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That’s moving us away from the topic of this thread, but I’ll ask: Do you believe Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, preexisted as an angel?

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Someone standing in the place of God himself is someone, like Moses, who isn’t literally God himself. It is someone, like Moses, who is acting as God’s agent, representative; Heb. shaliah. He is considered to be God himself without himself literally being God himself. That’s the Jewish law of...

Every Christian should allow Jesus, a Jew, to be their guide. His own God is only one. Nowhere is it ever written, or even suggested, that the Messiah’s own God is more than one.

Elohim (Strong’s Number H430) is always plural in form but almost always singular in meaning in all occurrences in the Hebrew Bible. It’s seldom plural in meaning and, when it is, it is always rendered plural in English translations; it is never rendered plural in English when speaking about the...

Thanks. I don’t see any biblical basis for believing that God himself is probably more than three. If there was, I would expect to have run across it many times over the years in academic, church and private settings. In my experience, this is an extremely rare belief among Christians. Do you...

Thanks. I still can’t see from your post whether or not you believe that there is a case for God himself probably being more than three.

Elohim is always always plural in form and always singular in meaning when used in reference to the God (not gods, elohim, plural meaning) of Israel. Do you think there is any basis for the belief of the Christian whom I was speaking with on Christianity Board that God (not “the Gods”) himself...

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