The Nephilm Kings in Sheol - The Curious Case of Ezekiel 32:21- TOG EP 145

Ezekiel 23 contains a polemic against the Pharaoh of Egypt being drawn down to the pit, Sheol, by the sword. Ezekiel mentions an encounter with fallen chiefs in Sheol. Are these chiefs, the giant kings—the Nephilim? We will explore what the Septuagint reveals and examine peer-reviewed discussions on this curious case of Ezekiel 32:21. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timeline:

00:00:00 Opener 

00:01:06 Welcome TOG

00:02:58 Introduction and Vignettes on Sheol

00:07:35 I. Images of Giant Kings in the Underworld Ez. 32:17-31

00:09:32 Ezekiel 32:17-31 ESV scripture

00:15:34   1. Septuagint Translation Hebrew to Hellenistic Greek

00:18:31         New English Translation Septuagint Ezekiel 32:20-21

00:21:59         Comparing Masoretic Hebrew with Greek Septuagint

00:22:23    2. Masoretic Hebrew Torah

00:23:42         Genesis 6:1-4 Mighty men

00:26:10         The Watchers in Jewish and Christian Traditions - Chris Seeman

00:29:09 II. Scholar Perspectives

00:29:20      a. Dr. Michael Heiser on Sheol and Ezekiel 32

00:33:28      b. Derek Gilbert on the mighty men in Ezekiel 32

00:38:38      Scholar tally on peer perspectives

00:41:33 III. Sheol

00:41:44    1. The environment of the chiefs in sheol

00:42:16        a. The grave - cadavers Isaiah 14:11

00:43:41        b. Assour - Assure - Assyria Ezekiel 32:22

00:46:21 Conclusion

00:49:33  Soap box - Follow the analysis process - musings, rants, and sarcasm

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Show Notes

Ezekiel 32:20-23

English Standard Version

20 They shall fall amid those who are slain by the sword. Egypt is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and all her multitudes. 

21 The mighty chiefs shall speak of them, with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: ‘They have come down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’

22 “Assyria is there, and all her company, its graves all around it, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, 

23 whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit; and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living.

Septuagint - NETS Ezekiel 32 pdf

Sheol - The OT "Bad Place" - Dr. Michael Heiser

Blurry Creatures Episode 110 The Underworld with Derek Gilbert

 

Mighty - Gibbori(ee)m - Genesis 6:4, Ezekiel 32:21

Fallen - Nepholi(ee)m - Ezekiel 32:22

 

 

 

 

 

Nephilim giants, hybrid beings -Nephili(ee)m -   Genesis 6:4

 

 

 

 

 

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Cosmology and Demonology in Genesis 1-11: The Serpent, Divine Council, and Regional Spirits

I frequently discuss why we shouldn’t go outside our domain of authority and talk to angels, or try to put ourselves in the throne room of heaven. Do you know why? The modern church's view of angelology and demonology is wrong. It is not what Elijah, Ezekiel, and the saints believed. Where did the Apostle Paul get his language and context from Ephesians 6:12? It is not a choir of angels. They’re not even angels. An angel is specifically a messenger sent by God for a task. These bad guys in Ephesians 6:12 are divine spiritual beings - not messengers.  Did you know that demons are not fallen angels? Get the book! Highly recommended for the Tales of Glory audience!

 

 

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A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALM was written by Michael Norton while he was a street minister on San Francisco's Night Strike Homeless ministry under Bob Johnson. Michael documents what he experienced and how the Holy Spirit trained him to move in the Holy Spirit's empowerment during spiritual encounters. This book is a must-read for anyone serious about entering into spiritual warfare ministry. This book has been used as training material for spiritual warfare for Teen Challenge and Cleansing Streams. 

 

 

 

 

Back cover information on A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare.
 

A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, and the Healing Effects of Ritual Abuse was written by Michael in 2017, seven years after his first manuscript, A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare. This book delves deeper into the question of the difference between deliverance and exorcism. Michael reveals information on identifying and working with Satanic Ritual Abuse and his work with numerous survivors. Another powerful book to pick up for spiritual warfare training and counselors wanting to know about handling these darker cases of fracturing and demonic possession.

YouTube Playlists to the M16 Ministries Training Series on Spiritual Warfare

 

Tales of Glory A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Tales of Glory - A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tales of Glory - Cosmology and Demonology

 

Till Next Time

 I hope to have more vignettes on Sheol out soon. What did you think of Ezekiel 32 and the Nephilim Kings in Sheol?

