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@baileymorton4116

2 жыл бұрын

Any idea if it beats the Egyptian firewall? I study in Cairo

@ReligionForBreakfast

2 жыл бұрын

From my experience, yes. I lived in Cairo for 1.5 years.

@username65585

2 жыл бұрын

Can you please do a video about rapture?

@infinitemonkey917

2 жыл бұрын

Have you done a vid that covers circumcision ? Was it purely symbolic / religious or were there health reasons involved too ? I liked the video breaking down the origin of kosher foods.

@williamoldaker5348

2 жыл бұрын

How did the Snake in Eden come be seen as Satan over Lilith?

I suppose if you named your daughter "Perdition" you didn't have high hopes for her, but finding out she got pregnant from eating a bad fish still sounds like a disappointment

@jakeaurod

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many girls tried that one with their parents. "It was bad fish, honest!"

@mariosantos8445

2 жыл бұрын

Looooooooooool

@monsieurdorgat6864

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakeaurod Apparently "God did it" works better

@JohnSmith-ft2tw

2 жыл бұрын

@BanquetOfTheLeviathan I think the Jewish idea was that Lilith was God's only mistake. Which would be said jestingly to describe "forward" women. Straight up a story that lowly females shouldn't "be on top". (The whole smothering babies thing was just shock value to get the story repeated; nowadays, the movie industry wants at least an R rating or it's a flop.)

@IshtarLinqu

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-ft2tw Nupuqi Om-Re Khonectics chamber degrees will guide you

Calling a Romanian character "Nicolae Carpathia" is the same as calling an American character George Mississippi

@MrCrazyeyes07

10 ай бұрын

I guess Ceaușescu was too hard for the American reader to pronounce

@merrittanimation7721

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like a cowboy

@NopeNothingD9

9 ай бұрын

Or John Appalachia 😂

@Exiled.New.Yorker

9 ай бұрын

We would say George from Mississippi. Or, as in Saul of wherever it was

@cmdugan6573

9 ай бұрын

Duncan Idaho

“Both of them will be circumcised” Well, there goes our only way of identifying good vs evil…

@user-ud7pt9bo8w

10 ай бұрын

😂

@MissXMalice

2 ай бұрын

My question is… how will we know that? They just gonna… stand in front of us all… nekkid?

The but about Nero is blowing my mind. It makes so much sense in context cuz he was considered this evil Cesar that killed Christians for fun. Of course the writer would think him the antichrist

When I heard “spoilers ahead”, I thought you were about to warn spoilers for the Bible… I think those kind of spoilers are ok by now!

@fluffysheap

2 жыл бұрын

And really, aren't prophecies just spoilers for reality? Why doesn't God give proper spoiler warnings!

@MaryamMaqdisi

2 жыл бұрын

@@fluffysheap ROFL

@sigmaoctantis1892

2 жыл бұрын

@@fluffysheap I think prophecies are more like trailers for movies. You know, the ones that have scenes that don't even appear in the movie!

@Gilamath.

2 жыл бұрын

I dunno, I think a lot of fans haven't actually gone through the series

@briandiehl9257

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if christians had to issue a spoiler warning anytime they wanted to talk about Jesus

It seems to me like 80% of what people believe as ancient, unshakeable tenets of Christianity, are at best medieval fan fiction. The rest are older creations or borrowings and it all makes a beautiful literary tree where you can follow the evolution of literature, philosophy, mythology and the mixture of cultures step by step.

@Tzimiskes3506

2 жыл бұрын

Read the church fathers...

@hispid1

2 жыл бұрын

Yep - pretty much that's exactly the way it is. Christianity in its current form is fan fiction.

@NimWithRandomNumbers

2 жыл бұрын

It’s fascinating really. I’ve recently had the thought that the sliver of Christianity I grew up in is just a cosplay of what they believe early Christianity was like. They have their own head cannon, which differs slightly from other fans, but it’s close enough that you might recognize them at a con.

@matthewblackwelder6487

2 жыл бұрын

How much of modern popular Christian belief is something that comes out of Dante's Divine comedy or Milton's Paradise Lost?

@robertallen4774

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewblackwelder6487 Both Milton and Dante reflected popular theology of their times. Milton is fairly Calvinist, Dante relies on Aquinas heavily

Very well done! I am always impressed by your facts and data and the way you present them.

I used to love those books when I was a kid. Looking back they are the most unhinged and quite frankly disturbing things ever. The way evangelicals act like "oh yeah it's totally a good thing that the entire world is going to burn for not believing in my religion" is disturbing tbh

@blackpatriot2681

2 жыл бұрын

And it's disgusting too🤮

@UltimaJC

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackpatriot2681 Their lack of self awareness of just how psychotic they sound when they talk about wanting the rapture to happen knowing full well what their beliefs say is going to happen afterwards

@blackpatriot2681

2 жыл бұрын

@@UltimaJC which is?

@druid139

Жыл бұрын

@@UltimaJC Just imagine how peaceful it will be when they are all gone! 🥳

@joshmcgill4639

13 күн бұрын

That's why I don't like prodestents an actual fan fic

I actually grew up being taught by my Christian parents that "anti-christ" was a generic category. I always wondered where the whole individual supervillain thing came from.

@pennypiper7382

2 жыл бұрын

Sensible family😊👍

@firefox6285

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, they were ahead of the curve by a lot!

@charleswu1485

2 жыл бұрын

Marvel & DC

@superhetoric

2 жыл бұрын

can you elaborate?

@thecrakp0t

2 жыл бұрын

Propaganda probably

The story plays out like an ancient game of telephone. I can see why, since the idea of an antichrist as a Big Bad is way more compelling than the early description as being merely one among many nonbelievers.

@areyoutheregoditsmedave

2 жыл бұрын

the orthodox church teaches that antichrist simply means “in place of Christ”. there have been and are many antichrists and there will be a final antichrist at the end of time.

I don’t know what I expected but it sure wasn’t “Miss Perdition gives birth because of a fish” and that is hilarious. Thank you for this video, it’s really helpful to understand things as a former Christian who once took searching for “The Antichrist” extremely seriously

Wow this is full of clarity. Love how he lays this truth all out there

I just want to say that I grew up in the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses which was a closed, high control religion. That means growing up I didn't know much about other religions let alone other Christian denominations. I was pretty surprised when you talked about how the "Left Behind" evangelical book series features the United Nations as the tool Satan/the Antichrist uses to achieve his goals. This is a big part of the end times theology of Jehovah's Witnesses. Growing up I thought that the organization's leadership had some "special divine insight" as Jehovah's channel. Now I am realizing that this view is not so special at all - apparently it's a common view of many evangelical Christians!

