What most people don't know about Ethiopia is that they were Jewish too since the days of Egypt. Elephantine Island on the river Nile is where many Ethiopians used to worship (before Egyptian wars forced then to migrate down south the Nile) has been found to have a Temple with the exact dimensions as the 1st Solomonic Temple. The Ethiopian one dates back to before or about the same time as well. Looks like God had a backup plan. Anti sacrifice Egyptians that worshiped a Ram headed God forced the Ethiopian Jews out of Elephantine Island forcing them down south via the Blue Nile to the General Area Ethiopians Inhabit today. Many of these monuments were destroyed between 525 and 522 B.C. on the orders of Cambyses II, king of Persia and heir to Cyrus the Great
And Ethiopian Judaism opened the door to their early reception of Christ, because these exilic Jews in Ethiopia did not have the Jerusalem temple leaders’ hatred of Him. This process of conversion remains to be proven by scholars but it makes sense. The Georgians converted in 325 AD and the Armenians before them in 300. Early Georgian culture was influenced by Syriac and exilic Judaism as was Armenian. Ethiopia had a parallel cultural amalgam at the time and readily converted to Christianity in the early IV c.
I’m a white female and I just got my first Ethiopian Bible today! I am excited to get into it. God bless all Gods people and let us stand together in midst of this dark world! I love you all ❤❤
I’m and Black American who joined the Coptic church last year and this guy is on point. My wife is Eritrean and Tewahedo Christian as well. The Oriental Orthodox tradition is the closest thing we have to the true original Way of Christ.
@@Peter-the-Angryan ethnic group that was born in the United States from the coming together of many west African ethnic groups as well as a genetic contribution by Irish and English slavers through raype. It’s essentially an ethnic group that has developed in American soil and is therefore native there. The reason they’re called ‘Black’ is because the ethnic group developed in a context where they were enslaved due to their skin colour/rayce. If they had developed more naturally then they’d likely have adopted a different name as other ethnic groups did elsewhere but it is what it is. The confusion comes due to the fact that black (without a capital) is also used to refer to a racial grouping of people with sub-Saharan ancestry but they’re not equal. Black is an American ethnic group while black is a racial grouping.
@@mugikuyu9403 Youre African American because your ancestors came from West or South West African region. That's allot of word salad to try and differentiate yourself from Africans over petty divisive issues. Do you see any Asians calling themselves yellow Asians? Haha get out of here with that nonsense
Thank You, I got baptized in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church over 12 years ago and it was the greatest blessing I received from all my research. Genesis 2:13 Ethiopia was first mentioned, in fact Ethiopia is mentioned over 30 times in the Bible. That’s a sign within itself.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💚💛❤️
Biblical Ethiopia has nothing to do with modern Ethiopia which emerge in 1916. Aethiopia was used to refer the Kush Empire . Christianity actually arrived in modern Ethiopia through Kush Empire of Axum Kingdom.
@@WediAkele-hd8yh biblical Ethiopia may not only include say modern Ethiopia but modern Ethiopia is part of the biblical Ethiopia. We can be sure by this.
@@gedionendalkachew12 Modern Ethiopian renamed from Abyssnia to Ethiopian in 1941 after the expansion of Oromo land by Menelik. Again, modern Ethiopia has nothing to do biblical Ethiopia.
Dear friends, thank you for raising this subject that will be shining more light on Christ and Christianity!! the books that Ethiopians are holding belong to all Christians and all the world, of course. I absolutely agree the books have nothing against the Bible, rather, provide more details and have further elaboration on what's in the Bible. What in the world could make us more happier and blessed? Stay blessed! Birhanu from Ethiopia.
Thank you for sharing this.i am a christian.i am also a veteran who put many years in,several war campaigns,several countries.we discovered many ancient mystical relics we stole( our government, greedy,secrecy neferious) when we got Sadam after 911,our teams expeditionary units took some very important biblical things I know about,others dont.as I was extremely angry when I visited the vatican twice to find out rome,ceasar were the ones,others who kept out books of enoch for neferious reasons.then I discovered as I spent time in greece,hidden history there,bu ethopian bible god was showing me,is where the answers,to the coming great deception they are planning,as recent bits of disclose the allowed out.many people are looking in the wrong areas.mythical gods,were not mythical,nor atlantis, etc,the are part of the nephilum ,fallen angels,skewed dna , humans,fallen ones,and other creatures as in old testiment ,a sliver of info on it,the rest is in book of enoch,it's not mythical,it's something else.if you know how I can get an ethopian bible,and the books of enoch,jubilee,I really want to get involved,or start a bible study based on the real truth,the ethopian bible,much older than king james sadly.i believe the vatican is harboring the truth,but they want to hang onto power,they need to be exposed,as soon it may be too late,people will freak out when the big lie comes.
I hear and understand your heart, but Dr. Bantu stated, that these additional books, confirm what’s said in the 66 books in the Bible’s most of us have/use! So don’t lose heart related to what “nefarious” scheme Europeans had for leaving out those additional books! We can speculate, but it may be as simple as wanting to differentiate from the Catholic church as he said. As long as you know Christ as Lord, we need not stress ourselves over that, but let those additional books add to our knowledge and love of Him and each other. And a word for me, was to study more those 66 as I as possibly read the 81! Because, side note, a lot of us don’t know those as well as we should!! Stay encouraged!!
I have had these books since l was 17. My dad was a pastor. He died of cancer when l was 15. I began my search then. Dr Bantu is on point, I these books do not contradict the gospel. Furthermore, again he is correct about the New Testament pseudo-apocrypha books they don’t line up.
I'm exploring so-called "extra-Biblical texts", and when you mentioned that the Ethiopian Bible contains 81 books including Jubilees and Enoch, it occurred to me that 81 (the number of books in the Ethiopian Bible) = 9². The number 9 is generally accepted by theologians and scholars as the number of divine completeness and finality. We know Jubilees, Enoch, and even the book of Jasher were, at one time, included in the Israelite canon because fragments of those books were discovered in the caves near Qumr'an. I've read Enoch, Jubilees, Jasher, Maccabees, Wisdom, Surach, and the other books you mentioned, so I need to get myself a copy of the Ethiopian Bible to see if there are other books my collection is missing. If the total number of books in the Ethiopian Bible is, indeed, 81 (and I have no reason to disbelieve you), that, in my mind anyway, could symbolize ultimate completion, since God seems to work with mathematical symbols often.
If I’m not mistaken Jesus and the New Testament actually do quote from Enoch and other extra-biblical books. The reason why we shouldn’t consider them scripture is bc Jesus and the Hebrews didn’t. This isn’t to say they aren’t reliable, or good or important to read, but it is to say they weren’t inspired. I take the same position as the late Dr. Michael Heiser “a book doesn’t have to be in the Bible or inspired to be important and worth reading” that’s my paraphrase.
Greetings, in the name of the Lord Jesus! Grace and peace be multiplied to you all!🙏🏽 Please forgive me for placing my comments upon yours. My name is Rickey Caster. I am a father of six with one wife. I have been preaching the gospel in the streets since 2014, as the Holy Ghost has given me charge. As the Lord is my hope, we have seen quite a few people come to the Lord, even begun, putting their hands to the plow. Praise the Lord! I find it necessary to dig deeper into church history, and the earlier events of the church. Especially in Africa. I have been able to defend the faith from the biblical standpoint decently. But I need to go deeper. To create a firmer place to stand on issues , that will need a greater explanation. We’ve won souls to the simple and simplicity of preaching the gospel. We’ve charge people to repent from being in error pertaining, the gospel of the Lord Jesus. Now I believe it is time also to go deeper in study so that way I can be better in defending the faith apologetically. I am almost full-time ministering in the streets. But I want to subscribe to study. How do I do such a thing?
As a Protestant, my understanding of the Apocrypha is they were included in the Septuagint Greek translation Circa B.C. 250-200 and Jerome's Latin Vulgate translation Circa A.D. 382-384. However, Jerome called them "Books of the Church", not canon. Earlier (240 A.D.), Eusebius and Origen affirmed most of the current OT as conical, but none of the Apocrypha. Josephus wrote they were "not worthy of equal credit..." Historically, they did not officially become canon until the Council of Trent in 1546, coincidentally the year that Martin Luther died. So Protestants technically did not exclude them because they were not scripture until that date! They were not made a part of the bible because: 1) in the 295 times the OT was quoted by Jesus and the Apostles, no quotes were from the Apocrypha. 2) The Jews do not accept the Apocrypha. 3) And doctrinal differences such as purgatory, prayers for the dead (to get a transfer to heaven), and justification by faith alone. Thus, they are not given equal standing. But rather than disagree on how historically accurate any of this is, one thing is certain: our salvation rests in Jesus!