God Bless

Rev. Mike

Curse Breaking Defiled Objects - AFG2SW - Chapter 06 - Hauntings - Part 3 -TOG EP 106

Tales of Glory Episode 106, we're curse-breaking defiled objects. What happens when you find a defiled object during a haunting or house blessing walk-through? What does it mean for an object to be spiritually defiled? Can a spiritually defiled object be redeemed through curse-breaking? What happens when the object can't be redeemed or neutralized through prayer? What are items and objects a Christian should never let into their home? Why is Leviticus 19:31 still as important today in the dispensation of the end-times church? We'll cover this and much more in this workshop session on A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare, Chapter 06, Hauntings, Part 3. Episode 106 concludes the 3 part session on cases involving hauntings.

 

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Workshop course outline:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:08:37 What is a Defiled Object?
00:26:42 Witchcraft Items Fetishes
00:34:21 Necromancy Items (paranormal)
00:46:10 New Age Items
00:52:05 Meditation books Zen, Chi, Yoga, and non-Christian
01:04:34 Secret Societies
01:11:50 Occult Items
01:17:34 Dealing with Defiled Objects
01:23:50 Prayer to Bind a Defiled Object
01:25:18 Prayer to Bind a Defiled Object in 2024
01:32:00 Conclusion

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Show Notes

Hind site being 20/20, I should have opened the workshop for defiled objects with Leviticus 19:31.

31 “Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.

What Does Defiled Mean In The Bible  - December 7, 2023 by Marcos Reyna - article used in podcast.

Blogs from the M16 X-Files

Christian Duplicity and Practicing Yoga

Dear Christian - Yoga is Hinduism

Thomas Keeting is the Catholic mystic I was trying to remember in the podcast. 

He is no beunos!!! Do not read or use any of his material! Popular in Charismatic meditation circles.

Did Saint Teresa of Avila Teach Centering Prayer? by Connie Rossini - a trusted Carmelite expert on prayer.

Rick Warren endorsing centering prayer on Twitter - entry from M16 blog Oct 05 2011.

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Cosmology and Demonology in Genesis 1-11: The Serpent, Divine Council, and Regional Spirits

I frequently discuss why we shouldn’t go outside our domain of authority and talk to angels, or try to put ourselves in the throne room of heaven. Do you know why? The modern church's view of angelology and demonology is wrong. It is not what Elijah, Ezekiel, and the saints believed. Where did the Apostle Paul get his language and context from Ephesians 6:12? It is not a choir of angels. They’re not even angels. An angel is specifically a messenger sent by God for a task. These bad guys in Ephesians 6:12 are divine spiritual beings - not messengers.  Did you know that demons are not fallen angels? Get the book! Highly recommended for the Tales of Glory audience!

 

 

Now on Audible!!!!

Get a copy of THE book you need in your training library for spiritual warfare!

A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALM was written by Michael Norton while he was a street minister on San Francisco's Night Strike Homeless ministry under Bob Johnson. Michael documents what he experienced and how the Holy Spirit trained him to move in the Holy Spirit's empowerment during spiritual encounters. This book is a must-read for anyone serious about entering into spiritual warfare ministry. This book has been used as training material for spiritual warfare for Teen Challenge and Cleansing Streams. 

 

 

 

 

Back cover information on A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare.
 

A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, and the Healing Effects of Ritual Abuse was written by Michael in 2017, seven years after his first manuscript, A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare. This book delves deeper into the question of the difference between deliverance and exorcism. Michael reveals information on identifying and working with Satanic Ritual Abuse and his work with numerous survivors. Another powerful book to pick up for spiritual warfare training and counselors wanting to know about handling these darker cases of fracturing and demonic possession.

YouTube Playlists to the M16 Ministries Training Series on Spiritual Warfare

 

Tales of Glory A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Tales of Glory - A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tales of Glory - Cosmology and Demonology

Till Next Time

Thank you for listening or watching the "A Field to Spiritual Warfare" workshop, episode 106, covering Chapter 06 - Hauntings! If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below. Till next time!!
 

God Bless 

Rev. Mike

 

 

 

AFG2SW - Chapter 06 - Part 2 - Hauntings - Jesus Evicting Demonic Spirits -TOG EP 104

 Tales of Glory episode 104, we are back into the A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare workshop. Diving into chapter 6, Hauntings - Jesus Evicting Demonic Spirits - Part 2, this workshop training will focus on the Christian approach to hauntings and evicting spirits. I will cover some controversial topics in supernatural ministry regarding learning, training, and using the gifts of the Holy Spirit. What do we do when we finally get on site for a haunting? What is a discernment walk, and how do we do it in a home with spiritual activity? What is spiritual discernment, and how does this work? What are defiled objects, and why do ministers need to be aware of them when walking around the location? How should ministers take control of the ministry session to avoid chaos from spirits and clients ignorantly trying to help in ministry? What is involved with blessing a home? And we'll do some listener Q&A! We'll cover these topics in episode 104 of Tales of Glory as we workshop my book, A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare -Chapter 06 - Part DEUX!

