Wonderful video! I love reading my Bible everyday. The 66 book completed Bible is obviously written by God! Man cannot write like that. God bless you both for the work you do!
Brother you are going to be the next great apologist for Jesus. Keep those words in your heart until God is going to fulfill them. 🕊️Be blessed in all your ways🤝
I can't rave about this video enough! It feels like I just watched a Nat Geo documentary. Thanks for the work you do, Wes! It's impacting people's lives. Will be sharing this and the rest of the series!!
Thanks. Jesus himself was a great man of science. That's why he told folks to lay hands or invoke his name to drive out evil spirits instead of teaching them about viruses and bacteria or seizures. Without Jesus, we would never have figured out that boiling water sterilized it. Jesus was at least into sustainable fishing. He just used magic to multiply the couple fish he caught until everyone was full! Great thinking Jesus!
@@bobhubson8511 I bet that made you feel warm inside. Helping humanity by showing us morons who’s boss. Yeah, let that goodness wash over you like rays of sunshine. You’re doing god’s work….well, sort of. You’re work, and well, what’s the difference right!
@truthbebold4009 instead of just telling me I'm wrong, why not take a few seconds and coreect me? What was Jesus's take on healing the sick? How did he teach us to do it? One point at a time right.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUCH A HIGH QUALITY SERIES ON THE BIBLE'S RELIABILITY!!! I cannot even begin to imagine the sheer amount of work that went into making all this. What a way to serve God's people using 21st century technology. God bless you guys. I hope this blows up and reaches many people.
Thank you God blesses you more ptr. More episodes to come. Because if we know the history the more we love to read the bible.. And if we love to read the bible. The more we understand the authors and Jesus 😇😇😇😇
High quality production. Well presented invaluable information. Question: The non-biblical Book of Enoch was part of common knowledge and culture in the Second Temple period, were there any others?
Yes, most of this research was done in Israel by Jewish scholars. That being said, the majority of this work for Jewish ossuaries where name data is taken, and particularly within the period of antiquity Jesus lived, are Hellenized. That is, they transliterate the names with the Greek alphabet or use nativized Greek alternatives such as Iakobos (Greek) for Iacob (Hebrew) or Maria (Greek) for Mariam (Hebrew). This just speaks to how saturated all of the ancient world was with Greek during this time.
The first chart illustrates the problem with the N.T. canon. We have compositions after Jesus ascended, not compositions that Jesus has endorsed. I have been a Christian since a child, and the more I learn about the N.T. and study the N.T., the more convinced I am that some of its books are unlikely to be scripture.
@lisanloves They should all remain in the NT, but we should hesitate at calling them scripture if by that we mean they are oracles of God. Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans writes that the oracles of God were (past tense) given to the Jews. Here we see that Paul doesn't classify his own epistles as oracles of God even though Paul, at the same time, does admit to having the spirit. This doesn't mean some NT writings are unimportant. No, they are all witnesses of early Christian belief, the issue is whether or not we have the audacity to place all of them in the 'oracles of God ' category. If we are incorrect about only one, then we run the risk of putting words in Gods mouth. Oh dear.
With regard to the example from the Gospel of Thomas, the original Greek word used for "male" did not point to the actual gender, but to the male πνευ̃µα - which refers to the spirit as a way of wind/breath/breeze - kind of in the way that God breathed his spirit into Adam (Pneuma (πνεῦμα) is an ancient Greek word for "breath", and in a religious context for "spirit" or "soul".). So IMO it does not contradict the Bible but shows that Jesus basically said: Through the Holy Spirit, men and women are equals. Any thoughts on this?
The only version of the Gospel of Thomas that has Logion 114 is in Coptic. So that's a great point but you're making an argument from a language that it wasn't written in. The Coptic ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ did point to the gender specifically. The other themes of proto-Gnostic and Platonic dualism found throughout Thomas are very clear that the female spirit is evil due to the creator Demi-urge who traps our spiritual selves in bodies that act as physical prisons.
The gospel: the good news is that you can be saved from hell. And here’s how to get saved the Bible makes it as clear as can be. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved”, acts 16:31. Words from your mouth don’t even need to be accompanied, just believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you are saved from hell, it’s this easy.
All the different books and new translations is rubbish. The 1953/55 is better. The new translations - they took a lot of facts and important thing according to the Nation of God, out.
