Did Peter and Jude Make Stuff Up? - Michael Heiser

The idea of angelic sin in the Bible appears only in Genesis 6, making it the sole scriptural basis for the references in Peter and Jude to angels who sinned and are imprisoned—details not directly found in the Old Testament but implied in underworld passages and fully elaborated in Enochian literature. This ancient material aligns with Mesopotamian stories and presents a consistent supernatural worldview where divine beings can take bodily form and interact with humans, a concept supported by biblical examples such as God appearing to Abraham in human form. There are two main supernatural interpretations of Genesis 6: one involves sexual sin by angels, and the other views the "sons of God" as divine agents supernaturally enabling human reproduction without sexual interaction, similar to how God enabled Abraham and Sarah. The author supports the supernatural reading because Peter and Jude are inspired texts and should not be dismissed as mistaken or mythological references. Essentially, you either have to accept that Peter and Jude are accurately describing these angelic sins based on Genesis 6 or conclude that they were fabricating a story, which challenges their credibility as inspired scripture. Ancient audiences accepted a supernatural realm without modern skepticism, and New Testament writers often allude to Enochian and pseudepigraphal sources seriously and consistently. The reluctance of modern Christians to embrace these supernatural elements stems more from discomfort than from biblical evidence, which broadly supports the reality of divine beings interacting corporally with humans in various ways. #peter #jude #genesis #genesis6 #jesus #bible #michaelheiser