@@CoyTheobaltso, those who had religious awakenings in about 2020 MUST have gone to a church? Do you know how many churches bowed to the state and man and not God in 2021? How many locked down and denied those who sought teaching? So those those are the shepherds you bow to?
@@ktulu3767 what the hell are you talking about? God wouldn’t want people to gather if it in turn could cause illness and death, streaming church services were popular long before that. The only reason churches made such a big deal out of not meeting in person was the tendency for parishioners to not tithe when services are streamed. It was greed that drives that narrative for whenever just 2 are gathered in his name. The Bible doesn’t ever necessitate church attendance as vital. You can stay home and worship and this is in no way indicative of one bowing down to government over God, and this is absolutely a nonsensical take. That a loving God would dictate your church attendance even at the risk of death or killing others is outrageous.
Lot and his family were 'just', but afterwards they went astray, they were influenced by the city they lived in. You get corrupted by your surrounding, so the lesson is don't hangout with the wrong people, but surround yourself with good people.
@@Lleanlleawrg So, what did Lot do to be obliterated? He was assaulted by his sick daughters. But explain what really happened over there, you seems to have the answer. Can I get a coffee first?
@@TinusTegenlicht Well, Lot never existed. It's a story. But there were towns near the dead sea that were obliterated by some kind of tunguska-esque event, according to modern archaeology. Likely that was attributed to divine wrath by primitive societies like this, who invented a morality tale about it. In this culture, apparently it was morally good to offer your daughters up to be gang raped by a mob instead of them doing it to strangers. This makes sense given that the ancient Jewish culture that made the tale clearly saw women as property on par with a cow or a piece of furniture. In the story Lot's wife looked back at the destruction and was turned into a pillar of salt. Clearly not real, but likely inspired by the vaguely human-shaped salt formations in the area, and fits well with a mythical trope we also see in the orpheus and eurydice story from greek mythology. It's not identical but similar. So anyway, Lot's daughters in the story do get their dad drunk and rape him. Not that two wrongs make a right, but in the time of 'eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth' which was Jewish law at the time, he got off easy.
@@rayneweber5904yet it is relevant. You ignore the culture that formed your ability to say that in the act, whereas no other nation outside of europe bothers to think that way. Not really. You ignore the temperament that comes innately within your dna. This is demonstrable across all creatures in the animal kingdom. Specifically mammals in particular. What you espouse is conditioning rendered by postmodernism. An abstract of relativism like your notion displays your passive willingness to obliterate all logical constraints arbitrarily for the sake of a moral argument. None of which comports with reality. Its an expression of what you think should be rather, and is again a proposition that no other nation tribe or culture outside of europe adopts. Relativism is brain rot. Deprogram yourself this instant. You cannot defend it
Another thing I may add, I appreciate your position on recent videos where you are unapologetic in your opinions; I find in your old videos you tended to avoid controversy. I admire your honesty
i mean in norse as well, i think there is a story about odin disguising himself as old man and traveling so all the people know about it and treat the guests well cuz it might be odin and done wanna piss that dude off
@@olorin3815there is the same exact story in greek mythology but with Zeus and Hermes. They end up destroying the city, save for the only humans that offered them hospitality, a sweet old couple
My girlfriend has an old scholarly book, wish I could remember the name, that discussed the Dead Sea as the likely location. It referenced old historical mentions of the sea that indicated it was much more noxious and dangerous thousands of years ago than it is today. One mention I remember was from a Greek who recounted seeing a bird fly over and fall dead halfway due to the fumes. The Dead Sea also has "salt" pillars on its shores.
Joesphus -The Jewish Book of War,book 4,end of chapter 8 ? Pliny also wrote about this. Used as an adjective, fire-and-brimstone often refers to a style of Christian preaching that uses vivid descriptions of judgment and eternal damnation to encourage repentance especially popular during historical periods of Great Awakening.[3]
I got my Bachelor's Degree is Biblical History. 17:17 so far Metatron is doing right. I've seen all of this before (not for this text specifically) using other cultures to verify the Biblical accounts. The biggest difference is I'm far more entertained by this video than I was with my Hebrew Professor droning on.
@@justchilling704- It’s quite well done. But I do wish he’d speak more in English and less in “academese”, and I say that as an academic myself. Long words impress only people who don’t understand them.
@@sirrathersplendid4825 I agree, a vocabulary of simpler words would only increase the value of the videos for the average person very valid point you e made.
@@justchilling704Agreed. I have a massive vocabulary despite not being an academic, but my first thought was, "Damnit Raf, lemme get some caffeine in me so I can start processing this." XD
Search for "Forced Battle - Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne Lyrics" This game literally made an entire song with mostly verses of the Bible and it sounds metal af
@@renren47618I wonder if that was the intent, given the themes of anti-religion generally present in the franchise. (Based on what I've read in general discourse of games I've not played). As I understand it, elements of the series deal with negative use of religious authority (and other things)
I'm only a few seconds in, but I am excited! This series is one of my favourites of yours. I am someone who struggles with my own faith, but who absolutely loves biblical history, and seeing how the narratives have been altered so much over the years from things as simple as a word or two being mistranslated, or things not being viewed through a lens contemporary to the writings. I'm sure this will be another great watch, and, as always, I'm excited to get into it!.
You really don't get it--he's telling us that the story in question is stolen from nearby civilizations, and definitely not saying that a god existed. I'm certain he's no believer. For one thing, he's an intelligent, rational man. That leaves religion out. He's knowledgeable about religion, sure, but so am I, and I've been an atheist my whole life. Xianity and science are most definitely not compatible. I've been familiar with the efforts to make them fit since the early 70s, when the church my family attended had pamphlets on the subject hanging on the wall next to the library door. Believers are always so pathetic.
As a child of the Cold War era, while I'm not arguing for the radioactive skeletons I do recall what we used to call a neutron bomb... or a small nuke that gave off lots of radiation which was meant to kill people but leave buildings standing. It killed beyond the area where any effects of the explosion itself would be seen.
@@aldobonaso3481 you speaking from firsthand experience? My remark was satirical in that the comment I was replying to seemingly has no relevance whatsoever to the content of the video. Comprehension is hard, I understand. Thanks for weighing in, Protagoras.
21:30 So we have an ancient text talking about the circunference of earth. And nowadays, with all our technology, there are people that still think that the earth is flat. Great! Really great!
@@iamnotyu5548 Alas! I know of at least 2 flat-earth adherents that actually believe it (one of whom has argued with her husband and put him down for being too ignorant to believe the "truth").
No, you saw a Dionysian bacchanal and brunch made into modern performance art: la cène sur la scène sur la Seine = the dinner upon the stage over the River Seine.
@@EdwardM-t8p When have you ever seen the Dionysus festival portrayed as a long table with a holy person in the middle? If it wasn't the last supper, why did the Olympics pull the video and apologize to the Church?
Amazing, just as I finished all my chores for today a new Metatron vid pops up and it's his biblical series which is my favourite! God bless you Metatron!
Have to admit that this is the first I’ve watched from you; and being a scholar myself of mythology, literature, and philosophy - and having an understanding of the Biblical Text in its Ancient Greek and Latin origins ( English does no justice and brings ZERO ACCURACY ) I have a huge appreciation for Michael Tsarion’s work over the last 3 decades. Have to admit I’m impressed and I can appreciate what you bring to discussion. Well done- may just subscribe and see what else you bring
There were two videos from Expedition Bible where the host, Joel, investigates the area around the Dead Sea for any remains of those cities. One video shows the finding of sulfur deposits which weren't found on the surface ground, rather, in the water. He even uses a lighter to see if they ignite in a way that sulfur would. In the other video, Joel examines sites which show a layer of ash among former cities, but no signs of rebuilding. This was found at four sites, with one that did not show any ash. He also discusses how one site, Hammam (if spelled correctly), to the north of the Dead Sea was suspected, but it shows that there has been numerous rebuilding, whereas Sodom & the others, apart from where Lot fled, were not rebuilt nor lived on.
I mentioned that as well. His video also debunks the location that Ron Wyatt and many others have made videos of, and millions have watched on UA-cam. Showing that what they claimed to be the "ashen remains" of building structures, are actually just the ancient sea bed. Which explains why you're able to still find the sulfer that didn't completely burn up.
Metatron as a very casual student of ancient history, I find your conclusions reasonable, and valid. Wether in Roman History or Biblical History, you are a very exacting and logical scholar. I'm Not Just saying this because my own research tends to agree with you on almost every detail. I lack fluency in Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, and my Latin Is Laughable, based Mostly on British schoolboy Primers of the Edwardian period. All I know Is History as Presented to me was a very biased not well grounded in fact view of the world by British Imperialists who did have an axe to grind. Please keep up the excellent work.
On the subject of Lot & his family being Just and then practicing incest, was explained to me like this: The fact that Lot and his family wanted live in such a deprived city that even after escaping they were seduced by the behavior from living there. Which would explain why 1. they had to be forcibly removed from S&G 2. Lot’s wife looked back and 3. why his daughters made a plan to procreate with their father. Lot started out “Just” bcuz of his relation to Abraham & God then fell down into a slippery slope. I’ve read & believe S&G was already judged. The men of the city wanting to s.a. the Angels was evidence of their wickedness.
The acts towards the angels were likely a symptom of the overall sin/depravity rather then the ultimate cause of the destruction. Just one more line entry on the list of charges.
A simpler explanation is Lot had faith in God. The New Testament says numerous times that Abraham believed God, and it was counted as righteousness. Lot was also rich, so he had plenty of sheep for sacrifice.
@@RomrotMechanikos Lot might have had faith in god, but not so the angels. They told him where to seek shelter but he started haggling with them. He didn't want to go that far.
My interpretation is that since Lot and his daughters are the progenitors of the people now known as the Palestinians, the passage is not historical at all. It is propaganda against the peoples surrounding the Jews of Israel. It is a fake origin story like the Black Muslim story that a mad scientist in ancient Africa who so hated God that he made a corrupt and corrupting humanoid species loaded with all manner of vileness and violence -- White people.
I'm 70 years old. Jjust in my lifetime I can think of several very destructive natural calamities, earthquakes, tidal waves, volcanic eruptions, killer lakes releasing deadly gasses, and some remarkable meteor events. When I was in school, catastrophic events were often downplayed as rare...I don't think they are that rare. And let's not forget a few man-made disasters like Bhopal, India and various dam failures.
@@Toxicpoolofreekingmascul-lj4yd I've always thought that the sonic booms and explosions that some people were reporting some years back on the east coast of North America were meteors entering the atmosphere.
Before the Renaissance catastrophism was the most popular view of the world. Things happen drastically and quickly. With the Renaissance and the birth of "The Science" there was a massive push towards progressivism, or the idea that everything happens very gradually and in a linear fashion.
Thank you so much for these analyses! There are many things in the Bible that either make no sense or are misconstrued because we don’t have the mindsets of its subjects and original hearers / readers. Ancient Eastern cultures, languages, and histories provide major context that we can miss. Because some Bible stories are so familiar to us, I think we forget that we aren’t steeped in the cosmology that is such a big part of many Biblical stories. It can make us close the Book because we are horrified, bored, or confused, which is a shame.
As Metatron says, you have to discard modern thought and search for the times and situations those people lived in. For example, why was pork forbidden? A reasonable explanation is trichinosis. That's a really horrible disease that leaves permanent damage. Look it up, please. I saw an excellent documentary that showed that the conditions left behind by each of the plagues set up perfect conditions to start the next one scientifically.
@@CrispyCircuitsThat's true if you want to analyze the Bible as a historical document the issue comes from when someone believes on it and follows it as a religion and since the "Laws of God" doesn't change, they need to apply the moralities show in these texts as never changing values and also justify some of God's more dubious actions.
@@CrispyCircuitsThere's also the "separation" component. Remaining sacred and separate from the Gentiles (including thru circumcision), was a big part of Pre-Christ Christianity. The whole "covenant with God" thing. It's also useful for developing a culture. Lots of reasons for it. But seriously, thank God for Peter's dreams! 😆😅
@@renren47618Correct me if I am wrong in my understanding of your comment. The way I read it you're saying the issue is when people who study the Bible as a historical account forget to apply the moral teachings in it to the events recorded. And thus get a warped view of the narrative as a whole. Am I wrong in how I read your statement?
I never heard the interpretation that lot was "okay" with doing it with his daughters. I always heard he was essentially too drunk to be able to resist.
@@metatronyt The part about the angels being single-minded was mind blowing. Now we have a better idea of why God has the rebellious ones in chains of darkness.
The Akkadian description of the 7 reminds me of the 7 in Revelations. I would almost say that they are very similar in description. Would love to hear what you think about that. Very awesome. Thank you for your research and presentation of the facts. Be blessed and have a wonderful day.
I have always had a want to look deeper into this. Thank you for taking the time to get the information and reading through the findings of your research. I absolutely love this series, please continue to do such an awe inspiring introspective.
A *neutron bomb* , officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a low-yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation in the immediate vicinity of the blast while minimizing the physical power of the blast itself. (Wikipedia)
Even if it wasn't a hoax, 22 radioactive mofos in city of over 50,000 is a sign they died in a small scale event. With no sign of either trauma or stress, drowning, poisoning, or strangulation are the most likely causes of death. If the radiation did exist, it was likely due to isotopic exposure, with perhaps some radioactive salt contaminating their food or drink. But again the evidence of the bones being radioactive seems to be non-existent.
Odd. Wikipedia is the least reliable source we have around for any subject. If you engage in editing articles you'll see many, many discussions on how to combat the never ending spread of incorrect information (and that's not even in the political or sociological fronts). You can look up any Physics Dept of top, credible universities around NA and Europe. Plenty of superb articles on nuclear Physics and nuclear weapons, some very high level, others very in-depth.
28:18 My jaw dropped a little here as [síra] literally means sulphur/brimstone in my (slavic) language. I know these are completely different language families, but it is still pretty interesting coincidence.
Fantastic. Definitely we're hearing a story of an historic event that is enveloped with a moral lesson. These fascinate me dearly. Thank you Metatron, absolutely epic work.
Definitely, it's the one thing that intrigues me with Hancock. I think some of it has merit, but I also think he stretches his analogies a bit thin to suit a narrative. But I have always thought that myth and legend has some amount of truth to them lost to time and propaganda.
Around the 25 minute mark.. "I:36 to the 5th he spoke: "Blow like the wind and scrutinize the circumference of the world"" They knew the planet was round. :)
That particular one is interesting in comparison to the story of Job. The Adversary who commands the wind and roams the earth. And again in Ephesians 2: "And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience"
I just want to say, i really love your videos. They are presented in very interesting, entertaining, and professional way. They are also easy to understand even for someone like me who doesn't speak English fluently. Oftentimes when watching science/history videos I have trouble understanding what is being said. I have slightly impaired hearing, so sometime I can't even tell what is begin said. I never had such problems while watching your videos.
I am not personally religious but I do enjoy listening to the history regarding religious writings and history in that era in time of the writings and manuscripts in general. Awesome deep dive Metatron. Love your videos
Dear Metatron, the TRUTH is so hard to find these days, It is so wonderful that you are seeking the truth above all else. This is such a rare thing. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Also your amazing knowledge of languages being put to such good use.
That was well done. I liked your sharing the Accadian myths as assisting in the understanding but where you really shined in this video was when you discussed "just" and what that means and what therefore the actual biblical reason for the destruction of these cities were; violence, inhospitality, as well as sexual sins, economic sins and cruelty toward those less fortunate. "The traditions speak of injustice, sin of adultery, lies, pride, gluttony, excess wealth, indifference to the poor, and inhospitality." As for the sin of inhospitality, in our modern age we overlook this. In the ancient world there were few to no inns, truck stops, restaurants, and other amenities for travelers who risked life and limb on the road from wild beasts and robbers and roaming bands of bandits. The sin of inhospitality was to deny a traveler protection and needed sustenance when they were most vulnerable. All in all one of your top videos Metatron. Love those 72 wings.
I understand that it’s still the case in Near East cultures, that a stranger could turn up at your door/tent and you were obliged to take care of them for three days and nights before you could ask anything about them.
IP - Inspiring Philosophy has many videos about how the Old Testament is related to the Summerian and Mesopotamian myths. It makes sense as Abraham came from a city from Summerian tradition as it was northern Ur.
I love the way Sodom and Gomorra was portrayed in the 1966 epic "The Bible". Despite the lack of explicit content due to pc of the time, you can tell it's is a place full of completely messed up people
Your videos are always really good, and a lot of them, like this one, are truly great. I can only imagine how much research, and work, goes into a video like this, and I am grateful that you do all of it, to entertain, and educate the rest of us. Thank you!!!
It has long been speculated that Abraham came from the Tigris and Euphrates region. Considering most of the old testament was written between 1200 BCE and 165 BCE and many of the events written about were supposed to have occurred hundreds of years earlier, I'm not surprised it borrows heavily from Zoroastrian, Akkadian and later, Babylonian culture. It has is known that there was a meteor impact in what is now Iraq in 2193 BCE. The impact site is theorised to be the location of Akkad. Two cities were destroyed & many others were affected. The power of the impact is speculated to be the equivalent of 9,00 Hiroshima atomic bombs. There is also speculation that the resultant dust in the atmosphere, led to global climate change. Indeed, at around this time, the Akkadian empire the Indus Valley civilisation, the Egyptian old kingdom and the Liangzhu culture went into terminal decline. Each decline had it's own reasons, but one that crops up in each case, is severe drought. I'm not totally convinced about all of that, but I thought I'd put it out there.
@@randlebrowne2048 Yes: Begin reading in Genesis 11:31 and continue. Abraham begins in Ur near Kuwait,/Iraq and travels to Haran northern Syria to live for awhile. Then he leaves Haran and travels to Canaan (Palestine/Israel). Then he goes to Egypt and then he returns back to Canaan. His son, Isaac, also travels to and gets his wife from Haran but he stays mainly in Canaan. Abraham's other son Ishmael travels from Canaan to Egypt to get his wife and then south into Arabia. Isaac's son, Jacob, repeats his father's journey's. Isaac's other son, Esau, stays in the east side of Canaan (Jordan). Finally Jacob travels to Egypt during a famine and he dies thus setting the stage for the Exodus. These patriarchs weren't ignorant, poor or sheltered. They were considered influential and wise, very wealthy and well traveled and worldly.
@@finnkuudere3516 Generally speaking, you never hear about poor people having servants in their households (as Abraham repeatedly is mentioned to have).
@@randlebrowne2048 I understand that a lot of these "servants were "employees." Abraham was essentially a rancher and he had huge flocks. He and his immediate could not manage all this themselves so there were likely some families who attached themselves to him and they essentially became a company. Then as this cohort grew Abraham and different families acquired actual servants.
So one possibility: there was some city of cities destroyed by a gas leak (with all the oil deposits in mesopotamia that doesn't sound unlikely) or meteorite, sometime pre 2000 BC. That stuck in the collective memory of many groups. When the Judeans were in exile in Babylon, they picked up a lot of Babylonian ideas and myths, which then got retconned afterwards to help form 2nd Temple Judaism (which was quite different from 1st Temple Proto-Israelite polytheism). That sort of mixing and retconning happened a lot, so it's not odd for it to be included here with Jewish morality overlaid on it.
Stuff in the video I felt I needed to comment on: 1: The Hebrew text shown at 1:17 is actually Yiddish translation of a commentary on certain Hebrew prayers recited on the High Holidays when the Ark is opened. Text from the same prayer book (though a different part of the High Holiday Prayers) is featured at 2:40. RAPHAEL WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE 2: Jewish tradition gives an exact date to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, namely, the morning of the 16th of Aviv (also known as Nisan) in AM 2047, or in the Common Era, the 18th of April in 1713 BC. 3: Tzirah (29:06) means "That thing which causes pain." Striking is generally "Mich-" as in "Michov" (wound) "Makeh" (blow). An "intense, extreme heat" would be "Ziph'a" (scorching heat) or possibly "Si'arah" (Sirocco). To refine metals, in Biblical Hebrew, is "LiTzrof" (a metalsmith is called a "Metzaref"). Yes, Tzarah can mean oppressing, but no, it doesn't mean binding. It doesn't mean scorching or burning. I don't want to assume you're pulling things from nowhere, but you're definitely stretching here. 4: 32:52 The reason we can determine the sexual depravity is the sin of Sodom and not of Lot's Daughters, in the Jewish tradition (Lot is at fault in the Jewish tradition, but his daughters are innocent, and I'll get to that) is because Sodom had an organized crime ring of homosexual rape of visitors and other such depravities. Meanwhile, Lot's daughters were under the impression that all of humanity had been wiped out (Lot knew better) and so they were merely fulfilling the divine commandment to Adam and Eve of "be fruitful and multiply," as, to their knowledge, the last man alive on earth that they could keep humanity alive with was their own father. Lot is also aware of the events after the eldest daughter sleeps with him, allowing himself to get drunk again the second night and not informing his daughters that the destruction was only in the Jordanian Plain and not in the rest of the world. 5: 34:51 Jewish legend relates that the crime that sealed the fate of Sodom was in fact the execution of one of Lot's daughters via bees (lol back to the stinging insects) for giving a poor girl flour. 6: 36:40 Oh, there are things that the ancient Jews counted as sins that aren't even mentioned in the Bible, and barely so much as hinted at. Things that the Talmud says that it would be better for the world to be drowned in another flood than to have it perpetrated. And it's perpetrated by millions daily. 7: 41:40 the "Paean to Wisdom" (I believe it's in Job 28) in the Jewish Tradition is referring to Sodom and the Jordanian Plain. 8: 47:30 the important part of "LiDa" are the two letters which make it up, Dales (Door) and Ayin (Eye). To know someone, you must open the door beyond the eye - and to have sexual intercourse with someone is to know them in a way more intimate than any other way of knowing someone. So while not "Sexual violence" per se, it's very much sexual here.
He just said there is evidence of sexual promiscuousness being emphasized in latter Hebrew scriptures. Thus, other people add stuff. When again it was three Driving factors that lead to the destruction of these 4 Cities.
Less Religion. Not Theology. Not Philosophy, Psychology, or Sociology. Not Mythology. Not History. Not Anthropology. More… Scholarly. A Scholar undertakes the Study of Texts. That is this. It touches those others, but it is not them in itself. He has Religious convictions. And they inform a lot of what he does. But that’s not what he’s presenting. He’s presenting the Scholarly roots of this stuff, because few ever hear it like this. Any can use this, for any purpose, except to lie about it. Which is a rare thing.
It should be noted that a man being sexually assaulted in ancient times, was an ultimate form of humiliation. This is not about homosexuality per-se (in the sense of a same sex couple, consenting to each other), this is about rape, with one man dominating and using another man. Equally if you visited a town in ancient times and did not pay respect to the local leaders, this type humiliation was a common response. You will note a similar case much later with a concubine (poor woman) being sacrificed to save the face of her master (who them assembles an army to wipe the town out). The bible texts were written in ancient times by ancient cultures completely different to our own. The authors are no longer around to explain their context, so we cannot literally read it. We need further data from other sources to begin to grasp it. However the error of many Christians is to cherry pick these texts to confirm their own bias (especially the nationalist types). Rather than using the texts to improve themselves by interacting with the texts and their own experiences. For example, I was surprised to find I could relate the teachings of Jesus to driving back home in heavy traffic, something the original authors never considered or intended.
It's really not that complicated. You don't like the nationalist because they're correct in their interpretation. You only need to read the written laws to understand the context. There's no confusion. God hates THEM. It says nothing about being forced. It's just the act itself that is abominable. The right way creates life and the wrong way ends in death. Simple. It's self evident. You either accept it or you deny it. You're in denial. You're against GOD and it's very clear what happens to everyone who goes to war with God. It's always the same outcome. Nobody wins against God. It's no coincidence that The liberal takeover is also resulting in foreign invasion. Historically whenever Israel rebelled against God he would always send in their enemies to take their land and enslave and destroy them. History repeats itself and your turn will be coming soon at the hands of Islam you will pay your moral debt! God's judgement is coming for everyone who rebels against him! Repent!
When speaking about just and Lot and his family , they commited incest after they were taken out of the line of fire and thus were no longer just and even went on to form the Moabs and the Ammonites. Yeah. Just saying...
Exactly. Also Lot´s daughters did it in ignorance (they thought the world had ended). Metatron is just trying to downplay the gravity of the sin of Sodomy.
That incest is only in the Old Testament, because the authors wished to slander all the prophets of God. According to Shia Islam, prophets are all sinless, otherwise they wouldn't have been chosen by God. Sunnis say a lot of weird stuff about the Holy Prophet because they took their religion and hadith from the Umayyads, who had a tribal vendetta against the Holy prophet.
Expedition Bible has a good video on this. In the area you can find the Sulphur balls where the Dead Sea used to be because the balls extinguished in the water and therefore never burned up. Bones were warped as well and pottery found was glazed which didn’t exist at the time of the event.
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee." Sorry. I just really, really, really felt like I had to say that at this moment.
@@masscreationbroadcasts Just putting it there for any who might make the mistake. There are many who seem to have no idea what is actually in the book. Cheers.
As someone who faced some cruel bullying in school for not being religious, I appreciate so much everything about the way you approach these videos. Even if we don't agree on everything, I see you as a brother and not an enemy.
@poponachtschnecke "If your religion teaches you to be a bully then...your beliefs are just like, your opinion man!"-El Dudius aka Bigus Jakus Lebowskius
I've read a Jewish legend of girl in Sodom who feed a beggar with slice of bread. She was covered with mead and set out for the bees. lot had to be sitting in agtes of Sodom to protect guests. All inhospitality had to be effect of lost Battle of Nine Kings (my own name for this war), when every stranger was 1) possibly spy, 2) remembrance of Abraham, stranger who saved them all just because Lot was among the prisoners.
OMG M ... I am SO glad you included this in your series. As an adopted child, reading my state adoption papers at 18 AND having been raised in a very strict Nazarene (Protestant) household, turns out my family kept from me that on the side of my mother's (biological) family, I discovered that I was not only French and English but NOW I read what? Jewish "blood" from my mother's side and later on I'd discover why she made sure I had THAT info and how important it could be to me, one day. So, a couple yrs later; I began attending (secretly) services at the Reform Jewish synagogue just half a mile or so down the road from the church I grew up in. Eventually converting, and relearning ALL that biblical text I grew up in learning Hebrew along with it and OH MY G-D what an eye- opening experience that was .. especially with SO many translating errors that ended up in the KJ Bible that the majority of Xtians know nothing about. It would make their heads spin and denials fly outta their mouths. Again, thank you! Your Florida Fan (for yrs now), Aszneth (Yes, mine is an ancient Egyptian girl name.) 😀👍
Dear LadyA. Please read Isaiah 53 in your texts and relearn about the Messiah. Please note many Christians DO look at their Bibles and try to find the original Hebrew, Greek and other words for themselves and don't just read the Bible in the more recent translations we also seek truth.............
@orlaklassen6355 - did you not read my comments? I was RAISED on the Xtian Bible and then when I relearned it in Hebrew and learned about SO many mistakes of translation into the Septuigant made, sadly, by our scribes that was never corrected... what sprang out? Why a whole new religion written by "gospel" writers reading those same errors to base their stories on. Perhaps YOU should go back and learn what Hebrew scholars have known for centuries.
@retrictumrectus1010 - Sadly, they did when the original 72 scribes (6 chosen from each of the 12 tribes) sat down to do the 1st Greek translation, nobody was standing over their shoulders making sure there were NO errors because unlike a Torah scroll where there can NOT be errors, apparently that same scrutiny wasn't present making the 1st Xtian Bible. It is truly sad once you've learned what all those mistakes contributed to, like the preaching reply just before yours telling me how much I didn't know citing one of the VERY books where a few of the major mistranslation came from: Isaiah. One for instance about a woman having a baby boy. In the Hebrew, the word for "damsel" (not virgin) is used. Regrettably, in the Septuigant, the Greek word used "alma" which in Greek can be used as BOTH a virgin and a non-virgin. WHY? Who knows. All I DO know is that we get yet another "story" and one from religions far older than xtianity, about what? A virgin giving birth to a future male god. Yeah, it's why I ended up stepping away from religion altogether. Take care. 😊👍
Excellent break down. Only think I’d note is that angels have free will, they aren’t machines, like humans they have freedom. So when we see angels acting until they are ordered to stop they are simply being obedient freely.
This is one of my favorite series that you do. As a Christian and as a believer who loves the Scripture, I absolutely love when you do deep dives into the original text and culture of the time, and I find my faith bolstered, even when my preconceived notions are challenged. Carry on, Brother.
Note that prior to Ben Franklin's famous kite experiment, the phenomena of "lightning" was considered a type of Fire. Light, lighting, aurora, meteors were all considered a type of Fire. See "Meteorologica" by Aristole.
Excavation of Tall el-Hammam reveals a heat event, carbon dated to 3700 BCE. Pottery turned to glass. It was estimated to be larger than the Tunguska air burst.
Yeah I remember hearing about that a while back and was hoping it would come up in this video, regardless of whether it ended up for or against the argument that el-Hamman was the location of Sodom/Gommorrah. I was a bit disappointed it wasn’t mentioned (unless I missed something).
Pottery wouldn't turn to glass, sand would turn to glass. is this the same event, the meteorite that skimmed the area and did devastating damage to areas in Europe before ending up knocking off the top of one of the mountains in the Alps?
@@benjalucian1515 I think OP meant to say the pottery became “glazed” on one side (think porcelain/ceramics), which was what was found at the site. This was odd because A): only one side getting glazed doesn’t seem intentional and is consistent with a super hot heat source radiating from a single point. B) Glazing was invented in 1500BC according to Wikipedia (trust at your own discretion), centuries after the dig site was dated as.
Thank you M... great video. I am a fan/student of Dr. Chuck Missler. I appreciate that Missler pointed out Paul's discussion of Romans 1 regarding homosexuality. We frequently read Romans 1 as describing a person that knew God and then knew him not. Then went into sin. Missler proposed reading it as a generation that knew God, followed by a generation that knew Him not. Followed by a generation that God gave over to their lust. This aligns with your findings... the original sin of Sodom is forgetting God... breaking covenant with Yahweh. Then wickedness followed, hospitality ended. The sexual sins is finally a symptom of greater sin.
Sigh. Sulfur nodules can form via biogenic processes (anaerobic bacteria). The Lisan and Sedom Formation itself are evaporites. Lake deposits formed as the lake dried up.
Hmmm...maybe SkyNet doesn’t mean what I think it means. "Listen, and understand! That Angels are out there! It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!" 😮
The destruction of the cities was the consequence of a event leading to liquefaction of the alluvial plain constituting the Vale of Siddim. The event thus represents the first liquefaction event in recorded Judaeo-Christian history. Thus, opposed to your hypothesis is: A new paper, published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, examined possible causes of the devastation based on the Archaeological record. The researchers concluded that warfare, a fire, a volcanic eruption or an earthquake were unlikely culprits, as these events couldn’t have produced heat intense enough to cause the melting recorded at the scene. That left a space rock as the likely a cause, but not probable. Because experts failed to find a crater at the site, they attributed the damage to an airburst created when a meteor or comet traveled through the atmosphere at high speed. It would have exploded about 2.5 miles above the city in a blast 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima, writes study co-author Christopher R. Moore, an archaeologist at the University of South Carolina, for the Conversation. “Air temperatures rapidly rose above 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit,” Moore explains. “Clothing and wood immediately burst into flames. Swords, spears, mudbricks and pottery began to melt. Almost immediately, the entire city was on fire.” Reference: Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, September 22, 2021, Ancient City’s Destruction by Exploding Space Rock May Have Inspired Biblical Story of Sodom, Around 1650 B.C.E., the Bronze Age city of Tall el-Hammam was wiped out by a blast 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima. “None of the 8,000 [approximate] people or any animals within the city survived,” Moore adds. “Their bodies were torn apart and their bones blasted into small fragments.” Corroborating the idea that an airburst caused the destruction, the researchers found melted metals and unusual mineral fragments among the city’s ruins. This catastrophe is similar to the Tunguska event in Russia/Siberia when enormous explosion that is estimated to have occurred at 7:14 am plus or minus one minute on June 30, 1908, at an altitude of 5-10 km (15,000-30,000 feet), flattening some 2,000 square km (500,000 acres) and charring more than 100 square km of pine forest near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in central Siberia (60°55′ N 101°57′ E), Russia. The energy of the explosion is estimated to have been equivalent to the explosive force of as much as 15 megatons of TNT-over a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945.
Incredible example of why I enjoy watching your videos: well researched, clearly explained, and logically reasoned. I especially appreciate the contemporary cultural comparisons (i.e., Akkadian stories and language) to increase comprehension of the primary Hebrew text. Thank you, sir.
Hi , Can you talk about Constantine and the battle of the Milvio Bridge. I just visited Rome and it is impressive that the bridge has no monuments or a plate to mention that Christianity fought the most important battle of their history there. Thanks
Oh man I had a bit of a crummy morning and this is the day brightener I need while I eat my first goddamn meal of the day at 2:45 pm 😅 I’ve wanted to know more abt Sodam and Gomorra for years and have never been able to find any good info on the actual history.
@@johnrockwell5834 the east bank of the Jordan valley has a lot of sulphur in the ground too, a large wildfire/ignition event could burn fiercely over a wide area.
@@secondchance6603 Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Also, I never said no reason. The reasons for both the biblical nukes and more recent ones were absolutely justified.
What is also missed by many in this is that God appeared to Abraham as a man, yet the Jews and the Muslims say 'God can't become a man'. Even though it is written.
They place limitations on God as if God couldn't do whatever He wants. Even Moses saw God's feet. How can The Lord have feet if He can't assume a human form?
It's not quite "God" that's written in that episode, but Yahweh, translated as "the Lord". Considering that both words Elohim (translated as God) and Yahweh (the Lord) are present in the Bible, it's actually arbitrary to interpret that Yahweh and Elohim are the same figure.
Wow, Meta. This is absolutely your best work up to date, really well done. So interesting I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. All my respect to you and I hope you bring more like this one!
I saw a documentary awhile ago that talked about a meteor exploding above an ancient city somewhere near the Jordan coast, roughly 3600 years ago... or at least, the results of that look exactly like that happened. Chunks of meteor raining from above certainly give credence to the story of a rain of fire, both from a secular and religious standpoint. One of the scientists (cant remember name off the top of my head) said the explosion would have been greater than the bomb that dropped on Hiroshima. I believe this explanation the most, but also a divine weapon sounds MUCH cooler (and scarier). Or it was both. Who knows
Yeah I recall they found glazed pottery that confused archaeologists (since it had not been invented yet) until they realized only one side of the pot was glazed. And the only things hot enough to generate that heat outside of a blast furnace were meteorite impacts and nukes (the latter unlikely for obvious reasons). I was hoping Metatron was going to mention it in this video.
I saw the same thing, but that the meteorite continued into Europe before colliding with the Alps. Wonder what stories the locals made to explain the devastation?
As a non-denominational Christian, I always appreciate your research into Biblical topics. Great video, Metatron!
So you arent Christian.
what church do you attend? true non-denomination isn't really a thing.
@@CoyTheobaltwhy must one attend a church?
@@CoyTheobaltso, those who had religious awakenings in about 2020 MUST have gone to a church? Do you know how many churches bowed to the state and man and not God in 2021? How many locked down and denied those who sought teaching? So those those are the shepherds you bow to?
@@ktulu3767 what the hell are you talking about? God wouldn’t want people to gather if it in turn could cause illness and death, streaming church services were popular long before that. The only reason churches made such a big deal out of not meeting in person was the tendency for parishioners to not tithe when services are streamed. It was greed that drives that narrative for whenever just 2 are gathered in his name. The Bible doesn’t ever necessitate church attendance as vital. You can stay home and worship and this is in no way indicative of one bowing down to government over God, and this is absolutely a nonsensical take. That a loving God would dictate your church attendance even at the risk of death or killing others is outrageous.
Lot and his family were 'just', but afterwards they went astray, they were influenced by the city they lived in. You get corrupted by your surrounding, so the lesson is don't hangout with the wrong people, but surround yourself with good people.
I think there’s many many many lessons. Just like every biblical story, they’re endless in teachings.
"Why callest me good? There is none good, save God." ~ Jesus
@@Lleanlleawrg So, what did Lot do to be obliterated? He was assaulted by his sick daughters. But explain what really happened over there, you seems to have the answer. Can I get a coffee first?
@@TinusTegenlicht Well, Lot never existed. It's a story.
But there were towns near the dead sea that were obliterated by some kind of tunguska-esque event, according to modern archaeology.
Likely that was attributed to divine wrath by primitive societies like this, who invented a morality tale about it.
In this culture, apparently it was morally good to offer your daughters up to be gang raped by a mob instead of them doing it to strangers.
This makes sense given that the ancient Jewish culture that made the tale clearly saw women as property on par with a cow or a piece of furniture.
In the story Lot's wife looked back at the destruction and was turned into a pillar of salt. Clearly not real, but likely inspired by the vaguely human-shaped salt formations in the area, and fits well with a mythical trope we also see in the orpheus and eurydice story from greek mythology. It's not identical but similar.
So anyway, Lot's daughters in the story do get their dad drunk and rape him. Not that two wrongs make a right, but in the time of 'eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth' which was Jewish law at the time, he got off easy.
Sorry, the archeological evidence leaves no room for a " natural" event.
Gosh, this is fascinating. I’m so glad people like you exist and share their passions online.
I always look forward to your discourse on subjects. I am half Sicilian half Egyptian and my mother and I adore your content
I'm a human being and I don't identify by my ancestral homelands
@@rayneweber5904yet it is relevant. You ignore the culture that formed your ability to say that in the act, whereas no other nation outside of europe bothers to think that way. Not really. You ignore the temperament that comes innately within your dna. This is demonstrable across all creatures in the animal kingdom. Specifically mammals in particular. What you espouse is conditioning rendered by postmodernism. An abstract of relativism like your notion displays your passive willingness to obliterate all logical constraints arbitrarily for the sake of a moral argument. None of which comports with reality. Its an expression of what you think should be rather, and is again a proposition that no other nation tribe or culture outside of europe adopts. Relativism is brain rot. Deprogram yourself this instant. You cannot defend it
@@rayneweber5904relativism and postmodernism are impossible to reconcile with reality. Its pure idealism. And the precursor to socialism
Thank you for watching to you and to your mother.
@@rayneweber5904here 🏅
Lot: "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DON'T LOOK AT THE CITY'S DESTRUCTION!!!"
Lot's wife: "So, anyway, I started looking..."
Women. Even 3000 years later 😂
Who’s got the tequila and lemon? Shots all around!!
They needed extra salt those naughty Moabites plus some wine for precedent sake . Oh dad I got a need only you can itch . YUCK !!!
Angel:
She had one job!
There will be no women in heaven...
"...there came to be silence in the heaven for about half an hour." (Rev 8:1) :D
Another thing I may add, I appreciate your position on recent videos where you are unapologetic in your opinions; I find in your old videos you tended to avoid controversy. I admire your honesty
Hospitality is a big thing in the Caucasus, in Georgia is a saying, that "Guest comes from God".
Same in most Slavic cultures. “Guest in the house: God in the house”.
Same in most Slavic cultures. “Guest in the house: God in the house”.
i mean in norse as well, i think there is a story about odin disguising himself as old man and traveling so all the people know about it and treat the guests well cuz it might be odin and done wanna piss that dude off
@@olorin3815there is the same exact story in greek mythology but with Zeus and Hermes. They end up destroying the city, save for the only humans that offered them hospitality, a sweet old couple
in quite a lot of cultures it's like that. shamefully, america has grown hyper-individualist and we've forgotten what hospitality is.
That moment when you hear that list of reasons, look around your country, and then start sweating.
The end is nigh, my friend. Join yourself to the Church Christ established before it is too late.
LOL. If god didn't act during WW2 and the horrors there, he's not going to do anything now.
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Tread lightly. Remember being a kid and thinking Dad hadn't stopped you, so you pushed the envelope? Then you found that last nerve?
@@YSLRD Nope, never happened. My dad immediately corrected me. Sounds like your dad and god are poor parental figures.
@@shepherddog1199which church would you recommend, my Christian canine friend?
My girlfriend has an old scholarly book, wish I could remember the name, that discussed the Dead Sea as the likely location. It referenced old historical mentions of the sea that indicated it was much more noxious and dangerous thousands of years ago than it is today. One mention I remember was from a Greek who recounted seeing a bird fly over and fall dead halfway due to the fumes. The Dead Sea also has "salt" pillars on its shores.
Joesphus -The Jewish Book of War,book 4,end of chapter 8 ?
Pliny also wrote about this.
