When Good gods Go Bad: Understanding the Divine Council (Elohim Series)

Voxology

Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

How the biblical idea of the Divine Council reshapes our understanding of spiritual warfare, justice, and humanity's role in God's world. Mike Erre and Tim Stafford continue the Elohim Series by exploring the spiritual realm of the Old Testament—the "sons of God," the supernatural rulers of the nations, and how their corruption contributes to the brokenness of the world we inhabit. This episode challenges conventional Christian views of spiritual warfare and dives deep into why justice, lament, and truth are essential responses to systemic evil.

Key Takeaways: • Understanding the Divine Council – How the "sons of God," or Elohim, were created to rule the nations and why their corruption matters in the biblical worldview. • The Link Between Justice and Worship – Why biblical justice isn't optional, but a core expression of loyalty to Yahweh, and how this ties directly to idolatry and sacred resistance. • Rethinking Spiritual Warfare – It's not a battle against individuals, but against systems, ideologies, and cultural norms corrupted by fallen spiritual beings. • Scripture's Epic Cosmic Vision – From Psalm 82 to Daniel 10 and Deuteronomy 32, discover how geographically connected spiritual powers play into biblical history and theology. • The Gospel Is Unthreatened – A passionate call to reject fear-based "threat to the gospel" rhetoric and instead lead with confession, lament, and repentance as countercultural acts of new creation.

Resources Mentioned: • Psalm 82 – blueletterbible.org • Deuteronomy 32 – biblegateway.com • Michael Heiser – Scholar who popularized Divine Council theology (The Unseen Realm) • Greg Boyd – On spiritual warfare and systemic injustice • Tim Gombis – Faith Improvised podcast • Daniel 10 – The prince of Persia and spiritual conflict between nations

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0:00.0	Hey, buddy.
0:04.3	Hey, everybody.
0:05.6	Welcome to Fox Park.
0:06.8	It's me.
0:07.4	Seth and Daddy.
0:08.9	It's me, Seth and Daddy.
0:10.7	Ladies and gentlemen, we have Seth Eerie joining us on the show.
0:13.4	Seth, say hello.
0:14.6	Hello.
0:15.8	How are you doing, buddy?
0:16.9	Good.
0:17.9	How's life with Seth Eerie?
0:20.0	Um, um, good.
0:22.0	It's good?
0:22.8	Yeah.
0:23.3	Yeah, what did we do yesterday?
0:25.3	Are we all in Tennessee?
0:26.7	We're in Tennessee.
0:28.2	Yep, so we moved down from Ohio to Tennessee.
0:30.7	We're officially in Tennessee.
0:32.4	And then what did we do?
0:33.9	Swim.
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