Jesus and God's wrath, was the Holy Spirit in the OT and did God really command violence?

Ask NT Wright Anything

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🗓️ 29 June 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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How do we make sense of some of the Bible's most difficult passages?In this episode, Tom Wright and Mike Bird discuss Jesus and divine judgment, the role of the Holy Spirit throughout Scripture, and the troubling problem of violence in the Old Testament.These are not easy questions, but they are questions many Christians wrestle with. Tom explores them through the lenses of Scripture, history, and the story of God's covenant purposes.Support & Subscribe👉 Support thought-provoking conversations and help keep the show going at www.premierunbelievable.com/geolink/donate💡❓Got a question for Tom? Go to askntwright.com👉 Refer a friend to become a subscriber → They can get 10% off by clicking hereFollow usInstagram: https://instagram.com/premierunbelievableFacebook: https://facebook.com/premierunbelievableTik Tok: https://tiktok.com/@premier.unbelievableX: Premier Unbelievable? (@UnbelievableFE) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.7	Hello and welcome to the Ask Antieterite Anything podcast, the program where we answer your questions about Jesus, the Bible and the life of faith.
0:40.3	I'm Mike Bird from Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia, joined by...
0:45.3	Tom Wright from Wickley Hall in Oxford.
0:47.6	And Tom, how do you be this fine day? Is Oxford still doing okay?
0:53.0	I'm a little bit busy, but Oxford is absolutely full of students and tourists and, yeah,
0:59.1	people having a good time or people anxious about exams or whatever it is, but Oxford is full and buzzing.
1:06.4	Busling with bicycles and anxious students are the way it should be, the way it should be.
1:13.1	Well, Tom, this week we've got some questions on the topics of Jesus and God's wrath.
1:18.7	Was the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament?
1:21.4	If so, where and how?
1:23.6	And a good question I like about, you know, violence in scripture.
1:28.5	So let's get straight into it.
1:29.9	We've got a question from Logan Queering from Denver in the USA.
1:34.7	I'll be in Denver in those Rocky Mountains, that big blue bear in front of the convention center.
1:40.8	I'll be there.
1:41.2	And he's got a question about Jesus and God's Roth.
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