Saul/Paul | Bible Story
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2021
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He's a man with two names. To the Jews he was called Saul, to the Romans he was known as Paul. He thought he was the hero in this story, but he turned out to be the villain. It took him losing his sight to see for the very first time. Are you willing to open your eyes?
"Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'"
Acts 9:1-4
Saul © 2021 Vantage Stories
Credits:
Production: Glory Unlimited
Acting: Andrew Branham
Filming: Sidewayz Films
Scoring: Kyler Daron Music
Writing: Josh Branham
Animation: Crash Eleven Productions
Filmography: Jeremy Kovacs
Photography: Austin Snodgrass
The Branham’s bro’s are some of the best story tellers I know. Love seeing how the Lord is using their gifts (and the gifts of the production crew) to bring these stories to life.
These past couple of months I have felt God pushing me to learn about the people in the Bible. I have been praying for God to lead me to the right resources to help me get a clear understanding of the stories and this story is a perfect start. This video is amazing. I really hope to see more videos soon!
I'm happy to know that you weren't standing close to the stairs when "God was pushing" you. You might have gotten hurt.😊
Litterally in tears towards the end. How great our God is. Hallelujah
Anytime I don’t feel worthy of gods love and grace I watch this and I tear up. Only thing that can make this grown man tear up is
This is a powerful modern retelling of the Saul to Paul conversion. Do yourself a favor and remind yourself that God’s love knows no bounds!
AMEN!
ok steve
Not only have I had several references of Saul the past few days , I just listened to a message which also referenced Saul and In that message said “Gods love shows no bounds” what a divine and beautiful confirmation 🫶
Bro you have me crying AT WORK
Hahah! 😭
There are no words to describe how beautiful and powerful this is. Thank you to the actors, writers, and crew for being obedient.
Just so you know, during the blackout, my reflection stared back at me from my phone, and you literally forced me to take a good, hard look at myself.
Thank you 🙏
This is very well presented. I have always wanted to understand the story of Paul. Thank you so much for this.
Wow, wow, wow. I just finished watching this!!! SPECTACULAR !!! The depth of emotion, the words, the darkness vs light, the music, all culminate to draw you into the real struggle of a man who fiercely opposed Jesus until he met Him face to face.
"The whole time I thought I was the good guy...I thought I was doing what you (God) wanted!" Great line. How many times do well-meaning people do what they think is right in their own eyes or in the eyes of the world? Many times these same people don't even KNOW that they need to be forgiven of "sins." They don't know what sins ARE, even. As Christians, we must be patient as we help others open their hearts and eyes to the truth. I believe this is why Stephen could ask God to forgive those who persecuted him, even as he was being stoned to death. I also believe this is why Jesus asked the same of the Father, God. "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." Luke 23:34. Jesus reminds us in so many ways that as we teach, we must do so humbly. We are ALL in need of a Savior (even those who don't yet know it or don't yet know that Jesus is the answer). Thank you for this wonderful depiction of Saul / Paul's story! Great job, Vantage crew!
Such a great video. The Bible totally coming to life, well done. And the story of Paul is such an incredible testament of God's redemption and love the way it's told here.
Wow. Just wow. I was so engaged with the story. What a fantastic tool for God's Kingdom. Well done!!!
I wanna cry and celebrate at tge same time.. This convicted me so deeply . I had no idea. I'm new to Bible study and it's amazing that God is so creative he can use anyone who is willing.
I'm so thankful for this video. 🙏
Hi from Australia. Absolutely loved this, so compelling and beautiful in its simplicity. Thanks to Lynne B for pointing the way. ❤
You are so welcome!
This moved my Spirit!
Amen
Please make more videos like this!!!
Great storytelling 😇😇😇
What a great story teller. I learned a lot about SAUL in 18 minutes Thank You
Powerful! The story of Paul simplified for more comprehension. So so inspiring. God bless you two
Love how Vantage Stories brings the gospel to life. Incredible to hear, see, and feel Paul’s testimony. Well done!
