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[#23] Genesis 2:1-3 (Part 2) – Liberating God from the Sabbath Rest

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[#23] Genesis 2:1-3 (Part 2) – Liberating God from the Sabbath Rest
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This is Part 2 of our study of Genesis 2:1-3, which is the seventh day of the creation week and the day on which God rested from His work.

In Part 1, we looked at the text itself and considered various key terms and issues in this text, and also began to show how this text serves as a theological polemic against some of the religions in the days of Moses.

I left you with a cliffhanger at the end of the show, and that is where we pick up in this episode.

This study of Genesis 2:1-3 reveals something regarding the Sabbath which you have likely never heard before. If you listen, you will hear something regarding the Sabbath that will likely liberate you from all the religious rules and regulations you worry about regarding the Sabbath.

This study of Genesis 2:1-3 will liberate you from Sabbath bondage. Your Sabbath observance will be liberated from the shackles of religion, and will be brought back into the way God intended it to be. By the end of today’s show, you will be excited to observe the Sabbath, because you will be invited to observe it as God Himself does.

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The Text of Genesis 2:1-3

Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished.

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

In this discussion of Genesis 2:1-3 we look at:

  • How God invited the Israelites to enter into their rest.
  • How the Israelites would have understood God’s rest in Genesis 2:1-3.
  • Why this text is clearly a temple inauguration text.
  • Why God’s rest is not the cessation of activity, but the beginning of real activity
  • How we can participate with God in His restful ruling of this world.

Resources:

  • Heidel, Babylonian Genesis – Amazon
  • Walton, Lost World of Genesis One – Amazon or CBD
  • Theology.fm – Helping you and your Theology Look Like Jesus
  • Subscribe and Leave a Review on iTunes

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God is Redeeming God, Redeeming Scripture Bible & Theology Topics: Bible Study, Genesis, Genesis 2:1-3, One Verse Podcast, rest, Sabbath

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The Story of the Bible Retold

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The Story of the Bible Retold

Part of the problem with the Bible is that since it is written in an ancient format, people have trouble reading and understanding it. So I always love reading books that make the Bible come to life.

Gods Story RoncaceOne such book is God’s Story by Mark Roncace. This book presents the biblical narrative from the time of Abraham to the time of the Exile in a story format which is both engaging and insightful. As I read it, I found myself seeing new things about the text which I had never seen before, and nodding with agreement at how Mark brought out some of the cultural and historical background details which are so important to properly understanding the biblical story.

One of the most interesting features of the book is that Mark doesn’t shy away from the violence in the biblical account. As I have been writing a lot about the violence in Scripture these past several years, I am always shocked to interact with Christians who seem completely oblivious to all the violence in the Bible. This book by Mark Roncace does not emphasize or focus in on the violence, but doesn’t try to hide it either, and simply by reading the Bible as a narrative, one is able to see the common occurrence of violence in a way that a “familiar” reading of Scripture tends to hide.

If you are looking for a retelling of the Biblical story in a way that helps you see the Bible as a story, try reading God’s Story by Mark Roncace.

God is Redeeming Books Bible & Theology Topics: Bible Study, Books I'm Reading

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[#19] Genesis 1:26 – The Image of God (Part 1)

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[#19] Genesis 1:26 – The Image of God (Part 1)
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What does Genesis 1:26 mean when it refers to humans being made in the image of God?

Does it mean that we have intellect, emotions, and will?

Or maybe, just as God is a Trinity, is it referring to our three parts: body, soul, and spirit.

Or does it refer to something else entirely?

I go with the last option: something else entirely. We begin to see what that something else is in this episode of the One Verse Podcast as we begin to look at the image of God in Genesis 1:26.

Genesis 1:26 made in the image of god

The Text of Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

In this discussion of Genesis 1:26 we look at:

  • What it means to be made in the image of God.
  • Why the image of God is not related to the Trinity.
  • Why the image of God is not intellect, emotions, and will.
  • The first (of four) contextual clues about the image of God.

Resources:

  • Become a Patron of the One Verse Podcast
  • Collins, Genesis 1-4 – Amazon or CBD
  • Wenham, Genesis – Amazon or CBD
  • Walton, Lost World of Genesis One, Amazon or CBD
  • My old beliefs on the image of God in Genesis
  • 7 Activities of God in the Bible
  • Subscribe and Leave a Review on iTunes

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If you want to deepen your relationship with God and better understand Scripture, take one (or all) of these courses. They are great for personal study or for a small group Bible study.

You can see the list of available courses here, and if you join the Discipleship group, you can take all the courses at no additional cost. Go here to learn more and join now.

God is Redeeming God, Redeeming Scripture Bible & Theology Topics: anthropology, Bible Study, creation, Genesis 1:26, One Verse Podcast, Theology of God, Theology of Man

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3 Reasons You Should NOT Listen to my Podcast

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3 Reasons You Should NOT Listen to my Podcast

I recently launched the One Verse Podcast, and hundreds of people have subscribed so far.

And while most of the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, I have also received a bit of negative feedback from people who subscribed and didn’t like what they heard.

