“The Snake and the Beast” - Episode 6 in the series, “Discerning the Spirits - Finding Christ’s Voice”

<p>After contemplating the place of darkness, emptiness and ‘void’ at the moment of the creation of our world (Genesis 1), Jonah and Patrick turn their attention to two key players, two decisive beings who play their part in the story of humanity: the ‘snake’ from Genesis 3 and ‘the beast’ that is introduced in Genesis 4.  What is this ‘snake’ that approaches Eve, the knower, in the realm of paradise?  And who is this ‘crouching at the door’ that influences Cain, the doer, just after being ‘cast out’? And how do they stand in relationship to the one who offers up his life, in love, for all humanity? These questions and more are taken up in this episode.<br /><br /><b><em>Reading you will be glad to have near at hand...</em></b></p><p>- Genesis, chapter 1 - <em>Darkness, Light and their Harmonization by the Creator Elohim</em></p><p>- Genesis, chapter 3 - <em>The snake, the tree with wisdom-fruit, the infection of egotism, God's prophecy about the seed of the woman and the prevention of the infected humans from eating the fruit of the life-tree.</em></p><p><em>- </em>Genesis, chapter 4, verses 1-16 - <em>Cain and Abel's offerings, Cain's rejected offering, and God's word to Cain that describes the 'beast': "...</em>sin is crouching at the door.  Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."</p><p><b><em>Further reading about "The Beast" in the bible</em></b></p><p>Of the 46 times that the Greek term, <b>θηρίον </b>(wild beast) is used in the New Testament, 31 of those times come in the Book of Revelation, including the powerful images that come in <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/59/rev.13.1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">chapter 13</a>.<br /><br /><b>Many</b> <b>thanks</b> to Elliott Chamberlin who composed the theme music, “Seeking Together.” You can find more of his music <a href="https://www.elliottchamberlinmusic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here.</a></p><p><b>Thanks</b> <b>also</b> to Camilla Lake for the show notes and Patreon/Podcast communications and production.</p><p><em>The Light in Every Thing</em> is a podcast of the Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at <a href="http://www.christiancommunityseminary.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">our website.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1850720/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ask us a question here!</a></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/ccseminary/posts">Support the show</a></p><p><em>The Light in Every Thing</em> is a podcast of The Seminary of The Christian Community in North America. Learn more about the Seminary and its offerings at <a href="http://www.christiancommunityseminary.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">our website</a>. This podcast is supported by our growing Patreon community. To learn more, go to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ccseminary" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">www.patreon.com/ccseminary.</a></p><p><b>Thanks </b>to Elliott Chamberlin who composed our theme music, “Seeking Together."</p>