In the Greek Orthodox Church, we still call the altar in the church as Αγία Τράπεζα (The Holy Table) and to a Greek Christian, the fact that there was a table there, dedicated from a Christian woman in memory of Jesus Christ God, means that the space was used for worship. It was the equivalent of a modern orthodox Christian church
Pastor Jonathan, I always find your videos informative and enjoy your presentation style of apologetics. However, I don’t recall ever getting misty eyed while looking at an archaeological exhibit before today. Thank you for bringing this blessing to us. To hear the interpretation of the mosaic text reminds me it truly is “the faith once for all delivered to the saints.” Thanks again. Blessings!!!
I need to go to the Museum of the Bible. The owner of the company I work for helped found it. I’ve heard nothing but great things about it. And this is a spectacular find.
Jesus Christ is God Almighty 🙏. Isaiah 53..Isaiah 9:6. There are countless scriptures mentioned in both old and new testament regarding Jesus Christ being God. Never forget, He is coming back again to judge the dead and the living, only God will judge. Thank you for sharing and I will forever love my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ❤
My California license plate in the early 1980s was IKTHOOS. I asked the lady at the DMV if I could get JCISGOD as a personalized plate. She said, "well that's pretty arrogant, isn't it?" At first, I was taken aback. Then I realized that she thought my initials were JC. I said, "no not for me, JC is for Jesus Christ." "Oh. Well, it's not available. " So, I went with IKTHOOS.
All those who tried to break Christianity has been put to shame Jesus Christ is the owner of the church and as He said He will build His church No one can break His body and bride
Well... Should it be a surprise to anybody who's read the New Testament, that early Christians worshipped Jesus as God? For instance, what apostle Paul says in Philippians 2:5-11, is a Christian creed from as early as between 52 AD and 62 AD. The consensus among modern scholars is, that Paul was the first to give a written form to the core of the early church's teaching about Jesus. Of course it's a good thing that archeology supports, what we read from the Bible. But actual faith needs no other evidence than that of the Word of God. Let us keep in mind what Jesus said to Thomas: "Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." (John 20:29).
Let the leftists, wokes and God denying anti christianity army cry hoarse that Jesus Christ is not God but an invention of a deity by mankind. God shows He is the Master and Creator of us and the whole universe
It still is a symbol of death -- I'm looking to the tomb. It's empty! The tomb is empty! Is there somewhere with all the inscriptions and the translations?
What's interesting to me is we hear so many people who want names like "Jehovah" or "Yaweh" in the Bible, but I've never heard anyone argue to restore the nomina sacra, which is an actual lost Christian practice.
@@pastorburris Oh, that wasn't what I meant. I was reflecting on different approaches to historical restorations of God's name and I am surprised that there hasn't been a movement or translation which restores the nomina sacra.
"Θω ΙΥ Χω" Which stands for "ΘΕΩ ΙΗΣΟΥ ΧΡΙΣΤΩ" Which is translated "God Jesus Christ." If you look up information of the "nomina sacra" in biblical manuscripts you may find it beneficial.
@@pastorburrisif History matters to you then you will know that the Church was called Catholic in the first century by saint Ignatius of Antioch. (Hear that, first century). 110AD to be precise. No one is pressuring you to be a Catholic but kindly dont deny your Christian history to satisfy your prejudice. And p.s the The Mosaic is a Euchristic altar for the house of prayer.
@@pastorburrisPastor, with all respect read the Church Fathers! Worship was liturgical with the Early Christians and the belief in the real presence… Body, Blood, Soul and Divity of Our Lord.
Jesus absolutely claimed to be God. And when he did, the Pharisees wanted him killed for blasphemy. Perhaps your lack of understanding of the Jewish culture, the allusion to the Old Testament, or his direct statements are clouding your ability to see.