@UberOtaku001

2 жыл бұрын

Most JW beliefs are semi common among evangelicals. JWs are just quietist and have unique math for calculating the dates of historical events which disagree heavily with common dating used by historians. JWs aren't as special as they portray themselves.

@mattgml7638

2 жыл бұрын

OK first of all i would understand if you denied Jesus Christ you dine Jehovah your a Apostate am i correct ???but at the same time Jehovah witnesses the organization will not let you Question but read what john has to say 1 john 4:1 test the spirit to know its true??so if you cant Question the spirit how can you find the truth??

@stellamarina4123

2 жыл бұрын

Wow.....I am starting to understand why so many Americans do not have much time for the UN. I could not figure it out, when the UN headquarters are in NYC. Coming originally from another country, we had much more respect for the UN.

@mattgml7638

2 жыл бұрын

@@stellamarina4123 its because its run by nazis??

@mattgml7638

2 жыл бұрын

@@UberOtaku001 there on the right track but made plenty of blunders but that's mankind for you do you make mistakes i do??

So as a Catholic I feel that I can clarify. The Antichrist as referred to in the book of 1 John, is referring specifically to a group of heretical early Christians called the Docetists. The Docetists believe that Christ was not an actual human and only a spirit. Therefore the line “he who confesseth not that Christ came in the flesh is not human, but is that spirit of antichrist” is a dig at them from the actual church.

@ThatKid22101

Жыл бұрын

I don't understand why it would matter whether he came as a spirit or as a human, he was still influential and had lessons to teach. Call me an antichrist but, everything we hear about Jesus is a third party account of who he was, what he said and how he lived. Judah spent just as much time with him as the other Apostles did, but the book of Judah paints a vividly and wildly strange story of how things happened, Jesus basically favored Judah out of the others due to his ability to cut ties to Jewish traditions, where as the other 11 apostles were unable to let go of the old ways. Judahs purpose was basically to help Jesus become a martyr, that Jesus wanted Judas to report him, the kiss on the cheek was in a sense a goodbye.

@Altobrun

Жыл бұрын

@@ThatKid22101 it matters in the sense of the suffering and death Jesus endured to forgive the sins of humanity. If Jesus is entirely spiritual, could he have suffered, died, and resurrected? Early Christians said 'no', so claiming Jesus was entirely spiritual was intentionally downplaying the significance of his sacrifice, and thus heretical.

@arferbargel

Жыл бұрын

@@ThatKid22101 This is actually one of the biggest controversies in early Christian theology (Christology and soteriology to be more specific). Adoptionism, Docetism, Apollinarism, Arianism, Nestorianism, Monophysitism, and Monothelitism were all doctrines that were eventually declared heretical by various ecumenical councils by the 7th century, in some cases causing permanent splits between branches of Christianity (e.g. after Chalcedon the Oriental Orthodox churches were no longer in communion with Rome).

@chimeremnmaozioko17

Жыл бұрын

@@ThatKid22101 because it isn’t believed the book of Judas was actually written by Judas. There are a lot of work that claims to be written by an author though it wasn’t. That’s pseudographia. And whether he came as a human or spirit does matter as it helps understand his sacrifice on the cross. Anyways Jesus said that for the man who betrayed him, it would have been better if he was never born. Idk about you, but that’s definitely not favoritism. John being the one Jesus loves shows favoritism. Peter being given the keys and told to feed his flock shows favoritism not Judas. Also Jesus didn’t come to abolish the Jewish law which he stated in Matthew, he came to fulfill it. And Peter wasn’t “stuck” to the old ways. If that was so, he would never had visited Cornelius as he was not supposed to associate with gentiles according to Jewish law.

@siriuspope3552

Жыл бұрын

So it's basically just the mainstream religion dunking on a smaller sect/denomination of belief. "You're not REAL Christians because you DON'T BELIEVE EXACTLY THE SAME THINGS I DO." I think that's hilariously telling

First video of yours that I've seen. Well done! I really appreciate how you just stuck to the facts. I have a huge interest in eschatology as I'm finishing producing a trilogy of end times movies that reflect the historicist view. Anyway, I subed, going to check out some other vids on your channel now.

I really enjoy watching this channel because it allows the viewer to listen to the history behind religion and scripture. People can make their own decisions on what they believe and it doesn't feel forced just Educational.

Growing up stories of the rapture and the antichrist as a specific character was taken for granted as something that was as canon as Adam and Eve. Too see how much of this was really just speculation is insanely fascinating

@tankthomus

3 ай бұрын

Well said. The cultural context of the Bible is far removed from us modern readers so it makes sense why our modern interpretations miss the mark.

These videos are always so educational. This one taught me that there's a crappy Nicolas Cage movie out there that I still haven't seen yet.

@sinnsage

2 жыл бұрын

there are probably a ton!

@StuartMason09

2 жыл бұрын

Well if you plan on watching it, I'll pray for you. It may be literally the worst movie I've ever seen. It went beyond "so bad it's good" and crashed into "so bad that death is preferrable".

@stellabee2026

2 жыл бұрын

Nic Cage’s “i own the irs a ton of money and can’t really turn any job down” collection is vast, have fun finding them all!

@stringtheories9820

2 жыл бұрын

It’s even better if you listen to the God Awful Movies podcast

@jonlee2553

2 жыл бұрын

It truly is awful. As far as Nick Cage movies go though, I actually liked Lord of War.

My complements on a clear, cogent, logically sequential discourse. I learned a lot. Thanks!

During this time of transition your presentation is timely and well done..

Interesting. I was raised catholic so i grew up accustomed to the idea that sources outside of the bible could have scriptural levels of truth. Since evangelicals are the ones most concerned with the idea of the antichrist, how do they reconcile the majority of the antichrist ideas being outside of the bible with the protestant belief that the bible is the only source of scripture?

@hope1575

2 жыл бұрын

Most who believe in this character don't actually know the history of the Bible and Christian traditions or where the ideas really come from. They simply believe their pastors when they tell them it's all plainly there if you read it the right way (their way), and the ideas are reinforced by weird Christian media.

@JakobNoone

2 жыл бұрын

What Hope said. You'd be amazed at the things many evangelicals believe: God made the moon have millions of years of dust on it so it would SEEM like the moon was older than 7,000 years (the real amount of time since the Creation), or God buried dinosaur bones in the earth even though they didn't really exist, and more. Not all Protestants. I hope not even most evangelicals! But having attended many different denominations of evangelical-based churches for about ten years (after 25 of Catholicism)... there are some insane mental hoops they will jump thru to not have to have other than a literalist view of scripture. Even if the things they are ardently professing are extra-biblical in origin and/or distort the most obvious interpretation of the scriptures. It's frightening. OTOH, many are also quite scholarly and could give you an exegesis on Peter's eating habits, so... there ya go.

