Why I believe the Bible - KingdomCraft
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This guy could run a 10 hour long podcast and no one would get bored
I don’t know about that one cheif
yea im so addicted to this guy video for some reason
Noooo, I've got stuff I need to do! 😫🤣
Minecraft combo is awesome
Hail Christ
@@whiteknight1414 Heil Christ!
Heil Christ
Y’all are scaring me. But Heil Christ and Praise Jesus
Hail Christ.
Rain Christ.
Snow Christ.
Of all the ways to praise the Lord, you chose the most nazi sounding one!!
Im a catholic and I dont agree with you on everything but this is one of my favorite channels on youtube. Keep making amazing content please!!! It is so informative and you help me strengthen my theology. Thank you!
Another Catholic here and I share the same sentiment. Super underrated channel
@@xuiotghjhat amen
Same, catholic here who likes his videos
Why do you people claim to love God while rebelling against Him and His word?
@@william44011 How so? Couldn't a Catholic accuse a Protestant of exact same behavior? Turning away from the Magisterium of the Church when that's clearly not (according to Catholics) what the Scripture and the writings of Church Fathers teach
Me as a teen: "Dude, you're like the bible. You contradict yourself."
*reads Bible*
Me as an adult: "Christ is Lord and the Bible is inerrant."
My dad is very much an atheist. I'm very much a Christian who follows Christ. He always makes sure to tell me, especially if I'm reading/studying my Bible "You know that thing is full of contradictions right?"
The most illogical thing I've heard him say about it is "Eh, all religions are fake. All religions ESPECIALLY Christianity are just used to control people. But the main lesson I all of em? Just don't be a d**k and you'll be fine."
I'm beginning he lied when he said he's fully read the Bible.
@@CatThwomper My mom was raised Catholic and I pray for her every day since she had terrible experiences that hardened her heart. She's agnostic it's hard for me to make her try to separate politics from the gospel.
@@BoondockBrony I get what you mean. I actually for a while, started to watch politics, and as the old saying goes "Politics is poison" which couldn't be truer. But we gotta remember that, at the end of the day, God will bring us to do what is right. I don't know if what I've said... typed had helped, but I will keep you in my prayers.
@@CatThwomper Ask him then why did all the original apostles (excluding John, the one whom the revelation was revealed to.) (historically) die for the message of the resurrection. What did they control during their time? Why would they all die for a lie? Was it a hallucination? Were all the 500 people present hallucinating during the supposed resurrection? And if he believes that Jesus didn't exist, then why come there are 30-40 sources outside of the Bible while up to even the late 2nd century there are about 12 sources of Tiberius, who was the caesar of Rome during Jesus's time.
@@CatThwomper Judging from that you dad seems to be a average guy, lots of people see it that way nowadays. If I had to guess he watched Zeitgeist, the film has been watched by many who say that including my dad. Maybe try asking him about it and see how that might tie in to his disbelief, helped with my Dad. I would also recommend watching the film, not because it is good but because it is bad. If you can't take on the claims in the film you need to do some studying (it's okay InspiringPhilosophy who is linked in this video has addressed many of the claims, because those claims are made by internet atheist all too commonly).
I'm a Lutheran who's become deeply interested in theology. This channel has quickly become one of my favorite on RUclips.
I grew up Lutheran, then my family became Pentecostal.
Also deeply interested in theology
Same.
Confessional Lutheran here (WELS/ELS).
VDMA!
Do you know any other good channels on theology
A genuinely unironic Christian minecrafter? Love it, lol, very based. God bless you, brother
I think you're absolutely correct about the nephilim
Finally someone agrees!!!
What? You do know that Goliath was only 6’9 right? The ancient Israelites at the time were very short like literally only five feet according to archeological remains
@@evanevanf4033jesus was 6’1
That part of the video vanished when I tried to watch it...something about the file being corrupted
@@redeemedzoomer6053 Fascinating stuff, I'm a new Christian myself so I don't know about the nephilim yet, but the part where you talk about it in the video was cut out for some reason. That being said, I would love to hear your views. Thanks again, your channel has answered a lot of questions I had in a logical way.
I can’t tell if you explaining your opinion on the Nephilim was intentionally cut out, or if it was a “coincidence” but I find it funny that it got cut out regardless lol
Yeah that's funny, I also got an ad as soon as that happened
@@clouds-rb9xt lol
@@clouds-rb9xtme too😂😂😂
regardless if he did it or not, it's not a coincidence. This is one of these things hidden from the foundation of the world, and Jesus DID talk about it. THE WHEAT AND THE TARES. You will be very surprised when Jesus comes!
I always stated that my belief begins and ends with Christ. In John 1:1, I see, "In the beginning was the "Logos"...The Word; the driving principle of the universe's underpinnings. Christ is the focal point that gives the Bible meaning, and it points to him. Excellent material, by the way. God bless you!
This is one of the concepts that led me to Christianity.