Paul said apostates were present during his time and that they will take over, apostates left Jehovah and began worshipping Jesus as directed by their Master Satan the devil
Paul affirmed Jesus as God in many places. Repent and believe the gospel. 1. Romans 9:5 Paul refers to Christ as “God over all”: ”…from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.” (This translation depends on punctuation, but many scholars see this as Paul affirming Jesus’ deity.) 2. Philippians 2:5-7 Paul speaks of Jesus being in the form of God (morphē theou) and equal with God, but humbling Himself to become a servant: ”…who, although existing in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself…” 3. Colossians 1:15-20 Paul presents Jesus as the image of the invisible God and the agent of creation: “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created…” 4. Titus 2:13 Paul explicitly refers to Jesus as God: ”…looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.” 5. Hebrews 1:8-9 (if attributed to Paul, though debated): “But of the Son He says, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever…’” This quotes Psalm 45:6 and applies it to Jesus.
Worshipping Jesus as a God is just a transposition of Roman Emperor worship. That's all early Christians were doing and it was then as much blasphemous to jewish people then as it is to jewish people today. Jesus was just a rather rebellious rabbi. He never worshipped himself. In fact it is inconceivable that as a rabbi he ever would have said that "I am the way, the truth...." etc, etc as this is blasphemy in Judaism. The purpose of Judaism aside from being close to God/The Divine is to make the world a better place. Jewish people do not obsess about personal belief as much as actively making the world a better place and living a moral and ethical life. Christianity is dying in the West and in America too although it's at a much earlier stage than the UK or Europe. If the best and finest aspects of the "West" are to survive and be preserved then for those that care about "the West" and its survival making the world a better place is a Jewish value that just about everybody can unite around whether Christian or not
It absolutely affirms that Jesus was worshipped as God by the early Church and it refutes the argument that the deity of Christ was a Constantine invention.
The Antichrist teaching may have been formalised later, but its beginnings were much earlier. If Jesus is God, then he cannot be the Messiah, so which one is he?
It makes no sense you argument if you read from the dead see scroll library, the messiah is one messiah not two, and this messiah is cosmic and miraculous, it doesn't say he is G-d but is Cosmic, second, if you read the new testament you see this cosmic messiah and the Bible spans on this make him divine. Also is the poetical in the Bible, because the original king of Israel is G-d but G-d is replaced by a human king because people wanted a human king like other nations, also G-d promise a king forever from the house of David, Jesus the Christ (messiah) is the restoration of David House and also the restoration of the Kingship of G-d over the his kingdom. If you read the Bible and extra biblical sources is pretty clear that the messiahhood of Jesus is the solution to the unfinished tension of the old testament.
@ My point was clear, your response is not so clear. I can agree with most of what you have written but the Anointed of God is not God. Yehovah is the only God, the only creator, the only Eternal one. The scriptures make this clear, any teaching other than this betrays the gospel of Yeshua.
@@retepelyod I think you trapping yourself in a problematic view of history, there's no such thing as a linear history. My explanation is very well align on how early christian thought of Christ, there were looking for topologies in the old testament and they came with conclusions. Also you have to deny the apostleship of Paul because is clear in the Bible the apostle Paul thought of Jesus as G-d, that's the reason groups that denied the divinity of Christ have tried to water down Paul or accuse him of creating a new religion all together. But it's pretty clear that orthodox/Pauline christians believe Jesus to be G-d or Divine very early on even the Holy land itself.
@@retepelyod you're welcome, it is also a deep doubt I had years ago. And I don't deny that early on there were christian who thought of Jesus Christ as prophet and Jewish Messiah, some of them taught that Jesus was the biological son of Mary and Joseph, but Paul taught us about the divinity of Christ and as far as I know even though Paul was at odd for a long time with Peter because Peter taught to keep the Torah and Paul taught a completely different thing, we have evidence that they came along pretty well at the end, both of them recognized each other as apostle. The history of early Christianity is messy, but to put all in order we have to reconstruct what the apostles really teach us, therefore early on became of real importance apostolic succession to ensure that the teaching of correct and came forward from the real apostle to their disciples. Anyways I highly suggest you to do not agree with me so easily and go and try to read and investigate for yourself, I have been investigating this topic for 2 years now and still I have my doubts but every day I'm more inclined to think that Jesus was indeed G-d in the flesh
"This Discovery Affirms that Jesus was Worshipped as God by Early Christians" So what? Today there are millions of sheeple who blindly accept religious mythology - they aren't any different than the ignorant and superstitious of yesteryear.