@QuiteWellAdjusted

2 жыл бұрын

Pointing out to my evangelical family that the doctrine of Biblical supremacy isn't in the Bible didn't go well

@selloutsam.

2 жыл бұрын

@@QuiteWellAdjusted I’m curious, did they defend the idea that it is? Or just have a negative reaction? I’ve never heard an argument for biblical supremacy, just its assertion.

@varana

2 жыл бұрын

They will present these ideas as coming from the bible. Like this video traced the various ideas forming a specific Antichrist figure: they will combine more or less unrelated passages and verses into a somewhat cohesive narrative, and since it makes sense (as that is the point of a narrative), that is presented as evidence that this specific combination/reading is revealing the truth. So while there is no direct connection between the term "antichrist" and the "son of perdition" passage in Thessalonians, combining the two may seem a logical step, because it results in a story and a character that sound convincing, leading you to believe that you have gained greater insight. In the end, that leads to what we have now - an Extended Universe of apocalyptic fanfic centred around supervillains like the Antichrist, where several key aspects are rooted in a specific interpretation of various biblical verses. That is usually enough to pass the "sola scriptura" test if presented by a person who people trust.

Left Behind legit made a large part of my family paranoid and anxiety inducing. It also straight up traumatized me. I hate those books and movies. They've brought so much evil and xenophobia into the world.

@jonhanson8925

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I have complicated feelings about it. The books were fun as a kid but also traumatized me. I remember waking up one day unable to find my family and thinking they'd been raptured without me. And today I listen to my mother rail against the "evil globalists" at the UN and I hear Lehay's words coming out of her mouth as if they were gospel truth.

@Alex_Barbosa

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonhanson8925 that's the worst part of it. It'd be different if they were just neat thriller novels. But we were raised with them being touted as prophetical. That the events in the books were going to literally happen to us in the future and that it could happen at any time and we should be prepared for it. Most parents would tell their kids the monster under the bed isn't real. My entire family and community told us the antichrist was gonna line us up at a wall and shoot us in the head.

@BatFan1

Жыл бұрын

When people cant tell the difference between reality and fiction that's when you have to question their sanity (no offense to your family) It's the same thing as Dan Brown's books. Interesting plot twists and intent in connecting dots, but they're works of fiction that some took as facts.

@samwroblewski748

Жыл бұрын

@@BatFan1 the problem is that was Tim Lahay’s (sp?) actual theology. Jenkins was the writer of the story but had to base everything through Lahay’s work and interpretations. Basically it was spun as a novel take on what would actually happen. Plenty of Left Behind study guides came out along with the books. Long story short, deliberate fear mongering. But every “rapture” movement through Christian history has done the same thing.

@newfreenayshaun6651

Жыл бұрын

@@BatFan1 Avatar....

Everytime my parents go out I will sit down at the TV just to know if there was rapture and I was left behind, those days were horrible and never wishes anybody to go through such experience. In Nigeria Christianity has become so unbearable for me cos everything u or happened they say is God

Andrew, this video was incredibly helpful to make sense of something I had subconsciously accepted as somehow true and scary, often the topic of nightmares. Breaking down of human fear throughout history has developed a fable really relativises a lot of things for me. Thank you

As a kid, I read the Left Behind books and thought they were decent fiction (and loved that I was allowed to read them at 10, since that was way above my usual allotted content rating!). It was unsettling to later learn that a sizable portion of the adults I knew thought things were really going to happen that way.

@altosack

2 жыл бұрын

I would be curious to know what your parents (or whoever “allowed” you to read them) believed about them. I read a lot of things at a young age that were nonsense and not what my parents believed (those two were not always coincident, though I didn’t know it at the time!); however, they often didn’t know everything I was reading. Fortunately, they didn’t police me too closely, and (as far as I know!) nothing I read scarred me for life.

@jacobnestle3805

2 жыл бұрын

@@altosack My parents did a really good job letting me form my own opinions, so I don't know what they thought about the books when I first read them. They are very faithful Christians, so at minimum they weren't opposed to the Christian message at the heart of the series, but they're also not easily credulous; I'd be surprised if they took the series as Gospel.

@Alam_Gutz

2 жыл бұрын

it is curious how almost everything about modern apocalypse discourse comes from those novels. the way it is presented in the novels is how most churches think everything is supposedly going to happen

@ismth

Жыл бұрын

Like as a story this would be entertaining I can see it being enjoyable like you said it’s crazy ppl thought it was legit

@braxtongrundy4625

Жыл бұрын

Facts

Spoilers ahead: An interesting fact I noticed is that both in the Left Behind series and in The Omen franchise (both being about a future Antichrist who want to defeat Jesus) is that the Antichrist isn't a direct descendant from humanity. In Left Begind, Nicolae (the antiChrist) is artificially-genetically engineered and insmeninated to a satanist woman who made a deal with the devil, whereas in The Omen, the Antichrist is born of a jackal - and he's even revealed to be part human and part jackal, paralleling Jesus' supernatural birth. So there seems to be a common motif of making the antichrist be a person who doesn't come from the linage of Adam, but directly impregnated by Satan, as the absolute opposite of Jesus. Hence his title Antichrist.

@nowhereman6019

2 жыл бұрын

That's so stupid.

@WorgenGrrl

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget "Rosemary's Baby".

@sparklesparklesparkle6318

2 жыл бұрын

@@nowhereman6019 Exactly he is a a fool. Everyone knows the antichrist will be an Irishman.

@arnulfo267

2 жыл бұрын

The Left Behind series and The Omen franchise are very creative biblical fanfics.

@robiking011

2 жыл бұрын

The Omen franchise popularized the idea that the Antichrist will be the son of the Devil. Even though the Bible never says that the Antichrist will be the son of the Devil. It's not something that dispensationalist theologians teach. Most of the stuff that people think they know about the Antichrist don't even come from the Bible. They come from movies and tv shows about the end times. The creative imagination of Hollywood screenwriters.

My man at 2:39 caked up for real. lol Who's painting these big ole booties?

This vid was somewhat cathartic; those left behind books had an undue influence on my youth, and even though it’s been a long time since i was a believer, this breakdown feels nice

Never clicked this fast lol

@ILikeReadingTho

2 жыл бұрын

hha, yeah.

@patternsintheivey

2 жыл бұрын

Devil made you do it

@thegodofimagination

2 жыл бұрын

@@patternsintheivey then Hail Satan because video is good

@hel_9155

2 жыл бұрын

@@patternsintheivey i must agree on tht 😂

@Rosshimes1021670

2 жыл бұрын

Y

I grew up in a Dispensational home, and I had a Scofield Reference Bible at age 10. It was only after studying religion academically that I learned how much of my theology had come from recent trends. This vid presents great research.

