appreciate your work God bless you.

Thankyou for your work. God bless you. Amen.

A very enlightening and valuable channel. God bless!

Thank you from South Africa

May God guide you with His power and wisdom!

We will keep praying for this ministry

GOD bless this channel and you

Thanks for your hard work. Greetings from India.

Thank you for these teaching that you do. It is very helpful and I go back over them to review them to get the background and history I need in my walk with the Lord. I am looking forward to the series you talk about. Thank you for being a good teacher. Russ from Oregon

This is a great channel. Thank you for all the tons of valuable information you've given. But I'd like to know if you'd be covering topics such as apocryphal writings of the New Testament like the Infancy gospel of Thomas, the Testament of the Lord, etc.

@PostApostolicChurch

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you have found the information helpful. To answer your question, I will not be covering those works, since they are not apostolic. God bless!

Congratulations, and thanks.

Great Day! Great News!!!

And you will keep gaining subscribers This channel is a total blessing GOD bless you!

Love this channel, keep it up!

Could you kindly include in your presentations two important facts : How the life of the early Church was centered on the sacraments, especially on the Holy Eucharist which is the Mass, and secondly, the hierarchical structure of the Church, which are frequent topics of the early Fathers as well as the constant teaching of the Church.

@PostApostolicChurch

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions. When it comes to the sacraments of the Eucharist and Baptism, those videos are in the works. Those are exciting topics! It will be much later than those, but there will be a video on the leadership structure (government) of the church, namely: elders and bishops. God bless!

@benhail3624

4 жыл бұрын

@@PostApostolicChurch I also have been wondering how the early church practiced communion. If they did it differently than the way we do it today.

@PostApostolicChurch

4 жыл бұрын

@@benhail3624 Thank you for the suggestion. There is a plan to do a video on the Lord's Supper at a later time. It may be a year or so, but it is coming! God bless.

Thank you brother! I want you to know that I have heavily shared various videos that you did on the Septuagint with friends and in Facebook groups. I started doing that maybe two years ago. I have watched the entire series so far and I am so grateful for that ongoing series as well as many other videos I have watched on your channel. Topics of interest to me would be the following when it comes to the thoughts of the early believers: #1 What was their view on cosmology, the shape of the Earth, and the Firmament? I don’t buy into the most recent heliocentric model due to modern technology and our ability to measure and view the Earth with a range of instruments. Every testable example that you or I can perform demonstrate the Earth can not possibly be a spheroid of 7,917.5 miles in diameter hurling through a vacuum. And scripture also very clearly teaches a stationary Earth where the celestial bodies (or heavenly luminaries) move above us as our Father and Creator looks down on us from above the Firmament. #2 What was their view in the book of Enoch? I know there is a pseudo biographical Enoch but the other one was found in the Dead Sea Scolls, quoted in the book of Jude, and is contained in the oldest “complete” Bible in existence. (The Ethiopian Bible) #3 What was there view on Jubilees and Jasper? Thank you for all you do! I will continue to watch and share your videos!

Question: What are all interlinear suptuigant bibles available for free or purchase that you know of?

@PostApostolicChurch

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting! The only interlinear Bible I know if is a hard-copy of Brenton's translation. He has his English translation along with the Greek. But another tool I recommend is E-Sword. With that program, you can read three Septuagints side-by-side. They are the Septuagint in Greek, Brenton's translation, and the Apostolic Bible Polyglot. I use all three of those extremely often. God bless! www.e-sword.net/

May I make a Constructively Critical point "on this channel"? just because you can post multiple quotes from the Fathers does not make you a Peritus (expert)...in fact I am seeing some GROSS misrepresentations of their teachings in your comments, ie. their views on the Eucharist is one major point...they would castigate me if I did not defend their true teachings....

Really for me, it's not that important what the early believers believed for we know that there was a tremendous amount of error taught among the ancient peoples and among the early theologians. Even in the days when the early New Testament writers wrote, they were addressing the various errors that were already seeping into the body of believers. So studying what the early believers taught and practiced carries little impact for me, other than a slight interest into how far their errors reached in their communities and down through time. This doesn't mean I don't appreciate all your efforts, just think it could be used more effectively elsewhere. God bless.

Hi Are you Eastern Orthodox?

@JP-rf8rr

5 жыл бұрын

He doesn't want to say his denomination to avoid division. Smart move if you ask me.

@kieran296

5 жыл бұрын

@@JP-rf8rr Fair enough.

@orthodoxoschristianos435

5 жыл бұрын

@@kieran296 Hi!

@glennlanham6309

4 жыл бұрын

@@kieran296 or chicken....

@pontification7891

3 жыл бұрын

He is not. He clearly is a Protestant, coining new fancy names for his denomination, calling it “post-apostolic”. I do respect his work, and enjoy it. But there is One Holy and Apostolic Church, and fervently pray he is received in the fullness of the Church.

