Another way for us to overcome the Lying Pen of the
Scribes and the overwhelming pagan influence in Christian Doctrine is to
know what those who followed the Messiah believed. This will give us a
foundation from which to build and to compare what is believed today
2,000 years later.
Yahusha did not believe he was “God” or even a
“god”. He denied it again and again as we shall see later. But what of
his disciples, and the Nazarenes who were known as his followers? What
did they believe?
Wouldn’t this be helpful if you had been taught
this in your Church? By your pastor, your Sunday School teacher or even
your parents? All we are ever taught is the Nicaean Creed that came out
of the most abominable pagan council in human history (the Council of
Nicaea) as if THAT is what we are supposed to believe. And we never
question it, even though we are warned the Greeks twisted the Scriptures
and we would be led astray be The Spirit of the False Messiah in the
end.
2 Peter 3:16
Sha’ul writes the same way in all
his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some
things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people
twist, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own
destruction.
1 Timothy 4:1
The Spirit clearly says that in
later times some will abandon the Faith (that
Yahusha came in the flesh outside of any Divine influence) and
follow deceiving spirits (Incarnation, the
Spirit of the False Messiah, 1 John
4:1-3; 12) and things taught by demons (that
the Creator came to Earth and died).
We do know what the first century believers in
Israel believed. They were called Nazarenes for a specific reason.
Nazarene means “follower of
the Branch”. Yahusha was known as the Branch because he fulfilled
The Heavenly Scroll, that is what made him the Messiah (King) NOT
that he was a demi-god. It is in His Word written in the stars where the
Prophets read of the King being “the Branch”.
Psalm 89:2
I will
declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established
your faithful promise (Logos)
of salvation in The Heavenly Scroll itself.
Psalm 119:89
Your
Word (Logos / Dabar),
Yahuah, is Eternal; it Stands Firm written in The Heavenly Scroll.
Daniel 4:35
"All the inhabitants of the earth are
accounted as nothing, but He does according to His will written in the
host of heaven (The Zodiac which hosts
constellations. Constellations “host stars)
It is in the constellations VIRGO and ORION where
the coming King is announced in the stars as being the Branch:
VIRGO
A young
maiden will give a virgin birth (the Branch will open her womb and be
the firstborn and heir) to a beautiful glorious and Righteous branch.
The seed of the woman will be a man of humiliation to rise to be the
desire of nations and will become exalted first as shepherd (High
Priest/Spring Feasts) then as harvester (Conquering King/Fall Feasts).
ORION the Light Bearer and
Son of Man
below are the star names that tell the story of
ORION:
•Star name:
Betelgeuse = The coming of
the branch.
•Star name
Rigol = the foot that crushes the serpent.
•Star name Al
Nitak = the wounded one
(wounded by the Dragon/Serpent).
Story behind the pictograph of
ORION:
“The
coming prince of peace, the
light (of the World), the one who holds the double-edged sword in his
hand (the Word of Yahuah), he is the coming of The Branch, the
one wounded by the serpent, the foot that crushes the head of the
serpent.”
For more information on the Plan of Salvation to
send a human King and High Priest written in the stars called The
Heavenly Scroll or “Mazzaroth”, please read my book Creation Cries Out!
The Mazzaroth.
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So, a Nazarene is anyone who has faith that Yahusha
fulfilled The Heavenly Scroll not that he was “God in the flesh”.
Daniel 4:35
"All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, but He does
according to His will written in the host of heaven (The
Zodiac which hosts constellations. Constellations “host stars”)
Hebrews 10:7
“"THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE SCROLL OF
THE BOOK (in heaven) IT IS WRITTEN OF
ME, I WILL DO YOUR WILL, O GOD (Matthew 6:10,
written in the hosts of heaven Daniel 4:35).'"
Matthew 6:10
Your kingdom (declared in heaven) come,
Your will be done, on earth as it is (written)
in (the) heaven(ly
scroll Daniel 4:35).
