curious enough that the ones who originally had the gospel [and wanted lots of money for it, realizing its significance], never thought of copying out the text. What is more important- the paper or the words written on it?!
@@d1427 You are thinking like a librarian, not like those who are have no ideals other than greed. I still grieve the loss to civilisation when Constantine burned the Library of Alexandria to the ground... 325 AD
@@ammasophia4663 I was thinking common sense; if I was thinking greed, I'd have made a buck or two from selling the rights to copy the manuscript and copies of it, besides the manuscript itself. Even without copies, a well preserved manuscript is worth more than a derelict one. Greed and stupidity- bad combination.
Early Christianity is so fascinating. It is so easy to presuppose that the Christianities and Bibles which exist today were inevitable but so many people had radically different ideas about Christianity and Jesus.
There's a natural winnowing process, you know? Some beliefs tend to be more compatible with whatever society they're in, whereas others are more fringe. Over time the fringe beliefs tend to fade, whereas the more compatible ones tend to kind of combine and conform. Evolution, basically.
@@mahatmarandy5977 I'd say it was less about evolution and more about what the rulers and church leaders at any given time decided was "in" or "out." The Gnostics were critical of proto-Orthodox teachings; and by extension, critical of the leaders and power structure associated with those teachings. From a basic political standpoint, it makes sense that proto-Orthodox leaders would label Gnostics as heretical. People did hold deep beliefs. But we should not ignore the power games played in the upper echelons of any number of faiths.
@@georgew2014 the Proto-Orthodox was always the majority view, other than for a short decade or so when Arianism was larger, and it seems Proto-Orthodoxy is the most true to the teachings of the historical Apostles and Jesus, so, it makes sense that it won out.
Have also been reminded of Douglas here, with all the differing sects. Douglas Adams summed them all up when saying, 2000years after a man was nailed to a tree, for saying would it not be better if we were a kind to eachother.
I think Jesus message aligned more with not worshiping money then with being kind to each other. Sounds like a lot of money changed hands with these ancient papyrus documents. Who initially found them? What was his or her agenda? Who are we not allowed to criticize?
@@thetamoramay7331 Jesus's message against worshipping money was very much about loving humanity, out of the belief that humanity is made in the image of God. Maybe try thinking along those lines instead of hinting at conspiracy theories that hint at dogwhistles.
old documents degrading makes me so mad. They just shouldn't be in private hands imo. So much has been lost already! At any rate, once again thanks for a lovely overview once again! your videos are always amazing and interesting to me
same here. extremely frustrating that it was caused by human ignorance and greed. I'm not sure how much was lost, but it's a travesty either way. I feel the same way about the library of alexandria, and other instances of people intentionally burning texts because they were regarded as "heretical."
HERE is Our Savior HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins ** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER ** - Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses) - Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. Isaiah 43:11 I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me. Isaiah 45:5 I am YaH, and there is none else.
This alternate view of Jesus, Judas and the Apostles makes my head spin thinking about it from the perspective of politics, and the fact that the winners get to write the history. This video is fascinating.
The Jews killed Jesus and the bible and new testament are all written by Jews. Now you see why many books have been taken out. Just ask Enoch the man who walked with God.
Imagine if two thousand years from now some historians find the script to "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" and all excitedly start to proclaim to the world that this is an alternate view of Lincoln that the "mainstream" wanted to hide. After all, it was written only 147 years after Lincoln's death, so it must be true, right?
@@mikeroman5208This is what I tell people who believe the Book of Enoch should be canonical. The Book of Enoch could very likely be a fanfic of sorts. As it was not written in the same times as the Old Testament nor the new testament. Could very well just be a fanfiction of the time period using the names/characters of Biblical origins. I imagine a lot of people wrote stories about the things that were culturally popular at the time. The Bible was the commonly known thing, it was their pop culture.
I can't tell you how absolutely maddening it is that it was kept in a safety deposit box in new york, a place that has a significantly higher average humidity than that of egypt, and because of that, some of it was damaged and forever lost. just seems like it was done out of ignorance or negligence. I read it recently, and it's one of the most fascinating gnostic texts (in my opinion); it really is a pity, could have been avoided.
HERE is Our Savior HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins ** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER ** - Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses) - Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. Isaiah 43:11 I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me. Isaiah 45:5 I am YaH, and there is none else.
I am not a religious scholar, however I do self-educate and I do so with your videos as a spring board into higher levels of religious knowledge. Thank you for the energy and time that you put into these videos, they are absolutely fascinating and beneficial for a person like me.
HERE is Our Savior HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins ** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER ** - Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses) - Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. Isaiah 43:11 I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me. Isaiah 45:5 I am YaH, and there is none else.
I think that really cool! My major isn't in any particular thing but I studied alot of philosophy, anthropology, and history. And I really love these videos. It's such a cool way to peer into the mindset of the people that created it or their general environment at the time. I feel like I see amazing comments like yours under these videos and they're always swamped with incoherent ramblings.
As a long time watcher (from when you were at a few hundred!), I want to say that I appreciate the video interludes and production quality upgrades you’re making slowly but surely 😊
I found a very old rebound copy of a prominent abolitionist novel once, and my first instinct was to preserve it in a large cigar box in an always dry room in my house until I could get it somewhere that will better preserve it. How someone found a literal lost gospel-RECOGNIZED ITS SIGNIFICANCE as he tried selling it for millions after acquisition-and put it in a random safety deposit box blows my mind.
It's always seemed strange to me that the crucifixion could be so essential for salvation and yet Judas be the betrayer. Like on some level it makes perfect sense, but it's like, okay, if he *didn't* do that, then what, no one gets salvation? So the idea that Jesus would instruct Judas to do it, but Judas still not be able to live with it afterwards does ring true to me.
Maybe he didn't hang himself lol. Possibly one of the many apostles got angry and beat and hung him for betrayal. Did Judas write that he offered himself? Or was it another... There are no good reasons why he ends up offing himself.
I went to a catholic private school for 5 years and this reminds me of our stranger danger alert. When we practiced it or whatever. If there was a stranger in the building, the front desk would say over the PA system "we would like to take a moment to say a prayer to Saint Judas" and I always thought it was a bit clever and a little funny. Idk
@@alteredbeast7145 that's cool! Not really related to me remembering something I found fun/funny. I have never really believed in anything, if you care. I just try to enjoy life. That's more important to me.
So according to this text Judas is actually Snape. Like, on the surface the bad guy helping with or doing the murder of an important figure, but it turns out that the important figure planned it all along and it is only because of SnapeJudas' true faith and loyalty that they did the bad thing and took on all the hatred for it.
At this point I'm gonna ring a bell every time a religious channel like this says "Gnostic BUT..." because it's one of those things that's always coming up
HERE is Our Savior HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins ** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER ** - Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses) - Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. Isaiah 43:11 I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me. Isaiah 45:5 I am YaH, and there is none else.
My friend met with a Alawites Sheikh and asked him about the Abdul Rahman ben Muljam (the Imam Ali disciple who assassinated him). The latter said: "They were in a very close meeting and Imam Ali asked "who would carry the weight of my death" then Abdul Rahman raised and volunteered. Imam Ali responded "You will carry the curse of the A'lamin"
HERE is Our Savior HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins ** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER ** - Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses) - Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. Isaiah 43:11 I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me. Isaiah 45:5 I am YaH, and there is none else.
HERE is Our Savior HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins ** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER ** - Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses) - Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. Isaiah 43:11 I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me. Isaiah 45:5 I am YaH, and there is none else.
Fascinating. Whether by complexity and/or humanity's deceptive disposition, throughout my life I've experienced that a lot of concepts are actually very different than what's generally presumed. I chew on a great many things, but I never swallow.