This is so amazing of the talent of our Pastors. God has anointed them for this time. From teaching us in Sunday to this awesome production company. I encourage all of you to continue to dive into the word, and hearing what HE has to say and act on it. ❤️❤️❤️
I love this. Bringing the Bible to life is such an inspiring and worthy thing to do! Congratulations! Great video.
Gripping and Compelling.. A must watch!!!!!
Totally agree mate! The Branham’s bro’s are some of the best storytellers I know! Astonishing!!!!!
So great to see this! Such a great message that all are forgiven in the light of Christ! Well done!
Absolutely loved this! It brought a breath of fresh air to an already awesome story.
Love this retelling of the beautiful testimony of Paul! Such a good reminder that Jesus will and does save those that don’t believe that are worth saving! So good!
This was truly amazing! Great representation and Breakdown of Paul/Saul. Thank you!
Powerful storytelling. This video truly brings the story of Paul and the Scriptures to life! I’m grateful for Vantage and the way they bless the Church with such meaningful and powerful content.
Thank you so much!!!!!
Love everything going on in this! Such evocative storytelling, and really cool to examine this story from a non-traditional perspective.
Well done! I found myself drawn in and experiencing the story along with the story teller. So compelling! Love the writing and direction.
this is... AMAZING. Thank you so much for uploading.
Love this story! The contrast of light and darkness showing the change Jesus brought to Saul and the new direction he went to follow Him.
Man you gotta make more of these videos , this was amazing, I now understand!
Absolutely FANTASTIC!!! Very, very, VERY well done!!! Thank you!!!
This is SOOO Good!!
Amazing story telling 👏🏽
Thank you for sharing.
God bless everyone 🙏🏾💞
Work well done...Thank you!
What we need today...today ...TODAY...we are to pray ..PRAY..for three days no food just fast..with a Heart that...hurt...heart that was confuse a heart of repentance....connect with the Lord as Saul was given ...a blessing ...and now we know him as Paul...today if you hear his voice ....harden not your heart ...don't close your eyes ..don't be blind by sin ..open them ..To the POWER and the GLORY that is Christ Jesus...this was an awesome production...peace.
This was awesome! Very artistic, creative and talented.
This is fantastic!! Thank you 🙏🏻 God Bless you and your family 🙏🏻🤍
Life changing - thank You! Please do continue. Thank You, Lord! God bless You at Vantage!
Wow!!! Well done!!!
Brilliant. Well. Documented. Loved. It. ✋️👍👌.Thank. You. For. Sharing. God. Bless. ❤
You are so welcome
Thank you for this.
Amazing.....love it soo much!! I know the Lord will bless those who watch. I am so proud of you son. God is using you to bless so many.
Thank you! I was a little confused when reading the Bible/Saul that this video helped me to make sense to what I was reading. God Bless!
thank you. i have recently found Christ but struggle with severe attention deficit disorder and reading/comprehending the bible has been extremely difficult. this video not only helped me understand Paul but it touched my heart so very much. thank you.
This was one of the most encouraging comments we got all year! Thank you so much for taking the time to share with us! Would you be alright with us reposting your comment on our social media?
