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The Naked Bible Podcast

Naked Bible 89: The Book of Life

The Naked Bible Podcast

Dr. Michael S. Heiser

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.84.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

There are over a dozen references in the Old and New Testaments to “books” in heaven. The idea of such books extends back to Sumer and Mesopotamian (“tablets of destinies”). In this episode, we trace the lineage of the idea through ancient Near Eastern examples, the Old Testament, 2nd temple Jewish texts, and the New Testament. Are these records “real time” record keeping? Proof of predestination?

Transcript

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0:26.4

Welcome to the Naked Bible Podcast episode 89, the book of life.

0:31.1

I'm your layman, Trace Strickland, and he's the scholar, Dr. Michael Heiser.

0:34.9

Hey, Mike, how you doing this week?

0:36.5

Very good.

0:37.5

Good to hear your voice again.

0:38.5

Yeah, welcome back from Colorado.

0:40.4

How was that?

0:41.4

It went well.

0:42.4

I mean, we had, I'd say, estimates 50 to 70 people over the course of two nights, each

0:49.0

night.

0:50.0

So, a nice, nice crowd.

0:51.9

People ask good questions.

0:52.9

They were real attentive.

0:53.9

We've met lots of people, so it was fun.

0:56.0

That sounds good.

0:57.0

So, this week, we're going to be talking about some heavenly books.

1:00.3

Yeah, yeah.

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