I have been waiting for this for some time. I checked my subscriptions feed earlier today in hopes of seeing this content. I am so pleased to thank you for this episode.
HERE is Our Savior HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins ** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER ** - Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses) - Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. Isaiah 43:11 I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me. Isaiah 45:5 I am YaH, and there is none else.
@@Praise___YaH dude what is with u? R u a preacher or something? This vid isnt praising Judas so stop mumbling whatever verse ur trying to say here cuz what ur sayin doesnt make no sense at all, if u want to share ur verse, go to the chapel or church or whatsoever Ur trolling everyone here with ur bible verse
@@melissabellemare7416 You tell him to be careful when so called Christians will never enter heaven. I have found that atheists read scripture, while Christians are content with having it read to them, and prefer being lied to about what it reads, hence the closed minds.
@@you457wx7You are correct. There are many Christians who don't know The Bible. However, there are also many atheists who attack The Bible with ridiculous/ naive claims.
The last part of the film "Last Temptation of Christ" (1988) by Scorsese portrays Judas somewhat like the Gnostic depiction in the Gospel of Judas. I had assumed that this depiction came from Kazantzakis, author of the book. But now I am wondering if it came from Scorsese's reading of the (then rather newly re-discovered) Gospel of Judas.
@@Daniel_Godismyjudge--Isah33.22 the book of Enoch should have been part of the bible but it was removed. I know another cultures christianity includes it. It speaks of the watchers. You shouldn't exclude books that are written around the same period as there is much to learn from them as there is in the king james version. Don't be close minded.
@@Daniel_Godismyjudge--Isah33.22The book of Enoch was written in the 2nd century- The Bible was compiled and edited in the 10th century. You have been conditioned to be scared of the Truth, for with it in your heart, they have no control of Gods creations abilties to find he exists within, always and forever. We were put here to Live in free will, casting off religious branding will free you Soul. Follow the Light of Love.
One has to admire all your lectures, as I know I do. Thank you always for your interests and intelligence. Happy Holidays ☃️ 🎄Reading is a passion of mine also.
@@cheri238 JESUS CONFESSED IN BIBLE THAT HE IS NOT GOD *******. 1- God Doesn’t Change His Nature (Malachi 3:6) 2- GOD Almighty is Greater than Jesus. (John 14:28 ) 3- No one is "Good" including Jesus. Only GOD is" Good" (Luke 18:19) 4- Jesus said he doesn't know when the Hour will come. Only GOD Knows. (Mark 13:32) 5- Jesus said that" OUR God is One GOD " (Mark 12:29 ) 6- Jesus also said "My GOD and your GOD" (John 20:17) 7- Jesus bowed his face down to the ground to GOD Almighty. (Matthew 26:39) 8- Jesus was tempted by satan for 40 days(Mat1:4), while GOD Almighty can not be tempted (Jacob 1:13) 9- Jesus said he is a man (John 8:40) 10- God is neither a man nor a son of a man (Numbers 23:19) 11- No one can see god (1 John 4:20) but people saw Jesus 12- God is the living and everlasting (Habakkuk 1:12) 13- Jesus always confessed he is just a prophet sent by god (Matthew 21:10-11) 14- God Declare Himself to be God, Jesus didn't (Ezekiel 20:20) 15- Jesus told his real mission was to preach not sacrifice (Mark 1:38) 16- Jesus desired Mercy not Sacrifice (Matthew 9:13) Jesus refered himseld as 17- Servant: Matthew 10:24, 24:45, 12:18 John 13:16 18- Prophet: Matthew 8:20 13:16,21:11, Mark 6:15, 6;4, 9;37, Luke 7:16, 9:8, 9:19, John 13:17, 7:16, 6:14, 7:40 19- Son of Man: Matthew 5:9, 17:22, 8:20, 18:11, 26:2, Luke 9:22, John 5:27 20- Slave: John 13:16, Matthew 10:24 21- Student: Matthew 10:24 22- Father is Grater than Jesus (John 14:28) How can someone can be greater than God? 23- Jesus was taught by the Father (John 8:28) 24- Jesus can do nothing by himself (John 5:19, John 5:30) 25- Jesus does not even has his own doctrine (John 7:16) 26- Jesus ascend to his God (John 20:17) 27- According to Christian Jesus died as recorded in Matthew 27:27-56 but Bible says that God is infinite Pslam 102:27-27 28- Jesus needed to Pray, Eat, Drink and Was Helped by Woman, as stated in Luke 8:1-3 but God in Bible is self-sufficient Psalm 50:12 29- The God remain the same in nature (Hebrews 1:12) 30- Jesus is the same human today, yesterday and forever (Hebrew 13:8) 31- Jesus could not save anyone as he was even not able to save himself (Hebrews 5:1-8) 32- Jesus said he was send to lost sheep of Israel (Matthew 15:24)
@@Daniel_Godismyjudge--Isah33.22 All prophets were called sons of God in bible 👉Adam, who was the son of God.’ (Luke 3:38) 👉Jacob is God’s son and firstborn: ‘Israel is my son, even my firstborn.’ (Exodus 4:22) 👉🏻Solomon: ‘I will be his father, and he shall be my son.’ (2 Samuel 7:13-14) 👉🏻Ephraim: ‘for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.’ (Jeremiah 31:9) 👉🏻is God’s firstborn, common people are called the sons of God: ‘Ye are the children of the Lord your God’ (Deuteronomy 14:1) WHO IS THE FIRST SON OF GOD? 👉🏻Genesis 41:51 says MENASSEH is the FIRST son of God! 👉🏻Exodus 4:22 says ISRAEL is the FIRST son of God! 👉🏻Psalms 89:27 says DAVID is the FIRST son of God! 👉🏻Jeremiah 31:9 says EPHRAIM is the FIRST son of God! This clearly shows son means pious persons not literally meant as Christians believe
_Seeing early Christianity from the Vedic perspective has helped me in simplifying the understanding process of the Gnostic Gospels._ _I recommend Ādvaita Vedānta, Kashmiri Shaivism, Vijñāna Vada Buddhism and Shunya Vada Buddhism. These Eastern Philosophical systems will break down the Gnostic Gospels step by step for you so that a seeker may understand the deeper meaning what Jesus has ACTUALLY taught._
I was 12 years old when I first thought: if Judas hadn't existed there would have been no crucifixion therefore no salvation. If it was prophesied to happen, someone was already doomed to have to play that role since before they existed so sending them to hell would be unfair. It was the beginning of an endless questioning that led me to lose all faith.
The Bible is actually very clear that Judas’s betrayal is ordained by God. It is spoken of in the Psalms, for example. The trouble with popular evangelical Christianity today is that it emphasizes the freedom of will. The Bible does not, nor has historic Christianity. You are quite right to point out that Judas’s betrayal, if ordained by God, is unfair according to a theological system that emphasizes choice (as popular Arminian evangelicalism and Roman Catholicism). It’s plainly inconsistent. However, many evangelical Christians, if they have such questions, are never given answers, and they are discouraged from asking them. If your upbringing is like mine was (fundamentalist, Pentecostal), then you were told “Just believe.” But belief without knowledge is nonsensical. Faith must be grounded in something real, or else it is stupid fantasy. I found answers to my questions in the Westminster Standards. My parents and siblings think I’m a heretic, probably, but by God’s grace I have been brought to faith built on knowledge, on truth, and not on mere feeling or wishful thinking.
People literally sell people for money in 2023....but a guy selling out his friend 2k years ago is shocking to you? Stay questioning then and hopefully God will eventually answer you.
