Ken Johnson is the most knowledgeable Dead Sea Scroll scholar I have ever found, so glad y’all were able to bring on the best!

I just accidentally discovered Ken a few weeks ago when I picked up his book 500 Fulfilled Prophecies (for the purpose of witnessing to an Israeli born Jewish friend- more accurately write out the timeline of God restoring Israel). I have gleaned SOOO many hidden gems from this brother! I really appreciate all of his hard work! One of my favorites was his explanation of Yeshua HaNatzari (Jesus The Branch = Jesus The Nazarene). I could never nail down exactly *which* prophet was being quoted in Matthew 2:23 when it says, “…this was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: ‘He will be called a Nazarene’.” Zechariah 3:8-10 ❤ Natzar = Branch *********************** Also, the day after I discovered he had a KZread channel and listened to an introductory video about the Essenes (sons of Zadok), The Lord had me go back through Ezekiel 40-48 again. When I got to chapter 44…. what The Lord had to say about the sons of Zadok was…. incredible to me in light of Ken’s introduction to the Essenes. That “random” revisiting of Ezekiel 44 consistently stands out as a witness from The Lord to me to pay closer attention to this.

@WORTHYLAMB

7 ай бұрын

I love your passion for the word -and for your friend’s soul! Keep fighting brother

I have been hoping you would bring Ken on! He is awesome! Thank you!!

How come in 24 years of being a christian I have never heard of the Testament of Noah, or the Testament of the Patriarchs? I have spent the better part of my life devoting to learning Scripture. But it is for God's glory these things make their way out into the world today!

Great Episode! I have been looking into the Essenes and I believe Ken Johnson has come up quite a few times.

Ken is awesome, I’ve learned so much from him 👏

Great interview as always!!!

The connection to Matthew 12:22-32 where Jesus explained to the Pharasees about blasphemy of The Holy Spirit makes a lot more sense after hearing the comparrison to the Esseans being continuists and the Pharasees and Saducees being cessassionists.

This is sooo cool!! Im going to rewatch this for sure.

I love this man, what an awesome teacher. Through his work with the Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Testaments of the 12 and the early Church Fathers it’s quite clear to see that not only is Christianity correctly taught but you can see that a PreMil/PreTrib theology most closely lines up when compared to all the other systems of theology. I’m a relatively new Christian, this was the direction I’ve leaned since day one. But this info has really solidified it for me.

Loved this interview! Fascinating and thought provoking. Thank you!

To hear Kent say the end of the age of grace should be happening very soon is wonderful and intimidating!!!!!!!

Love your podcasts! So faith building! So interesting!! And always so full of grace!

Thank you, Gentlemen 🌹⭐🌹

Thank you. Very respectful and informative.

The end of Isaiah 26 talks about " thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise"

@ws775

7 ай бұрын

A bodily resurrection.

@dd3808

7 ай бұрын

@@ws775 Yes, the guest speaker said that there was nothing in the Old testament about the dead being raised. I just happened to have read that passage earlier today.

@GaryGuill-qc6wn

7 ай бұрын

With my dead body? Was God prophesying his incarnation here ! I know it's resurrection but spirit of God gave him this! My dead body is personal pronoun spoken by spirit to isaiah

@dd3808

7 ай бұрын

@@GaryGuill-qc6wn Above verse continues..... Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

@simplyafederalist

7 ай бұрын

Its talking about the second resurection when we all will be resurected at end times. Not about only some rising when Jesus died. So I say he is accurate with his statement.

Fascinating

Wonderful!

Great interview with a great scholar.

Great information so good

Chuck Missler! I do love him and had been thinking of his theory about John the Baptist going to the wilderness to be with the Essenes and of course his Daniel 9 calculations.

That was a good one

Oh man this is why the second temple writings is so important for Christians to read. The 400 years of silence is a complete myth.

@theeternalsbeliever1779

7 ай бұрын

The only writings that are this important for Christians to read are the writings God canonized.

Super enjoyable dicussion, some of this I have never heard about. I want more, it would be interesting to hear how this works with his eschatology seeing how the material he discussed talks about Messiah's first coming and I know it would reference Messiah's second as well as last coming.

On this topic i propose the best in my regard: Michael Langlois, he is one of the most specialist on that topic and very charismatic

I do not know enough about the guest to draw hard conclusions from one interview. But, in this particular interview, he did not speak, present his case, engage with the source material, present the material like a scholar. I'm not a scholar, so some humility needs to come from me on this. But I've seen enough biblical scholarship presented (including what I've received from Remnant guests) to say that this particular guest repeatedly answered questions by sharing his opinions and did not actually help us to engage with source materials. In fact, he seemed determined not to help us to engage with source materials. Josh and Michael asked questions to try to get him to skew more scholarly and he repeatedly avoided doing so and just repeated his opinions. @Remnant Radio, Josh and Michael, I'd love to get your take on what I'm saying.