You can argue for your holy book, but you still have no god to show for it. How can an all powerful, all knowing god of the universe exist, and the only way to know anything about this god is through a book that he gave humanity during a time when the literacy rate was 8% at best. This book screams being thought up and written by myopic ancient people.
Brother, I can tell you haven't read the Bible because you wouldn't be asking those questions if you did. Do you think the Bible is just one book written entirely by like 1-3 dudes all in collaboration to fool the world? You should at least read the Wikipedia article for Christianity before arguing online man come on lol
As a general rule of thumb, if you can't steelman a case for someone's belief, you're probably unequipped to criticize that belief without sounding ignorant.
@@christiang4497 Is that right? Is that what you just did? You steelmanned my argument so that you didn't sound ignorant? Thanks for the tip. Run along now, you're late for school.
@@christiang4497I must of missed the part where he was asked to steelman anything? What this guy said is absolutely true. The Bible is a collection of books that by all accounts looks to be written by people with limited knowledge. A book written for and by people of the time period. Strange for a book that was inspired by an all knowing and powerful super being.
@@damianabbate4423 Your argument? The video made an argument. What you did in your comment was faaaar from an actual argument and more along the lines of mockery. You're free to do that, I just don't think it'll get you as far as actually trying to engage properly. Anyway, I'll run along now. I'm late for school.
Why you don’t have more subs is just beyond me. This channel is a gem for any Christian!
I read your comment before the video had reached the one minute mark and subscribed immediately 😊
ON POINT editing and filming. Wow
Fantastic video! Looking forward for the rest
This is a great topic to talk about. I will definitely be watching the whole series.
Wonderful video! I love reading my Bible everyday. The 66 book completed Bible is obviously written by God! Man cannot write like that. God bless you both for the work you do!
Brother you are going to be the next great apologist for Jesus. Keep those words in your heart until God is going to fulfill them. 🕊️Be blessed in all your ways🤝
Thank you for doing this, I've been looking forward to the first episode. This pays dividends for your fellow believers in Christ!
I can't rave about this video enough! It feels like I just watched a Nat Geo documentary. Thanks for the work you do, Wes! It's impacting people's lives. Will be sharing this and the rest of the series!!
Nat Geo couldn’t cover this, too much truth.
11:28 for the Americans: these guys are Canadian, so he means 45 degrees C, which would be 113 degrees Fahrenheit
Thanks. Jesus himself was a great man of science. That's why he told folks to lay hands or invoke his name to drive out evil spirits instead of teaching them about viruses and bacteria or seizures.
Without Jesus, we would never have figured out that boiling water sterilized it.
Jesus was at least into sustainable fishing. He just used magic to multiply the couple fish he caught until everyone was full! Great thinking Jesus!
@@bobhubson8511 I bet that made you feel warm inside. Helping humanity by showing us morons who’s boss. Yeah, let that goodness wash over you like rays of sunshine. You’re doing god’s work….well, sort of. You’re work, and well, what’s the difference right!
@pragmaticoptimist46 glad you agree with my comment. Most folks just bristle and pucker up in offense.
@@bobhubson8511That's quite the uninformed take on the life and teachings of Jesus
@truthbebold4009 instead of just telling me I'm wrong, why not take a few seconds and coreect me?
What was Jesus's take on healing the sick? How did he teach us to do it? One point at a time right.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUCH A HIGH QUALITY SERIES ON THE BIBLE'S RELIABILITY!!! I cannot even begin to imagine the sheer amount of work that went into making all this. What a way to serve God's people using 21st century technology. God bless you guys. I hope this blows up and reaches many people.
Thank you
God blesses you more ptr.
More episodes to come.
Because if we know the history the more we love to read the bible..
And if we love to read the bible.
The more we understand the authors and Jesus 😇😇😇😇
Very well done Wes. I’ve enjoyed your videos and been following you since you appeared on the Cultish podcast
Sharing this with our youth
Such great production and so helpful! Looking forward to more 😊
This is incredible, I haven't heard about the point about the 'common & popular names' before. Thank you so much.
High quality production. Well presented invaluable information. Question: The non-biblical Book of Enoch was part of common knowledge and culture in the Second Temple period, were there any others?
Thank you for this amazing series! I really appreciate the time you put into investigating this sensitive topic 🙏🏽
Praise God for you Wes. Thank you for your work. 🤍
This is great, ty Mr. Huff!
Thank you for your work Wes...when you did your research on names (e.g. John), did you use the original YOCHANON, YAHUDAH IYSHQIRYOT, KEPHA??
