Welcome to another Episode of Ring Them Bells!
In this video we explore how the story of Genesis 6 can be traced back to ancient near eastern neighbors of the Hebrew people. We discover that Scripture always has and always will be in conversation with the culture of its day. The supernatural framework of the Bible has been suppressed. Sacred ancient texts like the book of Enoch give a wealth of context that early authors and their audience were informed by and even reference in scripture. Books like Enoch have only recently come out of the shadows and Dr. Michael S. Heiser spearheaded an academic movement to give these texts more scriptural weight without needing to make them canonical.

What is a Cosmology?
Is the Bible informed by other cultures?
How do we understand truth?

The Topic of Scripture being in conversation with culture is at the forefront of my mind lately. Especially after our recent popular interview with author Nijay Gupta about his new book "Strange Religion."
Link to Full Interview-    • Strange Religion - Early Believers De...  

The Scriptures and early followers of Jesus were in constant dialogue with the Greco Roman world. Both with what they did and what they didn’t do ealy believers defied the lesser ruling gods of the Roman world. With worship, religious practices, and even daily life these early followers of Jesus stood out specifically opposed to the Roman religion. Understanding this gives us an enormous amount of context to the New Testament and even mission of scripture.
There has been a consistent movement in the western church to hold back this information from the church. Not here at Ring Them Bells, We will continue to speak truth to power and truth to lies.

Links to source videos -
1)Heiser reversing Hermon Lecture -    • Michael Heiser   Reversing Hermon  
2)Bible Project Podcast - Paradigm series - https://bibleproject.com/podcast/seri...
3)Bible Project Podcast - Cosmology series -https://bibleproject.com/podcast/seri...
4) Heiser- Did Biblical authors know and read Enoch?-    • Did the BIBLICAL Writers Know About T...  
5)Heiser - Genesis is not the only creation account-    • Genesis Is Not the ONLY Creation Acco...  
6) Enoch and azazel - the legends of History -    • Azazel: The Angel Who Corrupted Man [...  
7) NtWright - Gospel -    • What Is The Gospel? | N.T. Wright Online  



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