The Image Restoration Podcast

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So, here we are - this isn't a part 2 to Imago Dei (that is to come), but I wanted to share some reflections on my recent hiatus from social media. I didn't come away with my usual epiphanies from these breaks - you know, "I'm addicted" or "I need to manage my time better" or "I get too much validation from it" - but I ended up coming away with something more.

So, since I feel confident on the topic, let's talk about social media. This first part is just my mind processing and rambling, so welcome to my head. ;)

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Welcome to Episode 2 of the Image Restoration Podcast! Join me on my crazy rambles answering questions/thoughts from last week and introducing the topic of Imago Dei. Check out the show notes below!

CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS/ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS:

* To extend on Elijah's thought: different wills do make for different beings. This also ties back to Jesus having the same will as the Father, because He was one with Him. Great insight, Elijah, I agree with this. Goes back to the echtypal knowledge I mention in the last episode.

* "Son of Man" is worth researching. Link below to the Bible Project's "Son of Man" series. Jesus referred to Himself as this title more than any other, even almost dismissing people when they referred to Him as God or Son of God by calling Himself "Son of Man" in response. It is taken from Daniel 7 as a prophetic name of exaltation, pointing to Him as King and Messiah to deliver God's people from oppressors.

* I did not do justice to the topic of the hypostatic union and the concept of Jesus being perfected. I will dedicate an episode to this in the future; I do think it is good to examine the perfect Son of Man who was Son of God, since we are made in God's image, and it's worth examining to show how we are not God and how we cannot fulfill that perfect Image calling.

* In talking about the two genders that God creates - I mention that stating He made male and female continues the theme of completion, that He finished His work. I think it is also worth noting that, in this completion act, He did not make other genders. Basically, He didn't forget anyone. It is important to recognize that the tragic experiences of gender dysphoria today are post-fall, meaning it is something in need of restoration.

* The notion of Jesus's suffering is key to human suffering, particularly the suffering endured by believers. My book on suffering will hinge on this fact, and hopefully I will cover it in a future episode, too!

* Jesus chose to endure human life and suffering to know it in the same manner we do: experientially.

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RESOURCES:

Main article referenced for Imago Dei: www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-image-of-god

Jesus made perfect: www.desiringgod.org/interviews/how-...-become-perfect (short one)

www.desiringgod.org/messages/our-ca...ough-sufferings (longer, more in-depth one)

Son of Man: thebibleproject.com/podcast/series/...-of-man-series/


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VERSES ALLUDED TO/REFERENCED:

* Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:9-10, 5:8-9

* Genesis 1:26-31

* Genesis 2:7

* Genesis 6:17

* Job 38-41

* Psalm 8:5

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TERMS USED:

* Imago Dei

* Hypostatic Union

* Son of Man

* Son of God

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CREDITS & CONTACT:

Intro/Outro Music: "Lens Flare" by Peter Sandberg via Epidemic Sound

Middle Music: "I Deserve Better" by Spring Gang via Epidemic Sound

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Welcome to episode one of the Image Restoration Podcast! Rather than go the route of introductions and setup, we're taking an unconventional turn and just jumping into the deep questions. Why did the fall of man happen? Will there be a tree of knowledge of good and evil in the new earth? Let's figure that out together.

Show notes:

CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS/ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS:

• "Knowledge of Assent" vs. "Experiential Knowledge" is also referred to as

"Archtypal knowledge" and "Echtypal knowledge" respectively.

• "God simply is." Plato refers to this concept of God by using the term "Unmoved

mover".

• "It's not that God's wrath wasn't displayed, but that we did not experientially know

its extent." Just to build on this, God did inform us of His wrath in Genesis 2:16-17. He warned us that the penalty of sin is death. So, we had that information available, but we experienced it through seeing Christ die and attained that knowledge. Through Christ, we are spared a full experiential realization of that wrath.

• "It's less for God's sake and more for ours." Just to be absolutely clear, everything is ultimately for God's glory. God carried out this entire story for His glory, not for ours. So, it is for the sake of God's glory. However, He didn't need it, and this is the point I am trying to make. It was for us to be able to glorify Him more fully and completely.

