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Daniel and the Four Monsters – Chaos Dragon E14 Nov 06, 2023

Show notes

Daniel 7 describes an incredible, apocalyptic dream had by the prophet Daniel where he sees four chaos monsters oppressing the people of God. Just like the other dragon stories we've encountered in the Bible, Yahweh shows up in Daniel's vision as the ultimate dragon slayer—only this time, he's not alone. There's another human-like figure who comes riding in on the clouds to fight the dragon. In this episode, Jon and Tim explore the theme of the dragon in the scroll of Daniel.

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Timestamps

Part one (00:00-12:24)
Part two (12:24-19:21)
Part three (19:21-25:57)
Part four (25:57-38:29)
Part five (38:29-49:05)

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Show Music

“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
All music breaks from “Leche Demos” by Matthew Halbert-Howen

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder, Lead Editor Dan Gummel, and Editors Tyler Bailey and Frank Garza. Mixed by Tyler Bailey. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo.

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Does the Dragon Sometimes Win? – Chaos Dragon E13 Oct 30, 2023

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In the story of the Bible, the dragon is a recurring symbol of chaos, death, and destruction. The good news is, Yahweh is the dragon slayer, and he gives humans power over the dragon too. But in the Bible—and in our own lives—we can encounter stories like Job’s. The scroll of Job explores what happens when a righteous person, someone who should be experiencing God's Eden blessing, gets their life co-opted by the dragon instead. In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they explore the story of Job.

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Timestamps

Part one (00:00-14:13)
Part two (14:13-20:05)
Part three (20:05-29:56)
Part four (29:56-37:55)
Part five (37:55-46:28)
Part six (46:28-59:31)

Referenced Resources

Piercing Leviathan: God's Defeat of Evil in the Book of Job (New Studies in Biblical Theology, Volume 56), Eric Ortlund
Playing With Dragons: Living With Suffering and God, Andrew R. Angel
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Show Music

“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
Additional sound design by the BibleProject team

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder, Lead Editor Dan Gummel, and Editors Tyler Bailey and Frank Garza. Mixed by Tyler Bailey. Transcript edited by Grace Vang. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo.

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The Dragon Slayer in the Psalms – Chaos Dragon E12 Oct 23, 2023

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While the chaos dragon is not God’s rival--it’s the rival of creation--it is God’s enemy. The Psalms sometimes portray creation as the ordered result of Yahweh’s battle with the dragon, to bring order out of chaos. In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss two psalms that look back to the cosmic battle at the beginning of creation and also look ahead to a day when Yahweh will give his own dragon-slaying power to a human image of God.

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Timestamps

Part one (00:00-8:07)
Part two (8:07-23:23)
Part three (23:23-36:12)
Part four (36:12-48:27)

Referenced Resources

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Show Music

“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
All music from Leche Demos by Matthew Halbert-Howen

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What Does it Mean to be Evil? – Chaos Dragon Q+R 1 Oct 16, 2023

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Did God create disorder and chaos? What does it actually mean to be evil? And how do you tell your kids that in the Bible dragons are actually the “bad guys”? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to your questions from the first half of the Chaos Dragon series. Thank you to our audience for your incredible questions!

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Timestamps

Did God Create Disorder? (2:29)
What is God’s Relationship to the Darkness? (15:05)
What Does it Mean to be Evil? (21:41)
Does God Use the Dragon for His Own Purposes? (33:49)
Does the Dragon Theme Give People a Way to Justify Violence? (47:49)
How Do You Tell Your Kids Dragons Are the “Bad Guys”? (52:57)

Referenced Resources

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Show Music

“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS

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Was the World Ever Perfect? – Chaos Dragon E11 Oct 09, 2023

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The theme of the chaos dragon raises some challenging questions. For instance, if God created a perfect world and humans messed it up, why did the dragon and the chaos waters exist at the beginning of the universe? Why would God allow the potential for chaos at all? In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss God’s goodness and the existence of evil, through the lens of the chaos dragon theme.