Existing outside time and space and matter means that was is past and future are all happening in an eternal now. Things are known but they are still choice. These concepts are difficult to understand on this dimension but free agency is still real
@@malcmitchell9738 I don’t necessary know that I believe this gospel but within the context of the narrative it makes sense that Judas would commit suicide even if the gospel was true. It’s no different than there being a plan to martyr Jesus and scorn Judas. If scorning Judas is part of the plan, then having him commit suicide reinforces the appearance of guilt which makes his actions even more scornful and implies he was acting out of betrayal rather than loyalty.
Of course. The read why They had Yo present god and reword The character of god as a man who did atrocious work but with a twist of “because of Live You”. 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Obviously when a religion needs a sacrifice because of a prophecy, there needs to be a sacrificed and a sacrifyer. All actors according to a book. No sacrifyer, no sacrificed. How can there be individual guilt in such a scenario.
I love learning about gnostic thought and belief. I think its because I love the SMT games which are steeped in gnosticism. its such an interesting well to draw from when it comes to writing as well.
Can you do a video on Noah's ark or the story of Nuh (AS) being similar in so many cultures around the world as its really interesting that people from different geographical locations have similar legends around a great flood with a prominent figure in the center. Also amazing channel !!
Interesting topic. What is your reasoning behind it? I would say myth originated in one place and was gradually spread along the old World. It has more sense to me than the notion that all of these myths are referencing the same world-wide flood. I think this myth originated somewhere in the middle east which was a center of domestication and the birth of agriculture. Agriculture was spread through migration from Middle east to many parts of the Old World, and it's not unimaginable that those people/migrants who were bringing the knowledge of farming and agriculture to the rest of the Old World brought these myths and stories with them, which through the next few millenia became for every culture their own distinct flood myth. Problem regarding the flood myths in the New World is that we cannot go back in time and ask native people what is the exact story, we only have stories which were filtered through and written down by the 15th century spanish monks, who firmly believed in the story about the Noah's ark to be truth. That easily could have resulted, and most probably it did, in those monks trying to connect some stories about the floods in the New World with Noah's ark, thus making those stories from the New World seem much more simmilar to the story of Noah's ark than it probably actually was, maybe they were not even remotely simmilar. (mind you that in 15th century there was no spanish-native american dictionary, so much of the actual stories from the New World were highly reinterpretated while being written down and we will never know what the actual story was like) These are not mine ideas, I heard it from several archeologists and thus far it's the explanation for the world-wide spread of the flood myth which for me makes the most sense. Far from saying it's the actual truth, no one can know that, but that's what makes it a interesting topic for discussion.
@@asrarahmed5044 Yes I agree with that, sorry for not emphasizing it in previous comment. I believe there was possibly a flood in the place, or close to, where myth originated, not that it was a worldwide flood.
@dominikivankovic63 In islam there's no reference to it being a worldwide flood. It makes more sense to me the flood took place in a specific place as well. Allah knows best. But I do find it amazing how the oldest written text we have (epic of gilgamesh) talks about the flood and a prominent figure who built an Ark and put all the animals in pairs on it. It resembles the story of Noah/Nuh (PBUH) so closely, it actually gave me goosebumps
The area the ancient israelites/Judaens lived, known today as levant, back then it was called, Canaan. It was the connection point between africa, europe, and asia all the trade routes go through Canaan. (Hence way Egypt and the Hittites were fighting over that area.) This means goods, people, and ideas came through there all the time. Its less about a real world wide flood, but the melding of different peoples. Some of tells in the old testament were most likely influence by these tales and incorperated them and slightly change them to fit in. People of the bronze and iron age record history different, adding embellishments and literary devices (such as characters) to make theological points. The accuracy of the account mattered little, what did matter was what were they trying to tell you.
Judas is the stumbling block of modern Christianity…he should have been the first to be forgiven…so that the faith could move forward properly. They purport to be the religion of forgiveness yet brother Judas burns in the everlasting fire of their faith. If these are the only words you know of Jesus , it’s the only words you need ….” Do not worship me, worship the ONE who sent me” ☝️
The apostles in a state of "Confusion" is probably the best description of the development of Christianity. A group of people who thought they knew what was happening but then the expected revival of the Davidic kingdom didn't show up and oust the Romans, and the messiah was killed there was a lot of explaining to do. The sequence we have received: the proto-orthodox begat the orthodox who begat the orthodox who begat the schisms that begat contemporary christianity; would most likely sound as bizarre to the early Jesus communities as this gospel sounds to us. In The Gospel According to Me Judas is more an everyman rather than a great betrayer. His sins of greed, selfishness and egoism are not unique but universal. That we identify more with the apostles, that understand the way of Jesus and that our brand of Christianity is the true path is probably as confused as the communities of Paul, Judas, Thomas or Seth.
HERE is Our Savior HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins ** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER ** - Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses) - Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. Isaiah 43:11 I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me. Isaiah 45:5 I am YaH, and there is none else.
This would be so interesting except that it pretty much shows that the New Testament was a concoction of men playing an equivalent of fans and creators of a modern sci-fi or fantasy series deciding what is Canon and what is not. Jesus apparently did exist and made a splash in his day in jump starting a spin-off religion but it was latter-day creators and fans who created the orthodoxy of the religion. People don't change, we are as we were then.
“People don’t change, we are as we were then” Yeas and no. Are we just a bunch of primates with all its flaws? Yes. But we have also been the beneficiaries of the principles of the Enlightenment and the development of the scientific method. The fact that we can have this conversation anonymously, over the internet, and NOT be stoned (at least here in the US), tells me we have changed some. We are constantly evolving by every new generation. But I do absolutely agree with you that the Bible is just a “best seller” compilation and things like the Second Council of Nicaea is the equivalent of a bunch of men arguing if the SS Enterprise is faster than the Millennium Falcon
Old Testament pseudepigrapha is by far the most intellectually and spiritually adroit literature in the religious literature genre. 4 Ezra, specifically, is deeply profound in ways that other books of the Bible just fall short.
How much sense does it make, that the actual favorite is shunned by the others. Envy is real. The others all demonize him in their writings and by the quality of QUANTITY alone, Judas would totally get the short end of the stick. Even if we'd had this account for longer than just the last 20 years.
@@hannahpocock4152 More precisely to be 16th Century fabricated crypto-texts authored in Spain by a possible Morisco group It has mentions of goods discovered in Americas, which almost all of humanity at the time of historical Jesus haven't even known of the American continent and it's Islands
@@Daniel_Godismyjudge--Isah33.22 ok but theyre asking for more academic discussions on books related to those in the bible, not what the bible was inspired by.
The problem that I face when presented with this perspective is - why would God Almighty send Jesus only to speak in riddles and confuse us more? “Laughing” at the disciples and telling them “you’re going to just lead the people more astray....” without clear explanations, not guesses, as to what God wants from us.... that isn’t clarifying, it’s chaos. So I cannot grasp that God would send Jesus for that purpose.
seems the canonical book of revelation also could be ''gnostic'', at least regarding 2-2 , 2-9 , 3-12 and the overall complex visionary nature of the text.