• Regarding Felix Culpa, to contrast a bad version with a "good" one, here is the original Catholic use of the phrase in the Exsultet, earliest manuscripts around the 6th century: "O happy fault that earned for us so great, so glorious a Redeemer." Here, by contrast, is Augustine's writing of a corrected notion from which the Catholic tradition drew their flawed notion, circa 420 AD, which I explain in my own words in the podcast: "For God judged it better to bring good out of evil than not to permit any evil to exist."

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RESOURCES: carm.org/what-is-theosis

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VERSES ALLUDED TO/REFERENCED:

"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"

Isaiah 5:20

"Temptation account": Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13

"And God blessed them. And God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'"

Genesis 1:28

"Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor."

Psalm 8:5

Passage on angels longing to look into the plan of salvation: 1 Peter 1:10-12 John 1:1-18

"Union with Christ" verses to look at: Revelation 20:6

Colossians 3:3

John 17:22-23

2 Peter 1:4 Romans 6:3-6 Galatians 2:20 Galatians 3:27

2 Corinthians 5:21

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TERMS USED: Divine Simplicity Oneness heresy Modalism Reformed Theology Catholicism

Felix Culpa/Fortunate Fall Free Will

Predestination

Calvinism

Eastern Orthodoxy Theosis/Deification Sanctification

Union with Christ

Imago Dei/Image of God Son of Man

Son of God

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CREDITS & CONTACT:

Intro/Outro Music: "Lens Flare" by Peter Sandberg via Epidemic Sound Middle Music: "I Deserve Better" by Spring Gang via Epidemic Sound Facebook: facebook.com/helloemilyurban

Twitter: @

Welcome to episode one of the Image Restoration Podcast! Rather than go the route of introductions and setup, we're taking an unconventional turn and just jumping into the deep questions. Why did the fall of man happen? Will there be a tree of knowledge of good and evil in the new earth? Let's figure that out together.

Show notes:

CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS/ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS:

• “Knowledge of Assent” vs. “Experiential Knowledge” is also referred to as

“Archtypal knowledge” and “Echtypal knowledge” respectively.

• “God simply is.” Plato refers to this concept of God by using the term “Unmoved

mover”.

• “It’s not that God’s wrath wasn’t displayed, but that we did not experientially know

its extent.” Just to build on this, God did inform us of His wrath in Genesis 2:16-17. He warned us that the penalty of sin is death. So, we had that information available, but we experienced it through seeing Christ die and attained that knowledge. Through Christ, we are spared a full experiential realization of that wrath.

• “It’s less for God’s sake and more for ours.” Just to be absolutely clear, everything is ultimately for God’s glory. God carried out this entire story for His glory, not for ours. So, it is for the sake of God’s glory. However, He didn’t need it, and this is the point I am trying to make. It was for us to be able to glorify Him more fully and completely.

• Regarding Felix Culpa, to contrast a bad version with a “good” one, here is the original Catholic use of the phrase in the Exsultet, earliest manuscripts around the 6th century: “O happy fault that earned for us so great, so glorious a Redeemer.” Here, by contrast, is Augustine’s writing of a corrected notion from which the Catholic tradition drew their flawed notion, circa 420 AD, which I explain in my own words in the podcast: “For God judged it better to bring good out of evil than not to permit any evil to exist.”

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RESOURCES: https://carm.org/what-is-theosis

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VERSES ALLUDED TO/REFERENCED:

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”

Isaiah 5:20

“Temptation account”: Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13

“And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.’”

Genesis 1:28

“Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.”

Psalm 8:5

Passage on angels longing to look into the plan of salvation: 1 Peter 1:10-12 John 1:1-18

“Union with Christ” verses to look at: Revelation 20:6

Colossians 3:3

John 17:22-23

2 Peter 1:4 Romans 6:3-6 Galatians 2:20 Galatians 3:27

2 Corinthians 5:21

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TERMS USED: Divine Simplicity Oneness heresy Modalism Reformed Theology Catholicism

Felix Culpa/Fortunate Fall Free Will

Predestination

Calvinism

Eastern Orthodoxy Theosis/Deification Sanctification

Union with Christ

Imago Dei/Image of God Son of Man

Son of God

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CREDITS & CONTACT:

Intro/Outro Music: “Lens Flare” by Peter Sandberg via Epidemic Sound Middle Music: “I Deserve Better” by Spring Gang via Epidemic Sound Facebook: facebook.com/helloemilyurban

Twitter: @helloemilyurban

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Website: emilyurban.com

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