02-11-2024, 02:09 AM
(02-11-2024, 01:54 AM)ΛΟΓΟΣ Wrote: "...l will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous...l will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you." Genesis 17:2-8
"[Yahweh] lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation, the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me..." 2 Samuel 22:44-51
"Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it. He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet. He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind. He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him — the dark rain clouds of the sky...you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me, foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me. They all lose heart, they come trembling from their strongholds..." Psalm 188-45
"Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, 'All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me. "' — Matthew 4:8-10
"Satan...is the god of this world... - 2 Corinthians 4:4"
'"Jesus said, 'My kingdom is not of this world.'" - John 18:36
In Genesis, "God" is a translation of "Elohim", from Hebrew אֱלֹהִים or אֱלוֹהַּ(elohiym) which is the plural of "god".
"God" also continually refers to himself in the plural throughout Genesis.
"Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness..." Genesis 1
"LORD" is also a translation of the name "Yahweh", the deity who is first named in Genesis 2.
The title "LORD of hosts" occurs 261 times in the Old Testament and is another version of the title "LORD God". The word "hosts" is a translation of the Hebrew word sabaoth, meaning "armies" of the heavens.
The phrase "LORD God", then, is a translation of "Yahweh Elohim", a title comparable to "LORD of hosts". "Yahweh Elohim" means "Yahweh Gods" or, rendered in grammatical English, "Yahweh of the Gods".
The significance of this can only be understood when we look at the hidden "heretical" text, "The Hypostasis of the
Archons", in which multiple deities have a hand in man's creation: "The rulers (the Archons/the Elohim) laid plans and said, "Come, let us create a man that will be soil from the earth."
They modeled their creature as one wholly of the earth...And he (Yahweh) breathed into his face; and the man came to
have a soul and remained upon the ground many days.'
Throughout this text, frequent reference is made to "the ruler of the forces", yet another version of the phrase "LORD of
hosts" or "LORD of the gods".
Yahweh is but one deity among many who had a hand in creating humanity's material form. It is his arrogance which
causes him to think of himself as the supreme deity.
"Their chief is blind; because of his power and his ignorance and his arrogance he said, with his power, 'It is I who am
God; there is none apart from me.' When he said this, he sinned against the entirety. And this speech got up to incorruptibility; then there was a voice that came forth from incorruptibility, saying, 'You are mistaken, Samael' — which is, 'god of the blind."'
"If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit." -- Matthew 15:14
So, do you seriously think some 15 year old is going through an existential crisis, thinking "OMG What am I to do about mortality? Seems impossible to solve"
and suddenly some Christian channel comes on TV, and the teen leaps: "YES! PROBLEM SOLVED!"
