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Scripture assumes a populated unseen world—real spiritual beings with real authority, a heavenly assembly, a rebellion, and a judgment.

6 PiecesUnseen realm · Psalm 82 · Deuteronomy 322015–2026

This is the newest thread in my writing and the one still being laid down. The case is built from the biblical text itself—not from 1 Enoch, and not from borrowed ancient Near Eastern mythology. The series is where it unfolds in order; below is everything, including the places the unseen realm surfaced in teaching I did years before I wrote any of it.

Series · read in order The Divine Council Worldview 7 parts · 2 published · In progress Follow the sequence →

Blog Posts 4

  • The Uncontroversial Claims of the Divine Council WorldviewSeries pt. 3

    Post · May 2026

    The claims that shouldn’t be controversial at all—built from plain texts rather than from fringe readings of one or two debated ones.

  • The Judgment of the Sons of God by the Sons of GodSeries pt. 7

    Post · April 2025

    How the rebel gods are judged—and the startling answer to who does the judging.

  • Jesus Is Yahweh, the Covenant God of Israel—and the World

    Post · November 2025

    The Old Testament isn’t mostly the Father’s story with occasional cameos: the God of Israel who appears, speaks, and saves is the Son.

  • What Is the Gospel? How Genesis 12:3 and Galatians 3:8 Open Our Eyes to the Whole-Bible, Whole-World Good News

    Post · September 2024

    Genesis 12:3 and Galatians 3:8 open the gospel out to its whole-Bible, whole-world size—nations, gods, and inheritance included.

Where It Surfaces in My Teaching 2

Two sessions from the 2015 doctrines-of-man course that work the same texts.

  • The Image of God, Part 2

    Message · 2015

    The image of God set against the heavenly beings who share the title “sons of God”—and what it means that man was made a little lower than they are.

  • The Fall of Man

    Message · 2015

    Includes a long section on the serpent of Genesis 3: who he was, what kind of being, and when he fell.

Adjacent, from the other direction: my papers on Christophanies in the Old Testament and The Messenger of Yahweh →

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