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Scripture and Plausible Deniability
Re: Naked Bible 104: How We Got the Old Testament If there is one partisan difference you can point to the defines the separation point between fundamentalists and conservatives on the Bible, this podcast will do it. Coming from someone … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Fundamentalists, conviction, English translations, Hebrew Scripture, human reason, logic, OT, plausible deniability, The Bible
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Moses as Scholar
Re: Naked Bible 103: Moses and the Bronze Serpent I’m a little irritated by this podcast; the reason will seem obscure to some folks. Bear with me. Lots of believers today appear to find the fiery serpent narrative in Numbers … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Babylon, Bronze Serpent, Egypt, Hebrew epistemology, Jethro, King Hezekiah, Michael S. Heiser, Moses, scholarship, serpent, symbolic references, sympathetic magic, western bias
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Jesus on the Tribulation
If you have a broad and clear grasp of Old Testament history, then you should be able to dive right into Heiser’s stuff and be able to stay afloat. Most people lose track because all they know about such history … Continue reading
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Tagged Gentiles, Hasmoneans, Herodians, Jews, Maccabees, messianic expectations, Michael S. Heiser, Pentecost, prophecy, Restoration, tribulation
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OT Echoes in the Resurrection
Re: Naked Bible 95: David Burnett — Resurrection and the Death of the Gods – On the podcast, Heiser features a PhD student sharing a paper he was preparing for presentation at a scholarly conference. His thesis is that Paul’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Deuteronomy 32, Elohim Council, human identity, Michael S. Heiser, Philo, Psalm 82, resurrection, Unseen Realm
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Galatians 3-4 and the Watchers
This is based on combining two Naked Bible podcasts – Naked Bible 93: The Book of Enoch in the Early Church and Naked Bible 94: The Sin of the Watchers and Galatians 3-4. The first is a fuller explanation of … Continue reading
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Tagged Elohim Council, Galatians, Law of Moses, Messiah, Nephilim, the Fall, Three Rebellions, Watchers
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Sin and Covenant
Once again, I’m going to ask you to think about the Bible as a whole as we look at some problems we face in getting our message across. I’ve said this before: the biblical concept of covenant is not the … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant, Early Church Fathers, fleshly nature, Law and Grace, Medieval Church, Reformation, sin, systematic theology, western intellectual heritage
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The Book of Life
Ref: Naked Bible Podcast #89 The concept of “books” in Heaven is borrowed from Sumer and Mesopotamia. The more ancient concept is “tablets of destinies”. Heiser approaches the question of just how much of our existence is predestined under the … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Life, divine election, King David, King Saul, Mesopotamia, Michael S. Heiser, Moses, Persian Empire, predestination, prophet isaiah, prophet jeremiah, Second Temple, Sumer
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No Comparison
The whole letter of Hebrews is focused on the New Covenant in contrast to the Old. Many of us recall how Chapter 11 reviews the host of faithful from the Old who are now watching us from Heaven. The New … Continue reading
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Tagged Covenant of Christ, covenants, fleshly nature, Hebrews, human suffering, otherworldly, the Cross, the Devil, tribulation
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The Great Swap
Re: Naked Bible 102: What does “All Israel will be saved” Mean? Church folks who ignore the Second Temple literature, particularly how it interprets the OT, will build a theology that is utterly rootless and alien to the New Testament. … Continue reading →