@SibleySteve

7 ай бұрын

Your comment 100%. This is the most evasive guest I've ever heard, we didn't get any kind of biography, dissertation background, nothing. When they had Dr Matthew Bates on, we heard his testimony, his alma mater, his whole life. I found this Enochian material to be sensationalistic, manipulative, half-baked, and non-sourced. It's fascinating for sure, but any book by Dr James VanderKam would deliver less "original" information. Don't get me wrong, I like entertainment as much as the next guy, but turning the faith into entertainment is kind of gross.

@chad_stewart

7 ай бұрын

@@SibleySteve He might have credentials. I don't know. I could forgive failing to include that and could go look them up myself if I wanted to. But he sure didn't give us actual quotes from source material!

@winniecash1654

7 ай бұрын

The sources are on his channel and website.

@chad_stewart

7 ай бұрын

@@winniecash1654 My critique isn't the lack of source material. It's just that he didn't help us engage with the source material. Most of what he said made me think "huh, wow, can you cite the source?" or "can you tell us what the documents say that lead you to that conclusion?" He gave us none of that. He basically said, "here's what it said, trust me."

@user-qd8mk3is8z

6 ай бұрын

I have been following Dr. Ken's teachings for quite awhile now on utube as well as read some of his books. If you read his books you can see the extensive research he has put into the subject he presents. Don't expect a typical, intellectual type personality from Ken even though he has many years of research and study and an earned doctorate. He is very humble and presents himself as such. I recommend you all join his Monday night studies on youtube and see for yourselves and consider reading some of his books on the topics you question. God bless!

Does anyone know this guy's credentials? Normally an academic doctorate is introduced with his alma mater so we know he's not a foot doctor.

@ChristinaBiasca

7 ай бұрын

As far as I know Ken Johnson is self taught and goes to a calvary chapel church. He is a solid bible believing christian, but I believe he is a bit off in some of his stuff that he tries to teach regarding the calendar and trying to make things fit a certain way...

@ChristinaBiasca

7 ай бұрын

I was wrong- from his website. " He received a doctorate in theology from the Christian College of Texas, Texarkana, TX, in 1989"

@nad-vi7wt

7 ай бұрын

No i dont but check this guy, he is the specialist :" On this topic i propose the best in my regard: Michael Langlois, he is one of the most specialist on that topic and very charismatic"

@MaranathaMaryKate

7 ай бұрын

I have never found a more knowledgeable Dead Sea Scroll scholar. He does a weekly video on his KZread page and I never miss it, even if I can’t catch it live because I always learn something even having read many of his 34 books. Ken Johnson is an author and lecturer who speaks about a variety of issues related to Bible prophecy, ancient history, and the apostasy that will form in the church in the last days. He received a doctorate in theology from the Christian College of Texas, Texarkana, TX, in 1989. He has authored 34 books (as of 2022). He attends Calvary Chapel Johnson County in Olathe, Kansas with his wife, Dr. Donita Johnson.

@steveparker1580

7 ай бұрын

⁠@@ChristinaBiascaThe only references to the “Christian College of Texas” online are found in Johnson’s biography on various sites. It looks as if he’s the only one who ever attended this school.

For the Qumran community, the only way of salvation was to be within the community.

@kait-01751

3 ай бұрын

Can you cite your source for this claim? I have not heard of this.

@teologizando

3 ай бұрын

@@kait-01751 read the “Community Rule” chapter 9

The Magi were from the Parthian empire. Yes they hsd links and knowledge of Judaism through the work of Daniel ( who was a Magi ) and the contemporary Jewish diaspora. NB for your Christmas/Epiphany illustrations/crib scenes the Parthians were expert horseman and would NOT have ridden camels. It was an equestrian culture. Camels were used for carrying cargo only. For a Parthian to ride a camel would be like a biker taking the bus. Also the history of Parthian interference in Judean affairs, deposing and electing priests. That is why when the Magi pitched up at Jerusalem, Herod and all of Jerusalem were disturbed. This is excellent scholarship. First time I have listened to your channel. Thank you for such informed teaching. Love it!

Is it possible that John the Baptist operated out of Qumran (Bethabara) and it was his library of scrolls which Jesus possibly visited as well?

