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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Part 1: First Things
Chapter 1: Reading Your Bible Again—For the First Time
Chapter 2: Rules of Engagement
Filtering the Text
The Mosaic
Obstacles and Protocols
1. We’ve Been Trained to Think that the History of Christianity Is the True Context of the Bible
2. We’ve Been Desensitized to the Vitality and Theological Importance of the Unseen World
3. We Assume that a Lot of Things in the Bible Are Too Odd or Peripheral to Matter
Part 2: The Households of God
Chapter 3: God’s Entourage
God’s Family
God’s Household
Chapter 4: God Alone
Divine Beings Are Not Human
Plural Elohim Does Not Mean Polytheism
What Does God Need with a Council?
Are the Elohim Real?
“No Gods besides Me”?
Examining the Logic
Misunderstanding Idolatry
What about Jesus?
Chapter 5: As in Heaven, so on Earth
Creator or Creators?
Image or Imager?
God’s Two Family-Household-Councils
Chapter 6: Gardens and Mountains
The Ancient Context
Ancient Ugarit
Yahweh’s Abode
Implications
Chapter 7: Eden—Like No Place on Earth
Earth Was Not Eden
Proclamation and Partnership
Chapter 8: Only God Is Perfect
The Backdrop
Free Imagers
Chapter 9: Peril and Providence
God’s Gift
Knowing Good and Evil
Evil and Foreknowledge
Implications
Section Summary
Part 3: Divine Transgressions
Chapter 10: Trouble in Paradise
Genesis 3 in Context
Ezekiel 28
The Hubris of Adam?
Another Approach
Chapter 11: Like the Most High?
Isaiah 14
The Nachash of Genesis 3
Divine Judgment
Chapter 12: Divine Transgression
Precursor to the Flood: Divine Rebellion
The Sethite Interpretation
Divinized Human Rulers
Peter and Jude
Chapter 13: The Bad Seed
The Ancient near Eastern Context
The Sons of God: Watchers, Sons of Heaven, Holy Ones
The Nephilim
The Strategy of Genesis 6
Chapter 14: Divine Allotment
From the Flood to Babel
The Tower of Babel
The Deuteronomy 32 Worldview
Chapter 15: Cosmic Geography
David’s Predicament
Naaman Asks for Dirt
Daniel and Paul
Section Summary
Part 4: Yahweh and His Portion
Chapter 16: Abraham’s Word
The Joy of Abraham
Yahweh Visible and Embodied
Whispers of a Godhead
Chapter 17: Yahweh Visible and Invisible
The Angel of Yahweh
The Gods of Isaac and Jacob
Chapter 18: What’s in a Name?
The Burning Bush
The Angel, the Name, the Presence
The Name
The Commander of Yahweh’s Army
An Intriguing Conversation
Ramifications
Chapter 19: Who Is like Yahweh?
The Voice of Providence
Yahweh and the Gods of Egypt
Who Is like Yahweh among the Gods?
Chapter 20: Retooling the Template
Israel Is My Son
Believing Israel: God’s Earthly Council
Heirs of the Cosmos
Eden and Sinai
Chapter 21: God’s Law, God’s Council
The Cosmic Mountain: Birthplace of the Law
The Sinai Law Covenant and Its Witnesses
The Law and Salvation
Chapter 22: Realm Distinction
Holiness and Sacred Space
The Tabernacle: Heaven on Earth
Sacrifice and Israel’s Cosmic Geography
Section Summary
Part 5: Conquest and Failure
Chapter 23: Giant Problems
Nephilim before the Flood
Nephilim after the Flood
Chapter 24: The Place of the Serpent
The Giants of the Transjordan
Marching to Sihon … and Bashan
Chapter 25: Holy War
Kherem and the Biblical Supernatural Worldview
The Rationale of Joshua’s Kherem
The Wars of Joshua
Supernatural, Not Bizarre, Orientation
Section Summary
Part 6: Thus Says the Lord
Chapter 26: Mountains and Valleys
Holy Ground
The Temple as Cosmic Tent Dwelling
The Temple as Cosmic Mountain and Garden
Unholy Ground
The Spiritual Valley
Chapter 27: Standing in the Council
Just What Was a Prophet?
The First Prophet
Enoch and Noah
The Patriarchs
Moses, Joshua, and the Judges
The Classical Prophets
Chapter 28: Divine Misdirection
This Is Not the Messiah You’re Looking For
Hidden in Plain Sight
Chapter 29: The Rider of the Clouds
The Divine Council Meeting of Daniel 7
The Cloud Rider
Jesus as Daniel’s Son of Man, the Cloud Rider
Chapter 30: Prepare to Die
The Kingdom Will Come
The Holy Ones of the Most High
A Coming War of Gods and Men
The Future Re-Inheritance of the Nations
Section Summary
Part 7: The Kingdom Already
Chapter 31: Who Will Go for Us?
Jesus as the Name
Jesus as the Angel of Yahweh
The Council Is in Session
The Incarnate Yahweh Leading a New Exodus
Chapter 32: Preeminent Domain
This Is My Father’s World
Game On
Ground Zero: The Gates of Hell
Baiting the Enemy
Chapter 33: A Beneficial Death
The Bulls of Bashan
Strong Bulls of Bashan?
The Fall of Bashan
Taking Prisoners
Jesus and the Spirit
Chapter 34: Infiltration
Divine Commissioning
Back to Babel
Go into All the Earth
I Must Get to Spain
The Fullness of the Gentiles
Chapter 35: Sons of God, Seed of Abraham
If You Are Christ’s, You Are Abraham’s Seed
Inherited Authority: A Stake in the Family Business
The Morning Star
Chapter 36: Lower than the Elohim
Jesus, Angels, and Us
Jesus, Our Brother in the Council
We Shall Be like Him
Chapter 37: This Means War
The Unseen Combatants: General Terminology
Observations on Paul’s Vocabulary
Paul and the Deuteronomy 32 Worldview
The “Glorious Ones” in Peter and Jude
Sacred Space and Realm Distinction
Chapter 38: Choosing Sides
Baptism as Holy War
Renewing Our Vow
Delivered unto Satan
Section Summary
Part 8: The Kingdom Not Yet
Chapter 39: Final Verdict
Eden, Babel, Sinai, and Israel: Acts in Council and Human Failure
All Is Not Lost
Yahweh’s Elders in Council
Chapter 40: Foe from the North
Literal Geographical North: Harbinger of Doom
The Sinister, Supernatural North
Still in Exile
Deliverance … and Opposition
Gog, Magog, and Bashan
Chapter 41: The Mount of Assembly
The Meaning of “Armageddon”
The Supernatural Mount of Assembly
A Battle of Gods and Men: Another Zechariah Connection
Chapter 42: Describing the Indescribable
Celestial Flesh
Global Sacred Space
Reversal of the Curses
No More Sea
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Subject Index
Scripture Index
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