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In this episode, author Ryan Anderson discusses his views on pre-earth history, the motives of Lucifer's rebellion, and the concept of time travel from a biblical perspective. He also explores the connections between Moses, Elijah, and Jesus, suggesting that their biblical encounters could be a form of time travel. Anderson shares his research process, including his exploration of additional texts like the Book of Enoch for broader understanding. The episode concludes with a light-hearted discussion on time travel movies.

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Timestamps

Introduction of Guest and Topic (00:00:45) Introducing Ryan Anderson, an author and father, and discussing the exciting and stretching topic they will be talking about.

Lucifer's Rebellion and the Gap Theory (00:04:16) Exploring the gap theory and discussing the different interpretations of Lucifer's rebellion against God.

The Fall of Lucifer and his Protest against Man (00:11:31) Ryan discusses the idea of Lucifer protesting man in the courts of heaven and the possible connection to Islamic, Jewish, and Gnostic traditions.

The Timing of the Fall of Angels (00:13:14) Ryan and Brandon speculate on whether the fall of angels occurred during the Garden of Eden and the potential implications of this perspective.

Different Viewpoints on the Fall of Satan (00:21:09) Ryan and Brandon explore the various beliefs and viewpoints regarding when Satan fell, highlighting the lack of a predominant perspective.

Time Travel in the Bible (00:24:32) Ryan discusses the possibility of time travel being a biblical concept, challenging philosophical objections.

Understanding Time and Eternity (00:29:09) Ryan explains that time was created by God and that He exists outside of time, being able to see the beginning, middle, and end.

Malleability of Time (00:33:05) Ryan cites examples from Scripture where time appears to be manipulated, such as Hezekiah's request for the sundial's shadow to go backward and Joshua's command for the sun and moon to stand still.

Moses' Encounter with God (00:36:07) Moses pleads with God to show him His glory and God reveals His goodness while covering Moses with His hand.

Elijah on Mount Sinai (00:39:56) Elijah, after a bold confrontation with false prophets, runs away and is instructed by God to go to Mount Sinai. God passes by and reveals Himself to Elijah.

Jesus on the High Mountain (00:43:57) Peter, James, and John accompany Jesus to a high mountain, possibly Mount Sinai, where Jesus is transfigured and reveals His glory to them.

The Transfiguration (00:44:56) Jesus is transfigured before Peter, James, and John, and Moses and Elijah appear before them.

Moses and the Ten Commandments (00:45:54) Moses rewrites the Ten Commandments after being with Jesus on the mount, and his face is glowing.

Elijah's Boldness and Anointing (00:46:50) Elijah becomes bold, anoints a new king, and gains a new helper, Elisha, after being with Jesus on the mount.

The deep revelation of Scripture (00:56:40) Discussion on how the understanding of Scripture goes beyond surface-level and continues to reveal deeper truths over time.

The value of non-inspired books (00:59:14) Exploration of the apocrypha and other non-inspired books as sources of valuable information that shed light on the Word of God.

Favorite time travel movie: "About Time" (01:04:49) Ryan Anderson shares his favorite time travel movie, "About Time," and describes its plot and themes.

The movie with two names (01:07:06) Discussion about a movie with Ryan Reynolds that has two names and is considered vulgar but cute and funny.

Ryan Reynolds' little kid version (01:07:34) Remembering a movie with Ryan Reynolds where he played a character that resembled his little kid version.

Unidentified movie (01:07:38) The hosts and guest discuss a movie they can't remember the name of and ask the audience for help in identifying it.

James and Penthe further explore the presence of deities and other trans-human beings drawn from the animal kingdom.  James then goes on to give examples of how aspects of divine reality are manifest in human culture, and how human interaction with divine beings becomes a way to create order in the world and a metaphor for what a ‘world’ is.  James shares an experience in Vietnam in which contrasting aspects of religious phenomena can apparently co-exist. 

