Reader Questions/Comments

The original Elohim (being a plural meaning) were the first Sons of the Most High G-d Whose Name to us is, YHWH, and are the oldest of all that was ever created by Him, and was given the utmost highest position in Heaven nearly equal that that of YHWH Himself. As One of the Highest, leaving His Heavenly abode to become even lower than the angels, was a tremendous sacrifice in itself to be born a man, and He was the only One of the Elohim who agreed to do this.

YHWH had many Sons of the Spirit, and many sons of the flesh, but only one Son of the Spirit, born of the flesh, begotten of the Holy Spirit. It's an almost overwhelming Spiritual concept, and it is no wonder that human minds stumble at the idea. It takes much absorption into the Spirit, before people can understand Spiritual concepts. That is something that no one can do for them, and they will have to want it as much as they want their next breath.

The Netzarim Response

Thank you for writing, but we honestly have no clue as to what you are trying to say!

YHWH (Yahweh) is ONE and grammatically speaking the verbs around Him are singular and masculine. Elohim is a title, not His name. But it is a title He endorsed. Now, the word for "god" in ancient Canaanite, Hebrew and so on was EL, and the plural of it is ELOHIM. The root of the word means "mighty ones" but can also mean YHWH, angels or even men. This is where the confusion comes in: It seems you believe that since angels are called "elohim" that one of the "elohim" became Yeshua.

Yeshua is referred to in Exodus 23:20-22 as a Messenger and MOST messengers have the name EL in their names (Micha-el, Gabri-el). But the train of thought that Yeshua is a messenger is wrong because He is a UNIQUE messenger. In that Exodus passage we are told that unlike every other "angel" He could forgive sin, "for My Name is in him" and that Name is YHWH, the Name above all Names including the angels (Heb. 1, Philippians 2). So Yeshua would never properly be called an "elohim", but only his Father's name of YHWH.

The other difference is that Yeshua is pre-creation and angels are post-creation. Angels are made on Day One. Yeshua was the Thought before he was the Word and the Word made flesh (John 17, Revelation 19:13) and He was with YHWH from the beginning and was YHWH. "Elohim" even as a Title, was not used by YHWH before the advent of man. It is what He allowed men to call him through the prism of the human languages of the time. YHWH, instead, always called Himself "I am that I am" from which WE SAY "He is" and "He is" YHWH.

In other words, to call Yeshua "an elohim" is to demote him and insult His glory.