Nazarenes were spoken of in the Dead Sea Scrolls as
Guardians of The Torah, Prophets, and The Messiah. It is a
mistranslation in our Bibles where it says “Jesus of Nazareth”, it
should read “Yahusha the Nazarene”. The English word “Nazarene” (Greek
“Nazaraios,” Aramaic “Natsraya,” or Hebrew “Notsri”) comes from the
Hebrew word netser
(branch), which itself, is derived from the verb natsar which
means; “to guard, watch, keep, or preserve.” in context speaking of,
The Torah.
http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/nas/natsar.html
The NAS Old Testament Hebrew
Lexicon - Strong's Number: 5341
Transliterated Word –
Natsar the root of Notsri or Nazarene
Definition:
to guard, watch, watch over, keep
(Qal) to watch, guard, keep, to preserve, guard from dangers, to keep,
observe, guard with fidelity, to guard, keep secret, to be kept close,
be blockaded, watchman (participle)
This is speaking in context of The Torah, Prophets, and The Messiah
(King promised in the stars). All Nazarenes were to keep and observe The
Torah, guard it, watch over it and protect it! They were fierce
opponents of all forms of paganism (Sunday, Trinity, Easter,
Christmas, Incarnation) including the Babylonian Talmud and
Hellenism (the worship of Greek/Babylonian gods).
The Nazarenes rejected Incarnation outright and any concept associated
with Babylonian demi-gods. They rejected the Virgin Birth, Proclaimed
the Name of The Creator, followed the ancient Enochian Path (Enoch
Calendar and Enoch Zodiac) and rejected Hesus Horus Krishna (Jesus
H. Christ
)
the Roman Christ at that time later to be associated with the Messiah.
We see going back to the first few centuries AD, it
was The Nazarenes who were “complete Jews”, who understood the
Torah/Prophets, and how the Messiah fulfilled them. Let us examine the
first-hand witness accounts of The Nazarenes and discern who they were
and what they believed. Did they believe back then, what is taught
today… Incarnation? Remember, they knew and were taught personally by
Yahusha (or one of his direct disciples).
So, whatever they believed, is what Yahusha taught
them… this should be our foundation in Truth! Not the pagan Roman
Emperor Constantine’s version at the Council of Nicaea (the Nicaean
Creed) some 3 centuries later! I will declare the Nazarene Creed
later in this book with scriptural proofs.
The Christian Church Father Epiphanius tells us:
Epiphanius; Panarion 29:9:4,
A.D. 374.
“But these sectarians… did not call
themselves Christians – but “Nazarenes” [Natsarim] . . . However they
are simply complete Jews. They use not only the New Testament but the
Old Testament as well, as the Jews do… They have no different ideas, but
confess everything exactly as The Law proclaims it and in the Jewish
fashion – except for their belief in Messiah, if you please! For they
acknowledge both the Resurrection of the dead and the Divine Creation of
all things, and declare that God is One, and that His son is Yahusha The
Messiah. They are trained to a nicety in Hebrew. For among them the
entire Law (Torah), the Prophets, and the… Writings … are read in
Hebrew, as they surely are by the Jews. They are different from the
Jews, and different from Christians, only in the following. They
disagree with Jews because they have come to Faith in Messiah; but since
they are still fettered by The Law – Circumcision, the Sabbath, and the
rest – they are not in accord with Christians . . . they are nothing but
Jews… They have the Gospel according to Matthew in its entirety in
Hebrew. For they still preserve this, in the Hebrew alphabet, as it was
originally written.”
So far, we can say that a Nazarene:
·
Those who follow the Branch foretold in
the stars.
·
Is a “complete Jew” who accept both the
Tanakh and the Brit Chadashah (the OT and NT).
·
Kept the Law in the same fashion as Jews,
but with ‘intent’ not bound to the letter.
·
Accepted Yahusha as The Messiah.
·
Believed in One God, Yahuah, and that
Yahusha is His Firstborn Son,
adopted upon his Mikveh!
·
Looked to the Hebraic Mindset and
language for understanding and rejected the Greek Hellenistic Mindset.
·
Keep Circumcision, the Sabbath, and Holy
Days.
·
Preserve the Hebrew Alphabet to maintain
the pictograph nature of Paleo Hebrew.
