ping to powers and demons
Bookmarked.
I thought it was a good scriptual study of demons. I listened to the entire 1 hr 13 minutes.
While I don’t agree with a few of his speculations. It was good to hear the Old Testament scriptures regarding demons.
I liked the way he differentiated between the various types of spirits, explaining that there are spirits that are souls without physical bodies that are not demons.
He went into detail about Psalm 82 and the various types of gods, using this to explain that thrre are many types of demons too. I was surprised that he didn’t mention John 10 where Jesus quotes Psalm 82 when refuting the Pharisees and stated (my paraphrase) “Doesn’t your scripture say that Ye too are gods?”
Jesus used Psalm 82 to explain that it is not blasphemy for Him to say that He is the Son of God, if their scripture states that they too are gods.
I take this a step further and quote John 14 where Jesus explains that if He is in us, then our Father that is in Him is also in us. We too are children of God.
Overall, it was a lot of academic theorizing that lacked experiental depth of understanding, but was good.
Excellent video full of informative facts and new insights for me. Thank you spirited irish!
Wow.
Sorry, haveing a hard time getting past the 7 minute mark.
I think it was the referencing extra biblical Hebrew texts,,,
Or maybe it was the rejection of monotheism and acceptance of pantheism.
Or maybe the mocking of dead nephiliam spirits being demons.
I’m gonna try to make it through the whole thing though , just in case I’ve misunderstood what he’s saying.
I know a lot of where Dr. Heiser is coming from. I'd encountered the divine council concept in Meredith Kline, so it wasn't all that jarring to encounter the concept of elohim as a class of non-corporeal beings.
I'm most interested here, actually, in what he might have to say about "mind reading". We don't know what goes on in other person's heads. We don't have direct access to anyone's mind but our own. We know, by questioning, that there are people who do not visualize, and people that don't have an internal monologue. I suspect that minds are something that develop uniquely for each individual, and if we did have access to what's going on in someone else's head, it would be a meaningless jumble to us.