Psalm 82 Explained: What is the Divine Council of Elohim?

Psalm 82 tells us that God (Elohim) stands among the congregation of the gods (Elohim). Does this teach us that there are multiple gods? Does it refer to angels or demons? Here's a careful examination of this text.
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[@jenihansen7201]

This was great. I am not sure about all of this, but cannot wait for you preaching on this at the end of the month.

[@MisterGriffin]

How would you factor in Psalm 89 5-7? Heiser tied this in once in an intriguing way. I find the angelic interpretation interesting but with John 10 I find it hard to get away from a human ruler perspective. A way of harmonizing the spirit world and this material world could be a way of having both in a sense. I think we often take for granted just what "spirit" is, and how knit together it is with the flesh...lastly, curious as to your thoughts on a Deuteronomy 32:8 translation/interpretation?

[@jonkenyon4876]

it’s all about Jesus.

[@mosheheliyahu9071]

Food for thought. How about 1Kings 22:19-22?

[@TheBibleExplained]

I did mention that briefly in this video (18:02). that certainly gives us a small description of a conversation that God had with angels (and apparently demons) in heaven. But it doesn't tell us that He was receiving counsel from them.

[@blackdog75]

@@TheBibleExplainedi would disagree. go reread the verses.

[@lennymalley745]

YESHUA JESUS IS COMING SOON FOR HIS BRIDE ❤❤❤❤

[@SPQR748]

Elohim can mean anything or anyone who occupies the spiritual realm and it also can mean a person of great power. For example Yahweh told Moses that he would be an Elohim to the Egyptians by cursing them with plague. Also the ghost 👻 of Samuel is called an Elohim in Bible.

[@spitflamez]

It’s not the leaders of all Nations, it’s Israelite Judges and Prophets etc. God didn’t trust all Nations with His Torah, it was Israel who was supposed to be an example to all Nations and all Nations were supposed to influenced by Israel but they fell off, broke the covenant and went after foreign gods. So God had to do it Himself through Jesus, who although an Israelite was literally Gods Word made Flesh. Also Angels are called Elohim in Scripture too but this video is still mostly on point and good 👍🏾

[@TheH42G]

Amen 🙏

[@alananimus9145]

Psalm 82 is one of the Baal psalms. It was a psalm originally written to Baal so yes the text says Yahweh is the chief deity among other deities. At the time of its adoption and redaction the Hebrews were polytheists.

[@BentIronBins]

There is so much that we don’t know about or meant to know about the unseen realm. We can study it but really our main concern should be to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. We all including me need to be better at spreading his word with kindness and not to push too hard and push people away from our Lord.

[@AshePBlack]

Honestly I think council is all names of Prince angels ending in el, being el is a designation but I'm not nixing possibility of patriarchs and a very limited number in this generation because you know all the scripture on being Christlike and have different glories or portions? We will all on new earth hold a measure of God, the ones that hold most may be on that council

[@user-ot8it5fq7r]

Go stand before them and find out for yourself…

[@spitflamez]

Angels don’t become Demons, Satan and his Angels are still called Angels in Revelation 12 at the beginning of the last 3 1/2 years of this age. Abaddon is called “the ANGEL of the bottomless pit” in Revelation 9 before his release on earth in the last 3 1/2 years. The Four Angels bound at the Euphrates are also still called Angels before their release as well.

[@sunnyjohnson992]

At Psalm 82:1,6, ‘Elo•him’ is used of men, human judges in Israel. Jesus quoted from this at John 10:34,35. They were gods in their capacity as representatives of and spokesmen for Jehovah God. Similarly Moses was told that he was to serve as “God” to Aaron and to Pharaoh. (Exodus 4:16)

[@roncoleman3259]

Bable and bible

[@CRoadwarrior]

I'm glad you did not fall in line with all the Mike Heiser fans who blindly accept everything he says without carefully checking anything. Scholarship long before Heiser was born helped us to understand that Psalm 82 was not about "divine beings" or angels, but human judges, according to the immediate context. Nowhere in the Bible do we see any "divine beings" judging humans, but we do see human judges/rules doing what is mentioned in verses 2-4. Heiser made the mistake of ignoring immediate context, not only of Psalm 82, but also of other passages like Deuteronomy 32:8 and 4:19, where he made up his "divine council" view. It is truly sad that so many people have not been able to see how erroneous Heiser was regarding that. But it's refreshing to see that not every has drank the Heiser cool aid.

