Contents

PART 1 : FIRST THINGS

1Reading Your Bible Again—for the First Time

2Rules of Engagement

PART 2 : THE HOUSEHOLDS OF GOD

3God’s Entourage

4God Alone

5As in Heaven, So on Earth

6Gardens and Mountains

7Eden—Like No Place on Earth

8Only God Is Perfect

9Peril and Providence

Section Summary

PART 3 : DIVINE TRANSGRESSIONS

10Trouble in Paradise

11Like the Most High?

12Divine Transgression

13The Bad Seed

14Divine Allotment

15Cosmic Geography

Section Summary

PART 4 : YAHWEH AND HIS PORTION

16Abraham’s Word

17Yahweh Visible and Invisible

18What’s in a Name?

19Who Is like Yahweh?

20Retooling the Template

21God’s Law, God’s Council

22Realm Distinction

Section Summary

PART 5 : CONQUEST AND FAILURE

23Giant Problems

24The Place of the Serpent

25Holy War

Section Summary

PART 6 : THUS SAYS THE LORD

26Mountains and Valleys

27Standing in the Council

28Divine Misdirection

29The Rider of the Clouds

30Prepare to Die

Section Summary

PART 7 : THE KINGDOM ALREADY

31Who Will Go for Us?

32Preeminent Domain

33A Beneficial Death

34Infiltration

35Sons of God, Seed of Abraham

36Lower Than the Elohim

37This Means War

38Choosing Sides

Section Summary

PART 8 : THE KINGDOM NOT YET

39Final Verdict

40Foe from the North

41The Mount of Assembly

42Describing the Indescribable

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Subject Index

Scripture Index