Read Supernatural, chapters 9–10. Read and prepare to discuss Numbers 13:27–33; Joshua 11:16–23; Jeremiah 7:1–19; Luke 24:13–27. Video: Understand Evil Spiritual Beings in the Bible • Spiritual Beings Series (Episode 6)
Video: The New Humanity
- The Objective of the Conquest
- Supernatural overtones of the conquest
- Josh 11:21-22: “And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.”
- A word about apologetics and defending the Bible
- Dealing with spiritual reality
- Supernatural overtones of the conquest
- The Cycle of Idolatry
- They were warned about this
- Duet 6:10-14: “And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; (For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.”
- Idol worship as the CHIEF sin of the Israelites
- The DCW gives teeth to an otherwise confusing problem
- They were warned about this
- The Mission of the Messiah
- 1 Cor. 2:7-8: “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”
- Heiser calls this the “Messianic Mosaic” — there is no single passage in Scripture tying the arrival of the Messiah together in the fashion it took place
- Heiser: “Believe it or not, there is no verse in the Old Testament that uses the word messiah of a man who was actually God and who would die for the sins of humanity. Not even Isaiah 53:11 with its portrait of a “suffering servant.” The word messiah never appears in that chapter, and elsewhere in Isaiah, the “servant” refers to the nation of Israel, not an individual savior (Isa. 41:8; 44:1–2, 21; 45:4; 48:20; 49:3). And the word messiah, which means “anointed,” nearly always refers only to David or one of his descendants who reigned as king after him.”
- There are pieces to the puzzles that are discernible in hindsight, not even the disciples understood:
- Matt. 16:21-23:“From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.”
- Luke 24:44-48: “And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things.”
- The Choice of Your Lord
- Ultimately, you place your allegiance with the Lord of heaven and earth, or the Lord of the dead — the underworld
- This is where “believing loyalty” comes into play — if you believe, you spend eternity with Christ in heaven. If you don’t, you spent eternity in hell with Satan and his minions.
- God’s love becomes clear and evident — he never gave up on humanity, despite moral failure and failure of worship
- Contrary to the notion that God is evil because he knew what humans would do prior to creation, it is that very fact which makes him good.
- He took the punishment, the suffering, and accomplished the redemption anyway so that we could personally know and experience his love.
- 1 Peter 3:18: “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:”
- Romans 5:8-10: “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