In 2 Maccabees 12, Judas Maccabees is praised for sacrificing to the dead, something God never commanded (See Leviticus 101-3. Judas Maccabees is said to have been slain in 152 during the reign of Seleucide in Mac. 9:3; but 2 Mac. 1:10 he writes a letter to Aristobulus in the year 188, 36 years after his death. Tobit 6:8 And the angel, answering, said to him: If thou put a little piece of its heart upon coals, the smoke thereof driveth away all kind of devils, either from man or from woman, so that they come no more to them.” Is it true that the smoke from a fish’s heart, when burned, drives away evil spirits? Of course not. Such a superstitious teaching has no place in the word of God. Teaches that forgiveness of sins is by human effort. Salvation by works: • Tobit 4:11, “For alms deliver from all sin, and from death, and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness.” • Tobit 12:9, “For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.” We know from Scripture that alms (money or food given to the poor or needy as charity) does not purge our sins. The blood of Christ is what cleanses us - not money or food given to poor people. “But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin,” (1 John 1:7). Money as an offering for the sins of the dead: 2 Maccabbees 12:43, “And making a gathering, he sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously concerning the resurrection.” Can anyone truly accept that money isn’t offering for the sins of dead people? Such a superstitious and unbiblical concept has no place in Scripture. Historical Errors Wrong historical facts: • Judith 1:5, “Now in the twelfth year of his reign, Nabuchodonosor, king of the Assyrians, who reigned in Ninive the great city, fought against Arphaxad and overcame him.” • Baruch 6:2, “And when you are come into Babylon, you shall be there many years, and for a long time, even to seven generations: and after that I will bring you away from thence with peace.” The book of Judith incorrectly says that Nebuchadnezzar was the king of the Assyrians when he was the king of the Babylonians.1 Baruch 6:2 says the Jews would serve in Babylon for seven generations where Jer. 25:11 says it was for 70 years. “And this whole land shall be a desolation and a horror, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.” Conclusion Obviously, the Apocrypha has serious problems. From magic to salvation by works, to money as an offering for the sins of the dead, and blatant incorrect historical facts - it is full of false and unbiblical teachings. It isn’t inspired by God. Likewise, neither is the Roman Catholic Church, which has stated the Apocrypha is inspired. This shows the Roman Catholic Church is not the means by which God is communicating his truth to his people, that the Magisterium has erred greatly, and that it is infested with man’s false tradition rather than God’s absolute truth. The books themselves are contradictory, and chronologically inaccurate. They introduce characters which are fables, they contradict not only themselves but also the Holy Scriptures. They are not inspired, and not included in the canon by most of the early fathers and no council approved them with any degree of prudence. These differences are irreconcilable.
Grace and Peace to you. Bring it out! Additionally, Wisdom of Sirach contains multiple verses that contradict Jesus’s admonition for us to love our enemies. Also, the angel Raphael in Tobit lied about him being an angel.
From one historian to another: you explained it very well. We must understand the choices of selection books and translations they all were predicated on political power and societal control. The protestants were opposing the power of the king and the position of the pope . And remember that the Europeans who were just introduced to scriptures attempt to control the bible as a eroupean contruct and reinforced it by the crusades which had very impact on the promiseland. Thus in every country the European enter he entered with the Catholics bible and destruction of those in a un godly manner. And the bible is not regarded for salvation bt in order to maintain in the presence of God one must study the word of God and pray that the holy spirit will guide you....... History, world history is important that we might know that the white overtones/pictures are a new phenomenon and that africican knew and praised God before the European was introduced to civilization.
None of the books may not be a contradiction, but people choose to interpret it and apply it in a way that contradicts the Word (e.g Catholic people). We must rightly divide the Word of truth.
Such a great interview. Very informative. Would there be any version/translation of the Ethiopian Bible that either you or Dr. Bantu would/could recommend? I'm really interested in digging into it.
You can find the books not included in western versions of the Bible, the Enochian ones etc. in separate volumes. Charlesworth was the expert on extrabiblical pseudepigrapha and apocrypha. His books in hardback are widely available.
People don’t accept Ethiopian bible because they want to modify it so that it accommodates them but religion and rules are in place so that it keeps reminding the purpose of the religion and test the faith but now a days people rewrite to their comfort they don’t fear any more and that is wrong fear,faith,respect is important in a religion
I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about all are corrupted. God is going to judge the nation of course it is under his judgement that we are seeing the whole lot of mess in all four corner of its border.
Grace and Peace to you. I enjoy Dr. Bantu, but I'm disappointed that he won't acknowledge that the deuterocanon is littered with theological issues. Those issues are well documented, and as I read through the Orthodox Church deuterocanon, I'm finding more issues not discussed by others that I've heard or read.
Agreed. Salvation by works, purgatory and pre-existence of the soul are among them. Along with historical errors that the inspired books don't make. Unfortunately Vince Bantu was asked to address an area he's not expert in and made some pretty basic mistakes.
Another very serious problem is Bantu's false equivalence regarding Protestantism and slavery. The fact is -- the Protestant canon was determined 100-200 years before the mass chattel slave trade as we know it started. So, contrary to Bantu's claims, the Protestant canon itself had absolutely *nothing* to do with slavery. Nothing. Also, church involvement in slavery itself was started by the Catholic Church in the 1400s. Not by Protestants. That's 100 years before the Reformation even began. And the Catholic Church has an expanded canon Bantu is so fond of. So he's dead wrong about that too. Overall he's great. But on questions of Bible canon history and church history outside of Africa unfortunately he's out of his depth.
@@TheThinkersBible Grace and Peace to you. Regarding the determination of the Protestant Canon, are you referring to Martin Luther's rejection of the "deuterocanon"?
@@lark8356 Grace and Peace to you as well. Not Martin Luther specifically because Luther wanted to exclude Jude and a few other books because they didn't agree with his theology. It's the general recognition by many up to Luther's day that the deuterocanon was not held in the same esteem by important authorities in the early church, nor by the Jews. Martin Luther didn't make the final decision to remove them. After Luther, in 1611 the King James translators placed the deuterocanon between the Old and New Testaments. In 1685 it was removed to avoid confusion.
Dyeing separating from body and be like Angeles so that doesn't mean they aren't know about the world for the person who call there name they will ask for mercy it is written in the Bible so read the Bible carefully
I am ethiopian orthodox . the old Negro spiritual songs are like angles singing . from the heart. the same spirit of broken heart sounds asking God for help. i went to Jamaicans ethiopian orthodox in Jamaica you could feel how holy the people were and there believes more than Ethiopians. they did it out of love. A lot of holy people say one book is good know GOD.the fifty homilies of saint mercurius is a great book too. we ethiopians a lossing our way pray for us
Very informative. Great summary of the Ethiopian Bible vs Protestant Bible. Unfortunately Dr. Bantu does sort of gloss over some problems with the extended canons. The problems are real and are not Protestant inventions. The Jews as he briefly mentioned didn't accept these extra books and never considered them inspired and authoritative even before the first century. And Enoch in particular adds a lot to the word of God -- and could not possibly have been written by Enoch. Plus there actually ARE serious doctrinal errors taught in the apocryphal books -- pre-existence of souls, salvation by works, purgatory among them. Plus additions to the word of God like the angels/demons/Nephilim stories that presume to speak where scripture is silent. Finally, there are verifiable historical errors, which is not true of the Bible. So it's wonderful to know about the Ethiopian canon but just because it's African doesn't automatically make it right, and just because it came from Europeans doesn't automatically make it wrong. Peace.
Interesting points. I want to share the following thoughts. First, the Jews also do not accept the New Testament, the gospel, that Jesus is the Messiah nor the teachings of Christ. So that fact that the Jews reject a book is not any indication of whether a book should be included in the Bible. Second, to claim that a book not in the Protestant cannon speaks where scripture is silent is to presume the Protestant cannon is in fact the standard cannon. The Protestant cannon has various problems of its own including omitting books that Christendom held to for more than a millennium, and frequently reinterpreting and translating scripture to conform with Protestant ideology. Your point that just because something comes from Europe doesn’t mean it’s bad is true.