#TalesOfGlory #M16Ministries #AFieldGuideToSpiritualWarfare

Workshop course outline:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:05:20 Listener Q&A

00:26:12 On the Premise of a Haunting

00:35:02 Discernment Walk Through Haunted Premises

01:40:01 Be Holy Spirit Attuned to Defiled Objects

01:12:20 DIY (Do-I-Yourself) Rituals of Exorcism

01:15:20 Blessing a Home

01:21:13 Conclusion

 

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Show Notes

Example House Blessing and Spiritual Discernment from Tales of Glory - EP 84.

Some great supplemental information. N.T. Wright comments on Dr. Michael Heiser.

Deuteronomy 32:8 world view discussion.

Build Your Reference and Training Library! 

Cosmology and Demonology in Genesis 1-11: The Serpent, Divine Council, and Regional Spirits

I frequently discuss why we shouldn’t go outside our domain of authority and talk to angels, or try to put ourselves in the throne room of heaven. Do you know why? The modern church's view of angelology and demonology is wrong. It is not what Elijah, Ezekiel, and the saints believed. Where did the Apostle Paul get his language and context from Ephesians 6:12? It is not a choir of angels. They’re not even angels. An angel is specifically a messenger sent by God for a task. These bad guys in Ephesians 6:12 are divine spiritual beings - not messengers.  Did you know that demons are not fallen angels? Get the book! Highly recommended for the Tales of Glory audience!

 

 

Now on Audible!!!!

Get a copy of THE book you need in your training library for spiritual warfare!

A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALM was written by Michael Norton while he was a street minister on San Francisco's Night Strike Homeless ministry under Bob Johnson. Michael documents what he experienced and how the Holy Spirit trained him to move in the Holy Spirit's empowerment during spiritual encounters. This book is a must-read for anyone serious about entering into spiritual warfare ministry. This book has been used as training material for spiritual warfare for Teen Challenge and Cleansing Streams. 

 

 

 

 

Back cover information on A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare.
 

A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, and the Healing Effects of Ritual Abuse was written by Michael in 2017, seven years after his first manuscript, A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare. This book delves deeper into the question of the difference between deliverance and exorcism. Michael reveals information on identifying and working with Satanic Ritual Abuse and his work with numerous survivors. Another powerful book to pick up for spiritual warfare training and counselors wanting to know about handling these darker cases of fracturing and demonic possession.

YouTube Playlists to the M16 Ministries Training Series on Spiritual Warfare

 

Tales of Glory A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Tales of Glory - A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tales of Glory - Cosmology and Demonology

Till Next Time

Thank you for tuning in to this episode. I pray you found it beneficial and informative. Chapter 6 could very well turn out to be a 3 part episode in this series.

 God Bless

Rev. Mike

AFG2SW - Chapter 04 - Mark 9:29 - Can Only be Driven Out by Prayer - Exorcism - TOG EP 101

Tales of Glory episode 101, we are back into the A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare workshop. Diving into chapter 4, Mark 9:29, prayer petitioning ministry, more commonly referred to as exorcism. I cover lots of ground today in what Mark 9:29 ministry looks like from my ministry perspective since 2005. What is the difference between Roman Catholic exorcism and Mark 9:29 petitioning prayer ministry? Why use one over the other? What does this ministry look like? Who should be involved in this ministry? Lots of information about battling the supernatural in this episode!!

 

 

#TalesOfGlory #M16Ministries #AFieldGuideToSpiritualWarfare

 

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Show Notes

Scripture used in episode 101.

Mark 9:25-29  This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.

25 And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”
26 And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.”
27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.
28 And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”
29 And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”

 Why Christians ARE not permitted to Ghost Hunt!!!!

Leviticus 19:31

³¹ “Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.

 

Leviticus 20:22-27

You Shall Be Holy

²² “You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my rules and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. ²³ And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them. ²⁴ But I have said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the peoples. ²⁵ You shall therefore separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the unclean bird from the clean. You shall not make yourselves detestable by beast or by bird or by anything with which the ground crawls, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean. ²⁶ You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.

²⁷ “A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them.”

 Note: we don't put necromancers or mediums to death that was old covenant. The key walk-away is that these actions are forever detestable to God. There is no redeeming medium-ship through the grace of Jesus Christ. Christians are not allowed to communicate with the dead.

 

Ezekiel 1:3. Feeling the presence of God. 6th Mansions intellectual vision.

The Hand of God
3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.


Matthew 12:43-45 Return of an Unclean Spirit  Regarding casting out demons out of an unsaved soul.

43 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order.
45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.”


Ecclesiastes 12:6      Regarding astral projection.

6 before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,
7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
8 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.

Build Your Reference and Training Library! 

