Throwback Thursday: Dr. Michael Heiser - The Divine Council (Part 1)
From PID Radio by Derek and Sharon Gilbert
April 16, 2026 · 42 min
About this episode
The episode features the first part of an interview with Dr. Michael S. Heiser discussing the Divine Council and its implications for Christian theology.
This week, we feature the first half of a two-part interview we recorded in 2005 with the late Dr. Michael S. Heiser, a Bible scholar with a Ph.D. in Biblical Hebrew and Ancient Semitic Languages. This is P.I.D. 101, a primer in the nature of the spiritual war in which we find ourselves. To wit: What is the Divine Council? What implications does the Divine Council model have for Christian theology? How does this affect our lives? In a nutshell, the Divine Council is the group of divine beings -- seraphim , cherubim , and malakim -- who make up the court of God. It’s referenced most notably in I Kings 22:19-23 and Psalm 82. The rebellion of the fallen angels has taken place in several stages: The “serpent” in Eden; The Watchers of Genesis chapter 6, whose interaction with human women produced the Nephilim; The seventy “sons of God” ( bene elohim ) who were placed over the nations after the incident at the Tower of Babel. Those 70 bene elohim became the gods of the nations around the ancient Hebrews: Marduk, Molech, Chemosh, Baal, Asherah, Dagon, and the rest. They are still with us, and their goal is the destruction of mankind. Next week, we’ll discuss with Mike how this is all…
People in this episode
Hosts: Derek Gilbert, Sharon Gilbert
Guest: Dr. Michael S. Heiser
Topics covered
- Divine Council
- spiritual warfare
- Christian theology
- fallen angels
- Nephilim
- UFO phenomenon
Keywords
- Divine Council
- spiritual war
- Bible scholar
- fallen angels
- Nephilim
- seraphim
- cherubim
- malakim
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: I Kings 22:19-23, Psalm 82
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