@@gfujigo fair points to raise, but that's not why I was saying those things. First, the books in question are not New Testament books. They're included in Old Testament canons of ancient churches. Second, the books in question were never universally considered inspired and authoritative by the Jews. Jesus and the apostles never quoted from them (except one reference in Jude, which is why Jude was disputed for awhile). The Jews had a 22 book set of recognized inspired writings. That's the 39 we have in the Old Testament now. Third, the early church (which quickly became mostly Gentile) adopted the larger canon because the Jews included them -- without accounting for the fact that the Jews saw those additional books quite differently. And even then, it took many centuries and different churches adopted different sets of them. Yet all adopted the 39. That speaks volumes. And although some church fathers considered them inspired, many church fathers (eg Jerome) didn't put them on par with scripture. Over time that changed, but again not for a long time. So it's actually the contrary -- just because they were eventually (and unevenly) included in canons doesn't mean they were inspired scripture (canon and inspiration are actually different things).
judge them by their fruits . protestants catholic let gay abortion trans laws rule there country.. the only person the Holy Spirit told to be baptized was ethiopian . we have been there from the start b4 the 10 commandments . it doesnt make us better than any true christian . BUT we have been christian we didnt let the muslin the Catholics destroy us . but the protestants are getting a lot of souls but we should over come and our country is changing for the worse. . after the king gave over the education system to the protestants the problem started . our first book was psalm and fear of GOD was our law. but now the teach us we come from monkeys
@@TheThinkersBible Ethiopians can trace a lineage all the way back to King Solomon, Ethiopia Beta Israel (Jews) does consider them Canonical. They are first temple jews who contradict everything in rabbinic judaism and antiquities of josephus . Book of Enoch dead sea scrolls also contradict Antiquities of Josephus. And lastly how you know Josephus is wrong is because he knew nothing of Menelik coming back to Israel to meet his father King Solomon and bringing Judaism back to Ethiopia. Those books were removed by 2nd temple Jews and its clear as day.
Your viewing the books through the lens of your current doctrine. That's the issue. You have to be truly objective when researching these things. No preconceived bias. Part of your doctrine for example is to omit Saturday Sabbath in place for First Day Rest (Sunday). That alone exposes everything about most Christian doctrines. Sunday Rest is a deception doctrine. The angels in the Tomb of Messiah said "He has RISEN as He said" that early Sunday morning. Jesus was cruxified Wednesday....3 days from then is SATURDAY Rising. Mary rested on Saturday per Torah Law. So she went to the Tomb Sunday morning. Jesus had already Risen....not that Sunday morning, but yesterday, during THE SABBATH. Yet Protestant & Catholic and other churches have been deceived into a DOCTRINE of Sunday Rest....dangerous for us to maintain this Sunday doctrine now that we know it's deception. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church keeps Saturday Sabbath.
Please help, I hear the Ethiopian bible is the manuscript that has never changed te manuscripts and also their bible or believe that Jesus Christ was Black or African, please explain.
@ dilizasibiya, I'm Ethiopian and I just wanted to let you know that thank you for looking for the truth! Ethiopian orthodox is the true way to God. But I wanted to let you know that we Ethiopians never said about God being black. There is no such thing black or white we are all. That's what Ethiopia orthodox we believe. Please don't think like that anymore I didn't who told you that but don't believe them. Best wishes on your journey!
@@sarademisse7339brother plz help where to get ethiopian bible in english jesus christ showed me truth now plzz i need to protect me and my family in real god's presence
Yes, the Ethiopian Bible, also known as the Orthodox Tewahedo Bible, has been translated into English. Some English translations include: Ethiopian Bible in English Complete: Lost Books of the Bible. Apocrypha This collection is considered the most complete version of the Ethiopian Bible available and is the only one to include an English translation of the Ethiopian Meqabyan books. The Ethiopian Bible (Illustrated) This English version of the Bible's lost and ancient sacred texts was published in 2022 and was written by Nebure Ishaq and Liya Shanani, with translation by E.A. Wallis Budge
You would think that the book of Enoch would be canonical since it talks about his walk with God if God is the center of why we believe. I don’t believe that it was thrown out because the apostles didn’t reference it. For all I know , what the apostles referenced was edited or ALL their references were not recorded.
O yes brother they are contradicting each other some of them are even Satanic verses & I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about contact me if you will !
33:01: "You don't actually need the Bible to be saved (this is my addendum to Dr. Bantu's quote: "...by Jesus Christ")" This is a very true statement... 1. Because only Jesus (God WITH us) can SAVE US... 2. The early believers didn't even have the full Bible, since it was being lived and written as they lived AND YET THEY WERE SAVED...
I just bought an Ethiopian Bible, but it had nothing to do with "whiteness". Maybe concentrate harder on the words of Jesus as you study Christianity to include these extra books.
If you were baking a cake that called for 8 ingredients but you only used 6 or 4, or were to lessen measurements, would it be the same cake? Regardless of reason for taking out ingredients (gluten free, diabetes, personal taste) it would not be the same. It would indeed be something different. I feel the same stands for ANY book that is picked over to produce another book by the same name. Because we know the Ethiopian Bible IS IN FACT the first bible, it should be the one that is read. Although the Ge’ez is an old language only used in liturgy doesnt mean it cant be translated into English, Mandarin, Russian or any other language. With so many translation apps and even films/tv shows creating new futuristic languages, it should not be rocket science, especially sense it was already partially translated 2-3 times in various languages. Is it a must have to get the Ge’ez translated into other languages? Yes. To quote scripture as saying that Jesus is the word, but to only present a bible that gives partial insight is as good as Ikea selling furniture with only 6 steps out of the 10 needed to build the structure. Granted that dining room table will be necessary in helping to nourish your family and bring together community, but if you cant set it up properly and have to worry about it breaking down and causing injury, then it wont be worth it. Let’s get out of the centuries of habit of accepting partial product for truth. You wouldn’t purposely purchase or eat a piece of fruit from a partially naturally grown tree, then why accept partial versions of the Christian bible.
But why didn't the Ethiopian understand scripture if this is true ..please someone help me..it appears that the gospel didn't reach Ethiopia at that time
Imagine claiming to be religious, but are too afraid to say the old testament came from Israel. Let's ignore your own religious texts, so we can be politically correct. What god do you follow? The one that dictates your actions
Hello I hope someone reads this! How can I get a copy of an Ethiopian Bible with these extra books that is translated in modern English? Thank you I’m advance. Amen.
970 years before Jesus around 10000 first born male from Israel lewi tribe move to Ethiopia (Axum) by god order with arc of the covenant their name negede Agazi and teach judezem in northern Ethiopia then converted to Christianity in the first two centuries and became state religion 297CE- 324CE
Some people can’t accept it if it doesn’t fit their image! They have conquered the other places on the Bible so they can add their face to it but not with modern day Ethiopia
No way they are full of corruption & all of them contradicting each other some of them are even Satanic verses & I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about contact me if you will !
If this God is true being all knowing that man is flawed and that he could change his word why would he not just give it to us the way he does to all other creations a apple tree doesn't need a book to tell to it be a apple tree so why do people because it only causes confusion and division
Who do you think you are asking saying why why ? God almighty about His plan and purpose for His own creation ! You are in the wrong direction humble your self to be saved.
Well when you think about it we are all born with a moral compass to know right from wrong. It’s the greed of the world that chisels away at us and then we believe we must do or undo x and y to get z. As Dr. Bantu says towards the end of the video, we dont need the bible (be it 66,79 or 88 books) to be saved, we just need to believe in Jesus Christ and follow the commandments. It really is that simple, but we make it harder on ourselves.
I don’t want to be funny or nothing like that but I clicked on the link because it mentioned the Ethiopian Bible that I’ve been doing research on for a very long time like does no one on RUclips can break down the different versions of the Ethiopian Bible and what would be the best one that’s converted into English do anyone not know What that will have all 81 to 88 cannons books is legendary maybe 100 bucks do anybody not know where the heck it is by where can a person buy has the 🇪🇹 Bible been translated completely since the language to my knowledge of the dead language that some people still speak and not wildly popular today has it been translated completely I don’t wanna just buy some random book off of Amazon but I feel like I wasted my time coming and clicking on this link to be honest praise be to God for all the things that you guys are doing but damn is it no links into the description or have somebody can get their hands on this book this is just crazy
the first book of adam and eve and the book on echon are free online even audio book. aslo. the book i really like is the right now is the fifty homilies of saint mercurius it is not part of the bible but we think of it as holy
There hasn't been any translation of the Ethiopian Bible into English. What you'll need is to get a separate book of the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical Books and use it alongside your Bible.
