Issues with Dr. Heizer Unseen realm The God of the Old Testament was part of an assembly – a pantheon – of other gods” (p. 11). Yahweh as the supreme God, the creator of all the other gods (p. 34) He believes that, at some point, God created a divine family but never says when (pp. 25, 37) Heiser sees believers being made divine and joining the divine council in the unseen realm (pp. 159, 310-311, 355) He uses Babylonian myths to draw unprovable connections from extra biblical sources (pp. 198-199). Heiser theorizes that the serpent who deceived Eve was living in Eden as a member in good standing of God’s divine council until he became displeased by God’s decision to create humanity and give them dominion over the earth. In an act of defiance, he decides to sabotage God’s plan and in the process was expelled from both the divine council and Eden (pp. 74, 82). the Satan” is a member in good standing of God’s divine council who is simply doing a job assigned to him by God (pp. 57, 91) Non literal day creation Hermeneutics is not literal grammatical or historical Was my loyalty to the text or to Christian tradition? Did I really have to choose between the two? I wasn’t sure, but I knew that what I was reading in Psalm 82, taken at face value, simply didn’t fit the theological patterns I had always been taught. (page 12) Uses small quantity of biblical language texts to prove points (Coptic, Syriac...ect)