@@evan7391 that makes two of us!
"In the beginning was the Word..."
Thanks Redeemed!
I think one of my favorite verses are ones like
"I Tertius who wrote this letter, greet you..." or "send also my cloak and especially the scrolls..."
They were significant verses in showing me a glimpse into the real, daily, authentic human life of these people who sat and physically wrote out these scripture while the Spirit was weaving together the mosaic of Jesus through the human life.
"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us..."
It is actually so fitting that the Bible is not some magic book appearing from heaven.
God uses the weak things of the world to show His glory.
Hope the Kingdomcraft server is doing well!
Totally agree. Verses like that show us how a church is to be run. When you lose the personal side of ministry, your church has issues.
“By small means the Lord can bring about great things” (1 Nephi 16:29)
These intros keep getting better and better
I thought I was satisfied with believing in Jesus, not needing to know the bible inside out. Man did I realise how wrong I was after an intense 3 month bible school where I read it chronologically cover to cover (first time reading the whole thing). My prayer life grew, spiritual life grew, boldness in sharing the word, and my relationship to God. It is so important to read this book!! And it really needs all 66 books to make sense. Revelation, that weird book, man is it needed for all the other 65 to make sense.
Isn't there 73 books in the bible
@@basedchango2172 in the Catholic Bible there are 73 in the Protestant Bible there are 66. Many people have rejected the apocrypha because it contradicts things that were already stated in the Bible for example the book of Tobit says to not marry outside of your own race but that is inconsistent with many characters such as Abraham I believe. Please correct me if I got anything wrong.
@@Hithereitsme32 it wasn't for contradictions it was because the Protestants were trynna save money with printing and to do that they took some books out I think the 7 missing books are extra history or sum I forgot I don't know about the tobit stuff tho Imma look into it
You need all 81, actually.
@@basedchango2172NO ORIGINALLY THEY WERE ONLY 66....THEN THE CATHOLICS ADDED MORE BOOKS WRITTEN AT THE THE SAME TIME BUT WEREBT REGARDED IN THE BIBLE
I'm learning so much from these videos. I honestly think this is my favorite channel on youtube now.
I am part of the Dutch Reformed Church under the PKN (Protestant Church in the Netherlands) and I agree with much of what you said. I am glad to have stumbled upon your channel after I saw the video where you went over each book of the Bible!
Hey Zoomer, I really respect your work and find your videos to be very insightful. I myself am a Catholic and personally view Mary as a very important part of my faith. I see her as the perfect role model and I believe that praying to her and asking for her intercession is extremely valuable. I know that many Christians do not think of her as much as Catholics do and do not ask for her prayers. As you are Presbyterian I would love to know what you think of her.
She’s the blessed Mother of God. That’s what I think of her as a Presbyterian
It's very sad how little many protestants think of the Mother of God. Like I get not praying to her or using images but they treat Mary as if she was some irrelevant side character, she wasn't.
@@Testimony_Of_JTF she was absolutely not a side character, she is the most important human person as the divine person, Christ, became human through her
@@redeemedzoomer6053 I know you don't think that lol, I was expressing my dissatisfaction with some congregations
@@Testimony_Of_JTFas a protestant I can tell you that is just not true
If you don't need our money but people want merch maybe you could set it up for charity
This needs more likes
Charity is very Christian
I would just like to say i love what youre doing man, i have some mild disagreements as a more conservative baptist, but the boldness to proclaim the gospel in such a vulnerable way is huge. To put yourself out there with how nast comments can be takes courage, and I'm very glad the Lord has blessed you with that, as well as an engaging medium and dialogue.
I hold to a very similar view! Seeing the bible as holy (but human and prone to errors) has helped me trust in it more.
What the heck! You jumpscared me Bread! I was just reading the comments after watching the video and you appeared out of nowhere. Redeemed Zoomer makes the world a smaller place.
I don't know how to feel about this quote:
"“The modern scientist has lost God amid the wonders of His world; we Christians are in real danger of losing God amid the wonders of His Word.”
But it fits the conversation.
Man I'm so surprised by how many of the same Christian content creators we both watch. I've been a huge fan of Jordan B Cooper, Gavin Ortlund and Inspiring Philosophy long before I found your channel. But I love how your respect for these creators is just as high as mine. I'm a zoomer too so I'm happy that there are people out there who have gone through a similar spiritual experience to me (although I came out the other side as a Lutheran insted of a Presbyterian).
Eastern orthodox video please! Your vids are really good. God bless☦️☦️☦️
“Testify” on youtube is also a great apologist channel, he has tons of vids directed toward “contradictions” etc. he’s great
Yes yes
I've never heard anyone answer this before!
