Entries by Derek Gilbert

“The” God from Enlil to Saturn

Dagan, father-god of the Amorites who lived along the Euphrates River in what is Syria today, was Enlil and El by a different name. You’ve probably noticed the similarity between […]

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Rise of “The” God

God took the fallen angels, rebellion “gods,” by surprise with His act of self-sacrifice at Calvary. Paul put it this way: “None of the rulers of this age understood this, […]

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The Last Night of Babylon

Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, was born in the north Mesopotamian city of Harran, one of the two major cult centers for the moon-god in the ancient Near East, […]

A Supernatural Shift in the Book of Judges! (For the serious Scholar!)

There was a shift in the supernatural wind about the time of the Judges in Israel. Followers of the moon-god faded into the background as worshipers of Baal became more […]

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God took this Personally!

All of this would be nothing more than an exercise in history if God hadn’t taken a personal interest in the moon-god and his worshipers—namely, the Amorites. Remember, God called […]

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Moses and the 70!

Moses met Yahweh at Horeb, the mountain of God. But which god? Elohim is adesignation of place, not a proper name. Based on the name Sinai and its location in […]

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Giants, gods Yesterday and Today!

  Derek GilbertDerek Gilbert Bio Derek P. Gilbert hosts SkyWatchTV, a Christian television program that airs on several national networks, the long-running interview podcast A View from the Bunker, and […]

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Mt Hermon and The Watchers

Akiti is the Sumerian form of the word akitu, the name of the Babylonian festival celebrating the new year. It refers both to the holiday and the special building where […]

Babylon Rising

Derek GilbertDerek Gilbert Bio Derek P. Gilbert hosts SkyWatchTV, a Christian television program that airs on several national networks, the long-running interview podcast A View from the Bunker, and co-hosts […]

The Amorites and Israel?

Two hundred years after their existence was confirmed by clay tablets found in Mesopotamia, the history of the Amorites is still debated by scholars. We don’t really know the details […]

The Iniquity of the Amorites is still Alive Today!

God made a puzzling statement to Abraham while establishing His covenant with the patriarch, linking the time that Israel would sojourn in Egypt to the behavior of one group of […]

E.T. has been here all along!

God has blessed us humans with a marvelous ability to think—to reason, to “search out a matter,” which the Bible tells us “is the glory of kings.” Jesus even told […]