Why Is It That When Jesus Casts Out Demons Men Look At That Like It's A Sign That He Is The Messiah?

Link to original full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNgPTshQTMk&t=814s In this legendary interview hosted by Frank Turek, Dr. Michael Heiser, a Hebrew Bible and Semitic languages scholar with a PhD from UW-Madison, recounts his transformative encounter with Psalm 82 in Hebrew during graduate school, where a fellow student handed him the text revealing "Elohim stands in the divine council in the midst of the gods," shattering his assumptions of a pantheon-like polytheism yet aligning providentially with New Testament Trinitarian theology and Christ's deity, propelling his dissertation, books like The Unseen Realm, and career demystifying the supernatural worldview of ancient Israelites for modern readers by prioritizing original ancient contexts over post-biblical traditions like Puritanism or evangelicalism. Heiser explains God's divine council as a familial partnership—God, omnipotent yet relational, desires human imagers as proxies on earth alongside His supernatural family (Job 38:7), desiring their enjoyment in His plans, exemplified by Babel's reversal at Pentecost where nations receive human heirs over rebellious divine beings. Addressing Psalm 91 amid COVID fears, he cautions against literal "bulletproof" interpretations Satan weaponized against Jesus (Matt. 4), noting its Canaanite deity names (e.g., pestilence as Resheph, arrow as Qeteb) evoke demonic threats neutralized by God's sheltering presence in trouble (v. 15), not absence of it—Jesus endured suffering per divine timing, refusing presumption, as believers should take precautions while trusting angelic intercession (Heb. 1:14; Matt. 18:10) and God's awareness without guaranteeing immunity. Heiser urges intuitive biblical reading via ancient idioms (non-literal like "hot potato"), good questions (NT usage, superscriptions, Qumran exorcistic links tying Psalm 91 to Davidic messianic demon-exorcism expectations), tools like Logos software, lexicons (Dictionary of Deities and Demons), and daily learning (5 minutes yields 365 insights yearly), recommending Gospels first for non-believers and his resources (drmsh.com, Naked Bible Podcast, What Does God Want?, Demons, Reversing Hermon) to bridge scholarly trickle-down without degrees. Answering viewers, he affirms scholarly consensus (NICOT, NAC) on Psalm 91, Nephilim as rebellious "sons of God" (Gen. 6 supernatural beings spawning depravity reversed by Christ's Spirit), plagues as demythologized under Yahweh's sovereignty (Hab. 3; Ps. 78, not every disaster divine judgment per Luke 13), 1 Cor. 6:3 as humans outranking/displacing nations' divine rulers (Rev. 2-3) in God's reconstituted council, and Genesis 1's "very good" world (not perfect Eden) prone to chaos needing human dominion— all sacred work post-Fall via redemption. Heiser closes with hope: God sovereignly ensures good for His family (believe the Gospel for eternal focus beyond this world), emphasising contextual study unlocks Scripture's coherence against modern filters. #unseenrealm #frankturek #michaelheiser #psalm82 #divinecouncil #biblicaltheology #elohim #divinecouncil #genesis6 #towerofbabel #biblestudy #christianworldview #spiritualwarfare #yahweh #nephilim