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The LOGOS angel of Philo who created the world as God's word. Justin Martyr called Jesus as a second god. It isn't as bad as saying the invisible God has an image.

Doesn't anyone think it is odd that the Valentinians, Justin Martyr and Philo had a similar idol in Jesus Christ aka Metatron, while Paul and Barnabas rejected such adoration?

There is a "different language" called Aramaic which is very close in syntax to Rabbinical Hebrew.

But Hebrew syntax was originally Aramaic. The NT doesn't use Rabbinical syntax which is found in the DSS and Masorectic text.

The later Rabbinic dialect was unknown and is post Christ. Aramaic is the earlier form which is in Targums, and the NT.

Ethnic Hebrew per the NT has Aramaic syntax or grammar. Elohim was not a word known by the apostles. It is unknown to Aramaic syntax.

Elohim is word unknown to the apostles. It is the Rabbinic dialect and not the Aramaic dialect used in the New Testament.

It was needed due to the Nephilim being influential on the earth in those days.

Elohim is plural but it is not found in the original Aramaic dialect of Hebrew. The most high EL is talking to the angels anyway.

They don't.

@Johann What do you think of the anti-Arian statement that the son is twice begotten?

The capital manuscripts are not carbon dated enough to make that claim.

The definition is highly wrong. Ioudaios is from iouda which is not a region but a tribe especially so when looking at the 144,000. [Rev 7:5 NIV] 5 From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000, 7:5 ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα δώδεκα χιλιάδες...

Then why isn't called Leviticalism? They would have the correct tribe or nation of Israel. Per the Blue Letter Bible, from Ἰούδα (G2448) (in the sense of Ἰούδας (G2455) as a country), but G2455 is a name of an individual.

I misstate the fact. Jew is never a general term for Israelite in the NT. There can be no case otherwise. Judah has the kingship and the pharisees, and Judah used to rule Israel. From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed.

It refers to the nationality of the kingships. Notice he didn't say there is neither Roman nor Jew. There is also the implication that the Greek speakers did not use Jewish-Hebrew copies of scriptures. Jew is never an Israelite specific word in the New Testament. [Rom 1:16 KJV] 16 For I am not...

The 144,000 were not righteous, because they had to be redeemed. There were more than that many Israelites easily. Also, notice not all Israelites are Jews, and Dan is not mentioned like in Ezekiel. You seem to think the only nation of Israel is the Jew-duh.

You have 144,000 Israelites redeemed [from] sin. They come all from different tribes, except the notable exception of Dan.

7 blind men can examine an elephant and not know what it is.

You assume they taught the same thing. And you know what can be said about assumptions. Totally disagree. It is impossible for God in any form to be selfish. Selfish no, petty yes. I suggest you read Megillah 9a.12 and 9a.14 which have LXX fragments that ignore the concept of plurality. 12...