Beatty Carmichael argues that Colossians 1:18 means Jesus is “the firstborn from the dead,” so a new race begins.
1. Get Radical Faith with Beatty Carmichael centers this episode on Sabbath observance, resurrection, and Beatty Carmichael’s question about “two races of Man on the New Earth.” 2. Beatty Carmichael hosts the episode as a solo Bible teacher and references Aaron’s texted question, plus a listener mentioned as coming from Nuggets of Faith. 3. The episode asks whether Christians still keep the Ten Commandments’ Sabbath command, why many worship on Sunday, and whether Colossians 1:18 implies a new race of man. 4. Beatty starts with Genesis 1 and says God called the seventh day holy after resting, making it the first thing in scripture declared holy. 5. He then cites Exodus-era Ten Commandments teaching and says commandment number four orders work for six days and rest on the seventh day. 6. He distinguishes Saturday as the Sabbath and Sunday as the day Christians often use for worship, while saying the deeper issue is whether the rest command still applies. 7. Beatty argues that the new covenant keeps God’s law but relocates it from tablets of stone to the heart, using Ezekiel 36:26 and Jeremiah 31:33. 8. He describes the old covenant as a marriage covenant between God and Israel and says the same holiness standard continues in the new covenant. 9. He says Jesus’ statement that the Sabbath was “made for man, not man for the Sabbath” shows the day of rest is for human benefit. 10. Beatty also points to Jesus telling the disciples to pray future troubles do not happen on a Sabbath day. 11. The episode shifts to Colossians 1:18, where Beatty reads that Christ is “the firstborn from the dead” and uses that phrase to argue for a new race. 12. He contrasts “human man” with “God man,” saying Adam began as a God man and became human man after sin. 13. Beatty says Jesus begins in flesh, dies, rises, and starts the “God man race,” which he links to being born of God. 14. He cites John 20, where Jesus tells Mary to say “my brothers,” and uses that language to connect believers to Jesus’ Father and God. 15. Beatty brings in Hebrews 2:11 and says the one who sanctifies and the sanctified have the same Father. 16. He then reads Isaiah 65:17-20 in the New Living Translation and highlights “No longer will babies die,” “No longer will adults die,” and the phrase about new heavens and a new earth. 17. Beatty’s tone is improvisational and classroom-like, and he explicitly says he is speaking “off the cuff” and “wonky back and forth.” 18. The format mixes teaching, scripture reading, and brief back-and-forth dialogue without a prepared outline. 19. Listeners who like Bible interpretation on Sabbath, covenant, and resurrection will likely want this. 20. Listeners wanting a short, nontechnical answer to Sunday worship may skip this.
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