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Welcome to Day 1586 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to WisdomPartakers of the Divine Nature \u2013 Worldview WednesdayWelcome to Wisdom-Trek with Gramps! Wisdom is the final frontier in gaining true knowledge. Our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, seek out discernment and insights, and boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend; this is Gramps; thanks for coming along on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy. Today is Day 1586 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 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 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.
Partakers of the Divine Nature
Do you know who you are?
I asked the question earlier, but it\u2019s time to raise it again. Yes, we are in the world but not of it. True, we have been saved by grace through faith in what Jesus did on the cross (Ephesians 2:8\u20139). But that\u2019s just the beginning of understanding what God has been up to.
God\u2019s original intention in Eden was to merge his human family with his divine family, the heavenly sons of God who were here before creation (Job 38:7\u20138). He didn\u2019t abandon that plan at the fall. Christian, you will be made divine, like one of God\u2019s elohim children, like Jesus himself (1 John 3:1\u20133).
Theologians refer to the idea by many labels. The most common is glorification. Peter referred to it as becoming \u201cpartakers of the divine nature\u201d (2 Peter 1:4). https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+3%3A1andversion=NLT (1 John 3:1) puts it this way: See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don\u2019t recognize that we are God\u2019s children because they don\u2019t know him. In this chapter of Supernatural, we\u2019ll take a look at how the Bible conveys that message.
Sons of God, Seed of AbrahamWhen God turned the nations of the world over to lesser gods at Babel, he did so knowing he would start over with a new human family of his own. God called Abraham (Genesis 12:1\u20138) right after Babel (Genesis 11:1\u20139). Through Abraham and his wife Sarah, God would return to his original Edenic plan.
God\u2019s people, the children of Abraham, the Israelites, ultimately failed to restore God\u2019s good rule on earth. But one of those children would succeed. God would become human in Jesus, a descendant of David, Abraham, and Adam. It was through Jesus that God\u2019s promise to one day bless the nations he had punished at Babel was fulfilled. Paul wrote about that in several places. Here are two. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+3%3A3%E2%80%936andversion=NLT (Ephesians 3:3\u20136):
As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me. As you read what I have written, you will understand my insight into this plan regarding Christ. God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by his Spirit, he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets. And this is God\u2019s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God\u2019s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+3%3A26%E2%80%9329andversion=NLT (Galatians 3:26\u201329)
For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. And all who have been united with...