The main atheist points are "Why should I believe this verse"
I think that's the thing with faith. We have to believe that he's there and God will show himself/the truth to us. It's what separates Christians and the unbelievers, to those will be saved and those who's not. God didn't and wouldnt let everyone without a proof of himself for them to find and believe so they wont have excuses. God gives each of us enough reasons to believe out of grace, sometimes we dont just see. Let's say this, if our path to salvation is "faith", how would we (or enough of us) be saved if God literally shows himself to us from the start, ending up with unrevocable and unrefutable proof? Wouldn't we not be unbelievers cuz we literally just cant not believe? We are to be outright obligated to believe he exists and no one would be getting something good out of that. But that is just my opinion, there should be someone who's better blessed in ability to answer this.
Ofc this comment is only good if the reader is a believer. So like I said above^^
When it comes to that point, it's all the matter of faith and receiving it.
It can be mistaken as blind faith, sure. But it's a choice to be made nevertheless.
"I have taught you in the way of wisdom, I have led you in right paths."
Proverbs 4:11 NKJV
Whenever you share Christ to other person, He speaks _through_ you to reach said person. God has offered truth to them. It's their choice to believe in it or not.
Please rewrite this sentence. I really can’t figure out what you’re saying
Yea it's completely out of our realm of shit that occurs today with no actual proof of anything that was written by humans it's a set up for ppl to push away
Dude this channel is great. I was raised Christian but only now started reading the Bible everyday as well as prey. I feel the hunger for theological knowledge. I feel the need to deeply understand my faith, build it into stone.
Same here, this channel has really helped me along my reversion.
I became Christian because I thought the biblically accurate angels were cool
That's amazing 😂😁
You have seen the lord’s beauty, and you have embraced him
Good job 👏
Do you go to church though?
I am still happy I listen to your thoughts, while I don't agree with all of them, if we all believed the exact same thing the world wouldn't go round. Im glad that I get the privilege to hear your perspective! one day ill give my own
Newly-confirmed Lutheran here. I think your explanation makes a lot of sense! Obviously, I disagree with much of reformed theology, but I think you are a very important light within mainline Protestantism. I am not mainline, I am LCMS, but I will be praying for you and your influence on the lost masses in the church today. God Bless!
I like many of the ideas stated. Most secularists approach the Bible like a text book. They expect everything to be copied down like a scientific observation. When the Gospels were written, there was no “historical” or “true eyewitness” accounts of anything ever. So, the numerous confirmations of real events and the Biblical stories indicates an extraordinary amount of accuracy coming from many different authors at different times!
Not to mention the hundreds of prophecies Jesus fulfills in a single lifetime or “narrative” (I don’t have a better word for the literary events). It is the pinnacle of human literature because it’s divine.
Thanks for explaining your POVs. I love your approach honestly; it's refreshing seeing someone talk about why they believe what they believe. Keep it up with the videos, they inspire me to study theology and put my worldview at test.
Edit: forgot to add word "love".
I love your passion and breakdown videos. It’s very encouraging and I agree! The word is only truly revealed when we navigate it knowing it reveals Christ
You should do a video titled “What are the nephilim” and have it be a 20 min loading screen
Well said. it’s funny because I’ve been watching “inspired philosophy” for a while now, and you both have helped me become a well spoken true Christian, especially when it comes to topics that, at least for me, are talked about outside of church, or like engaging conversation with unbelievers and even those misguided. Lastly…. PLEASE MAKE THE T SHIRTS!!!!
Praise the Lord 👏 🙌
This also sparks a good discussion. Some people will say, "I trust only in the Bible as an infallible source" which brings up problems because the Bible doesn't give a list of books to be included in the Bible. So since you have to use other fallible methods to establish the canon, this leaves you with a possibly flawed list of infallible books. Or, in other words, a fallible canon. Something to think abt.
Ok, Mariolater
@@xuniepyro7399 Lol sure bro
I thought about it like that: In the beginning was the Word -> Jesus came to us, he called 12 disciples -> those wrote epistles and gospels -> other Christians around them also wrote -> every written document of these people (until the death of the last Apostle -> Ephesians 2:20) we have today, that was preserved by the Holy Spirit, is part of the New Testament.
Side Note: The Old Testament was already established since the Hasmonean dynasty. Otherwise 1 Maccabees would claim divine inspiration and not outrightly deny it. -> Scripture in the Old Testament was only written during the time of the Prophets (Ephesians 2:20): from Job to Nehemiah.
@@michaelg4919 The gospels weren't written by the disciples. They were written by anonymous(to us)writers decades after the disciples were around
2 of them were authored by apostles. In addition, St.Mark got his information from St.Peter (with whom he traveled if you read the Bible), and Luke got his Information first hand and from St.Paul (if you read the Bible) @@habe1717
Hey RZ! Just wanted to say because of you, I went to a local Presbyterian church today that is a member of the AAPCUSA and PCUSA. I plan on returning and being a member for good ✝️
God bless! Wanna join our discord for Mainline Protestants? Here is the link discord.gg/fdH2GKsG
@@redeemedzoomer6053 yes indeed! thank you and amen! 🙏🏾
The Eastern Catholic service I listened to on the phone and watched made me cry. It was so beautiful. 😭🕯️🕯️
I literally got born again because I read the bible. I bought a bible and started reading Matthew, and half way through I realized I believed what I was reading and fell in love with Jesus. I gave my life to him and have been walking with him for 3 years now
I really needed to hear this today! Thank you!
thanks for the video! My understanding of scripture isn't quite the same as yours, but it's nice to hear from a brother who has clearly thought through this topic a lot more than me! Now I need to reexamine my beliefs. God bless!