Much more can be discerned about the Nazarenes by
examining their origin as Essenes and Ebionites. John the Immerser,
filled with the Spirit of Elijah, the Great Nazarene Teacher of
Righteousness, as he is called in the Dead Sea Scrolls, was followed by
the Essenes. The Essenes became known as
Nazarenes
once John taught them to put their faith in the Branch foretold in the
stars. John taught them The Heavenly Scroll as his father the
priest Zechariah prophesied, he would:
Matthew 3:1-3
1 In
those days John the Immerser came teaching The Way (Zodiac
means ‘path’ or ‘way’), preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2
and saying, Repent, for The Kingdom proclaimed in The Heavenly Scroll is
near (the Branch/Messiah/King foretold in the
stars was at hand). 3 This is he who was spoken of through the
Prophet Isaiah: A voice of one calling in the wilderness (restoring
The Heavenly Scroll – ‘the rising Sun will come to us from The Heavenly
Scroll’), prepare (the people to walk)
The Way for their King (Luke 1:77-79),
making his path straight through Mikveh.
Luke 1
76 And you, my child, will be
called a prophet of the Most High (for
proclaiming The Heavenly Scroll/Plan of Salvation); for you will
go on before the Messiah to prepare THE WAY for him, 77 to give his
people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins
(through MIKVEH called The Way), 78
because of the tender mercy of our Elohim,
BY WHICH THE RISING
SUN WILL COME TO US FROM THE HEAVENLY SCROLL! 79
TO SHINE ON THOSE
LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF DARKNESS AND DEATH
(ORION is “the light of the world”),
to guide our feet into the path of peace (as
'The Prince of Peace' Isaiah 6:9 to re-unite the two houses meaning of
the constellation CANCER).”
Note, for the sake of maintaining the integrity of
the quote below, I do not replace the name Jesus with Yahusha. Please
just replace the name of the False Messiah with the name of the True
Messiah in your head as you read along with this quote. That is not the
point I am demonstrating here:
From “Ebionites & Nazarenes:
Tracking the Original Followers of Jesus” by James Tabor:
This Ebionite/Nazarene movement
was made up of mostly Jewish followers of John the Baptizer and later
Jesus, who were concentrated in Palestine and surrounding regions and
led by “James the Just” (the brother of Jesus), and flourished between
the years 30-80 C.E. Non-Jews were certainly part of the mix but the
dominant ethos of the group was an adherence to live according to Jewish
law (Galatians 2:14). They were zealous for the Torah and continued to
observe the mitzvot (Commandments) as enlightened by their Rabbi and
Teacher Jesus…
I am convinced that Nazarene comes
from the Hebrew word Netzer (drawn from Isaiah 11:1) and means “a
Branch”—so the Nazarenes were the “Branchites” or followers of the one
they believed to be the Branch–that is the Davidic Messiah…
They too, referred to
themselves as the Way, the Poor, the Saints, the New Covenanters,
Children of Light, and so forth. Perhaps their most common designation
was the Yachad–the brotherhood or community, and they referred to
themselves as brother and sister (Hebrews 2:11). They were bitterly
opposed to the corrupt Priests in Jerusalem, to the Herods, and even to
the Pharisees whom they saw as compromising with that establishment to
get Power and influence from the Hellenistic/Roman Powers.
They had their own developed
Halacha
(interpretation of Torah by intent not letter), some aspects of which
Jesus picks up (ideal of no divorce, not using oaths, etc., and sermon
on the mount). They followed one they called the True Teacher (Teacher
of Righteousness) whom most scholars believe lived in the 1st century
BCE and was opposed and possibly killed by the Hasmonean King/Priests at
the instigation of the Pharisees. John the Baptizer seems to arise out
of this context (and possibly the Great Notsri?) and rekindle the
apocalyptic fervor of the movement in the early decades of the first
century CE. Jesus joined this movement, and it remains our best insight
into the conceptual world of an apocalyptic, messianic, movement of this
period, akin to the Jesus movement. Later, when Christianity
developed in the 3rd and 4th centuries and gradually lost its
Jewish roots and heritage, largely severing its homeland
connections, the Gentile, Roman Catholic Church historians began to
refer to Ebionites and Nazarenes as two separate groups—and indeed, by
the late 2nd century there might have been a split between these mostly
Jewish followers of Jesus (but they were one in the same in the first
century). The distinction these writers make (and
remember, they (Christians) universally despise these Nazarenes (true
followers of Jesus) and call them “Judaisers”)
…
They describe the Nazarenes
more positively as those who accept Paul (with caution) and believe in
some aspect of the divinity of Jesus (after his Resurrection), even
possibly the virgin birth (as a sign) but viewed him as “adopted” as Son
of God at his baptism.
