Ep 25: Why Did Jesus Die? (Pt 6) // Rescue From Sin And Evil Powers Through Death

"I have been crucified WITH Christ," says the apostle Paul in Galatians 2:20. This is not substitutionary language but participatory - Christ didn't die as our substitute, instead of us, but as our representative, and we join him in his death. In this episode of The Godwit Podcast with David Kowalick and Paul Smith we discuss the major theme in the New Testament of participation in Christ's death and resurrection, and how it rescues us from slavery to sin and evil powers.

You can watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/VWxaUj1kmME

Here's a brief introduction to the "Deuteronomy 32 Worldview":
https://thedivinecouncil.com/Deuteronomy32OTWorldview.pdf

For more on the topic of evil spiritual powers ruling over nations (among other topics), we highly recommend the work of Dr Michael Heiser, especially his book "The Unseen Realm":
https://www.logos.com/product/49583/the-unseen-realm-recovering-the-supernatural-worldview-of-the-bible?utm_source=personalized_mailings&utm_medium=email&utm_content=5155907&utm_campaign=promo-theunseenrealm

Here's a short blog series I read 2 days after we recorded this episode, in which a New Testament scholar says very similar things to us putting forward representation instead of substitution:
http://blog.christilling.de/2022/02/mike-bird-and-andrew-rillera-on-penal.html

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