Imagine This Was Taught On Sunday Mornings In Church — Part 3 | Michael Heiser
- Andy McIlvain
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Video from John 14:6
Imagine This Was Taught On Sunday Mornings In Church — Part 3 | Michael Heiser
"In Part 3 of his ongoing series on the supernatural worldview of the Bible, scholar Michael Heiser outlines God's original intent for a human family of image-bearers—His children and proxies—coexisting with His supernatural family in sacred space like Eden, tasked with expanding God's goodness and life across the earth; however, this divine plan was shattered by three rebellions: the Genesis 3 Fall introducing death and separation, the Genesis 6:1-4 Watcher incident where fallen sons of God (supernatural rebels) descended to corrupt humanity through Nephilim giants, deceptive teachings accelerating depravity and idolatry (judged by the Flood, consigning Watchers to the abyss as per Peter, Jude, and Revelation 9), and the Babel dispersion allotting nations to these corrupt sons of God who enslaved populations via idolatry instead of directing worship to Yahweh (prompting the Psalmist's cry and Abrahamic promise of reclamation via Messiah); amid this fragmented, depraved chaos, Jesus' first advent inaugurates God's kingdom on earth, mocking cosmic powers through demon expulsions tied to kingdom announcements, reclaiming cosmic geography by entering Gentile territories (e.g., Gadarenes/Gerasenes where demons hail Him as "Son of God" and "Son of the Most High God"—echoing Babel's Elyon—acknowledging His dominion over pagan-assigned nations), sending 70/72 disciples (symbolizing Babel's table of nations from Genesis 10) with authority over demons (Luke 10:18's Satan falling like lightning, Revelation 12's dragon cast down, stripping Satan's accusatory role over believers via resurrection), and strategically confronting hell's gates at Caesarea Philippi (Bashan region, "serpent land" with netherworld gateways like Ashtaroth/Edrei, Baal temple, Pan's grotto, Zeus shrine at Mount Hermon's foot) where demons recognize Him, Peter confesses Him as Christ Son of the Living God, and Jesus declares building His church on that rock—"gates of Hades shall not withstand it" (no Greek "against," reversing the assault image)—followed by the Transfiguration on Mount Hermon itself (Watchers' descent site per Second Temple texts), telegraphing reversal of Eden's loss, Watchers' corruption, and Babel's division to restore nations to God's family, with NT breadcrumbs (e.g., Jesus' genealogy, cross/resurrection solving death) detectable via OT context, as detailed in Heiser's Reversing Hermon." from the video introduction
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