There is a lost Christian text which was found by farmers, i think it included several separate texts one of which they burned for fuel before realizing their importance. They’re beautifully written and significantly they refer to Christ as “son of man” which is incredible. He speaks about how he wishes to bring all of mankind to transform to sons of god and join Jesus as he joined with god. They’re included in the Sutras of Christ, the first book to include every single quote of Jesus in the Bible and without. It helped me tremendously in understanding that “allow us to share in your divinity as you have shared in our humanity” is very literal, Jesus is the son of man, and provided a path through which we may too become one with god as jesus is. This is my belief, the book is incredible and helped me with my faith personally.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it here but interestingly the flight of the feathered serpent by Armando Cosani came out before the discovery of the gospel of Judas. It has three parts, the first is an easy read, very inspirational and easy to understand for the most part. Second book is full of symbolism that can easily go over the head but the third book is an account very similar to the gospel of Judas only it was released years earlier than the gospel of Judas discovery 🤯
The Gospel of Judas could have been made in the 2nd Century. However, that doesn't mean it should be in the Bible. Because the Bible doesn't align with Judas
i remember being told in the early 90s at the baptist church i attended as a child that judas likely was doing what he did at the behest of jesus to fulfil prophecy.. they were best friends, supposedly, after all. ;)
I’m a Christian in a truer sense of the word than most Christian’s I know. When I tell my so called Christian friends my opinions about the gospels chosen to be “ official canon” they try to destroy me saying I’m jot a true Christian. Early Christian leaders wanted to gather gentiles and other non Jews to rally around their cause so they chose books that sounded good to the people they were going after to rally them around their cause. Same with the letters of the apostles: human beings with agendas to make something sound good to gather people to their cause. “ these people think this way? Well then I’ll tell them that’s what Jesus wanted.” Agendas and propaganda.
@@malcmitchell9738 no, but if you write a script that you expect to be followed and then punish some of the actors that did exactly what you expected them to do in order for your play to be successful, you're someone I would never want to work with.
*CORRECTION* around 00:15 into the video, when it is claimed that these non-canonical books “did NOT make it into the Bible” it should actually have said *many were in fact IN THE BIBLE, then REMOVED for various reasons* which is a very different thing.
"The Bible" was constructed by the Roman Catholic-Orthodox Church (they were together back then). It was like picking choice poems for a poetry book. There wasn't a whole to begin with except for the Tanah(Hebrew Bible)
It's so upsetting because these events have drastically shaped the last 2000 years. And we still do not fully understand what happened during Jesus' time, and so much of the records have been lost. We're fairly certain all of these people existed (including Jesus), but fairly uncertain how exactly these events happened and who these people were.
Did Jesus himself decided to impregnate his own mother to give birth to himself? Did he then forgot his previous form and lost his powers? Did he acquire part of the power growing up? Could he see the future? Was he who decided his own death? Did he knew everything before hand (can somebody with these type of power really be betrayed?)? What is the point of the "sacrifice" if he knew he would resuscitate? Was it all a joke on the naked monkeys? And last but not least: what type of wine and alcohol % did he transform from water, Merlot?
In the 1980's I was studying texts used by seminary students as well as many other history books. The idea that Judas was the disciple who was most like Jesus in intelligence and even demeanour felt obvious to me. Peter was the one who told the guards where to find them because he thought Jesus would save his own life. Peter was the one who was asking questions like, "Can I sit at your right hand?" Meaning... I want to rule the world and you can be free to be spiritual. Peter wanted dominion of the earth Paul and Peter were devising the new religion with a powerful Priesthood in Greece and Rome thought. Constantine in 300 AD destroyed all texts in order to canonise Paul's writing as the definition of Jesus and a theology often in opposition to Jesus actual words and meaning preserved in the Gospels.
This might be a stretch but I’m getting “Snape was actually a good guy” vibes from this gospel. They make him seem to know that Jesus is the spirit of God trapped in a human body and all the bad things he did were part of a long placed plan to reveal God’s revelation to the world
From a Christian perspective good triumphs despite evil. Not good triumphs because of evil. Whether Judas betrayed Jesus or not the pharisees and other groups still would have killed Jesus.
This episode should have been called: loose ends, the lamb and the scapegoat. Interesting how the only one who had claimed to know of jesus's true nature and intentions winds up going along with the scheme making him complicit in some kind of otherworldly cover-up, and taking that truth with him to the grave. Trippy stuff
Though my career is in the private sector, I continue with some independent scholarly work in the field of Library and Information Science, with a specialty in Misinformation and Disinformation. And I find this fascinating from that perspective. It has several hallmarks and patterns of misinformation; its reminiscent of selective sharing; hyped has secretive, hidden knowledge within its own narrative; etc. Wild hypothesis here, It almost seems like part of a disinformation campaign when considering it alongside the Canon.
I find it irritating that some people treat this 'gospels' as of equal value or even more value than the 4 Gospels we have in the canon. The Gospel of Judas was clearly and unequivocally written in the mid to late 2nd century and reflects non-Jewish theology; therefore the probability that it somehow goes back to the historical Jesus is extremely unlikely. The Gospel of Mark, by way of contrast, was written around AD 70; and the letters of Paul, which contain a very different theology to the Gospel of Judas, were written around AD 50 or there about.
Yet the canonical book of John is considered a Gnostic text, written in the early 2nd century ce, and was condemned as heretical by early Christian fathers like Origen, because he believed it was written by a "heretic" Cerinthus.
@@benjalucian1515 None of that is true. Most scholars think that the Gospel of John was written around 90 AD. And Origen never regarded it as “heretical”. Origen even wrote a famous commentary on John! It’s even available online if you want to read it. Since the Gospel of John attributes creation to the Logos and since creation is viewed as good it can’t be Gnostic, as gnosticism presupposes metaphysical dualism (matter bad, spirit good). So, you’re just wrong
@@bayreuth79 Most scholars consider the book of John to be Gnostic. All the "I am the word" and "I am god" claims supposedly said by Jesus would have gotten any Jewish person of the 1st century stoned to death. So obviously the author wasn't actually giving any real history of Jesus. Scholars put the writing of John after 94 ce and possibly as late as the early 2nd century. Origen did a commentary on John which is where he calls it heretical. Read it again.