Cosmology and Demonology in Genesis 1-11: The Serpent, Divine Council, and Regional Spirits

I frequently discuss why we shouldn’t go outside our domain of authority and talk to angels, or try to put ourselves in the throne room of heaven. Do you know why? The modern church's view of angelology and demonology is wrong. It is not what Elijah, Ezekiel, and the saints believed. Where did the Apostle Paul get his language and context from Ephesians 6:12? It is not a choir of angels. They’re not even angels. An angel is specifically a messenger sent by God for a task. These bad guys in Ephesians 6:12 are divine spiritual beings - not messengers.  Did you know that demons are not fallen angels? Get the book! Highly recommended for the Tales of Glory audience!

 

 

Now on Audible!!!!

Get a copy of THE book you need in your training library for spiritual warfare!

A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALM was written by Michael Norton while he was a street minister on San Francisco's Night Strike Homeless ministry under Bob Johnson. Michael documents what he experienced and how the Holy Spirit trained him to move in the Holy Spirit's empowerment during spiritual encounters. This book is a must-read for anyone serious about entering into spiritual warfare ministry. This book has been used as training material for spiritual warfare for Teen Challenge and Cleansing Streams. 

 

 

 

 

Back cover information on A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare.
 

A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, and the Healing Effects of Ritual Abuse was written by Michael in 2017, seven years after his first manuscript, A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare. This book delves deeper into the question of the difference between deliverance and exorcism. Michael reveals information on identifying and working with Satanic Ritual Abuse and his work with numerous survivors. Another powerful book to pick up for spiritual warfare training and counselors wanting to know about handling these darker cases of fracturing and demonic possession.

YouTube Playlists to the M16 Ministries Training Series on Spiritual Warfare

 

Tales of Glory A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Tales of Glory - A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tales of Glory - Cosmology and Demonology

Till Next Time

I hope you found this episode on Mark 9:29 petitioning prayer ministry to be informative. Thank you for tuning in.

God Bless

Rev. Mike

 

 

AFG2SW - Chapter 03 - Spiritual Authority in Jesus Christ - TOG EP 99

In Tales of Glory Episode 99, we dive into A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare, Chapter 03. What is spiritual authority, and why do we have it? How is the Great Commission tethered to our spiritual authority? We will examine what was unique about Jesus taking authority over unclean spirits in Mark 1. How is spiritual authority in Jesus tied to casting out unclean spirits, healing the sick, and raising the dead? If we have spiritual authority, why do we need the empowerment of the Holy Spirit? How do we use the charismas recorded by Apostle Paul in spiritual warfare? We look at these exciting topics in episode 99 of Tales of Glory!

 

#TalesOfGlory #M16Ministries #AFieldGuideToSpiritualWarfare

 

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Show Notes

 Errata: In my dead raising story about the Vietnamese jungle pastor in the village. 

The village was Buddhist, not Hindu.

Build Your Reference and Training Library! 

Cosmology and Demonology in Genesis 1-11: The Serpent, Divine Council, and Regional Spirits

I frequently discuss why we shouldn’t go outside our domain of authority and talk to angels, or try to put ourselves in the throne room of heaven. Do you know why? The modern church's view of angelology and demonology is wrong. It is not what Elijah, Ezekiel, and the saints believed. Where did the Apostle Paul get his language and context from Ephesians 6:12? It is not a choir of angels. They’re not even angels. An angel is specifically a messenger sent by God for a task. These bad guys in Ephesians 6:12 are divine spiritual beings - not messengers.  Did you know that demons are not fallen angels? Get the book! Highly recommended for the Tales of Glory audience!

 

 

Now on Audible!!!!

Get a copy of THE book you need in your training library for spiritual warfare!

A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALM was written by Michael Norton while he was a street minister on San Francisco's Night Strike Homeless ministry under Bob Johnson. Michael documents what he experienced and how the Holy Spirit trained him to move in the Holy Spirit's empowerment during spiritual encounters. This book is a must-read for anyone serious about entering into spiritual warfare ministry. This book has been used as training material for spiritual warfare for Teen Challenge and Cleansing Streams. 

 

 

 

 

Back cover information on A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare.
 

A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, and the Healing Effects of Ritual Abuse was written by Michael in 2017, seven years after his first manuscript, A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare. This book delves deeper into the question of the difference between deliverance and exorcism. Michael reveals information on identifying and working with Satanic Ritual Abuse and his work with numerous survivors. Another powerful book to pick up for spiritual warfare training and counselors wanting to know about handling these darker cases of fracturing and demonic possession.

 

Words That Work - mentioned in the podcast for street ministry.

YouTube Playlists to the M16 Ministries Training Series on Spiritual Warfare

 

Tales of Glory A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Tales of Glory - A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tales of Glory - Cosmology and Demonology

Till Next Time

 I hope you enjoyed the podcast workshop on A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare. You can follow along and read the book or order it from the left panel on this blog page. Any questions, please visit us on our Facebook page, A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare, and drop your comments there.

God Bless
Rev. Mike