Take, for example, Genesis 1:26, where God says, “ Let us make man in our image.” Who is the “ us” that God is speaking to? About 99% (give or take) of evangelical Christians would say that this is a reference to the doctrine of the Trinity, embedded right there in the Old Testament. As a result, as scholars discover more about how ancient Israelites viewed the world, we gain valuable insight into understanding a lot of the “weird” passages of the Bible. But Heiser contends that if we look back at the development of Second Temple Judaism, and the Ancient Near East context that preceded it, they provide the cognitive background for much of our New Testament. like the idea that angels have wings (they do not).ĭifferent denominational traditions have come up with interesting ideas about angels. For Heiser, a lot of traditions that have floated around, about the supernatural realm, are merely that…. Heiser is an Old Testament scholar who makes a bold and provocative claim, but he has some real meat behind it. Michael Heiser, formerly a Bible scholar with Logos Bible Software, and his book of Angels: What the Bible Really Says About the Heavenly Host, I have changed my tune. But there was a certain cheesy-ness factor to Peretti that kept me from taking it too seriously. Sure, I read Frank Peretti’s This Present Darkness, when it was all the rage. My background is such that I never really paid much attention to the topic of angels before. plunges the reader into a deeper understanding of the supernatural, as taught in the Bible. Michael Heiser’s book on Angels: What the Bible Really Says About the Heavenly Host. Why do we not hear more about this kind of stuff in church? This changes the way I look at the supernatural. Michael Heiser is an Old Testament scholar, who is gifted in making serious Bible study content accessible to believers who want to dive really deep into Scripture. So this summer, I finally made the plunge and started with Angels: What the Bible Really Says About the Heavenly Host (via Audible audiobook). Then there is his FringePop321 YouTube channel, geared towards ministry with people fascinated by all things fringe and bizarre (I will post a few of the better episodes to Veracity in due time).ĭespite all of this, I never committed the time to read any of his in-depth books. What is so cool about the 60-Second Scholar Series is that each article only takes a minute to read, but the rewards are for a lifetime. Some of his blog entries made their way into his excellent 60-Second Scholar Series.
Michael Heiser’s Naked Bible Podcast for several years now, and I have read a number of his blog articles. Do angels really have wings? Who are the cherubim and seraphim? What is an “angel,” anyway? More important than that, why would anyone really care?
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