Category Archives: bible

Getting Words Right

Posted on February 28, 2026 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 131: Conference Interviews Part 4 Let’s talk about terminology. This is no different than anything we’ve said before; it’s just another person expressing the same thing when Heiser interviewed NT Wright. The Kingdom of God is what … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged covenant identity, Covenant of Christ, divine election, ethnic identity, Hellenism, mortality, old testament, spiritual redemption, the Cross, theology | Leave a comment

Symbols and Icons

Posted on February 21, 2026 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 130: Conference Interviews Part 3 Heiser interviews David Burnett regarding his paper, “Death, Resurrection, and Transformation in Scripture in 1 Corinthians 15”. This has to do mostly with how the Septuagint and New Testament documents interplay via … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged elohim, eternal nature, idolatry, Michael S. Heiser, mortality, NT, OT, resurrection, symbolic references, Unseen Realm | Comments Off

Conscience and Conviction

Posted on February 14, 2026 by ehurst

We can say that your conscience is your capacity to read your convictions. Conscience is the interface between your conscious mind and your convictions. But the conscience needs training; the convictions do not. The convictions are not developed but discovered. … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged conscience, conviction, divine revelation, Hebrew epistemology, Hebrew language, Hellenism, sin, the Cross, Western mythology | 1 Comment

It Matters to God

Posted on January 31, 2026 by ehurst

Re — Naked Bible 126: Ezekiel 18 I believe Heiser chases too many rabbits in this podcast. It’s not as complicated as he makes it out to be. How many times did God miraculously spare His people in the OT? … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged biblical scholarship, covenant, demons, idolatry, individualism, Jeff Benner, Michael S. Heiser, Nephilim, Prophet Ezekiel, prophet jeremiah | Comments Off

The Omphalos

Posted on January 28, 2026 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 124: Ezekiel 17 You can quickly discern who is a fake scholar of ancient religions by how they take the ANE mythology literally. Fake scholars (the kind typically hired for TV shows about ancient history) will talk … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged biblical scholarship, Garden of Eden, Hebrew epistemology, Hebrew language, Mount Zion, Mt Gerizim and Ebal, omphalos, parable, Prophet Ezekiel, Shechem, symbolic references, the Spirit Realm, Tree of Life | 9 Comments

Identifying Abraham’s Ur

Posted on January 17, 2026 by ehurst

I’m chasing a rabbit here. While listening to Heiser’s podcast on Ezekiel 16, he brought up the question of where Abraham’s Ur actually was. The issue arises where Ezekiel slaps down the arrogant attitude of the elders that they descended … Continue reading →

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An Issue with Ezekiel 14

Posted on January 13, 2026 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 122: Ezekiel 14-15 Right in the middle of this podcast, roughly the 20:00 mark, Heiser begins talking about Ezekiel 14. Later at the 30:00 mark he raises a couple of small issues that I want to address. … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged ancient babylon, babylonian exile, biblical scholarship, Hebrew oral lore, Job, Prophet Daniel, Prophet Ezekiel | 1 Comment

The Mind of the New Covenant

Posted on January 3, 2026 by ehurst

We’ve been discussing the Hebrew concept of sin. In particular, we are trying to separate ourselves from the iron grip of western judicial reasoning so that our study of the Bible in general, and the New Testament in particular, is … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged community, fleshly nature, Hebrew Mysticism, individualism, Jubilee, Michael S. Heiser, moral purity, New Testament, OT, righteousness, ritual observances, sin, Unseen Realm | 1 Comment

Jesus the Hebrew Mystic

Posted on December 21, 2025 by ehurst

Nobody has to tell me that my previous post stirred up a hornets’ nest. The challenge here is shifting your expectations and mental reflexes over to a genuine Hebrew outlook. What did the Hebrews prior to the introduction of Hellenism … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged atonement, covenant, divine election, fleshly nature, Hebrew epistemology, Hebrew Mysticism, innocence, law, old testament, sin, spiritual birth, systematic theology, the Fall | Comments Off

No Original Sin

Posted on December 20, 2025 by ehurst

Re: Paul, Original Sin, and Rabbinic Theology It’s not as if the Hebrew people were poor, benighted bumpkins who never really understood God, and that somehow only after the church embraced western rationalism did the truth finally come out. If … Continue reading →

Posted in bible | Tagged Adam, covenant, crime, false guilt, fleshly nature, Leviticus, offerings, original sin, peace with god, rituals, the Cross, the Fall | 1 Comment

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