Naked Bible 92: Stones of Fire

The Naked Bible Podcast

Dr. Michael S. Heiser

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Ezekiel 28:14, 16 describe an “anointed cherub” who walked in the midst of “the stones of fire” and was removed from among “the stones of fire.” What are the stones of fire? What do these verses describe? How do the phrases relate to what’s going on in Ezekiel 28 and its “twin,” Isaiah 14? blog post referenced

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0:26.5	Welcome to the Naked Bible Podcast episode 92, Stones of Fire.
0:31.4	I'm your layman, Trace Dr. Scholler, Dr. Michael Heiser, and I'm doing good.
0:38.7	I'm excited about this one.
0:40.2	Yeah, this is something I get asked about online periodically.
0:44.3	What are the stones of fire?
0:46.6	Years ago I did something about it on the Paleo Babel blog.
0:50.6	But I really only presented one option there because of the context of the question.
0:56.3	And I'll allude to that toward the end of our time here.
1:00.4	And I actually think that an alternative interpretation is probably better, but I answered
1:05.2	it in a certain way on Paleo Babel again because of the nature of the question.
1:09.5	But when we get to that point, I'll bring that up again.
1:12.1	But the phrase, Stones of Fire, for those who are wondering what in the world is this
1:17.7	about, really comes from Ezekiel 28, specifically Ezekiel 28, 14, and Ezekiel 28, 16.
1:26.5	So I'm just going to read 14 through 16 so that we get the flavor of what the passage
1:32.7	says.
1:33.7	So we read in Ezekiel 28, beginning in verse 14, it says, you were an anointed guardian
1:38.3	cherub.
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