Many Christians hope to leave earth and spend eternity in a disembodied bliss, but the Hebrew Bible describes God’s good creation and his purpose for image bearing humanity within that creation. Has God abandoned his plans for creation? Did death win? Nick and Matt discuss death’s invasion into the Biblical story, God’s work to limit the effects of death, and Hebrew Bible hope that one day, the creator God will swallow up death.
Resources Referenced: A New Heaven and a New Earth by Richard Middleton, The Rationale of the Laws of Clean and Unclean in the Old Testamentby Joe M. Sprinkle, Jesus and the Forces of Death by Matthew Thiessen,The Resurrection of the Son of God by N.T. Wright.
Interlude Music: Hopefulby Nebulae,Mountain Topby Marc Torch
Theme Song:Believe by Posthumorous
