What is a god? And no, I’m not being flippant with that question. Most of us think in modern and post-modern terms. We consider a god as omnipotent and omniscient, but that’s not how the ancients saw their gods. For to them, their gods were limited in power and knowledge. The chief god of their pantheon was almost never the creator of the world. He usually came after the creation and took control. To the ancients, the gods were infinitely old being that transcend the mere moral existence of mankind. The realm of gods was somewhere beyond the human plane of existence, be that Olympus, Asgard or the stars. Or in our terms, they are being of the spirit realm that can from time to time enter the physical world. If we go by that definition, then demons and angels could be seen as “gods.”

This point of view is consistent with the scripture. In Daniel chapter ten, the angel tells Daniel that the “prince of Persia” prevented him form coming. We know the angel wasn’t talking about Xerxes because in the next breath he says that Michael “one of their chief princes” came and helped him. Also, Paul in Ephesians chapter six, says that our fight is not against flesh and blood, but powers and dominions. In other words, we fight the spiritual realm. Furthermore, Paul tells us in I Corinthians chapter 15 that at the resurrection we will gain heavenly bodies and join this realm.

There is one more thing we must remember the LORD God’s titles in Deuteronomy 10 and Psalms 136. In those passages He is referred to as “the God of gods.”

So, when an atheist claims that we don’t believes in one less god than me, I have to correct him. He assumes I’m a monotheist. That I believe in only one God. That’s a false assumption. I’m not a monotheist, I’m a monolatrist. I worship only one God, the God of gods.

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