There is a word, in the ancient Hebrew language. In English letters, it can be spelled as "Eloheem".

It begins with El. This is a name of God all by itself. It is used as such in Scripture a very few times. It was very very common among the Sumerians and the more recent residents of Ur of the Chaldees, the place out of which God called Abraham. It is the suffix of "Yisroel", Israel, which means "wrestles with God", the name God gave Jacob after the wrestling-match with an angel.

And so we find Eloheem. Grammatically, it is the simple plural of El. It is used in Scripture many times, in just a few ways:

• Singular infinitive context. Genesis 1:1 and others.
• Explicitly plural context. Translated to "gods" or "angels" depending on translator and context. Psalm 8:5 and others.
• Modified singular context, with predicate "Yahweh", always found as "Yahweh Eloheem". Genesis 2:4 and others.

It is our suggestion, that God is One, comprised of Many, the Eloheem. Some of the Many devoted themselves to evil, and are called Satan and his angels. The rest are They who are the One. The Father in Heaven, the One, sent His Son, who is Lord, Yahweh of the Eloheem, to discuss and herald the last and immutable testimony -- the testimony of the Holy Spirit within us -- before the required destruction of this world. Our destiny, so says the Lord in the Gospel of John, chapter 17, verses twenty through twenty-three, is to one day be brought to fulfill His prayer recorded there, and be made One with Them.

In this past, we have seen the Lord cause this to be brought to several polytheistic unbelievers, in such a way that they accept it wholeheartedly, and become able to fellowship in the teachings of the Son with others around them. Once, when the Lord sent a Bible study group containing two others who could help explain, we saw a dedicated witch repent and take joy in a baptism of repentance for remission of sin, and devote herself joyfully to life in the Lord Jesus.

A beginning for one who studies Scriptural context is available: from Acts 12:15 it is very clear that the word "ghost", in ancient context, did sometimes have the same meaning as the word "angel". It was thought then, just as it is now by many, that human beings perhaps become angels, after we pass from this world. We do not need to contradict this at all; we need to just agree with it in general, and then get more specific, very gently and slowly and carefully, with the words of the Christ very much in mind.

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