Defending biblical controversies
Defending biblical controversies
The Divine Council & Giants, The Flat Earth and Two Creations Stories
The Divine Council and Giants
Bible talks about spiritual beings as well as people and most importantly the spiritual beings form a realm, an authoritative hierarchical structure which is copied in real life around us throughout the history within governmental or corporate organizational structures. One must know its origin to really understand how the world is run today.
No matter what the narrative or ideology of the day is, one must use common sense, logical and critical thinking to observe commonalities, patterns and connecting dots as the only fair means to arrive to the conclusion closest to the truth. The truth that leads to wisdom, knowing right from wrong that benefit all not just some group of individuals. One must see that everyone’s life is a paradox. One is born without their own choice yet life in itself offers countless choices. A life with unavoidable pain and suffering regardless of the choices.
One may observe the world stuck in cycles of death and rebirth while all designed with a purpose. How could this happen by chance or accident or by billions of years of random mixing? So we must seek the truth of who we are and admit a world beyond human capabilities. The spiritual world.
Bible has proven to be the best resource of the spiritual world so far even if most scholars make it out to be a just a mythical allegorical piece of literature. But one with their own reasoning should arrive to their own conclusions.
Understanding the fact that just as our world is organized, the spiritual world must be organized as well and that one copies the other just as in heavens so on earth. But we need to know how spiritual world works and looks like and what role do we play. What role does the world system plays and where we are in terms of ages.
The Divine Council are well explained by Dr. Michael Heiser (RIP).
Another great resource is Rev. Finis Jennings Dake and for example his BIBLE TRUTHS UNMASKED book and/or GOD’s PLAN for a MAN.
Giants (from Hebrew: Nephilim) are the product of Fallen Angels. The fallen angels rebelled after the flood which is probably not the first flood as I later explain in 3rd item about two creation stories. This brings more context for the whole picture of our human story. Descendants of those “gods” and “demigods” are sill part of our current world structure and one of the hidden secret of those in power is that they believe in higher power regardless what they say (it is just not the highest God but the highest god of this world in opposition to God). By a simple logical reasoning, we can clearly see how the descendants of the rebellious angels are connected to the evil of this world and that includes any deviations in order to not give credit to God for anything.
Here is a video of a sermon on Biblical Cosmology a very refreshing young independent Pastor teaching wholesome Christianity you won’t hear in every church:
The second controversy is the Flat Earth that is clearly described in the Bible and many other ancient sources hence ancient people even those in power at the time believed in this “theory” now of course mocked intensely. Again historical context of the above mentioned ruling evil obscuring and twisting truths from the ancient world and making it all invalid by making you believe in UFOs from other planets, life on other planets, dating historical evidence incorrectly, and creating a god out of science obviously aim to disconnect humanity further away from true God, away from humanity’s real purpose, away from our loving Creator. It just leads to more reasons to believe the flat earth theory as oppose to completely dismiss it as nonsense.
By understanding the above mentioned basis of our standards, for good and bad, understanding its origin we can navigate in the sea full of sharks and be able to identify the dangers when one believes the sharks mean no harm to us. With so much deceit and lies the world produces daily we need to learn to make sense of it all for it makes life with a purpose and sense of security that humans need for their survival. Even the attempts of creating longer life with “Science” clearly worshiped as the infinite true wisdom, attempts of creating immortality, creating sentient robots prove the desperate measures humans are willing to take. So how do they make people believe this to be possible? In my opinion, by changing the ability of humans to love or to even want to love. Desensitizing humanity to a point of having no feelings, no care, no love.
I don’t see the world improving with all its connectedness. Our history proves that people need more that just bread and shelter. Our history proves people cannot just live happily in groups of families together. Our history proves the endless sinful nature, endless search of meaning, and endless desire to seek love or power yet inability to hold on to it due to sin and death. Which circles back to how Bible fully explains this in a way no other book can.
Thirdly, Bible also contains two stories of two seemingly different creations of the world and humans. Some of the theories of Pre Adamites had lead to really bad conclusions like racism, hating one race over another. But to be fair, Bible allows the idea of pre-Adamic races but as such there is no confirmation. However, some interesting ideas came from Finis Jennings Dake that posits humans were recreated again after a catastrophe due to Satan’s rebellion even before the flood or Isabelle Wight Duncan and her husband George John Craig Duncan that theorized the pre-adamite race became angels.
Whatever the amount of antediluvian catastrophes, it only shows humans had plenty of chances to prove they cannot live without God’s guidance. The fall and ultimate self-destruction of humans is unavoidable unless God stops it once for all. There’s no other better existing solution as it seems. Certainly not Artificial Intelligence.
Humans were created in God’s Image and will seek life at all cost but at the same time they will seek destruction to a point of self-destruction when acting out of pain, hate and revenge. This we know means a DEFECT or a virus because this kills a life. Nothing in the life around us is random and even seemingly unreasonable elements of life have a reason for its existence but we just don’t know it yet. Therefore, beyond any reasonable doubt we may take comfort in the solution from God not from a man or a robot to solve all world’s problems.
Stay tuned.
Update: Feb 2024.
To be fair, after hearing some arguments against “gap theory” and “Pre-Adamic age or race” theory, and some counter arguments against the “young creationists” as they call the group of Christians believing in literal 6-day creation; I must conclude there are few arguments that makes sense and makes one to be skeptical and doubtful to believe the earth is older then 6,000 years. Whatever it may be, I agree with Dr. Michael Heiser that said It is possible but Bible does not confirm it.
On the other hand, the one cannot ignore science that enriches strengthens one’s faith after realizing the Bible confirms the scientific findings. As some radical , rigid and strict thinking may “protect” a person but also limit them and isolate them as some “religious cults” do.
There are also other groups of Christians (for example Zoe and David Sulem in their God’s plan for all they defend pre-adamic age and come with a 7-age theory. Also they debunk “trinity”, “immortal soul” and “hell” doctrines. They don’t believe in two different creations (pre-adamites) but the pre-adamic age that explains the gap, the scientific findings (as well as Hugh Ross believes in Gap Theory) and most importantly it is not only “Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 gives logical, but also scientifically and geologically defensible, answers that not only protect, but also enhance the credibility of the Bible as the true Word of God.”
There are only two religions in this world: the religion of human self-righteous faith, and the religion of God-given God Righteous faith. All of man’s religions are false religions based on human faith with self-righteous works, which do not please God. However, true religion is based on God-given faith with God-righteous works, which do please God. It is important to understand that saving faith is not of ourselves, but it is a gift from God, and Jesus Christ Himself is the Author and Finisher of our faith.
The Eternal Kingdom of God of the New Heaven and the New Earth will not be established on this earth until God has first cleansed, purified and renewed the earth and its heaven (earth’s atmosphere) by His physical fire, and also judged, refined, purified, saved and reconciled all fallen men and all fallen angels, without a single exception, through His Holy Spiritual Fire.
Yes indeed, every creature including all fallen angels will be reconciled through the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross, and they will all worship Father God (Yahweh Elohim) and His only begotten Son (Yeshua Elohim), willingly and joyfully, forever and ever.
Revelation 5:13
And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: “Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever”.