I pray that the good doctor can jump over the hurdle of praying for the dead so that he can join Holy Orthodoxy. Jesus is visible. Therefore, so is the Church.
It is worth mentioning that the original King James Version of 1611 does include many of the Deutrocanonical books. My family has read the Maccabees several times over Hanukkah. It does not have Enoch or Jasher.
Wrong bout doing it longer then Europeans, we brought the mission and testimony of Christianity over there. But regardless shouldn't be bout skin color but bout getting your own relationship with God or God's
No one brought Christianity to Ethiopia! We don’t even practice our religion the same way nor we do we share the same diet, religious holidays with other Christians!
You only want to say it's not about skin color when it benefits you. There are many scriptures in the bible where it's about skin color. If it's not about skin color then why did Europeans white wash the Bible. He definitely did Not have blonde hair and Blue eyes. You're the one who's racist.
As Ethiopian ortodox, We believe dead people which are recognized as saints are also alive as christ said who believe in him his alive so they will intercede for us God's mercy as God give mercy for israelite because of moses. Even after king david dead he gave mercy for king solomon for the sake of his father covenant. So, we believed saints will pray for us after death vecause we are one body of christ. BZW not only Ethiopian Orthodox belive this all Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox and Catholics only Protestants don't believ in this
The dream given to John found in the Book of Revelation tells us the Bible is not the Word of God, so this is a bit of a mute point. None of the books, scrolls, or letters written by humans are the Word of God even if they might contain the Words of God. The Book of Revelation says the Word of God is God and that Word is Jesus. Jesus is the Word of God and only what he taught is the Word of God. The Words of God must come directly from God and Jesus is God.
Except without the Bible our faith is rooted in nothing. Revelation is in the Bible homie. So I guess that verse you just referred to is meaningless huh?
@@codmatterk Actually that is not true. If you seek God you will find him. The Bible contains the teachings of Jesus, thus it contains the Words of God, but not every teaching in the Bible comes from God or are his teachings. Any writings that counter the teachings of Jesus are not the teachings of God. But, even if you did not have the Bible and you seek after God, you can find him because a part of him is already inside of you, your soul is his breathe. Without God's breathe, nothing lives, and you have been made in the image of God, so you are more connected to God than you even know. You only need to look inside and find that part of you that is pure love to find God. But, most people fail to do that so Jesus came. And most still are failing, so Jesus will come again. The only teaching you need to know is the one commandment Jesus gave to simplify all the Law of God. Love one another as I have loved you even your enemies. Jesus gave his life for everyone so there would be a path from death to enternal life even for his enemies, thus if we love others and God the way God loves us, we will never break any of the Ten Commandments or harm other people in any way.
How can you be saved without baptism when Jesus said in Mark 16:16 "He who believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned"? If Jesus tied belief and baptism together to salvation; then how can one be saved by just believeing?
@@arnoldlawrence744baptism of the Holy Spirit - water baptism is symbolic of spiritual which leads & guides us n2 all truth. Salvation is thru belief in Yeshua
The verse in Mathew 27 which is about the plot and the action of the crucification , said that this crucification action was professed by ermiyas( jahermia) . In the 66 books bible in jharmia you dont find that profecy. But semanya ahadu bible's terefe ermias( the second jharmia,) , you find that professy.
They are contradicting each other some of them are even Satanic verses & I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about contact me if you will !
I would have watched this video to completion until the girl mentioned wanting to distance herself from anything white. I think that makes her racist and I refuse to listen to someone who is so ignorant. I will find information on this religion without the racism thanks
Very knowledgeable but inaccurate at times. To say that the current books of the Bible does not contradict with the gospels isn't accurate. Many of Paul's teaching are contradictions. One is how you treat people that mess up in the church. Very different to the turn your other cheeck example gave by Jesus. I can go on with many more.
Yes we have we were under the Alexandria Coptic church adminstration until 1950's then after coptic church apoint first Ethiopian patriarch. So our line of succession if from saint mark.
What most people don't know about Ethiopia is that they were Jewish too since the days of Egypt. Elephantine Island on the river Nile is where many Ethiopians used to worship (before Egyptian wars forced then to migrate down south the Nile) has been found to have a Temple with the exact dimensions as the 1st Solomonic Temple. The Ethiopian one dates back to before or about the same time as well. Looks like God had a backup plan. Anti sacrifice Egyptians that worshiped a Ram headed God forced the Ethiopian Jews out of Elephantine Island forcing them down south via the Blue Nile to the General Area Ethiopians Inhabit today. Many of these monuments were destroyed between 525 and 522 B.C. on the orders of Cambyses II, king of Persia and heir to Cyrus the Great
Being a jew has nothing do w color, only covenant
@@philw9787if that was the case why do 90% of Jews identify as white and why does Israel treat their own black Jews like red headed step children?
And Ethiopian Judaism opened the door to their early reception of Christ, because these exilic Jews in Ethiopia did not have the Jerusalem temple leaders’ hatred of Him. This process of conversion remains to be proven by scholars but it makes sense. The Georgians converted in 325 AD and the Armenians before them in 300. Early Georgian culture was influenced by Syriac and exilic Judaism as was Armenian. Ethiopia had a parallel cultural amalgam at the time and readily converted to Christianity in the early IV c.
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@@philw9787he is not talking about that if you really pay attention.
I’m a white female and I just got my first Ethiopian Bible today! I am excited to get into it. God bless all Gods people and let us stand together in midst of this dark world! I love you all ❤❤
Im white and think the Ethiopian bible is the truest bible!!
it is
I’m and Black American who joined the Coptic church last year and this guy is on point. My wife is Eritrean and Tewahedo Christian as well. The Oriental Orthodox tradition is the closest thing we have to the true original Way of Christ.
What's a black american?
@@Peter-the-Angry it’s a racial classification in United States and much of the west hemisphere
@@Peter-the-Angryan ethnic group that was born in the United States from the coming together of many west African ethnic groups as well as a genetic contribution by Irish and English slavers through raype. It’s essentially an ethnic group that has developed in American soil and is therefore native there. The reason they’re called ‘Black’ is because the ethnic group developed in a context where they were enslaved due to their skin colour/rayce. If they had developed more naturally then they’d likely have adopted a different name as other ethnic groups did elsewhere but it is what it is. The confusion comes due to the fact that black (without a capital) is also used to refer to a racial grouping of people with sub-Saharan ancestry but they’re not equal. Black is an American ethnic group while black is a racial grouping.
@@mugikuyu9403 Youre African American because your ancestors came from West or South West African region. That's allot of word salad to try and differentiate yourself from Africans over petty divisive issues. Do you see any Asians calling themselves yellow Asians? Haha get out of here with that nonsense
@@mugikuyu9403 only NATIVE Americans are native to North America, hence the title in the name?
Man, omg reading the book of Enoch changed my perception. It help us understand creation.
You better read Geneses regarding about creation and follow Dr KENTHOVIND CSE SERIOUS just google and you will be surprised in his teaching.
Always love listening to Dr. Bantu! Got all of his books.
This dudes excitement kept me engaged. Thanks
Thank You, I got baptized in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church over 12 years ago and it was the greatest blessing I received from all my research. Genesis 2:13 Ethiopia was first mentioned, in fact Ethiopia is mentioned over 30 times in the Bible. That’s a sign within itself.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💚💛❤️
All praises to yah your bleesd bruh you live in ethopiia?
Biblical Ethiopia has nothing to do with modern Ethiopia which emerge in 1916. Aethiopia was used to refer the Kush Empire . Christianity actually arrived in modern Ethiopia through Kush Empire of Axum Kingdom.
@@WediAkele-hd8yh biblical Ethiopia may not only include say modern Ethiopia but modern Ethiopia is part of the biblical Ethiopia. We can be sure by this.