Used as an adjective, fire-and-brimstone often refers to a style of Christian preaching that uses vivid descriptions of judgment and eternal damnation to encourage repentance especially popular during historical periods of Great Awakening.[3]
uggghhhhhh ........ wow people write the dumbest books
I got my Bachelor's Degree is Biblical History. 17:17 so far Metatron is doing right. I've seen all of this before (not for this text specifically) using other cultures to verify the Biblical accounts. The biggest difference is I'm far more entertained by this video than I was with my Hebrew Professor droning on.
I feel you, Metatron has a way of delivering the information while keeping you engaged.
@@justchilling704- It’s quite well done. But I do wish he’d speak more in English and less in “academese”, and I say that as an academic myself. Long words impress only people who don’t understand them.
@@sirrathersplendid4825 I agree, a vocabulary of simpler words would only increase the value of the videos for the average person very valid point you e made.
@@justchilling704Agreed. I have a massive vocabulary despite not being an academic, but my first thought was, "Damnit Raf, lemme get some caffeine in me so I can start processing this." XD
@@alendonvaldor5808 Right plus he always has high energy during these videos 😭
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Sodom and Gomorrah, revolting vermin legions everywhere
As a Christian who loves metal, you have sincerely made my day 😊
Search for "Forced Battle - Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne Lyrics"
This game literally made an entire song with mostly verses of the Bible and it sounds metal af
@@renren47618I wonder if that was the intent, given the themes of anti-religion generally present in the franchise. (Based on what I've read in general discourse of games I've not played). As I understand it, elements of the series deal with negative use of religious authority (and other things)
@@truthoverteaStryper fan? 😆
Love you brother. You dig for truth AND speak it, and that is a VERY rare combination.
I love you. I find you as an Older Cousin who pops in with great things to say. Good timing. I needed this.
Snap! My mob philosophies…over the videos too.
I'm only a few seconds in, but I am excited! This series is one of my favourites of yours. I am someone who struggles with my own faith, but who absolutely loves biblical history, and seeing how the narratives have been altered so much over the years from things as simple as a word or two being mistranslated, or things not being viewed through a lens contemporary to the writings. I'm sure this will be another great watch, and, as always, I'm excited to get into it!.
Thank you and good to see you here. I hope you enjoy.
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It’s so awesome to have a content creator that doesn’t treat science and Christianity as incompatible.
Exactly, science well real science actually supports religion.
Catholicism, which he was raised in I believe, is not as hostile to Science as those with agendas would have you believe.
@@lordzodiak1575 Not really, but they are not fundamentally opposed.
You really don't get it--he's telling us that the story in question is stolen from nearby civilizations, and definitely not saying that a god existed. I'm certain he's no believer. For one thing, he's an intelligent, rational man. That leaves religion out. He's knowledgeable about religion, sure, but so am I, and I've been an atheist my whole life.
Xianity and science are most definitely not compatible. I've been familiar with the efforts to make them fit since the early 70s, when the church my family attended had pamphlets on the subject hanging on the wall next to the library door. Believers are always so pathetic.
Because they aren't.
As a child of the Cold War era, while I'm not arguing for the radioactive skeletons I do recall what we used to call a neutron bomb... or a small nuke that gave off lots of radiation which was meant to kill people but leave buildings standing. It killed beyond the area where any effects of the explosion itself would be seen.
Did you grow up in 2,000 BC?
@@Hereticbliss322 comprehension is hard, we understand.
@@aldobonaso3481 you speaking from firsthand experience? My remark was satirical in that the comment I was replying to seemingly has no relevance whatsoever to the content of the video. Comprehension is hard, I understand. Thanks for weighing in, Protagoras.
@@Hereticbliss322 "As a child of the Cold War era..."
@@aldobonaso3481 I’m starting to think perhaps you were exposed to some radiation yourself.
21:30 So we have an ancient text talking about the circunference of earth.
And nowadays, with all our technology, there are people that still think that the earth is flat.
Great! Really great!
im fairly confident that flat earthers are just trolling.
@@iamnotyu5548 Alas! I know of at least 2 flat-earth adherents that actually believe it (one of whom has argued with her husband and put him down for being too ignorant to believe the "truth").
A flat disc has circumference genius. 😂
I've heard that the flat earth theory was started by an FBI agent to troll people, not expecting anyone to take it seriously.
@@iamnotyu5548 The original flat earthers were grifters
I think we saw Sodom and Gomorrah at the Olympics this week.
No, you saw a Dionysian bacchanal and brunch made into modern performance art: la cène sur la scène sur la Seine = the dinner upon the stage over the River Seine.
@@EdwardM-t8p When have you ever seen the Dionysus festival portrayed as a long table with a holy person in the middle? If it wasn't the last supper, why did the Olympics pull the video and apologize to the Church?
@@EdwardM-t8pNo, we didn't. We saw mocking and disrespectful behavior.
@@EdwardM-t8p we saw the laughing stock of the world.
@@EdwardM-t8p No I saw the last supper recreated by demons.
Amazing, just as I finished all my chores for today a new Metatron vid pops up and it's his biblical series which is my favourite! God bless you Metatron!
Thank you have fun
Absolutely top notch, as always! And your reply actually made my day, many thanks good sir 👌
@@bokitebi7736 Oh yes, I am sure it was god. Such poppycock!
Joined Patreon for this type of content, stayed for the fun livestream banter. Keep up the good work!
Have to admit that this is the first I’ve watched from you; and being a scholar myself of mythology, literature, and philosophy - and having an understanding of the Biblical Text in its Ancient Greek and Latin origins ( English does no justice and brings ZERO ACCURACY ) I have a huge appreciation for Michael Tsarion’s work over the last 3 decades. Have to admit I’m impressed and I can appreciate what you bring to discussion. Well done- may just subscribe and see what else you bring
it didn't originate in greek or latin
Was michael mentioned here, whats the relevance? I only remember him talking about Ireland
So why don't you write the texts in accurate English? I see no reason to read dead languages.
There were two videos from Expedition Bible where the host, Joel, investigates the area around the Dead Sea for any remains of those cities. One video shows the finding of sulfur deposits which weren't found on the surface ground, rather, in the water. He even uses a lighter to see if they ignite in a way that sulfur would. In the other video, Joel examines sites which show a layer of ash among former cities, but no signs of rebuilding. This was found at four sites, with one that did not show any ash.
He also discusses how one site, Hammam (if spelled correctly), to the north of the Dead Sea was suspected, but it shows that there has been numerous rebuilding, whereas Sodom & the others, apart from where Lot fled, were not rebuilt nor lived on.
i was going to bring up same video from Expedition Bible.
I mentioned that as well.
His video also debunks the location that Ron Wyatt and many others have made videos of, and millions have watched on UA-cam. Showing that what they claimed to be the "ashen remains" of building structures, are actually just the ancient sea bed. Which explains why you're able to still find the sulfer that didn't completely burn up.
Yesss! I love Expedition Bible. That channel is awesome❤
Tall El Hamam' was rebuilt in part, but not until hundreds of years later
There are places where pitch and bitumen are harvested in the Near East. Obviously some sulphur odours would exist there.
Never have I ever seen a video in my feed this soon.
Right!?
Agreed
Metatron as a very casual student of ancient history, I find your conclusions reasonable, and valid. Wether in Roman History or Biblical History, you are a very exacting and logical scholar. I'm Not Just saying this because my own research tends to agree with you on almost every detail. I lack fluency in Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, and my Latin Is Laughable, based Mostly on British schoolboy Primers of the Edwardian period. All I know Is History as Presented to me was a very biased not well grounded in fact view of the world by British Imperialists who did have an axe to grind. Please keep up the excellent work.
On the subject of Lot & his family being Just and then practicing incest, was explained to me like this:
The fact that Lot and his family wanted live in such a deprived city that even after escaping they were seduced by the behavior from living there. Which would explain why 1. they had to be forcibly removed from S&G 2. Lot’s wife looked back and 3. why his daughters made a plan to procreate with their father. Lot started out “Just” bcuz of his relation to Abraham & God then fell down into a slippery slope. I’ve read & believe S&G was already judged. The men of the city wanting to s.a. the Angels was evidence of their wickedness.
Didn't their sons, conceived by their father, become the fathers of several of the "wicked" peoples surrounding Israel?
The acts towards the angels were likely a symptom of the overall sin/depravity rather then the ultimate cause of the destruction. Just one more line entry on the list of charges.
A simpler explanation is Lot had faith in God. The New Testament says numerous times that Abraham believed God, and it was counted as righteousness.
Lot was also rich, so he had plenty of sheep for sacrifice.
@@RomrotMechanikos Lot might have had faith in god, but not so the angels. They told him where to seek shelter but he started haggling with them. He didn't want to go that far.
My interpretation is that since Lot and his daughters are the progenitors of the people now known as the Palestinians, the passage is not historical at all. It is propaganda against the peoples surrounding the Jews of Israel. It is a fake origin story like the Black Muslim story that a mad scientist in ancient Africa who so hated God that he made a corrupt and corrupting humanoid species loaded with all manner of vileness and violence -- White people.
Thank you so much Metatron! I was waiting so long for this!!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Great lecture Professor Metatron!
Watch till the end and be hospitable to everyone!
I'm 70 years old. Jjust in my lifetime I can think of several very destructive natural calamities, earthquakes, tidal waves, volcanic eruptions, killer lakes releasing deadly gasses, and some remarkable meteor events. When I was in school, catastrophic events were often downplayed as rare...I don't think they are that rare. And let's not forget a few man-made disasters like Bhopal, India and various dam failures.
@@Toxicpoolofreekingmascul-lj4yd I've always thought that the sonic booms and explosions that some people were reporting some years back on the east coast of North America were meteors entering the atmosphere.
Before the Renaissance catastrophism was the most popular view of the world. Things happen drastically and quickly. With the Renaissance and the birth of "The Science" there was a massive push towards progressivism, or the idea that everything happens very gradually and in a linear fashion.
I agree. Destructions and disasters are not as remote from each other as we think.
Reality is far different than we're taught in school.
They're very rare, geologically.
Thank you so much for these analyses! There are many things in the Bible that either make no sense or are misconstrued because we don’t have the mindsets of its subjects and original hearers / readers. Ancient Eastern cultures, languages, and histories provide major context that we can miss. Because some Bible stories are so familiar to us, I think we forget that we aren’t steeped in the cosmology that is such a big part of many Biblical stories. It can make us close the Book because we are horrified, bored, or confused, which is a shame.
