Naked Bible 377: Revelation 9

The Naked Bible Podcast

Dr. Michael S. Heiser

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Revelation 9 reveals John’s vision of the fifth and six trumpet judgments. Several interpretive issues are immediately apparent? What is the nature of the angel with the key to the bottomless pit (Rev 9:1)? Is this angel the same or different than that in Rev 9:11 or Abbadon/Apollyon? Who or what is being released from the bottomless pit (Rev 9:3-11)? These questions take the reader into the wider question of whether Revelation’s apocalyptic descriptions should be read in terms of modern analogies. In this episode we discern how the release of evil supernatural beings from the bottomless pit has clear connections to how Second Temple Jewish texts and 2 Peter describe the imprisoned Watchers, the sons of God of Genesis 6:1-4 infamy, and how the odd descriptions of those beings in insect and animal form have clear, abundant antecedents in the Old Testament.

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0:26.3	Welcome to the Naked Bible Podcast, episode 377, Revelation 9.
0:30.9	The lemon, Trace Trichland, and he's the scholar, Dr. Michael Heiser.
0:34.1	Hey Mike, what's going on?
0:36.7	Well I have a pug update.
0:39.3	The pugs have now been introduced to the pool properly.
0:43.7	With life jackets?
0:45.9	With life jackets of course.
0:48.4	And their attitude toward the pool has moved from hysteria to mild hysteria.
0:56.2	They didn't like it.
1:01.1	But they took it a notch down because after flapping around in the pool, we held them up.
1:09.4	We didn't just throw them in there.
1:11.6	But they were willing to stand in the water on the top step.
1:15.3	It goes about halfway up a pug.
1:18.6	So I think they'll still like it to cool off.
1:21.1	But I don't expect to see them swim and lapse anytime soon.
1:24.9	Yeah, well that's a big step, if they'll at least stand in it.
1:29.9	Yeah, you know, do y'all let the pugs out or run around in the backyard when y'all
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