2 Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work."
That opening line was a great jab at atheists who say reading the Bible made them leave Christianity.
Also, a (not so) quick plug: the orthodox Jews don't do a whole bunch of studying of Torah (the books of Moses); they do more studying on the Talmud, which is an interpretation of the Mishna, which is the "Oral Torah" they claim God gave Moses at Mount Sinai along with the written Torah. They don't see Jesus in the Tanakh (Old Testament) because they're:
1.) Not all that familiar with the Tanakh itself,
2.) Are trained to not see Jesus in the Tanakh
3.) Don't actually know much about Jesus.
There are various examples of these. For not being familiar with the Tanakh, they often argue that Adam and Eve were doing God's will by eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, because God's purpose for them was to go down to the lowest world and bring it up to heaven. The Garden of Eden was too good, and so they needed to bring sin into the world so the Jewish people could persevere throughout history until the World to Come, where God establishes peace on earth through the Messiah. Or how they interpret Moses as doing the will of God by sinning in the wilderness in striking the rock instead of speaking to it, because his punishment was to die with his people in the wilderness, and thus when the resurrection happens, Moses will be raised and his entire generation with him because he died with them. They often also say that King Ahaz was a good king, and when he refused a sign from God, it was because he had so much faith in God that he didn't need a sign.
They are also trained not to see Jesus in the Tanakh. Every passage that has a clear reference to Jesus, they understand it in the most abstract way. Isaiah 53 they say is about Israel, even though Isaiah is clearly marking the suffering one as dying "for the sins my people." Daniel 9, which predicts the death of the Messiah, they say is about the Priestly line being cut off when the Temple was destroyed. Isaiah 9:6, which calls the Messiah "Almighty God," they say it is the Almighty God naming the Messiah the Prince of Peace. Of course, there is also "The virgin shall conceive" and "They pierce my hands and my feet", which really do have fascinating studies on their own in the Hebrew. Those passages I think both sides have a more honest view on.
But the main thing is that Jews really don't know who Jesus is, and this is for two very sad reasons. The first is because Christians have been absolutely terrible in how we've treated the Jews over the last two thousand years. Jews don't want anything to do with us. The second is that their rabbim are very intentional in keeping Jesus from the discussion amongst the Jewish people. They only talk about him when one of their congregants has questions about Christianity, and then they jump to the most uncharitable depiction of Jesus and Christians imaginable. It is now in the age of the internet where young Jewish people can lock themselves in their bedroom and study Christianity without their parents or Rabbim knowing, that we're seeing a mass wave of Jews coming to faith in Jesus, Yeshua, as His name is in Hebrew. But this is not just true of Jews, but Muslims also. The internet is enabling Muslims to research Christianity away from their parents and Emams as well.
To close, I want to give some advice to people interested in Jewish Ministry. First, be careful, considerate, and compassionate. History has given them good reason to distrust Christians. Don't say the name "Jesus" or "Christ" very often. Yeshua is His Hebrew name, and Messiah (or Moshiach) is the term in Hebrew. "Jesus Christ" is associated with the holocaust and the evils that have been done to them by Christians. Similarly, don't call your ministry a "Crusade". Be careful with the image of the cross, as is seen as a banner of conquest. Just be considerate of their concerns. But also be wise. Their Rabbim have kept Him secret, and they are very antagonistic against Christianity. They will assert their authority over Scripture because they know Hebrew, and they received the full Oral Torah in addition to the Written Torah, but their arguments may not always be honest. Keep this in mind, but remain gentle; don't call them out, but don't be swayed. Don't let them convince you that you need to keep Kosher or celebrate the festivals, -you are a Gentile in Christ and these are not mandated for you, but be willing to keep Kosher and join them in their festivals as a testimony to them (for many Jews themselves do not do these things; how compelling is it when a Gentile to whom it is not required does?). If you believe in Replacement Theology (that the Church has replaced Israel) or any form of Hebrew Israelism (belief that "my people", the ___ race, are the true lost tribes of Israel, and that the commonly recognized Jews are an imposter), then I pray God will convict you of this belief or else keep you far from Jewish ministry (or Jews entirely). Ultimately, be humble and a servant, but firm and steadfast in your beliefs. Jewish/Christian relations are very sensitive, but I am optimistic for the peace I believe God is building between us. Do not call them "Christ killers", or accuse them of killing Jesus. Above all, love them as the Chosen People of God.
