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Welcome to Day 1526 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to WisdomOnce and Future Kings \u2013 Worldview WednesdayWisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome 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. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. Today is Day 1526 of our Trek, and it is Worldview Wednesday. Creating a Biblical Worldview is essential to have a proper perspective on today\u2019s current events. To establish a Biblical Worldview, you must have a proper understanding of God and His Word. This week, we will expand on the past course work as we continue reviewing the book from Dr. Michael S Heiser titled \u201cSupernatural.\u201d The book is an abbreviated version of his more comprehensive book, \u201cThe Unseen Realm.\u201d I highly recommend one or both of these books. Creating a Biblical Worldview based on how the Old and New Testaments connect with God\u2019s overall plan for humanity is essential. This book review will help us understand what the Bible teaches about the unseen world, and why it matters.
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We\u2019ve had a brief introduction to God\u2019s heavenly council\u2014his unseen family and task force. There\u2019s a lot more to all that\u2014we need to look, especially, at how major players like Jesus and Satan fit into the picture. But before we return to what goes on in the unseen world, we need to think in a fresh way about ourselves. God\u2019s rule in the unseen spiritual world through his council is a template for his rule on earth\u2014what theologians call the kingdom of God. All of that began in Genesis, in the garden of Eden.
Eden\u2014God\u2019s Home OfficeWhat\u2019s the first thing you think of when you hear \u201cgarden of Eden\u201d? Most people I\u2019ve talked to think of Adam and Eve. Eden was their home. That\u2019s where God put them (Genesis 2:15\u201325).
But Eden was also God\u2019s home. Ezekiel refers to Eden as \u201cthe garden of God\u201d (Ezekiel 28:13; 31:8\u20139). No surprise. What might be surprising is that, right after calling Eden \u201cthe garden of God,\u201d Ezekiel calls it \u201cthe holy mountain of God\u201d (v. 28:14). In many ancient religions, luxurious gardens and inaccessible mountains were considered the home of the gods. The Bible uses both descriptions for Eden. Eden was God\u2019s home and, therefore, where he conducted business. It was his headquarters, or home office. And where God is, his council is with him.
God\u2019s ImagersOne of the most important verses in the Bible tips us off that both God and his council were in Eden. In https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A26andversion=NLT (Genesis 1:26), God says, \u201cLet us make humankind in our image\u201d (LEB, emphasis added). God announces his intention to a group. Who\u2019s he talking to? His heavenly host\u2014his council. He\u2019s not talking to the other members of the Trinity, because God can\u2019t know something they don\u2019t! Here the group he\u2019s addressing learns what God has decided to do.
The announcement is easy to understand. It would be like me saying to some friends, \u201cLet\u2019s get pizza!\u201d Let\u2019s do this! Clear enough. But there\u2019s something else we don\u2019t want to miss. God doesn\u2019t include the group in bringing about his decision.
Unlike other divine council sessions we\u2019ve seen, God\u2019s council members don\u2019t participate in this decision. When humankind is created in the next verse (Genesis 1:27), God is the only one creating humankind. The creation of humanity is something God handled himself. Going back to my pizza analogy, if I followed my announcement by driving everyone to the pizza place and insisted on paying, I would be the one doing all the work. That\u2019s what we see going on here.
It makes sense that God would be the only one creating humans. The divine beings of his council don\u2019t have that kind