What the Bible ACTUALLY Teaches about Demons (w/ Dr. Michael Heiser)

[@GospelSimplicity]

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[@annalynn9325]

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[@jamie6580]

Good morning from SC!

[@ezriderspewstruth8867]

I saw a gray 👽 at 3am 9years ago....at first I was astounded but months later I started to realize that thing didn’t have my best intentions in mind. 40ft sides, equilateral triangle 7ft thick. Flat black darker than night sky, seamless. Three propulsion ports goldfish orangish white, no heat or wind dispersion. Tree top low Altitude , goin the speed of a sprinter. My generation will worship them as aliens here to fix all our problems. BEWARE

[@dash72dash]

Hi, first time watching one of your videos, but I had to stop because the audio of your guest was very har to listen to because of very poor audio...

[@livedbothways]

I hit my knees one day, in the middle of my driveway, with tears in my eyes, and cried out to God about the suffering in the world, the corruption that took advantage of people, the lies and manipulations- why God do you allow this to happen? As I paused in my grief from my daily business, I heard, “Everyone gets to choose.” It was not what I expected, nor what I had hoped to hear. I have pondered it for years now. I understand. I got to choose how I live. I made some horrible choices along the way that hurt me as well as others. I also made the choice to change my ways… to repent of my self destructive lifestyle. He rescued me from myself. Even though I mocked Him and anyone who claimed belief in Him. He still saved me. What kind of King does this!? The conquering King of Love saves like that. He does not destroy His enemies, He rescues them. Thank you Jesus for making this possible. Thank you. Thank you.

[@rockyroadranch72]

Beautiful testimony!

[@joshbell5314]

Well said

[@leighatkins22]

Yes... all I get in this life are choices and time, and the time isn't even guaranteed. So all I get is choices, and those choices are only about me... I only get to control me, but that is enough! I am here to gain experience so I can learn how to make better choices, and eventually the goal is for me to learn how to choose my best way out of this path I have been placed on, and eventually choose, on behalf of my species, to never ever again do what we did right in the beginning. Every problem we have on this planet is about power... ppl who take power that isn't theirs, ppl who give away their power, and ppl who abuse the power they have. What Adam and Eve did was take power that wasn't theirs, and that is how they corrupted their own gene pool. When a child breaks a rule, you make them face the consequences and all the pain that entails, and you discuss with them what they did and where it lead them, so they can see the connection between the choice they made and the results it yielded for them. You don't rescue them from their pain or they will never see the full lesson, and they must or they will just keep making that same bad choice over and over again, and no-one wants that! So yes, we all get to choose, and the sooner we all realize why we're here in this mess, what this entire lesson is about, the sooner we can make better choices and end it all. We can never go back to what we were, but we can push forward thru this lesson as a species and finally get to a place where we can put this lesson and all its pain in the past, and get back on a path which once again has hope for a brighter future, everything else happening on this planet is a deserate distraction from this one goal, trying to stop you from reaching the end, so we must remain focused... this is why he calls it a race... and God's grace, love and strength is all we have to help us to do that Yes, thank you Jesus, thank you God ❤😊👍

[@4330076]

@Zippitydoodah he sounds like God to me! He gave us free will, in the end, that is all we have, our free will. We are not puppets, we get to chose what we want for our lives, and if we want a life without God, that is exactly what we will get! But if we seek Him, we shall find Him, and He will show us the way.

[@TheMonteCarlo]

what do you mean you "heard?" that

[@PeteKaltsa]

I’ve had a demonic attack experience and what I learnt from that is that Satan will try and kill you the first opportunity he has and he absolutely fears the name Jesus and cowers at it. Jesus alone has the power. Do not think that you can control them. It’s his name that they fear and you must submit your authority to Christ to fend off any attack from them.

[@1Hope4All]

Are you Catholic?

[@jakobrose8278]

No he won't and no he doesn't. If "Satan" is real I promise he doesn't care enough about you to even try. People do a fine job of killing themselves and each other.

[@chrisvalenzuela7911]

@@jakobrose8278 lol, understandable comment if you're an atheist. If you're a Christian, oh my...

[@jakobrose8278]

@@chrisvalenzuela7911 Former Christian.

[@Refulgent_Rascal]

@@1Hope4All why do you ask that question to him?

[@DrejkdApologetics]

Rest in peace Mike, I have learned so much from you.

[@amery8887]

Did he Die???...😳🙌🏾💚😇

[@plj2084]

@@amery8887 Yes! He passed over to the Spiritual Realm as had Cancer 🌫️👤🌫️👥👥👥👥💫💫💫💫💥💛

[@roybatty2544]

Same here.

[@TheElizabethashby]

HE AINT RESTING ONLY HIS BODY IS

[@singingpretty]

Dr. Heiser went to be with Jesus this week. Thanks for having him as a guest for this interview. What a blessing. I just discovered your channel today, good timing. I found you because you discussed the Eucharist / Pentecostal thing.

[@theguyver4934]

Just like biblical and historical evidence proves that jesus and his apostles were vegatarians biblical and historical evidence also proves that the trinity, atonement, original sin and hell are very late misinterpretations and are not supported by the early creed hence its not a part of Christianity I pray that Allah swt revives Christianity both inside and out preserves and protects it and makes its massage be witnessed by all people but at the right moment, place and time The secred text of the Bible says ye shall know them by their fruits So too that I say to my christian brothers and sisters be fruitful and multiply Best regards from a Muslim ( line of ismail )

[@altonbrek]

​@@theguyver4934 Really!? 🤔 ...... 😮

[@Sammo212]

@@theguyver4934 Jesus ate fish...and its easily assumed that he ate lamb at Passover.

[@ceedee873]

​@@Sammo212He also drank wine, which is a sin for Muslims, who also happen to call Jesus a Muslim.. lol

[@ceedee873]

​​​​@@theguyver4934Jesus was a Pescatarian, and he's going to come back with God in the end times, not Muhammad, Allah saved Isa and not Muhammad, Abraham never travelled to Hijaz and the Kaaba was never mentioned in the bible. Although you and your Arab brethren are descendants of Ishmael, that much is true. Because Hagar and Ishmael had to migrate into the desert away from YHWH's household with Isaac, Sarah and Abraham. The birth of Isaac was a miracle and became Abraham's sole heir and established a covenant with Isaac and his descendants, whose bloodline ends up reaching Jesus, as promised by the sovereign God YHWH in the bible. Hence Jesus coming back with Allah and not Muhammad in the end times, it just proves that the Quran was the corrupted book to me. The bible explains it so clearly. God bless and safe journeys.

[@method1224]

Thank you for how disciplined and professional you are in listening and even smiling and gesturing without sound and distraction to let your speaker connect his thoughts. You’re one of the best interviewer I ever seen.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thank you so much!

[@Sapientiaa]

@@GospelSimplicity Could you put time stamps in the description.

[@michellenash6802]

I completely agree!!!!

[@andrewlineberger7544]

Well said

[@mariaathanassiou5264]

Here, here.

[@JMontana-zr6iz]

Great interview with a man I love and respect. You let him talk without talking over him. Appreciate that because it is rare for interviewers to be quiet and let the speaker, the expert, do what they do is educate ideas they have studied. Fantastic job!

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks for the encouraging feedback!

[@JMontana-zr6iz]

I am new to your channel and I appreciate your content. Blessings and peace, brother.

[@russellh1964]

I was saddened by his death from cancer. I rejoice knowing we will see Mr. Heiser again.

[@lapetitemoma]

I just now came to this video. I've been following Dr. Heiser for a couple months, and as a lay person, l have come to realize so many of my suspicions about the supernatural world. I don't have a clue on reading Hebrew or Greek, but he has taught me so much. However, my son will not have anything to do with him. He went off on me when I shared Psalms 82. He said God was not talking about god's, he was talking about people. Which is a footnote in John. He always has a come back, so I just leave him alone and still love him. I only recon that it's not time for him to take this step of understanding. God bless y'all for your work.

[@Marlaina]

As Heiser had said, there isn’t Jewish dudes standing around in the third Heaven lol

[@lisas4163]

I just came across your channel and watched this video because of Dr. Heiser. It’s such a great loss for us that he was called home recently, but it has been wonderful to see so many interviews with him and videos of his own showing up all over my y2 feed. Fortunately, his teachings are still with us in his books, videos, interviews and podcasts that we and future generations can continue to benefit from his deep insight into the spiritual world that is documented in our Bible and other related texts from the ancient world. I look forward to checking out some of the other videos on your channel. Keep up the good work!

[@ThutoTsile]

Chuch Missler was a pioneer of taking the biblical text in context and im forever grateful for setting me up this road, Dr Heiser is truly a blessing to this journey . love the sponsor.

[@DentyOne]

Absolutely, Chuck was an amazing man and he was the very first teacher I ever heard who explained the historic understanding of the origin of demons.

[@mordecaialivanallenoshea7532]

@@DentyOne Agreed! I've been learning from Chuck since I was 16. I'm 41 now and I'm still gaining insight through his amazing teachings.

[@mariau2329]

Amen!!

[@michelhaineault6654]

to see all as literal as do the dispensationalisms is deeply wrong.

[@paulfoor7388]

I love Chuck. Dont know why he isnt more well known.