What we have to keep in mind in reading these accounts from the Church
fathers is that they are strongly prejudiced against any form of what
they call “Judaizing” among Christians and they share the view that
“Christianity” has replaced Judaism entirely overthrowing the Torah for
both Gentile and Jew.
As far as “beliefs” of the
Ebionites, the documents of the New Testament, critically evaluated, are
our best sources, including some of the fragmentary traditions still
embedded in the book of Acts (7:37-53). There are fragments and
quotations surviving from their Hebrew Gospel tradition (see A. F. J.
Klijn, Jewish-Christian Gospel Tradition, E. J. Brill, 1992), the
so-called Pseudo-Clementine materials, as well as some of the traditions
reflected in texts such as the “Hebrew Matthew” preserved by Ibn
Shaprut, and now published in a critical edition by George Howard (The
Hebrew Gospel of Matthew, Mercer University Press, 1995). Based on what
we can reliably put together from these sources we can say the Ebionite
or Nazarene movement could be distinguished by the following views:
1) Jesus as a human being
(SARKI: in the flesh) with father and mother but designated a
“Prophet like Moses,” or “the Anointed of the Spirit,” who will be
revealed in Power as the “Son of Man coming in the Clouds of heaven,”
following his rejection and death (Acts 7:37; Luke 4:18-19; Mark
10:35-45; 13:26-27).
2) Disdain for eating meat and
even the Temple slaughter of animals, preferring the ideals of the
pre-Flood diet and what they took to be the original ideal of worship
(see Genesis 9:1-5; Jeremiah 7:21-22; Isaiah 11:9; 66:1-4). This
reflects a general interest in seeking the “Path (of Enoch)” reflected
in the pre-Sinai revelation, especially the time from Enoch to
Noah. For example, divorce was shunned, as violating the Edenic
ideal, even though technically it was later allowed by Moses (Mark
10:2-11).
3) Dedication to following
the whole Torah, as applicable to Israel and to Gentiles, but through
the “easy yoke” or the “Torah of liberty” of their Teacher Jesus,
which emphasized the Spirit of the Biblical Prophets in a restoration of
the “True Faith,” the Ancient Paths (Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 11:28-30;
James 2:8-13; Matthew 5:17-18; 9:13; 12:7), from which, by and large,
they believed the establishment Jewish groups of 2nd Temple times had
departed.
4) Rejection of the
“doctrines and traditions” of men, which they believed had been added to
the pure Torah of Moses, including scribal alterations of the texts of
Scripture (Jeremiah 8:8).
We can now add to our list of what a Nazarene”
believes, and we come to a very good idea of the fundamental ideas,
concepts, and beliefs one would require to be called a true “Nazarene”
today:
·
A “complete Jew” who accept both the
Tanakh and the Brit Chadashah (the OT and NT).
·
Keeps the Law in the same fashion as
Jews, but by intent and liberty not just the letter as Yahusha taught
us.
·
Accepts the Messiah as the Branch,
fulfillment of The Heavenly Scroll.
·
Believes in One God, Yahuah, and that
Yahusha is His Firstborn-again son at his Mikveh.
·
Looks to the Hebraic Mindset and language
for understanding.
·
Keeps Circumcision, the Sabbath, and Holy
Days.
·
Believes Yachad was through Covenant and
Family as we are Echad with Yahuah our Father and Yahusha is our brother
NOT our god.
·
Bitterly opposed to the corrupt Priests
in Jerusalem, to the Herods, and even to the Pharisees whom they saw as
compromising with that establishment to get Power and influence from the
Hellenistic/Roman Powers.
·
Had their own developed Halacha (interpretation
of Torah), they did not rely on or accept Rabbinical
interpretations.
