In this study guide, we will explore this Cosmic Conflict between God and Satan as the underlying story that should form the basis for all our theology. Difficult questions that we all have about human suffering, the Old Testament God, the meaning of Jesus’ death, and the final destruction of the wicked can only be understood when they are placed in the larger setting of this Cosmic Conflict.*

Our goal during these thirteen lessons is to reexamine the story line about God and the world around us and to recognize that the Bible describes a much more complex universe than we’ve traditionally acknowledged. We’re living in the vortex of a Cosmic Conflict with not two but three central characters: God, humans, and non-humans (both good and evil).