So here are three reasons you should NOT subscribe to my Podcast:

1. Don’t Listen to My Podcast if you are a pastor or professor and want to keep your job.

If you are a pastor, and you are listening to these podcasts, or if you lead a Bible study in your church, let me provide a brief warning. Do yourself a favor and don’t teach any of what I am teaching you to the people in your church. In most cases, if you teach these things about Genesis 1, it will not go well for you.

Pastoral payI think churches are beginning to lighten up a bit on some of this stuff, and consider ideas that maybe they wouldn’t have considered ten years ago, but I have heard so many horror stories of pastors being fired and Bible study leaders getting booted out of the church simply because they taught some of the views I have been sharing in these podcasts.

In fact, when I first started learning about some of the things I am sharing on these podcasts about ten years ago, I was working for a non-profit Christian organization, and I made the mistake of writing a blog post about how I was studying and researching these things. Do you know what happened? I got fired from my job. There were seven things I was studying at the time, and one of them was the issue we have been discussing in this podcast, about whether or not Moses was writing a scientific treatise on how the earth came to be. My boss didn’t like that I was researching these things, and he fired me.

So be careful!

2. Don’t listen to my podcast if you get uncomfortable when your understanding of Scripture is challenged.

In my theological writing and Scriptural research, I have always sought (like Captain Kirk) to “Boldly go where no man has gone before.” But that doesn’t mean that what I write is science fiction! (Though some might think so! Ha!)

Read the BibleNo, what I mean is that I have always sought to investigate a matter from every possible angle. While lots of Christians only read books and listen to teachers with whom they agree, I always do my best to listen to Bible teachers and read Christian books with whom I know I will disagree.

I figure that if what I believe is true, then it can stand up to any and every challenge thrown at it. If, however, what I believe is not true, then the only way to learn the truth is to be taught by those who believe something different than what I believe.

What this means, however, is that what I write and what I teach on my Podcast, is often a strange mixture of ideas gleaned from Dispensational, Reformed, Catholic, Pentecostal, Orthodox, and Jewish sources. Believe it or not, there are even some ideas from Atheistic sources thrown in.

Does that last part shock you? I listen to what Atheists say because the critics of Christianity often speak truths we ourselves are blind to.

Here’s the point: If you don’t like your theology and your views of Scripture to be challenged, you probably don’t want to listen to my Podcast. It will be too upsetting for you.

I am not saying I am right in everything I teach. I am learning right along with you. All I am saying is that the people who will most enjoy the podcast are those who also know that they are not right in everything they believe. This is the third reason you might not want to listen to my podcast.

3. Don’t listen to my podcast if you are a Bible expert and there is nothing else you can learn about Scripture.

I am not a Bible expert. I am a fellow traveler with you on this road of following Jesus.

My blog and podcast are places where I share with you my life-long hobby of reading theology and studying Scripture.

But if you have all your theology figured out and you know what every verse in the Bible means, then you have no need to listen to my podcast and you won’t enjoy it. You will probably just end up thinking I’m some sort of heretic.

On the other hand, if you know that you have much to learn about Scripture and theology, then you are exactly the type of person who should listen to my podcast, because you are the type of person I want to learn from.

Why You Should Listen to My Podcast

One Verse PodcastWhile my podcast is a place for me to teach what I have come to believe about various verses in the Bible, it is much more than that. More than anything, my podcast is a way for me to invite feedback from you, so that I might learn from you as you learn from me.

My podcast, just like this blog, is about inviting you into the conversation. I am not at all interested in telling you what to believe about Scripture and theology. I am very interested, however, in having a cordial conversation with you about Scripture and theology, and how to live it out in our lives so that you and I end up looking and acting more like Jesus.

That is what I hope my podcast accomplishes, and if that interests you, then I look forward to hearing from you about the content in my Podcast. See you there!

God is Redeeming Scripture, Redeeming Theology Bible & Theology Topics: Bible Study, podcast, Theology - General

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Take Online Courses from the Leading New Testament scholar, NT Wright

By Jeremy Myers
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Take Online Courses from the Leading New Testament scholar, NT Wright

In the last episode of Theology.fm, I mentioned that N.T. Wright is one of the scholars and authors who has influenced my thinking the most.

I emailed N.T. Wright about two years ago to inquire about doing Ph.D. work with him, and he gave me some valuable advice. My ultimate decision was that I didn’t have the time or the money right now to get my doctorate. Nevertheless, I would have LOVED to study under him.

So I was thrilled to see this past week that he has three courses available on Udemy. If you were going to take these courses from him at the seminary where he teaches in the UK, they would probably cost around $900 each.

But you and I can now take these courses from N.T. Wright online, at our own pace, in our own time, while saving a bunch of money in the process.

Online Courses with N.T. Wright

NT Wright CoursesChoose from Three Courses:

  1.  N. T. Wright on Galatians – $149
  2. N. T. Wright on the Gospel – $99
  3. N. T. Wright on Worldviews – $199

The great thing about these courses is that they never expire for life, you can take them at your own pace, AND there is a 30-day money back guarantee.

I will probably start with Galatians. Let me know if you take one, and which one you take.

God is Redeeming Theology Bible & Theology Topics: bible college, Bible Study, NT Wright, online bible college, seminary

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