@@5BBassist4Christ thank you for this dear brother
@@5BBassist4Christthe Church is the true Israel
Now we need the prequel: Why I believe in Jesus
Wow...I don't agree 100% but it really doesn't matter because I 100% agree with your outtake on this. Yes!!! Jesus is the Word of God and the Scriptures are the Word of God so you need both in order for it to speak to you....I love this and it spoke so deep to me.
The Bible is a divinely inspired and accurate eyewitness account of human history written by people who witnessed God’s love and glory throughout history
Idk ab love but alr
Love the Nephilim joke. lol. Honestly thought youtube was having some weird issue until I saw it was a java error.
That t shirt idea is the only time I’ve ever wanted to buy a RUclipsr’s merch
I am 14 and have been raised in a pentecostal church, my farther is the pastor, the church is pretty good biblicaly but I do feel like a reformed church would suit me better. I never would of even known what reformed churches were if it wasn't for you zoomer, so thank you
It's great to hear another young person with the views you're describing, as in it is all centered around Christ. The Bible comes second, Christ comes first. The Bible gains it's authority by its being a continuous narrative pointing toward Jesus and accurately describing virtually all psychological and sociological phenomena.
I don't know about your story, if you have a testimony video, I have not watched it, but I myself was interested in Jesus and the Bible by the time I first began to talk. By my teen years spent time as an atheist studying philosophy and the way many religions are used to control and enslave (I could poke holes in everything but biblical Christianity, by the way, almost all church organizations were not immune, however), then in August 2021, right as I turned 20, I turned to Christ and began to study the Bible.
I agree completely with your analysis, and you articulate it well. It's not something I have ever heard from another in the way you describe, and it is a perspective I came to by taking what I could from different denominational beliefs and secular perspectives and synthesizing them myself with the Bible and the help of God. You are spot on. God bless.
P.S.
Also, I want to know your thoughts on the Nephilim...
(also what's the deal with the server you're on? Is it yours? Is there a way to get access? I haven't played MC in forever, which is a good thing, I was an addict, but it may be fun to get on from time to time again)
for the server, its his, theres a video with how to join and stuff and what its about on his channel from a few days/weeks ago
As originally written, in the language and dialect of the time and place, inerrant Word of God. While people wrote it, and their style and experience come thru, even particular word choices (where more than one word would usually mean the same thing but sometimes would mean something different) were inspired by the author, God. That does mean as language changes, and copies are made... However, we have very good reason to believe the message we receive (as we read today) was and is the message given. The number of copies, from different times, different languages, etc. is immense. That's something you don't get with any other older books. While you can pick on some differences here and there, they really highlight the point I've already made. Moreover, a good reason for this is that there wasn't a printing press, and it was important for people with limited portions of the Word to receive it. to act on it, to live it. Hence, the brothers copied and translated and traveled and shared (The 1st and 2nd century Christian writings from the early church fathers shows that they literally spoke it as well. Every sentence seemed to have quotes from the Word and they were fluent in it like a duck swims in water.). This was much different to the process of preserving and copying the Old Testament where standards of care and accuracy where taken as religiously as their religious beliefs (got a space wrong, start over).
Than why is it that according to the Septuagint, Dead Sea Scrolls and Josephus all put Goliath’s height at “four cubits and a span” instead of the more recent, Masoretic version’s “six cubits and a span”? There were still mistakes and mistranslations albeit small ones
Well said. it’s funny because I’ve been watching “inspired philosophy” for a while now, and you both have helped me become a well spoken true Christian, especially when it comes to topics that, at least for me, are talked about outside of church, or like engaging conversation with unbelievers and even those misguided. Lastly…. PLEASE MAKE THE T SHIRTS!!!!
What do you think about the other books in the catholic bible (Macabees, Bel and the Dragon, ect). I have no idea about them but I was curious on your viewpoint. Also love your videos, keep up the good work bro!
Please make that t-shirt, I’d love to wear it around. Seems like a good conversation starter!
Interesting. I've recently been looking into how well the biblical narrative fits with finds from archaeology (about human history and civilizations) of the corresponding timeframes and I can say that it fits pretty well. When taking the rough timeframes given in the Bible at face value (with one exception that I am going to get to in just a moment) there is pretty much always a couple of artifacts and extrabiblical ancient texts that, while not necessarily definitively proving it, definitely show that the biblical event in question is plausible and perfectly fitting into the evidence of that time. This applies to the Tower of Babel, the battle of 9 kings, the Exodus and so on.
There is only one thing that seems weird: the genealogies.
While I can't say anything about the pre-flood genealogy of Genesis 5, because the flood presumably destroyed most of the evidence for pre-flood civilizations anyway, the post-flood genealogy from Genesis 11 (Shem to Abraham) does seem puzzling. The times given appear too short: about 350 years from the flood to the birth of Abraham. When looking at archaeological evidence on when the first cradle of civilization developed (which was Sumer - the culture associated with the Tower of Babel), it appears that the timeframe should be about 10 times as long.