Question 2: Are there different greek versions or families of septuagint translations and if so what are they?

@PostApostolicChurch

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting. Yes, there are two families of Septuagint: the Vaticanus and Alexandrian. However, these two are ALMOST IDENTICAL. So really, they aren't different families at all, just two separate manuscripts. Between the Vaticanus and Alexandrian, I have only found ONE difference so far. It was the age of Methusaleh when he died. I addressed it in the video on Comparing Matthew 1-3. God bless!

@benhail3624

4 жыл бұрын

@@PostApostolicChurch This is extremely helpful thank you.

Are there non-denominational congregations that truly meet and teach as the pre nicene believers did in the US. There are many Bible teaching non denominational fellowships but even they have disagreements concerning how to apply the scriptures.

@PostApostolicChurch

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for asking. Since non-denominational congregation are single congregations, I don't know which ones would match the Pre-Nicene believers. As you said, even if congregations wanted to be Pre-Nicene in their doctrine and faith, each congregation would have some differences. No two people are going to be in perfect agreement on how to apply the Scriptures. (That is why the Scriptures strongly stress the importance of unity.) However, I know of one congregation that is earnestly striving to be Pre-Nicene. It is in Chambersburg, PA. They have a KZread channel called Sound Faith. God bless you!

@rosehammer9482

2 жыл бұрын

@@PostApostolicChurch Is this a Mennonite, Brethren or Baptist congregation

@PostApostolicChurch

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosehammer9482 Are you asking about this channel or the congregation I mentioned in PA? This channel is not a congregation. The name of the channel is a reference to the Pre-Nicene Church (Ante-Nicene Fathers). About the congregation in PA, I'm not sure if it considers itself Mennonite or Brethren. But it would consider itself an Anabaptist congregation. It is certainly not part of the Baptist churches.

Question 3: What is the earliest complete septuagint bible that we know of?

no way! I was just looking at the "gods" verse this morning!!! I wonder if you have covered this already? And where?

@PostApostolicChurch

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting. The timing of your reading and seeing this video is wonderful. :) I have not covered the verse about "gods" yet. I will add it to my list. Look forward to seeing it sometime in 2020. God bless you!

Have you created a video on John the Elder?

@PostApostolicChurch

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting. That is a topic I didn't think about. It appears that Eusebius was adamant that John the Elder was a different person from John the Apostle. He wrote that Papias himself said this. Yet, Irenaeus seems to say that there was only one John, who was both Apostle and Elder. While John the Elder is an interesting topic, I don't think there is enough evidence for us to know enough about his identity. About doing a video on John the Elder, I'll make a note of it, but I doubt that I will get around to making a video about him. God bless!

Questions: What did early church believe in osas? What did they believe about predestination? Did they believe in free will? What did they believe about being born corrupted? When we die, do we go straight to heaven or is there a waiting period? Did they believe miracles continue? Do they believe the holy spirit will arrive on you like a unnatural occurance? Did they believe you must be physically baptized? Did they believe the eucharist turned literally into Jesus's flesh?

@PostApostolicChurch

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for asking such great questions. Here are some answers. OSAS? They rejected OSAS. This will be a future video. Predestination? They rejected predestination. This will be a future video. Free will? Yes, they believed free will is God-given, including the belief in the freedom of religion. This will be a future video. Being born corrupted? They believed that mankind was affected by the Fall in the Garden… that each person has a corrupted nature. However, they did not believe that anyone is born with sin. This topic is quite a huge one to explain and discuss. This will be a future video. Straight to heaven or waiting period? They believed in what is called the intermediate state of the dead, called Hades. They rejected the doctrine of “straight to heaven” as a heresy. This will be a future video. Miracles continue? In short, they believed the performing of miracles ceased with the apostles. However, they did not believe that all miracles ceased. This will be a future video. Holy Spirit arrive like an unnatural occurrence? Do you mean those instances where people speak in tongues or do other things that seem to be control by the Holy Spirit and beyond the control of that person? If so, I know that there was a group of people who confessed Christianity who acted in that way. As for that group, the early Christians believed that the Holy Spirit did NOT take control of people beyond their own control. I don’t think I have a video in the works for this. I’ll add this to my Q&A list, and I will see if I plan to address this in a future video or not. Physically baptized? Yes. This will be in a future video not long from now. It will be included on what the early Christians believed about salvation. Eucharist literally becoming Jesus’ flesh? Not at all. This will be a future video. God bless!

@PostApostolicChurch

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertbutchko5066 Thank you for your comment. Yes, that video will be handled carefully. What the Pre-Nicene Christians believed was not transubstantiation (a Catholic belief) nor did they believe in memorialism (a popular Protestant belief). What they believed was somewhere in the middle. Sadly, it may be a few years before I get to this video. There are other videos that are more urgent. God bless!