@@VantageStories YES! In fact, I cannot express to you enough about how good it feels to know that my comment has encouraged this amazing project/ministry in some way. Yesterday when I initially read your kind response,I felt that going into more detail about the impact your videos have made on me.. a person who has just recently found salvation in Jesus Christ would be inappropriate but.. and i apologize in advance for leaving such a long reply, I just can't help but feel like I need to let you know just how much these videos have truly helped me in more than one way.. because I am sure there are other people out there who have had similar struggles with things such as learning what the bible teaches and that learning about the people in the Bible can actually help us deal with problems we face today in this day and age. I am trying to process this incredibly emotional response to learning about the Bible because up until I was recently saved, I had so much hatred for anything that involved Christianity. Naturally, the Bible invoked in me so much anger and disgust.. but I am trying to understand why that is because I had no idea what the Bible was really even about. I was baptized Catholic but in all honesty, that was just something that my family did to fit in with the community that I grew up in. In fact, there was never any teaching about the Bible, or anything related to God/Jesus at all. Instead, I was taught to study thelemic principals and how to do things like astral projection, communicate with other "entities' thru different types of divination and clairvoyant methods. Instead of learning the 10 commandments, I was taught how to properly read and decipher an ephemeris so I could read astrological natal charts by the time I was 8 years old. My childhood was a miserable, lonely and traumatic experience.. and I believed that my unhappiness came from religious indoctrination that was only forced upon society because "they' (the evil christians) didn't want people to become illuminated with the liberation of truth.. that we... Humans.. were actual Gods and to achieve or ascend to our highest state of Godhood we had to live our life by adhering to the most important law.. "do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law". When I turned 8, I took part in my first blasphemy against God. (A ritual that is very important to thelemites and members of the O.T.O). Long story short, we were taught that sin was actually a good thing.. and that the more we indulged our sinful desires and took part in drugs, sexual deviancy , and making a true effort to remove any kind of emotion that wasn't animalistic in nature because empathy and compassion only make us weak.. basically that sums up the basic principles that I was taught my entire life. Looking back I now remember that something inside me knew it was wrong. My mother is still obsessed to this day with communicating with spirits through her pendulum, and I don't ever really remember seeing her happy at all. I'm sure it wouldn't surprise anyone to know that I work in the adult industry as an escort, I'm 43 and I've been doing it all my life. I have a severe problem with addiction and almost took my own life because one day I just couldn't justify living one more day in a world where there was nothing but pain and emptiness. I believe with every fiber of my being that I'm alive to type this because Jesus came into my heart. When I attempted to end my existence in this world the doctors said it was a miracle that I was able to be recessitated. But ever since that happened I feel like God was telling me that I didn't have to keep hurting like I was. There was a lady at the hospital that came in n and prayed with me and for the first time I understood that God loves me, and all the guilt that I have carried in shame on my heart could be removed all because Of the beautiful sacrifice that Jesus made so that sinners like myself could start over again by accepting him into my heart and I did. And it has really changed so much. I still struggle with so many things.. from my drug problem to figuring out how I can get out of this lifestyle where I feel degraded and just disgusting every day.. but ever since I asked Jesus to come into my heart I believe that I will eventually find my way out and I didn't have that hope before. Like I said in my initial comment, I have always struggled with severe ADHD.. and I've made several attempts at trying to read the Bible but I just have the hardest time comprehending what the Bible says
I have no trouble reading the words, but understanding what the words mean has been extremely difficult. So when I watched your video about Saul, it was the first time I really felt like I understood how Jesus was able to touch the heart of a sinner. I won't begin to tell you what happened when I watched your video about Magdalene... all I will say is it was such an incredible feeling, I started to cry (in a good way) and I got on my knees and prayed to Jesus and thanked him. So you see, I am truly honored that my comment could offer encouragement because your YT channel has done so very much for me. I even made a donation on your website to say thank you.. it wasn't very much , but because of my drug problem, it's all I had at the moment. But I am just so happy to know that I could somehow return even a little bit of something to you guys after everything your project has done for me. Again, use my comment and anything else I have said any way you like. I just know in my heart that there are others out there that are growing closer to the Lord thanks to what you do❤️
Great story and great work! I have sent to my friends in Singapore.
So happy i found this video 🙏🏼❤️ it really is beautiful.. Thank You
So glad!
we need more please these are so goood
Wonderful Information...God Bless you 🙏❤
Extremely well done! This story shares the truth of the Gospel!
Very well presented.
It expands our understanding to "see" this story. It makes Saul's life and Jesus' touch upon him comes alive. It inspires us to help others "see" because the same thing will happen to them. May all of us keep finding new ways to share the ancient message. Good job my friend.