[@flintliddon]

Great interview. Dr. Heiser’s work has deepened my faith. Without changing the basic tenet of Christianity: Christ died for our sins because we needed it and could not earn salvation on our own-because God loves His children.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@leighatkins22]

You know something that i cannot stop thinking about? When God gave 'the woman' to Adam in the Garden of Eden, he married them right there (Genesis 2:25) and told them to go forth and multiply and fill the earth (Genesis 1:28). So, it is fairly safe to assume that they went and began doing that straight away! That means that they most likely had many children right there in the garden, and who knows how many and for how long tbh? Now after Adam and his wife both ate from the tree of knowledge of good and bad, and they forevermore mutated their own genetic code by doing so, they were kicked out so that they would have to begin the long process of dying becoz they were told they'd die if they ate of it and God had to keep his word (Genesis 2:17) so that was achieved by keeping them away from the tree of life (Genesis 3:22). So if that is how things happened, then they not only had to leave their home behind, they also left all their still genetically perfect children behind, becoz only Adam and his wife ate of the fruit, and no-one else is mentioned as being expelled but exclusively these 2, becoz only they were now mutated and imperfect, and if you leave corruption in with perfection, like 1 rotten apple, you will lose the entire crate. But how awful for them, to leave their beloved children behind, and what terrible pain to carry! No wonder flaming swords had to be placed at the entrance!!!! Now these children would probably have also continued to breed and multiply in the garden just as Adam and Eve's offspring did on the outside, right up until they had to be removed to somewhere else becoz Noah's flood put everything under permanent oceans from thereon in. This means that they continued to learn and grow alongside us and becoz they were still perfect, their progress would have been amazing, exactly what we were SUPPOSED to be, had we not done ourselves in first... 🙄 - talk about finding out that you have a twin brother, and that the only reason you never knew was coz it was YOU who was the evil twin that they tried to keep locked up and hidden away! 🤣 Now do we have any clues to support this conjecture? We most certainly do! In Genesis, God turns to the woman and tells her that as punishment, he would cause her to experience great pain during childbirth (Genesis 3:16). Now if she hadn't already given birth in the garden, that would mean nothing to her! What is childbirth? What are children? It would have been a meaningless threat, and that's just not God's style! Also, in John 10:16, Jesus tells us that he also had other sheep to visit that they were not of this fold, and there has been much speculation about who these were, but this could fit this too. Another one? Just after they were told that they were going to have to leave, it was only then that Adam renamed his wife "Eve" becoz she WAS the "mother of all living" - a gesture to remind everyone else present that she would always be their mum! ❤ She already had a name that identified her as coming from him, but now that this horribly momentous occassion was about to occur, he considered her identity as to her children and their place in her heart! And there are probably countless other clues in the bible to help support this as well that i haven't yet caught onto, so i'm still looking... So... he already had a entire batch of perfect children to work with, an entire whole section of the creation worked out perfectly! So why would he bother to even give the defective, broken part any more attention? Especially if it was so stupid that it did this thing to itself?!? Becoz his mercy and his love for ALL of his children is overwhelmingly eternal! And that salvation he has given us is our only way of finally getting to a place where we can once again move forward and leave this big mistake behind - we can never go back to what we were, but we can sure push forward thru the lesson, learn from it and put it in the past where it belongs! And his incredible love and compassion for our plight and suffering is his gift to us, if we want it ❤😊👍

[@marciasloan534]

AMEN

[@crakhaed]

@@leighatkins22 this was a wild ride. You've convinced me. 😂 I've never thought about that before but damn, the way you lay it out here is seriously compelling. Did you come up with all of this completely on your own or has anyone else ever talked about this? It makes so much sense once you say it that God wouldn't threaten A&E with something they couldn't appreciate as such, to understand the pain to come by being able to compare to the lack before. That's really dark, especially when you recall the age that generation was said to live to, (multiple 100's, I think?) And the amount of suffering had to feel increased in the context of remembering the past experience of perfection. Loved your use of emojis and humor and it was just a really well-written comment. And because the apple = knowledge, eating the apple = gaining self-awareness or self-knowledge, and A&E eating out of desire (too early) while lacking the understanding or wisdom to wield it (knowledge) properly, it results in the punishments of death and suffering? Damn. Deep.

[@leighatkins22]

@@crakhaed Well thanks man!!! 😊 i'm glad you understood it so well! And no, i've never heard anyone else mention this... some ppl were speculating about what "eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and bad" actually meant and someone suggested they had sex and were kicked out for it. So i re-read Genesis and realized that they were told to go forth and multiply the moment the woman was given to Adam, so they would have started straight away and that's when it hit me! Sex has consequences does it not!?!??! 🤣 And there are so many realizations i've had just like that 1, from reading Genesis very carefully and reading between the lines with God's spirit there revealing them for me, becoz Genesis covers a HUGE amount of history in such a short chapter... and reading Revelations answers alot of questions that arise ftom Genesis as well! I'm glad you liked the point i was making becoz i think our culture has been fed a narrative of 2 ppl in a neat clipped french garden which has only served to not only close our minds, but honestly, it sounds kinda boring, and i know it definitely wasn't!!! 😄😅

[@joshuavarner8554]

the difference in those who read the Bible to master its wisdom and those who read the Bible out of a kinda search for who God is and who we are to Him. I see what Micheal is saying about misconception and predetermined interpretation of scripture rather than letting the scriptures speak to and read the reader. Its like my dad would say to me, " the Bible reads you" and the scriptures are alive and sustain the worshiper as bread is food to the body. also as scripture says" and they will all be taught of God" the Holy Spirit is the key that unlocks the scriptures.

[@salskars6637]

Dr. Michael Heiser is always on point and never fails. You're a fantastic interviewer that uncommonly never interrupts the guest yet you asked great question that further the discussion. Great job.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thank you so much for the kind feedback!

[@CRoadwarrior]

Actually, Dr. Heiser is off point and misreads simple Scripture on a regular basis, as revealed here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYrLnIxpa7Jno9k&ab_channel=CRoadwarrior

[@1Hope4All]

@@CRoadwarrior That's laughable. Believing you compared to believing Dr. Michael Heiser is like believing Bugs Bunny over believing a scholar with years of study. I saw your video and it's laughable. And although this man is not Catholic, he's credible compared to you. I only believe what a Catholic priest who knows demons says about demons. I know several exorcists. I've heard them speak about demons. They would highly disagree with you. So unless you have personally encountered demons and have exorcized demons out of people, do not speak about demons. You'll look foolish.

[@CRoadwarrior]

@@1Hope4All Now that's actually REALLY laughable. I know both Hebrew and Greek and learned both at the graduate level. I actually taught myself NT Greek BEFORE entering seminary, something most don't do, and had that knowledge tested and verified by an accredited university in New York. So comparing me to "Bugs Bunny" is more than a joke, and shows you don't do your own credible research to even know what you're talking about. I have my own scholarship and do not depend on the Dr. Heisers of the world, who regularly fool uneducated and ignorant people because too many people blindly trust what they say. So he is NOT more credible than me simply because you think so in ignorance, or because you think that just because he has a doctorate and I don't yet, that this somehow gives him more credibility. Logically speaking, that is a non sequitur fallacy and bad reasoning. I have personally had encounters with demons. But even if I had not, I have what GOD has to say about them in the Bible and their relationship to us and the world, and therefore my understanding is solid, credible and stands regardless of your ignorant claims. I'm not the one looking truly foolish.

[@1Hope4All]

@@CRoadwarrior Unless you're a Catholic priest exorcist who has had encounters with demons many times for many years, *and* has *exorcized demons out of people,* I will not believe a word from your arrogant self. All you do is brag on yourself.

[@karricompton]

Thanks for this interview. I love Dr. Heiser. I’ve been studying the Bible for over 20 years and I’ve never heard some of the things he teaches. I absolutely love understanding the Bible better. I just can’t get enough!

[@theguyver4934]

Just like biblical and historical evidence proves that jesus and his apostles were vegatarians biblical and historical evidence also proves that the trinity, atonement, original sin and hell are very late misinterpretations and are not supported by the early creed hence its not a part of Christianity I pray that Allah swt revives Christianity both inside and out preserves and protects it and makes its massage be witnessed by all people but at the right moment, place and time The secred text of the Bible says ye shall know them by their fruits So too that I say to my christian brothers and sisters be fruitful and multiply Best regards from a Muslim ( line of ismail )

[@TheBABoomer]

Great questions. I love how you allow him ample time to fully develop and express his thoughts. It’s so pleasant to listen to him. RIP Dr. Heiser

[@amery8887]

How did he Die???. 🤔🙌🏾💚😇

[@TheBABoomer]

@@amery8887 pancreatic cancer

[@amery8887]

@@TheBABoomer Oh no, That's what I struggle with, I almost died back in 2018 mine is self inflicted, with obesity and over indulgence, but now I have been trying to change and live more healthy. This Man died before his time.🧐🙌🏾💚😇

[@DoctorLazertron]

I just heard of his passing, and this video wasn’t recommended to me - I saw it on your page looking for talks with Jonathan Pageau, and came across this literally 10 seconds after hearing about Dr. Heiser. Looking forward to listening to this.

[@CarsonWeber]

“The Israelites aren’t the ancient idiots of the world…” Love it!

[@jamesmoore5630]

I am a Roman Catholic Monk of 15 years, and a Catholic of 45 years. I am 60. I have worked my whole life on the subject of demons, the devil, Satan, Lucifer, Majic, ect. And I chose to work casting out demons. I am not, an exorcist, as I don't work on possessed individuals, I work on the evil Sprit itself. I do make sure to own no idols, pagen items, symbols, and I bless everthing that comes inside my house. My house is blessed, however as much as I know, not to temp the devil, I have vowed not to let him rest either!!! If one suffers, we all suffer!!! In Jesus Name we Pray, Amen. Brother James Kendall Moore OSB OFS OSC. "Medicine Park-The Holy City," Oklahoma.(Named by FDR in 1934)

[@attackofthewindmills]

I have this in common. In Jesus Christ's name

[@matthewmaynard5460]

I bet you stay pretty busy nowadays. How do you feel about the current geopolitical crises in relation to the end of times?