@PostApostolicChurch

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertbutchko5066 Thank you for asking about the CSB Ancient Faith Study Bible. I had not heard of it before. It looks like it contains a commentary that includes both the Pre-Nicene and Post-Nicene Christians. Speaking personally, the HCSB and CSB is my personal favorite translation. So I have some bias in saying that, yes, I do recommend that study Bible. I might actually pick up one for myself someday. As a side note, I own a copy of the Orthodox Study Bible, and I highly recommend it. You might want to compare the two study Bibles to see which one would be most beneficial to you. God bless!

@glennlanham6309

4 жыл бұрын

@@PostApostolicChurch BRO, WHAT ARE YOU READING??? not the Early Fathers.....? EVERY early Father believed in the Literal transubstantiation...look just at Ignatius....Letter to the Smyrnaens Chapter 7...READ WHAT YOU'RE POSTING...omg...

@glennlanham6309

4 жыл бұрын

@@PostApostolicChurch This is HERESY my friend and the Fathers would call it such..

The Didache teaches that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is do "Judge a prophet when he is speaking in Spirit". This goes against what most Christians believe today, and what theologians from most Christian branches teach. What is your opinion?

@PostApostolicChurch

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting. Where in the Didache are you referring to? Is it Didache chapter 11? No, I don't think that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is to "judge a prophet when he is speaking in the Spirit." I'm not completely sure what blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is. As for the Pre-Nicene Christians, they believed this sin was when someone became a Christian and later fell away from God. In other words, in partaking of the Holy Spirit and then later denouncing their allegiance to God was blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. God bless!

@nat-1272

5 жыл бұрын

@@PostApostolicChurch Thanks for your answers. Yes it is chapter 11 for what I remember. So if a person is a Christian then stops then wants to be a Christian again he no longer can receive forgiveness? Jesus warned the Pharisee of that sin and the Pharisee were never christians. Also, do you think this sin can be commited by having errant thoughts/ doubt thoughts in your mind , or would it be more like a deliberate action?

@PostApostolicChurch

5 жыл бұрын

@@nat-1272 Thanks for the follow-up questions. About being a Christian, stops, and being a Christian again... yes, I believe he can still receive forgiveness. So did the early Christians. One of the things I've learned about what Jesus said about blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is that He calls it an "eternal" sin. Jesus does NOT call it an "unforgivable" sin. When I learned that, I saw the important difference. In other words, neither myself nor the early Christians believe that there is such a thing as an unforgivable sin. There is no sin that is too "great" for God to forgive! What makes blasphemy of the Holy Spirit so serious (if it is becoming a Christian and then leaving Christ) is that it is someone who is re-trampling the Son of God, something that will eternally condemn your soul. No, I do not believe that errant thoughts/doubts can be an eternal sin nor blasphemy. If anyone has regrets about some impure thoughts they have had, then those regrets PROVE that the person is faithful! As you said, I believe blasphemy (eternal sin) is something that is very much deliberate/intentional.

Did God choose us to besavied before the begging of time. Or did we make the choice to accept Christ to be saived?

@jimvick8397

4 жыл бұрын

AHH! Heavy hitting questions on predestination of the elect and the inclusivity threshold of free will in atonement, let's see if I can point you toward the answers... Attempting to answer the latter should give insight into the former. God is all powerful, all knowing (and all the other stuff), but just because God is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, and omniwhatever doesn't mean He is responsible for our poor decisions, because He is perfectly HOLY. Now, DTBM channel has some excellent lectures on KZread and in one of them he discusses the 5 points of Calvinism T.U.L.I.P, with the L representing the concept of Limited Atonement (I'm leaving it to you to research the acronym yourself). DTBM astutely points out that the Limited Atonement in terms of Calvinism is an exercise in biblical overreach and explains why (I highly recommend finding this lecture on his channel its quite excellent). But since the Bible is very personal (we live it) the concept of Limited Atonement from my perspective is natural human intellectual perversion that is in opposition to Deuteronomy 29:29 and our need for faith. And it is worth noting that it was our desire to know that got us in this mess in the first place... To answer your question, God is so loving and so powerful the answer can be both. You can pull a 2Peter2, "denying the Lord that bought you" and still come back just as Peter did ((even though Peter technically wasn't bought just yet when he denied the Lord thrice, you still get the idea. Interestingly enough, this should make Peter's denial and the forgiveness of it that much more amazing. For Peter's denial of the Lord (who was going to buy him) before He had even bought him and the Lord still bought him and forgave him. Which demonstrates that God loved Peter and forgave him even before Peter denied him. Which is super incomprehensible levels of love. Which is where God wants us so He can use us. But, never forget satan will never cease trying to convince you that God doesn't love and will never forgive you, when that just isn't true. It never has been and never will be. That being said, satan's power over this world is so blinding (at least in my circumstances) that God had to overtly reveal Himself and even knowing the truth; God can still send you back in a satanic delusion if you earnestly aren't being obedient to the Lord. At which point, the Lord knows your thoughts and lets you pick your team...