ንሰሐ ግባ ጌታ እየሱስ ክርስቶስን ተቀብለህ ዳን ተከተለው ከሁሉ በፊት ድሕንነት ይቀድማል በቃሉ ኑር አንብብ ወግና ስርአት የትም አያደርስሕም መንግስቱን ለመውረስ ትጋ ! እግዚአብሔር ይርዳህ
@@gedionendalkachew12 Modern Ethiopian renamed from Abyssnia to Ethiopian in 1941 after the expansion of Oromo land by Menelik. Again, modern Ethiopia has nothing to do biblical Ethiopia.
Finally a discussion about this
Dear friends, thank you for raising this subject that will be shining more light on Christ and Christianity!! the books that Ethiopians are holding belong to all Christians and all the world, of course. I absolutely agree the books have nothing against the Bible, rather, provide more details and have further elaboration on what's in the Bible. What in the world could make us more happier and blessed?
Stay blessed!
Birhanu from Ethiopia.
Absolutely Beth in USA
O yes they are contradicting each other some of them are even Satanic verses & I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about.
Can you give reference to those verses please.@@alemayehufenta6981
My first time listening in 2024 and this was truly what I needed!! Thank you Jude 3 project for these conversations!
Man he was cooking!!🔥🔥🔥 you can tell he’s passionate about this..would love to study under him
What is really impressive is geez language is used in Ethiopia only in liturgy. It's not in use in our daily life.
Thank you for sharing this.i am a christian.i am also a veteran who put many years in,several war campaigns,several countries.we discovered many ancient mystical relics we stole( our government, greedy,secrecy neferious) when we got Sadam after 911,our teams expeditionary units took some very important biblical things I know about,others dont.as I was extremely angry when I visited the vatican twice to find out rome,ceasar were the ones,others who kept out books of enoch for neferious reasons.then I discovered as I spent time in greece,hidden history there,bu ethopian bible god was showing me,is where the answers,to the coming great deception they are planning,as recent bits of disclose the allowed out.many people are looking in the wrong areas.mythical gods,were not mythical,nor atlantis, etc,the are part of the nephilum ,fallen angels,skewed dna , humans,fallen ones,and other creatures as in old testiment ,a sliver of info on it,the rest is in book of enoch,it's not mythical,it's something else.if you know how I can get an ethopian bible,and the books of enoch,jubilee,I really want to get involved,or start a bible study based on the real truth,the ethopian bible,much older than king james sadly.i believe the vatican is harboring the truth,but they want to hang onto power,they need to be exposed,as soon it may be too late,people will freak out when the big lie comes.
I hear and understand your heart, but Dr. Bantu stated, that these additional books, confirm what’s said in the 66 books in the Bible’s most of us have/use! So don’t lose heart related to what “nefarious” scheme Europeans had for leaving out those additional books! We can speculate, but it may be as simple as wanting to differentiate from the Catholic church as he said. As long as you know Christ as Lord, we need not stress ourselves over that, but let those additional books add to our knowledge and love of Him and each other. And a word for me, was to study more those 66 as I as possibly read the 81! Because, side note, a lot of us don’t know those as well as we should!! Stay encouraged!!
I have had these books since l was 17. My dad was a pastor. He died of cancer when l was 15. I began my search then. Dr Bantu is on point, I these books do not contradict the gospel. Furthermore, again he is correct about the New Testament pseudo-apocrypha books they don’t line up.
I'm exploring so-called "extra-Biblical texts", and when you mentioned that the Ethiopian Bible contains 81 books including Jubilees and Enoch, it occurred to me that 81 (the number of books in the Ethiopian Bible) = 9². The number 9 is generally accepted by theologians and scholars as the number of divine completeness and finality. We know Jubilees, Enoch, and even the book of Jasher were, at one time, included in the Israelite canon because fragments of those books were discovered in the caves near Qumr'an. I've read Enoch, Jubilees, Jasher, Maccabees, Wisdom, Surach, and the other books you mentioned, so I need to get myself a copy of the Ethiopian Bible to see if there are other books my collection is missing. If the total number of books in the Ethiopian Bible is, indeed, 81 (and I have no reason to disbelieve you), that, in my mind anyway, could symbolize ultimate completion, since God seems to work with mathematical symbols often.
If I’m not mistaken Jesus and the New Testament actually do quote from Enoch and other extra-biblical books. The reason why we shouldn’t consider them scripture is bc Jesus and the Hebrews didn’t. This isn’t to say they aren’t reliable, or good or important to read, but it is to say they weren’t inspired. I take the same position as the late Dr. Michael Heiser “a book doesn’t have to be in the Bible or inspired to be important and worth reading” that’s my paraphrase.
Yes worth reading, but not bible
Where do you get the idea that Jesus didn’t consider the book as scripture?
O yes brother they are contradicting each other some of them are even Satanic verses & I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about.
Problem with the book of Enoch is that it contradicts the bible
@@PushStartMedia Never quotes it as scripture like he does the Old Testament.
Best answer about no contradiction in 66 vs 73 vs 81! All the same but the 81 making the Bible more unify and making bible more trust
Thank God for Dr. Bantu! Such a gem!
Greetings, in the name of the Lord Jesus! Grace and peace be multiplied to you all!🙏🏽 Please forgive me for placing my comments upon yours. My name is Rickey Caster. I am a father of six with one wife. I have been preaching the gospel in the streets since 2014, as the Holy Ghost has given me charge. As the Lord is my hope, we have seen quite a few people come to the Lord, even begun, putting their hands to the plow. Praise the Lord!
I find it necessary to dig deeper into church history, and the earlier events of the church. Especially in Africa. I have been able to defend the faith from the biblical standpoint decently. But I need to go deeper. To create a firmer place to stand on issues , that will need a greater explanation. We’ve won souls to the simple and simplicity of preaching the gospel. We’ve charge people to repent from being in error pertaining, the gospel of the Lord Jesus. Now I believe it is time also to go deeper in study so that way I can be better in defending the faith apologetically. I am almost full-time ministering in the streets. But I want to subscribe to study. How do I do such a thing?
Dr. Bantu is a once-in-a-lifetime scholar whose work will age well and be reviewed for generations to come.
As a Protestant, my understanding of the Apocrypha is they were included in the Septuagint Greek translation Circa B.C. 250-200 and Jerome's Latin Vulgate translation Circa A.D. 382-384. However, Jerome called them "Books of the Church", not canon. Earlier (240 A.D.), Eusebius and Origen affirmed most of the current OT as conical, but none of the Apocrypha. Josephus wrote they were "not worthy of equal credit..." Historically, they did not officially become canon until the Council of Trent in 1546, coincidentally the year that Martin Luther died. So Protestants technically did not exclude them because they were not scripture until that date! They were not made a part of the bible because: 1) in the 295 times the OT was quoted by Jesus and the Apostles, no quotes were from the Apocrypha. 2) The Jews do not accept the Apocrypha. 3) And doctrinal differences such as purgatory, prayers for the dead (to get a transfer to heaven), and justification by faith alone. Thus, they are not given equal standing. But rather than disagree on how historically accurate any of this is, one thing is certain: our salvation rests in Jesus!
In 2 Maccabees 12, Judas Maccabees is praised for sacrificing to the dead, something God never commanded (See Leviticus 101-3.
Judas Maccabees is said to have been slain in 152 during the reign of Seleucide in Mac. 9:3; but 2 Mac. 1:10 he writes a letter to Aristobulus in the year 188, 36 years after his death.
Tobit 6:8 And the angel, answering, said to him: If thou put a little piece of its heart upon coals, the smoke thereof driveth away all kind of devils, either from man or from woman, so that they come no more to them.”
Is it true that the smoke from a fish’s heart, when burned, drives away evil spirits? Of course not. Such a superstitious teaching has no place in the word of God.
Teaches that forgiveness of sins is by human effort.
Salvation by works:
• Tobit 4:11, “For alms deliver from all sin, and from death, and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness.”
• Tobit 12:9, “For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.”
We know from Scripture that alms (money or food given to the poor or needy as charity) does not purge our sins. The blood of Christ is what cleanses us - not money or food given to poor people. “But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin,” (1 John 1:7).
Money as an offering for the sins of the dead:
2 Maccabbees 12:43, “And making a gathering, he sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously concerning the resurrection.”
Can anyone truly accept that money isn’t offering for the sins of dead people? Such a superstitious and unbiblical concept has no place in Scripture.
Historical Errors
Wrong historical facts:
• Judith 1:5, “Now in the twelfth year of his reign, Nabuchodonosor, king of the Assyrians, who reigned in Ninive the great city, fought against Arphaxad and overcame him.”
