Thursday, September 7, 2023

Are The "Divine Council" "gods?"

 ….. no.


But since you're here, let me show you what it its. 

Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets. - Amos 3:7 NASB 95


Lets look at that from a few other translations. 

 For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.- Youngs Literal Translation

 Because the Lord YHVH will not do a thing except He has revealed His secret to His prophetic servants.- Hebrew 

For the master God will not do anything unless he reveals his teaching to his servants the prophets -Greek Septuagint 
The council is the prophets of whom God tells His secret plans to. 

 
Then God said to Noah, “The end of humanity has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of people; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.-Gen 6: 13
The LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do- Gen 18:7
Then the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.” 11 The Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. -1 Samuel 310-11

And he instructed me and talked with me and said, “Daniel, I have come now to give you insight with understanding. “At the beginning of your pleas the command was issued, and I have come to tell you, because you are highly esteemed; so pay attention to the message and gain understanding of the vision. Dan 9:22-23
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying- Jeremiah 1:4


God tells us Himself that there are no other "gods" in the real sense. 

I am the Lord, and there is no other; besides Me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known Me; 6 That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun that there is no one besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other, 7 The One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these.- Isaiah 45:5-7


“Has a nation changed gods when they were not gods? But My people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.- Jeremiah 2:11


SO... What do we do with things like the mention of gods of Egypt and that Psalms 82 passage? 

Thus says the Lord, “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush and the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; They will walk behind you, they will come over in chains and will bow down to you; they will make supplication to you: surely, God is with you, and there is none else, No other God.’”- Isaiah 45 14

How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?- John 5::44

God takes His stand in His own congregation; He judges in the midst of the rulers2 How long will you judge unjustly  And show partiality to the wicked? Selah. 3 Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. 4 Rescue the weak and needy; Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They do not know nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness;  All the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6 I said, “You are gods [ Elohim/Judges], And all of you are sons of the Most High. 7 “Nevertheless you will die like men  And fall like any one of the princes.” 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth!  For it is You who possesses all the nations.- Psalm 82




The EXACT same word for "god's" in Psalm 82 is used for Judges in Exodus 21:6

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.- Exodus 21:6

It would be silly to think that God is advocating that a slave the wants to remain in his masters house because he loves him, should go before "gods"... "god's" that God has instructed us to not even mention. 


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