Tag Archives: Three Rebellions

Not the Center

I’ve pressed people on this. When I first began to explain my understanding of the thesis of the Unseen Realm, people objected. While they might be able to offer reasoned objections based on mainstream theology, only a few could pin … Continue reading

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For Jesus’ Name

Upon some offline discussions about Divine Election, it seems I need to add some clarifications. Start with the foundation: We cannot know eternal things the way we know about our lives here in the Fallen Realm. From ancient times, our … Continue reading

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No Shortcuts to Faith

What would we say is our gospel message? It’s certainly different from the mainstream. Because we strive to understand the biblical Hebrew outlook on things, we don’t see the fundamental human need the same. For us, it’s not about sins, … Continue reading

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More Than a Conspiracy

Re: Naked Bible 149: Q&A with Fern, Audrey, and Beth As Heiser warns up front, this is not a model for ministry. Rather, this interview aims to answer basic questions about how the Enemy and his allies operate. What is … Continue reading

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His One Law

In Acts 1, the resurrected Jesus warned His followers that they were not going to hear from God about specific human political changes, because those issues didn’t matter to His Kingdom. He wanted them to focus on spiritual power for … Continue reading

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Escaping the Empire

There were three rebellions in the Unseen Realm: the Fall in the Garden, the Watchers before the Flood, and the betrayal after the Tower of Babel. The Cross addressed all three. NT evangelism should also address all three. Churches today … Continue reading

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Not Flying Saucers

Ref: Naked Bible 112: Ezekiel 1 & Ezekiel 1 PDF I assure you that this really does require the companion PDF from Heiser. This is an academic study on the imagery of the Ancient Near East (ANE) in general and … Continue reading

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The Days of Noah

Let’s review the Three Rebellions: The Fall in the Garden, the descent of the Watchers, and the rise of idolatry after the Tower of Babel. The Fall brought mortality; that’s what the Fall and the symbol of Adam is all … Continue reading

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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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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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