Reversing Hermon: Enoch, the Watchers, and the Forgotten Mission of Jesus Christ

Heiser never fails to deliver. His research is awesome. If you want to understand a lot of those problematic areas in the Bible then I recommend reading this man's work. It makes perfect sense and has helped me enormously.

Excellent book on the subject. An evenhanded attempt to contextualise texts in their historic setting and examine the theological implications. Concise easy to read, well referenced and drawing on reputable recent scholarship.

Truly excellent. You must read this and his other book, unseen realm. It's filled the gaps in many of my understanding of scripture. And I've had seven years of Bible studies at the uni level!

This is an eye opener for those who seek to know why and what is going on “behind the scenes”

I fully get why many people will struggle to understand the content of this book, it goes deeper into the nuances of the ANE Worldview than many books of its kind. That said, I think the book is worth the struggle, because Heiser really does show in a remarkable way, that Jesus did not just come to pay for our sin, but also, to serve notice on those fallen Watchers, who came in Genesis 6:1-4 to ruin God's creation. There are different interpretations of that text; many say like Macarthur, that the Sons of God described, are really just ordinary men inhabited by the spirits of fallen angels, who then partner with women and create the Nephilim. But, if that were the case then how do you explain them being Giants.I believe though, like Heiser, we need to take Genesis 6:1-4 at face value, the bible does not say that Angels cannot procreate, it just says in Matthew 22, that they should not marry, in a sense as part of the divine mandate, they were not allowed. Divine flesh, was not allowed to mix with human flesh, it was considered an abomination in God's eyes, hence the coming flood and the destruction of the earth. The Divine Council Worldview is new to most people, largely due to tradition being mostly taught in churches, rather than Scriptural truth. But if one reads Psalm 82, and Brian Godawa has done a good study on this, we see that there was indeed a Divine Council of gods, (Elohim plural), with one God, Yahweh (Elohim Singular) as the ruling God. Divine participation also is well described with Scriptural justification, not just in Psalm 82, but also in 1 Kings 22:19:23, where we have a council of divine beings leading to one putting a lying Spirit into the false prophets of Ahab.This is not something as students of the bible, we can simply ignore. But what I really believe is revelatory about Heiser's work here; is his use of cosmic and land geography to illustrate his point of Jesus' underlying mission. In particular, the transfiguration on Mount Hermon, near Caesarea Philippi, which ironically is located in Bashan, meaning the place of the Serpent. This is where the Fallen Watchers came and took their oath to copulate with Human women, as written in the book of Enoch, which although not canonical or inspired, it was quoted in the letters of Peter and Jude. In fact quite extensively in Jude, which does indeed show how second temple Jews, viewed the coming of the Messiah and the mission he came to accomplish. When viewed in this context, we not only have a Saviour who came to pay for our sin, we have a conquering Saviour, who conquered all the evil powers and spirits, taking them captive through the streets, showing his glory, not just to the material realm, but the spiritual realm also.One word of warning however, Heiser is an Arminian, which I believe subverts his theology. Listening to his lectures on the Supernatural at a recent seminar he did, which are very good overall, but in the second lecture where he tried to use 1 Samuel 23 as a case for free will, I felt this was deeply flawed, as David was God's chosen King, therefore it made sense for God warn to him, so he would be protected for the role God had chosen for him, this was not David's choice as Heiser tried to point out. This is actually spurious reasoning and ironically undermines his position, which indeed, does contain much sound biblical truth. So, if you have not read this book, please do, you will learn much, and stick with it, there is much depth and much to learn, just keep in mind Heiser's free will perspective, if you yourself do not follow that view.

Arrived safe and sound, look forward to reading this book.

A great addition to The Unseen Realm. Michael Heiser's work is simply outstanding!

At last! A proper explanation for the strange parts of bible content.

Great book. Well written. Very thoughtful provoking.

Faith blowing, Mind boggling!Suddenly, « weird » and « obscure » NT passages start making real sense!1Cor. 11:10?Jude 6, 14&15?Praise God for Dr. M. Heiser’s commitment to the texts only.Sola fide sola Scriptura!

The Son of Men came to fulfill all the covenants that men had with God, but sistematically failed to honor. The price of sin is death, and He died, so that through His sinless death, mankind could legally stand before God as though it has never sinned. This is the basic that Christians should know. What is less known is that Christ incarnation also addressed other issues beyond the human transgression. The Bible reports that along Satan, a third of the angels also rebelled. Hints of this rebellion and its consequences are given throughout the Bible. This book addresses a particularly important but seriously misunderstood passage in Gen. 6:1-2. Here some angels left their original abode and came down to earth to cohabit and breed decendants with the daughters of man. This angelic transgression had severe consequences and God had no alternative but to press the reset button, saving no one except Noah and his family, for this was the last man "perfect in his generations". Meaning, not corrupted by the angelic genetic experiment. Unless God saved this last undefiled seed of Adam, the messianic prophecy of Gen. 3-15 would not be fulfilled and humanity would be doomed for good.But Jesus did come, and His genealogy goes all the way back to Adam, the son of God. Jesus fulfilled all the profecies, smashed the head of the old serpent and took away its power. But He did more than that. During His ministry, Jesus was never just rambling around. Every place He went was for a purpose, and mount Hermon was no exception. This was the site where the rebel angels of Gen 6 landed on earth to get some chicks. Jesus went there and did something amazing to reverse the consequences of the angelic rebellion. What was it? Read the book.

Best scholarly book that we can understand in plain English. Explains the true mission of our Lord Jesus Christ and the hidden agenda of the false gods of the world. Jesus Christ have overcome the works of these fallen ones which are the gods of the world and helped us to live a life of victory.

None Needed. Here we go again with the inane requirement just to finish a book. Talk about a waste of time after reading a very significant book.