Genesis Marks the Spot

A comparison of LDS theology with biblical theology, especially focused on the divine council worldview.  A recounting of the LDS story of creation and salvation (otherwise known as "exaltation") and looking at how these display the differences between Christianity and "Mormonism."  

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Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan 
Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ 
Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Jesus says that angels in heaven don't marry, so how could the sons of God in Genesis 6 be spirit beings?  How many generations does it take for "Nephilim DNA" to be diluted?  How do we get Nephilim after the flood?  Modern DNA vs. ancient bloodlines--what's the difference?  And what does Calvinball have to do with any of that?   

**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com 

My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot 

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Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan 
Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ 
Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Is singleness what we all have to look forward to in the eschaton?  Reviewing Danielle Treweek's book, The Meaning of Singleness: Retrieving an Eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church.  The church has traditionally seen singleness to be THE "eschatological" view, but more recent history has flipped this on its head and now marriage is often elevated in ways that are potentially problematic.  Perhaps there's a third way of seeing the eschaton's imagery rather than a battle between singleness OR marriage.  

**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com 

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The Meaning of Singleness:  https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Singleness-Retrieving-Eschatological-Contemporary/dp/1514004852/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3O7I48NPC0UP3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.YXEpVQQ-V5QUCrn3I_qmqA.TmatIccOtPiAxgArStrdgTqjvnEoliAni1zZQygUbyQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=danielle+treweek&qid=1729798176&sprefix=danielle+treweek%2Caps%2C231&sr=8-1

Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan 
Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ 
Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Answering the question begun in episode 92 about homosexuality and the kingdom of God.  While there are differences in sexuality between the ancient world and today, let's encourage the development of a biblical imagination and the continual turning to Christ, our King.   

**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com 

My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot  

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Mark Ward on Homosexuality in the NT (language warning and adult themes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcnWOgoYfsU&t=5s&ab_channel=MarkWard 

Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan 
Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/  
Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Marriage according the Bible:  Continuity between the Old Testament to the New Testament to the church to today.  Are we actually "thinking biblically"?  Do our ideas about sex and marriage reflect what the Bible says?  Inheritance, virginity, the divine council worldview, and the idea that Jesus expanded the Torah.

**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com 

My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot  

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Jason Staples and Matt. 5:27-28:  https://www.jasonstaples.com/bible/most-misinterpreted-bible-passages-1-matthew-527-28/ 

Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan 
Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/  
Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Marriage according to the Bible:  What was adultery in the Old Testament?  Why is it only for women? 

**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com 

My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot  

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Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan 
Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/  
Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Marriage according to the Bible.  Beginning a survey of passages about marriage and defining marriage in the ancient Near East: what is a concubine and how did marriage "happen"?  What's inheritance got to do with it?  Why are polygamy and other "unsavory" practices in the Torah?    

**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com 

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Marriage as Covenant:  https://www.amazon.com/Marriage-Covenant-Biblical-Developed-Malachi/dp/1620324563/ref=sr_1_1?crid=326QZJ7E4KXN1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2VI_JoGMAM15Uncw5k4sJS-hmOkmatHID5o8OZxfpNg.vERNi8IIY233ESckoVK-wgA63eQTbcLLIFifw_vzPhM&dib_tag=se&keywords=marriage+as+covenant+hugenberger&qid=1727381819&sprefix=marriage+as+covenant+hugenberge%2Caps%2C277&sr=8-1

Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan 
Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/  
Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Continuing the conversation about sexuality with a detour into the topic of physical embodiment as seen from Jesus, the gospel, sacrament, and community.  Do you see creation as cursed?  Are the sacraments "just" symbolic?  Two connected questions that with the message of the gospel can help us address our discomforts with our bodies. 

**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com 

My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot 

The Genesis of Gender by Abigail Favale: https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Gender-Christian-Theory-ebook/dp/B0B788FF4P/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZGFZ2I8ZMQCK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.j1LrLhnaMWMJu3WjdTEGlB3UVYx9h4HoH58TsSXYfQTkHO9FN87x7HTCwtdkxODFnjylTt4LAmPTk8NiRdU26W8RwfPwgoFua5pOsLJUh8aOfYlcnAWvbA3a2ggvmi7FNxgBrEtMFguSn2RiODZQAAr0BczXD7oUTF3BSkkH-vQM9Y-C2dcUGWr5UuXnBL-6b1Qv7IsXYDKQMR2dvvCSi43y3LQWFqJlPd181RQ02yY.mUGQ-bHZL2moVXEI-3j5Iq6zX0zW3DUr2kpCMf0Y6MA&dib_tag=se&keywords=genesis+of+gender&qid=1726187422&sprefix=genesis+of+gende%2Caps%2C413&sr=8-1 

Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self:  https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Triumph-Modern-Self-Individualism-ebook/dp/B089DNYCDY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3JEO4LXC43NL8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.n7ClJSV_Ak5yIAAOfQjcZbTbWGEAai2Zs3V-T1OjaMQkNAAKwHG4O8z7t-S0sT6UWnN24LEVuXwVgsfDhDGeFqXgvpo88nhNf3hsx6kg0TR7yeh5z4A0qbDZOovf2T2_zRTOad6N7jh2NIPXK03M69bVL9owaZDmcTjbPCOL--C0DqD9YEHaZo_8ZPhBhhpJ.TvWT7w7_mCC4bJS0fSd2PsohBqEQ9OHOSXRdRC_WQq8&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+rise+and+triumph+of+the+modern+self&qid=1726803170&sprefix=rise+and+triump%2Caps%2C248&sr=8-1 

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Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan 
Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/  
Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

How do we understand gender identity from a biblical perspective? 

Focusing on the topic of gender and how it came to be today, I discuss the book the Genesis of Gender by Abigail Favale.  She explains the "gender paradigm" and encourages us to see a "Genesis paradigm" in relation to how we see ourselves and our bodies. 

**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com 

My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot 

The Genesis of Gender by Abigail Favale: https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Gender-Christian-Theory-ebook/dp/B0B788FF4P/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZGFZ2I8ZMQCK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.j1LrLhnaMWMJu3WjdTEGlB3UVYx9h4HoH58TsSXYfQTkHO9FN87x7HTCwtdkxODFnjylTt4LAmPTk8NiRdU26W8RwfPwgoFua5pOsLJUh8aOfYlcnAWvbA3a2ggvmi7FNxgBrEtMFguSn2RiODZQAAr0BczXD7oUTF3BSkkH-vQM9Y-C2dcUGWr5UuXnBL-6b1Qv7IsXYDKQMR2dvvCSi43y3LQWFqJlPd181RQ02yY.mUGQ-bHZL2moVXEI-3j5Iq6zX0zW3DUr2kpCMf0Y6MA&dib_tag=se&keywords=genesis+of+gender&qid=1726187422&sprefix=genesis+of+gende%2Caps%2C413&sr=8-1 

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Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan 
Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/  
Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Seeing the cosmos as an interconnected whole does not come naturally to us today.  This is a source of many of our struggles with understanding the divine council worldview, the image of God, and the deep meaning of ritual.  A discussion on science, its nature and uses, and kicking some ideas around to stir up our minds to get that ancient context in our heads as we read Scripture.  The raqia, thresholds, boundaries, and carrying our biblical imaginations from today into yesterday. 

**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com 

My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot  

Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot 

Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ 

Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan 
Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/  
Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan