Reddit mentions of The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible

I first read about this in Michael Heiser's book The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible.

Because I had not heard of this before, I inquired about it here.

Check out The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible by Dr. Michael S. Heiser. Great book.

https://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Realm-Recovering-Supernatural-Worldview/dp/1577995562

Peter Leithart's recent book Delivered from the Elements of the World is all about this, and in his reading it primarily refers to the socio-cultural structures of a world in flesh which it designs in an attempt to deal with the limits of flesh. He said a lot more than I could summarize to make this case, so I'll just link to the book.

Also, I think there is a decent chance that Paul could be talking about the fallen heavenly beings which ruled over the nations after Babel, a la Michael Heiser's The Unseen Realm (link).

Read The Unseen Realm, by Dr. Michael Heiser.

Psalm 82: God has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

1st word God is YHVH second word God is elohim (which is plural)

Dr Michael Heiser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS22MPVFngs
Also his book titled "Unseen Realm" https://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Realm-Recovering-Supernatural-Worldview/dp/1577995562

This is one of the most powerful sermons I have ever heard. Francis Chan, though I wouldn't die on his hill, really has a gift for stirring up God's people to love and good works. When I was a budding Christian, his sermons helped me pull my head out of my butt (spiritually speaking). I came straight out of agnosticism and basically despised the church. [Note] the actual sermon starts at 4:20ish. They both reference books in the sermon, in a joking way. The first guy wrote a book called Big God, and Francis wrote Crazy Love. The jokes might go right over your head without that context.

Also, Paul Washer is pretty awesome.

Dr. Michael S. Heiser is also on the top of my list. He's an old testament scholar who focusses on the supernatural aspect of scripture. He's got books: the Unseen Realm and Reversing Hermon are a couple of my favorites.

He also has a podcast called the Naked Bible. He tackles thorny subjects with thorough exegesis and goes through different books of the bible. It's called Naked Bible because he interprets scripture free of denominational traditions or creeds, he let's the texts speak for themselves.

His content isn't for everyone, as it's quite dense and somewhat controversial. But I'd recommend him none the less.

Michael Heiser wrote his thesis on the topic and later wrote a book.

While I don’t agree with everything, it is worth a read for someone who really did a deep dive on the divine council and spiritual beings.


The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1577995562/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_KqhYDbD7DEYZV

The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible might also be of interest to you. I haven't read it yet, but it's on my list.

The Potter's Promise is a response to a pro-Calvinistic book called the Potter's Freedom (by James White).

Good non-Calvinistic preachers include Mike Winger, Leighton Flower and Ravi Zacharias. I'm enjoying "Making Man a Dwelling Place for God" by AW Tozer, and I don't think his denomination took a strong soteriological position either way really. I think it's important to hear evangelical voices from both sides of the divide (as long as they're biblical). Michael Heiser is a bit out there, but I really like his videos and his scholarship is excellent (though he and I disagree on some things); he is non-denominational and clearly not Calvinistic. The Unseen Realm was amazing, though it does make claims regarding the heavenly host which some might disagree with:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unseen-Realm-Recovering-Supernatural-Worldview/dp/1577995562/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Unseen+Realm&qid=1566932793&s=gateway&sr=8-1

I'll get round to reading John Wesley eventually as I've only heard negative views of him from the Reformed camp and need some balance. I tend to use the Kindle app a lot as it lets me access my library from anywhere.

@Physical copies:

Grace and Assurance (and other very pro-Calvinistic, professionally written works) are available in hardcover form for UK order from the CPRC website. Here is the link to Grace and Assurance (£18 as a paperback):

https://www.cprf.co.uk/bookstore/graceandassurance.html#.XWV-ondFxMs