God is Good all the time 😢❤
Once again, well done. The transformation of Saul into Paul is an incredible story, and there’s a lot of wisdom to be gained from it and his teachings. We all need the forgiveness of God, and He will give it to us every time we ask
Thankyou x
This presentation is so powerful and compelling... Thanks be to God!
We agree!
Wow heart touching with perfect emotions
Amazing.
Excellent! (Compliments to thespian Andrew Branham who portrays Saul/Paul - bravo!)
Powerful I seen my self in this testimony I pray god hears my prayers for my betrayal in Jesus name
Thank you sooooooo much for this video. I do corrective teaching and this video a great compliment and supplement to scripture. It will give my students a visual teaching of the word. Thank you
You are so welcome!
Hallelujah! 🙏
powerful
Powerful story
Great story teller! Definitely got a sub from me.
Welcome aboard!
Wow! Wow!!!!!!!!
amazing 🥲
Nicely done #TissueTime
Good job! When I read the Bible I like to do what you displayed in the video….Wondering, what was going through their mind when this was happening? How would I react if I were them? What was the easy thing to do? What was more difficult to do?….Enjoyed it!
What happened on the way to Damascus is one of the most important events in human history. Maybe second only to the resurrection.
agreed Big fella. A really pivotal point in the earth's history!!!!
You nailed it with an amazing powerful and scary performance because Saul was ruthless like a Roman truly enjoyed hurting and maiming those who defiled his GOD those were the Jewish laws he’s was the ultimate pharisee and was extremely educated lived lavishly and you can see it in his teachings he had to be a better and he learn from the 12 Apostles and their intimate stories of Jesus Christ . GOD Bless you and your family And all our brother and sister all around the world the time is nearing for Yeshua return 🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾🇮🇱🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾
This helped me pass my test
Jesus Christ our Lord could have come down from the cross, but Jesus did as God told him to do.
Jesus died for us!! To Save us from our sins. Because we were all heading for Hell, the Torchure chamber.
I love to call Jesus, our Hero. Because Nobody else could save us.. this is why we call Jesus Christ our Lord saviour master and King, & this is why we say Jesus Christ is the king of kings & Lord of Lords. Also this is why we praise Jesus Christ.
If you truly believe in Jesus Christ our Lord & truly confess our sins Jesus is just & will forgive us our sins.
So come follow Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen 🙏
The goodness and greatness of the Most High God. The creator of this universe. All praises to the Most High.
:-) Yay!
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Is there more like this with others Bible stories??
Yes! We have several other videos on our channel, and you can check out our socials @vantagestories for more behind the scenes content
Wow thanks I used to be an alter boy back when I was younger and belong to an episcopalian church, Im not even entirely sure what that (episcopalian) even means cuz it was so long ago and I kinda stopped going cuz it was sorta a family thing but after my parents divorced we stopped going cuz things got kinda complicated anyways, I have recently I been having these bizzare dreams about a character named Saul and who burrys himself in a cave and has a light blast him and he comes out a new man and it kept reoccuring and originally I thought it was just another one of my nonsensicle wacky fever dreams but a close friend of mine is visiting Isreal and he sent me a picture of the city walls of Jerusalem and idk in my mind something clicked and it made me want to research the Saul thing and it crossed me as quite interesting cuz it's a real story in the bible. And quite frankly Im not entirely sure what my stance on religion is right now but I do believe that things appear to you for a reason and the fact that this story resonates with me somehow kinda makes me want to start my venture back into christianity but I have so many questions and don't even know where to begin. Also i've been reading a little from my bible at night and there are alot fo storys I have questions about but church isn't a raise your hand type of gathering so idk where to go to help me understand all this but thanks for the video :)
I’m 26 and learning where my name came from
@10:45 "I used my dual citizenship to my full advantage" We got a bunch of Paul's and Jezebels in our government following the same "revolutionary spirit"
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Please can anyone let me know the film or series name.