Coming from a majoritarily muslim culture, I must add that the notion of Antichrist ("Al Masih Al Dajjal", literally the deceptive messiah) also figures in Islam and plays a big role in Muslim eschatology as well. It is not however found in the Quran (leaving room for a probable christian influence over time), mostly assigned to the prophet's sayings

@maverick7291

7 ай бұрын

Because Islam would be considered antichrist from what was described in this video

Thank you so much for this video and all you do! As someone from a conservative Christian tradition where we took the Left Behind series as gospel, it's fascinating to see how these ideas we like to think of as "unchanging" have actually evolved in fascinating and telling ways over the past two thousand years. It's a shame that so much has been done to make one Christian turn on another. If only there was a greater acceptance for diversity from the beginning, I wonder what ancient traditions might have survived and offered alternatives for people who are drawn to Christ but don't feel like the most popular churches speak to their understanding.

@RevShifty

2 жыл бұрын

Some of those ancient traditions, even some early Christian ones, allowed much greater diversity in belief, both within their specific communities and the larger communities they lived in or were a part of. The free exchange of ancient city deities, traditions, and rituals shows this well IMO. But they were seen as a threat and therefore an enemy of other early Christian sects, and were quickly hunted to extinction, so I'm not sure if that proves your hypothesis or its reverse better. I would imagine humans have a much longer history of religious tolerance (in the broadest, most general sense) than the opposite, but I don't see that intolerance changing any time soon. Established organized religion is as much about power as anything else, and people don't generally like to relinquish power.

@merrymachiavelli2041

Жыл бұрын

I mean, different variations of Christianity logically _cannot_ be simultaneously true. Either the Pope is divinely ordained or he isn't. Either the Rapture is foretold by the Bible or it isn't. Either the Trinity is a valid description of god or it isn't. Believing in one inherently means rejecting the others, which means you think that other people are incorrect in something that is generally very spiritually important to them. In that scenario, some amount of friction is inevitable. Honestly, I'm amazed that (in the 21st century at least) you don't see _more_ friction between sects, you probably would, if they didn't exist within secular (and mostly irreligious) states.

@bofbob1

Жыл бұрын

I’ve often wondered if I would still be a Christian if the community I grew up had been more open. Sometimes you gotta to give a little slack or else the rope will just snap, which is what happened in my case. Oh well.

Unfortunatley, in relation to all of this fascinating historical and theological learning offered here is that the antichrist is often used as a term of pejorative mudslinging against any people that a certain kind of christian doesn't like. Don't do that. Treat your fellow people like people, even if you don't agree with them religiously or politically. The bible is not your ammunition to be a terror.

@andybeans5790

2 жыл бұрын

It seems that's how it was conceived originally, people who didn't agree with the author's ideas about Christianity

@roshanantony64

2 жыл бұрын

People always interpret the bible as per their own agenda, to the extent of even justifying war crimes. That's not gonna change anytime soon.

@tompatterson1548

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmac357 stole what?

@tompatterson1548

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmac357oh, money.

@Episcopalianacolyte

2 жыл бұрын

❤

Regarding the Antichrist in literature, I'd like to mention "Lord of the World", an extraordinary 1907 proto-scifi novel by a nowadays almost forgotten priest author, Robert Hugh Benson. The book is extraordinary modern in its content, form and language, and it surely helped forming the idea of the coming of the Antichrist in the 20th century thelogical minds: both the current pope and his predecessor hold "Lord of the World" in high regard. I'm also quite positive that this "Left Behind" series is something very USA-centric, because here in Europe no one knows it, and we are not even familiar with the idea of the Rapture, considering it something restricted to American movies and series.

@RepublicTrooper125

2 жыл бұрын

I read about half the books and it does start in America, it actually goes to different parts of the world. Especially since a lot of End times prophecy’s take place in the Middle East.

@SPscorevideos

2 жыл бұрын

@@RepublicTrooper125 It's still a very American thing, even if the authors set it worldwide.

@giovannicolpani3345

2 жыл бұрын

I was scrolling for this comment. Since we have an evangelical take (left behind), a catholic take (lord of the world) let's add an orthodox take on the theme of the antichrist: "The Antichrist" by Solov'ëv, a short story that had more or less the same influence as "lord of the world" on certain russian circles, and a very well written story at that.

@Alina_Schmidt

Жыл бұрын

Is it a US thing or is it a (US) christian fundamentalist thing? I don‘t really hear that idea from christian positions that aren‘t christian fundamentalist (or christian at all, but that‘s rather invisible in the US as far as I notice).

@MrBrendanRizzo

Жыл бұрын

@@SPscorevideos Well, “Lord of the World” is extremely provincially British, so it balances out.

My longest KZread channel subscription. ? Years. Thanks Matt.

KZread just put my love of knowing villain origins to the absolute test

Thank you for this. End of time speculative theology has been used as a boogeyman against me ever since I was a kid and to hear it presented in this way helps me a lot

@katipunanball4799

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, it's kind of something that stays a constant fear of mine despite having left the faith loooong ago

@xsuneaglex

2 жыл бұрын

@@katipunanball4799 Sameee. Religious trauma is wild. The book "No Death No Fear" by Thich Nhat Hanh has helped me a whole lot, though. Sending love to you ❤️❤️

@riffraftmusic8669

2 жыл бұрын

In English, there is a term "bully pulpit". Although it means something else, the term came to mind when I read your comment. Having a similar experience (when I used to attend church or read the New Testament), I found a lot of help by learning Hebrew, and that parts of the New Testament may very well have been dictated in Hebrew, THEN translated into Greek (1st decades, A.D.)--so they weren't originally written in Greek. That explains (to me, at least) how a lot of simple grammatical errors turned into the philosophical hodgepodge that we now call theology. So, if I'm reading the New Testament, I usually back-translate the verses to Greek, but then the Greek to Hebrew. After learning Hebrew, and some Jewish culture, the New Testament often has a completely different meaning than what I thought growing up. Needless to say, Revelation is quite different, as is the concept of the "anti" Christ. I'm not Catholic, but they seem to have some pretty good resources. Regarding the Gospel of Matthew, a man named Papias (an early bishop, 60-130 AD), wrote, "So then Matthew wrote the oracles in the Hebrew language, and every one interpreted them as he was able." catholic-resources.org/Bible/Eusebius_Gospels.htm, second paragraph. It's amazing how few people seem to be aware of this. Checking the Greek, then learning the Hebrew takes a little time, and some work (any rabbi or even a Jewish friend can help), but is very rewarding. I thank G-d that I learned Hebrew.