There is no verse which says Jesus is God. Divinity is not deity. Jesus lind the Holy Spirit are divine but not God El elyon...the most high. These are the holy ones who sit on the heavenly counsel. Divine beings but not God . Read Genesis 49 v 10 Psalms 110 Isaiah 9 v 6 to 12 Daniel 7 v 13 to 14 Verses of Promised one So all Jesus spoke in gospels and revelation are the result of his position with God
Jesus is God Jesus is the son of God Jesus is the Mashiach Mashiach is not Jesus 🤣🤣🤣🤣really unbelievable that you still believe in this kind of fairy tale. how????🙈🙈🙈
🤔 you mean WHO ?? The name Jesus was NEVER USED when YESHUA walked the earth .. THE LETTER "J" WAS INTRODUCED TO THE ALPHABET IN 1524. 👉 know your HISTORY FELLAS .😁 .. IS THERE A GOOD TEACHER IN THE CROWD ?
It is good that you discover the proof of Jeasus was God, that Solve your problem. For us south pacific islander melanesian people Jesus was God is the only knowledge and understanding we have for our entirely life and we Believe it and woship him as him in is Flesh and divine nature as a son.
I think i just heard Moh@mmed CRYING.....In HELL right now!
In the Greek Orthodox Church, we still call the altar in the church as Αγία Τράπεζα (The Holy Table) and to a Greek Christian, the fact that there was a table there, dedicated from a Christian woman in memory of Jesus Christ God, means that the space was used for worship. It was the equivalent of a modern orthodox Christian church
😂❤
Very cool.
Greeks are among the first christians along with Jews,Assyrians, Arameans,Armenians,Copts, Persians,and Indians
@@yakovmatityahu
Romans 15:14-33
From Jerusalem to Illyricum
Pastor Jonathan, I always find your videos informative and enjoy your presentation style of apologetics. However, I don’t recall ever getting misty eyed while looking at an archaeological exhibit before today. Thank you for bringing this blessing to us. To hear the interpretation of the mosaic text reminds me it truly is “the faith once for all delivered to the saints.” Thanks again. Blessings!!!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I appreciate your ministry. God bless you!
Time to celebrate....! Yey...! Love you so much Jesus❤❤ hallelujah!
This is incredible, affirmation not confirmation. Jesus is King ❤️❤️
I need to go to the Museum of the Bible. The owner of the company I work for helped found it. I’ve heard nothing but great things about it. And this is a spectacular find.
Shout out to Israel for the discovery and treating it with such care.
Christ is God.
Yes sir
Yes, He is, .... me from Indonesia.
Jesus Christ is God Almighty 🙏. Isaiah 53..Isaiah 9:6. There are countless scriptures mentioned in both old and new testament regarding Jesus Christ being God. Never forget, He is coming back again to judge the dead and the living, only God will judge. Thank you for sharing and I will forever love my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ❤
This makes us believe that anyone who rejects Jesus will be damned
Islam have left the chat.
😂😂😂😂
Lol! AMEN!!! 😂😂😂😂
Mohammed just rolled over in his grave...in hell..and Yelled:
"I WAS WRONG!!!!"
Mohammed is rolling over in his grave saying..."noon noooo Satan lied to,me!!!!! Ahhhhb!!"
Mohammed is crying in...HELL now!
This is a true history of humanity.
Pastor was geekin out lol! … so was I! 😂
Guilty 😃
Islam has been REAL quiet
No we haven’t
Yeah they completely disregard history and archeology.
Bart Erhman would trouble coping with this Mosaic
@@surferatapollobay1341 😂🤣 I was thinking of him too
That mosaic is older than Muhammad 😂
My California license plate in the early 1980s was IKTHOOS. I asked the lady at the DMV if I could get JCISGOD as a personalized plate. She said, "well that's pretty arrogant, isn't it?" At first, I was taken aback. Then I realized that she thought my initials were JC. I said, "no not for me, JC is for Jesus Christ."