As Metatron says, you have to discard modern thought and search for the times and situations those people lived in. For example, why was pork forbidden? A reasonable explanation is trichinosis. That's a really horrible disease that leaves permanent damage. Look it up, please.
I saw an excellent documentary that showed that the conditions left behind by each of the plagues set up perfect conditions to start the next one scientifically.
@@CrispyCircuitsThat's true if you want to analyze the Bible as a historical document the issue comes from when someone believes on it and follows it as a religion and since the "Laws of God" doesn't change, they need to apply the moralities show in these texts as never changing values and also justify some of God's more dubious actions.
@@renren47618Yeah, morality doesn't change. It's objective. That's been a pretty basic principle for all of Western Civ.
@@CrispyCircuitsThere's also the "separation" component. Remaining sacred and separate from the Gentiles (including thru circumcision), was a big part of Pre-Christ Christianity. The whole "covenant with God" thing. It's also useful for developing a culture. Lots of reasons for it.
But seriously, thank God for Peter's dreams! 😆😅
@@renren47618Correct me if I am wrong in my understanding of your comment.
The way I read it you're saying the issue is when people who study the Bible as a historical account forget to apply the moral teachings in it to the events recorded. And thus get a warped view of the narrative as a whole.
Am I wrong in how I read your statement?
The "weapons" part of the Akkadian text sounds like the power up sequence before a huge battle in anime.
I never heard the interpretation that lot was "okay" with doing it with his daughters. I always heard he was essentially too drunk to be able to resist.
If he's that drunk he wouldn't be able to get it up. That's where those "he was OK with doing it" comes from.
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Biologically, you might be wrong.
@@YSLRD Statistically I might be right.
If he was drunk enough to pass out, couldn't the daughters have just lowered themselves on his "morning wood?"
@benjalucian1515 the implication in the narrative is very clear, his daughters got him black out drunk.
Loved it! Thank you for your hard work on this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@metatronyt The part about the angels being single-minded was mind blowing. Now we have a better idea of why God has the rebellious ones in chains of darkness.
I love your approach. This video, for some reason, made me really curious how a conversation or collaboration with Inspiring Philosophy would go...
These vids are quite the watch for something in the background. Good work and wonderous work there sir Meta.
Much appreciated
Thank you Metatron for these enlightening biblical translation videos. I didn't know the Epic of Erra was connected to this story.
Woot! New Metatron content. Man I struggle pretty bad sometimes, mentally, but this dude's content ALWAYS offers a reprieve for me 👍
Hey friend, I pray things get easier for you 🙏🏻
@@sjm9876 thank you
The Akkadian description of the 7 reminds me of the 7 in Revelations. I would almost say that they are very similar in description. Would love to hear what you think about that. Very awesome. Thank you for your research and presentation of the facts. Be blessed and have a wonderful day.
I have always had a want to look deeper into this. Thank you for taking the time to get the information and reading through the findings of your research. I absolutely love this series, please continue to do such an awe inspiring introspective.
I love this series so much!!! Ty for making it
A *neutron bomb* , officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a low-yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation in the immediate vicinity of the blast while minimizing the physical power of the blast itself. (Wikipedia)
Was looking for this comment.
Now we KNOW what got that Indus Valley City ... which i somehow to remember to be in Civ 6 (5?) as a City State. 🤪
You missed the part where the skeletons being radioactive was revealed to be an hoax?
Even if it wasn't a hoax, 22 radioactive mofos in city of over 50,000 is a sign they died in a small scale event. With no sign of either trauma or stress, drowning, poisoning, or strangulation are the most likely causes of death. If the radiation did exist, it was likely due to isotopic exposure, with perhaps some radioactive salt contaminating their food or drink. But again the evidence of the bones being radioactive seems to be non-existent.
Odd.
Wikipedia is the least reliable source we have around for any subject. If you engage in editing articles you'll see many, many discussions on how to combat the never ending spread of incorrect information (and that's not even in the political or sociological fronts).
You can look up any Physics Dept of top, credible universities around NA and Europe. Plenty of superb articles on nuclear Physics and nuclear weapons, some very high level, others very in-depth.
Wikipedia is only good for scientific topics tho
28:18 My jaw dropped a little here as [síra] literally means sulphur/brimstone in my (slavic) language. I know these are completely different language families, but it is still pretty interesting coincidence.
Students of Sanskrit have said the closest modern language to ancient Sanskrit is Russian.
@@xenuburger7924 no its not, its Hindustani.
Here's to the algorithm. Thanks for the upload 🙏❤️🙏❤️
Fantastic. Definitely we're hearing a story of an historic event that is enveloped with a moral lesson. These fascinate me dearly. Thank you Metatron, absolutely epic work.
Definitely, it's the one thing that intrigues me with Hancock. I think some of it has merit, but I also think he stretches his analogies a bit thin to suit a narrative.
But I have always thought that myth and legend has some amount of truth to them lost to time and propaganda.
Around the 25 minute mark.. "I:36 to the 5th he spoke: "Blow like the wind and scrutinize the circumference of the world""
They knew the planet was round. :)
A frisbee is round... A clock is round. A wheel is round. A dinner plate is round.. They all have a circumference too.
That particular one is interesting in comparison to the story of Job. The Adversary who commands the wind and roams the earth.
And again in Ephesians 2: "And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience"
@@Maxx134agreat job buddy you know your circles!
@@Maxx134anow show us you know about triangles! What are three objects that are triangular?
@@fatalex00 🤣
I just want to say, i really love your videos. They are presented in very interesting, entertaining, and professional way. They are also easy to understand even for someone like me who doesn't speak English fluently. Oftentimes when watching science/history videos I have trouble understanding what is being said. I have slightly impaired hearing, so sometime I can't even tell what is begin said. I never had such problems while watching your videos.
These are always so good. Thank you for the tremendous effort in an era which openly despises and seeks to suppress such content.
I am not personally religious but I do enjoy listening to the history regarding religious writings and history in that era in time of the writings and manuscripts in general. Awesome deep dive Metatron. Love your videos
Dear Metatron, the TRUTH is so hard to find these days, It is so wonderful that you are seeking the truth above all else. This is such a rare thing. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Also your amazing knowledge of languages being put to such good use.
OMG, I missed your Biblical videos so much😻 Thank you)))
You are very welcome
That was well done. I liked your sharing the Accadian myths as assisting in the understanding but where you really shined in this video was when you discussed "just" and what that means and what therefore the actual biblical reason for the destruction of these cities were; violence, inhospitality, as well as sexual sins, economic sins and cruelty toward those less fortunate. "The traditions speak of injustice, sin of adultery, lies, pride, gluttony, excess wealth, indifference to the poor, and inhospitality." As for the sin of inhospitality, in our modern age we overlook this. In the ancient world there were few to no inns, truck stops, restaurants, and other amenities for travelers who risked life and limb on the road from wild beasts and robbers and roaming bands of bandits. The sin of inhospitality was to deny a traveler protection and needed sustenance when they were most vulnerable. All in all one of your top videos Metatron. Love those 72 wings.
I understand that it’s still the case in Near East cultures, that a stranger could turn up at your door/tent and you were obliged to take care of them for three days and nights before you could ask anything about them.
Bravo, profesore! Dacă s-ar recurge mereu la textele originale cu acuratețe și bună credință, ar fi mai multă eleganță și intelegere între oameni.
IP - Inspiring Philosophy has many videos about how the Old Testament is related to the Summerian and Mesopotamian myths. It makes sense as Abraham came from a city from Summerian tradition as it was northern Ur.
IP has some good stuff when he isn't trying to be novel as he is in his take on Job.
Christians don't need the OT. All they need is the NT, the acceptance of Jesus as the messiah, the resurrection and life everlasting.
I love the way Sodom and Gomorra was portrayed in the 1966 epic "The Bible". Despite the lack of explicit content due to pc of the time, you can tell it's is a place full of completely messed up people
All the Hollywood film studios are owned by the same people who wrote 'the Bible'.
Political Correctness?
You mean the Hayes Code, Political Correctness/Wokeness and actual moral standards are mutually exclusive.
Oh like about how much this whole world has became so very messed up
I guess they left out the "Lot gets drunk and impregnates his daughters" part, eh?
@@benjalucian1515 and that was after he had offered them to the mob
You've been doing a FANTASTIC job with this series!!!!
I've been waiting for this.
I love this series, it's what got me into Metatron to begin with.
Your videos are always really good, and a lot of them, like this one, are truly great. I can only imagine how much research, and work, goes into a video like this, and I am grateful that you do all of it, to entertain, and educate the rest of us. Thank you!!!
It has long been speculated that Abraham came from the Tigris and Euphrates region. Considering most of the old testament was written between 1200 BCE and 165 BCE and many of the events written about were supposed to have occurred hundreds of years earlier, I'm not surprised it borrows heavily from Zoroastrian, Akkadian and later, Babylonian culture.
It has is known that there was a meteor impact in what is now Iraq in 2193 BCE. The impact site is theorised to be the location of Akkad. Two cities were destroyed & many others were affected. The power of the impact is speculated to be the equivalent of 9,00 Hiroshima atomic bombs. There is also speculation that the resultant dust in the atmosphere, led to global climate change. Indeed, at around this time, the Akkadian empire the Indus Valley civilisation, the Egyptian old kingdom and the Liangzhu culture went into terminal decline. Each decline had it's own reasons, but one that crops up in each case, is severe drought.
I'm not totally convinced about all of that, but I thought I'd put it out there.
Doesn't Genesis say, at the beginning of Abraham's story, that he grew up in the city of Ur (in modern Southern Iraq / Kuwait)?
*BC..... no reason to change it but weirdos who hate that our calendar revolves around their object of unfocused hatred.
@@randlebrowne2048 Yes: Begin reading in Genesis 11:31 and continue. Abraham begins in Ur near Kuwait,/Iraq and travels to Haran northern Syria to live for awhile. Then he leaves Haran and travels to Canaan (Palestine/Israel). Then he goes to Egypt and then he returns back to Canaan. His son, Isaac, also travels to and gets his wife from Haran but he stays mainly in Canaan. Abraham's other son Ishmael travels from Canaan to Egypt to get his wife and then south into Arabia. Isaac's son, Jacob, repeats his father's journey's. Isaac's other son, Esau, stays in the east side of Canaan (Jordan). Finally Jacob travels to Egypt during a famine and he dies thus setting the stage for the Exodus.
