What do I mean when I use the word Elohim? The word in Genesis 1:1 is a noun in the Hebrew language, that most English translators render as "God." It means "God" in the SINGULAR, as far as English translation is concerned. Elohim occurs some 2,700 times in the Old Testament and it is always looked on in a grammatical sense as being PLURAL in number. The "-im" on the end of (Eloh-im), signifies it to be PLURAL in Hebrew.

The images of Jesus that Christians have in their churches, homes, Bibles, books in Sunday or Sabbath schools, almost always bear the features of the chief pagan gods of the heathen world. That is correct! The depictions of "Jesus" in the Christian churches of today are not the real Jesus of the New Testament. The modern portrait, which we inherited from Christians of the last part of the 4th century AD, is nothing more than a characterization of the chief pagan gods, but Christians presently honor such pictures, icons, or images as perfectly proper

What kind of people is God calling for His work at the present time? He is not calling people to join churches with a hierarchical church government for knowledge and understanding about salvation. The kind of people chose in the Bible are entirely different than those found in today's churches.

This article is the "Questions and Answers" portion of the lecture I delivered on June 9, 2007 at the One God Conference in Albany, New York. It continues on directly from Parts 1 and 2 located on the ASK website. Read the Newsletter for Part 1 first. It provides additional background information. From the Newsletter you can link to the Article. Likewise, read the "October 2007 Newsletter" which introduces Part 2 which can be linked from that article.

This is Part 2 of the written form of the lecture I presented June 9, 2007, at the ?ne God Conference?in Albany, New York. Most of the teaching I presented will be familiar to ASK website readers (but not repetitive), largely reflecting the biblical and historical research of Dr. Ernest Martin, but the conclusions are my own.