"Oh. Well, it's not available. " So, I went with IKTHOOS.
Jesus is God and Muhammad's Allah is really Satan in disguise. The internet has destroyed Islam ☪️
Great clip but Too short.
AFFIRMATIVE SIR!
ISAIAH 8:3 MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ WISE WRITER OF ETERNAL SALVATION and BLESSINGS 🙏
All those who tried to break Christianity has been put to shame
Jesus Christ is the owner of the church and as He said He will build His church
No one can break His body and bride
Fascinating. Thank you.
Well... Should it be a surprise to anybody who's read the New Testament, that early Christians worshipped Jesus as God?
For instance, what apostle Paul says in Philippians 2:5-11, is a Christian creed from as early as between 52 AD and 62 AD.
The consensus among modern scholars is, that Paul was the first to give a written form to the core of the early church's teaching about Jesus.
Of course it's a good thing that archeology supports, what we read from the Bible. But actual faith needs no other evidence than that of the Word of God. Let us keep in mind what Jesus said to Thomas: "Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." (John 20:29).
God Bless Brother's.
Excellent video, thanks for sharing with us.👍👏
Very cool Pastor Jonathan, thank you for sharing
Just jump to minute 4:45 friends
You da man!!
Muslims dawah guys are silent right now 😂
what yr was it made in
Let the leftists, wokes and God denying anti christianity army cry hoarse that Jesus Christ is not God but an invention of a deity by mankind.
God shows He is the Master and Creator of us and the whole universe
Where do you see the "Jesus" there ? is it the "IY" Iota Upsilon ? "IESU" ?
One God one faith one baptism. Jesus name has always been Yahweh God lord Messiah Acts 2-38 is the true way to be baptized and that's in Jesus name
Now, Islam will have a very hard time on discrediting the Bible especially on the early Christian's belief of Jesus divinity
Table...Altar
No. It doesn’t say altar. It says table. It means table. The early Church gathered around the table and celebrated the Lord’s Supper frequently.
Why did they cover it up for 20 years?
It still is a symbol of death -- I'm looking to the tomb. It's empty! The tomb is empty!
Is there somewhere with all the inscriptions and the translations?
What's interesting to me is we hear so many people who want names like "Jehovah" or "Yaweh" in the Bible, but I've never heard anyone argue to restore the nomina sacra, which is an actual lost Christian practice.
Neither the curator nor myself made an argument to restore the use of nomina sacra. We did, however, point out the historical use of it.
@@pastorburris Oh, that wasn't what I meant. I was reflecting on different approaches to historical restorations of God's name and I am surprised that there hasn't been a movement or translation which restores the nomina sacra.
Your right jesus is the name above all
But it doesn’t say Jesus….
What does it actually say?
"Θω ΙΥ Χω"
Which stands for "ΘΕΩ ΙΗΣΟΥ ΧΡΙΣΤΩ"
Which is translated "God Jesus Christ."
If you look up information of the "nomina sacra" in biblical manuscripts you may find it beneficial.
@
It cannot say Jesus.
What word is used instead?
@@LibertyinChrist01 Please Reread my previous reply.
@@matthewsouthwell3500
Why can’t you just say “Ἰησοῦς”?
It was definitly catholic church
ua-cam.com/video/a2lcDvAMzQ8/v-deo.htmlsi=z4H0CGCxIL2-zx28 the original footage the mosaic found at Megido 15 years before transfer to Bible Museum
well if you found someone who did it then it must be correct and the way? funny how lots of people also didn't do it???
why can't you say early messianic jews - in Hebrew christian was Nazarites
ISLAM GOODBYE
IGLESIA ni Christo Goodbye
JEHOVA WITNESS GOODBYE
and more
It’s funny how we’re not the only ones that don’t believe Jesus is not god but we’re the only ones mentioned.