The Pharisees believing that the gifts died out a long time ago: where is that documented? Is that part of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Can I find it recorded in one of Ken's books or elsewhere? Thank you!!!

Incredible information. Although I know there different versions of who The Teacher of Righteousness was according to the Qumran scrolls, they vary, there was a belief amongst them, a particular Teacher Of Righteousness would be Divine, I do believe the beauty of this information tears down the idea that modern Orthodox Judaism tries to make it seem as if, Jews from antiquity to now, were monolith. They accepted Christ, those who did because there was a conscious expectation in regards to the messiah, David’s LORD. And In the man of Jesus, some of those expectations were fulfilled for the first coming and the essenes confirm this in their works, writings.

Brilliant guest, shoutout from the uk 🇬🇧

Am I missing something about 11Q13? It looks like it’s talking about the War in Heaven and Melchizedek and the Day of Jubilee.

God spoke with my pastor more than 6 times to stop sin, afterthat i broke commandments, now gods judgement & punishment came in my life through disease. Can't do anything without others help even can't use my hands fingers,, my situation leads me to death. Can god forgive my disobedience and sins?

@UserId-ir4gq

7 ай бұрын

Can god forgive me after this judgement and punishment?

@andrewmattiewalter

7 ай бұрын

Yes God will forgive you! Repent of wrong doing, renounce your affiliation with this sin, and ask the Lord for healing!

@UserId-ir4gq

7 ай бұрын

@@andrewmattiewalter all these happened before 4 years that time I asked to god for forgiveness,. Unexpected time god's judgement came because god spoke with me pastor through holy spirit, i can't obey and broken commandments..

@MaranathaMaryKate

7 ай бұрын

This is the Gospel by which we are saved: I Corinthians 15:1-4 “Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, BY WHICH ALSO YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold fast (staunch stand or firmly establish, deeply held belief) that word which I preached to you-unless you believed in vain (not believing in the resurrection of Jesus, see verses 15-17 of 1 Corinthians 15). For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures (Old Testament/Torah/Tanakh prophecies), and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures” (again, Old Testament/Torah/Tanakh prophecies). Ephesians 1:13 “In Him (Jesus) you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION (read 1 Corinthians 15:1-4); in whom also, having BELIEVED, you were SEALED with the Holy Spirit of promise” Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭30‬ ‭ “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were SEALED for the day of redemption.” ‭‭ Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ “For by GRACE you have been saved through faith, and that NOT of YOURSELVES; it is the GIFT of God, NOT OF WORKS, lest anyone should boast.” ‭‭‭ Romans‬ ‭11‬:‭6‬ ‭ “And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.” John‬ ‭10‬:‭28‬-‭30‬ “And I give them ETERNAL life, and they shall NEVER perish; neither shall ANYONE snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and NO ONE is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.” Titus‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬-‭7‬ ‭ “He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of ETERNAL life.” ‭‭ John‬ ‭6‬:‭27-‭29‬ ‭ “Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.” Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you BELIEVE in Him whom He sent.”

Fantastic, but exactly what we are supposed to do with the knowledge remains unanswered. The study of extra-scriptural texts should be limited to mature christians who are rooted and grounded in the Word. Maranatha

Why would someone desire Grace to end?

2 Timothy chapter 3 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. Do not Add or subtract to scriptures

I'm skeptical. Sounds too good to be true. Why hasn't this topic made it to mainstream Christian discussion?

Ken Johnson a true modern day scholar.

@randomname2366

7 ай бұрын

Actually, he is literally not a scholar, just a lay person with a serious interest in the topic. Doesn’t mean he is wrong but not technically a scholar putting forward evidence in scholarly journals for debate and criticism.

How do you spell Asean Jews? Assian? Asseen? I want to do a dig. I'm so curious.

@sandrasteiner8374

7 ай бұрын

Essenes. Found it. Nevermind.

