Ep 259: God Will Judge the Rulers of Heaven and Earth | Isaiah 24:21 and Ephesians 1:21

About this episode

The episode discusses how Christ defeats all powers opposed to God, referencing divine council theory and the rebellion of spiritual beings.

In this episode I explore how Christ defeats all powers who are opposed to God, both in heaven and on earth. I recently finished Michael Heiser’s book The Unseen Real, which is a provocative analysis of divine council theory in the Bible. God created lesser spiritual beings, such as angles, many of which rebelled against him, as well as humans who also rebelled against him. The writers of the Bible all share a worldview that there are spiritual entities, some aligned with God and some opposed...

People in this episode

Host: Alex Bernardo

Topics covered

• divine council theory
• spiritual beings
• rebellion against God
• powers opposed to God
• Christianity
• judgment
• biblical worldview

Keywords

• Christ
• God
• divine council
• spiritual beings
• rebellion
• Bible
• Michael Heiser
• The Unseen Real
• judgment
• powers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Unseen Real

Places: Heaven, Earth, Bible

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