Re: Naked Bible Podcast: Interview with Fern and Audrey — I really need to purchase the two novels Heiser published, The Facade and The Portent. They are heavily referenced in this podcast.
But more important was how stunned and excited I was to recognize things I have been saying for a long time coming out in this interview Heiser had with two women who work in a ministry that helps people who have been forcibly made schizophrenic through trauma in order to abuse them further and profit from it.
First, I need to explain why it struck me so. I’ve said that the majority of demonic deliverance (so-called) is when the victim kicks out their own “demons”. Most Christians today do not understand how so much of what Jesus did in regards to casting out evil spirits was connected to the Covenant, and how that changes the tactics. Today, you and I would not copy the way Jesus did things too precisely because we are not under that kind of national covenant, and we don’t see the same kinds of possessions He did. They had a different cause. There is some overlap, but there are significant differences.
Over the years of my adult life, I’ve been exposed to a very large amount of Charismatic ministries. It’s been quite frustrating to deal with a load of stuff I knew instinctively was nonsense. I learned a few things, but I was just turned off by the vast lore of pagan mythology that has gained root in religious organizations. And whenever I tried to express any hint of disagreement, I was asked to leave.
A good solid portion of what passes for discipleship and discipline as taught in the mainstream is actually causing trauma and contributing to people be chained to lies. It becomes spiritual abuse. Heiser’s interview episode backed me up on these concerns. The two guests are professionals who had tried a lot of that Charismatic mythology and failed. When they heard Heiser’s teaching, they were shocked at how so much of what their clients told them about the Spirit Realm was exactly what Heiser had been saying for years. The Watchers are very busy causing a lot of trouble in the churches.
I’m familiar with the experiments and crimes committed by US government agents in trying to make people schizoid to use them as agents (MKUltra among other programs). These two women are undoing that work as quickly as they can, and it’s real. I’ve seen some of this nasty stuff first hand. No, I’m not going to unload about it because it won’t help anyone. My point is that I spent a lot of years working alongside people in the military who were under the power of the Watchers and never understood what I saw, knowing only that something really stank.
Let me encourage you to set aside the time to listen to this podcast. If you don’t grasp what they are saying, ask me questions. But I’m pretty sure most of it would be answered by reading Heiser’s two novels. I’ll be ordering my copies sometime next week.