@xBINARYGODx

2 жыл бұрын

@@riffraftmusic8669 You should find a way to get these facts and ideas based upon out there to many people. You may just be doing God's work when you do. (I was not being sarcastic, but also, I am an atheist)

@riffraftmusic8669

2 жыл бұрын

@@xBINARYGODx Thanks for the feedback! Yes, I'm quite sure there's an audience which would totally welcome what I call "information" which I think I have gleaned. Since I think of Nature as G-d (through what I would call "research"), I can't be an atheist, however, sympathizing with people who are frustrated by groups who appropriate others' literature, customs, beliefs, etc., for their own ends, I find the "atheist" camp usually quite thoughtful and refreshingly honest, perhaps more spiritual than the religious. Since there can never be a good reason to appropriate someone else's property, there's no way I can sympathize with the religious elite who are selfishly making fortunes from this stuff, is there?

Those left behind books did a lot of damage.

@mathewfinch

2 жыл бұрын

All fundamentalist Christianity (especially the dominionist variety) have done tremendous damage to our society.

@satie321

2 жыл бұрын

Massive damage, it's as if these ideas have been seared into the minds of a huge chunk of evangelicals. Undoing the damage is tough and really slow.

One of the most interesting things about early christianity (at least IMO) is just how long people have been saying that the end times are just around the corner. The Roman empire's been dead from somewhere between 100 years exactly this November (assuming that the Ottoman Empire counts, which is a pretty big assumption), to ~1600 years (factoring in only the Western Roman Empire). Nothing much has happened so far.

Has anyone noticed that the way the Antichrist is seen in the modern interpretation, means that when Christ is reincarnated, everyone will think he is the Antichrist?

One thing that is funny to me to learn from many of your videos is how much evangelical Christianity in America relies on church tradition, a thing they mostly like to deny. Most evangellicals probably have no idea how their theology of the Anti-christ developed.

I read the Left Behind series years ago. It was campy, full of cliches and biases about how evangelicals view outsiders, and the characters were the sanitized white bread representations of Christians like the ones in “God’s not dead”.

My friend use to get so mad at me whenever the pastor would mention "the second coming" and I'd laugh. I still laugh 20 years later. They just say it so much 😂

your videos are always so well researched, I learn so much from them. More than I've learnt from when I used to go to church😂

I was brought up to sincerely believe in the supervillain antichrist (btw, love that term!) and have only in my 30’s gotten to seriously questioning the historical & the spiritual validity of it. I deeply appreciate the research into these different factors, claims, & especially the tracing of the modern concepts’ development.

@brewmanbrett

Жыл бұрын

If you're interested in a scholarly and honest exploration of these topics I just finished Chuck Missler's presentation on the book of Daniel. I think you will find this video quite lacking after watching Chuck. It's a 16 part series but this one deals with end times prophecy. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aKqK1tNqnKSxc7w.html

@brewmanbrett

Жыл бұрын

@علئ ياسر I left a link to the video, or you can search Chuck Missler Daniel lecture 27 Daniel Session 14. He's obviously a believer, but you will find many interesting insights that the "scholars" usually don't mention.

@brewmanbrett

Жыл бұрын

@علئ ياسر sorry bro but I’m not sure what you mean. I hope you give that video a chance. Astounding insights no matter what your belief. Cheers 👍🏽

@tripsixentertainment9603

Жыл бұрын

Uh, it's Super Hero Villain the Antichrist 👑👑 actually 😂🤣 Hmmmmm🤔 Turn on the news... I made sure the world basically crumbled to my feet 😜 Jesus, Satan, God, humanity & Death DOOMED without the Antichrist 👑👑 MUHAHAMUHAHAHA Am I "the liar" "impostor" "wannabe Jesus";"blasphemous puppet of the invisible scapegoat named Satan" "Mr Fixmuch the Dreamboat"? Most definitely 😂🤣 Hey, I knew they wouldn't like my shirt, so I will make sure they can't say 💩 It's my economic system getting set up. Most people figured out that clue. I rise through the economies. Ad you see, even Jesus need the Antichrist👑👑 to save him & his gang members 😜 Some times the only hero you get, is the bad guy 😂🤣 I love that line😜 Anti Hero, actually. TRAPPED doing it 💯 You think I want everyone else's major growing problems on MY shoulders alone every day & night? This took years of sacrificing, studying, planning, thinking through major problems before setting up. Gee, I wonder why it will look easy to billions of people that didn't do anything, Waiting for ANYONE ELSE to make it easy 😳🤯😳😂🤣 The ignorant Christian & Catholic gangs NEED to blame their invisible scapegoat named Satan for 1 person's Awesomeness 😜 That's the "sore loser syndrome" at it's finest 💯😂🤣

@tripsixentertainment9603

Жыл бұрын

@@brewmanbrett Chuck Missler was a very brilliant teacher. R.I.P. They have a 6 part video thing on the Antichrist 👑👑 His video is great, I was impressed.

This is like a collective novel series written through the last 2000 years.

@AB-et6nj

2 жыл бұрын

My fanfiction is superior to yours

@josephanglada4785

2 жыл бұрын

Oh like human rights

@jonhanson8925

2 жыл бұрын

Based on "The Bible," which was a collection of books written over 1,100 years, from the 10th century BC up to the first century AD.

@signoguns8501

2 жыл бұрын

That's pretty much exactly what it is, yeah lol.

@signoguns8501

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephanglada4785 Ironically, the rise of human rights coincided with the decline of religion. People didn't have many rights at all, if any, during the medieval era, an era when religion dominated absolutely everything. Human rights are a secular idea.

Referring to _The Chronicles of Narnia,_ particularly in _The Last Battle,_ The character Susan Pevensie is called "no longer a friend of Narnia." She is described as liking the trappings (and _trap_ ings) of the material world in contrast to the spiritual world C. S. Lewis describes Narnia as. Could Susan be one of those who "went away from us?" Narnia, through and through, is a Christian allegory, but I always thought Susan got the short end of the stick. My friend and I have each written a kind of apologia. I always thought Aslan never gave up on Susan. And in each of our pieces, we allow in Susan a glimmer of light that calls her back to divine paradise, and she is delighted and eagerly wants to return.

The picture he shows of antichrist makes me think of “hey little Jesus, lemme whisper in ya ear”

Love that you are using your normal voice❤️ Many other channels try to pull off that Attenborough bs and it annoys me to death.

It’s Darby! I grew up in a Brethren church and until recently I never knew how much his theory of dispensationalism has shaped wider Evangelical thinking in the last two hundred years. I personally never read the Left Behind books. They came out when I was a teen but I had by then started reading about death cults and apocalyptic religions in religious class. I was fascinated by how cult leaders controlled their groups with fear. By that point I had rejected the Armageddon teachings of the Evangelical churches as a manipulation and wanted nothing to do with the Left Behind books. It’d be interesting to read them now as an atheist, if only to identify what influence they had on my generation.

