OUR DETOUR through Nahum, Isaiah, and Ezekiel finally takes us back to Isaiah 14, the chapter with the famous verse, “How art thou fallen from heaven, o Lucifer, son of the morning.”Continue Reading
OSIRIS ISN’T mentioned in the Bible—at least, not directly. However, a loanword in Isaiah 14:19 suggests that the prophet Isaiah had the Egyptian god of the underworld in mind.Continue Reading
THE REBEL in Isaiah 14 is described as having been “brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.” This is the same fate suffered by Assur, the “Assyrian Enlil,” in Ezekiel 32—and it’s another reason we connect this entity to the angel of the bottomless pit in Revelation 9:11.Continue Reading
Who is Lucifer? Most of us have been taught it’s Satan, but evidence in the Bible suggests otherwise.Continue Reading
When the “sons of God” mentioned in Genesis 6:1–4 came to Earth, were they disobedient from the start or were they lured into sin by Satan?Continue Reading
The ark of the covenant was not to be misused. God made that very clear to both Israel and its mortal enemies in the days of Samuel, Saul, and David, the Philistines.Continue Reading
WHO’S IN charge of the end-times rebellion against God?Continue Reading
SAMSON WAS the stereotypical alpha male. Ruled by his passions, Samson fell into the hands of Israel’s enemies, the Philistines—but God used even Samson’s failings to save His people from their enemies.Continue Reading
Samuel Delgado, host of The Weird Christian Podcast, had me on recently to discuss my new book The Second Coming of Saturn.Continue Reading
Who was the Roman god Saturn, and why have some been longing for his return for two thousand years?Continue Reading