. The articles of Faith suggests that the modern bible we have is not translated 100% correctly Article of Faith 8 and for that reason the book of Moses was written through revelation to Joseph Smith [Four accounts of the creation] . Brigham Young taught that "no revelation is ever received in its fullness," in other words, "no revelation can be defined by any single combination of words."
Additional References
There is a great talk by LDS Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland about the godhead [The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent]
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The LDS's third creation account in Moses 2:1 answers this question:
1 And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, I reveal unto you concerning this heaven, and this earth; write the words which I speak. I am the Beginning and the End, the Almighty God; by mine Only Begotten I created these things; yea, in the beginning I created the heaven, and the earth upon which thou standest.
God created the earth through Jesus Christ. The LDS believe God and Jesus to be separate beings. So Genesis 1:1 is correct in that God did create the earth, and Abraham 4:1 is also correct because Jesus Christ created the earth under God's direction, so it can be said that God or the Gods created the earth.
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