• Baruch 6:2, “And when you are come into Babylon, you shall be there many years, and for a long time, even to seven generations: and after that I will bring you away from thence with peace.”
The book of Judith incorrectly says that Nebuchadnezzar was the king of the Assyrians when he was the king of the Babylonians.1
Baruch 6:2 says the Jews would serve in Babylon for seven generations where Jer. 25:11 says it was for 70 years. “And this whole land shall be a desolation and a horror, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.”
Conclusion
Obviously, the Apocrypha has serious problems. From magic to salvation by works, to money as an offering for the sins of the dead, and blatant incorrect historical facts - it is full of false and unbiblical teachings. It isn’t inspired by God. Likewise, neither is the Roman Catholic Church, which has stated the Apocrypha is inspired. This shows the Roman Catholic Church is not the means by which God is communicating his truth to his people, that the Magisterium has erred greatly, and that it is infested with man’s false tradition rather than God’s absolute truth.
The books themselves are contradictory, and chronologically inaccurate. They introduce characters which are fables, they contradict not only themselves but also the Holy Scriptures. They are not inspired, and not included in the canon by most of the early fathers and no council approved them with any degree of prudence. These differences are irreconcilable.
Grace and Peace to you. Bring it out! Additionally, Wisdom of Sirach contains multiple verses that contradict Jesus’s admonition for us to love our enemies. Also, the angel Raphael in Tobit lied about him being an angel.
I think for Maccabees, the years are in BC 😅, so we should read them in reverse order (36 years BEFORE* his death).
Anyway God bless you.
@@lark8356 I see what you saying
@@nickjones1314 Wonderful
Stay blessed !
Yes!! Getting blessed just listening! Praising God for the ministry and deeply impactful work of Jude 3 Project and Dr. Bantu!
From one historian to another: you explained it very well. We must understand the choices of selection books and translations they all were predicated on political power and societal control. The protestants were opposing the power of the king and the position of the pope . And remember that the Europeans who were just introduced to scriptures attempt to control the bible as a eroupean contruct and reinforced it by the crusades which had very impact on the promiseland. Thus in every country the European enter he entered with the Catholics bible and destruction of those in a un godly manner.
And the bible is not regarded for salvation bt in order to maintain in the presence of God one must study the word of God and pray that the holy spirit will guide you.......
History, world history is important that we might know that the white overtones/pictures are a new phenomenon and that africican knew and praised God before the European was introduced to civilization.
Yes sir !
None of the books may not be a contradiction, but people choose to interpret it and apply it in a way that contradicts the Word (e.g Catholic people). We must rightly divide the Word of truth.
O yes they are contradicting each other some of them are even Satanic verses & I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about.
Such a great interview. Very informative. Would there be any version/translation of the Ethiopian Bible that either you or Dr. Bantu would/could recommend? I'm really interested in digging into it.
You can find the books not included in western versions of the Bible, the Enochian ones etc. in separate volumes. Charlesworth was the expert on extrabiblical pseudepigrapha and apocrypha. His books in hardback are widely available.
Always appreciate Bro. Bantu!! Shalom!!
God bless you all!
Thanks 🙏 am blessed by this
Very informative!!! Thank you!
People don’t accept Ethiopian bible because they want to modify it so that it accommodates them but religion and rules are in place so that it keeps reminding the purpose of the religion and test the faith but now a days people rewrite to their comfort they don’t fear any more and that is wrong fear,faith,respect is important in a religion
I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about all are corrupted. God is going to judge the nation of course it is under his judgement that we are seeing the whole lot of mess in all four corner of its border.
The Bible itself is full of issues. Don't be afraid of other books that the European groups didn't adopt. They all have issues
i see your point 🤔🤔
We pronounce almost like the Greeks do.
Please tell me where the best english translation of the Ethiopian Bible can be found...
You should go to Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
there is non it hasn't been translated to this date
Not at all mate , I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about all are corrupted.
It’s on Amazon I just ordered it
How so? Can you elaborate on this?
Grace and Peace to you. I enjoy Dr. Bantu, but I'm disappointed that he won't acknowledge that the deuterocanon is littered with theological issues. Those issues are well documented, and as I read through the Orthodox Church deuterocanon, I'm finding more issues not discussed by others that I've heard or read.
What kind of issues
Agreed. Salvation by works, purgatory and pre-existence of the soul are among them. Along with historical errors that the inspired books don't make.
Unfortunately Vince Bantu was asked to address an area he's not expert in and made some pretty basic mistakes.
Another very serious problem is Bantu's false equivalence regarding Protestantism and slavery. The fact is -- the Protestant canon was determined 100-200 years before the mass chattel slave trade as we know it started.
So, contrary to Bantu's claims, the Protestant canon itself had absolutely *nothing* to do with slavery. Nothing.
Also, church involvement in slavery itself was started by the Catholic Church in the 1400s. Not by Protestants. That's 100 years before the Reformation even began. And the Catholic Church has an expanded canon Bantu is so fond of.
So he's dead wrong about that too.
Overall he's great. But on questions of Bible canon history and church history outside of Africa unfortunately he's out of his depth.
@@TheThinkersBible Grace and Peace to you. Regarding the determination of the Protestant Canon, are you referring to Martin Luther's rejection of the "deuterocanon"?
@@lark8356 Grace and Peace to you as well. Not Martin Luther specifically because Luther wanted to exclude Jude and a few other books because they didn't agree with his theology.
It's the general recognition by many up to Luther's day that the deuterocanon was not held in the same esteem by important authorities in the early church, nor by the Jews.
Martin Luther didn't make the final decision to remove them. After Luther, in 1611 the King James translators placed the deuterocanon between the Old and New Testaments. In 1685 it was removed to avoid confusion.
We don't pray to dead people. Those who passed on and have gone to heaven are ALIVE in Christ. It says that very plainly in the scriptures.
Dyeing separating from body and be like Angeles so that doesn't mean they aren't know about the world for the person who call there name they will ask for mercy it is written in the Bible so read the Bible carefully
Jude 3 project is awesome 😊
I am ethiopian orthodox . the old Negro spiritual songs are like angles singing . from the heart. the same spirit of broken heart sounds asking God for help. i went to Jamaicans ethiopian orthodox in Jamaica you could feel how holy the people were and there believes more than Ethiopians. they did it out of love. A lot of holy people say one book is good know GOD.the fifty homilies of saint mercurius is a great book too. we ethiopians a lossing our way pray for us
I hope the Ethiopian Orthodox Church spreads throughout the Caribbean. We need another option besides Western European Christianities.
O yes they are contradicting each other some of them are even Satanic verses & I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about mate !
Has Ethiopian bible been translated into English???🌅😌
Yes.
No way that I know, I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about all are corrupted.
Very informative. Great summary of the Ethiopian Bible vs Protestant Bible. Unfortunately Dr. Bantu does sort of gloss over some problems with the extended canons. The problems are real and are not Protestant inventions. The Jews as he briefly mentioned didn't accept these extra books and never considered them inspired and authoritative even before the first century. And Enoch in particular adds a lot to the word of God -- and could not possibly have been written by Enoch. Plus there actually ARE serious doctrinal errors taught in the apocryphal books -- pre-existence of souls, salvation by works, purgatory among them. Plus additions to the word of God like the angels/demons/Nephilim stories that presume to speak where scripture is silent. Finally, there are verifiable historical errors, which is not true of the Bible. So it's wonderful to know about the Ethiopian canon but just because it's African doesn't automatically make it right, and just because it came from Europeans doesn't automatically make it wrong. Peace.
Interesting points. I want to share the following thoughts.
First, the Jews also do not accept the New Testament, the gospel, that Jesus is the Messiah nor the teachings of Christ. So that fact that the Jews reject a book is not any indication of whether a book should be included in the Bible.
Second, to claim that a book not in the Protestant cannon speaks where scripture is silent is to presume the Protestant cannon is in fact the standard cannon. The Protestant cannon has various problems of its own including omitting books that Christendom held to for more than a millennium, and frequently reinterpreting and translating scripture to conform with Protestant ideology.
Your point that just because something comes from Europe doesn’t mean it’s bad is true.
@@gfujigo fair points to raise, but that's not why I was saying those things.
First, the books in question are not New Testament books. They're included in Old Testament canons of ancient churches.
