BibleProject

A Human With Power Over the Dragon – Chaos Dragon E15

13 Nov 2023
00:46:44

As we’ve traced the theme of the chaos dragon in the Bible, we’ve come to expect what the biblical authors expect: a dragon-slaying king to come. When the gospel authors introduce us to Jesus, they’re quick to show that Jesus is human, yet he wields...

Daniel and the Four Monsters – Chaos Dragon E14

6 Nov 2023
00:49:05

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...

Does the Dragon Sometimes Win? – Chaos Dragon E13

30 Oct 2023
00:59:31

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...

The Dragon Slayer in the Psalms – Chaos Dragon E12

23 Oct 2023
00:48:27

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 discus...

What Does it Mean to be Evil? – Chaos Dragon Q+R 1

16 Oct 2023
00:58:52

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 Dra...

Was the World Ever Perfect? – Chaos Dragon E11

9 Oct 2023
01:01:33

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 f...

Jonah and the…Chaos Dragon? – Chaos Dragon E10

2 Oct 2023
00:58:59

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...

The Dragon-Like Behavior of Three Nations – Chaos Dragon E9

25 Sep 2023
00:47:19

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 Je...

Isaiah and the Dragon – Chaos Dragon E8

18 Sep 2023
00:56:54

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 Is...

David and Goliath the Dragon – Chaos Dragon E7

11 Sep 2023
00:50:45

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 th...

Women Who Slayed Dragons – Chaos Dragon E6

4 Sep 2023
00:50:01

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 thes...

Is the Church a City? – The City Q+R 2

30 Aug 2023
00:54:06

Was Cain’s city a good thing initially? If Israel was just as bad as Sodom and Gomorrah, why didn’t God destroy it too? And how will God redeem the city in the new creation? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to your questions from the second half...

Power Over the Dragon in Exodus – Chaos Dragon E5

28 Aug 2023
00:51:22

God created humans to bear his image, but sometimes we choose our own destruction and start to look a lot more like chaos monsters instead. In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss a human who the prophets frequently called a sea dragon: the Pharaoh who...

The Creature Crouching at the Door – Chaos Dragon E4

21 Aug 2023
00:47:06

Genesis 3 is probably the most famous serpent-featuring story in the Bible—the moment we get to see humans and the nahash interact for the first time. Because the serpent lures the humans into choosing their own demise, it’s also the moment Yahweh an...

Ferocious Dragons and Rogue Stars – Chaos Dragon E3

14 Aug 2023
00:47:49

Dragons show up on page one of the Bible, named among the beings that feature in the seven-day creation narrative in Genesis 1. God creates dragons to inhabit the chaos waters, and we meet one early on that tries (and succeeds) to get the first human...