[@user-dn4px3xd1r]

I have studied both explanations on this topic also Demonology etc... My question is, as an example ALL the Hindi gods...who are they if not spirit beings created by the one and only God Elohim! they have apparently been "allowed restricted reign & "territory in our world.

[@CRoadwarrior]

@@user-dn4px3xd1r They could also be man-made "gods" from the imagination of the Hindi people. Who said that all the gods claimed by people must be real? Besides, how much sense does it make for the Almighty to make "spirit beings" and "allot" them over people, knowing they will not reign correctly? Heiser's theology has more holes in it than Swiss Cheese, and it creates more problems than it solves.

[@michaelmeyer7455]

Actually I believe you are wrong because Dr. Michael Heiser studied Christianity to where he had a PHD on the subject & had many more degrees of study on the Hebrew language where the words translated to English sometimes the 2 different languages did not match 100% up cause words had d 9:52 different meanings. Heiser also taught classes on why he had certain beliefs & explained why, so I don’t think you can just ignore all of his studies & say he has blind followers who believe anything he says.

[@CRoadwarrior]

@@michaelmeyer7455 You can study and get a Ph. D. and still be wrong. But there is no substitute for careful study, which I argue Heiser did not do. Heiser is relatively new to Hebrew language studies, since he only just graduated from grad school in 1998 and 2004. My Hebrew professor, on the other hand, has been teaching Hebrew for over 40 years. I learned from a seasoned "master" so to speak, not a relative newcomer to Hebrew and Semitic languages like Heiser. I am in no way ignoring his studies. I'm just paying closer attention to the many problems of Heiser's claims and pointing them out. And in doing so, those who have not carefully investigated and checked his claims are now being exposed as either lazy or careless in their studies. I not only say Heiser was wrong, but I also PROVE it using careful exegesis of Scripture, and my knowledge of both Hebrew and Greek. So instead of assuming Heiser must be right just because of his studies, I suggest you check his claims against Scripture and learn from those like myself who have carefully checked Heiser and found him erroneous at points. I have a whole series of videos on my channel called "The UnBiblical Realm: Refuting Michael Heiser's Divine Council w/Heath Henning." In the series, we discuss Heiser's views and demonstrate the problems that many people have ignored or simply choose not to see. You are more than welcome to participate and make comments. But whatever you do, don't dismiss us simply because Heiser has a certain level of education. That simply won't work.

[@senyonjopatrick5259]

LORD GOD ways is not our ways.... GOD is all knowing in everything to be and to come

[@deepwaters2334]

The truth is humans are the same kind of thing as God since Adam is the son of God (Luke 3), and Hebrews 1-2 makes it clear we are made equal to Christ as the children of God. Of course, this is only true when mankind is uncorrupted. Elohim is a plural word, and so it refers to the Godhead of all redeemed Christians, Christ, and God the Father. This helps the wording of John 1:1 make sense: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God". Switch "God" with the Hebrew word "Elohim": "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the Elohim, and the Word was an Elohim". Furthermore, angels are spirits without souls or "nephesh"; they have no heart. Adam was given dominion over both spirits and the physical world, but that authority was lost when he disobeyed God. Jesus is the 2nd Adam, and regained this full authority. This is why Jesus had authority even over demons.

[@bosse641]

God(YHVH) is NOT a human, Job 9:32 / Numbers 23:19 / Hosea 11:9 But the man Jesus, the second Adam, is a human, 1 Timothy 2:5 ...And God doth not change, Malachi 3:6 YHVH is 1 Lord, Deuteronomy 6:4 And the Israelite Yahshua the Messiah confirmed the ancient Shema, Mark 12:29 And the apostles all agreed with the Messiah, 1 Corinthians 8:6 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." Ephesians 1:3 / 1 Peter 1:3 / 2 Corinthians 1:3 ......and God doth not have a God. The truth is simple and clear.