@@benjalucian1515 That’s by no means the case. Where is the Gnostic metaphysics in the Gospel of John? Matter is not seen as evil and the spiritual is not considered as necessarily good (fallen angels can be evil). The OT has passages that refer to David and Israel as sons of God. Jesus quotes the Psalm: know you not that you are gods? Most of the serious scholars I have read, including the great Raymond E Brown, certainly did not see the text as Gnostic and neither did Origen. You’re projecting
With regard to contradictions in the Bible Bart Ehrman has presented on various occasions the case of Judas Iscariot. He considers the two different accounts, in Matthew 27 and in Acts 1 as incompatible. He is right I suppose, but he overlooks something important. I have responded in different ways, but there is some confusion. To clarify, I want to evaluate my thoughts and rewrite my comment in a more subtle way. The two accounts indeed seem very weird, it is plausible to reject them as incompatible. So there must be something else going on rather than a hanging or another accident in which Judas burst open and his guts came out. To argue that Judas did not strangle himself, but is still alive when Jesus appeared to the twelve disciples, I would like to mention eight points. This is also an attempt to rehabilitate Juda(s), the Jew. 1 John 20:24 says: now Thomas one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. Jesus appeared to eleven disciples, so including Judas, since he is only replaced after the Ascension. There is a problem with the grammar when you take 'the twelve' as a technical term. Please read carefully, the pronomen personel 'them' refers directly to ‘the twelve.’ The pronoun cannot refer to a situation in the past. 2 1 Corinthians 15:5 says: …and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. When Paul writes about the appearance of Jesus, he writes about the situation before the Ascension, so before the replacement of Judas by Matthias which happened after the Ascension. And then there were twelve disciples, Judas including. So it's not the question that Judas is replaced, but that he didn't hang himself. 3 The translation ’hanged himself’ is reasonable but disputable. The Greek απάγχω, composition of από and άγχω means literally squeeze (esp. the throat), strangle, throttle and is also used in derivative or metaphorical meanings as choked with anger, of pressing creditors, of a guilty conscience etc. In Matthew 27:5 απήγξατο appears as 3rd sg. Aoristus Medium and can therefore be translated as strangled or hanged himself. But as I said, a derivative meaning is obvious and more plausible. Therefore I propose the following translation: And hurling the pieces of silver in the sanctuary he left; and after he went off, he got very scared. Interestingly, the Dutch Statenvertaling, which is considered one of the most accurate translations in existence, translates with 'verworgde zichzelf.' It places the reflexive pronoun 'zichzelf' in italics, meaning that this word is not in the text, but has been added as a clarification. This is a textbook example of precise translation. In fact, it then says that his throat was constricted. So it doesn't say that he squeezes his throat himself. A derivative or metaphorical meaning is more likely in that case. The only English translation I know that lists the reflexive pronoun in italics is the Disciples' Literal New Testament (DLNT): And having thrown the silver-coins into the temple, he departed. And having gone away, he hanged himself. So again, this translation is not that literal as to get rid of the hanging. 4 After the Ascension the disciples assembled again to replace Judas. I consider the translation of Acts 1:18 to be very disputable. Only if we assume that Judas has hanged himself and felt, the translation is conceivable. First I would like to mention the passage in the King James Bible: Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out. Let ‘s focus on the second part of verse 18: καί πρηνής γενόμενος έλάκησεν μέσος καί έξεχύθη πάντα τά σπλάχνα αύτού The word translated as headlong, πρηνής can mean: with the head foremost, but the first meaning of πρηνής (nom. sg.) is: with the face downwards, bended or lying on ones stomach. By the way, the word 'prone' is still used in English in the meaning of 'prone position.' It means: to lie on the stomach. Derived meanings are: susceptible, amenable, receptive, open minded, open for suggestions and even vulnerable. Nota bene: the word falling is not in the Greek text, γενόμενος (nom. sg. part. Aoristus of the verb γίγνομαι) means: come into being, take place. People have in their mind, Judas has hanged, so he has to fall. That is what we call prejudice. If we look at the text with an open mind, we will translate differently. I propose: (being) with his face turned to the ground; or shortly: stooped or knelt. To support my argument I mention the way in which the Vulgate reconciled the two reports. The Vulgate translates Acts 1:18 as following: …et hic quidem possedit agrum de mercede iniquitatis et suspensus crepuit medius et diffusa sunt omnia viscera eius (…. he hanged, burst in the midst and his viscera gushed out). The Wycliffe Bible remains the same. But these translations are plainly wrong. Does the Roman church want Judas to hang? Subsequent (protestant) translations, as the King James Version, changed the text in the falling headlong. The word translated as burst, έλακησεν (3rd. sg. Aoristus of the verb λάσκω, λακάω or ληκέω) means: ring, rattle, crack or burst (especially of things) and scream, shout or cry aloud (especially of animals or human beings). (1) That his bowels gushed out is a way of saying, to express a deep sort of compassion or affection. In Hebrew it is referred to as rechamim. In particular it is used to mention God's mercy. The Dutch language has a great word for it, namely: barmhartigheid. Σπλάχνα is been used at several places in the New Testament: 1 John 3:17; 2 Cor. 6:12, 7:15; Col. 3:12; Philemon: 7, 12, 20; Philippians 1:8, 2:1, Luke 1:78. To mention only Luke: Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. If it is metaphorically translated in those places, it is likely to do this here as well. To conclude, I suggest the following translation: Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity, when he knelt down, he screamed with great compassion.
Through many dark hour I’ve been thinkin’ about this That Jesus Christ Was betrayed by a kiss But I can’t think for you You’ll have to decide Whether Judas Iscariot Had God on his side
As a librarian, one with a deep interest in archives, the improper storage of the manuscript breaks my heart.
curious enough that the ones who originally had the gospel [and wanted lots of money for it, realizing its significance], never thought of copying out the text. What is more important- the paper or the words written on it?!
@@d1427 You are thinking like a librarian, not like those who are have no ideals other than greed.
I still grieve the loss to civilisation when Constantine burned
the Library of Alexandria to the ground... 325 AD
@@ammasophia4663 I was thinking common sense; if I was thinking greed, I'd have made a buck or two from selling the rights to copy the manuscript and copies of it, besides the manuscript itself. Even without copies, a well preserved manuscript is worth more than a derelict one. Greed and stupidity- bad combination.
Early Christianity is so fascinating. It is so easy to presuppose that the Christianities and Bibles which exist today were inevitable but so many people had radically different ideas about Christianity and Jesus.
There's a natural winnowing process, you know? Some beliefs tend to be more compatible with whatever society they're in, whereas others are more fringe. Over time the fringe beliefs tend to fade, whereas the more compatible ones tend to kind of combine and conform. Evolution, basically.
@@mahatmarandy5977 I'd say it was less about evolution and more about what the rulers and church leaders at any given time decided was "in" or "out." The Gnostics were critical of proto-Orthodox teachings; and by extension, critical of the leaders and power structure associated with those teachings. From a basic political standpoint, it makes sense that proto-Orthodox leaders would label Gnostics as heretical. People did hold deep beliefs. But we should not ignore the power games played in the upper echelons of any number of faiths.
@@mahatmarandy5977 Not simply evolution, but the activity of the Holy Spirit whom Christ promised would lead the Church into all truth.
The contradictions is all we need to know what’s false. Anything Jesus preached in the scriptures we have is enough to say that we know Him.
@@georgew2014 the Proto-Orthodox was always the majority view, other than for a short decade or so when Arianism was larger, and it seems Proto-Orthodoxy is the most true to the teachings of the historical Apostles and Jesus, so, it makes sense that it won out.
"Unlike the dry climate of Egypt, Long Island is not that" -- that's borderline Douglas Adams worthy writing there.
Have also been reminded of Douglas here, with all the differing sects.
Douglas Adams summed them all up when saying,
2000years after a man was nailed to a tree, for saying would it not be better if we were a kind to eachother.
I think Jesus message aligned more with not worshiping money then with being kind to each other. Sounds like a lot of money changed hands with these ancient papyrus documents. Who initially found them? What was his or her agenda? Who are we not allowed to criticize?
@@thetamoramay7331 Jesus's message against worshipping money was very much about loving humanity, out of the belief that humanity is made in the image of God. Maybe try thinking along those lines instead of hinting at conspiracy theories that hint at dogwhistles.
@@abyssimus - I’m not hinting at anything. The cats been out of the bag for a while and gaining momentum.
old documents degrading makes me so mad. They just shouldn't be in private hands imo. So much has been lost already! At any rate, once again thanks for a lovely overview once again! your videos are always amazing and interesting to me
same here. extremely frustrating that it was caused by human ignorance and greed. I'm not sure how much was lost, but it's a travesty either way.
I feel the same way about the library of alexandria, and other instances of people intentionally burning texts because they were regarded as "heretical."
Yeah because we all know government really cares about these things, right
HERE is Our Savior
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
- Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses)
- Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah)
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 43:11
I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am YaH, and there is none else.
@@Praise___YaH yah we know bro, but that is off topic
@Nicholas Time *property is theft
This alternate view of Jesus, Judas and the Apostles makes my head spin thinking about it from the perspective of politics, and the fact that the winners get to write the history. This video is fascinating.
The Jews killed Jesus and the bible and new testament are all written by Jews. Now you see why many books have been taken out. Just ask Enoch the man who walked with God.
There were no winners (in a humanistic context)…almost all of the disciples and apostles were killed for their beliefs
Imagine if two thousand years from now some historians find the script to "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" and all excitedly start to proclaim to the world that this is an alternate view of Lincoln that the "mainstream" wanted to hide. After all, it was written only 147 years after Lincoln's death, so it must be true, right?
@@mikeroman5208 great analogy that u are using
@@mikeroman5208This is what I tell people who believe the Book of Enoch should be canonical.
The Book of Enoch could very likely be a fanfic of sorts. As it was not written in the same times as the Old Testament nor the new testament.
