Who Is God? Pt. 1
In the season 2 premiere of The Heart Soul Mind Collective, Moses dives straight into one of the biggest, most avoided, and most misunderstood questions in all of faith: Who is God, really?
This episode journeys through the historical, archaeological, and theological evolution of Israel’s understanding of God, from ancient Canaanite religion and Bronze Age pantheons, to the rise of Yahweh, to the exile, Second Temple Judaism, and early Christianity. With clarity and honesty, Moses explores how ancient people perceived God, how those perceptions changed, and why the Bible can sound unified even though history clearly shows a long, winding development of belief.
But this isn’t a “tear-it-all-down” deconstruction episode. It’s a reconstruction.
A place for the intellectually curious, the spiritually wounded, and the church-shy to rediscover a God who has always been one, always been love, and always been reaching for humanity even when humanity misunderstood Him.
Along the way we discuss:
• How Israel’s early theology emerged from a shared Ancient Near Eastern worldview
• Why Yahweh and El were once distinct deities
• How exile reshaped monotheism
• Why the Old Testament sounds unified even after centuries of development
• Why spiritual experiences can be real even when interpretations aren’t perfect
If God is infinite, then of course our understanding of Him will evolve. The story of Scripture isn’t the story of a changing God, it’s the story of changing humans learning to see Him more clearly.
Welcome to the Collective. Let’s rebuild something real.