Second, the books in question were never universally considered inspired and authoritative by the Jews. Jesus and the apostles never quoted from them (except one reference in Jude, which is why Jude was disputed for awhile).
The Jews had a 22 book set of recognized inspired writings. That's the 39 we have in the Old Testament now.
Third, the early church (which quickly became mostly Gentile) adopted the larger canon because the Jews included them -- without accounting for the fact that the Jews saw those additional books quite differently.
And even then, it took many centuries and different churches adopted different sets of them. Yet all adopted the 39. That speaks volumes.
And although some church fathers considered them inspired, many church fathers (eg Jerome) didn't put them on par with scripture.
Over time that changed, but again not for a long time.
So it's actually the contrary -- just because they were eventually (and unevenly) included in canons doesn't mean they were inspired scripture (canon and inspiration are actually different things).
judge them by their fruits . protestants catholic let gay abortion trans laws rule there country.. the only person the Holy Spirit told to be baptized was ethiopian . we have been there from the start b4 the 10 commandments . it doesnt make us better than any true christian . BUT we have been christian we didnt let the muslin the Catholics destroy us . but the protestants are getting a lot of souls but we should over come and our country is changing for the worse. . after the king gave over the education system to the protestants the problem started . our first book was psalm and fear of GOD was our law. but now the teach us we come from monkeys
@@TheThinkersBible Ethiopians can trace a lineage all the way back to King Solomon, Ethiopia Beta Israel (Jews) does consider them Canonical. They are first temple jews who contradict everything in rabbinic judaism and antiquities of josephus . Book of Enoch dead sea scrolls also contradict Antiquities of Josephus. And lastly how you know Josephus is wrong is because he knew nothing of Menelik coming back to Israel to meet his father King Solomon and bringing Judaism back to Ethiopia. Those books were removed by 2nd temple Jews and its clear as day.
Your viewing the books through the lens of your current doctrine.
That's the issue.
You have to be truly objective when researching these things.
No preconceived bias.
Part of your doctrine for example is to omit Saturday Sabbath in place for First Day Rest (Sunday).
That alone exposes everything about most Christian doctrines.
Sunday Rest is a deception doctrine.
The angels in the Tomb of Messiah said "He has RISEN as He said" that early Sunday morning.
Jesus was cruxified Wednesday....3 days from then is SATURDAY Rising.
Mary rested on Saturday per Torah Law.
So she went to the Tomb Sunday morning.
Jesus had already Risen....not that Sunday morning, but yesterday, during THE SABBATH.
Yet Protestant & Catholic and other churches have been deceived into a DOCTRINE of Sunday Rest....dangerous for us to maintain this Sunday doctrine now that we know it's deception.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church keeps Saturday Sabbath.
I enjoy listening to him. How can I follow
Please help, I hear the Ethiopian bible is the manuscript that has never changed te manuscripts and also their bible or believe that Jesus Christ was Black or African, please explain.
@ dilizasibiya, I'm Ethiopian and I just wanted to let you know that thank you for looking for the truth! Ethiopian orthodox is the true way to God. But I wanted to let you know that we Ethiopians never said about God being black. There is no such thing black or white we are all. That's what Ethiopia orthodox we believe. Please don't think like that anymore I didn't who told you that but don't believe them. Best wishes on your journey!
@@sarademisse7339brother plz help where to get ethiopian bible in english jesus christ showed me truth now plzz i need to protect me and my family in real god's presence
How does one obtain an ethiopian bible in North America? Are the versions on Amazon reliable, authentic?
I don't think the Ethiopian orthodox bible is translated in to English so don't trust online books
The full 81 Book Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church's Bible has not been translated.
Yes, the Ethiopian Bible, also known as the Orthodox Tewahedo Bible, has been translated into English. Some English translations include:
Ethiopian Bible in English Complete: Lost Books of the Bible. Apocrypha
This collection is considered the most complete version of the Ethiopian Bible available and is the only one to include an English translation of the Ethiopian Meqabyan books.
The Ethiopian Bible (Illustrated)
This English version of the Bible's lost and ancient sacred texts was published in 2022 and was written by Nebure Ishaq and Liya Shanani, with translation by E.A. Wallis Budge
You would think that the book of Enoch would be canonical since it talks about his walk with God if God is the center of why we believe. I don’t believe that it was thrown out because the apostles didn’t reference it. For all I know , what the apostles referenced was edited or ALL their references were not recorded.
O yes brother they are contradicting each other some of them are even Satanic verses & I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about contact me if you will !
33:01: "You don't actually need the Bible to be saved (this is my addendum to Dr. Bantu's quote: "...by Jesus Christ")"
This is a very true statement...
1. Because only Jesus (God WITH us) can SAVE US...
2. The early believers didn't even have the full Bible, since it was being lived and written as they lived AND YET THEY WERE SAVED...
That is the Devil lyrics !
I like the transitioning back to knowledge of self and not looking for an outside savior. All is within!
What Ethiopian bible should I buy to read from Amazon?
Does the Ethiopian orthodox Bible have 88 or 81 books?
81
Both and there too many not even included too.
We have 81
Enoch is true. Enoch is canon
I just bought an Ethiopian Bible, but it had nothing to do with "whiteness". Maybe concentrate harder on the words of Jesus as you study Christianity to include these extra books.
What is The name of Jesus Christ in the Ethiopian bible?
I think they say. Yasua
We call Jesus Christ in Ethiopian language (Eyesus krstos).
@saramekonnen5127 Thank you 😊 🙏 💓
@@saramekonnen5127this one is right
Where can I get a good Ethiopian Bible in English?
Not at all I advise you to read KJV for your salvation.
@@alemayehufenta6981 I have several. Thank you
When are they going to return what they took. And read all the religion
The Ethiopian bible is completely different from the version of the west.
If you were baking a cake that called for 8 ingredients but you only used 6 or 4, or were to lessen measurements, would it be the same cake?
Regardless of reason for taking out ingredients (gluten free, diabetes, personal taste) it would not be the same. It would indeed be something different.
I feel the same stands for ANY book that is picked over to produce another book by the same name. Because we know the Ethiopian Bible IS IN FACT the first bible, it should be the one that is read. Although the Ge’ez is an old language only used in liturgy doesnt mean it cant be translated into English, Mandarin, Russian or any other language.
With so many translation apps and even films/tv shows creating new futuristic languages, it should not be rocket science, especially sense it was already partially translated 2-3 times in various languages.
Is it a must have to get the Ge’ez translated into other languages? Yes.
To quote scripture as saying that Jesus is the word, but to only present a bible that gives partial insight is as good as Ikea selling furniture with only 6 steps out of the 10 needed to build the structure. Granted that dining room table will be necessary in helping to nourish your family and bring together community, but if you cant set it up properly and have to worry about it breaking down and causing injury, then it wont be worth it.
Let’s get out of the centuries of habit of accepting partial product for truth. You wouldn’t purposely purchase or eat a piece of fruit from a partially naturally grown tree, then why accept partial versions of the Christian bible.
But why didn't the Ethiopian understand scripture if this is true ..please someone help me..it appears that the gospel didn't reach Ethiopia at that time
we underground
Ethiopia is a blessing ❤
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I have been reading what are so-called apocrypha books, they are re-retelling what has been said.
They wanted a white Bible to stay rich off of
The faith came to Ethiopian thru Philip.
Question: I heard someone say that the word "Lord" is a translation for Baal. I'm conflicted bc I call God Lord all the time, so what do I do.?
Feck news !
What language is it based on?
Imagine claiming to be religious, but are too afraid to say the old testament came from Israel.
Let's ignore your own religious texts, so we can be politically correct.
What god do you follow? The one that dictates your actions
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Hello I hope someone reads this! How can I get a copy of an Ethiopian Bible with these extra books that is translated in modern English? Thank you I’m advance. Amen.
It’s on Amazon
@@c.carter7219 can u share a link?
Bro there are ethiopian bible in google there are some english too are they fake or true??????
I thought he was white
970 years before Jesus around 10000 first born male from Israel lewi tribe move to Ethiopia (Axum) by god order with arc of the covenant their name negede Agazi and teach judezem in northern Ethiopia then converted to Christianity in the first two centuries and became state religion 297CE- 324CE
ተረት ተረት 10000 ደግሞ ተባለ !
Its probably more accurate
Truth all of this is truth.. Great Job🎉
Agree, bro
Wouldn't Christians wan to follow this book, since the first church was in Ethiopia.