Could very well just be a fanfiction of the time period using the names/characters of Biblical origins. I imagine a lot of people wrote stories about the things that were culturally popular at the time. The Bible was the commonly known thing, it was their pop culture.
The existence of wealthy collectors is so frustrating. What's the point of hoarding a bunch of stuff when you don't even know what it is?
Reminds me of "Tomb Raider" where wealthy powerful men fund expeditions to find ancient knowledge, only to hide it or use it for their own gain
more monies for me less knowledge for everyone
Because they hold a key to the understanding of our entire paradigm. That's pure power.
I can't tell you how absolutely maddening it is that it was kept in a safety deposit box in new york, a place that has a significantly higher average humidity than that of egypt, and because of that, some of it was damaged and forever lost. just seems like it was done out of ignorance or negligence.
I read it recently, and it's one of the most fascinating gnostic texts (in my opinion); it really is a pity, could have been avoided.
HERE is Our Savior
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
- Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses)
- Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah)
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 43:11
I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am YaH, and there is none else.
@@Praise___YaH there is no god but Barbelo
Based on paintings Judas definitely had some personal space boundary issues
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I am not a religious scholar, however I do self-educate and I do so with your videos as a spring board into higher levels of religious knowledge. Thank you for the energy and time that you put into these videos, they are absolutely fascinating and beneficial for a person like me.
HERE is Our Savior
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
- Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses)
- Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah)
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 43:11
I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am YaH, and there is none else.
You're not going to learn anything from fake nonsense like the so-called "Gospel of Judas."
I think that really cool! My major isn't in any particular thing but I studied alot of philosophy, anthropology, and history. And I really love these videos. It's such a cool way to peer into the mindset of the people that created it or their general environment at the time.
I feel like I see amazing comments like yours under these videos and they're always swamped with incoherent ramblings.
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He's actually accurate more than half the time. He's wrong about GThomas not being gnostic. All one needs to do is read it.
As a long time watcher (from when you were at a few hundred!), I want to say that I appreciate the video interludes and production quality upgrades you’re making slowly but surely 😊
I found a very old rebound copy of a prominent abolitionist novel once, and my first instinct was to preserve it in a large cigar box in an always dry room in my house until I could get it somewhere that will better preserve it.
How someone found a literal lost gospel-RECOGNIZED ITS SIGNIFICANCE as he tried selling it for millions after acquisition-and put it in a random safety deposit box blows my mind.
What is it, if I may ask? Is the author known?
Imo this guy is burning in h3ll for his greed.
Wonderful 😂
What a superb presentation. Absolutely delightful to learn from you Filip. Thank you for all the wonderful work you put into this ❤
It's always seemed strange to me that the crucifixion could be so essential for salvation and yet Judas be the betrayer. Like on some level it makes perfect sense, but it's like, okay, if he *didn't* do that, then what, no one gets salvation? So the idea that Jesus would instruct Judas to do it, but Judas still not be able to live with it afterwards does ring true to me.
Maybe he didn't hang himself lol.
Possibly one of the many apostles got angry and beat and hung him for betrayal.
Did Judas write that he offered himself? Or was it another...
There are no good reasons why he ends up offing himself.
He's the ultimate wingman.
"Dude, I need your help with something... can you take one for the team?"
Jesus didn't need Judas for his Passion. The Jewish authorities still hated and wanted to kill him.
@@SamSam-vx7cs Agreed. But it was important for it to happen at Passover, and Judas may have been a way of ensuring it happened when it needed to.
“Promise me Ned!”
Early christiantiy/gnosticism is my favorite video topic of yours! Thanks!
The Demiurge proposition answers all those questions about why the Abrahamic religions are so contradictory to the physical world around us.
All Plato
Zoroaster before him. It keeps going. And going.
@@SP3C5x turtles all the way down amigo
"the people who owned this document wanted a lot of money for it" if there is a devil, this is it
Literally the satan (adversary) to the cause😅
I went to a catholic private school for 5 years and this reminds me of our stranger danger alert. When we practiced it or whatever. If there was a stranger in the building, the front desk would say over the PA system "we would like to take a moment to say a prayer to Saint Judas" and I always thought it was a bit clever and a little funny. Idk
@@alteredbeast7145 that's cool! Not really related to me remembering something I found fun/funny.
I have never really believed in anything, if you care. I just try to enjoy life. That's more important to me.
The announcement is meant as a joke bc judas isn't a Saint :/
Thought I mentioned that but ig I didn't
@@scottpowell4267 it's was intentionally judas
Be careful in the Catholic Church. And from the pope. The saints are in the grave and will be resurrected in the second coming of Jesus
It's nice that the front desk is warning the priests they need to stop f4cking the choir boy.
So according to this text Judas is actually Snape. Like, on the surface the bad guy helping with or doing the murder of an important figure, but it turns out that the important figure planned it all along and it is only because of SnapeJudas' true faith and loyalty that they did the bad thing and took on all the hatred for it.
At this point I'm gonna ring a bell every time a religious channel like this says "Gnostic BUT..." because it's one of those things that's always coming up
HERE is Our Savior
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
- Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses)
- Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah)
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 43:11
I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am YaH, and there is none else.
@@Praise___YaH you're funny
My friend met with a Alawites Sheikh and asked him about the Abdul Rahman ben Muljam (the Imam Ali disciple who assassinated him). The latter said: "They were in a very close meeting and Imam Ali asked "who would carry the weight of my death" then Abdul Rahman raised and volunteered. Imam Ali responded "You will carry the curse of the A'lamin"
HERE is Our Savior
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
- Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses)
- Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah)
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 43:11
I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am YaH, and there is none else.
@@Praise___YaH ok what is your point?
@@tomtemple69
There is NO SUCH THING as a jesus
@@tomtemple69
Wanna go back and read what I shared now?
@@Praise___YaHyeah, there is only THE Jesus Christ and He is God
I really love those gnostic topics, it is so interesting to see how diverse Christianity actually is!
HERE is Our Savior
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
- Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses)
- Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah)
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 43:11
I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am YaH, and there is none else.
Gnosticism is Satanic
Fascinating. Whether by complexity and/or humanity's deceptive disposition, throughout my life I've experienced that a lot of concepts are actually very different than what's generally presumed. I chew on a great many things, but I never swallow.
What a raw ass line
@@yum8666 I had long since forgotten I made this comment. Yeah, it kind of was 😄 Thanks.
@@yum8666it is indeed, a raw ass line.
I have been waiting for this for some time. I checked my subscriptions feed earlier today in hopes of seeing this content. I am so pleased to thank you for this episode.
HERE is Our Savior
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
- Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses)
- Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah)
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 43:11
I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am YaH, and there is none else.
@@Praise___YaH dude what is with u? R u a preacher or something? This vid isnt praising Judas so stop mumbling whatever verse ur trying to say here cuz what ur sayin doesnt make no sense at all, if u want to share ur verse, go to the chapel or church or whatsoever
Ur trolling everyone here with ur bible verse
@@Praise___YaH They tell you your making no sense ! yet I noticed your Comment. Doesn't prove anything but at least your Grammar is in a better check.
to everyone scrolling, do yourself a favor and read forbidden manifestation by zara blackthorn. thank me later.
thanks
read it a few days ago, its great
I got it, one of the best books ive ever read
Thanks Philip, thanks for putting together another Gem of knowledge. Great work
Agreed 👍
I always love a video in connection to gnosticism
Tantalizing and provocative. Curiosity and wonderment dancing in tandem to the songs of possibilities! Thank you for this.
Watched your third Vlog, which I find informative & well researched as well as without biases: Good Job 👍
I love episodes on Sethians and Gnosticism!!