·
Universally despised by pagan Gentile
Christianity and called “Judaisers”) …
·
Accepts Sha’ul (with
caution as his writings were twisted by the Greeks) and believe in
some aspect of the Divinity of Yahusha (post
Resurrection when he was begotten Divine by the Power of the
Resurrection), even possibly the virgin birth (as a sign
fulfilling The Heavenly Scroll VIRGO) but viewed him as “Adopted” as
Son of God at his baptism.
·
Understood Yahusha was a human being with
father and mother (meaning of the word “flesh” in Hebrew ‘Sarki’) but
designated a “Prophet like Moses,” or “the Anointed of the Spirit,” who
will be revealed in Power as the “Son of Man coming in the Clouds of
heaven (an idiom for fulfilling ORION in The Heavenly Scroll)”.
·
Rejects the name Iesous (Jesus,
Hesus, Esus) in favor of the Hebrew name of the Messiah which to
them was Yahusha not “Yeshua” which is the modern mistranslation in
Hebrew.
·
Rejects the label Christian as being a
very bad label identifying those who follow the pagan demi-gods called
Christs Hesus, Horus, and Krishna.
·
Uses the Sacred Name of the Father in
public, calling upon Yahuah without using titles which infuriated the
Pharisees.
·
Seeks the ancient “Path” of Enoch and the
pre-flood ancestors (i.e.,
understood and put their Faith in The Heavenly Scroll and kept the Enoch
Calendar).
·
Dedicated to following the whole Torah,
as applicable to Israel and to Gentiles, but through the “easy yoke” or
the “Torah of Liberty” of their Teacher Yahusha the Messiah.
·
Rejections of the “doctrines and
traditions” of men, which they believed had been added to the pure Torah
of Moses, including scribal alterations of the texts of Scripture (Jeremiah
8:8).
Nazarenes today are those true followers of Yahusha
who Proclaim the Spirit of Yahuah (the
He did not come ‘in the flesh or die’; He is Invisible, Immortal, and
Spirit) all others have committed Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit in
following pagan Rome and the Babylonian concept of the Divine… the
Trinity and “God came to Earth in sinful flesh as his own son and died”.
The
Religions of Ancient Greece and Babylonia,
by A. H. Sayce. pages 229-230
Many of the theories
of Egyptian religion, modified and transformed no doubt, have penetrated
into the theology of Christian Europe, and form, as it were, part of the
woof in the web of modern religious thought. Christian theology was
largely organized and nurtured in the schools of Alexandria, and
Alexandria was not only the meeting place of East and West, it was also
the place where the decrepit theology of Egypt was revivified by contact
with the speculative philosophy of Greece.
Perhaps, however, the indebtedness of Christian theological theory to
ancient Egyptian dogma is nowhere more striking than in the doctrine of
the Trinity. The very terms used of it by Christian theologians meet us
again in the inscriptions and papyri of Egypt.
Originally the
trinity was a triad like those we find in Babylonian mythology.
The triad consisted of a Divine father, wife, and son. The father became
the son and the son the father through all time, and of both alike the
mother was but another form.
Did Thomas declare Yahusha God in the flesh? Or did
Thomas declare Yahusha his Divine King, fulfillment of The Heavenly
Scroll?
AFTER being declared Divine by the Power of the
Resurrection (Romans 1:2-4), not his human birth or at Creation,
he appears to Thomas as the Divine King and Judge who represents the
Power and Majesty of Yahuah. This is when Thomas rightfully declares
Yahusha his Divine Ruler NOT “my LORD and my God” as it is translated!
There is only One “God” and that is Yahuah and that
is the very foundation of our Salvation as Yahusha plainly taught
earlier in Chapter 17. Yahusha declares exactly what I have just
explained! That he is not “God” or “Yahuah came to Earth in the fleshly
body” but rather he is the fulfillment of The Heavenly Scroll who, at
the fullness of time, followed The Way and gave his
life at the Age of ARIES, was risen Divine, given his Glory as
King as Yahuah promised, then he declared Yahuah the ONE and the ONLY
GOD (the Greatest Commandment of all).
