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Welcome to Day 1516 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to WisdomBelieving The Bible \u2013 Worldview WednesdayWisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge.\xa0Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend; I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy.\xa0Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. Today is Day 1516 of our Trek, and it is Worldview Wednesday.\xa0Creating a Biblical Worldview is essential to have a proper perspective on today\u2019s current events.\xa0To establish a Biblical Worldview, you must have a proper understanding of God and His Word.\xa0This week, we will expand on the past course work and begin another book from Dr. Michael S Heiser titled \u201cSupernatural.\u201d\xa0The book is an abbreviated version of his more comprehensive book, \u201cThe Unseen Realm.\u201d\xa0I highly recommend one or both of these books.\xa0Creating a Biblical Worldview based on how the Old and New Testaments connect with God\u2019s overall plan for humanity is essential.\xa0This book review will help us understand what the Bible teaches about the unseen world, and why it matters.
Believing the Bible
Do you really believe what the Bible says?
To some, that may seem like an odd question to ask about a book likely to be read mostly by Christians.\xa0I don\u2019t think it\u2019s so strange. The Bible has some pretty weird, hard to believe things in it, especially in the modern world.
I\u2019m not talking about the big stuff, such as whether Jesus was God come to earth, who then died on the cross and rose from the dead. I\u2019m not even thinking of miracle stories like the exodus, when God rescued Israel from Egypt by making a way for them through the Red Sea. Most Christians would say they believe those things. After all, if you don\u2019t believe in God and Jesus, or that they could do miraculous things, what\u2019s the point of saying you\u2019re a Christian?
I\u2019m talking about the little-known supernatural stuff you occasionally encounter when reading the Bible, but rarely hear about in church.
Here\u2019s an example. In 1 Kings 22, there\u2019s a story about a wicked king of Israel, Ahab. He wants to join forces with Judah\u2019s king to attack an enemy at a place called Ramoth-Gilead. Judah\u2019s king wants a glimpse into the future\u2014he wants to know what will happen if they attack. So the two kings ask Ahab\u2019s prophets and get thumbs up all around. But those prophets are just telling Ahab what he wants to hear, and both kings know it. So they decide to ask God\u2019s prophet, a fellow named Micaiah. What he says isn\u2019t good news for Ahab.\xa0This story is found in https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+22%3A19-23&version=NLT (1 Kings 22:19-23):
Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left; and the Lord said, \u201cWho will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead?\u201d And one said one thing, and another said another. Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, \u201cI will entice him.\u201d And the Lord said to him, \u201cBy what means?\u201d And he said, \u201cI will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.\u201d And he said, \u201cYou are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.\u201d Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you.
Did you catch what the Bible\u2019s asking you to believe? That God meets with a group of spirit beings to decide what happens on earth? Is that for real?
Here\u2019s another example, courtesy of https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A6&version=NLT (Jude 1:6):
And the angels who did not stay within their own position of...