Unveiling the Royal Priesthood: From Eden's Rivers to Jesus's Temptation (To Be Human Series)

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Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Uncover how the four rivers flowing from Eden in Genesis 2 set the stage for the entire biblical narrative, revealing our vocation as a royal priesthood. Mike Erre and Tim Stafford explore the profound connections between the Old and New Testaments, delving into the significance of the Hebrew words 'avad' and 'shamar' in defining our purpose to "work" and "keep." They discuss how these concepts echo throughout scripture, culminating in Jesus's temptation in the wilderness as a recapitulation of the choices faced in the Garden of Eden. This episode invites you to rediscover what it truly means to be human, transforming your understanding of worship, vocation, and your role in God's grand story.

Key Takeaways:
• The Four Rivers of Eden – How the rivers symbolize the empires of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and Canaan, setting up the Old Testament story.
• Our Royal Priestly Vocation – Discovering what it means to "work" (avad) and "keep" (shamar) as a calling for all humanity.
• Hebrew Insights – Understanding how avad and shamar relate to worship and service in the temple.
• Jesus’s Temptation and the Garden – Exploring the parallels between Jesus in the wilderness and Adam and Eve's choices, and how Jesus fulfills what humanity could not.
• Reframing Worship and Vocation – Challenging modern conceptions of worship and ministry, embracing that everything is spiritual and sacred.

Guest Highlights:
Seth Erie – Mike’s son Seth makes a special appearance, bringing warmth and personal connection to the conversation.

Resources Mentioned:
• Genesis 2:10-17 – Link
• Numbers 3 – Duties of the priests – Link
• Tim Mackie and The BibleProject – Insights on biblical design patterns – The BibleProject
• Matthew 4:1-11 – Jesus's temptation in the wilderness – Link
• 1 Peter 2:9 – Royal priesthood – Link

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As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Feel free to email in questions to [email protected], and to engage the conversation on Facebook and Instagram.

We're on YouTube (if you're into that kinda thing): VOXOLOGY TV.

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Support the Voxology Podcast on Patreon

The Voxology Spotify channel can be found here: Voxology Radio

Follow Mike on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mikeerre

Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford

Instagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to episode 464 of the Voxology podcast. We asked, you answered. We spent the first part of the podcast today talking, kind of going over feedback from our question of last episode about series length, what is helpful for sharing, what's not helpful.
0:22.7	And we got a lot of feedback from you guys, which is awesome and we were very appreciative.
0:27.9	So as we mull over that here in the non-existent Voxology podcast headquarters,
0:33.3	we're going to try to find ways to make this podcast more accessible for all of you guys,
0:38.1	make it easier to digest, easier to share, et cetera, et cetera.
0:41.9	So the first 10 minutes or so of the podcast will be dedicated to going over some of the
0:46.7	feedback from those emails.
0:49.2	And then at about the 13 minute mark, which will be marked in the show notes, we begin
0:54.0	the content of today's episode.
0:56.4	Looking, we'll be heading right back into the Garden of Eden,
0:59.9	talk about the four rivers that run out of Eden,
1:02.9	talk about some priestly language and how it's echoed through scripture
1:06.8	and how those echoes help us understand the language in Genesis.
1:11.4	And then a few questions on why was Jesus tempted in the desert?
1:17.8	What implications does that have with the section of Genesis that we are currently looking at?
1:24.0	And what can we gain from that?
1:25.2	What are the threads, the throughlines, all that stuff that I love that ties the entire
1:28.6	biblical story together and gives us a little bit more clarity and understanding about where
1:33.5	we are and what we're doing today and where they were and what they were doing then?
1:37.3	I love it.
1:38.2	Here we go.
1:58.5	Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Voxology podcast, Mike Erie, Tim Stafford, here we are.
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