Dr. Michael Heiser on The Unseen Realm - trinities 097

http://trinities.org/blog/podcast-97-dr-michael-heiser-on-the-unseen-realm/ Do you view reality as including people, the rest of the physical realm, and God? According to Dr. Michael Heiser, you’re leaving out a lot. The authors of the Bible hold that there is also an unseen realm, a realm of deities (Hebrew: elohim). He argues that in the Bible, God is one of many divine beings, although unique among them. And the unique God, Yahweh, presides over a divine council.

In this interview, he discusses his discovery of this aspect of the Old Testament as a graduate student, and discusses many themes from his new book The Unseen Realm: Recovering the supernatural worldview of the Bible. Dr. Heiser focuses in particular on Psalm 82,

God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: “How long will you judge unjustly…?

I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.”

and Deuteronomy 32,

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. But the LORD’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.

He also explains why the famous line from Genesis 1Tintoretto - God creating the animals

“Let us make man in our image and likeness…”

does not support the idea that God is multi-personal, and should not be read as the Father talking to the Son (i.e. to the pre-human Jesus).

He also explains how this worldview illuminates many statements by Paul, such as,

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12)

Dr. Heiser touches on many other texts as well, as he does in depth in the book, such as Psalm 8 and Hebrews 2. It’s an illuminating perspective on the meaning (I would say) of biblical monotheism. But in Dr. Heiser’s view, “monotheism,” “polytheism,” and “henotheism” are all ill-suited to describe this worldview. He also discusses the polemical and derivative nature of many passages in the Old Testament, and how this relates to the end-state of believers in Christ.

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This episode's thinking music is "H" by Kosta T. and Ghofra Z.
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ghofra_Z/HAIR_1956/Kosta_T_feat_Ghofra_Z_-_H__A_I_R_-_01_H

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