[@attackofthewindmills]

@@matthewmaynard5460 If Russia stays soveign and they don't advance forward then it doesn't give the NATO to advance into Russia. They do want to draw us into a war with the false flag or such. It should be a peace settlement. The ultimate end game is to destabilize the middle east especially around Israel namely. We don't want an issue there. The Russians have provided the opposite of war and that would be more in human needs. That doesn't mean the US people aren't kind. It means the military and govt officials entrenched are wanting the wars. When you look at Russia don't be surprised at this hell because I believe he means this but the ultimate result of a centralized power is it goes back to governing and one person will either get corrupt or more and more out of tune with the local economies. I feel in the US we can what is more like a spiritual economy which is one unit of production can produce one or more. Vs one wante to reduce labor cost- goods get cheaper at expense of a person's job. It's still free market but that's theory. The reason I bring it up is because the world doesn't have to be this way and we aren't really to know the future of humanity. Christ must be shown now as if Christ has returned because in my heart he is here in the Holy Spirit. Finally, if we understand we have passed a stage and now have moved toward a chance of brotherly and sisterly love-which will start we can continue on. My understanding of the end times was it wasn't something I should predict but something more important is to treat my work for GOD without knowing when is the end. I started to dig into revelation and there is no end of time but there is not a return of Christ in the body but in the realm that is behind the material. Christ's kingdom must start with us because we are the Church. There speaks of two struggles 1 in the old Testament and one in the end with Sorath. I believe we have contained in a way the first battle. In the old testament Gabriel said he was being held back and finally was able to bring the message. He was coming from a future battle but that isn't Sorath. For that to happen every man and woman must have all the chances to come to Christ. Until the world has been fully evangelized then it isn't that final battle. There is the exorcism of principalities over governments but you will know if it is the individual's battle and it will not be pretty. If you have to know something then the meeting of a demon was like the air in the room became dark even with sunlight. You should not be afraid but instead you should have a heart of determination and bravery and indignation. You must see this demon and know the name and expell. One thing I learned is that I should cast it and into a chamber and not back out into the world. It is called the , I'll have to look up the word. My stance is very rare but maybe it's only exorcist who can see this part. If you were to face one then it would start with obsessing over something, it manifest into something in your body vs outside, very rarely is there possession but then the person must want it. So we are in a war of attribution. You have to fight as if there is no end and if you can say yes to that and continue to maintain faith in Christ then we are with you. If it discourages you that we won't have a straight obvious victory then I encourage you that the victory has been decisive when Christ resurrected. Jesus Christ conquered by sacrificed on Golgatha.

[@attackofthewindmills]

In regards to Russia in providing needs I meant it in regards to the players in the middle east. If a nation is in position to stabilize an area who are at war it would be the one who has been providing stability. Russia had done that. We are in an era in which war is going to be fought in the non material and war that is fought with physical weapons would be dying by the sword. This is the evolution of war because Satan will go after us with temptation. No one has ever been tempted by being forced. Therefore you'll see it won't be in any kind of oppression. Saying that, it doesn't mean people won't die. Instead, humans will bring in each other's destruction and this evil one will want to be the solution. Russia isn't going to be the problem as they have done things we see as a new axis of evil but well I will leave that to find out. One thing I know is He will work through any one of us. I find myself hating the evil that is I am honest I have the capacity as well. That allows me humility because I can't say I am more holy than any person who hasnt the same situation. That is the common characteristic of an exorcist at least the Catholic one and that is a mystical element, a psychic or Clairvoyance (consciousness of another being and it's intents and abilities vs your own) a knowledge of GODs word, a fearless and serving characteristic. An absolute opposition to what is vile. That last sentence is more personal when you see your own demon as you see in the outside and how I came to understand it must be contained and a part of us redeemed.

[@matthewmaynard5460]

@@attackofthewindmills thank you!

[@edwinmercado5723]

The young man has a beautiful serenity and a attentive soul.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thank you!

[@evolvingerinb]

I am not young, but love to watch and see young adults' journey in Jesus Christ. You have true value. Thank you and God Bless.

[@GospelSimplicity]

My pleasure!

[@Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christ]

@Robert Vann, Micah 5:2, the Messiah born in Bethlehem is FROM EVERLASTING. What is everlasting? NO BEGINNING, NO END. Isaiah 9:6, the Messiah Jesus Christ will be called THE MIGHTY GOD & EVERLASTING FATHER. Jesus Christ says in John 14 “He that hath seen Me HATH SEEN THE FATHER also”. John 1:1-14, Jesus Christ, the Word, who existed with God from the beginning, AND IS GOD, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, AND THE WORD WAS GOD”, all things were created BY THE WORD, who BECAME FLESH, and He, the Word, Jesus Christ, was in the world, AND THE WORLD WAS CREATED BY HIM, JESUS CHRIST, THE WORD, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, the Jewws of Isr@el, and His own received Him not. I paraphrased those verses, but the scriptures say JESUS CHRIST IS THE CREATOR, who is from EVERLASTING, which means Jesus Christ IS NOT A CREATED BEING, He existed in another form because He had to BECOME FLESH, and John 4 says God is SPIRIT, WHO BECAME FLESH. Nobody can tell an unbeliever like you who Jesus Christ truly is, because Jesus says the Father must reveal who Jesus Christ is through the indwelling Holy Spirit, which you don’t have, because John 1 says all who deny Jesus Christ is God in the flesh IS ANTICHRIST, and therefore Romans 8:9 says you are none of Christ’s because you deny who Jesus Christ says He is. In John 8:58 Jesus Christ says He is the I AM of Exodus 3:14, and the Jewws picked up rocks to stone Jesus for CLAIMING THAT HE IS THE GOD OF ISRAEL. In Revelation 1:17-18 Jesus Christ says He is the First and the Last of Isaiah 44:6, and these are both names of Jehovah in the Old Testament, because JESUS CHRIST IS GOD INCARNATE. He forgave sins, He raised the dead, He healed the lame, and gave sight to the blind, which are all things ONLY GOD can do. What did the Jewws say? Only God can forgive sins. What did Pilate write above Jesus’ head in 3 languages? JESUS CHRIST THE NAZARENE KING OF THE JEWWS, which in Hebrew the 1st letter of each word spelled out YHWH, the Hebrew Tetragrammaton and THE ETERNAL NAME OF ALMIGHTY GOD, JEHOVAH, and Jehovah says in Zechariah 12:10 that it was HIM THEY CRUCIFIED! “They will look upon ME whom they have pierced”. Jesus Christ was crucified FOR SAYING HE IS THE GOD OF ISRAEL, THE I AM, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, YHWH MANIFEST IN THE FLESH!!! Why does God refer to Himself as ELOHIM, A PLURAL FORM OF THE WORD FOR GOD? “Let US make man in OUR image, and in OUR likeness”, Genesis 1:26, and “Let US go down and scatter the people and confuse their language”, Genesis 11. Because God is TRIUNE, Father, Word, and Holy Ghost in ONE LIVING GOD, just like we’re triune, body, soul, and spirit, in ONE PERSON. That’s why Jehovah, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are ALL called God in the scriptures, which is why Jesus Christ has every right to call Himself I AM & the First and the Last, because He’s the Word, part of the Godhead, “For there are THREE who bear witness in Heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and THESE THREE ARE ONE” 1 John 5:7. Why a triune Godhead in the one true living God? Because of Deuteronomy 19:5, by the testimony of 2 or 3 WITNESSES shall all things be established, and the Godhead is the THREE WHO BEAR WITNESS IN HEAVEN. Jesus Christ is the FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD bodily, Colossians 2:9. Jesus Christ is the VISIBLE IMAGE of the INVISIBLE GOD, Colossians 1:15, so that means JESUS CHRIST IS GOD MANIFEST VISIBLY IN THE FLESH!! And Jesus Christ says everyone who denies He is I AM will DIE IN THEIR SINS, John 8:24. In Daniel 3 when Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego called on their God, YHWH, Jehovah, to deliver them from the fiery furnace, who did Nebuchadnezzar see as the 4th man in the fiery furnace? THE SON OF GOD, because the Son is the exact image of the Father manifest in His visible form! It’s not a son as humans think of a son being a male child. Jehovah is invisible, and when He makes Himself visible it’s the Son of God, nobody has seen the Father at any time (because He’s invisible) but the Son has declared Him (because the Son is the visible image of the invisible Jehovah). That’s why Jesus Christ says He is God in terms that the Jewws would understand, calling Himself I AM, saying He is one with His Father, and that is why they tried to kill Jesus for SAYING HE IS GOD!! Jesus is going to ask each of us “Who do YOU say that I am?”, and you’d better say He is who HE SAYS HE IS, and He says HE IS THE VISIBLE JEHOVAH. Read Genesis 18, that man that appears to Abraham, and Abraham knew it was THE LORD!!! Jehovah appears to Abraham as a man, and immediately Abraham knows it’s Jehovah, because that’s an Old Testament appearance of Christ, called a Christophany. The Jewws knew Jesus was saying He is their God. Why don’t you? Especially when that’s exactly why Jesus was crucified, for blasphemy, for saying He is Almighty God.

[@Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christ]

@Robert Vann, and you’re a liar against God, because God cannot lie, and therefore He will never contradict His written word, and He says it was HIM they crucified, and Jesus says He is I AM, and I AM WHO I AM is English translation of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, the eternal name of God. When you start trying to make Jesus a lesser God than the Father, that’s PAGANISM. Nowhere in scripture does it say the Father BIRTHED Christ spiritually. It says Jesus is EVERLASTING, and ALWAYS EXISTED WITH THE FATHER AND HOLY SPIRIT. They are ONE. You can’t have one and not the other. They all existed as ONE GOD from everlasting to everlasting, period. You can’t make up stuff that’s not in the Bible, saying the Father gave birth to Jesus, when the scriptures say Jesus ALWAYS EXISTED!

[@davidjanbaz7728]

@Robert Vann Peter thought Our God and Savior was Jesus Christ 2 Peter 1:1

[@suzannehartmann946]

@Robert Vann You have mistaken an insufficiency of semantics for an insoluble logic problem. You are wrong. Jesus pre-existed His INCARNATION. B'nai Elohim are sons of God created angels. Jesus always called Himself a Son of Man a TITLE. Also He is the Son of God a TITLE. Perhaps you also missed this: Genesis 3:15 and I put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He bruises your head, and you bruise His heel.” For all your cutesy funny faces you called all of us LIARS without sufficient reason. Look at that sentence carefully. Women have EGGS. Consistently in the Word SEED refers to sperm. Not only was Jesus the Messiah born of a virgin, there was something DRAMATICALLY different about His conception. MORE of His substance came from His Father Elohim than His mother Miriam (Mary) unlike any other birth ever. Adam and Eve were not "born" or "conceived" in the usual way either. And of course just because Jesus Yeshua came to earth human, fully human, did not mean He left any of His power, authority or infinite or any other part of His nature apart from Himself. Your "simple" explanation is inconsistent with scripture and dishonors God and His SON. Yeshua did not "come out" of His Father's Being, the part of this you are missing is THEY ARE and have always been ONE and the same. Because YOU and I are limited in time and cannot have existed prior to being born does not limit God Yahweh. I have a BODY a MIND (will and emotions) and a SPIRIT. So does God in whose image I am made. God is capable of doing unique events that happen only once. Of doing things we cannot fully comprehend. Pretending we have to limit God to what we can understand is not consistent with faith. I trust that God says what He means and MEANS what He says. I do not have to twist scripture or concepts from His Word to comfort my limited understanding. I try instead to mold my thinking to match the wonder and amazement of the full Word of God. By the way, my mother was a Troutt, that means I am fully accepted by her family. My father was a Smead. So I am fully accepted by his family. I do not have to pick one or consider myself half and half. Only people deep into DNA as somehow equal to full identity rather than limited blueprints for proteins believe that. People and their identity are more than a few genes. Psalm 139:13 For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. my inmost being; כִלְיֹתָ֑י (ḵil·yō·ṯāy) Strong's Hebrew 3629: 1) kidneys 1a) of physical organ (lit.) 1b) of seat of emotion and affection (fig.) 1c) of sacrificial animals You knit me together תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִי (tə·suk·kê·nî) Strong's Hebrew 5526: 1) (Qal) to hedge, fence about, shut in 2) to block, overshadow, screen, stop the approach, shut off, cover 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to screen, cover 2a2) to cover oneself 2a3) protector (participle) 2b) (Hiphil) 2b1) to screen, cover 2b2) to cover, defecate (euphemism) 3) (Qal) to cover, lay over 4) to weave together 4a) (Qal) to weave together 4b) (Pilpel) to weave, weave together SHALOM

[@markjeffries7150]

Austin, thank you for connecting to Faithful Counseling. I live with Schizoaffective Disorder with Depression. At the time of this writing, Country Music Superstar Naomi Judd took her own life a couple of days ago. Again, thank you for doing what you can to help smash the stigma.