But it's not just that the genealogies seem weird when compared to the extrabiblical evidence. They also appear strange in the context of the bible itself: The book of Ruth gives us a genealogy from Judah's son Perez to king David. When you combine this with the 430 years Israel spent in Egypt (Exodus 12,40) and the 480 years between the Exodus and king Solomon (1 Kings 6,1), you'll notice that it does not contain enough generations to make it fit, because it would imply an average age of at least 104.5 years at the birth of the next generation.
There is also the fact that Matthew's genealogy of Jesus mentions half as many generations as Luke does for the timeframe between the Babylonian Exile and Jesus. Luke's number seems plausible for the given timframe. Matthew's is not impossible, but certainly not probable either.
But here is the thing: we know that the Bible genealogies skip generations. Matthew skipped four of the kings of Judah (for each there is a plausible theological reason for why) and Luke mentions an additional name in the post-flood portion not mentioned in the Old Testament - Cainan (in this case there also appears to be a theological reason for his exclusion in Genesis, because extrabiblical tradition identifies him as the person who reintroduced idolatry and astrology after the flood).
And here is the most interesting thing I noticed: ALL FOUR of these genealogies that I felt like potentially being to short to be complete are 10 generations long!
Genesis 5 (Adam to Noah) > 10 generations + 3 sons
Genesis 11 (Noah/Shem to Terah/Abraham) > 10 generations + 3 sons
Ruth 4 (Perez to David) > 10 generations
Matthew 1 (between Zerubbabel and Jesus) > 10 generations
To be clear: I do believe that every person mentioned in these genealogies is real. But I don't think we should die on the hill that these genealogies are supposed to be complete. I think the Bible itself suggests otherwise. The Bible uses "son of" in both reference to direct fatherhood and more general descent. And this idea pretty much resolves every major chronology problem the Bible appears to have with the archaelogical evidence (of human history). If this idea is extended to the 7 days of creation, that would resolve the evolution discrepancy aswell. Although I don't think it is as clear in that case and will personally refrain from choosing a side.
If evolution isn’t true than why did God give men (human males) nipples?
Really interesting analysis, thank you. I think may people make too big of a deal of trying to paste together genealogies. It’s awesome to realize that they can be both accurate, but incomplete, even by design.
As you mention with the 4 sets of 10, that’s also interesting. I’ve personally been learning recently how the scripture, OT especially, is structured in many ways to aid with its memorization in a primarily oral culture. For example, many of the key numbers used are significant and easy to remember, like 40. It’s not an exact, to 3 significant figures measurement; it’s actually more than that. It’s an approximation meant to demonstrate and draw your attention to something important. So the fact that these genealogies have a set length between key characters really seems to fit this.
I also think this is worth pointing out because I’d never thought about it before until my friend told me, but these genealogies can serve an important purpose for translating the bible from dead languages, as names tend not to change much between languages. Just cool to me to think “why is this included, especially if it’s confusing or incomplete?” Well, maybe it’s a part of God’s plan to provide for the continuance and accurate translation of his Word.
My main thing to take away from this personally is remembering that things we read in the bible like numbers and genealogies are accurate but not necessarily exhaustive.
@@evanevanf4033 Hehehe. Good question XD
@@timothysullivan1669 Goliath was six foot nine and Mary was thirteen years when she gave birth to Jesus sorry these are just historical facts
@@timothysullivan1669 Aha! Yeah, that is a good point with the oral tradition. It fits well with an idea I already had which is that the people in the period when the Bible was first written down had a very different relationship with literature in general. I mean really: what is more interesting to an ancient Israelite from the Iron Age? That the patriarchs became super old and had children at incredibly advanced ages (both things associated back then with divine blessing) or that the numbers can be used to calculate a chronology to do... what exactly? It's not like they had the knowledge of past periods of history that we have now.
20:40 I just checked the part in the Qur'an you talked about I think you made a typo it's Surah 5:116, if anyoneys curious like me. Irish Methodist viewer from Northen Ireland, UK here (independent of the GB Methodist Church so GB votes on same-sex marriage etc don't apply and I think its quite different to the UMC on a number of issues predating Theological Liberalism), really love your stuff and even though I disagree with you on a few issues I love your videos and they're very helpful in getting good information on theology in an easy to engage with format 😊. Keep up the good work!
Are the Protestant churches in Northern Ireland more conservative than the churches in GB? You mentioned that the Methodist church in NI is separate from the rest of the U.K. church but I was curious if that was more of a general thing in Northern Ireland, that all of the churches tend to be more separate and conservative.
Not a Methodist myself but my grandmother who is a Methodist has a transgender pastor, not sure they’re really sticking to the bible.
