The third view, and the main focus of this book, is the angelic view. The angelic view postulates that the sons of God were angels, although as previously mentioned they are not necessarily limited to just angels, more on that later. The phrase “sons of God” comes from the Hebrew words “beney elohim” or “beney ha-elohim”. “Beney” simply means “sons”. So what is an elohim? Elohim is often associated as one of the names of God, for instance, “In the beginning God (elohim) created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen 1:1). Elohim is actually the plural of el (or eloah). This plurality of God is where the concept of the Trinity comes from. However, elohim is more of a description than the proper name of God (Yahweh). Elohim can also refer to demons,
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Firstly not all members of the trinity are “sons”, only Jesus. Second, God is charging them with corruption (verse 2-5), something that could never happen within the trinity. Third, they are sentenced to die like mortals ("as men do"). On the last point, this cannot refer to Christ for three reasons: 1) the death sentence isn't restricted to just one son of God, 2) the death sentence is for personal guilt and corruption, 3) Christ, who is God's own essence and uncreated, is superior to these other sons of God. Lastly, the judgment on these sons of God is connected with them ruling wickedly on earth. So this rules out the …show more content…
The Semitic worldview was that the sons of God were heavenly beings and part of God’s divine council. In the Canaanite religion they were known as the “Sons of El” and were referred to as “princes”, “judges, “rulers”, kings”, “stars”, and “sons” who had geographical rule over the nations of the earth. These same parallels appear in Psalm 82 and in other places of scripture . They would also become to be known by other names such as “Watchers” and “archangels”. They are commonly referred to as angels although angels are not part of the divine council “proper”, but are servants of the divine council at large. The Semitic view is that they were lesser gods, even if they were not true
Firstly not all members of the trinity are “sons”, only Jesus. Second, God is charging them with corruption (verse 2-5), something that could never happen within the trinity. Third, they are sentenced to die like mortals ("as men do"). On the last point, this cannot refer to Christ for three reasons: 1) the death sentence isn't restricted to just one son of God, 2) the death sentence is for personal guilt and corruption, 3) Christ, who is God's own essence and uncreated, is superior to these other sons of God. Lastly, the judgment on these sons of God is connected with them ruling wickedly on earth. So this rules out the …show more content…
The Semitic worldview was that the sons of God were heavenly beings and part of God’s divine council. In the Canaanite religion they were known as the “Sons of El” and were referred to as “princes”, “judges, “rulers”, kings”, “stars”, and “sons” who had geographical rule over the nations of the earth. These same parallels appear in Psalm 82 and in other places of scripture . They would also become to be known by other names such as “Watchers” and “archangels”. They are commonly referred to as angels although angels are not part of the divine council “proper”, but are servants of the divine council at large. The Semitic view is that they were lesser gods, even if they were not true