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Seeing the Unseen Realm

By Jeremy Myers
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Seeing the Unseen Realm

The Unseen Realm

What does it mean that God presides over an assembly of divine beings (Psa 82:1)?

How are we to understand when those beings participate in God’s decisions (1 Kings 22:19ยญ23)?

Why wasn’t Eve surprised when the serpent spoke to her (Gen 3:1-4)?

Why are Yahweh and his Angel fused together in Jacob’s prayer (Gen 48:15-ยญ16)?

How did descendants of the Nephilim (Gen 6:4) survive the flood (Num 13:33)?

What are we to make of Peter and Jude’s belief in imprisoned spirits (2 Pet 2:4; Jude 6)?

Why is baptism linked to the flood and these imprisoned spirits (1 Pet 3:18ยญ-22)?

Why does Paul describe evil spirits in geographical rulership terms (thrones, principalities, rulers, authorities)?

Who are the “glorious ones” that even angels dare not rebuke (2 Pet 2:10-ยญ11)?

These, and other related questions, are all considered in Michael Heiser’s book The Unseen Realm.

The Unseen Realm

The Unseen Realm presents what the Bible says about the world of the supernatural.

In The Unseen Realm, Dr. Heiser shines a light on the supernatural world. His goal is not a trendy, new perspective, but a very ancient one. He wants to demonstrate how thoughtful people can read the Bible with the ancient eyes of the biblical readers and writers. When todayโ€™s pastors and scholars see the Bible through the ancient supernatural worldview of the original writers, the message of Scripture is unfiltered and comes into focus. Thoroughly researched and rooted in peerยญ-reviewed scholarship, this study will benefit beginning student and researcher alike.

If you are like me, you might be a little tired of hearing about the supernatural realm, but this book was insightful and creative and helped me think through a few issues I have been wanting to study further for quite some time.

For example, I think Heiser is exactly right about what it means for humans to be made in the image of God (Gen 1:26-27), and I really liked his discussion of the Nephilim in Genesis 6:1-4. I will be discussing these sort of texts in my podcast (Launching in about ten days!), so stay tuned.

One thing I also really liked about this book is how Heiser shows the numerous parallels between biblical literature and extra-biblical literature, especially in the creation story, the flood account, the building of the tower of Babel, and the various descriptions in Scripture about the abode of God. The Bible was not written in a vacuum, but shares many of the supernatural worldview elements of its Babylonian, Egyptian, and Canaanite counterparts.

Ultimately, Heiser’s book is a survey of the Bible from a supernatural perspective, and if you are interested in understanding the spiritual real more deeply, this would be a good book to read.

You can buy The Unseen Realm on Amazon, Christian Book Distributors, or from Logos Bible Software.

Here is a video which tells you more about the book:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Awue6apbw

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  1. Dale says

    September 6, 2015 at 5:45 am

    Great post Jeremy. I liked the book too, although I thought it confused regarding Jesus and God. Still, I think it illuminates a whole lot of passages. You can hear me talk to Dr. Heiser about the book here. http://trinities.org/blog/podcast-97-dr-michael-heiser-on-the-unseen-realm/

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  2. Dale Tuggy says

    September 6, 2015 at 5:46 am

    @NateSmoyer @msheiser Good book. http://t.co/OdH5a1yEgO

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  3. Matt says

    September 8, 2015 at 1:23 pm

    The coupon code doesn’t seem to be working…

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    • Jeremy Myers says

      September 10, 2015 at 6:36 pm

      I checked with Logos, and I was wrong… it only works on the software packages…. Sorry!

      Reply
  4. Michael Heiser says

    September 11, 2015 at 1:32 pm

    Jeremy – Thanks so much for the review. I know that reading and reviewing takes time. I appreciate the effort and the insight you shared with your audience!

    Mike

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    • Jeremy Myers says

      September 11, 2015 at 4:04 pm

      Thanks for writing the book. It made me begin to think through a lot of pressing questions.

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