The Becoming God

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Elohim is not plural

'Elohim' does not mean "gods." Elohim is not a plural word.
According to Victor Alexander (v-a.com/bible), Elohim is a
compound word which means "over the flames." That is, there
is one, singular No-Thing -- the ineffable, most high God --
which exists over and above (and in and through) Its
multitudinous parts, the "flames" of Its Glory. Its Glory is It.

The Ineffable is a single something above spirit which manifests
in multitudes of spirits. As a whole, the multitude of spirits is
known as God. The spirits are individualities, but they are not
separate from whatever the Ineffable may be.

The Ineffable manifests in Glory. As spirits, we are individually
the "flames" of Its Glory. There is one, ineffable whatever It is
and multitudes of us. The Ineffable also manifests in strength
and wisdom. These are features of Its nature we also share,
as is the pattern of Its action, YHWH. (See Rabbi David A.
Cooper's God is a Verb (page 76) and/or Aryeh Kaplan's
Jewish Meditation (pages 73-76) for description of the
mystical values of these characters (we can learn a lot from
what Jewish mystics think of their own scripture).

About two thousand years ago they called the manifestation
of the Ineffable's Glory, Power and Strength (the Son of
God in Proverbs 8:30 that is in us -- and thus is us) "YHWH
saving/providing"; that is, "Jesus Christ."

When God says, "I have said, 'You are God: and all of you
children of the Most High'" (Psalm 82: 6), he is saying that
we have and share the essential nature of the singular Most
High God because we are Its manifestation. We are Elohim.
We are not gods. We can never be a god other than the one
we already are -- being individualities of the Big Guy means
we are part and parcel to the Ineffable. There is only One.

No, I don't look like it, either. I'm just taking Him at His
word.

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