Have we Translated Genesis 1 Wrong All this Time?!

Many people think that Genesis 1:1 talks about creation out of nothing, but that is based on an outdated translation of the text. The most accurate translation may surprise you, but it is crucial to your understanding of creation. Check this out!

[tobycoxon]

Mike was literally on his deathbed posting clips explaining the Bible. What a heart he had for bringing Scholarship to regular Christians. He (and Tim Mackie), revived my dying faith about a year ago and now I'm quitting Architecture and am off to Seminary myself. One day I'll thank him.

[BRoop]

Every time I watch him speak I think of how much the modern church lost with his passing. I’m so thankful for his online ministry.

[StevenBenDeNoon]

I just learned of you and your early passing today. My condolences to your wife. I wish we had met sooner. We share similar views on challenging the vowel narratives of Hebrew. I would have challenged you to consider other possibilities in which I am sure you would have taken a keen interest. Rest, my friend. Well done!

[RaisingMyWildflowers]

I love these teachings. He's one of the few people that I mourned despite never having had met him. I couldn't believe how he was still teaching on his death bed. I've learned so much and it's helped me knowing what direction to seek additional information. I trust that there's others out there who are going to carry out his work.

[LoveJesus-gdes]

Recently i went through a youtube comment a pastor from india shared his testimony, i was intrested so looked for his contact so i ended up finding his number and called him. What a life people are living for christ in these countries the man is almost losing everything but not his faith was beaten up by people separated from family no home to live but still strong on faith. He prayed for me on a phone call and i got healed right away of my knee issues and started walking praise god for men like him

[egopara]

dear Micheal Plieser. Thanks for this teaching. I made same translation 5 years ago, and my professor refused to accept it. Did not have so much support to prove the point. Thanks for granting me one

[billbailey]

I first read Dr Heiser's Unseen Realm in 2017. It totally blew the lid off my current understanding of the Bible at that time. I still go back and discover more. I knew there is way more of our understanding of the Bible and the reality of the unseen. I am positive that the Lord led me to his book looking back. He is greatly missed. But he left a treasure of teaching far more worth than gold. He's basking in the Lord's Glory now. Besides his teaching, his faith throughout his sickness is a witness to the asurredness of what he believed. Well done, Dr. Heiser. Well done!

[pumalibrarian]

The full lecture is on the Naked Bible YouTube channel, titled Genesis 1 1 3 Michael Heiser

[johndedden]

Heiser blew my mind. All his stuff is Brilliant.

[sammcrae]

I love listening to Dr. Heiser. I often listen to him or Les Feldick to get to sleep at night, not because they are boring, but they have soothing voices and I can replay them later to hear anything I might miss. They just help slow it down for me and promote a peaceful mindset. It's a shame that we lost them both recently, but the Lord Jesus Christ has all things in His hands.
🙏✝️👑✝️🙏

[amarilloshim]

Dr. Heiser's teaching has allowed me to understand the Bible in a way that actually makes sense to me. I am so thankful to have discovered his work.

[zenyattamondatta]

Dr. Heiser completely transformed my understanding of the Bible.

[abirdynumnum]

The late Mike Heiser brings out the most beautiful yet simple grammatical points. Makes one think. Clear thinking takes hard work, a working knowledge in the original languages, discipline, consistency, and repetition. Great teachers bring out the different nuances of the original biblical text that are not as always clear in the translations, i.e., into English. Having worked with the Hebrew and Greek text for over 25-years, I find plenty more to learn from the classical Hebrew (and later Aramaic) ancient texts. Such a joy!

[melissalepper]

Being very familiar with Dr Heisers lectures podcasts etc, his point is not about old earth-young earth, it’s about context. We must read the scripture with a Hebrew mindset, which is very different than our Western mindset. That is the point and it gives us a new or different or more complete understanding of scripture.

[purelife]

I first heard Mike's teaching about a month ago and determined that wherever he was a professor, I was going to attend. Then I learned that he had already gone home. Well, I'll get to meet him later, I guess.

[bibleprophecy]

I miss him so much. I’ve learned a LOT from him, just wish I’d found his teachings about 13 years ago.

[ghost]

That made so much more sense. I wish i could sit down with someone with that type of knowledge of the bible so i could feel more comfortable that I'm actually learning gods word.

[chillycheeks]

I have only just discovered Dr Heiser. I am so grateful for the videos and his work. ❤

[rodglen]

I studied Hebrew for 3 years and came across this interpretation as well.
The NIV translation footnotes it, but I'm not clear on what the implications are overall. Nor from this clip from the larger lecture.
Biblical old earth adherents often claim this as support for theistic-driven, long-term evolution, culminating in the Edenic conditions at only a specific point in time much later.
I don't see a contradiction here with short-earth age, and I'm not even sure if that's what Mike was getting at without seeing the whole lecture.
I respect him very much, but would like to see further dialog on it.

[robindevellen]

I’m so glad that he came along with his PhD, and set us straight. And all the scholars that came before him who were idiots didn’t know anything. What would we do without this guy.