Acts 6-7 Acts 6-7 are familiar to most Bible students as being about the selection of deacons and Stephen’s martyrdom. For sure those items are important, but there are other items of interest in these chapters that are frequently overlooked. Some of these connect...
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Naked Bible 37: Acts 2:1-21
Acts 2:1-21 While this episode covers Acts 2:1-21, the emphasis is on vv. 14-21. The first thirteen verses are only summarized with respect to what they describe and its biblical-theological significance. Listeners are encouraged to watch the video Introducing the...
Mike Heiser’s Jewish Godhead Course
Many readers will be aware that one of the important elements of my work on the divine council and the biblical supernatural worldview is the notion that the New Testament doctrine of a Trinitarian Godhead derives from the Old Testament. (In case you're presuming I'm...
Journal Article on Divine Plurality in the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls
My thanks are due to the generous policy of Tyndale Bulletin for allowing me to post a link to a scholarly article that appears in the most recent issue. The article is entitled: Monotheism and the Language of Divine Plurality in the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea...
The Image of God and Imaging God
The Image of God and Imaging God What does it actually mean for human beings to be created in the image of God? In this lecture, Dr. Michael Heiser examines the biblical language of Genesis 1:26–27 and challenges several common explanations of the image of God....
Mike’s ETS Paper Now on Kindle
I posted my ETS paper ("The Divine Council in the Pentateuch") in PDF form a few days ago. It's now available in Kindle format.
The Function of the Divine Council in Heavenly Worship: Piety, not Mysticism Part 3
[This is Part 3 of Stephen Huebscher's series on the divine council and heavenly worship. See Part 1 and Part 2. -- MSH] We now move on to the second group of texts relating to our topic, the OT biblical texts. Over the next several posts, we are will look at nine...
Recent Interview on Revolution Radio (UK) – Divine Council, Gnosticism, and More!
Here's the interview on YouTube, send to me by the host, Paul Stevenson:
Mike Interviewed by Calvary Chapel Pastor (Soaring Eagle Radio) about The Divine Council
Mike Spaulding, host of Soaring Eagle Eadio, is a Calvary Chapel pastor in Lima, OH. The interview took place before the launch of The Unseen Realm.
Amazing First Day for Unseen Realm
The launch of my book, The Unseen Realm, has been a great success. The good news is that, earlier in the day, the Kindle edition hit #1 on Amazon's "Hot New Releases" for Theology. It now stands (as of this post) at #2 The "bad" news is that we've learned that the...
Mike to be on Line of Fire with Dr. Michael Brown Tomorrow
Hi everyone. I got an invitation a couple days ago to be on Dr. Michael Brown's Line of Fire radio show. I've been on before, but this time we'll be spending two hours talking about the divine council, The Unseen Realm, and Jewish binitarianism. The show is live 2p-4p...
Mike Interviewed on the Trinities Podcast about the Unseen Realm
Prof. Dale Tuggy has posted the first of a two-part interview with me talking about the Unseen Realm. I was a guest on his Trinities podcast. Have a listen and tell your friends (and maybe some enemies).
Naked Bible 35: Acts 1:1-11
Acts 1:1-11 Most Bible students would say this passage is about the ascension of Jesus to heaven. For sure that’s described, but the passage directs our attention to several points of biblical theology that are simultaneously tied to the OT and look forward to the...
Mike’s New Course on the Godhead in the OT Now Available
For those of you familiar with my divine council work, this new Logos Mobile Ed course ("The Jewish Trinity") covers the content related to the Godhead in the Old Testament - the biblical backdrop of Judaism's "Two Powers in Heaven" belief. It's deliberately not as...