@robertcriswell5218

2 жыл бұрын

Speaking as someone who really tried to read them: don't. I'm no stranger to bad writing and have made the slog through some real hot garbage, but by the second book I was skimming. By the fifth even that was a chore. The whole thing is legitimately awful from start to finish just on the writing quality alone. Other flaws, particularly the logical flaws, make those books a cultural black hole.

@MusicalRaichu

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertcriswell5218 My guess is that the books' aim was to make money by taking advantage of either people's fascination about the end of the world, or their fear if they got "left behind". Quantity made more money than quality.

@MaryamMaqdisi

2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicalRaichu Maybe the people behind the group never bothered to polish it, it takes a lot of work to make a long story into something believable as you need to make sure every character makes sense in every single scene, and that every scene leaves the reader with something. Most writers just don't bother to write good quality literature, unfortunately

@jcfretts

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up United Methodist, but in a former Evangelical Brethren church. That toxic Darbyism still managed to leak into my life, with old rapture charts like the one shown briefly here hanging long forgotten in the room where the children's choir practiced.

@willbass2869

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I never thought Brethren ventured into such "Johnny come lately" stuff (Darbyism). My experience with them was as rather stolid, very traditional country folk. Maybe a bit superstitious (using moon phase to plant and various 'folkways', espec home cures). I see Hollyweird even infected the back country

I know they actually publish books and do research and what not, but it's weird seeing/hearing one of your college professors referenced. Fuller really is just a super intelligent guy.

This was more like a long historical explanation, instead of answering anything definite, and for that I'm glad, because I'm really tired of so-called scholars talking about Nero and 666, as if the question have already been answered in the ancient world.

Just wanted to add the Anti Christ also called the Dajjal (The Deceiver) exists in the Islamic Faith. During the end of times, it's said that Dajjal or the Anti Christ will try to lure everyone to evil that is until when Jesus returns (yes we also believe in the 2nd coming of Christ), the Dajjal will then flee in his presence. It's really interesting. Thanks for the video!

@ReligionForBreakfast

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like I need to start writing a sequel!

@beyondthebracken

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReligionForBreakfast Yes please that would be amazing!!

@liquidluck711

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReligionForBreakfast would you consider taking an esoteric/Kabbalah look into christ consciousness and ego antichrist complex. Its what the elites throughout history follow. The script is coming to an end actually. Would be interesting to see you discuss that white rabbit hole...

@srbrant5391

2 жыл бұрын

The Dajjal is also the name of an alien race in my story.

@literarylapsed

2 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment the same thing. The study of eschatology and the end times is big in Islamic scholarship, and Dana’s is a big part of it

This man does the best eyebrow raises while talking. Very interesting topic as well.

this channel is just fantastic. such concise high quality information. 10/10!

i suppose the anti-christ is the friends we made along the way

It's insane how literally this has been taken. This myth was extremely prevalent in 20th Century Christian America. Rock and metal bands were harassed about being "agents of the antichrist" with their music. Most notably AC/DC which Christian propaganda purposely mis-labeled the initials as standing for AntiChrist/Devil's Children when in reality it was just alternating current/direct current. They got harassed so much that their tour promoting their 1985 album "Fly on the Wall" had several date cancelations due to harassment and terroristic threats from Christian conservatives.

@jeffbailey1546

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention KISS being the acronym Knights In Satan's Service. Iron Maiden and their album Number of the Beast didn't go well in church circles either.

@logenvestfold4143

2 жыл бұрын

@James Henry Smith 😂

@logenvestfold4143

Жыл бұрын

@James Henry Smith "everyone that doesn't worship my god is an idol worshipper because I'm a religious supremacist that wants to destroy cultural diversity and mock other people's deities."

@logenvestfold4143

Жыл бұрын

@James Henry Smith it’s a completely valid argument, that’s what people like you do.

@besticudcumupwith202

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffbailey1546 ...I always laughed at that stuff. But look at "music" today. The demonic imagery has been growing since ac/dc & Kiss, etc. I love those older bands for their music, not the "look" they had. But now they're REALLY going full tilt with it. Some "artists" get very graphic. Plus the production levels today are much better, more realistic. They go wayyyyy beyond Gene wagging his 8 inch tongue with fake blood dripping of it. Now, we have Lizzo.

Interesting. My sister had to read a book named 'Satan: An Introduction" as part of her curriculum. I asked if I could borrow it from her, because title, but she said it was boring AF.

@anonvideo738

2 жыл бұрын

That title sounds like an introduction to the satanists.

This is very good I was in this sub camp that took that kind of literally from that

Thank you for posting such an interesting subject.

Absolutely fascinating. Always well researched and well discussed. Thank you so much for teaching me.

@tausif6514

2 жыл бұрын

There is no mention in this video about the verses of the Quran and the Hadeeth that contain information about the Antichrist

@pennypiper7382

2 жыл бұрын

@Johnny Baseball Cap I’ll remember that next time I eat fish😊

@melissanewman3672

2 жыл бұрын

You really think that's teaching why don't you read one of my comments humans

@calebfielding6352

Жыл бұрын

Not that well researched. Christians say the beast of revelations is the anti christ (difference between an antichrist and the antichrist) the beast is mentioned 44 times in revelations, so he skipped the majority over 90% of what the Bible says on the subject, or at least if you are assuming believers in the tribulations are wrong, what pretribers think about the antichrist.

Love your stuff man. Great to see how your presentation and storytelling have developed so much over the course of this channel!

@TheFastestFireFly666

2 жыл бұрын

@James Henry Smith I think you misunderstood my point.

1:20 So in a super popular American novel series the author sh*ts on fellow Christians, not even Muslim, Hindus or Buddhist. As a Romanian I'm really surprised because Romania never attacked the US like Japan did in WWII or never fought against a war of independence like the British did. The author just chose my country because he deemed it insignificant enough, not having many friends internationally so no one would be upset other the Romanians themselves. That's such perfidious, sneaky, treacherous thing to do.

When I was a child I was raised in an extremely evangelical environment and was taught almost everything at an extremely young age and as early as ten years old when anyone brought up the rapture I would spiral and have severe anxiety/panic attacks :)

@fenekku.kitsune

Жыл бұрын

And since I knew people would judge me and say "but why are you scared when you're supposed to be a christian" I kept it completely to myself. So I suffered alone for years from 10 - 17.

I always love these informative and fun videos. As always thanks for your work!

Finding this channel has been the highlight of my day. I love learning more about these topics even though I myself, am not religious

@arielroblesruiz9466

2 жыл бұрын

You don't have to be religious I'm not I'm more spiritual than anything! So there is nothing wrong with not being religious love!💋❤️🥰😘💯

This is one of the most useful treatises I've heard. Being quite a devout Orthodox Christian for a while and having read all sorts of musings about the end of times in the Russian interpretation, I'd have smashed my face if I were facepalming over my own and people's uninformedness and wild flights of imagination in regards to the antichrist every time I felt like it while listening to this short lecture.

