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I'm reading The Unseen Realm by Michael S. Heiser and we need to talk about this.
The point of the goat for Azazel (Leviticus 16:7-10) was not that something was owed to the demonic realm, as though a ransom was being paid. The goat for Azazel banished the sins of the Israelites to the realm outside Israel.…The high priest was not sacrificing to Azazel. Rather, Azazel was getting what belonged to him: sin.
Michael S. Heiser, Unseen Realm, 177–78.
The Anunnaki were the Deities (Gods) in the ancient Sumerian religion.
But could they have been ancient astronauts as Zecharia Sitchin claims?
Did they really come from a planet called Nibiru or did a sciencefiction writer theorize a bit too much?
What do the scientists and academics think of this theory?
Let's find out!
Two books I highly recommend:
Moving Mountains, by John Eldredge
and
The Unseen Realm, by Dr. Michael Heiser
Both of these books pertain to the Christian life; the former concerns the efficacy of prayer, our role in advancing the Kingdom of Christ; and the latter, the reality of the spirit world and how it relates to us. Both of them are fantastic.
Ever wondered?
“Have you ever wondered how it was that the disciples never seemed to get the things that Jesus told them about himself? Think about it. When Jesus told them that it was time for him to go to Jerusalem and die, it angered and scared them (Matt. 17:22-23; Mark 9:30-32). No one replied, “That’s right—I read that in the Scriptures.” Peter even rebuked Jesus for saying such a thing (Matt. 16:21-23). The truth is that the disciples had little sense of what was going on. Even after the resurrection their minds had to be supernaturally enabled to get the message (Luke 24:44-45). We shouldn’t be too hard on the disciples. They weren’t dumb. Their ignorance was the result of God’s deliberate plan to conceal messianic prophecy. Paul talked about the need for that when writing to the Corinthians: But we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew. For if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (1 Cor. 2:7-8) Had Satan and the other powers of darkness known that instigating people to kill the messiah was precisely what God had designed to accomplish their own doom, they never would have done it. The gospels are clear that Satan and demons knew the prophesied son of David had come (Matt. 8:28-29; Luke 4:31-35). The Old Testament was clear that would happen at some point. But what it concealed was the plan of redemption.
Let’s take Isaiah 53 as an example. It’s clear that God’s servant would suffer for sins—but the Hebrew word translated “messiah” (mashiach) never occurs in the passage. It occurs only once in all of Isaiah—and then it is used of Cyrus, a pagan king. The word never occurs in Jeremiah or Ezekiel, and is only found once in the Minor Prophets (Hab. 3:13) where it speaks of the nation. The occurrences in the Psalms refer to Israel’s king. Only a handful of them are quoted by New Testament authors of the messianic king—but their application only became clear after the fact of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Even the label “son of God” isn’t helpful since Israel is called God’s son in Exod. 4:22-23, and kings like David got that title, too. As shocking as it sounds, there isn’t a single verse in the Old Testament that refers to a suffering messiah (mashiach) who would be God incarnate, die, and rise again. That’s deliberate. What we do get in the Old Testament are all the pieces of that profile scattered in dozens, even hundreds of places. The portrait could only be discerned after the fact. The plan of salvation was a cosmic chess game that had to be won. The rest of prophecy figures to work out the same way—fulfilments hidden in plain sight.”
~ Michael Heiser, The 60 Second Scholar: 100 Insights That Illumine the Bible
“God foreknew the fall. That foreknowledge did not propel the event. God also foreknew a solution to the fall that He Himself would guarantee, a solution that entered His mind long before He laid the foundations of the earth. God was ready. The risk was awful, but He loved the notion of humanity too much to call the whole thing off.”
– Michael S. Heiser, The Unseen Realm
Could UFOs Be Part of End Times Prophecy? | The Facade Review
Exploring how Michael Heiser's novel "The Facade" connects UFO phenomena with biblical End Times prophecy. This isn't your typical Christian fiction!
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What if the UFO phenomenon plays into End Times prophecy? 🛸 Michael Heiser's "The Facade" explores this provocative question through a grip
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