This does sound like it was a fun project. Nice brief write-up. I think the connection to kings goes back to Genesis 6 and 11. Actually, all of Genesis 1-11 treated as a unit has a lot of connections: Adam as king tempted to become a god (Gen 3) crossing the boundaries of Gen 1, spiritual beings crossing boundaries creating the violent Nephilim warriors (Gen 6), and the desire of Babel's builders—laced with military language—to make a name for themselves (instead of calling on the name of Lord as Seth's line does at the end of Gen 4) in Gen 11. So you have threads of kingship, demonic forces and idolatry which, imo, connects nicely with Isaiah and Ezekiel.
Thanks for filling this out with the most fundamentally important chapters in the OT. I hadn't remember the military language in Gen. 11 - good note.
I think my biggest takeaway is that if you read Gen. 3 by itself, without Gen. 4-11 and the prophets, Satan's temptation toward "pride" seems quotidian and abstract. It makes more sense to me now to think about his work as a temptation to 'violently use available might in order to ascend.'
This does sound like it was a fun project. Nice brief write-up. I think the connection to kings goes back to Genesis 6 and 11. Actually, all of Genesis 1-11 treated as a unit has a lot of connections: Adam as king tempted to become a god (Gen 3) crossing the boundaries of Gen 1, spiritual beings crossing boundaries creating the violent Nephilim warriors (Gen 6), and the desire of Babel's builders—laced with military language—to make a name for themselves (instead of calling on the name of Lord as Seth's line does at the end of Gen 4) in Gen 11. So you have threads of kingship, demonic forces and idolatry which, imo, connects nicely with Isaiah and Ezekiel.
Thanks for filling this out with the most fundamentally important chapters in the OT. I hadn't remember the military language in Gen. 11 - good note.
I think my biggest takeaway is that if you read Gen. 3 by itself, without Gen. 4-11 and the prophets, Satan's temptation toward "pride" seems quotidian and abstract. It makes more sense to me now to think about his work as a temptation to 'violently use available might in order to ascend.'