Seizing vs. Receiving Power – Firstborn E2

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Christianity, Old Testament, Torah, Theology, New Testament, God, Demons, Tim Mackie, Bible Study, Angels, Bible, Jesus, Spiritual Beings, Jon Collins, Religion & Spirituality, Spirit, Satan

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🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

It’s not explicitly stated, but the theme of the firstborn first appears in the opening narratives of the Hebrew Bible. In Genesis 1 and 2, Yahweh elevates humans, the latecomers of creation, to rule the land. In Genesis 3, a snake, who is some kind of spiritual being, tricks the humans despite their authority as God’s image bearers. This story is echoed in other accounts of sibling rivalry that continue throughout the Hebrew Bible. Join Tim and Jon as they discuss the land rulers and sky rulers and the theme of the firstborn in Genesis 1-3.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the second episode in a new theme study called The Theme of the First Born.
0:10.2	In the ancient world, power was handed down to the first born son.
0:15.6	It didn't matter your credentials, it didn't matter your character, it's just where you're born first.
0:21.2	But the God of the Bible has a habit of choosing the second born, or the late comer, the least expected
0:28.2	choosing that person to have power to rule.
0:31.3	These are lights that do the thing that God did.
0:34.2	They separate day from night. He is that ruler.
0:37.2	But now there's these mini rulers who are given responsibility for the thing that God did,
0:42.8	and they are called symbols.
0:45.0	A symbol is something that stands to represent something greater than itself.
0:51.6	This theme shows up first in the Bible in a surprising place in Genesis 1,
0:57.2	where God creates rulers of the sky and rulers of the land.
1:02.3	The rulers of the sky, they come first.
1:04.6	And in Genesis 1, they're called lights.
1:08.0	The human rulers come last in the sequence of the six days.
1:11.9	They don't come first, they come last.
1:14.0	Even the animals are before them.
1:16.0	The last comer is the one who is given the authority to rule over the land.
1:21.9	But it's an interesting, as you read through the Hebrew Bible,
1:25.2	it's consistently the late comer that God elevates to places of
1:30.0	rule and authority.
1:32.0	These rulers represent God.
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