Naked Bible 87: Exorcism of Demons as Part of the Messianic Profile

The Naked Bible Podcast

Dr. Michael S. Heiser

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 14 February 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

There is no direct talk in the Old Testament about the messiah, the son of David, would cast out demons. Yet that title (“son of David”) is found only in the synoptic gospels in association with Jesus’ healing and demonic exorcisms. While healing is a clear part of the messianic profile in the Old Testament, exorcising demons is not. What predisposed first century Jews to the idea that the Davidic messiah would cast out demons? How was that part of the messianic profile?

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0:26.4	Welcome to the NakedBiblePodcast, episode 87, Exorcism of Beans as part of the Messianic
0:32.8	Profile.
0:33.8	I'm your layman, Tray Strickland, and he's the scholar, Dr. Michael Heiser.
0:38.2	How are you doing?
0:39.2	Very good.
0:40.2	How are you, Tray?
0:41.2	I'm doing pretty good.
0:42.2	I'm excited about this Valentine's special.
0:44.4	Oh boy, the Valentine's special.
0:46.2	You know, I didn't even think about it in those terms.
0:49.4	Well, today we do want to talk about exorcism as part of the Messianic Profile.
0:54.8	If this brings, you know, if this sets your heart to fluttering, I guess, you know,
0:58.8	then we did our job.
1:00.3	But this is a topic that has come up a couple of times that you're just sort of really
1:06.6	blowing by it, just mentioning it.
1:08.8	I couldn't even really tell you specifically where I've mentioned it in past episodes, but
1:12.8	thought this would be good, a good landing place for an episode of its own.
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