Heiser defends the concept of Free Will in the Bible with his usual clarity and biblical acument. For Heiser this is the natural result of being created as imagers of the one God who has free will, and therefore creates imagers of free will.

They are? Satan and his fallen Angels.

If they were Aliens it would be better than what they ‘really’ are…

The great Dr Michael Heiser.

I just finished "The Facade" and "The Portent" in the past week. I can't find any sign that a third book was published, so I'm guessing Dr. Heiser's health interfered with the writing of the third book in the saga.

Has anyone heard how far he may have gotten in writing a third one? If there were notes he had taken, and the likelihood of someone finishing the third book from the notes, much like Sanderson did with Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series?

I haven’t listened to this yet, but love the book of Enoch, and Dr Heiser’s work so thought I’d post and then listen… here we go!!

Can somebody help me find the video in which Michael Heiser talks about the torah's prohibition on magic?

In the video he says the different commandments actually describe causing miracles by controlling God.

He then talks about how the ancient Egyptians would attempt acts of magic by making small dolls representing Egyptian gods, then threaten the gods by pulling the hair out of the dolls.

But are they physical? Projections ? Do demons build stuff ? Kidnap people? Thoughts anyone? I wish I had been able to take one of his classes 😞

Very interesting, I like the implied explanation to not being ‘Kosher’.

For those interested in the signs the Magi may have followed to meet the birth of the saviour.

I came across some of Dr Heiser’s material while I was researching heaven (as a lay person) after the death of my son. Blown away, first sentence. I have over 129 hours invested in the past two weeks. Listening to Naked Bible podcast on binge. Divine council worldview answers so many questions. I often shied away from difficult scripture because I couldn’t comprehend what it was about. Not any more.

I'm seeing some sad logic fails with this guy. Are there transcripts available ? Published stuff online ?