Love this. More lectures from you this 2023.
I am an atheist, and yet I found these stories and different perspectives mesmerizing. Great video!
Jesus is King 🙏🏽❤️🔥he loves you. Repent
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@@onlyenzoYTeveryone has their own path to walk in life. Be careful or you might trip on your ignorance and stray from yours.
@@melissabellemare7416 You tell him to be careful when so called Christians will never enter heaven. I have found that atheists read scripture, while Christians are content with having it read to them, and prefer being lied to about what it reads, hence the closed minds.
@@you457wx7You are correct. There are many Christians who don't know The Bible. However, there are also many atheists who attack The Bible with ridiculous/ naive claims.
Great teaching Professor Holm.
The male/female pairs of the aeons were somewhat interesting, taken from the surrounding folk myths I imagine.
The last part of the film "Last Temptation of Christ" (1988) by Scorsese portrays Judas somewhat like the Gnostic depiction in the Gospel of Judas. I had assumed that this depiction came from Kazantzakis, author of the book. But now I am wondering if it came from Scorsese's reading of the (then rather newly re-discovered) Gospel of Judas.
In 1988 it had been discovered, but nobody knew it was the gospel of Judas, and it had not been translated yet.
Much like every one else, you've been a great source of knowledge and inspiration. I wandered if you'd be able to do a video on the book of Enoch?
The book of Enoch contradicts the bible, please don't read it
@@Daniel_Godismyjudge--Isah33.22 the book of Enoch should have been part of the bible but it was removed. I know another cultures christianity includes it. It speaks of the watchers. You shouldn't exclude books that are written around the same period as there is much to learn from them as there is in the king james version. Don't be close minded.
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The book of Enoch contradicts the bible. That's why it isn't in it.
Enoch & Utnapishtim need to start a glam metal band. Or one needs to name themselves after them.
@@Daniel_Godismyjudge--Isah33.22The book of Enoch was written in the 2nd century- The Bible was compiled and edited in the 10th century.
You have been conditioned to be scared of the Truth, for with it in your heart, they have no control of Gods creations abilties to find he exists within, always and forever. We were put here to Live in free will, casting off religious branding will free you Soul. Follow the Light of Love.
One has to admire all your lectures, as I know I do. Thank you always for your interests and intelligence. Happy Holidays ☃️ 🎄Reading is a passion of mine also.
Christmas is a paga* tradition
@@faizafaiza6524 There is a Santa Claus, I know that is true. Have you written a letter to him yet? Lol☃️🎄 Santa 🎅 🧑🎄 🤣
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Christianity comes from the teachings of Jesus. And Jesus is God and the Son of God
@@cheri238 JESUS CONFESSED IN BIBLE THAT HE IS NOT GOD *******.
1- God Doesn’t Change His Nature (Malachi 3:6)
2- GOD Almighty is Greater than Jesus. (John 14:28 )
3- No one is "Good" including Jesus. Only GOD is" Good" (Luke 18:19)
4- Jesus said he doesn't know when the Hour will come. Only GOD Knows. (Mark 13:32)
5- Jesus said that" OUR God is One GOD " (Mark 12:29 )
6- Jesus also said "My GOD and your GOD" (John 20:17)
7- Jesus bowed his face down to the ground to GOD Almighty. (Matthew 26:39)
8- Jesus was tempted by satan for 40 days(Mat1:4), while GOD Almighty can not be tempted (Jacob 1:13)
9- Jesus said he is a man (John 8:40)
10- God is neither a man nor a son of a man (Numbers 23:19)
11- No one can see god (1 John 4:20) but people saw Jesus
12- God is the living and everlasting (Habakkuk 1:12)
13- Jesus always confessed he is just a prophet sent by god (Matthew 21:10-11)
14- God Declare Himself to be God, Jesus didn't (Ezekiel 20:20)
15- Jesus told his real mission was to preach not sacrifice (Mark 1:38)
16- Jesus desired Mercy not Sacrifice (Matthew 9:13)
Jesus refered himseld as
17- Servant:
Matthew 10:24, 24:45, 12:18 John 13:16
18- Prophet:
Matthew 8:20 13:16,21:11, Mark 6:15, 6;4, 9;37, Luke 7:16, 9:8, 9:19, John 13:17, 7:16, 6:14, 7:40
19- Son of Man:
Matthew 5:9, 17:22, 8:20, 18:11, 26:2, Luke 9:22, John 5:27
20- Slave:
John 13:16, Matthew 10:24
21- Student:
Matthew 10:24
22- Father is Grater than Jesus (John 14:28) How can someone can be greater than God?
23- Jesus was taught by the Father (John 8:28)
24- Jesus can do nothing by himself (John 5:19, John 5:30)
25- Jesus does not even has his own doctrine (John 7:16)
26- Jesus ascend to his God (John 20:17)
27- According to Christian Jesus died as recorded in Matthew 27:27-56 but Bible says that God is infinite Pslam 102:27-27
28- Jesus needed to Pray, Eat, Drink and Was Helped by Woman, as stated in Luke 8:1-3 but God in Bible is self-sufficient Psalm 50:12
29- The God remain the same in nature (Hebrews 1:12)
30- Jesus is the same human today, yesterday and forever (Hebrew 13:8)
31- Jesus could not save anyone as he was even not able to save himself (Hebrews 5:1-8)
32- Jesus said he was send to lost sheep of Israel (Matthew 15:24)
@@Daniel_Godismyjudge--Isah33.22 All prophets were called sons of God in bible
👉Adam, who was the son of God.’ (Luke 3:38)
👉Jacob is God’s son and firstborn: ‘Israel is my son, even my firstborn.’ (Exodus 4:22)
👉🏻Solomon: ‘I will be his father, and he shall be my son.’ (2 Samuel 7:13-14)
👉🏻Ephraim: ‘for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.’ (Jeremiah 31:9)
👉🏻is God’s firstborn, common people are called the sons of God: ‘Ye are the children of the Lord your God’ (Deuteronomy 14:1)
WHO IS THE FIRST SON OF GOD?
👉🏻Genesis 41:51 says MENASSEH is the FIRST son of God!
👉🏻Exodus 4:22 says ISRAEL is the FIRST son of God!
👉🏻Psalms 89:27 says DAVID is the FIRST son of God!
👉🏻Jeremiah 31:9 says EPHRAIM is the FIRST son of God!
This clearly shows son means pious persons not literally meant as Christians believe
Damn, so Judas is Snape?
Basically
In this version, Judas is basically the Severus Snape to Jesus' Dumbledore.
I literally did a Harry Potter themed school-work out of that some years ago.
@@eimere Awesome!
What a fascinating channel! I'm so glad I found it. Greetings from South America 🇨🇱🇨🇱
_Seeing early Christianity from the Vedic perspective has helped me in simplifying the understanding process of the Gnostic Gospels._
_I recommend Ādvaita Vedānta, Kashmiri Shaivism, Vijñāna Vada Buddhism and Shunya Vada Buddhism. These Eastern Philosophical systems will break down the Gnostic Gospels step by step for you so that a seeker may understand the deeper meaning what Jesus has ACTUALLY taught._
Interesting. Thanks for posting this.
New age nonsense. You do realize if there was a historical rabbi yeshua he would have been illiterate right?
I was 12 years old when I first thought: if Judas hadn't existed there would have been no crucifixion therefore no salvation. If it was prophesied to happen, someone was already doomed to have to play that role since before they existed so sending them to hell would be unfair. It was the beginning of an endless questioning that led me to lose all faith.
If Judas wouldn’t have done it someone else would have. Plenty of ppl would trade a man for money.
It was foretold that people would get so evil that they would trade a sinless for money.
The Bible is actually very clear that Judas’s betrayal is ordained by God.
