Tune and Prepare!

Script References Jon: In the story of the Bible, there are two realms, the Earth where we live, and the Heavens where God lives Mt 6:9-10 Tim: And we've been talking about the spiritual beings-the Elohim, the divine council, angels and cherubim, the Satan and demons. And the last character we want to focus on is humanity. Jon: Now, humans aren't spiritual beings. In Genesis 1 and 2, they're made of the dirt like the animals. Gen 2:6-7 Tim: But notice that God calls humans to become something more. He elevates them to live and rule in Eden, the place where Heaven and Earth are one, and they're invited to eat from the tree of life. Gen 2:7-9; 2:15-17; 3:2-3 → all the tree but the central Jon: Yeah. What does that mean, to eat of the tree of life? Tim: Well, it's an image of receiving God's own eternal life into yourself. let's about a whole new kind of existence. Jon: So wait. Physical beings living forever? How could t...

from "The Bible Project" The Setting of an Important Meeting ... Tim, Jon, and Josh discuss the events right before Melchizedek enters the Pentateuch (Genesis 13-14:16), which Josh believes are crucial for understanding the interaction between Abraham and Melchizedek that follows (Genesis 14:17-24). Genesis 13:14-18 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Now raise your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward, and eastward and westward. For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever. … Arise, walk about in the land through its length and width, for I will give it to you.” Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. And there he built an altar to the Lord. It’s subtle, but the narrator is implying that Abraham did not fully obey God’s command to explore the land. He just set up camp a short distance from where he had been. (This is an impo...

By Bible Project 10 Episodes In this podcast series , Tim Mackie and Jon Collins trace the theme of royal priests through the Bible, beginning in the garden of Eden and culminating in Jesus. Episode 1 Priests of Eden In the story of the Bible, all the main players are prophets, priests, or kings. While it might seem foreign to us today, those three roles are intimately connected to what it means to be people created in the image of God. Join Tim and Jon for the first episode of a new series on the royal priesthood! Episode 2 Who Was Melchizedek? What do Abraham, Melchizedek, and David all have in common? They’re part of the unfolding theme of the royal priesthood in the Bible. In this week’s episode, join Tim and Jon as they explore how this theme is part of humanity’s quest to get back to the blessings of Eden. Episode 3 Doomed to Fail? The origins of Israel’s royal priesthood are anything but glamorous. From Moses rejecting God five times to Aa...