Here are articles to discuss the issue of whether the Nephilim are some angel/Man Hybrid or humans: TheFreedThinker: Who Are the Nephilim? Triablogue: What are demons? Heiser’s methodology Enoch Gen 6 & 1 Enoch The Nephilim Wayward angels Giants In the Land Blasphemous warrior cultures New frontiers in exobiology Were the Canaanites Nephilim? Is Gen 6:1-4 about ETs? Randy angels Quest for the Nephilim Continue reading When Nephilim strike!
In Genesis 2:15-3:24, we have God establishing a covenant of Works with Adam. The imagery of Genesis 1-3 in the ANE pictured a cosmic temple. This motif is to foreshadow the tabernacle. This motif leaves us with Adam as a high priest in God’s cosmic temple representing all of mankind before the LORD of host. As commentators see the language picturing the work a Priest does in the OT. If we keep Romans 5:12-19 and Genesis 3 in mind, then it seems more than likely that Adam is our representative “Priest” before God in the Garden. The fall of Adam … Continue reading Adam as Priest?
A collection of good articles on the issue of Cosmology and the OT: Is the raqiya a solid dome? Is the raqîa‘ (‘firmament’) a solid dome? Steve Hays thoughts on the topic Firmament Wall of water The waters above The waters above Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology Ancient logistics The cosmic temple Inspired intent Adam in the balance Flat earth or flat head? Borrowed Cosmology Darkness at noon Gilgamishmash Baggins v. Sauron The pillars of the earth Paul Seely Silent Running Babbleinski Gen 1 & the Enuma elish Genesis and ancient Near Eastern stories of Creation and the Flood: an … Continue reading Don’t bump your head on the solid dome!
Dr. John Currid is an Old Testament Professor at RTS, that is known for his commentaries and understanding of the usage of polemics in the Bible. Genesis 1:1-1:2 “In the beginning” The first 3 days of Creation Filling the Earth Creation of Man The condition of Creation The Seventh Day The Garden of Eden Creation of the Woman – Gen. 2:21-25 Causes of the Fall The Redeemer Yahweh Speaks to the Woman and the Man Shame! Shame! Continue reading Dr. John Currid on Genesis 1
It is a time of great liberalism we find more and more scholars maintaining positions that undermine the Biblical writers. It comes in the idea of open theism, denials of inerrancy, polytheism, and the Flat Earth. It is good not all have gone that route such as Dr. Vern Poythress and others. Dr. Poythress wrote in his book Inerrancy and Worldview on pages 39-41 this: An Alleged Three-Decker Universe? Similar principles help us to understand the passages where the Bible makes a tripartite distinction in spatial regions. Exodus 20:4, for example, says, “You shall not make for yourself a carved … Continue reading Journey to the center of the Flat Earth
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