User blog comment:EmpyreanSmoke/Supernatural Q&A/@comment-95.112.225.227-20150909071814/@comment-3481504-20150912023150

The fact that you actually believe the tablet made him God, makes me kinda laugh. How could Gadreel possibly be able to even slightly comprehend God's power???? He wasn't speaking literally there. While, yes, the tablet made him very powerful, it definitely didn't give him God's level of power, which before season nine and ten, was thought to be unquantifiable. Watch Stairway to Heaven -- this one episode alone proves this, with an ordinary angel beating him at bowling and Gadreel having to shield him from the white blast instead of him just immersing himself in it and having it do absolutely nothing or him just snapping his fingers and have all the energy just poof and disappear.