The short answer: Because the people who said it would are either inept Bible interpreters or false teachers. For why that's the case, listen to the episode - recorded on Sept 22. Description: September 23 has come and gone. The world didn’t end. Jesus didn’t return....
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Naked Bible Podcast Episode 174: Live from Lubbock, TX
Dr. Heiser answers questions from a live audience. Thank you to Wayland Baptist University for hosting and Nathan for organizing the event. Thank you to everyone who came and joined us in Lubbock, Texas. In this special live-recorded episode of the Naked Bible...
A Note on the September 23, 2017 Astral Prophecy Hype and Nonsense
I just wanted to put something on the blog (again) about my rejection of the idea that Revelation 12 has anything to do with the second coming or end times in general. I've been getting emails with links to YouTube videos like this one that use my thoughts about the...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 138: On What Day was Jesus Born?
On what day was Jesus actually born? What year? Does the timing matter? Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25, but virtually all Christians know that day isn’t the real birth date of the messiah. While that is certainly the case, has the birth date of...
September 11: Happy Birthday to Jesus
Many readers will know that I believe the actual birthdate of Jesus was Sept 11, 3 BC. This isn't based on any original research of my own (here's a short YouTube video of me discussing the date). Rather, it is based on the work of E. L. Martin's The Star that...
Modern Mythology of the Precession of the Equinoxes
I'd like to alert PaleoBabble readers to Jason Colavito's series on the modern myth of precession. Here are the first and second posts. For those to whom the term "precession" is new, as Jason notes, it is the idea that our lives are controlled by the mechanical...
Tools for Biblical Research, Part 1: Toward the End of Bible Study as Most Think of It
In addition to my day job at Logos I'm an adjunct distance ed professor of biblical studies at the seminary level. One of the more common questions I get from students is about sources for biblical research papers. Poor sources are the bane of both the student who...
Ezekiel’s Vision, Part 2
In the previous post, I asserted my position that Ezekiel's vision was not a spacecraft. In doing so, I mentioned that I thought it had something to do with astrology/astronomy. I'll try and unpack that a bit here. We'll have to start with the visions: Ezekiel 1:4-19...
Ezekiel’s Vision: Why it Wasn’t a Flying Saucer, Part 1
I've decided to post my old notes on Ezekiel's vision, as I put the link into some comments earlier. As I noted in that comment, these notes are in need of revision. I wouldn't change much until the end, when the statuary about the eyes in Ezekiel comes up. In the...