Posted on 03/12/2009 12:25:52 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
Well, that’s where Mike Heiser gets into a lot of the original language and what it means. And he *maintains* (for himself... :-) ...) that he is an expert in the matter of the language (and I’m sure he is...). But, he could still be wrong.
His contention is the the Trinity is one thing, but the council of gods is another. And that council of gods is a group of powerful angels (created beings, but powerful). And they meet in Heaven and have some sort of power over things (perhaps “governmental functions” — not clear on that...).
Anyway, it’s clear that it’s God who makes man — and not “other created beings” who make man....
I would think that this is pretty clear, in light of the fact of what John Chapter One says about Christ...
This is what I was referring to in John...
John 1:1-3
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
In verse three, that’s the specific thing that refers to Jesus Christ as the one who made all things and nothing “that was made” — was made without Him.
Therefore, it can’t be the “council of gods” since they are not the Trinity, and they consist of angels (created beings). Thus, who is speaking in Genesis, is the Trinity...
I agree.
Thanks
“Purple People Eater” inspired a number of follow-ups, including “Cuban Purple People Eater” by Rene Touzet, which is essentially the same song, although the Cuban critter wears pantalones instead of short shorts and eats picadillo. He ends the song by shouting “Bacardi!”—still being made in pre-castro Cuba—instead of “Tequila!”
In “Bo Meets the Monster,” Bo Diddley recounts how a hideous Purple People Eater swept his girlfriend off into outer space—but the critter also saved Santa Claus from a Soviet Sputnik satellite in Sheb Woolley’s “Santa Meets the Purple People Eater.”
I especially like Buchanan & Goodman’s “The Flying Saucer Goes West” (1958), in which the space men threaten to destroy the Old West until General Elvis Presley and the Army ride in to save the day.
LOL..., I guess those didn’t make the Billboard Top 100... I didn’t see those, since I only got those songs... :-)
Missed that one... have to look for it...
I am rereading Enoch...and its amazing how things centuries ago fill in spots in the here and now...on wondering what do you think about Nostradamus and his many quatrains? do you think they are relavite to these times.?
I have never known what exactly to think of Nostradamus. He’s not a religious prophet (i.e. he isn’t speaking for God) yet he does seem to get awfully close to predicting some events.
Thanks for the ping, Quix.
Thank you for your kind reply.
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