[@floyd920]

You read out of the bible but replace all the God words With Elohim. This scripture is supposed to be the inspired word of God. There is a good reason why Elohim is never used in the bible. Jesus never calls his father in heaven as Elohim. He uses his father in heaven and never Elohim or Yahweh. There must be a good reason for this. Has heaven changed from the old warrior type God to a more merciful God. It all reads as if this is what happened.

[@terrycihat4136]

Elohim does not mean God !

[@ZahqiNazeer-se5js]

Going Down Hill is rough and slippery Slide and even if you seem to have traction and good stride of momentum, remember that We were running towards Judgment Day at the End Of the Age. The Mysteries Of God Have Been Shown like the Light, but day to day, I'm noticing the Repeat Pattern at Twilight. At one moment you mention, a Name Of God, from the Bible, but forgot YahKeyTah and caught amnesia about His Oneness. So Rank Is The Function, like Angel, Lord, God. A God Can Be an Angel, With His Physical Body. A Lord Can Be An Angel If He's Still Got It Too. But ArchAngels do Exist Too, which is a Higher Rank than, just being an Angel and Every Plateau Of Heaven Has Them Ranking like Their Higher Echoes, With More Extra Special, Radiance And Glory And Enchantment On The Level. G, Compass, Square, Whale Prepared,.. to Go Deep. There's an Eternal Father Here, That Heard this lecture, during a Prior Creation, during the speaker's Adam's Run. And He ReCalls Clearly you ignoring the obvious intellectual points, that I just presented, concerning the Mystery Of God's Oneness. There are many other Aspects, that are not Clearly written about, as if there were no Mysteries Of God, to be Learned over Time, with Sincere Study, Prayer, weed and experiences, both awake and asleep. That Eternal Father Heard the whole thing,.. Me 2 minutes. It makes a nice Poster. And real God fearing believers, can learn about discretional observations, of a matter, though they need not spend the entire clips He Was, and Still Is, Pretty Much Sure, That you had to Burn Off some belligerence. And you knew 3 folks, who were put on My Judges Calendar, back in the days. The matter has never been Judicated and the Municipal Judge that put them on My Calendar, was murdered by young female Manchurian Crossed Wires Candidate, with a butcher knife, in her purse. A Way was supposed to be prepared, for Me, you ungrateful population of the Western and Eastern Hemisphere. Instead I had to Street Fight rapists that were bigger and or stronger than Me, be denied opportunity and even a chance to take the SAT's, without getting arrested,... watch all My girls turn to hoes, while receiving the lowest Welfare Income in Erie County, New York And still Aced My College Entrance Exams. Scoring Exempt A+ in English. I Word Of God Spoken Of, as the True and Faithful Witness to God's Oneness. I Crush the dumbness, with Many Ascension's and many rivals and I Got a Name for Each, like Those, That's written in the Bible, say I Heard That His Voice like the Russian of a Tidal Wave. Great now I'm like 1235 Years Old, in Living Consciousness of Evolution. And the Lawn looks nice, now. The Children of Israel start out in KeliPot, so They are Taught to Aim Up Towards the Fifth Heaven and also Stay Within The Oneness Of God. Yahweh Said There Are none BeSides His Oneness. He Sits On The Throne Of The Fifth Heaven. He HimSelf Also Has To Depend Upon The Higher Ranking Gods On Higher Plateaus Of Heaven. Yahweh Descended From The Eighth Plateau Of Heaven, To Rule Over The Fifth. Simon Ascended to Become, Anu Presence Of Yahweh. How long? As long as it wasn't explained to the laymen, that the religious con artists, were using My Clueless Younger Ages, Like My 13 Year Old Time, as if He, should be allowed to be conn'd into not revoking the fraudulent contracting, that they did with Him, to take advantage of the righteous, so bad. The Eternal Father of the speaker's Nation's Adam's Run, couldn't use His cell phone, which he watched the video on, to reply. That's a big difference, but He had more to eat, than Me. A hungry man, is an angry man.

