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In The Unseen Realm, Dr. Michael Heiser examines the ancient
context of Scripture, explaining how its supernatural worldview can
help us grow in our understanding of God. He illuminates intriguing
and amazing passages of the Bible that have been hiding in plain
sight. You'll find yourself engaged in an enthusiastic pursuit of
the truth, resulting in a new appreciation for God's Word. Why
wasn't Eve surprised when the serpent spoke to her? How did
descendants of the Nephilim survive the flood? Why did Jacob fuse
Yahweh and his Angel together in his prayer? Who are the assembly
of divine beings that God presides over? In what way do those
beings participate in God's decisions? Why do Peter and Jude
promote belief in imprisoned spirits? Why does Paul describe evil
spirits in terms of geographical rulership? Who are the "glorious
ones" that even angels dare not rebuke? After reading this book,
you may never read your Bible the same way again. "There is a world
referred to in the Scripture that is quite unseen, but also quite
present and active. Michael Heiser's The Unseen Realm seeks to
unmask this world. Heiser shows how important it is to understand
this world and appreciate how its contribution helps to make sense
of Scripture. The book is clear and well done, treating many ideas
and themes that often go unseen themselves. With this book, such
themes will no longer be neglected, so read it and discover a new
realm for reflection about what Scripture teaches."
The truth about demons is far stranger-and even more
fascinating-than what's commonly believed. Are demons real? Are
they red creatures with goatees holding pitchforks and sitting on
people's shoulders while whispering bad things? Did a third of the
angels really rebel with Satan? Are demons and "principalities and
powers" just terms for the same entities, or are they different
members of the kingdom of darkness? Is the world a chaotic mess
because of what happened in Eden, or is there more to the story of
evil? What people believed about evil spiritual forces in ancient
biblical times is often very different than what people have been
led to believe about them today. And this ancient worldview is
missing from most attempts to treat the topic. In Demons, Michael
Heiser debunks popular presuppositions about the very real powers
of darkness. Rather than traditions, stories, speculations, or
myths, Demons is grounded in what ancient people of both the Old
and New Testament eras believed about evil spiritual forces and in
what the Bible actually says. You'll come away with a sound,
biblical understanding of demons, supernatural rebellion, evil
spirits, and spiritual warfare.
You may never read the Bible the same way again. Angelic beings
taking human wives. Ancient giants. God holding royal court among
other gods. In Supernatural, Dr. Michael S. Heiser tackles these
remarkable biblical themes and many more, based on his fifteen
years of research into what the Bible really says about the unseen
realm. Heiser shines a bright light on the supernatural world--not
a new light, but rather the same light in which the original,
ancient readers and writers of Scripture would have seen it.
What does the Bible really tell us about the heavenly host?
Everyone knows that angels have wings, usually carry harps, and
that each of us has our own personal guardian angel, right? We all
have some preconceptions about angels from movies, television
shows, and other media, but you might be surprised to know that a
lot of those notions aren't based on anything from the Bible. If
you read Luke 1:26-38 and imagine the angel Gabriel standing before
Mary with neatly folded white wings, you're not getting that
picture from anything the Bible itself says. What the Bible really
says about angels is overlooked or filtered through popular myths.
This book was written to help change that. It's a book about the
loyal members of God's heavenly host, and while most people
associate them with the word "angel," that's just one of many terms
the Bible uses for supernatural beings. In The Unseen Realm Michael
Heiser opened the eyes of thousands to seeing the Bible through the
supernatural worldview of the ancient world it was written in. In
his latest book, Angels, Dr. Heiser reveals what the Bible really
says about God's supernatural servants. Heiser focuses on loyal,
holy heavenly beings because the Bible has a lot more to say about
them than most people suspect. Most people presume all there is to
know about angels is what has been passed on in Christian
tradition, but in reality, that tradition is quite incomplete and
often inaccurate. Angels is not guided by traditions, stories,
speculations, or myths about angels. Heiser's study is grounded in
the terms the Bible itself uses to describe members of God's
heavenly host; he examines the terms in their biblical context
while drawing on insights from the wider context of the ancient
Near Eastern world. The Bible's view on heavenly beings begins with
Old Testament terms but then moves into literature from the Second
Temple period-Jewish writings from around the fifth century BC to
the first century AD. This literature from the time between the Old
Testament and the New Testament influenced the New Testament
writers in significant ways. With that important background
established, the book focuses on what the New Testament tells us
about God's holy ones. Finally, the book reflects on common
misconceptions about angels and addresses why the topic is still
important and relevant for Christians today.
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