I'll say this straight out: what I've been able to decipher about this incident differs from any conventional teaching in any church in the land. So how do I personally come to grips with that? Well, if there's anything I take as an article of faith, it's that God wants us to know the truth. I think I've found it, and to reject it is to reject God. But everyone's different, right? So if you want to proceed....
You may be ready for a very troublesome truth about the Bible, which would alter the context of many of the questions you ask (which are all very good, btw). The word translated as "God" in the Old Testament is "elohim".
You can research this word yourself, and I did and you should, but in short there's a huge problem with it. The "-im" suffix in Hebrew indicates plural. That is, it can't possibly be "God" but is at best "gods". At this point I should interject that even "gods" is not a good translation. Just leave "elohim" as "elohim" until you get a handle on exactly who these Elohim were. (I use biblehub.com and on certain screens if you hover over a word it shows you the original language.)
Conventional Biblical scholars wave their hands around and come up with all manner of rationalizations but I don't buy any of it for a second. If you're into conspiracy, then maybe you would agree with me (and others) that this is a deliberate mistranslation, propagated across many centuries.
I've given you a lot to take in, but I have found that almost all people reject the truth because they are uncomfortable with its implications, they find it too disturbing to their worldview. That's their right and is yours as well. I'll tell you anything you want to know, but you have to decide whether you really want to know it.
I don't think there's any institutionalized learning facility that would have me 5 minutes longer than it took to find out what I was trying to tell people.
I'll say this straight out: what I've been able to decipher about this incident differs from any conventional teaching in any church in the land. So how do I personally come to grips with that? Well, if there's anything I take as an article of faith, it's that God wants us to know the truth. I think I've found it, and to reject it is to reject God. But everyone's different, right? So if you want to proceed....
You may be ready for a very troublesome truth about the Bible, which would alter the context of many of the questions you ask (which are all very good, btw). The word translated as "God" in the Old Testament is "elohim".
You can research this word yourself, and I did and you should, but in short there's a huge problem with it. The "-im" suffix in Hebrew indicates plural. That is, it can't possibly be "God" but is at best "gods". At this point I should interject that even "gods" is not a good translation. Just leave "elohim" as "elohim" until you get a handle on exactly who these Elohim were. (I use biblehub.com and on certain screens if you hover over a word it shows you the original language.)
Conventional Biblical scholars wave their hands around and come up with all manner of rationalizations but I don't buy any of it for a second. If you're into conspiracy, then maybe you would agree with me (and others) that this is a deliberate mistranslation, propagated across many centuries.
I've given you a lot to take in, but I have found that almost all people reject the truth because they are uncomfortable with its implications, they find it too disturbing to their worldview. That's their right and is yours as well. I'll tell you anything you want to know, but you have to decide whether you really want to know it.
HMU when and if you're ready for more. Good luck!
Where can I register for your classes?
I don't think there's any institutionalized learning facility that would have me 5 minutes longer than it took to find out what I was trying to tell people.