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Podcast: Biblical Theology of the Spiritual World
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ST627 Lesson 07
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:22:16
Publish Date: 2016-08-26 18:25:00
Description: Explore that there are three different rebellions in the Old Testament. The Fall is the first of the three rebellions. Genesis 6:1-4 tells of the second rebellion. The third rebellion is Babel. Are the few uses of "Satan" without the definite article a use of "divine enemy"? In Numbers 22, the word is used specifically as "the angel of the Lord." The term is about getting in the way or opposing someone. We read in 1 Chronicles 21:1, “Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.” We also read in 2 Samuel 24:1,“Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, ‘Go, number Israel and Judah.’” Joshua 5:13 states, “When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, ‘Are you for us, or for our adversaries?’” The angel of the Lord is described in the same way. Yahweh and that angel are one and the same - the visible and invisible - there is no contradiction. Consider that there are clear linkages between Genesis 3 (The Fall), Isaiah 14 (Lucifer passage)."Lucifer" comes from the Latin Vulgate - there is no Hebrew word for "Lucifer". In Hebrew it is "the shining one". Consider Ezekiel 28. Explore a chart of parallels on the Divine Council context. Behind the oracles against the kings of Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28, the writer is using the story of an ancient divine rebellion to illustrate the hubris and pride of these respective kings. This background story begins to sound like the rebellion in Genesis 3.Eden is called "the mountain of God." Who is the cherub in Ezekiel 28?We read in Isaiah 14:13, “You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God . . .'”There are no ancient texts that have Kerubhim as people. We need to look for explanatory power across the board. "Unseen Realm” attempts a network of ideas that work across the board and provide a synthesis.
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