Hmmm... around 52 minutes, he says that the dead being raised is NOT prophesied in the Old Testament! There are actually quite a few passages that speak of the resurrection of the dead in the Prophets, particularly in Isaiah. The coming of the Eternal Kingdom of God to the Earth at the convergence of the physical and spiritual realms, and the Inheritance of the nations (mankind since Adam) by Christ (Head AND Body) is what I've been teaching on for the past several years. ☺

@hmommy3

7 ай бұрын

He’s referring to the masoretic version of the Messianic signs in the specific Isaiah list that Jesus quotes. It is missing the phrase “the dead are raised” , but Jesus quotes it, so whatever version Jesus was quoting had the phrase “the dead are raised” in that specific list. Turns out it is preserved in the Dead Sea scroll copies of Isaiah. Ken is one hundred percent in agreement that there are many passages generally in the OT speaking of the resurrection. He spent a lengthy time explaining that the Saducees were a cult because they did not believe in a bodily resurrection (near the beginning of the show)

why doesn’t basement boy ever get to be the thumbnail? we’re here for Miller too ya know😢

Let's play alphabet soup with the Bible. I like Ken Johnson, but so many people nowadays come in with what they believe and puzzle piece it together. He admits: The Septuagint matches most everything with what Paul says, the dead sea scrolls match most everything Paul says. Yet the Septuagint dates are off. Ok Ken, Why are the dates off? Anyone who has studied this and gone text critical knows the translation and manuscript stream with the LXX being the oldest manuscript evidence we have...the original article so to speak. So wrestle with that instead of dismissing the Septuagint because the Masoretic text dating fits your narrative. Don't get me wrong, so many teachers do this so I like Ken and have learned a lot and have nothing against him. Yet the very murky reality is that we don't really know the dating because there are various translation streams that contradict each other specifically with the dates and it is an ASSUMPTION that it is only the essenes that have preserved the truth and everyone else is corrupting or changing the truth. That assumption fits your narrative. I am not saying we don't have an authentic inerrant Word of God, we do have an authentic inerrant Word of God. Yet people try to shoe horn the dates in so it adheres to the 6,000 year timeline we want to have and we should be honest and understand we don't really know. My take is that the story of Jesus has been preserved so all could come to faith and believe and we can have confidence in this story, yet all along ha satan has been attacking the work of the Holy Spirit and the very Word of God as there have been moments in history in which various people groups have broken Deuteronomy 4:2 and Revelation 22:18-19. Reality is, The Septuagint has a place in Biblical history as a primary manuscript evidence to the story of God, Genesis to Revelation with parts of the apocrypha before gnostic additions; yet the western church primarily has discarded the oldest manuscript evidence we have to favor the Masoretic text and the thinking berean Christian asks why...that is textual criticism.

Leviticus 16 speaks about 2 sons not just 1.

My BS meter is going off for this guy...

Oh cmon , not the pre trib rapture.

The first Jewish Christians were Essenes. Jesus followed the Essene calendar for Passover ( solves an NT scholarship issue) and the Essene form for Passover - no lamb! He also enters Jerusalem through the Essene gate.

@chad_stewart

7 ай бұрын

Weren't the first Jewish Jesus followers from the towns in and around Galilee, in Jerusalem and the towns around Jerusalem, and near the Dead See as well (but not limited to there). Then at Pentecost the Jesus followers expanded to include Jews that traveled to Jerusalem from all the nations where Jews had dispersed over the centuries ("every nation under heaven", ESV). Seems like the Gospels and Acts suggest that the first Jewish Christians came from everywhere that Jews had settled.

@johnhudghton3535

7 ай бұрын

@@chad_stewart yes this is true and does not exclude my statement.

@chad_stewart

7 ай бұрын

@@johnhudghton3535 I don't understand. I'm not saying that you're wrong, just that I don't understand. Can you explain?

@johnhudghton3535

7 ай бұрын

Yes some Jews in the time of Jesus were influenced by the Pharisees and some by the Sadducees, but a third party of influence were the Essenes. They did not all live by Qumran either, but could be found all over Israel. At leadt 4,000 lived outside of the Dead Sea area, some in Jerusalem where a gate was named after them. Jesus in his triumphal entry enters Jerusalem through the Essene gate! There are certain features in the life and ministry of Jesus that are common with the Essenes: rejection of luxury, using a common purse, sharing material goods to name but a few. There were also common theological themes: light and darkness indicsting good and evil; the term "sons of light"; belief in The Holy Spirit; messianic expectation and certain eschatological commonalities too. Again this is not an exhaustive list. Jesus celebrated passover according to the Essene date - a day earlier which answers all manner of theological issues. Because the Essenes rejected the Roman appointed priesthood of the era they also rejected sacrifices made by them. They celebrated passover without the lamb with bread and wine. There is no record of Jesus eating passover lamb but there is a record of him using bread and wine. There is plenty more in common besides these things - I hope this whets your appetite to delve a little deeper. I am sure Jesus had other influences from elsewhere and that he synthesised these into his own expression of faith as well. However Essene belief and practice are there big style.