Yes, most of this research was done in Israel by Jewish scholars. That being said, the majority of this work for Jewish ossuaries where name data is taken, and particularly within the period of antiquity Jesus lived, are Hellenized. That is, they transliterate the names with the Greek alphabet or use nativized Greek alternatives such as Iakobos (Greek) for Iacob (Hebrew) or Maria (Greek) for Mariam (Hebrew). This just speaks to how saturated all of the ancient world was with Greek during this time.
Wow this is amazing! Keep it up
Fantastic 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼
The new translations is to fit the world. The Father never changed, the world changed the Father
Great video!
The first chart illustrates the problem with the N.T. canon. We have compositions after Jesus ascended, not compositions that Jesus has endorsed. I have been a Christian since a child, and the more I learn about the N.T. and study the N.T., the more convinced I am that some of its books are unlikely to be scripture.
In your view, which books should be in the New Testament, if any?
@lisanloves They should all remain in the NT, but we should hesitate at calling them scripture if by that we mean they are oracles of God. Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans writes that the oracles of God were (past tense) given to the Jews. Here we see that Paul doesn't classify his own epistles as oracles of God even though Paul, at the same time, does admit to having the spirit. This doesn't mean some NT writings are unimportant. No, they are all witnesses of early Christian belief, the issue is whether or not we have the audacity to place all of them in the 'oracles of God ' category. If we are incorrect about only one, then we run the risk of putting words in Gods mouth. Oh dear.
With regard to the example from the Gospel of Thomas, the original Greek word used for "male" did not point to the actual gender, but to the male πνευ̃µα - which refers to the spirit as a way of wind/breath/breeze - kind of in the way that God breathed his spirit into Adam (Pneuma (πνεῦμα) is an ancient Greek word for "breath", and in a religious context for "spirit" or "soul".). So IMO it does not contradict the Bible but shows that Jesus basically said: Through the Holy Spirit, men and women are equals. Any thoughts on this?
The only version of the Gospel of Thomas that has Logion 114 is in Coptic. So that's a great point but you're making an argument from a language that it wasn't written in. The Coptic ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ did point to the gender specifically. The other themes of proto-Gnostic and Platonic dualism found throughout Thomas are very clear that the female spirit is evil due to the creator Demi-urge who traps our spiritual selves in bodies that act as physical prisons.
What do you think of the book of Enoch? Would you say that all of the lost gospels discovered in 1945 are not legitimate texts to trust?
good job
Let's go!!!
At 13:36
Jesus said, “I will myself shall lead her in order to make her male … etc
Please explain this??
I know the Bible is true because Jesus Holy Spirit is with me
For the algorithm is
❤
The gospel:
the good news is that you can be saved from hell. And here’s how to get saved the Bible makes it as clear as can be. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved”, acts 16:31. Words from your mouth don’t even need to be accompanied, just believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you are saved from hell, it’s this easy.
All the different books and new translations is rubbish. The 1953/55 is better. The new translations - they took a lot of facts and important thing according to the Nation of God, out.
🧂🧂❤️❤️🧂🧂❤️❤️🧂🧂❤️❤️
You can argue for your holy book, but you still have no god to show for it. How can an all powerful, all knowing god of the universe exist, and the only way to know anything about this god is through a book that he gave humanity during a time when the literacy rate was 8% at best. This book screams being thought up and written by myopic ancient people.
Brother, I can tell you haven't read the Bible because you wouldn't be asking those questions if you did. Do you think the Bible is just one book written entirely by like 1-3 dudes all in collaboration to fool the world? You should at least read the Wikipedia article for Christianity before arguing online man come on lol
As a general rule of thumb, if you can't steelman a case for someone's belief, you're probably unequipped to criticize that belief without sounding ignorant.
@@christiang4497 Is that right? Is that what you just did? You steelmanned my argument so that you didn't sound ignorant? Thanks for the tip. Run along now, you're late for school.
@@christiang4497I must of missed the part where he was asked to steelman anything?
What this guy said is absolutely true. The Bible is a collection of books that by all accounts looks to be written by people with limited knowledge. A book written for and by people of the time period. Strange for a book that was inspired by an all knowing and powerful super being.
@@damianabbate4423 Your argument? The video made an argument. What you did in your comment was faaaar from an actual argument and more along the lines of mockery. You're free to do that, I just don't think it'll get you as far as actually trying to engage properly. Anyway, I'll run along now. I'm late for school.