[@GospelSimplicity]

It's my pleasure

[@cllh2011]

Picking up a Hebrew-Greek study Bible really does expand the scriptures...when I was given it, I was told to go slow...a lot of things do change. Watching a lot of Tim Mackies archive lectures help also.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Glad you've found that helpful!

[@AverageAmerican]

I love Tim!

[@vickymarinou6271]

Can you recommend which Hebrew Greek bible to get?

[@cllh2011]

@@vickymarinou6271 I use the Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible…

[@sweaterweather8789]

@@cllh2011 The KJV or ESV?

[@roybatty2544]

Best Bible Teacher Scholar I've Ever Known Of . His videos really taught me to be in awe & reverence for God , Christ & Holy Spirit & God's Holy Word even more than I was B4. Felt like a brother passed . Thank you for keeping this video on for us. God be with you.

[@thesequeiras4003]

Time stamp 46:30 “wow, no we have a problem”. I don’t know why, but the way he presented that just grabbed my attention like a child waiting for what he is about to tell us next. This was powerful and deep.

[@jeffharris4593]

“sometimes the Bible means when it says”? Is this representative of evangelical thought? If you don’t believe in demons and angels it would seem to me you don’t know what the whole point is.

[@deborahszafraniec4829]

@ChevyMan#1 Gene Kim? Not everyone is going to line up with that guy.

[@seankennedy4284]

_"Sometimes the Bible means when it says.”_ Is a reference to Dr. Heiser's work on Divine Council theology, as well as Genesis 6. The former introduces ideas superficially incompatible with monotheism, thus are found to be unpalatable to many (?) of Jewish faith. The latter reveals the idea of Nephilim, "men of renown," human giants who were the offspring of copulation between fallen angels and the "daughters of men." As perhaps one may appreciate, much effortful twisting and turning in order to reinterpret this message has occurred over the years by those uncomfortable with this line of thought. Yet both ideas are right there, in the plain text of scripture. So, yes, sometimes the Bible means what it says. Speaking less tongue-in-cheek, the Bible _always_ means what it says.

[@ConstantCompanion]

No, we believe in them. It's a matter of their role and the rules of the road. You see people all the time thinking they can Cassidy men's. When they have no idea what they're doing. There's rules.

[@johnpearce3714]

TAKE NOTE !! ------ GENESIS 6 IS REAL ---- THE GIANTS /. NEPHILIM !! ----- SEE ALSO -- L.A. MARZULLI , STEVE QUAYLE , TIM ALBERINO , GARY STEARMAN / PROPHECY WATCHERS , STEVE / THE BOOK OF ENOCH , YESHUA SAID MY NAME , SISTER RENEE ROLAND ON THE WEB & YOU TUBE. ------- YES , THE BODY OF CHRIST NEEDS TO WAKE UP TO THE REALITY OF THE WRITTEN " WORD " OF GOD THE FATHER , THE LORD YESHUA / JESUS CHRIST , THE HOLY SPIRIT ------ THE GODHEAD -- GENESIS 1 V. 26 --------- CHRIST FOR ALL ------

[@Kharmatos13]

it's called dispensationalism where you take every world of the bible literally. as in it says what it is says. all my life i've been in or around church and it makes the most sense when you take it word for word as word for word and not worry about peoples feelings.

[@nancywisdom8684]

I have been VERY impressed and enlightened from Dr. Michael Heiser's books. I've read many of them.

[@angelgolden2071]

Thank you so much for this interview. It inspires study and surrender; reminding me to do my best to understand and rightly apply biblical principles, while not leaning on my own understanding when the answers are unclear. A humble heart and unrelenting faith are required to stand in this evil day. We are never alone.

[@jonathanfoote2621]

Thousands of years ago the ancient Israelites with the lord's help fought hand to hand against the huge gaints, these tribes of gaints were created by the fallen angels having relations with human woman, today with the lord's help we fight against the spirits of these gaints. The fallen angels have been locked up in 7 mountains of magnificent stones far the east of the world until judgement day. These mountains are in my backyard in New Zealand, If you are a holy spirit filled Christian, and you have questions about the bible or the apocrypha, or you don't understand something, ask the lord to reveal what you want to know, the holy spirit is the great revealer of all things. Fast, pray and ask for him reveal the truth in the holy bible you want to know. And he will show you one way or another.

[@Earth2Flo-v6f]

No such thing as angels mating with women. Bible states, Angels neither marry nor given in marriage. The extremely giant people were the ancient Philistines, Goliath was bout 9 ft 3, that’s being giant, this is a lie and not true. Good goo.y, such ignorance out there, listen to Jim Brown Truth and Grace ministries on utube, at least you can learn some truth from him. We got a bunch of stupid preachers these days, teaching a easy Jesus, teaching “accept Christ” that’s another lie, we cannot a Sovereign God, God calls us, God accepts us, and we are the demons, our flesh, this is demonstrated by the phase Paul the apostle said, greater is he who is in me than he who is without, our flesh is without. Evilness is sure enough true, God made both evil and good. God hates evilness, since he is in charge, he, Jehovah God, can do anything he wants, he made the vessels, some he has ordained for destruction, some he predestined for life everlasting, demons are peoples ancestors and their pagan gods. The devil and his angels live locked in Tartarus, until judgement, they are not floating around here, we are the demons, our flesh, demon is the word daimonions in Greek, daimonions gave out fortunes to themselves or someone else,,,, we do have a lot of lying fake preachers who cannot define one word of the Bible, they cannot tell you the mistranslation in the NT, they know knowing.

[@knockoutfever4]

Check out Genesis and the Nephelim.

[@bethmakyeme1394]

@@Earth2Flo-v6f read the Bible of God Father of Jesus Christ then you will find the truth. God bless you.

[@wattycuffee5664]

@@Earth2Flo-v6f false. Yes Jesus said the angels in heaven don't marry or procreate. He was not talking about the fallen ones. They certainly did mate women and create the nephilim. Your completely wrong

[@thewhole_picture1743]

@@Earth2Flo-v6f The fact that fallen angels married human women and had children with them is in the Bible. The scripture about people not marrying and being as the angels in Heaven, is just that, in Heaven, where flesh and blood cannot go. The fallen angels left their first estate and took on flesh form (which all angels can do, and is shown in scriptures elsewhere). There are scriptures about the Nephilim being so big the Israelites were like grasshoppers in comparison. And look up the measurements of King Og's bed.

[@kathrynm9927]

I throughly enjoyed your interview with Dr.Heiser! It can be so frustrating to really listen to interviews where the host constantly interrupts or vies for intellectual interpretation. I also appreciated your gentle respectfulness allowing Dr. Heiser to complete his his entire thought. I could have easily listened to another hour and hope you have him back on soon. What I've learned most frm Dr. Heiser is just how wrong we've been taught about the "Unseen Realm" and how his teaching has opened doors I didn't even know were there. There must be a massive party in heaven when the children of God suddenly develop eyes that see for the first time! Awesome! Thank you!

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed the interview!

[@DanielApologetics]

Thank you for hosting this

[@GospelSimplicity]

My pleasure!

[@mariaathanassiou5264]

I love the way Gospel Simplicity thinks. Both speakers are right we need to understand the context of the times to understand everything on Scripture. There are many things self understood to readers of the times scripture was written that we don't quite understand. And this is where tradition helps because it has preserved the patristic understanding of all of Bibles mysteries

[@GospelSimplicity]

Glad to hear that!

[@jackiestowe6987]

Michael opened the Bible to a greater knowledge and understanding of what we face today. It connects the dots. I am grateful. God bless.

[@klue30]

Deliverance is revival.. the lord said to cast out demons in his name... We were given the authority in his name. God is amazing..

[@NsanzeJimmy1]

God gives the Authority not self given

[@amelitalibranda2176]

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[@jonkelley7713]

Come on USA. We are no longer the youth group adhd of the ‘80 going to a Christian Music Jam. Let us learn up. 😉

[@NsanzeJimmy1]

@@jonkelley7713 not sure if I’m understanding you

[@jeffharris4593]

The authority has been given to the priesthood.

[@Tiberius-84]

Im a saved Christian but I still fight my demons and familiar spirits. "My monsters are real, and they're trained how to kill" - Shinedown I am truly blessed, and truly cursed and I sit in the middle of a kind of heaven and hell. I've physically experienced so much spiritual interface that I hardly ever tell people. My wife doesn't even know all of it. I've been touched by the holy spirit many times, in overwhelming joy (visual miracles and audible miracles as well), but I have also been physically attacked by demons on a few occasions, among many other kinds of encounters. It is to a point that I no longer fear them. I wear the armor of Christ and I can walk through the darkness knowing that I am the strongest one there. Ever been haunted and simply scoff at their effort? I have. Be prepared for a backlash though. I say these things to strengthen your resolve. I don't want attention either way. There are amazing uses for faith + prayer, but they both must be used together with your whole heart. Don't fight demons alone. They are innumerable and never sleep. They will kill you if given the leverage. Christians are not immune, and it's not just a "lost soul" problem. Your greed, depression, anxiety, anger spikes, doubt, selfishness, lack-of-self-worth, and cynicism, are all leverages of familiar spirits to damage you over time, to suppress your true inner strength, and they search for your most destructive potentials to spiral you out of the equation. Anyway, rambling, sorry. Take care brothers and sisters in Christ, Truly.