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Timestamps

Part one (00:00-13:33)
Part two (13:33-30:44)
Part three (30:44-47:06)
Part four (47:06-1:01:03)

Referenced Resources

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You can experience our entire library of resources in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music

“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
All music breaks by Patrick Murphy

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Jonah and the…Chaos Dragon? – Chaos Dragon E10 Oct 02, 2023

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The story of Jonah employs all the major motifs of the theme of the chaos dragon: chaotic waters, a servant of God who rebels against him, and a great sea monster. But the story doesn't call it a sea monster—the story calls it a great fish! Join Tim and Jon as they discuss Jonah, thrown into the deep abyss and swallowed up by death, and the reality that even the belly of the beast is no match for Yahweh.

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Timestamps

Part one (00:00-11:21)
Part two (11:21-28:00)
Part three (28:00-45:04)
Part four (45:04-58:59)

Referenced Resources

Jonah (Brazos Theological Commentary), Philip Cary
Berit Olam: Twelve Prophets: Volume I: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Marvin A. Sweeney
Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon by Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott
The Iliad, Homer
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Show Music

“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
All music breaks are from “Lay Them Straight” by Everett Patterson with additional sound design by Tyler Bailey

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The Dragon-Like Behavior of Three Nations – Chaos Dragon E9 Sep 25, 2023

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When Israel chooses to act like the chaos monster instead of living like the people of God, God brings judgment on them. How? He sends other bigger monsters after them, namely, Babylon and Egypt. In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss the scrolls of Jeremiah and Ezekiel and their focus on the dragon-like behavior of these three nations––as well as God’s promise to bring about justice for each and every dragon in the end.

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Timestamps

Part one (00:00-12:26)
Part two (12:26-26:07)
Part three (26:07-38:12)
Part four (38:12-47:19)

Referenced Resources

The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations: An Old Testament Myth, Its Origins, and Its Afterlives, Robert D. Miller II
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Show Music

“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
All music breaks from Leche Demos by Matthew Halbert-Howen

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Isaiah and the Dragon – Chaos Dragon E8 Sep 18, 2023

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What happens when the entire nation of Israel consistently aligns themselves with the dragon? They themselves become a chaos monster Yahweh has to deal with. In this episode, Tim and Jon explore the scroll of Isaiah and the prophet’s indictment of Israel for choices that betray the image and blessing of God they were meant to bring to the world.

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Timestamps

Part one (00:00-12:52)
Part two (12:52-23:50)
Part three (23:50-36:22)
Part four (36:22-56:54)

Referenced Resources

Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
You can experience our entire library of resources in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music

“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
All music breaks by Patrick Murphy and Tyler Bailey

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David and Goliath the Dragon – Chaos Dragon E7 Sep 11, 2023

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So often the symbol of the chaos monster shows up embodied by a human bent on oppressing other people. Goliath, one of the Bible’s most well-known bad guys, is depicted as having scaly armor like a snake and defying not just Israel, but Yahweh. In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss the theme of the dragon in the story of David and Goliath.

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Timestamps

Part one (00:00-18:05)
Part two (18:05-32:00)
Part three (32:00-42:32)

Referenced Resources

The Serpent in Samuel: The Messianic Motif, Brian A. Verrett
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Show Music

“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
Music breaks by Patrick Murphy

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Women Who Slayed Dragons – Chaos Dragon E6 Sep 04, 2023

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In today’s episode, we once again encounter a theme that’s becoming all too familiar: humans becoming chaos monsters. Jabin, king of Canaan, and Sisera, the commander of his army, are depicted as serpents in Judges 4, and the humans who overcome these two dragons are two women, Deborah and Jael. Join Tim and Jon as they explore the theme of the dragon in the scroll of Judges.

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Timestamps

Part one (00:00-11:44)
Part two (11:44-28:25)
Part three (28:25-42:07)
Part four (42:07-50:01)

Referenced Resources

The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Ludwig Koehler, Walter Baumgartner, and Johann Jakob Stamm
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Show Music

“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
All additional music breaks by Patrick Murphy

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