@@Valencetheshireman927 Yes! Largely so, there's obviously a few progressive ministers/rectors even priests but they are predominantly more conservative in Ireland for all four major churches (Methodist, Presbyterian, Church of Ireland ((Anglican)) and Roman Catholic). The Church of Ireland is kind of like the autocephalous churches in Eastern Orthodoxy where it is in communion with the Church of England but not totally bound by it. Presbyterian official church is also totally separate and unique to Ireland. Roman Catholics in Ireland Will obviously have different emphasises than in other Catholic nations despite being in the global church. It will also depend on location usually with more metropolitan areas having more liberal ministers, though most city churches, as well as big churches with large immigrant populations from Fiji or certain African countries etc tend to be conservative too. The most liberal churches would be independent non-denominational ones like the "Non-Subscribing Presbyterian church" which has no creeds so Unitarianism and pride flags etc could be common, though just as possible to be Ultra conservative.
Another Catholic here love the channel! Have you seen Jimmy Akin eviscerate Bart Ehrman in their debate on gospel reliability? It was like watching Bart Vs Bart with Jimmy in one of the Barts corners.
How do you put out so much quality content??? Thanks jack
At the moment you are one of my favorite RUclips channels !!! Love the content you are doing , keep it up 🙏🏽
Best theology RUclips Channels
Matt Whitman
Gospel Simplicity
And Redeemed Zoomer
Not necessarily in that order 👏🏽
I would buy a t-shirt, yeah. Also, congratulations on becoming so big. It's clear that God is working through you and I commend you for the great content, presented with humility, understanding, and entertainment.
This really helped me understand when you said the Bible is sort of like Jesus, truly human and truly divine at the same time, not divided or one or the other.
Hearing inspiring philosophy, ❤❤❤❤❤
Bro I only saw the thumbnail and pic and immediately subscribed. Jesus and minecraft with the homies my favorite thing
watched a few of your videos now - I feel like I have found a friend. onward broseph!
Hey RZ, since you're part Jewish, can you do why I am not a Messianic Jew? Or on a somewhat related note, why I am not a Sabbathitarian? (In case you or anyone reading this doesn't know, it's a Christian who believes that Saturday is the Sabbath)
This!
I am VERY interested on his view on Sabbathitarianism.
Just in time! I was watching a bunch of Christian vs. Jew debates about the bible and this video gets released not even a day later...
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASS do a video on the deutero canonical catholic books
Have a lot of respect for you brother! I really appreciate your vodeos, and God is using them to help me draw closer to Him, praise God.
Do you think Christ's divine and human nature can be separated?
No, that's Nestorianism
@Redeemed Zoomer glad to hear it. Why, then, do you think the written Word can be separated? This appears to be what you're saying when you say some people can stduy the Word but not really be studying the Word. Or did I misunderstand something?
I’m sorry, but I think this is a deeply confused view of the Bible. Scripture is clearly historical documentation of eyewitness testimony to the divine. When you read it, you analyze it’s claims and the available evidence in order to decide whether to suspend your disbelief in the supernatural or not.
I am a believer because logic led me to theism independent of the Bible. The universe’s coherence is best explained by a fundamental consciousness creating for a purpose. Once I accepted that axiom, the idea that said consciousness would make itself known amongst its conscious creations became expected. By analyzing the various claims to divine experience, Christianity offers the most comprehensive model to explain all the data.
TLDR: Absent a personal revelation from our Lord Jesus Christ, the only valid epistemic path to faith in him is through scripture. Not the other way around. The Pharisees COULD see Jesus (as the Angel of the Lord) in scripture. It was their own rebellious motivations that blinded them.
I agree with you for the most part, his view is influenced by his Calvinist beliefs.
I came to Christ in a similar fashion, though I still have doubts. I realized that nihilism was an illogical cope resulting from industrial sterilization. So I looked into Stoicism with the concept of the Logos (the logical principle of reality). It made me realize that the ancients weren't down on shrooms (at least not most of the time) and were actually trying to figure things out.
Same dude, I became a theist through logic. I was a deist, which means I believed in a god, but not a theist god. But by analysing the historical documentation of eyewitness testimony to the ressurection, I became convinced of Christianity.
I think you’re gonna be a cool guide on my journey down more into the Bible and I appreciate it also super cool world!
As an atheist, I want to thank you for making things a lot clearer for me. I understand christians a lot better now.
I respect that there are people who want to understand the Bible and God before they jump into faith. I am a Christian and I think that we should absolutely question our faith. Ok maybe not faith, but what we believe and why. Because maybe we're wrong. And I've questioned different aspects of my religion and how we worship and the presence of evil and how true the Bible is and in what manner. I love questioning. I honestly feel like my faith grows stronger the more I ask questions. Sorry for the ramble, I just found this channel and I'm excited. Hope you have a great day!
I like how he cut out the Nephilim thing with an ad, and then just a blank grey space lmao
You should do Q&A’s based on the comment section. Also, make T-Shirts! Plenty of people will buy them! Including me!
