I have always thought this whole thing was just super weird.

I found it actually really difficult to even believe.

I have actually been avoiding studying this topic.

I came to realize this about six months ago.

I'm being very honest.

This doesn't judge.

This is John at The Bible Projects.

On this podcast, we have been going through a series of discussions about the identity of God.

How God alone is the one true, all-powerful creator over everything.

But how the Bible uses the word God, the word Elohim, to refer to other spiritual beings that also exist.

And like God, have power and authority.

They're called the sons of God, the hosts of heaven.

I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne and all the hosts of heaven were standing by him on his right and on his left.

Moses talks about them.

They show up in the story of Job.

They're seen in Kings and Daniel.

And when we play out these stories and we look at their implication.

What it means is that Yahweh runs the world with the staff team with delegated authority.

Bible nerds, biblical scholars have come to refer to this category or this idea as the divine council.

Depicting God as like a commander in chief of a staff of Elohim.

But wait a second.

These other gods are often pretty evil.

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