muh opinon is that people in the comments should preface Questions to you with: "Q4U". That being said, Q4U: why you no Premiere your videos? even 5 minutes of discussion with the people that catch your video, in video "Live Chat", would help us determine who is serious. Q4U: on your answering questions video, would you consider making that a Live Stream? we no need to see you, OBS is free and you can leave the question and answer up as long as the conversation converses =) [or argues =)] {plus it'll give you an opportunity to Block unwanted commenters from commenting, but still allow them to see your video}

@FlyingAxblade_D20

5 жыл бұрын

@Tom Bladecki acid forever!

@FlyingAxblade_D20

5 жыл бұрын

@Tom Bladecki Sarcasm meter missing batteries?

@PostApostolicChurch

5 жыл бұрын

Why do I not Premiere these videos? Good question. I could do that, but I don't see it as important. I'm sure it is very exciting to be one of the first viewers of a video and to experience the live chat. I might premiere videos in the future, but I don't feel compelled to do it. Would I consider a Live Stream? No. I strongly prefer not to do that. What KZread channels do I recommend? First, thank you for recommending the ones you did. But I could not find “Chris White.” I recommend two channels: Scroll Publishing and Ryan Reeves.

@FlyingAxblade_D20

5 жыл бұрын

@@PostApostolicChurch Chris White's channel is now apparently "VersebyVerseBT" kzread.info/dash/bejne/lHxmsJKbhdbZYdY.html he seems to have disappeared from YT about 4 years ago. Your are a kind man to respond to me, thank you, and so forth =)

Q4U: was Jesus the Christ an Anarchist?

@PostApostolicChurch

5 жыл бұрын

Good question. I do not believe He was at all. And I have a few reasons why I believe He was not. What do you think? Do you ask that question in the hopes that I would make a video on it? I think it would make for a good video, but it would focus more on Scripture and not on the early Christians.

@Derry_A_Deryni

5 жыл бұрын

@@PostApostolicChurch from reading the N.T. without Paul, I've read the N.T. with Paul more than a dozen times (but I tried it once in the last 7 years since I got a computer, which I haven't had before), and from what I can see of the Early Christians spread before Constantine, I think Jesus was teaching, in part, Personal Sovereignty is better than giving the right of life or death to the ruling class. Part of that being, choose life except in regard to the Millstone scripture. I also see Jesus as a pacifist until it comes to churches taking government money (in essence to be perhaps too concise) and somewhat questionably regarding Luke's passage about protecting yourself while traveling. Anyway, I see the Early Christians as Anarcho-Pacifists.

@PostApostolicChurch

5 жыл бұрын

@@Derry_A_Deryni Thank you for the descriptive reply. When it comes to pacifism, yes, Jesus was clearly someone who taught non-violence. It is one of the more clear teachings in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Most Christians do not take Jesus' teaching on non-violence seriously, sadly. Yes, I believe that Jesus, in part, taught personal sovereignty. For me, Jesus taught that each person MUST respect their leaders (whether in government, in the church, in school, in the family, etc.) and Jesus also taught that those leaders are insignificant to the leadership of God. In short, God's leadership and guidance succeeds all earthly authorities. So I see a balance in this. Jesus did not ever teach that we should support anarchy (the absence of government). Jesus taught us to pay our taxes and obey our authority. At the same time, those authorities have no true authority because all real authority comes from God. I guess it's not much of a "balance," but I hope you see what I'm trying to say. About churches receiving money from the government, that did not begin until Constantine (which was after the Pre-Nicene Christians). During Jesus' and the apostles' day, that did not happen. Will you explain more what you mean about choosing life except for the Millstone scripture? God bless you!

@Derry_A_Deryni

5 жыл бұрын

@@PostApostolicChurch if someone corrupts/abuses a child so that the child is blind to the path of life (rapes, teaches them fear & instill fear in others) then it is better for that "teacher person" to be killed with a millstone around their neck and thrown into the sea, not as public spectacle, just done and overboard with. And I would qualify that as anyone abusing someone less than 13.

@glennlanham6309

4 жыл бұрын

Not when He named Peter the Rock on which He built "His Church', Matthew 16....not when he copied Solomon and Moses by having 12 Apostles, an inner circle of 3, and a main prime minister in Peter....1 Kings 4, Exodus 24:9-11