[@taylordowns4444]

Is there a way I could private message you? I would like to ask you some questions if your willing to answer

[@jcarley1]

Fascinating stuff and it’s great that The Bible Project is working with Dr. Heiser to communicate it.

[@saintlybeginnings]

Wow.. Read your ‘About’ statement & saw you are from Frederick, MD. I moved to Middletown, MD before 3rd grade from Rockville (when it was still overwhelmingly farm land) (& prior, lived in several areas as my dad was in the Navy & then Army). I ended up moving to KS when my husband was relocated for work. I was not a genuine Christian (though I’d likely say I was at the time) but enrolled my kids in religious education classes as I had been. They were short on teachers and asked if I’d assist, I agreed. W/in 2 months the main teachers had a medical emergency & I was asked to teach the curriculum. That began my journey. While teaching all that kept coming to mind was “do not lead one of My children astray”. So I taught the curriculum but would research church history, read the support for each lesson, what evidence was there for said teaching, prior to every class. This, amongst several other graces God poured upon me, opening my eyes & humbling my mind, led me to finally take responsibility for my faith & God’s command to know Him, and led me firmly into the Catholic Church after about 2 1/2 years (I struggled w/ my tainted understanding of the Pope, the longest, which now seems silly as scripture shows the prefigure of the Seat of Peter, w/ the Seat of Moses, and is overwhelmingly filled w/ this physical structure of the Church throughout scripture).

[@yasminelove3665]

When I was growing up, sitting in church every Sunday, for as long as I can remember, I always viewed what I was hearing from the pulpit with suspicion. I always felt like there was something that I wasn’t being told, something that was being hidden from me, and that I wasn’t getting the full or correct story of the Bible. I think the main reason for that was because my world was blown at church camp one summer when I was about eight years old, when an event occurred that caused me to lose all faith in authority or “experts.” My parents and other adults had always taught me that there were no such things as monsters. But that reassuring truth I was taught was completely destroyed when I encountered a Sasquatch in the woods at church camp in California in the late 1960s. From that point on, every supposed expert was viewed by me with skepticism, and that holds true even today. But I hold Dr. Heiser in great esteem because he has broached the secrets of the Bible that no one else has either wanted to broach or had the brainpower to broach. Yet, with regard to Levitical laws having to do with blood, semen, etc., I still think Dr. Heiser is missing the mark a little. Since we know that the enemies of God hate humanity because we are created in God’s image, with his literal, divine DNA, we know that their ultimate goal is to destroy humanity and completely expunge the human race from Earth. The way they’ve been trying to do that all along is by corrupting the human genome, which contains the divine DNA of God The Most High. It’s the reason the Watchers mated with human women to create races of giants. It’s the reason, as the book of Enoch says, that Watchers were mixing species on Earth, creating hybrid monsters, of which I believe Sasquatch is one. It’s also the reason for the Great Flood, which was an attempt to remove all of the corrupted species from Earth, but which I believe ultimately failed. But the point is, by corrupting the DNA of humans, the Enemy could prevent the birth of the Messiah, whose blood (think DNA) was perfect and divine. Since that failed, the Enemy’s only recourse is to continue its goal of destroying humanity by destroying our God-given DNA. The reason blood, semen, disease, dead bodies, unclean (carnivorous) animals, etc., are mentioned and warned against all through the Bible is because those substances/creatures contain DNA. Especially blood and semen, which contain the most concentrated and highest-quality DNA. People have no clue how easy it is for your own DNA to be changed by coming in contact with the natural world. The saying is, when you have sex with someone, you’re also having sex with everyone they had sex with. Why do you think that is? Is it just a clever saying? Why does the Bible say that a man and woman who marry become one flesh and that this is a mystery? It’s because of DNA! Coming into contact with blood, semen, disease, wounds, even the foods we eat, changes our DNA! The modern field of study called Epigenetics confirms this. It states that correcting bad diet and bad behavior can heal a damaged gene within 3 to 4 generations. Isn’t it interesting that the Bible says, the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children to the third and fourth generation! The book of Leviticus, and other portions of the Torah, are God’s attempt to heal and protect his DNA within the human race. I very much suspect that the reason God chose Abram to be the progenitor of God’s people, is because Abram had the purest DNA of anyone on Earth at that time. It’s not just that “the life is in the blood,” it’s that divine DNA, the Creator’s blueprint for life itself, is in the blood! You wanna be closer to God, literally? Start living your life the way God instructs us in the Torah, and your DNA will become “cleaner,” less corrupt, with less disease, and then you’ll pass on cleaner DNA to your children.

[@insanetrickster]

Amazing. You gave me a lot to think about.

[@acs1602]

I agree to some extent of what you believe because the DNA stuff is something g I also have thought about, but remember Jesuschrist has completed the torah, fulfilled the law and also chekc this : Romans 14:14 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. The torah law was to set apart Israel from the other pagan nations, also all of it was a shadow of what was going to come (Yeshua Hamashiach) collosians 2:17 and hebrews 10:1 But it is truth that the seed of the woman will be fighting against the seed of the serpent until the 2nd coming, but Christ already crushed Its head, and we Just need to continue fighting until Jesus comes back... But yeah, the enemy seems to be trying to do the same he did on noahs days, it is even possible that demonic creatures were create by them, but the blood of Jesus is more powerful and thanks to him we have power over this things thanks to God!

[@LeavingBabylon_]

The seed of Abraham, is Christ, who, through his death, resurrection and ascension, makes us whole and restores all nations to the Father. Through faith we are born of God.

[@anthonylee5982]

The Giants (offspring of Angels and humans) were Satan's attempt to pollute the bloodline between Adam and Jesus so that Jesus could not be 100% man and 100% God... Noah's flood was so that God could wipe the giants from the face of the Earth...

[@78LedHead]

I love Mike Heiser. He's just pure honesty, no pussy footing around for tradition's sake. He's really helped open up the Bible for me like never before. God has used him greatly.

[@heydude7568]

except he doesn't believe in Jesus and he's also a liar and a false teacher

[@yvonnemorrow2251]

Hey dude, please share why you say this.

[@highjinx6519]

Yes please enlighten us.

[@heydude7568]

hes a proponent of the fake book of enoch, he sells merchandise promoting the fakery and a little test for you, find ONE SINGLE VIDEO where he gives thanks to God, where he prays, where he gives his testimony, ill-save you the time, he doesnt, he doesnt have the Holy Spitit in him AT ALL ive written to him to ask him several questions on enoch and all he did was make fun, i dont care two hoots about him mocking me, what i care about is him lying, being worshiped as some kind of genius and leading people astray with his merch, hes a cunning viper and he WILL answer to God for that

[@carolinenorman6141]

I’m fascinated by the teachings of Dr Michael and I’m a Catholic .

[@Cotswoldblonde]

Heiser’s Hermeneutic The root cause of the issue with Heiser’s theology is his interpretation method, which errs on multiple levels. First, he interprets Scripture in light of pagan literature to interject polytheism into the Bible. As Peter Jones suggested of Gnosticism, “Whenever ‘Christian’ theology looks to pagan polytheism for inspiration-as it is doing now and as it did then-it discovers a titillating variety of reading techniques, without which the Scriptures of the one, true God would be strictly unusable.”2) Indeed, this hermeneutic method reigns supreme in Heiser’s writings. One critic of Heiser has similarly commented, “Heiser has a bad hermeneutical methodology because he has a bad hermeneutic philosophy. This bad philosophy has led him to bad conclusions. There have always been Christians who have tried to come up with some unique and revolutionary interpretations. Heiser is not the first to come up with this notion of a council of gods. You can see this in Gnosticism, and Marcionism, and in other adaptations of basic Christian doctrines. I’m sure he won’t be the last.”3) Heiser responded to Howe’s criticism, stating, “I assume that the Scripture writers were communicating to people intentionally - people that lived in their day and who shared their same worldview. This assumption is in place because I’m sensitive to imposing a foreign worldview on the writers.”4) In other words, he admits his hermeneutics is focused on imposing the pagan worldview on the Biblical authors, even though the Bible itself commanded the Israelites to not enquire into the theology of their pagan neighbors (Deuteronomy 12:29-32), and to destroy any Israelite guilty of doing so (Deuteronomy 13:6-18). One simple example of this is Heiser’s discussion of pagan deities were known to inhabit gardens and mountains which he formulates an entire theology revolving around this concept imported on the Bible.5) However, the Bible condemns this pagan practice as idolatry on “high places” (Leviticus 26:30; Numbers 22:41; 33:52; Deuteronomy 12:2; 33:29; 1 Kings 3:2; 12:31-32; 13:32-33; 15:14; 22:43; 2 Kings 12:3; 14:4; 15:4, 33; 16:4; 17:11, 32; 21:3; 23:5; Psalm 78:58; Jeremiah 7:31; 19:5; 32:25; 48:35) and “groves” (Exodus 34:13; Deuteronomy 7:5; 12:3; Judges 3:7; 1 Kings 14:15; 18:19; 2 Kings 18:4; 23:14; Isaiah 17:8; 27:9) with idols under “every green tree” (Deuteronomy 12:2; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4; 17:10; Isaiah 57:5; Jeremiah 2:20; 3:6, 13: Ezekiel 6:13). God rebukes this idolatry that Heiser thinks is valid biblical theology, “your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills” (Isaiah 65:7). Where is the logic of building a “biblical theology” by imposing pagan practices which are specifically condemned in the Bible? One of his foolish arguments for allegorizing his mountain opinion is presented in his citing of Psalm 48:1-2, stating, “As anyone who has been to Jerusalem knows, Mount Zion isn’t much of a mountain. It certainly isn’t located in the geographical north-its actually in the southern part of the country.”6) Mount Zion is on the north of the city Zion, also called Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 5:2; Psalm 135:21; 147:12; Isaiah 10:32; 30:19). He contends, “This description would be a familiar one to Israel’s pagan neighbors, particularly at Ugarit. Its actually out of their literature.”7) Another problem with Heiser’s hermeneutic is he focuses on ambiguous text, plays fast and loose with the Hebrew language whenever he can, and when he cannot twist an interpretation of the existing grammar to fit his presupposition, he becomes the textual critic and changes the text itself or uses a different text to justify his position. Other Christian apologists have complained about Heiser’s handling of the text

[@traditionalgirl5585]

It's called: Sophistry. The guy was heretical.

