Many have wondered who these "Sons of God" are who keep cropping up in the Bible.
A few passages from Deuteronomy may shed some light on this question.
Deut 32:8
“When the Most High (El -Elyon) allotted peoples for inheritance, When He divided up humanity, He fixed the boundaries for peoples, According to the number of the divine sons: For Yahweh’s portion is his people, Jacob His own inheritance.”
Deut 32:43
"O heavens, rejoice with him, Bow to him all sons of the divine (sons of God)
O nations, rejoice with His people, and let all angels of the divine strengthen themselves in Him. For He’ll avenge the blood of His sons,
Be vengeful and wreak vengeance and recompense justice on his foes, requite those who reject him, and the Lord will Cleanse His peoples Land"
So what do we learn from Deuteronomy
1) YHWH was a son of the Most High (El - Elyon) - YHWH's inheritance was the people of Israel/Jacob.
To the ancient Israelite's there was a Divine Pantheon - with each town having a more local God that they would worship .. in the case of Israel this was YHWH.
So even though the Israelite's believed in other Gods - they were only to worship one ..and that was YHWH .. so they were not Polytheistic.
2) In the second passage we find out that the "sons of God" are not angels .. but actual Son's of the Divine .. like YHWH is depicted in the passage that proceeds this one.
3) This helps us out with knowing the divine nature of Satan .. as per Job 1:6
"One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. 7 The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?"
So Satan is a Son of God.
4) we also learn something about the "most high" - that on occasion these lesser God's will visit the most high.
A few passages from Deuteronomy may shed some light on this question.
Deut 32:8
“When the Most High (El -Elyon) allotted peoples for inheritance, When He divided up humanity, He fixed the boundaries for peoples, According to the number of the divine sons: For Yahweh’s portion is his people, Jacob His own inheritance.”
Deut 32:43
"O heavens, rejoice with him, Bow to him all sons of the divine (sons of God)
O nations, rejoice with His people, and let all angels of the divine strengthen themselves in Him. For He’ll avenge the blood of His sons,
Be vengeful and wreak vengeance and recompense justice on his foes, requite those who reject him, and the Lord will Cleanse His peoples Land"
So what do we learn from Deuteronomy
1) YHWH was a son of the Most High (El - Elyon) - YHWH's inheritance was the people of Israel/Jacob.
To the ancient Israelite's there was a Divine Pantheon - with each town having a more local God that they would worship .. in the case of Israel this was YHWH.
So even though the Israelite's believed in other Gods - they were only to worship one ..and that was YHWH .. so they were not Polytheistic.
2) In the second passage we find out that the "sons of God" are not angels .. but actual Son's of the Divine .. like YHWH is depicted in the passage that proceeds this one.
3) This helps us out with knowing the divine nature of Satan .. as per Job 1:6
"One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. 7 The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?"
So Satan is a Son of God.
4) we also learn something about the "most high" - that on occasion these lesser God's will visit the most high.