James continues the discussion of Episode 12, focusing on the distribution of power within pantheons, ritual and sacrificial interactions between humans and gods, and the identities and forms of trans-human beings.  Questions are continually raised about what we now are in a position to apprehend and understand, particularly with ancient cultures whose written and visual material remains are limited and come without explanatory manuals. 

James outlines the categories under which the characteristics of a perceived Umwelt of Multiplicity will be discussed.  In addition to the premise of this model, it will consider the source or origin of various powers in the world; the structure of a pantheon and its distribution of power; interactions between trans-human and human beings; the identities and forms of deities, gods, godlets; manifestations of the trans-human world in human culture; how the model creates order in the world; moral and ethical implications of a world of Multiplicity. 

The Canaanite Baal cycle of a dying and rising god.  Natural evil, distributed power in the pantheon, and seeing the world as a whole.  A minimal dualist Multiplicity as recounted by Penthe in the Iroquois creation myth of competing twins, and by James in the Zoroastrian Ahunuvaiti Gatha  Yasna 30 with self-generated primordial twin spirits of Good and Evil, and in the West New Guinean Dani concept of ritualized warfare.  

James proposes a proto-theory of the origins of human religiousness.  A World of Multiplicity: Canaanite Religion.  Alistair looks at underlying dimensions of human morality.                                                              

The music is from a collection of Hurrian songs inscribed in cuneiform on clay tablets excavated from the royal palace in the ancient Canaanite city of Ugarit, dating to approximately 1400 BCE.  One of these tablets, which is nearly complete, contains the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (also known as h.6), making it possibly the oldest surviving complete work of notated music in the world.  Nikkal was a Semitic goddess of orchards; the singer was accompanied by a nine-stringed sammûm, a type of lyre.  The simulation of a lyre was played on a Huss and Dalton OO-SP guitar and recorded at Chêne Ancien Studio.  

James briefly presents the five conceptual models: Singularity; Multiplicity; Locality; In/Conceivability; Universality and explains why he will investigate them in a different order.                                                                                          
 

No questions for Episode 9, presentation only.        

James expands on the ideas of Umwelt and ‘Possibilities of Phenomena’ in preparation for presentation of the five conceptual models of the manuscript.   

No questions for Episode 8, presentation only. 

James introduces the idea of ‘conceptual models’ as a way to make comparisons across cultures and traditions and their embedded structures of meaning.                                                                    

Questions:

1.  Choose a person whose view of life differs considerably from your own and try to explain why a value they do not share is particularly important to you.

2.  What do you feel is at the core of why they cannot appropriate this idea in your head the way you do? 

James and his gang of ‘card trick watchers’ make a case for the importance of an individual’s life experience and reflection in uncovering the deepest layers of spiritual meaning.                                      

Questions:

1.  In what way do your deepest spiritual values match or not match the doctrine and beliefs of an institutional faith tradition with which you have been associated.

2.  Write an account of a critical life experience that changed your deepest values and share it with your family or your children or your closest friend.

James and Dr. VanNostrand go back and forth on the role of the ‘self’ in religion and the ontology of mind and body.  An attempt to classify several levels and modes of institutional religion.                      

Questions:

1.      Do you feel certain ways of conceiving your ‘individuality’ or an object of religious devotion stand between you and an accurate picture of the world and human life?

2.     Do you support the belief that all forms of human religiousness accept the existence of a single underlying reality?  

There is freedom and salvation in admission of sin. The Holy Spirit mercifully and constantly exposes sin both in the lives of sinners and confessing believers because of the Savior’s love. May we preach and pray that people would see their sin and not be turned into walking contradictions.

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Kyle, Matt, and Linda have a lively discussion with Peter J. Williams about his book "Can We Trust the Gospels?" Dr. Williams tells us the importance of being able to trust the Gospels, and how they help us know we can trust all of Scripture. Matt engages with Dr. Williams in a discussion about how geolocation helps confirm the stories of Jesus as told in the Gospels. Linda asks a helpful question about so-called contradictions, and Dr. Williams provides a helpful way for us to discuss paradox with our students. He also encourages us to stretch our students academically far more than we often think they can handle.