[@ZahqiNazeer-se5js]

If Lil Gee was Given Some of My Gold Coins, while I Was, a far off, in the Future of 51 Years Old then When I Finally Arrived and Saw that He got conn'd for All My Coins, would I Charge Him With the Care of another City and It's Business? Furthermore, if Sean Smarter on Lil Gee's now Exploded Star, convinced Lil Gee, That he should pose as a prior God, without Having Successfully Ascended, nor Descended and within the resulting seat of The False Witness, he ev n claimed to then, have been Made First, because of My Naga Christ's fraudulently manipulated contracting at Spirit Gun point,.. Am I to Blame My Young Minor Of My Private Heavenly Estate, for being a victim of fraud? Or do aI Protect All My Cubs and Throw the seat of the false Witness, Down to HellFire. And Crush the rest of the plumbus of all those bad no good names, that he had stuffed in him? The Latter is the Answer.

[@user-zb4wh3ks2e]

It is not the intent of the human writer. He may have zero understanding of what he is writing by the Spirit upon him. All Scripture is interpreted or explained by other Scripture that is why there is no private interpretation. Everything is written.

[@ZahqiNazeer-se5js]

Going Down Hill is rough and slippery Slide and even if you seem to have traction and good stride of momentum, remember that We were running towards Judgment Day at the End Of the Age. The Mysteries Of God Have Been Shown like the Light, but day to day, I'm noticing the Repeat Pattern at Twilight. At one moment you mention, a Name Of God, from the Bible, but forgot YahKeyTah and caught amnesia about His Oneness. So Rank Is The Function, like Angel, Lord, God. A God Can Be an Angel, With His Physical Body. A Lord Can Be An Angel If He's Still Got It Too. But ArchAngels do Exist Too, which is a Higher Rank than, just being an Angel and Every Plateau Of Heaven Has Them Ranking like Their Higher Echoes, With More Extra Special, Radiance And Glory And Enchantment On The Level. G, Compass, Square, Whale Prepared,.. to Go Deep. There's an Eternal Father Here, That Heard this lecture, during a Prior Creation, during the speaker's Adam's Run. And He ReCalls Clearly you ignoring the obvious intellectual points, that I just presented, concerning the Mystery Of God's Oneness. There are many other Aspects, that are not Clearly written about, as if there were no Mysteries Of God, to be Learned over Time, with Sincere Study, Prayer, weed and experiences, both awake and asleep. That Eternal Father Heard the whole thing,.. Me 2 minutes. It makes a nice Poster. And real God fearing believers, can learn about discretional observations, of a matter, though they need not spend the entire clips He Was, and Still Is, Pretty Much Sure, That you had to Burn Off some belligerence. And you knew 3 folks, who were put on My Judges Calendar, back in the days. The matter has never been Judicated and the Municipal Judge that put them on My Calendar, was murdered by young female Manchurian Crossed Wires Candidate, with a butcher knife, in her purse. A Way was supposed to be prepared, for Me, you ungrateful population of the Western and Eastern Hemisphere. Instead I had to Street Fight rapists that were bigger and or stronger than Me, be denied opportunity and even a chance to take the SAT's, without getting arrested,... watch all My girls turn to hoes, while receiving the lowest Welfare Income in Erie County, New York And still Aced My College Entrance Exams. Scoring Exempt A+ in English. I Word Of God Spoken Of, as the True and Faithful Witness to God's Oneness. I Crush the dumbness, with Many Ascension's and many rivals and I Got a Name for Each, like Those, That's written in the Bible, say I Heard That His Voice like the Russian of a Tidal Wave. Great now I'm like 1235 Years Old, in Living Consciousness of Evolution. And the Lawn looks nice, now. The Children of Israel start out in KeliPot, so They are Taught to Aim Up Towards the Fifth Heaven and also Stay Within The Oneness Of God. Yahweh Said There Are none BeSides His Oneness. He Sits On The Throne Of The Fifth Heaven. He HimSelf Also Has To Depend Upon The Higher Ranking Gods On Higher Plateaus Of Heaven. Yahweh Descended From The Eighth Plateau Of Heaven, To Rule Over The Fifth. Simon Ascended to Become, Anu Presence Of Yahweh. How long? As long as it wasn't explained to the laymen, that the religious con artists, were using My Clueless Younger Ages, Like My 13 Year Old Time, as if He, should be allowed to be conn'd into not revoking the fraudulent contracting, that they did with Him, to take advantage of the righteous, so bad.