5:38 Docetists be like: "I see what you did there. You're not particularly subtle, John."

Something pretty interesting is that an older/alternate version of the original scriptures found in Papyrus 115 show “616” instead of “666” in revelations. “616” actually corresponds to an alternate spelling of Nero as “Neron”

@NakedSageAstrology

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps a link to the artificial intelligence & it's use of Neural Networks mimicking Neurons. *Rorro Maesu Says Use A MirroR*

@aaedreonguile1896

2 жыл бұрын

True...

@user-to3ex6uu2i

2 ай бұрын

lucifer = 115 in gematria

@sonicboom2723

3 күн бұрын

No its 666 and its satan's number. It represents evil.

You always do a great job of presenting the facts without showing any personal bias, thank you.

How are your videos so enrapturing? I really like your way of video lecturing its so good

The antichrist that is referred to with the number 666 is actually Emperor Nero Caesar. In Hebrew, Nero Caesar’s name was Nrwn Qsr - n,e,r,o,n; q,s,r. Archaeological findings show that a first century Hebrew spelling of Nero’s name provides the value of 666. Some Biblical manuscripts read 616. The difference between 666 and 616 isn’t the result of an accident, because the two aren’t similar in appearance in the original Greek. However, a strong case can be made that John (the author of Revelation), a Jew, used Hebrew in order to spell Nero’s name and resultantly came up with 616. It is hard to believe that it is just mere coincidence that whether you use 666 or 616 it is reasonable to conclude that Revelation 13:18 refers to Nero. There are other reasons for believing that 666 refers to Nero; however, it is beyond the scope of this book to list them. I recommend Reverend Kenneth L. Gentry Jr’s The Beast of Revelation Identified. Some of the words attributed to Christ in the Book of Revelation show how the names Satan and Devil could very possibly refer to a physical person, not a fallen angel. Consider the following verses from Revelation 3:9-10: “I know about your suffering and your poverty-but you are rich! I know the blasphemy of those opposing you. They say they are Jews, but they are not, because their synagogue belongs to Satan. Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil will throw some of you into prison to test you. You will suffer for ten days. But if you remain faithful even when facing death, I will give you the crown of life.” I believe John meant a Roman leader of that time when he said Satan, not a supernatural evil being. Even today people refer to others as Satan, such as when Saddam Hussein referred to the United States as Satan. Perhaps it wasn’t appropriate for the biblical synagogues to give in to Roman control to the extent they did; however, it is a bit much to contend that they were following a supernatural evil being known as Satan, and that Satan actually controlled their synagogues. To the extent they were devoted to God and had a higher purpose, God was in their synagogues. Certainly God is wise enough to realize that we often get confused about what divine truth is. This being the case, it is hard to believe that he would abandon somebody’s synagogue so quickly and allow an evil being to take over. Perhaps John’s anger with what was going on caused him to be overly zealous and accusatory. It is also important to remember that he was required to use symbolic words, so he probably couldn’t name the Roman leader he was speaking about. Regarding the statement about the Devil throwing some people into prison, does it make more sense to conclude that a Roman leader referred to as the Devil will throw some Christians into prison, or that a supernatural being known as the Devil would do so? Revelation 2:13 reads: “I know that you live in the city where Satan has his throne, yet you have remained faithful to me.” When considering if a supernatural being is referred to with this verse, it is important to note that when the messages to the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatria, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea are given, only Pergamum is named as the city where Satan has his throne. Pergamum is the city where a temple with a statue of the mythological Greek God Zeus was kept. Some scholars believe that Revelation 2:13 refers to this statue. Perhaps John was opposed to the fact that such a temple and statue existed within Pergamum.

Hello Andrew, I often want to show my family your videos but some of them don't understand English perfectly. I would love to give translated captions (in Spanish) for your vids

@ReligionForBreakfast

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Roy, thanks for the offer! Do you have Instagram or Twitter? You can DM me there, and we can figure something out.

@martinmaynard141

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReligionForBreakfast Don't have either at the moment but would love to collaborate on this - English as my first language. Spanish as my second. Post graduate work in religious history (Latin American saints and their European roots)

@OGRH

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinmaynard141 classy! Jump in on a response with irrelevance, but a glimmer of "on topic"... let me know how that works out for you! Someday you'll get the attention you deserve!

I never thought religious stuff can be this entertaining and interesting. Incredible video. Much, love 😊

@tausif6514

2 жыл бұрын

There is no mention in this video about the verses of the Quran and the Hadeeth that contain information about the Antichrist

@AB-et6nj

2 жыл бұрын

@@tausif6514 Probably because the Quran got it from Christian sources

@tausif6514

2 жыл бұрын

@@AB-et6nj have you read them?

@Zombied77

Жыл бұрын

You'll like this series then probably its super interesting, religion as myths and psychology. It actually made me appreciate my religion more kzread.info/dash/bejne/mGGruaSAn5nHYto.html

@inspiredaction162

Жыл бұрын

@@AB-et6nj lol do you know where the bible got most of it’s stories.. research research… ancient texts

I love this content because it's incredibly enlightening. It does however, make me a little angry. Angry because I grew up in a staunchly protestant/pentecostal Christian household which included a VERY real Antichrist figure who was not only living with us at present, but also really about to take over the world, and the fear that came with it to be a GOOD Christian at all times and all the rest of it. The number of public figures that were put into the 'Likely to be the Antichrist' list is endless. The Left Behind stuff didn't help either (we were made to watch them in church). I'm well into my 30s now and some of these things are really hard to completely shake off because they informed a big part of my life. Having this kind of knowledge to helps a great deal in making sense of it all, so thank you.

Very well articulated & super interesting, thk u. Do you have a video with a similar explanation of satan and/or The Satan? I've read Satan a Biography & would love another take.

"fish-based medieval story" love it

@JohanKylander

2 жыл бұрын

16:11 16:11

Thank you. By the way, in French, the common word used is "Antéchrist" instead of "Antichrist", there seems to have been at some point during medieval times a kind of interpolation of the original etymology (which indeed was "Antichrist"), as the prefix "anté-" meaning "before" could be understood as "the Antéchrist is the one who comes before Christ". Yet this interpretation seems wrong, and most people would still understand "against Christ" instead of "before Christ". This has often confused me. Well, I guess the French language has a number of oddities and etymology can lead to surprising stuff...

@melissanewman3672

2 жыл бұрын

Why don't you read one of my comments human

@ryangallmeier6647

2 жыл бұрын

That's actually pretty fascinating. I've never heard of that before. But I can totally see the confusion. Anytime I see "Ante-" I always think of "before". But when I see "Anti-" I think "against" or "in place of". The only reason I know "Ante-" means "before" is because of the writings of the "Ante-Nicene" fathers (those Christians who wrote before the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D.) I don't think there's any confusion in Koine Greek, though. Thanks for sharing that. *Soli Deo Gloria*

@getdmw

Жыл бұрын

Ever considered it might be the other way round. Ante is correct, while anti is the corrupted form ? In other words Ante Christ originally simply referred to what was before christ, ie pagans.