John 17:1-6
1 When Yahusha
had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes and expressed his faith in
The Heavenly Scroll, and said, “Father, the time has come to give my
life at the end of the Age of ARIES. (when the
Lamb dies); Glorify Your Son as You promised through Resurrection
that the Son may Glorify You by demonstrating by example that The
Way succeeds in delivering eternal life as promised in The Heavenly
Scroll (LIBRA, CAPRICORNUS) not in The
Law (Romans 8:1-4. Yahusha is the True Way
that leads to eternal life, the Author of Eternal Salvation, the
Forefather of Everlasting Life). 2 since You have given The Son
of Man (ORION) authority over all flesh
(LEO), to give eternal life (AQUARIUS)
to all whom You have given him in marriage (PISCES). 3 And
this is the foundation of eternal life (the
Greatest Commandment), that they know you, the ONE and ONLY TRUE
God, and (enter into covenant with)
Yahusha The Messiah whom You have sent as mediating High Priest (The
Suffering Servant VIRGO to pay the dowry LIBRA for his
Bride AQUARIUS / PISCES and redeem her from death 1 Timothy 2:5). 4 I
Glorified You on Earth by manifesting The Spiritual Kingdom, having
accomplished the Work that You gave me to do as it is written in The
Heavenly Scroll (Hebrews
10:7, Matthew 6:10). 5 And now, Father, Glorify me in your
Own Presence through Resurrection (CAPRICORNUS);
and seat me at Your Right Hand on The Throne of Heaven (Matthew
22:44) and give me my Kingdom (LEO, Daniel
7, Revelation 5); the Glory that I had with you as Conquering
King (LEO / ORION) as promised (Genesis
1:1, Logos / DEBAR H1696 ‘Spoken Promise’) before the world
existed written (on Day 4) into the
stars (Genesis 1:14 – ‘stars are for
SIGNS’, Enoch 35:3 – ‘Yahuah created the Great and Splendid SIGNS of
the Zodiac) as a witness to all mankind (Psalm
19, Enoch 35:3, Psalm 119:89, Psalm 89:2) 6 I have revealed Your
Name to those You have given me out of the world. They were Yours; You
gave them to me (as my Bride ARIES),
and they have kept The Word of Your Testimony (Revelation
12:17).…
If Thomas proclaimed Yahusha the LORD and GOD or
LORD GOD as in Yahuah in the flesh he would have committed blasphemy and
lost his Salvation. Salvation is found in the declaration of The Shema
that Yahuah is the One and Only God (John 17:3). No, Thomas did
not say that… he rightfully declared Yahusha his Divine (upon
Resurrection) King (Messiah).
Thomas spoke these words in Aramaic (ancient Hebrew) not in
Greek. The Greeks twisted his words to create a false image of The
Messiah to worship!
2 Peter 3:15-16
as also our
beloved brother Sha’ul, according to the wisdom given to him, has
written to you, 16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these
things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and
unstable people (Greeks) twist to their
own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
He did not say “my Lord and my God” he declared
properly and testified that Yahusha was his Elohim which means Divine
Ruler/Judge, Representative of Yahuah’s Power and Majesty.
Yahusha had just been declared Divine and ascended as “a Lamb that had
been slaughtered” and given his Glory as King and seated on the Throne
in Heaven. He then returned to them and this is when Thomas made that
statement. Not when he was ‘human’ or ‘in the flesh’! Yahusha taught
this to his Disciples, that is why Thomas made that declaration! The
Greeks twisted the text to promote The Spirit of the False Messiah and
elevated “Jesus” as “God” which is blasphemy. In both Hebrew and Greek,
the words they translated as “God” does not always mean Yahuah, the
primary meaning is His Divine Ruler/Judge and Representative which is
the PRIMARY definition of those words… God is a secondary implication
only.
Strong's #2316: THEOS
As a figure of speech, "A Magistrate" or a "Supreme Divinity." or
"godly" (like GOD or an Image of GOD or one of the "Children of
GOD”) or even GOD (However, GOD is only listed as a choice, because
GOD has Godly qualities, is Divine, and is also Supreme, but God is not
the only one with those qualities).
Note: Strong's Concordance only
lists God as a last choice, because anyone that has received GOD's Holy
Spirit or Righteous Character has GOD like qualities; and The
Messiah certainly has Godly qualities. As a matter of
fact, all of YAHUAH's/Yahuah’s "Chosen Few" (elohiym or Godly
Children) can be referred to as a Theos.