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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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House Churches
Re: Naked Bible 98: House Churches. In this episode, Heiser interviews a couple of men who have been involved in ministries and fellowships outside of the traditional institutional church atmosphere. This, of course, is something near and dear to my … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative church, Didache, ecclesiology, eldercraft, house church, Michael S. Heiser
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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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Working Assumptions
We’ve mentioned before that we tend to favor annihilationism. That’s the notion that Hell/the Abyss is not eternal, and that everyone already there or going there will be annihilated at Judgment Day. Nobody roasts in Hell eternally. But as Catacomb … Continue reading
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Tagged annihilation, Elohim Council, Hell, Lake of Fire, Michael S. Heiser, Nephilim, Sigma Frame, The Abyss, Watchers
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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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Already Provided
God set His humans in the Garden to manage things for Him and His glory. They were imbued with a native understanding of what He required of them. No one had to tell them where the boundaries of moral action … Continue reading
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Tagged Creation, Garden of Eden, human existence, Michael S. Heiser, Nephilim, the Flaming Sword, Three Rebellions
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It’s the Rituals
Re: Naked Bible 79: Leviticus 17-18 We aren’t through with Leviticus. Already we’ve discovered some details that most readers never catch because the Hebraic and ANE background are missing. Starting in Leviticus 17 through 26, we are looking at what … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient magic, ANE, atonement, Canaan, hebrew culture, human sexuality, Leviticus, Michael S. Heiser, pagan religion, ritual observances, sacrifices
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Leviticus and Sacrifices
It’s not just Heiser, though I believe he leads the way in clarifying the sacrificial system in the Old Testament, but a lot of obscure scholarship attempts to dig into something that most Christians just do not understand. Naturally, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Covenant of Christ, Jesus Christ, Law of Moses, Leviticus, Michael S. Heiser, ritual observances, sacrifices
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The Bible in Your Heart
For this Bible lesson, instead of a discrete study of specific Bible passages, I’m going to ask you to think broadly about the Bible as a whole. We are supposed to embody the Word of God, to be the Bible … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical scholarship, Covenant of Christ, faith, human capabilities, human choices, Michael S. Heiser, scripture, Thorleif Boman, Unseen Realm
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