The Unseen Realm (Expanded Edition)

New edition of a bestseller (over 175k copies sold) that features more content from Michael S. Heiser

If it’s weird, it’s important.

To celebrate its tenth anniversary, The Unseen Realm Expanded Edition features a deluxe hardcover format and new content from Heiser never before available in print, further unveiling the unseen realm.

Talking snakes. Giants. A heavenly council. Imprisoned spirits. Your Bible is filled with strange things, but what do they mean and why do they matter? In The Unseen Realm, Michael Heiser unveils the supernatural worldview of the Bible. Heiser shows how understanding the Bible’s ancient context reveals surprises hiding in plain sight. By reading the Bible with the mindset of an ancient Israelite, you will learn new things about God, yourself, and the world. You may never read your Bible the same way again.

Why wasn't Eve surprised when the serpent spoke to her? How did descendants of the Nephilim survive the flood? Who are the assembly of divine beings that God presides over? Why do Peter and Jude write about imprisoned spirits? Why does Paul describe evil spirits in terms of geographical rule? Who are the "glorious ones" that even angels dare not rebuke?

1. Opening Credits
2. Dedication
3. Preface
4. Part 1: First Things
5. Chapter 1: Reading Your Bible Again—for the First Time
6. Chapter 2: Rules of Engagement
7. Part 2: The Households of God
8. Chapter 3: God’s Entourage
9. Chapter 4: God Alone
10. Chapter 5: As in Heaven, So on Earth
11. Chapter 6: Gardens and Mountains
12. Chapter 7: Eden—Like No Place on Earth
13. Chapter 8: Only God Is Perfect
14. Chapter 9: Peril and Providence
15. Section Summary
16. Part 3: Divine Transgressions
17. Chapter 10: Trouble in Paradise
18. Chapter 11: Like the Most High?
19. Chapter 12: Divine Transgression
20. Chapter 13: The Bad Seed
21. Chapter 14: Divine Allotment
22. Chapter 15: Cosmic Geography
23. Section Summary
24. Part 4: Yahweh and His Portion
25. Chapter 16: Abraham’s Word
26. Chapter 17: Yahweh Visible and Invisible
27. Chapter 18: What’s in a Name?
28. Chapter 19: Who Is like Yahweh?
29. Chapter 20: Retooling the Template
30. Chapter 21: God’s Law, God’s Council
31. Chapter 22: Realm Distinction
32. Section Summary
33. Part 5: Conquest and Failure
34. Chapter 23: Giant Problems
35. Chapter 24: The Place of the Serpent
36. Chapter 25: Holy War
37. Section Summary
38. Part 6: Thus Says the Lord
39. Chapter 26: Mountains and Valleys
40. Chapter 27: Standing in the Council
41. Chapter 28: Divine Misdirection
42. Chapter 29: The Rider of the Clouds
43. Chapter 30: Prepare to Die
44. Section Summary
45. Part 7: The Kingdom Already
46. Chapter 31: Who Will Go for Us?
47. Chapter 32: Preeminent Domain
48. Chapter 33: A Beneficial Death
49. Chapter 34: Infiltration
50. Chapter 35: Sons of God, Seed of Abraham
51. Chapter 36: Lower Than the Elohim
52. Chapter 37: This Means War
53. Chapter 38: Choosing Sides
54. Section Summary
55. Part 8: The Kingdom Not Yet
56. Chapter 39: Final Verdict
57. Chapter 40: Foe from the North
58. Chapter 41: The Mount of Assembly
59. Chapter 42: Describing the Indescribable
60. Epilogue
61. Closing Credits