Book V - Snyder Bible

The Preaching of Simeon Kefa 97
image should occur to them. Because they refused to receive
the knowledge of the One who, as I said, is Elohim of all, therefore
it is permitted to them to have as elohim those who can
do nothing for their worshippers. For what can either dead
images or living creatures confer upon men, since the power
of all things is with One?
Chapter XLII: Guardian Malachim
Elohim is applied in three ways: either
because he to whom it is given is truly Elohim, or because be
is the servant of him who is truly; and for the honor of the
sender, that his authority may be full, he that is sent is called
by the name of him who sends, as is often done in respect of
malachim: for when they appear to a man, if he is a wise and
intelligent man, he asks the name of him who appears to him,
that he may acknowledge at once the honor of the sent, and
the authority of the sender. For every nation has an malach, to
whom Yahweh has committed the government of that nation;
and when one of these appears, although he be thought and
called Elohim by those over whom he presides, yet, being
asked, he does not give such testimony to himself. For the
Most High Yahweh, who alone holds the power of all things,
has divided all the nations of the earth into seventy-two parts,
and over these He hath appointed malachim as princes. But to
the one among the arch-malachim who is greatest, was committed
the government of those who, before all others, received
the worship and knowledge of the Most High Yahweh.
But holy men also, as we have said, are made elohim to the
wicked, as having received the power of life and death over
them, as we mentioned above with respect to Moshe and the
shall not curse the elohim, and thou shall not curse the prince
nations are
called elohim. But Moshiach is Yahweh of princes, who is
Judge of all. Therefore neither malachim, nor men, nor any
creature, can be truly elohim, forasmuch as they arc placed
under authority, being created and changeable: malachim, for