@bofbob1

Жыл бұрын

And the reverse occurred with “antichambre”. Go figure.

@NedJeffery

Жыл бұрын

​@@getdmw technically you could call John the Baptist the antechrist.

To understand anything in the book, you need to use every place something is mentioned. It is mentioned in Daniel. This happened why we celebrate Chanukah. It is a spirit that rests on several men

While I don't think there's a god, this channel blows me away. Might b t best channel I've come across. Extremely interesting. Informative. No bias that i can feel, or hear. His knowledge is astounding. So, thank u RFB 🍻✌️

Thanks for another good video! It would be interesting to hear about the relationships between the two 19th century works ”The Antichrist” by Ernest Renan and Friedrich Nietzsche, respectivly

This was the most timely yet easy to digest material on this topic I've ever listened to . Thanks again man for your channel ! Helps a lot in understanding the origins and mindset behind religion.

@recreantjournals6723

2 жыл бұрын

@James Henry Smith yall and these fairytales. In the next issue of superman darkseid takes over the world since spouting nonsense 🙃

@joelindsey2105

Жыл бұрын

@@recreantjournals6723 there is faith, there is atheism, agnosticism, and theory. Belief, non belief, not relevant, and not proven.

@kevinmitchell6856

9 ай бұрын

​@@joelindsey2105you're just cryptic, what is your point ☝️

@joelindsey2105

9 ай бұрын

@@kevinmitchell6856 faith-belief in a god Atheism- non belief in a god Agnosticism-god isn’t relevant Theory-not proven

@kevinmitchell6856

9 ай бұрын

@@joelindsey2105 ok joe you took the bait, remember that "faith" is absence of evidence. Theory and evidence are of the highest level of proof, your religious background has failed you yet again 😭😭

Not religious at all here, but am very interested in all these religious lore. Great video!💯🔥

Doesn’t Emperor Constantine fit that description pretty well?

Thank you for all the good knowledge senpai! You are truly a knowing stud.

Generally good. But given the fact that you're talking about origins, it might have been helpful to consider the wider context of Second Temple Literature, since according to some studies a conceptual development, as opposed to just usage of the term antichrist, seems to appear in terms of a tradition or traditions. The work of Mateusz Kusio in his *The Antichrist Tradition in Antiquity* is a very good resource on it.

Also, the letters of first John through the others all say that the letter comes to these other churches from an individual recognized as “John the Elder” and scholars studied these letters and matched the writing style and form to nearly identical to the writer of the gospel of John to the point that either the writer of these letters was the same writer of the gospel John or forged them based on the gospel despite not having the current modern technology needed to make the near match that these letters have to the gospel.

What if the second coming has already past?

Thank you for bringing us interesting videos about all religions!

For me, I don't think the word anti-christ can ever be separated from the voice of my parents angrily calling me it as a child - that is the only true meaning in Irish culture lolol

The fact that people still believe this stuff just blows my mind. My grandmother tried really hard to get me into this stuff when I was really young, and even then I didn't buy it. There's all those stories about impossible things happening, god revealing himself and talking to people, wrestling with one guy, angels all over the place, and then several thousand years goes by and not a damn peep from god, no angels coming down, no impossible events. That in and of itself made it obvious to me at like 7 years old that it was all a sham. It's crazy to me how people can believe any of it. In my view, it would be like believing in fairies or any other mythological beings that we also have no real evidence for.

@joelindsey2105

9 ай бұрын

All there is, is testimony. My life was changed accepting Christ and a lot of other people too. I could share experiences I’ve had that are unexplainable, but some folks find a way to explain it in a way they understand. All I’m saying is I’m humble enough to say I don’t understand. that’s a big part of having faith.

I would like to to hear your concepts on the Mazzaroth TIA

Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge with us. As I have been listening to lots of videos on your channel, I've been noticing a lot of the parallels between early Christian theology and some of the themes present in JRR Tolkien's legendarium. It would be fun if you or a related channel could do a video that dives into the some of the theology present in his writings.

@HansLemurson

2 жыл бұрын

I've been watching a bunch of Tolkien analysis videos recently, which talk about how the themes of humility and personal struggle, rather than force of arms, are what defeat evil.

@HansLemurson

2 жыл бұрын

@James Henry Smith Sure, if by "now" you mean the "eternal now". People have been finding signs of the end-times for as long as there have been apocalyptic prophesies.

@gegegenokozo6059

Жыл бұрын

That’s because Tolkien was a very big catholic.

Very informative and nostalgic. Thank you! Though I've moved from premillennial, dispensational evangelicalism to listening to Father Richard Rohr, I do still have my Scofield on the shelf. I still had no idea that this got derailed as long ago as the 2nd century!

All of this and a full analysis and origins of Revelations needs to be explained to the Christians of modern day. Also to anyone that is not a historian or theologian or scholar: The idea of protagonist and antagonist go back way before Christianity was ever conceived, or even before the works of the Old testament. You can easily see this all throughout various cultures and various societies worldwide. So the problem here is that people will always be fighting back and forth about who's who and what side they are on. But honestly it's nothing new it's all based on fear of the unknown or scarcity in one way or another.

You made a significant oversight with respect to the definite article in 1Jn. 2:18. The Textus Receptus includes the definite article (ὁ ἀντίχριστος), whereas modern critical editions lack it. The TR reading is what most Christians in history have had, and so the idea of a singular antichrist distinct from the many antichrists present during John’s day was supported by that reading.

The detail about the pickled fish conception of the antiChrist gave me the heartiest of laughs. Thank you so much.

@jakeaurod

2 жыл бұрын

Inorite. Who would name their daughter "Perdition."

@onbearfeet

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakeaurod Somebody who liked Shakespeare might name their daughter Perdita, which means "lost" and is etymologically connected to "perdition". It's an unpopular but not unknown name for girls, probably because of the influence of Shakespeare's plays. If Left Behind didn't seize the opportunity to have their antichrist's mom be named Perdita, I'll be even more disappointed with them than I currently am. Fun fact: the play in which Perdita appears, The Winter's Tale, contains the best Shakespearean stage direction: "Exit, pursued by a bear."

God: “I incarnated myself by impregnating a virgin woman. Top that!” Satan: “I incarnated myself by turning into a fish in a market, then impregnating the woman who ate me! HA!!”

@morgothfromangband6082

Жыл бұрын

Morgoth: "... I just stay in Angband."

Really wholesome story, thank you.