Further thoughts on theological explanations.  Many definitions of 'religious' worlds.                                                                                              
Questions:
1.  Did Hawking and Hartle's "no boundary proposal" (1983) envisioning the cosmos having the shape of a shuttlecock with a diameter of zero at its bottom-most point (whose formula was called the "wavefunction of the universe") render questions about transitions from a time before that boundary meaningless?
2.  What is an example of religious dogma -- teaching through doctrine or ritual requirement -- that could produce a simultaneously conflicted (both positive and negative) psychological response?

James considers Theology as 'explanation'.  The Characters' views about the nature of 'Worlds'.                                                                                        
Only Two Questions this Episode:
1.  Do explanations satisfied by convention or agreement include religious beliefs?
2.  How can an occurrence or event that is ultimately inexplicable have meaning?

Visit https://RadioXITM.com for a pictorial overview of the Investigationes. 

Questions of meaning.  Criteria as the appeal to ordinary language.  Contradictories that are part of human experience and the conditions of meaning.                            

Four questions for Episode 2 are the following:
1.  What oppositions such as love and hatred have been juxtaposed in your experience?
2.  Has what counts as meaningful occurred in different ways in your life?
3.  Can you and someone else mean the same thing by 'God'?
4.  Is the transcendent within the possibilities of human experience?

Visit https://RadioXITM.com for a pictorial overview of the Investigationes. 

Introduction.  DI James LaGrange tells how he came upon this strange manuscript on Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.  The characters.  The nature of explanations of how one forms a picture of the world.

For a pictorial overview of topics in Investigationes Theologicae Mundorum go to: https://RadioXITM.com and look at the visuals under the Images tab.

Each Episode will include four questions for reflection.  The following are the questions for Episode 1.
1.  Do other living organisms experience the world the way you do and does it matter?
2.  Is the question "How did the world come into being?" meaningful?
3.  Can the world you experience undergo radical change and remain the same world? 
4.  Is the Universe is a place where moral thought and action can be realized?

Contrary Passages — Review of Lesson #09 of the 4th Quarter of 2022 -

The Sabbath School Lesson study guide can be found here:
https://ssnet.org/lessons/22d/less09m.html

The title of this quarter's theme is: On Death, Dying, and the Future Hope

In this quarter, we will take a look at death and dying – effects of sin – but through the lens of the Blessed Hope of Eternal Life in Christ.

During many of our podcasts, you will hear us make reference to “The Key Principles of Effective Bible Study,”  a document which outlines core concepts shown in the scriptures that will help you better understand many Biblical themes and doctrines.  We have done a whole podcast series on these principles which  can be found here.

Lastly, we recommend that you check out https://TrueWisdom.buzzsprout.com for additional Bible Study podcasts, covering many different Bible topics, and done in a slightly different format from the podcasts on this channel.

We pray that all of these resources will be very helpful to you in your Bible Studies.

If you have any questions or comments, please send them to: BibleQuestions@ASBzone.com

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• Present with the LORD
• There’s an Appropriate Way to Respond to Challenges
• To Be or Not to Be a Parable (at TrueWisdom)

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During many of our podcasts, you will hear us make reference to “The Key Principles of Effective Bible Study,” a document which outlines core concepts shown in the scriptures that will help you better understand many Biblical themes and doctrines. We have done a whole podcast series on these principles which can be found here (https://BibleStudy.ASBzone.com/357512/8572886).

Lastly, we recommend that you check out https://TrueWisdom.buzzsprout.com for additional Bible Study podcasts, covering many different Bible topics, and done in a slightly different format from the podcasts on this channel.

We pray that all of these resources will be very helpful to you in your Bible Studies.