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03/24/26(Tue)04:55:38 No.18402564

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Anonymous 03/24/26(Tue)04:55:38 No.18402564

Spiritual beings refer to angels, demons, and the like.
They inhabit the heavenly realm, which is parallel to our earthly reality.

Now all of these spiritual beings have their own unique characteristics, but the biblical authors have one word that can refer to all the inhabitants of the spiritual realm. In Hebrew, the word is “Elohim.” In Greek, it is “Theos.”
But here is the thing: this word gets translated in lots of different ways, depending on which being is referred to: angels, god with a lowercase “g,” or even God with a capital “G.”

So one word can refer to any of these beings. That is because Elohim is a category title. It can designate any spiritual being that belongs to the heavenly realm. So it's a title, not a name.

It's kinda like the word ‘mom’! The word ‘mom’ can refer to lots of really different kinds of people, but they all share in common the same role in a family. And then, let’s say a group of brothers and sisters are talking and one says, ‘Hey, it’s Mom’s birthday!’ They’re using the title like it’s a name. But it would be clear that they are referring not to any mom, but their mom.

And the same goes for the biblical authors. They called their God ‘JEHOVAH’. But they also sometimes refer to him with the category title ‘Elohim,’ using it like a name because they all know who they are referring to.”
JEHOVAH is in a class of his own, not like any other. Which is why they say things like, ‘JEHOVAH is the Elohim of Elohim’ (that is, the chief Elohim among all the others). Or they will say, ‘There is no Elohim besides JEHOVAH,’ meaning no other spiritual being compares to him because only he is the ruler and creator of all things.

In short, among all of the spiritual beings out there, only one is the source and creator of all things, including the Elohim. That is biblical monotheism: that one Elohim, JEHOVAH, is above all other Elohim, the other spiritual beings.