[@tygon13]

The problem I have is when people make these silly linguistic problems. The idea that Hebrew is the original language causes a problem. If you go back to the languages that influenced Hebrew such as different Sumerian texts, you come to find out that the two different terms that were used to explain The Serpent and the Satin are actually literally the same word, but interpreted differently. So, we come to find out because this word has multiple meanings, someone just interpret it differently when translated into Hebrew. Because the term also meant serpent, some people interpreted it as serpent within the story of Genesis. It's easy to conflate words when they're literally the same word, but with multiple meanings. So in Hebrew it was written down as serpent. In one section and as a title in another. But, it was still technically the same word, originally... So, the fact that there were two different words used in Hebrew doesn't necessarily mean that we're talking about two different people, as it were. 🤷‍♂️ language. It can be a pain. But, this amounts to an appeal to ignorance fallacy. Us not knowing the actual intent of the original storytellers, means that we actually just don't know. What it doesn't mean is that we know it was two different people, or that we know it's only about one person, etc etc.

[@Ariela-ApostolicA238]

Wasn't the official language that Jesus spoke, ARAMAIC...I think I spelt that wrong, so please forgive me if I did, LOL, but that's what I heard...ALSO I was told it's a "dying" language, which bums me out because I was thinking about learning it. God bless everyone! ACTS 2:38

[@tygon13]

@@Ariela-ApostolicA238 The Aramaic language belongs to the Northwest group of the Semitic language family, which also includes the Canaanite languages, such as Hebrew, Edomite, Moabite, and Phoenician, as well as Amorite and Ugaritic. Aramaic languages are written in the Aramaic alphabet, a descendant of the Phoenician alphabet, and the most prominent alphabet variant is the Syriac alphabet. The Aramaic alphabet also became a base for the creation and adaptation of specific writing systems in some other Semitic languages, such as the Hebrew alphabet and the Arabic alphabet. The Aramaic languages are now considered endangered, since several dialects are used mainly by the older generations. ---wiki on Aramaic

[@Ariela-ApostolicA238]

@tygon13 ok thank you 😊

[@tygon13]

@@Ariela-ApostolicA238 (Akkadian) Babylonian and Assyrian Assyrian and Babylonian are members of the Semitic language family, like Arabic and Hebrew. Because Babylonian and Assyrian are so similar - at least in writing - they are often regarded as varieties of a single language, today known as Akkadian. Akkadian was the Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia (Akkad, Assyria, Isin, Larsa and Babylonia) from the third millennium BC until its gradual replacement by Akkadian-influenced Old Aramaic among Mesopotamians by the 8th century BC. When you look at the alphabets and the meanings of the words, along with different translations, you start to discover words that are in the Bible and their meanings that some passages may actually have held. Such as the Akkadian word for serpent being the same word used for a (demon) opposer to god. But, that very same word sometimes being used one way, and then in another text, translated the other way. And then you can see over the years the different derivations that they've taken, based upon literally being the same word, but being interpreted in two different ways (sometimes being believed to describe a literal animal, to other times effectively referring to the name of a fallen Angel).

[@Ariela-ApostolicA238]

@@tygon13 interesting!! Wow

[@pennyblumenthal6278]

I love how Mike fills in the gaps in our Biblical historical understanding. I am so thankful for interviews like this which share the distilled knowledge of Mikes hard work. His interviews in the hands of a skilled host gently ask the poignant questions we need answered in our modern church thinking. Thanks!

[@ea32da32]

Heiser asks the question 1:04:30 why some reject and why some accept. I’ll give you 2 of 19 New Testament gospel sets of scriptures that factually answers that question! All that the Father ‘gives’ Christ will come to him. John 1:12,13, 6:37, 44,65, 10:28-30, 15:16, 15:19, 17:2, 17:6-7, 17:9, 17:12 John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. John 10:28-30 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are One. John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. John 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. John 17:6-7 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. John 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. John 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. Acts 2:39, 2:47, 13:48, 15:17 esv 16:14, 18:10 Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. Acts 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Acts 15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. Acts 18:10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

[@new_comment]

It's really cool how Dr. Heiser doesn't discriminate against platforms and interviewers based on their following or notoriety. Whether it's a world renown organization or a single youtube ministry.

[@HickoryDickory86]

I love Dr. Heiser. As a Protestant, he was my first solid exposure into divine council theology, what he calls "the Deuteronomy 32 worldview," which I had already begun to formulate for myself in close Bible study, but his work independently validated it and then enriched it greatly, both broadening and deepening it. I only wish he would bathe for a while in Eastern Orthodox church fathers. He would be surprised, I think, to discover that divine council theology was and remains a central feature in Eastern Orthodox theology. His understanding of the church fathers and church theology is-regrettably but understandably-very Western and filtered through especially post-Great Schism and Protestant Western church lenses. I think his understanding of what the Church traditionally has taught would grow broader and deeper if he drank in especially the Eastern fathers for a time. I'm confident that he would notice how nothing much has changed from then through the present in Eastern Orthodox theology, and that it is greatly in line with what he himself has recovered, despite it having been almost entirely lost in the Western traditions.

[@GospelSimplicity]

I think that’s a fair critique.

[@terry4137]

Not everyone is of the Catholic faith! And have no desire to be...

[@seankennedy4284]

Interesting that divine council theology is a standard of Eastern Orthodox theology. Is Eastern Orthodox believer DB Hart's view of universal salvation also a standard?

[@thestraightroad305]

Fascinating. Thanks for your analysis. I have a friend who is an Orthodox priest and as a committed Christian and student of Heiser, I love conversations with him. I follow Jonathan Pageau as well. I’d love to hear a conversation between Heiser and Pageau. Mike constantly teaches about how greater truth is revealed by metaphor and symbolism, and I think it would be so very rich.

[@jrb2565]

Nah. You are just claiming that NOW that its being considered in the public domain. Eastern churches didn't even consider the book of Revelation canonical until nearly the 5th century, still don't utilise it in the liturgy, but NOW you hear EO claiming that Revelation is throughout the "divine" liturgy, etc. Classic revisionism straight out of Roman Catholic hedging playbook

[@warrenrodgers7544]

We all must do our part and spread the good news..

[@Kateebvintage]

I am so grateful that I came across this today. I have spent the last year and a half studying the Bible for the first time. I’m 42 and Dr. Mike I am so grateful for you speaking exactly what Holy Spirit had me paying attention to. Thank you to this show too first time viewing this show.

[@JesusPeopleSF]

The danger of dismissing church tradition wholesale, and depending on “intertestimental literature” (Jewish tradition) is 2 Timothy 4:3-4 [3] For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, [4] and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

[@FilthyRagsMinistry]

The Holy Spirit is our Teacher. 1 John 2:26-27 26 These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27 And as for you, the anointing whom you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as He has taught you, abide in Him.

[@CoolPaDuke]

If the serpent in Genesis isn't the satan, what does it mean in Revelation 12 & 19 when it says "And he laid hold on the dragon the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan"?

[@stalkerstomper3304]

Great question. I too would like to know. I believe the serpent of Genesis is the same serpent mentioned in Revelation. This gentleman might be wrong about the interpretation offered about Satan and the serpent. Either that, or the serpent mentioned in Revelation is symbolic about something else. This is entirely theoretical though. I personally believe that they are one and the same serpent.

[@jackolyte]

Unfortunately Dr. Heiser (RIP) was interpreting the OT isolated from the NT. While this is fine for studying the textual history and religious context of the OT, it should never be done so as to inform our theology. They ARE the same being (Satan) even if the original OT authors didn't completely understand that. That's exactly why St John makes that point in Revelation. The NT fully reveals the OT.

[@marleneisnarcfreepeaceful7060]

Best polite and composed interviewer I've seen. Thank you.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks!

[@UncensoredChristian]

Just found your channel because of this interview with Michael Heiser! Absolutely loving the content

[@GospelSimplicity]

Glad to hear that! Welcome to the Gospel Simplicity community!

[@scootmcgoot570]

I am a born again believer, minister, and chaplain by trade and i started searching for information on this topic due to some experiences i had 11yrs ago over the course of 2 weeks. I saw a MASSIVE black triangular ship floating silently about 1000ft over my house and it was bigger than a super walmart! I then experienced physical attacks by 3 different types of entities/creatures and some very strange occurrences. In the midst of that i had an amazing encounter with God where i saw his glory and felt his presence mightily

[@PhilisophicalDad]

I've listen to most of his teachings, I've read "Demons" and Unseen Realm... What I can't seem to get an answer on is, what is the overall meaning that Doc Heiser is trying to get across for the "Christian" to know? How does this help their growth towards the "goal", and their daily walk in Christ???

[@beppiek]

Its not a salvation message or the gospel What he’s doing is educating believers to know WHO they believe in ….better and for you to understand the battle we are walking into and why we are involved and why it’s happening Just my 2c

[@carolynbillington9018]

appreciate you letting guest explain much of what I was questioning. It made it clear to have to talk through subject.

[@annairwin8147]

Absolutely a wonderful interview🙏❤️

[@johnpaulhumphrey2981]

Tim Mackie and then Dr. Michael Heiser!? You are going straight to the top! Who are you gonna have on next, the pope? :) The apostles would be really cool, but they don't do the zoom thing.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Haha, that would be something!

[@AverageAmerican]

Except he's the antichrist

[@leighatkins22]

"Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins or receive any of her plagues"

[@AverageAmerican]

@@leighatkins22 Do they really want the Antichrist on, as a guest? But to mention Mackie and the apostles in the same paragraph seems like an abomination...

[@alland6719]

Brilliant conversation. Dr. Heiser thank you!!