"MAGIDDO MOSAIC" IS SLAVIC MOSAIC,AND THOUSE SYMBOLS ARE SLAVIC SYMBOLS,FROM SLAVIC VINĆA/WINNCHA CIVILIZATION,FROM 5508BC.
No, they are uncials from the Greek Alphabet. That’s why I was able to read them.
All you have to do is look at the Greek alphabet
Those early christinas were catholics
“catholics”, yes. “Catholics”, no. You are either an excellent commenter or you committed a fantastic self-own.
@pastorburris yes "catholics" How God intended His Church. Later called Catholics
No Sir. Those are two different things. There was no “Catholic Church” until after 1054 AD. History matters. If you wish to learn, I will help you.
@@pastorburrisif History matters to you then you will know that the Church was called Catholic in the first century by saint Ignatius of Antioch. (Hear that, first century). 110AD to be precise.
No one is pressuring you to be a Catholic but kindly dont deny your Christian history to satisfy your prejudice.
And p.s the The Mosaic is a Euchristic altar for the house of prayer.
@@pastorburrisPastor, with all respect read the Church Fathers! Worship was liturgical with the Early Christians and the belief in the real presence… Body, Blood, Soul and Divity of Our Lord.
Jesus never claimed he was God and he knelt in the garden to pray to God and he told you to worship the God that made him.
Jesus absolutely claimed to be God. And when he did, the Pharisees wanted him killed for blasphemy. Perhaps your lack of understanding of the Jewish culture, the allusion to the Old Testament, or his direct statements are clouding your ability to see.
Paul said apostates were present during his time and that they will take over, apostates left Jehovah and began worshipping Jesus as directed by their Master Satan the devil
Paul affirmed Jesus as God in many places. Repent and believe the gospel.
1. Romans 9:5
Paul refers to Christ as “God over all”:
”…from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.”
(This translation depends on punctuation, but many scholars see this as Paul affirming Jesus’ deity.)
2. Philippians 2:5-7
Paul speaks of Jesus being in the form of God (morphē theou) and equal with God, but humbling Himself to become a servant:
”…who, although existing in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself…”
3. Colossians 1:15-20
Paul presents Jesus as the image of the invisible God and the agent of creation:
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created…”
4. Titus 2:13
Paul explicitly refers to Jesus as God:
”…looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.”
5. Hebrews 1:8-9 (if attributed to Paul, though debated):
“But of the Son He says, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever…’”
This quotes Psalm 45:6 and applies it to Jesus.
Worshipping Jesus as a God is just a transposition of Roman Emperor worship. That's all early Christians were doing and it was then as much blasphemous to jewish people then as it is to jewish people today. Jesus was just a rather rebellious rabbi. He never worshipped himself. In fact it is inconceivable that as a rabbi he ever would have said that "I am the way, the truth...." etc, etc as this is blasphemy in Judaism. The purpose of Judaism aside from being close to God/The Divine is to make the world a better place. Jewish people do not obsess about personal belief as much as actively making the world a better place and living a moral and ethical life. Christianity is dying in the West and in America too although it's at a much earlier stage than the UK or Europe. If the best and finest aspects of the "West" are to survive and be preserved then for those that care about "the West" and its survival making the world a better place is a Jewish value that just about everybody can unite around whether Christian or not
It does NOT affirm that at all. 200 years after death, that story was certainly embellished by the growing church.
It absolutely affirms that Jesus was worshipped as God by the early Church and it refutes the argument that the deity of Christ was a Constantine invention.
It affirms first Christians were jews and first church in Israel and jews believe Jesus is their Messaiah and worshipped him as God.
The Antichrist teaching may have been formalised later, but its beginnings were much earlier.
If Jesus is God, then he cannot be the Messiah, so which one is he?
It makes no sense you argument if you read from the dead see scroll library, the messiah is one messiah not two, and this messiah is cosmic and miraculous, it doesn't say he is G-d but is Cosmic, second, if you read the new testament you see this cosmic messiah and the Bible spans on this make him divine. Also is the poetical in the Bible, because the original king of Israel is G-d but G-d is replaced by a human king because people wanted a human king like other nations, also G-d promise a king forever from the house of David, Jesus the Christ (messiah) is the restoration of David House and also the restoration of the Kingship of G-d over the his kingdom. If you read the Bible and extra biblical sources is pretty clear that the messiahhood of Jesus is the solution to the unfinished tension of the old testament.