Exactly. That’s how I ended up at this video.
Some people can’t accept it if it doesn’t fit their image! They have conquered the other places on the Bible so they can add their face to it but not with modern day Ethiopia
No way they are full of corruption & all of them contradicting each other some of them are even Satanic verses & I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about contact me if you will !
Why would you use the name?
Jesus, not yeshua?
If this God is true being all knowing that man is flawed and that he could change his word why would he not just give it to us the way he does to all other creations a apple tree doesn't need a book to tell to it be a apple tree so why do people because it only causes confusion and division
Who do you think you are asking saying why why ? God almighty about His plan and purpose for His own creation ! You are in the wrong direction humble your self to be saved.
Well when you think about it we are all born with a moral compass to know right from wrong. It’s the greed of the world that chisels away at us and then we believe we must do or undo x and y to get z.
As Dr. Bantu says towards the end of the video, we dont need the bible (be it 66,79 or 88 books) to be saved, we just need to believe in Jesus Christ and follow the commandments. It really is that simple, but we make it harder on ourselves.
I don’t want to be funny or nothing like that but I clicked on the link because it mentioned the Ethiopian Bible that I’ve been doing research on for a very long time like does no one on RUclips can break down the different versions of the Ethiopian Bible and what would be the best one that’s converted into English do anyone not know What that will have all 81 to 88 cannons books is legendary maybe 100 bucks do anybody not know where the heck it is by where can a person buy has the 🇪🇹 Bible been translated completely since the language to my knowledge of the dead language that some people still speak and not wildly popular today has it been translated completely I don’t wanna just buy some random book off of Amazon but I feel like I wasted my time coming and clicking on this link to be honest praise be to God for all the things that you guys are doing but damn is it no links into the description or have somebody can get their hands on this book this is just crazy
the first book of adam and eve and the book on echon are free online even audio book. aslo. the book i really like is the right now is the fifty homilies of saint mercurius it is not part of the bible but we think of it as holy
There hasn't been any translation of the Ethiopian Bible into English. What you'll need is to get a separate book of the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical Books and use it alongside your Bible.
I pray that the good doctor can jump over the hurdle of praying for the dead so that he can join Holy Orthodoxy. Jesus is visible. Therefore, so is the Church.
It is worth mentioning that the original King James Version of 1611 does include many of the Deutrocanonical books. My family has read the Maccabees several times over Hanukkah. It does not have Enoch or Jasher.
Wrong bout doing it longer then Europeans, we brought the mission and testimony of Christianity over there. But regardless shouldn't be bout skin color but bout getting your own relationship with God or God's
No one brought Christianity to Ethiopia! We don’t even practice our religion the same way nor we do we share the same diet, religious holidays with other Christians!
You only want to say it's not about skin color when it benefits you. There are many scriptures in the bible where it's about skin color. If it's not about skin color then why did Europeans white wash the Bible. He definitely did Not have blonde hair and Blue eyes. You're the one who's racist.
Western European s, were the original , Pagan Christians.
God bless
I'm green and I approve of the Ethiopic Bible
👉🏾Zephaniah 2:12👈🏾
Naw those books didn’t come from Israel . You lost me right there because you should know the truth
1 question pls🙏🏽 so EO pray to dead ppl?
As Ethiopian ortodox, We believe dead people which are recognized as saints are also alive as christ said who believe in him his alive so they will intercede for us God's mercy as God give mercy for israelite because of moses. Even after king david dead he gave mercy for king solomon for the sake of his father covenant. So, we believed saints will pray for us after death vecause we are one body of christ. BZW not only Ethiopian Orthodox belive this all Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox and Catholics only Protestants don't believ in this
@@gedionendalkachew12 thank you very much for responding and clarifying I understand now 🙏🏽
The dream given to John found in the Book of Revelation tells us the Bible is not the Word of God, so this is a bit of a mute point. None of the books, scrolls, or letters written by humans are the Word of God even if they might contain the Words of God. The Book of Revelation says the Word of God is God and that Word is Jesus. Jesus is the Word of God and only what he taught is the Word of God. The Words of God must come directly from God and Jesus is God.
Except without the Bible our faith is rooted in nothing. Revelation is in the Bible homie. So I guess that verse you just referred to is meaningless huh?
@@codmatterk Actually that is not true. If you seek God you will find him. The Bible contains the teachings of Jesus, thus it contains the Words of God, but not every teaching in the Bible comes from God or are his teachings. Any writings that counter the teachings of Jesus are not the teachings of God. But, even if you did not have the Bible and you seek after God, you can find him because a part of him is already inside of you, your soul is his breathe. Without God's breathe, nothing lives, and you have been made in the image of God, so you are more connected to God than you even know. You only need to look inside and find that part of you that is pure love to find God. But, most people fail to do that so Jesus came. And most still are failing, so Jesus will come again. The only teaching you need to know is the one commandment Jesus gave to simplify all the Law of God. Love one another as I have loved you even your enemies. Jesus gave his life for everyone so there would be a path from death to enternal life even for his enemies, thus if we love others and God the way God loves us, we will never break any of the Ten Commandments or harm other people in any way.
Ehhh ENOCH HAS THINGS IN IT THAT WILL LEAD U ASTRAY SO I CAN not AGREE ENTIRELY
I don’t agree with everything in the Bible but I do indeed believe in it.
Yes sir !
He's a bit too much on his colour for me, also mentions colonization at the end..sigh. Think it is a mute point if you really follow Jesus.
Ethiopia has 80 books in bible western world accepts only 66 books as a bible.
81 Books
ምን አለበት ዝም ብትል !
How can you be saved without baptism when Jesus said in Mark 16:16 "He who believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned"? If Jesus tied belief and baptism together to salvation; then how can one be saved by just believeing?
Whatever Jesus does 'bears' the truth so the thief on the cross is the truth
@@arnoldlawrence744baptism of the Holy Spirit - water baptism is symbolic of spiritual which leads & guides us n2 all truth. Salvation is thru belief in Yeshua
Those Books were taken out. So yea they were lost to USA what we were taught Or Ommitted you want us to say
Ethiopia actually has 88 books
Actually 81 books some people added other books which We Orthodox Tewahedo do not include like Kebre Negest is not part of the bible
no we have 81
The verse in Mathew 27 which is about the plot and the action of the crucification , said that this crucification action was professed by ermiyas( jahermia) .
In the 66 books bible in jharmia you dont find that profecy. But semanya ahadu bible's terefe ermias( the second jharmia,) , you find that professy.
They are contradicting each other some of them are even Satanic verses & I am an Ethiopian by birth and I know what I am talking about contact me if you will !
Fanatic yelling always makes me sceptic.
Stop making things about race, im so sick of hearing about race.
Then don't fill out any job applications.
Yes, but it’s a fact. If you really think between the lines, it’s all about manipulation and power.
@charleskennedy7951 I own my own business boomer. Let me guess yous won of them old Civil rights negros right?
You talking right sir
Well you have to be a part of like-minded people that's in the word of God spiritually and not religiously
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Seriously I've scrolled for a while and he hasn't said what is different. Useless
People can say all they want about the historiocity of Enoch, but we know it was thrown out because of Noah's narrative.
What was Noah’s narrative?
@@zyleymacruz333 that his skin was different from that of everyone else's. Check it out. That's my opinion.
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I would have watched this video to completion until the girl mentioned wanting to distance herself from anything white. I think that makes her racist and I refuse to listen to someone who is so ignorant. I will find information on this religion without the racism thanks
Very knowledgeable but inaccurate at times. To say that the current books of the Bible does not contradict with the gospels isn't accurate. Many of Paul's teaching are contradictions. One is how you treat people that mess up in the church. Very different to the turn your other cheeck example gave by Jesus. I can go on with many more.
Is race just an obsession every black person has? Chill out!
Hug a tree and be saved!!!! Save the environment, save children!!!!
Unless its poison oak.
Does this church have apostolic succession? Also with that authority do they cannon? Who founded there church? 33:00 the start of 😜 LOL
Yes we have we were under the Alexandria Coptic church adminstration until 1950's then after coptic church apoint first Ethiopian patriarch. So our line of succession if from saint mark.
@@gedionendalkachew12sola-fide is heretical & not Catholic teaching. 33:00 stop teaching lies
You shouldn’t mix slang with your vocabulary when you’re talking about things of The Lord , it just turns people off to what you’re saying