Hi there! All of our films are available on our channel at UA-cam.com/VantageStories
Glad you like them!
@@VantageStories Thank you.
Shaul was a wealthy influential Jewish Pharisee, whose father was also the same in prominence. While Shaul did watch and even promote the destruction of all Messianic Jews (of whom ALL 12 Apostles were Jews). He himself, never murdered by his own hands anyone. Please get this history corrected in calling him a 'murderer'. Next, due to him having held the citizenship of Rome, he had favor with Roman leaders in his pursuit of persecuting any Messianic believers. After he claims he was struck blind (probably so) by Yeshua on the road to Damascus, then became a believer in Yeshua as the Messiah. Due to him needing to continue to be accepted within the Greco-Roman nations, he chose to use the Greco-Roman name of Paul instead of his very Jewish name of Shaul. It wouldn't matter to the Jewish nations, because they KNEW clearly who he was. The Apostles never in all accepted him, nor his conflagrant teachings that veered away from Yeshua's teachings. Shaul was the inventor of what we today call Christians. A derogatory term that began in the Second century. Remember Yeshua died in the first century. Shaul went about gaining money from wealthy converts Jews and Gentiles to take back to Jerusalem with him to try to 'bribe' Yeshua's brother Bishop James (which failed) proving he still kept the Laws of ADONAI (meaning the 10 Commandments) not necessarily the Mosaic Laws of ceremonies and festival and annual Shabbats. But Shaul did keep the Laws (both types) as did ALL Apostles. Never did Yeshua nor the 12 Apostles ever teach anyone to not obey the 10 Commandments, nor the festivals. The Passover and Yom Kippur is still kept as are the annual and weekly Shabbats (Sabbaths). It was centuries later that the Roman Catholic Church in Rome who adopted by ORDER to stop Christians from observing anything related to the Messianic Jews including changing ADONAI's Shabbot from Saturday to Sunday and then called it 'The Lord's Day', when in fact, Saturday Shabbot was always called 'The Day of ADONAI'. Bishop James corrected Shaul on his teachings and Apostle Peter tried to 'save Shaul's neck' as well. Only some of Shaul's Gentile converts followed his teachings, throwing in possibly a few Jews. No one knows how Shaul died for sure. Did Shaul love Yeshua as the Messiah? Yes. He just went of the rails in some of his teachings. End of story.
Very prideful
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The real founder of Christianity.
Have been reading the book, THE GREAT LION OF GOD by TAYLOR CALDWELL, a book about Saul, before and after he was saved. Saul, extreme;y devout Jew, soon to become a pharisee, like the elite of Jewish religious, went after people whom he considered to be a blasphemer of God, which was an offense at that time in Israel and the person who was brought before theJewish priests/Sanhedrin, would be condemned..... Saul became so beyond CONSUMED with anger and hatred at YESHUA and His followers, plus he HATED the Roman occupiers of Israel, he was OBSESSED with his determination to wipe out the ministry....or "myth" of YESHUA BEN JOSEPH as Messiah, the ultimate BLASPHEMY, as far as Saul was concerned....Where the WORD OF GOD doesn't mention SAUL OF TARSUS until the stoning of Stephen and then his fateful mission to go to Damascus, THE GREAT LION OF GOD, shows in great detail how SAUL of Tarshish GOT to that point and how it took the risen SON OF GOD HIMSELF, THE MESSIAH, WHOM SAUL HATED WITH EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING, to put a stop to all this and set him straight, as it were.... Anyway, it's been a really interesting and enjoyable book to read. I am nearly finished. I will be sad to see it end, but I am definitely holding on to this book......
Saul had an American English accent? O tempora O mores!
Gotta work with what we have 😂
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I’m a sinner and I’m scared I will disappoint Jesus when I leave this life. I just wanna understand is all. I know I sound crazy but Jesus is the way. It’s 2023 and I believe
Repent, believe and confess it out loud. Don’t be afraid to attend church.. find a good one and grow in your faith 🙌