Praise the Lord 🙌🏽✝️🕊❤️🔥.
Hey man, only recently came across your channel. Really love this stuff dude keep it up
hello there i just wanted to ask you will you go to hell even if you’re very good and did good things but you’re not christian.I need some answers i am struggling with my faith currently.
If you’re a good person, you’ll go to heaven. Problem is, nobody is good except Jesus. We can’t say for sure who is going to hell, we can only say that faith in Christ is the only PROMISE of salvation
I believe you’ll be judged according to what you’ve been exposed to. So when the evidence that Jesus is Lord becomes sufficient, if you accept him, you will be saved. If you don’t, you will be given what you want and sent to hell where you can compete with your new neighbors to be your own God.
In an objective sense, literally nobody on this earth is a good person. The only way not go to hell is by God forgiving your sins so that he sees you as good and blameless, so that you are fit for heaven, because not even one sin is allowed in heaven. And the way that that God forgives us is through the sacrifice Jesus did on the cross, which finally enabled everyone who believes to have eternal life (heaven) which is what John 3:16 says
God is the only truly good thing, therefore doing a work not for the good of God is not spiritually good, but rather what modern day calls good. The modern day "good" refers to works that are helpful to other humans. But for a work to be truly good, it must be in representation of God. If you give money to a charity because you want to be "good" you are not doing a good work but a helpful one. If you give money to a charity because you believe God wants you to do it, it is a good work because it is glorifying God's will. Therefore, there are no truly good people, since the human nature is to do helpful works instead of good works. Second, doing good works does not necessarily make you a good person. We are born into sin and therefore are born a bad person, because sin is bad and we are sinful. Every human has broken the majority of the 10 commandments(God's law) and therefore are defined as a bad person. Which is why we need to be saved and forgiven by God to enter his kingdom, otherwise we would be sinful people entering his kingdom and God can not tolerate sin. I hope this makes sense, I tried to make it simple. God bless you brother!
This certainly deals with that passage in the OT where some measurements are given that imply that pi is equal to exactly 3.
This video is literally what I just prayed to God for not even two hours ago
Glad you mentioned IP. He’s great.
I would totally buy the mosaic across shirt! I love your take on things. We need more Christ-centered content, but especially gaming content. Blessings, brother. 🕊❤️🔥✝️
Love this
I'm so happy Shroomland was in the video!
(I'm zombiehunter3708)
Good God Almighty we praise, worship and glorify Your holy Name forevermore. Amen. Ordinary Time.
At around 6:00 you call Paul "Faul" with an F on accident. The interesting thing is that in Hebrew, the letter that makes the F sound is the same letter that also makes the P sound.
Great content man, however the Minecraft in-game chat is pretty distracting when I’m watching, could you please consider turning it off for future vids?
I never promote merch but I'd love to buy a sweater of that mosaic
So Paul writes differently from his other books as if nobody doesn't change how they talk or write overtime? Is it not possible someone else wrote to him in a certain style different from his and thought 'hey that sounds kinda better'
Everybody does this, from writers, public speakers, and song writers.
I love your videos man you’re a great mind 🧠
You should make a video about the puddle argument.
God is the Lord which has shown us light,
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord
Give you props ❤ keep at it
What happened at 19:10 ?!
It was a joke lol - caught me off guard as well and I didn't know what was happening.
His personal view of the Nephilim disturbed the Spirit and was wiped out. Coincidence? :)
𝙽𝚎𝚙𝐡i𝚕𝕚𝚖 brain wave augmentation has intercepted Redeemed Zoomer's transmission to us (he spoke the truth of the matter and it must not be widely revealed).
i love this channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💯🎯🙏
Could it be that the Holy Spirit reveals the truth to anyone who seeks it, but most refuse to truly search or let go of what’s blinding them?
To put it simply, while the Bible does have take-aways of how we should live and how to behave, and while the Bible also has scientific facts that concrete science will not contradict and is a huge historical record, the Bible is a collection of books with its main purpose to teach us about God and who He is. It’s also about, as you say, Jesus and how He has saved humanity from eternal death (the wages of sin is death).
LDS church member here, this is truly one of my favorite channels on RUclips.
Repent and seek Christ!
I was always annoyed with the atheist mindset of ‘but it contradicts itself therefore wrong and stupid!’ There are far better reasons to be an atheist than semantics, and it has the same energy as someone thinking they win an argument because the other person made a grammar mistake. If the Bible is the word of god, it was still penned by us humans, who are nothing of not fallible. Great vid, Zoomer. I really think it helps clear up some of that stuff.
8:02 his view of the scripture
15:34 I've heard the debate before. Since Jesus was on the cross for hours He said multiple things so it's possible that was just one of the sentences.
The server crash at the discussion of nephilim 😂
Dude I just heard you say the bible is Human and Divine, which comparing to Jesus blows my mind. Like I knew in the back of my head that is what it basically is but never really thought about.,
Great stuff sir