Through referencing the Bible, it can be seen that God is speaking to His heavenly host of angels:
Genesis
1:26
And God (Who is Invisible; John 1:18, 5:37, Heb.1:15, & Omnipresent; Jer. 23:24) said (through Archangel Prince Michael (Heb. 1:15, Dan. 10:21, Rev. 12:7-10), i.e. Christ (Dan 9:25); addressing the heavenly host of good/faithful angels),
Let us make man in Our image, and teach him to be like Us (teach him/them; the unfaithful angels; to be good again, here, on the prison-planet (Psalm 102:19-20) Earth (Job 1:6-7, John 17:20-26):
Bible References:
John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only incarnated Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [Him].
John 5:37
And the Father Himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape.
Hebrews 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Jeremiah 23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the "I AM". Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the "I AM".
Daniel
10:21 But I will show thee that which is noted in the Scripture of Truth: and [there is] NONE that holdeth with me in these things, EXCEPT Michael your prince (
Eno. 67:1;
Rev. 5:3;
5;
9 &
12:7).
Revelation
12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon (Lucifer); and the dragon fought and his angels,
12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out to the earth, and his angels (you -
Luke 9:55) were cast out with him (
Matthew 25:41).
12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the Kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Daniel
9:25 Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going forth of the Commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Psalm
102:19 For He hath looked down from the height of His Sanctuary; from heaven did the "I AM" behold the earth;
102:20 To hear the groaning of the
prisoner (everyone on this prison planet); to free (only) those (who repent) that He has sentenced to death (every sinner);
(Other references to the
Earth being a prison; Psalm
22:28, 69:33, 142:7, 146:7)
Job
1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the "I AM", and Satan came also among them.
1:7 And the "I AM" said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the "I AM", and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
John
17:20
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe me through their word;
17:21
That they all may be one; as Thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent me.
17:22
And the glory which Thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are One:
17:23
I in them, and Thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved me.
17:24
Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my Glory, which Thou hast given me: for Thou lovedst me BEFORE the foundation of the world.
17:25
O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee: but I know Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent me.
17:26
And I have declared unto them Thy identity, and will declare [it]: that the love wherewith Thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
All the above Bible references are from the King of kings' Bible.