These patriarchs weren't ignorant, poor or sheltered. They were considered influential and wise, very wealthy and well traveled and worldly.
@@finnkuudere3516 Generally speaking, you never hear about poor people having servants in their households (as Abraham repeatedly is mentioned to have).
@@randlebrowne2048 I understand that a lot of these "servants were "employees." Abraham was essentially a rancher and he had huge flocks. He and his immediate could not manage all this themselves so there were likely some families who attached themselves to him and they essentially became a company. Then as this cohort grew Abraham and different families acquired actual servants.
I can't get enough of these videos.
So one possibility: there was some city of cities destroyed by a gas leak (with all the oil deposits in mesopotamia that doesn't sound unlikely) or meteorite, sometime pre 2000 BC. That stuck in the collective memory of many groups. When the Judeans were in exile in Babylon, they picked up a lot of Babylonian ideas and myths, which then got retconned afterwards to help form 2nd Temple Judaism (which was quite different from 1st Temple Proto-Israelite polytheism). That sort of mixing and retconning happened a lot, so it's not odd for it to be included here with Jewish morality overlaid on it.
This is probably your best serie. I enjoy it very much as it is really though provoking. Thank you!
Have you considered to make a colab video with The Why Files? That would be just epic!
Stuff in the video I felt I needed to comment on:
1: The Hebrew text shown at 1:17 is actually Yiddish translation of a commentary on certain Hebrew prayers recited on the High Holidays when the Ark is opened. Text from the same prayer book (though a different part of the High Holiday Prayers) is featured at 2:40.
RAPHAEL WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE
2: Jewish tradition gives an exact date to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, namely, the morning of the 16th of Aviv (also known as Nisan) in AM 2047, or in the Common Era, the 18th of April in 1713 BC.
3: Tzirah (29:06) means "That thing which causes pain." Striking is generally "Mich-" as in "Michov" (wound) "Makeh" (blow). An "intense, extreme heat" would be "Ziph'a" (scorching heat) or possibly "Si'arah" (Sirocco). To refine metals, in Biblical Hebrew, is "LiTzrof" (a metalsmith is called a "Metzaref"). Yes, Tzarah can mean oppressing, but no, it doesn't mean binding. It doesn't mean scorching or burning. I don't want to assume you're pulling things from nowhere, but you're definitely stretching here.
4: 32:52 The reason we can determine the sexual depravity is the sin of Sodom and not of Lot's Daughters, in the Jewish tradition (Lot is at fault in the Jewish tradition, but his daughters are innocent, and I'll get to that) is because Sodom had an organized crime ring of homosexual rape of visitors and other such depravities. Meanwhile, Lot's daughters were under the impression that all of humanity had been wiped out (Lot knew better) and so they were merely fulfilling the divine commandment to Adam and Eve of "be fruitful and multiply," as, to their knowledge, the last man alive on earth that they could keep humanity alive with was their own father. Lot is also aware of the events after the eldest daughter sleeps with him, allowing himself to get drunk again the second night and not informing his daughters that the destruction was only in the Jordanian Plain and not in the rest of the world.
5: 34:51 Jewish legend relates that the crime that sealed the fate of Sodom was in fact the execution of one of Lot's daughters via bees (lol back to the stinging insects) for giving a poor girl flour.
6: 36:40 Oh, there are things that the ancient Jews counted as sins that aren't even mentioned in the Bible, and barely so much as hinted at. Things that the Talmud says that it would be better for the world to be drowned in another flood than to have it perpetrated. And it's perpetrated by millions daily.
7: 41:40 the "Paean to Wisdom" (I believe it's in Job 28) in the Jewish Tradition is referring to Sodom and the Jordanian Plain.
8: 47:30 the important part of "LiDa" are the two letters which make it up, Dales (Door) and Ayin (Eye). To know someone, you must open the door beyond the eye - and to have sexual intercourse with someone is to know them in a way more intimate than any other way of knowing someone. So while not "Sexual violence" per se, it's very much sexual here.
He just said there is evidence of sexual promiscuousness being emphasized in latter Hebrew scriptures. Thus, other people add stuff.
When again it was three Driving factors that lead to the destruction of these 4 Cities.
Outstanding content as always!
I just started watching your religious videos yesterday and clicked on this thinking it was an older video! What a coincidence
Same fr
Less Religion. Not Theology. Not Philosophy, Psychology, or Sociology. Not Mythology. Not History. Not Anthropology. More… Scholarly.
A Scholar undertakes the Study of Texts. That is this. It touches those others, but it is not them in itself.
He has Religious convictions. And they inform a lot of what he does. But that’s not what he’s presenting. He’s presenting the Scholarly roots of this stuff, because few ever hear it like this. Any can use this, for any purpose, except to lie about it. Which is a rare thing.
These are my favorite videos. Thanks Metatron!
It should be noted that a man being sexually assaulted in ancient times, was an ultimate form of humiliation. This is not about homosexuality per-se (in the sense of a same sex couple, consenting to each other), this is about rape, with one man dominating and using another man.
Equally if you visited a town in ancient times and did not pay respect to the local leaders, this type humiliation was a common response.
You will note a similar case much later with a concubine (poor woman) being sacrificed to save the face of her master (who them assembles an army to wipe the town out).
The bible texts were written in ancient times by ancient cultures completely different to our own. The authors are no longer around to explain their context, so we cannot literally read it. We need further data from other sources to begin to grasp it.
However the error of many Christians is to cherry pick these texts to confirm their own bias (especially the nationalist types). Rather than using the texts to improve themselves by interacting with the texts and their own experiences. For example, I was surprised to find I could relate the teachings of Jesus to driving back home in heavy traffic, something the original authors never considered or intended.
Yeah that's still a thing in certain cultures overseas where I spent some time for GWOT. It's not ancient nor is it rare.
Wait, so if you didn't pay respect to the local leaders as a man, you were essentially free bussy?
Yikes.
It's really not that complicated. You don't like the nationalist because they're correct in their interpretation. You only need to read the written laws to understand the context. There's no confusion. God hates THEM. It says nothing about being forced. It's just the act itself that is abominable. The right way creates life and the wrong way ends in death. Simple. It's self evident.
You either accept it or you deny it. You're in denial. You're against GOD and it's very clear what happens to everyone who goes to war with God. It's always the same outcome. Nobody wins against God.
It's no coincidence that The liberal takeover is also resulting in foreign invasion. Historically whenever Israel rebelled against God he would always send in their enemies to take their land and enslave and destroy them.
History repeats itself and your turn will be coming soon at the hands of Islam you will pay your moral debt! God's judgement is coming for everyone who rebels against him!
Repent!
@@aaronthompson192 bacha-bazi, islam
When speaking about just and Lot and his family , they commited incest after they were taken out of the line of fire and thus were no longer just and even went on to form the Moabs and the Ammonites. Yeah. Just saying...
Exactly. Also Lot´s daughters did it in ignorance (they thought the world had ended). Metatron is just trying to downplay the gravity of the sin of Sodomy.
That incest is only in the Old Testament, because the authors wished to slander all the prophets of God. According to Shia Islam, prophets are all sinless, otherwise they wouldn't have been chosen by God.
Sunnis say a lot of weird stuff about the Holy Prophet because they took their religion and hadith from the Umayyads, who had a tribal vendetta against the Holy prophet.
@@موسى_7Prophets are not sinless. For them to be devoid of sin would mean they are divine and man can not be divine.
@gravygraves5112 Jesus was devine
@@IbnRushd-mv3fpbecause he's GOD HIMSELF
Objective and well research. This is why I'll click on your videos every time.
Hey I appreciate that thanks!
"Totality of Judgement" sounds like a metal band name, I dig it
Doesn't get much more metal than total destruction from all the elements.
Expedition Bible has a good video on this. In the area you can find the Sulphur balls where the Dead Sea used to be because the balls extinguished in the water and therefore never burned up. Bones were warped as well and pottery found was glazed which didn’t exist at the time of the event.
Great video. Very much enjoyed the presentation & explanations. Thank you so much. Queensland Australia.
Did not knew you were making movies now.
What a banger to start with. You have so much improved since I watch your content. Keep up the great work :).
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."
Sorry. I just really, really, really felt like I had to say that at this moment.
*Quinton Tarantino approves.
Quote Sam L. Jackson 😂
None of that is actually in the Bible. It was made up for the movie.
@@moralityisnotsubjective5 I know.
@@masscreationbroadcasts Just putting it there for any who might make the mistake. There are many who seem to have no idea what is actually in the book. Cheers.
I love your unbiased presentation of the truth and facts. Keep up the great work.
As someone who faced some cruel bullying in school for not being religious, I appreciate so much everything about the way you approach these videos. Even if we don't agree on everything, I see you as a brother and not an enemy.
I appreciate that. If we were in school together I would have been the guy who told those who bullied you to f off.
@poponachtschnecke "If your religion teaches you to be a bully then...your beliefs are just like, your opinion man!"-El Dudius aka Bigus Jakus Lebowskius
@@metatronytnice intentions but sounded so cornyyyyy😅.
Did you go to a madrassa?
@@metatronyt I believe that
I've read a Jewish legend of girl in Sodom who feed a beggar with slice of bread. She was covered with mead and set out for the bees. lot had to be sitting in agtes of Sodom to protect guests. All inhospitality had to be effect of lost Battle of Nine Kings (my own name for this war), when every stranger was
1) possibly spy,
2) remembrance of Abraham, stranger who saved them all just because Lot was among the prisoners.
OMG M ... I am SO glad you included this in your series.
As an adopted child, reading my state adoption papers at 18 AND having been raised in a very strict Nazarene (Protestant) household, turns out my family kept from me that on the side of my mother's (biological) family, I discovered that I was not only French and English but NOW I read what? Jewish "blood" from my mother's side and later on I'd discover why she made sure I had THAT info and how important it could be to me, one day.
So, a couple yrs later; I began attending (secretly) services at the Reform Jewish synagogue just half a mile or so down the road from the church I grew up in. Eventually converting, and relearning ALL that biblical text I grew up in learning Hebrew along with it and OH MY G-D what an eye- opening experience that was .. especially with SO many translating errors that ended up in the KJ Bible that the majority of Xtians know nothing about. It would make their heads spin and denials fly outta their mouths.
Again, thank you!
