Heavenly beings as sons of God
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
"The sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose."
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods”’[d]? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside—
Psalm 82, RSV:
1 God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the “gods”:
2 “How long will you[a] defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked?[b] 3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
5 “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 “I said, ‘You are “gods”; you are all sons of the Most High.’ 7 But you will die like mere mortals; you will fall like every other ruler.”
8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance.
6 For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings [sons of God] is like the Lord, 7 a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and terrible[c] above all that are round about him?
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