[@TheDonovanMcCormick]

Love Dr Heiser. Lords of Spirits and Naked Bible podcasts are great for anyone trying to learn what the scriptures meant in their time and what the traditions and worldview of the ancients actually were like and what it means. Heiser and De Young also both give you the linguistic side from the Greek and Hebrew respectively. Orthodox belief is that evil spirits are the disembodied dead nephilim but the principalities and powers etc that rebelled also get called demons by all sides so I think it’s a semantic issue mostly among lay people. But the tradition is that evil spirits are not fallen angels but the result of fallen angels, a perversion of reality.

[@GospelSimplicity]

I need to have them on the show sometime!

[@TheDonovanMcCormick]

@@GospelSimplicity Fr De Young and Fr Damick do Lord of Spirits and they both love doing interview conversations on KZbin. I’ll definitely tune in for that convo as well. Praying that’ll happen lol thanks for these brother. Be well and glory to God

[@leighatkins22]

Thanks... will def check them out!!! 👍

[@marciasloan534]

I dont understand the last sentence, Donovan. At your convenience can you please explain?

[@leighatkins22]

@@marciasloan534 Yes, agreed... plz do. I'd love to understand whst it is ur saying as well.

[@ruthsyversen5963]

I think Jesus has already shown that we don't need an exorcist! Just command the demons leave in the name of Jesus Christ!

[@jonmkl]

Hmm... and what about “This kind cometh not out but by prayer and fasting”, when the Disciples failed to cast out a demon? Having someone who is dedicated and holy to aid you when your own faith is low, or you are far from God, is a blessing. We don’t always need an exorcist, but thankfully being a Christian is not about being alone, it is about being a part of a body. We can strengthen each-others weaknesses. But I agree that if a believer keeps themself holy and stays their mind on God they will never have to fear any demonic attack, then they can be an exorcist for others.

[@cminor3016]

it took me a while to figure this out... saves a lot of energy and time too🕊️

[@Spacemuffin147]

Yeah but he did recommend fasting from possible demons. Practically if one is weak willed into falling into sin. Pornography is a really easy example.

[@margokupelian344]

Please read the Bible more carefully... Sometimes even priests or ministers have a hard time casting out demons. Sometimes people are possessed with a legion of demons. Jesus’ apostles were not able to cast out demons until they were anointed by Jesus. So who are the anointed? The priests and maybe ministers too.

[@richardbenitez1282]

Unfortunately the speaker sound is not clear. Difficult to understand what this guy is saying.

[@amandah8178]

Congratulations on your video sponsorship!!!

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks!

[@volnadr]

The Church Tradition does not only mean writings and exegesis to combat certain dogmas of those times, it mostly comprises in feelings, spiritual experiences and supernatural experience/communion with God. If it wasn’t for these Apostolic Fathers maybe we would have never come to know or understand certain aspects of the Christian creed( Holy Trinity, deep prayer, Jesus’s humanly and godly nature). These people lived a very dedicated and spiritual elevated life, in the same way the prophets of the Old Testament did , so why would we not believe they received revelations and performed miracles..and if they did as I am sure they did, then why would we not rely on their theology? Every supernatural event or depiction in the Bible has been written down by people who had revelations or highly spiritual perception due to their dedication to God and the Bible cannot and will never contain all the inexplicable, or cannot give full explanation of God or Satan or the way the spiritual realm works, we only have glimpses of the reality..the rest of it comes through prayer, dedication, sacrifice and pure Faith. So this is why I chose to trust in what the Apostolic Fathers believed as they surely got spiritually closer to God and they could understand the Scripture better then any academic of our times!

[@davidnelson6008]

I have listened to Mr. Heiser a couple of times, very interesting man. Good interview on your part as well. I can't avoid telling you his audio was very poor which I noticed previously on the other conversations. You should let him know he needs to fix something on his end. Good job!

[@highjinx6519]

Yes kinda made it hard to understand much of the conversation.

[@robertdavidson3999]

This is a warning to the children of God not to listen to this unhealthy supernatural fascination. Yes there is powers and principalities in place that God has created. If you want to know the secret things of God that belong to Him then you are not walking in a child like faith. The bible does not talk about the supernatural for a reason.

[@MikeyJebediah]

@@robertdavidson3999 What do you mean the bible doesn't talk about the supernatural?

[@alypius9409]

Just want to point out many of Heiser's points about demons are within the over all Orthodox traditions concerning them. Many of our Hymns reference all of this.

[@SheikhMawini]

I would like to go to an Orthodox church at some point, but I don't know if there are any near me lol.

[@codyj1162]

Bam! Dr. Mike nailed it at the end when he speaks of how people shouldnt pick and choose about things they feel comfortable with in the Bible and just accept those. He's right... the most important things should make us uncomfortable. We are not able to grasp subjects 100% like the Ascension, Heaven/Hell and aspects of Salvation. We must take all (and trust in it) or nothing. Great listen!

[@Sooch694]

I'm very glad that I watched this interview. You did a fine job young man.

[@Evan-lx9lw]

This is a strange interview. At 18 minutes 1) nothing much has been said Then Rather than ask "what do you believe 2) the question is "why are others wrong? So we are 20 minutes in and have no foundation and no progress

[@Evan-lx9lw]

I'm at the 47 minute point. For all the "why have others been wrong" And hints of 'special insights' or knowledge, there is little to justify it.

[@dontdrinkthekoolaid.]

@@Evan-lx9lw special insight sells him books that's my view of it. Some of things he says doesn't sit well with me.

[@aaronmcclure1]

Kinda my sentiments.

[@TimothySpencerFourHire]

One of the first things I heard when studying theology, "if faithful Christian scholars and theologians have dedicated their lives to the study of the word of God for millennia before now and haven't come to this conclusion before now, there's probably a reason for that"

[@rocko100able]

Yes and I'm restoring it on Twitter today as an honor to do Michael Heiser and his great work, especially him identifying her an enemy and knowing him better so we can fight the good fight.

[@lordbealampontomyfeet9245]

I’ve been heavily targeted by the occult and witchcraft and demons are real but the great news is that the love of Christ and what he did on the cross has power to overcome demonic spiritual attacks! His word is a gift to us.

[@roberte2541]

Thank you for this. Great interviewing skills, by the way!

[@kendallkahl8725]

I became a Christian at 15 and didn't even seriously look into the Nephilim until my mid 20s.

[@AverageAmerican]

they are aliens

[@jl12h60]

True

[@AverageAmerican]

@OTTO OCTAVIOUS Oh no. Yahweh tells us all about aliens who are giants. They are from here but have a habit of lying and saying they are from far away!

[@MikeyJebediah]

@@AverageAmerican Aliens are just demons in disguise!

[@AndresGomez-ey6lh]

@@AverageAmerican nephilim aren’t aliens

[@agentjackstone3543]

I used to be an atheist, I started having what I would consider poltergeist experiences when I was homeless and squatting at a friends, I started trying to provoke it to get more exposure because I was excited that there was now the possibility of another side. As a kid I used to watch and read anything I could on UFOs and Ghosts and so these poltergeist experiences brought all of those memories to the surface. I started seeing strange things like colored vaporous light, orbs, shapes, etc. Thats when I started trying to understand what was happening on a deeper level and started flirting with gnostic teachings and practices. Eventually i went on to practice what I now consider to be sorcery, and I was inviting these "higher selves" and other interdimensional beings to enter my body. I thought we were all God and that I was just going through the "ascension" process. Needless to say it got pretty messed up in the last couple of weeks of me doing those things and it took the name of Jesus Christ to make it stop. I've believed in Him and trusted in him ever since. I think Dr Heiser has sound interpretation but one thing that confuses me is this nephilim stuff. The entitites I saw were so clear, almost like holograms, and they each looked like a completely different creature. Two looked like animals, one sort of seemed like a cartoonish pig reptile, the other was something i can barely describe because it looked like a komodo dragon head with cascading scales, and then the third entity looked like a "grey" alien, but they looked holographic, they were eminating a golden and violet light, and I just knew they were demons....but they also seemed like they were "gods" or elohims. They didn't seem to be a disembodied soul of a hybrid nephilim, and another thing about that is spirits cant have sex with people, they are non corporeal beings. But perhaps they showed people in the past how to mess with DNA and they corrupted the image that way, just like what's happening today.

[@lobes117]

Whatever it took to get you home, brother, we're glad you're here

[@Christian_Maoist.]

Can't wait for this tomorrow. I've read Heiser's book supernatural and now I'm reading his book on Demons

[@GospelSimplicity]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@jg7923]

The Serpent in Genesis IS Absolutely Satan. "The Great Dragon was cast out, THAT SERPENT OF OLD, Called The Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world : he was cast out and his angels were cast out with him." • Revelation 12:9

[@flamingswordapologetics]

Agree, its one area I disagree with Heiser because when the New T writers use this it was under inspiration.

[@GradyRisley]

Respectfully, as Dr. Heiser would say "what you think you know may not be so". It's a very interesting study and he covers it in depth on his podcast "the naked bible". He certainly changed the way I read the Bible and many things I thought have been changed and shown to be completely false. Give him a shot!

[@flamingswordapologetics]

@@GradyRisley I listen to Heiser some and the podcast, just disagree with him on this point.

[@kubasniak]

To gnostics the serpent is the real god who gave freedom of thought and sovereignty while Christian god wants self denying, close minded and obedient pets that won't question anything or they'll get punished.

[@jg7923]

@@KyleYoung143 I've seen that connection before with hexagrams and Saturn etc. but what does that have to do with the actual being Dragon / Satan ? Is the planet Saturn really just Satan flying around the earth or something ? I don't understand the connection.

[@isaiahkerstetter3142]

I badly need to see Dr. Michael Heiser and Jonathan Pageau have a dialogue!

[@thegoldenthread]

Or Fr. Stephen de Young...this is right in his wheelhouse :)

[@evolvingerinb]

Jonathan is....amazing as a writer of Icons, but as an Orthodox too.

[@rebeccabaumgartner7756]

Agreed! Mike Heiser, Jonathan Pageau and Fr. De young all together would be mind blowing - and Tim Mackie to finish the team.

[@isaiahkerstetter3142]

@@rebeccabaumgartner7756 Let's throw in Michael Jones of Inspiring Philosophy too.