The testaments of the patriarchs he mentions don't seem to line up with the fragments we have of them in the dead sea scrolls. He gets into some really interesting stuff but I think he needs to be more careful about the conclusions he is drawing

I'm an Ken Johnson agreeier... thank you Remnant for this video. Amen amen amen Maranatha... one question... Why is Micheal Roundtree promoting that LA is OK?!?

The AntiChrist is about one who acts like Christ who has never been anointed.

This is one of the few guests that seems to be a little out there. Saying the essens lived twice as long as everyone else and that by being Christian we are all essens. Some seriously wild and unfounded stuff too like John the Baptist being an Essen when we have no record of that despite him saying the contrary. Just odd. I’m no expert but some of this stuff sticks up like a red flag to me.

@hyacinthbucket593

7 ай бұрын

I have seen an interview with Derek Gilbert where he outlines a case for John the Baptist having been an Essene. I wish I could remember who did that interview, so I could revisit it. EDIT: the interview in question was on a channel called "The Zach Drew Show" and it was called "Enoch and the Essenes: Interview with Derek Gilbert".

@SibleySteve

7 ай бұрын

He seems “out there” however John was Essene.

@DiGi377

7 ай бұрын

If you look at a map of Israel the theory that John the Baptist was a member of the Essene community holds up as plausible. The traditional site for his baptisms in the Jordan River is a place called, Qasr El-Yahud (on Israel side as the river is the border between Israel & Jordan & there's an equivalent baptism site on the Jordan side) Qasr El-Yehud is close to the Dead Sea & Jericho. The Qumran caves are about 11.5 miles from Qasr El-Yehud being further south, closer to the Dead Sea in a very arid part. These places could be travelled by walking

@MaranathaMaryKate

7 ай бұрын

I have been to where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, he is actually very Biblically founded, he is legitimately the most knowledgeable scholar I have ever come across.

@randomname2366

7 ай бұрын

@@DiGi377 The biblical evidence of where John baptized Jesus was actually more north near the valley of Bashan which was known for ancestor and demonic worship, hence Jesus going into the wilderness right after, walking in the valley of the shadow of death, and resisting temptation. Not sure where the evidence for your location is founded.

Haha the likley source in 750 bc of the cults that fracture judaism did claim his great-grandfather knew noah and was blessed with inherentance over all the land and decendants with devine right to rule and a extreme version of physical lawism and called himself a king of kings was a meglamanic synacrab king of Assyria with propaganda all over the place archeologically and as the bible tells us. He is adopting a 1000 year merging version of paganism that Abraham and his father terra fled.

@dadsonworldwide3238

7 ай бұрын

Somewhere in this mess is the model for nimrod i have a suspicion . The Babylonians adopt some things but its a blimping last breathe of a much older summarian tradition Abraham knew. These are 1000 year later grandchildren . The Babylonian name gets revised usage when speaking about older sumerian . Later usage of chaldeans name is also used confusing time periods somewhat.

Extra biblical prophecies of Christ? 😮😮😮

Good to see something other than a critique on some Documentary noone has even heard of or will ever watch.😂😂😂

Ken is good, mostly, not a fan of how he shoe horns a pre trib rapture into the writings of the early church fathers.

Alot of what he says is wrong like . Pre tribulation. And the essenes were cultic. Jesus prayed in th temple. They became like menonites or Amish. Forgot the first love . Wich is annouce the good news

the first half of this interview was edifying, the second half not so much. maranatha

Thanks for fascinating info, Ken! "Apostasize" is not a word. The word is "apostatize." I hope you will be disillusioned from your Darbyism.

I had to stop listening to Ken after Joel Richardson called him and others out for his and their misleading remarks about the church fathers believing in pre trib,unreal

@alpacapicnicfarm1789

7 ай бұрын

He literally documents it.

@rerny1530

7 ай бұрын

It’s not a salvation issue…pretrib…post trib…. We all go to heaven..

@MaranathaMaryKate

7 ай бұрын

I’d be careful with Joel Richardson, eschatology is not a salvation issue, make sure to be the Berean we are called to be.

@zionlionessence

7 ай бұрын

When people preach pre trib rapture I always have a hard time taking them seriously.

@MaranathaMaryKate

7 ай бұрын

@@zionlionessence It is actually what the original church taught, so for me it’s hard to listen to people who aren’t Pre-Trib, but what I do is go to scripture review what they say and see why my belief differs from theirs. Many of the times I can see what they are thinking and they are confusing the rapture of the church with the resurrection of the Old Testament and Tribulation Saints, but I believe we are called to be Bereans, which helps me to do the extra step. Never take someone’s word for it, take it back to scripture.