Here’s a link to one of the recent interviews I’ve done for Supernatural. The host is Matt Dabbs. It’s an example of a mainstream Christian site to which you can direct friends for whom this sort of content will be entirely new.
Recent Supernatural Interview
Got a few textual questions, you’ve probably answered in The Unseen Realm already, my reading comprehension is just so so.
1)By the end of the NT, do you interpret the nachash and the satan/the devil/the old serpent/the dragon as one entity or is it an open question?
2)Do you see the church currently as well as post eschaton ruling the nations, the now and not yet idea? As we go, so goes the nations we live in idea?
3)Based on Paul stating “we judge angels” and angels has become an inclusive label for all divine creatures in the NT, does this mean God’s human council members will rule even loyal sons of God? Or share with them that authority over the other creatures?
In order:
1) That’s in Unseen Realm. I can’t answer here with a simple yes or no. Basically, these terms get applied to the rebel of Gen 3 during the 2nd temple period onward.
2) We’re not living in the post eschaton, though I’m not actually sure what you might mean by that. The return of Christ and the Day of the Lord are yet future. Maybe you’re talking about the kingdom – ?
3) I think What can be said is that we are assigned a rank/job description that outranks the job description of angel/messenger. Since Eden is cast as God’s abode and HQ, which included divine and human imagers, there is cooperation of humans and divine sons of God who are at the same level — but they all aren’t at that rank.