[@jesseausthof9121]

That would be the ven diagram of most of my interests

[@TommyGunzzz]

22:46 - 22:51 nail on the head. Lord of Spirits podcast with Dr Andrew Stephen Damick. Episode is called "A land of giants". Dr Heiser has a pretty Orthodox viewpoint on demonology. Have Fr Andrew on. Great work yet again Austin. Very appreciated

[@GospelSimplicity]

My pleasure!

[@kynesilagan2676]

I think Roman Catholic teachings are not limited to the Bible. Book of Enoch.

[@TommyGunzzz]

@@kynesilagan2676 neither are Orthodox or Protestant.

[@777Justin]

The Lord of Spirits podcast may be of interest to anyone who finds themselves seeking more on this.

[@122222770]

It's an awesome podcast. I have really been enjoying listening to them.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@mattroorda2871]

YES. I especially appreciate how they get into the context of Second Temple Judaism. My mind was blown when I learned that the unclean spirits in the Gospels aren't technically demons but are really demonized humans/giants/nephilim.

[@tallcity1735]

My favorite podcast. Fr. Andrew and Fr. Stephen would be great guests.

[@jesseausthof9121]

Couldn't agree more, Lord of Spirits and Heiser are my favorite to listen to on these topics. Interviewing Fr. Andrew, Fr Steven or both would be a ton of fun.

[@lisag2627]

Wow- The two of you look very similar indeed as previously stated by former comment. Great video!

[@GospelSimplicity]

Dr. Heiser and I?

[@beverleypettit3577]

@@GospelSimplicity I love your response to that statement 😁😂

[@KyrstenPourchelle]

My first reaction is how much you two look alike. He could pass for your father!

[@danitapowell2291]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@debrajabs9523]

Sounds like him a bit to, same mannerisms.

[@Dru-v9u]

Luke I am your father

[@BookOfMorman]

Are you saying all Christians look the same!? 😉😂

[@BookOfMorman]

@Linchpin. lololololol

[@TacticsTom54]

Thank you so much for having such a knowledgeable bastion of the word on your show . He answered a few questions I've been having .

[@GospelSimplicity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@seeexy]

lovely name of the channel, but what a hell of a long ontro wow :p

[@colmwhateveryoulike3240]

Great interview, as always Austin. Yourself and Dr Gavin Ortland are my two favourite protestant channels. Unparalleled content and truth-seeking. That's not a diss to others, just a complement to you. I'm loving Michael Heiser's book - Supernatural. He was the first to expose me to this sort of thing. I did come across another podcast on the same and overlapping subjects by Frs Stephen De Young and Andrew Daminick called Lord of Spirits that I recommend you check out too. Quite interesting. Anyway, thanks for this great interview and guest. God bless.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thank you so much! Lord of Spirits is a great podcast

[@colmwhateveryoulike3240]

@@GospelSimplicity Cool I should have known you were already on it. I only recently discovered it after Fr Daminick himself recommended it on a youtube comment thread. Binged 4 eps the first day while at work lol.

[@buffy7294]

I love the ending comments. I love this whole thing. Keep it up!

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks!

[@HeavnzMiHome]

I’m unclear as to what Dr. Heiser’s difficulty is re spiritual beings. Scripture indicates there are many with various functions. They have a hierarchy. Some are more powerful/influential than others. They basically fall into two groups: those that do God’s will and those that oppose it. Any exorcist knows these basics.

[@matthewvelazquez2013]

He is a Fundamentalist Protestant Christian. " if it ain't written in the Bible, then it ain't true." His own, individual Protestant mindset is a mindset like a tower of Jenga blocks: pull one block out and the whole Tower Falls. The block that I pull out on these guy's mindset is the book of Acts. Our Lord Jesus Christ Never Verbalized Anything about circumcision of the foreskin of the penis being a necessary sign 4 conversion to Christianity. So the church in the book of Acts which is the same church that exist today known as the Catholic Church, made a decision about circumcision even though our Lord Jesus Christ said nothing about it. If this PhD truly as a doctor and a reverend Christian, then he would know that the Gospels are more important than the Old Testament because they are the words of God incarnate who is himself truth incarnate and the physical fulfillment of everything prophesied about the coming of the Messiah in the Old Testament. The Old Testament exist in the Christian Bible for one reason: to glorify the work of the heavenly father culminating in the birth of his only begotten son our Lord Jesus Christ. He is The second person of the holy trinity, the Spotless lamb who takes away the sins of the world by dying for our sins on the cross, who on the third day rose again from the dead, and ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the father. After the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, The Advocate came down from heaven and lighted like tongues of fire upon the heads of the Apostles and the holy Virgin Mary in the upper room. The Old Testament and the New Testament exist together to show the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This PhD who doesn't believe anything written outside the Bible, has not yet admitted to the fact that people possessed by demons existed alongside the Pharisees and the Sadducees inside the temples of God. Scripture tells us of our Lord Jesus Christ visiting Jewish synagogues to preach and standing there with the townsfolk and the Jewish priests are Possessed People. Standing right there inside the temple with everybody else! "We Know Who You Are! You're the Holy One of Israel!" And Jesus turned to the demon inside the possessed person while he was trying to preach to other people and said, "Silent!" This doctor, this Ph.D, is a completely willingly deceived. He's too concerned with being new instead of being right. He's too concerned with FEELING New instead of being right. *If the Jewish understanding of demons was so much more faithful and true to the truth of God, when compared to the Catholic understanding of demons simply because the Jewish idea of demons was older than the existence of our Lord Jesus Christ, then why did the Pharisees and the Sadducees walk around breathing in and out with other people possessed by demons walking around and breathing in and out inside the synagogue, Inside of The House of God?* The Answer: God chooses to reveal truth. His truth was not fully revealed until the birth of his only begotten son our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus Christ is God's truth revealed. This is the chief reason why the Pharisees and Sadducees wanted to kill him. Jesus was truly able to cast out demons - Something They Could Never Do.

[@matthewvelazquez2013]

And truly the real reason they wanted to kill our Lord Jesus Christ is because he forgave sins like God and in the end also claimed to be God out of his own mouth. I love our Lord Jesus Christ, don't you?

[@ruthgilmour8399]

@@matthewvelazquez2013 So well said. Thank you.

[@Trey_Cole]

@@matthewvelazquez2013 Am I wrong in thinking that the act of god of Old Testament, deciding to come as himself in Jesus Christ, a human form of God himself, upon the earth for a lifetime. He would be crucified at the end of it, and struggle through the same temptations that we as human beings face daily. In other words he would live a life as a human being in order to understand how we suffer. There by rising again into heaven, as God the father, now having experienced the dimension of our physical world, and all of its suffering that he has a new found perspective on his children of the earth. He has now a vastly greater empathy towards our plight, which gives way to the more understanding and patient God of the New Testament, as opposed to the the Old Testaments wrathful and less forgiving nature? Isn’t this the true meaning of the crucifixion? If so, I’ve always wondered why I’ve never heard it put like that. It’s alot easier to understand it that way, than it is hearing it how it’s presented 99% of the time. Or am I wrong in thinking that way?

[@matthewvelazquez2013]

@@ruthgilmour8399 you're welcome and God bless you sister.

[@deanaburnham9571]

Just love this kid--young man. Good work!! So worth my time to listen and watch these informative interesting videos.

[@rickmiller8893]

Great video. Studying the Greek and Hebrew are the way to go. Daunting at first.. But you get used to it and realize where the misunderstandings are... And more than just this topic for sure.

[@MeanBeanComedy]

It's always so sad watching these, because I have so mant questions for Dr. Heisner, and I won't be able to ask them for a long, long time. 😞😓😢 But about the Hebrew version of the OT vs the Septuagint: We currently have just the Masoretic Text; what would first-century Christians have had? A better version? Also, on these translation issues, how do the Dead Sea Scrolls shape up to the versions we have?

[@javierluyanda8283]

Your channel is a blessing brother

[@GospelSimplicity]

Glad to hear that!

[@christinah.8504]

I can't imagine how disregarded Job's wife and family members were discarded like trash for some competition or challenge. I have never understood that.

[@BrambleHead]

Hey Austin would you possibly segment the video for specific questions. The topic is interesting, but the length of the video is daunting haha

[@MrKneeV]

It is very difficult for me to understand how a person can ask those kinds of questions, get those kinds of answers, and then remain an Evangelical.

[@strattgatt5303]

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years Revelation 20:12. There is nothing that says The satan from Job is not the serpent from the garden.

[@expecttheunexpected8070]

I heard most of us never even interfered with demons yet alone fight against them since most of us (98%) are struggling to fight against our own weakness/sins/fallen nature.

[@boxerpaws55]

when someone says the Church went off the rails it's like saying Jesus founded a Church and said the gates of hell would not overcome it but it did anyway. not possible.

[@SUNSHINE-bf3bw]

Yes, kind of uncomfortable....showing interest in the demonic is playing with powerful fire....study Christ, not Satan

[@carrikartes1403]

Can and does happen latter day saints, jehovah witnesses, saints in Catholicism,

[@oogemsquagger91]

Acts 20:29:31 - 29 I know that after I am gone, [false teachers like] ferocious wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 even from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse and distorted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves [as their followers]. 31 Therefore be continually alert, remembering that for three years, night or day, I did not stop admonishing and advising each one [of you] with tears. (Amplified Bible) Corruption of the church is actually prophesied. We need to be alert, not go along blindly with any denomination. We don't need organizations or churches to tell us about Yeshua. Only Yeshua himself.

[@marigh38]

Great interview. He brings so much new inspiration with the new information!! Thanks very much.

[@komlat253]

If u ever been in a deliverance ministry most of what micheal says is either easy for u to get or u already accept half of it already lol .i jumped on his work long ago so easy

[@lindacook8819]

Great interview. Great interviewer. Thanks

[@GospelSimplicity]

Thanks! It's my pleausure

[@RaptureReady777]

We don't need to have the minds and thoughts of the ancient people to understand the Bible when you accept Jesus as your savior and you receive the Holy Spirit he helps you to interpret what the word of God means!

[@Mr.Enigmatik]

I only just started watching but I had a question. Are demons about to reside in a Christian? I tend to believe they can’t based on the fact that the Holy Spirit has residence in a believer. I have a close friend who believes that they can and that all of us have vices caused by demons and claims to have had “manifestations” when being prayed for them to come out. The Bible isn’t too clear whether the demons being casted out by Jesus and his disciples were from believers or not.

[@animalcart4128]

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