Read Reversing Hermon by Michael Heiser

Reversing Hermon by Michael Heiser is a revolutionary work. It reveals what many in the contemporary Church have actually never ever read concerning how the story of the sin of the Watchers in 1 Enoch 6-16 really helped frame the objective of Jesus, the messiah. Jews of the first century anticipated the messiah to reverse the effect of the Watchers’ disobedience. For Jews of Jesus’ day, the Watchers were part of the reason for why the world was so exceptionally immoral. The messiah would not simply withdraw the claim of Satan on human souls and estrangement from God, fixing the quandary of the Fall. He would likewise bring the people back into relationship with the true God by beating the principalities and powers that governed them. Jews likewise thought that the messiah would save mankind from self-destruction, the driver for which was the sin of the Watchers and the impact of what they had actually taught mankind. The function of Enoch’s retelling of Genesis 6:1 -4 in how New Testament authors wrote of Jesus and the cross has actually been mainly lost to a modern-day audience. Reversing Hermon corrects that circumstance.

Topics include:
1. Comprehending Genesis 6:1 -4 and the sin of the Watchers in their primary context: how the ancient Mesopotamian story of the apkallu lines up with Genesis 6:1 -4 was protected in 1 Enoch and sets the stage for the theme of reversing the evil of the Watchers
2. How the theme of reversing the transgression of the Watchers colors the gospel accounts of the birth of Jesus, his genealogy, and his ministry
3. How the works of Peter and Paul mention the sin of the Watchers and present Jesus as reversing the devastating results of their sins against mankind
4. How the descriptions of the antichrist, the end-times Day of the Lord, and the last judgment link to Genesis 6 and the nephilim

Though every subject dealt with in Reversing Hermon by Michael Heiser can be discovered in scholarly academic literature, Reversing Hermon is the 1st book to collect this information and make it available to read to Bible learners all over. The book likewise consists of extensive appendices on the ancient discussion on the motivation of the book of 1 Enoch, New Testament allusions to the book, and scholastic resources for studying 1 Enoch and the Book of Giants from the Dead Sea Scrolls.

These resources are strictly meant to educate and help grow in your faith as you dig deeper into the evidences of His Word.