I used "beings" because "elohim" can refer to angels or men, neither of which are "gods".
It is a given that YHWH or Elohim or EL are superior to any human, therefore when it is using 'elohim' is has to be referring to other gods, more powerful than humans, at least in this context.
The LORD [YHWH - Yeshua's Father] said unto my Lord [adoni - David's Lord, Yeshua], Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
You seem to have the emphasis turned around from what the scripture says.
See Psalms 110:1
Psalm 110:1King James Version (KJV)
110 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. (actually the scripture uses a small font for 'The Lord', and a larger font for 'my Lord'. What's with that?
The scripture says 'The Lord' (smaller font) said unto 'my Lord' (larger font).
You capitalize the entire word LORD, 'The LORD' and you only capitalize the first letter of my Lord, 'my Lord'. So what's with that?
This scripture also testifies that Jesus existed before the creation of the world and sat with his God before coming to earth and sat with Him after the resurrection.
Both "LORD"s refer to Father YHWH. This is the result of a peculiarity in Hebrew. It is similar to 1 Kings 8:1 in which we see two Solomons;
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of YHWH out of the city of David, which is Zion.
It is quite clear that Solomon is in Jerusalem assembling the elders of Israel, even with a supposed Hebrew peculiarity. And we know there are not 2 Solomons.
However, in Genesis 19:24 it is not so clear because 'the Lord' has just finished talking to Lot and told him to scurry off to Zoar because right now I am going to rain fire onto S & G. So Lot gets to Zoar and 'the Lord' (who is on the earth) rains down fire from 'the Lord' out of heaven.
IOW it is clear that 1 Lord is on the earth and another Lord is in heaven.
It is clear to me that there are 2 Lords. I know there are not 2 Solomons.
Elohim is a singular being that bears the name YHWH and the title Elohim.
In your zest to worship the 1 God you have totally ignored that the name Elohim is a plural name, not a singular name. It should be translated Gods, but the translators did not have the nerve or the belief to translate Elohim how it should be translated, in stead they went with singular God.
In Mormonism there is Elohim = Gods. There is El = God
There is Yahweh Elohim = Lord God. There is Jesus = Lord God.
It is our belief that there was a council of Gods (Elohim) that planned the creation of the universe, and then 1 of the Elohim, took charge, but with the support of the Elohim, created everything in the spirit (Genesis 1). The name of the Elohim that took charge is El. El then gave power and authority to His spirit son, Yahweh Elohim to create the physical universe (Genesis 2) and to eventually come down to this creation and save all men from their sins. Yahweh Elohim was named Jesus during his earthly mission. At the end of the mission Jesus took his place on the right hand of El which he had before the earth was created, and awaits his second coming.
You are assuming YHWH was present with Elohim because you have been taught falsely that they are two different beings. I believe Elohim was talking to the heavenly host. According to Job 38:4-7, "the sons of Elohim shouted for joy" when YHWH created the earth. This doubtless refers to the angels who were also present at the creation of man. YHWH could be speaking to them, in Genesis 1:26, using the plural of majesty. An example of this is found in Ezra 4:18; "The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me." In this case, a letter was written strictly to King Artaxerxes and no one else (vs. 11). Yet the King speaks as though it was written to others as well. Another example would be the Queen of England saying, "We, the Queen of England, . . ." It can also be understood in the sense of someone saying, "Let us drive to the lake for a picnic," and yet, only the speaker does the driving. To believe Elohim is talking to YHWH or Yeshua is an assumption. It is reading into the text something that it does not say.
You can believe what you want about who was the 'us' in Genesis 1:26. We believe that there was at least Elohim, Yahweh Elohim, and the HS. Hard to argue either way.
Job 38:4-7 is the very scripture that Mormons use to defend our position that God had spirit sons before the creation and they shouted for joy because they were going to have an opportunity to experience mortality and progress in their development. That is the reason they shouted for joy, not because God was creating His 10,000,000,000,000,000,000th planet, but because He was creating a special earth for them, his sons (and daughters).
Your plural kings and we's is just a reflection from the real deal, He was talking to real beings like himself, and since we know there was a Godhead, we know that He was at least talking to 2 others, and probably more.
Show me one verse where YHWH is subordinate to El.