Your Florida Fan (for yrs now),
Aszneth
(Yes, mine is an ancient Egyptian girl name.) 😀👍
Dear LadyA. Please read Isaiah 53 in your texts and relearn about the Messiah. Please note many Christians DO look at their Bibles and try to find the original Hebrew, Greek and other words for themselves and don't just read the Bible in the more recent translations we also seek truth.............
The Jews themselves made the same error. I would argue they did it even worse.
@orlaklassen6355 - did you not read my comments? I was RAISED on the Xtian Bible and then when I relearned it in Hebrew and learned about SO many mistakes of translation into the Septuigant made, sadly, by our scribes that was never corrected... what sprang out? Why a whole new religion written by "gospel" writers reading those same errors to base their stories on. Perhaps YOU should go back and learn what Hebrew scholars have known for centuries.
@retrictumrectus1010 - Sadly, they did when the original 72 scribes (6 chosen from each of the 12 tribes) sat down to do the 1st Greek translation, nobody was standing over their shoulders making sure there were NO errors because unlike a Torah scroll where there can NOT be errors, apparently that same scrutiny wasn't present making the 1st Xtian Bible. It is truly sad once you've learned what all those mistakes contributed to, like the preaching reply just before yours telling me how much I didn't know citing one of the VERY books where a few of the major mistranslation came from: Isaiah. One for instance about a woman having a baby boy. In the Hebrew, the word for "damsel" (not virgin) is used. Regrettably, in the Septuigant, the Greek word used "alma" which in Greek can be used as BOTH a virgin and a non-virgin. WHY? Who knows. All I DO know is that we get yet another "story" and one from religions far older than xtianity, about what? A virgin giving birth to a future male god. Yeah, it's why I ended up stepping away from religion altogether.
Take care. 😊👍
Excellent break down. Only think I’d note is that angels have free will, they aren’t machines, like humans they have freedom. So when we see angels acting until they are ordered to stop they are simply being obedient freely.
Brilliant and informative!
This is one of my favorite series that you do. As a Christian and as a believer who loves the Scripture, I absolutely love when you do deep dives into the original text and culture of the time, and I find my faith bolstered, even when my preconceived notions are challenged. Carry on, Brother.
Thank you very much 🙏🏻 more to come
Note that prior to Ben Franklin's famous kite experiment, the phenomena of "lightning" was considered a type of Fire. Light, lighting, aurora, meteors were all considered a type of Fire. See "Meteorologica" by Aristole.
Excavation of Tall el-Hammam reveals a heat event, carbon dated to 3700 BCE. Pottery turned to glass. It was estimated to be larger than the Tunguska air burst.
Yeah I remember hearing about that a while back and was hoping it would come up in this video, regardless of whether it ended up for or against the argument that el-Hamman was the location of Sodom/Gommorrah. I was a bit disappointed it wasn’t mentioned (unless I missed something).
Pottery wouldn't turn to glass, sand would turn to glass. is this the same event, the meteorite that skimmed the area and did devastating damage to areas in Europe before ending up knocking off the top of one of the mountains in the Alps?
@@benjalucian1515 I think OP meant to say the pottery became “glazed” on one side (think porcelain/ceramics), which was what was found at the site. This was odd because
A): only one side getting glazed doesn’t seem intentional and is consistent with a super hot heat source radiating from a single point.
B) Glazing was invented in 1500BC according to Wikipedia (trust at your own discretion), centuries after the dig site was dated as.
@@zobblewobble1770 Sounds like a very bad fire or meteorite.
@@benjalucian1515 - I have never seen a display of pottery turned glass. And glass is seen at nucleared site of sand. No such display of artifact.
Thank you M... great video.
I am a fan/student of Dr. Chuck Missler.
I appreciate that Missler pointed out Paul's discussion of Romans 1 regarding homosexuality.
We frequently read Romans 1 as describing a person that knew God and then knew him not. Then went into sin.
Missler proposed reading it as a generation that knew God, followed by a generation that knew Him not. Followed by a generation that God gave over to their lust.
This aligns with your findings... the original sin of Sodom is forgetting God... breaking covenant with Yahweh.
Then wickedness followed, hospitality ended.
The sexual sins is finally a symptom of greater sin.
The Jordan river valley is littered with sulfur deposits.
Sigh. Sulfur nodules can form via biogenic processes (anaerobic bacteria). The Lisan and Sedom Formation itself are evaporites. Lake deposits formed as the lake dried up.
Hmmm...maybe SkyNet doesn’t mean what I think it means.
"Listen, and understand! That Angels are out there! It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!"
😮
I sincerely appreciate your scholarly work sir. I have much respect for you. The Metatron has indeed spread its wings
The destruction of the cities was the consequence of a event leading to liquefaction of the alluvial plain constituting the Vale of Siddim. The event thus represents the first liquefaction event in recorded Judaeo-Christian history. Thus, opposed to your hypothesis is: A new paper, published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, examined possible causes of the devastation based on the Archaeological record. The researchers concluded that warfare, a fire, a volcanic eruption or an earthquake were unlikely culprits, as these events couldn’t have produced heat intense enough to cause the melting recorded at the scene. That left a space rock as the likely a cause, but not probable. Because experts failed to find a crater at the site, they attributed the damage to an airburst created when a meteor or comet traveled through the atmosphere at high speed. It would have exploded about 2.5 miles above the city in a blast 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima, writes study co-author Christopher R. Moore, an archaeologist at the University of South Carolina, for the Conversation. “Air temperatures rapidly rose above 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit,” Moore explains. “Clothing and wood immediately burst into flames. Swords, spears, mudbricks and pottery began to melt. Almost immediately, the entire city was on fire.” Reference: Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, September 22, 2021, Ancient City’s Destruction by Exploding Space Rock May Have Inspired Biblical Story of Sodom, Around 1650 B.C.E., the Bronze Age city of Tall el-Hammam was wiped out by a blast 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima. “None of the 8,000 [approximate] people or any animals within the city survived,” Moore adds. “Their bodies were torn apart and their bones blasted into small fragments.” Corroborating the idea that an airburst caused the destruction, the researchers found melted metals and unusual mineral fragments among the city’s ruins. This catastrophe is similar to the Tunguska event in Russia/Siberia when enormous explosion that is estimated to have occurred at 7:14 am plus or minus one minute on June 30, 1908, at an altitude of 5-10 km (15,000-30,000 feet), flattening some 2,000 square km (500,000 acres) and charring more than 100 square km of pine forest near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in central Siberia (60°55′ N 101°57′ E), Russia. The energy of the explosion is estimated to have been equivalent to the explosive force of as much as 15 megatons of TNT-over a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945.
Oh, a spicy episode. Hope it stays up.
Not going anywhere no matter the possible backlash.
@@metatronyt nice.
I love this! Most people present opinions but you actually look at the text. Great work!
Glad you like it, thanks.
I gotta say, that was an insane amount of midroll ads. I'm used to maybe 4-6 in an hour long video, but this one had one every few minutes
I felt the same way, so much so, I ended up folding and got myself a premium membership , no more ads....I hate ads.
@wesleywalker4162 content creators can control how many midroll ads their videos have
Im 15 mins in never had a ad.
love your vibe, keep up the awesome content
Incredible example of why I enjoy watching your videos: well researched, clearly explained, and logically reasoned. I especially appreciate the contemporary cultural comparisons (i.e., Akkadian stories and language) to increase comprehension of the primary Hebrew text. Thank you, sir.
Hi , Can you talk about Constantine and the battle of the Milvio Bridge. I just visited Rome and it is impressive that the bridge has no monuments or a plate to mention that Christianity fought the most important battle of their history there. Thanks
Oh man I had a bit of a crummy morning and this is the day brightener I need while I eat my first goddamn meal of the day at 2:45 pm 😅 I’ve wanted to know more abt Sodam and Gomorra for years and have never been able to find any good info on the actual history.
You are a F*/king legend man !
I Cant fathom the depth your application and attention to detail . Love your videos .
Bravissimo Maestro !
Oh, this is gonna be great. Can't wait to hear Metatron's analysis of how God nuked two entire cities thousands of years before it was popular.
What cities were nuked for no reason and when did it become a popular thing to do? When and where did this happen?
Tel Hinnom. Destroyed by an air burst from asteroids.
@@secondchance6603he didn't say for no reason
@@johnrockwell5834 the east bank of the Jordan valley has a lot of sulphur in the ground too, a large wildfire/ignition event could burn fiercely over a wide area.
@@secondchance6603 Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Also, I never said no reason. The reasons for both the biblical nukes and more recent ones were absolutely justified.
What is also missed by many in this is that God appeared to Abraham as a man, yet the Jews and the Muslims say 'God can't become a man'. Even though it is written.
There is no contradiction. I can paint a man on a wall, that doesn't make it a man, it's the picture of a man.
They place limitations on God as if God couldn't do whatever He wants. Even Moses saw God's feet. How can The Lord have feet if He can't assume a human form?
It's not quite "God" that's written in that episode, but Yahweh, translated as "the Lord".
Considering that both words Elohim (translated as God) and Yahweh (the Lord) are present in the Bible, it's actually arbitrary to interpret that Yahweh and Elohim are the same figure.
In the Quran, Lot and Abraham saw angels, not God.
@@موسى_7Muhammad married a 6 year old
Wow, Meta. This is absolutely your best work up to date, really well done. So interesting I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. All my respect to you and I hope you bring more like this one!
I saw a documentary awhile ago that talked about a meteor exploding above an ancient city somewhere near the Jordan coast, roughly 3600 years ago... or at least, the results of that look exactly like that happened. Chunks of meteor raining from above certainly give credence to the story of a rain of fire, both from a secular and religious standpoint.
One of the scientists (cant remember name off the top of my head) said the explosion would have been greater than the bomb that dropped on Hiroshima.
I believe this explanation the most, but also a divine weapon sounds MUCH cooler (and scarier). Or it was both. Who knows
Yeah I recall they found glazed pottery that confused archaeologists (since it had not been invented yet) until they realized only one side of the pot was glazed. And the only things hot enough to generate that heat outside of a blast furnace were meteorite impacts and nukes (the latter unlikely for obvious reasons). I was hoping Metatron was going to mention it in this video.
I saw the same thing, but that the meteorite continued into Europe before colliding with the Alps. Wonder what stories the locals made to explain the devastation?
There are actual sulfur balls found around the alleged location of Sodom