@ My point was clear, your response is not so clear. I can agree with most of what you have written but the Anointed of God is not God.
Yehovah is the only God, the only creator, the only Eternal one. The scriptures make this clear, any teaching other than this betrays the gospel of Yeshua.
@@retepelyod I think you trapping yourself in a problematic view of history, there's no such thing as a linear history. My explanation is very well align on how early christian thought of Christ, there were looking for topologies in the old testament and they came with conclusions. Also you have to deny the apostleship of Paul because is clear in the Bible the apostle Paul thought of Jesus as G-d, that's the reason groups that denied the divinity of Christ have tried to water down Paul or accuse him of creating a new religion all together. But it's pretty clear that orthodox/Pauline christians believe Jesus to be G-d or Divine very early on even the Holy land itself.
@@BenjaminExequielReyesGaete Thanks for your comments Benjamin.
@@retepelyod you're welcome, it is also a deep doubt I had years ago. And I don't deny that early on there were christian who thought of Jesus Christ as prophet and Jewish Messiah, some of them taught that Jesus was the biological son of Mary and Joseph, but Paul taught us about the divinity of Christ and as far as I know even though Paul was at odd for a long time with Peter because Peter taught to keep the Torah and Paul taught a completely different thing, we have evidence that they came along pretty well at the end, both of them recognized each other as apostle. The history of early Christianity is messy, but to put all in order we have to reconstruct what the apostles really teach us, therefore early on became of real importance apostolic succession to ensure that the teaching of correct and came forward from the real apostle to their disciples. Anyways I highly suggest you to do not agree with me so easily and go and try to read and investigate for yourself, I have been investigating this topic for 2 years now and still I have my doubts but every day I'm more inclined to think that Jesus was indeed G-d in the flesh
"This Discovery Affirms that Jesus was Worshipped as God by Early Christians"
So what? Today there are millions of sheeple who blindly accept religious mythology - they aren't any different than the ignorant and superstitious of yesteryear.
Jesus spent years in Himalayas that's where learned it. Bible is about kundalini. Christmas day Easter were all based on sun cycle.
Nonsense. Utter nonsense.
FIND IN PALESTINE
You mean it was found in Israel.
There is no verse which says Jesus is God.
Divinity is not deity.
Jesus lind the Holy Spirit are divine but not God El elyon...the most high.
These are the holy ones who sit on the heavenly counsel.
Divine beings but not God .
Read
Genesis 49 v 10
Psalms 110
Isaiah 9 v 6 to 12
Daniel 7 v 13 to 14
Verses of Promised one
So all Jesus spoke in gospels and revelation are the result of his position with God
Goodbye! Tell your leader or prophet goodbye. Jesus/ Yeshua is YWHW!
John 8:58
Oh please 😂
@@carefullychristian8657 your gymnastics is incredible.
@@carefullychristian8657 Jeremiah 23
You will see the branch of David name..
And you will know messiah
Jesus is God
Jesus is the son of God
Jesus is the Mashiach
Mashiach is not Jesus
🤣🤣🤣🤣really unbelievable
that you still believe in this kind of fairy tale.
how????🙈🙈🙈
Do you have an actual question? If you wish to learn, I will help you.
🤔 you mean WHO ?? The name Jesus was NEVER USED when YESHUA walked the earth .. THE LETTER "J" WAS INTRODUCED TO THE ALPHABET IN 1524. 👉 know your HISTORY FELLAS .😁 .. IS THERE A GOOD TEACHER IN THE CROWD ?
It is good that you discover the proof of Jeasus was God, that Solve your problem. For us south pacific islander melanesian people Jesus was God is the only knowledge and understanding we have for our entirely life and we Believe it and woship him as him in is Flesh and divine nature as a son.