It is spoken of in the Psalms, for example.
The trouble with popular evangelical Christianity today is that it emphasizes the freedom of will. The Bible does not, nor has historic Christianity.
You are quite right to point out that Judas’s betrayal, if ordained by God, is unfair according to a theological system that emphasizes choice (as popular Arminian evangelicalism and Roman Catholicism). It’s plainly inconsistent.
However, many evangelical Christians, if they have such questions, are never given answers, and they are discouraged from asking them.
If your upbringing is like mine was (fundamentalist, Pentecostal), then you were told “Just believe.” But belief without knowledge is nonsensical. Faith must be grounded in something real, or else it is stupid fantasy.
I found answers to my questions in the Westminster Standards.
My parents and siblings think I’m a heretic, probably, but by God’s grace I have been brought to faith built on knowledge, on truth, and not on mere feeling or wishful thinking.
People literally sell people for money in 2023....but a guy selling out his friend 2k years ago is shocking to you? Stay questioning then and hopefully God will eventually answer you.
Existing outside time and space and matter means that was is past and future are all happening in an eternal now. Things are known but they are still choice. These concepts are difficult to understand on this dimension but free agency is still real
You're voice is so soothing 😌 ez learning , thank you 🙏
Brilliant, I’m not religious at all, but am very interested in it.
This has changed my day🇬🇧👊🏼
Go to church. It will change your eternity.
@@MarvelousSeven The church is the people who murdered Christ, just read the words of Jesus.
@@MarvelousSevenI do not believe in Church, I believe in Jesus.
Crazy how this turned into the Prosperity Gospel
…Mormons..Seventh Day Advent..it’s a fucking crazy world out there…
@@bundeswehr7676what about 7 adventists?
I really like your channel, I have searched through all your videos and have found no videos that talks about the old ones,
Excellent presentation! Can you explain meaning of Barbelo bit more.
I wonder if any of our stories will last thousands of years from now.
If nothing else, this is a very impressive feat.
We've got the internet. Now practically everything might last ages
The Bible is already like 2-4 thousand years old. I’m sure it’s gonna last 😂
Please make a video on the Gospel of Barnabas and the debate between Barnabas and Paul.
Barnabas Gospel is fabricated. Muslims also know this today. Although it is still taught as authentic by some people.
I'm a Christian, Catholic. I'm interested to see how other disciples describe Jesus. Thank you.
@@jonahkuske8409 yes, all of the gnostic gospels were written by others, not by the person in the title
@@tomtemple69
"This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true" John 21:24 NKJV
Be careful in the Catholic Church and with the pope
Keep educating yourself about it and you won't stay Catholic
Catholic Church is evil bro pls don't listen to them
The Gospel according to Judas, verse 1: "Framed! I was framed I tell you!!"
...what?
The book of Judas contradicts the bible. So be careful
@@Daniel_Godismyjudge--Isah33.22 Maybe the Bible contradicts the Gospel of Judas 🧐
@@spudsbuchlaw
No. Because Judas doesn't align with the Bible. Judas is a fake book
@@Daniel_Godismyjudge--Isah33.22the devils is really tricky. How do you know you are reading the correct book?
These were just men, not gods.
Like the plot of the last temptation of christ. I always thought that it was strange how judas was vilified for doing exactly what had to be done
I have the book that was released about 10 years ago and it tells you some interesting details of what the church does not want you to know.
What's the name of the book?
@@malcmitchell9738
I don’t necessary know that I believe this gospel but within the context of the narrative it makes sense that Judas would commit suicide even if the gospel was true. It’s no different than there being a plan to martyr Jesus and scorn Judas. If scorning Judas is part of the plan, then having him commit suicide reinforces the appearance of guilt which makes his actions even more scornful and implies he was acting out of betrayal rather than loyalty.
Of course. The read why They had Yo present god and reword The character of god as a man who did atrocious work but with a twist of “because of Live You”. 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Obviously when a religion needs a sacrifice because of a prophecy, there needs to be a sacrificed and a sacrifyer. All actors according to a book. No sacrifyer, no sacrificed. How can there be individual guilt in such a scenario.
I love learning about gnostic thought and belief. I think its because I love the SMT games which are steeped in gnosticism. its such an interesting well to draw from when it comes to writing as well.
Well, I wouldnt say _Steeped_ they have some Gnosticism in them
Can you do a video on Noah's ark or the story of Nuh (AS) being similar in so many cultures around the world as its really interesting that people from different geographical locations have similar legends around a great flood with a prominent figure in the center. Also amazing channel !!
Interesting topic. What is your reasoning behind it? I would say myth originated in one place and was gradually spread along the old World. It has more sense to me than the notion that all of these myths are referencing the same world-wide flood. I think this myth originated somewhere in the middle east which was a center of domestication and the birth of agriculture. Agriculture was spread through migration from Middle east to many parts of the Old World, and it's not unimaginable that those people/migrants who were bringing the knowledge of farming and agriculture to the rest of the Old World brought these myths and stories with them, which through the next few millenia became for every culture their own distinct flood myth. Problem regarding the flood myths in the New World is that we cannot go back in time and ask native people what is the exact story, we only have stories which were filtered through and written down by the 15th century spanish monks, who firmly believed in the story about the Noah's ark to be truth. That easily could have resulted, and most probably it did, in those monks trying to connect some stories about the floods in the New World with Noah's ark, thus making those stories from the New World seem much more simmilar to the story of Noah's ark than it probably actually was, maybe they were not even remotely simmilar. (mind you that in 15th century there was no spanish-native american dictionary, so much of the actual stories from the New World were highly reinterpretated while being written down and we will never know what the actual story was like)
These are not mine ideas, I heard it from several archeologists and thus far it's the explanation for the world-wide spread of the flood myth which for me makes the most sense. Far from saying it's the actual truth, no one can know that, but that's what makes it a interesting topic for discussion.
@@dominikivankovic63 or it was an actual event that took place, and with time became myth with people adding to the story
@@asrarahmed5044 Yes I agree with that, sorry for not emphasizing it in previous comment. I believe there was possibly a flood in the place, or close to, where myth originated, not that it was a worldwide flood.
@dominikivankovic63 In islam there's no reference to it being a worldwide flood. It makes more sense to me the flood took place in a specific place as well. Allah knows best. But I do find it amazing how the oldest written text we have (epic of gilgamesh) talks about the flood and a prominent figure who built an Ark and put all the animals in pairs on it. It resembles the story of Noah/Nuh (PBUH) so closely, it actually gave me goosebumps
The area the ancient israelites/Judaens lived, known today as levant, back then it was called, Canaan. It was the connection point between africa, europe, and asia all the trade routes go through Canaan. (Hence way Egypt and the Hittites were fighting over that area.) This means goods, people, and ideas came through there all the time. Its less about a real world wide flood, but the melding of different peoples. Some of tells in the old testament were most likely influence by these tales and incorperated them and slightly change them to fit in. People of the bronze and iron age record history different, adding embellishments and literary devices (such as characters) to make theological points. The accuracy of the account mattered little, what did matter was what were they trying to tell you.
Judas is the stumbling block of modern Christianity…he should have been the first to be forgiven…so that the faith could move forward properly.
They purport to be the religion of forgiveness yet brother Judas burns in the everlasting fire of their faith.
If these are the only words you know of Jesus , it’s the only words you need ….” Do not worship me, worship the ONE who sent me” ☝️
The apostles in a state of "Confusion" is probably the best description of the development of Christianity.
A group of people who thought they knew what was happening but then the expected revival of the Davidic kingdom didn't show up and oust the Romans, and the messiah was killed there was a lot of explaining to do.
The sequence we have received: the proto-orthodox begat the orthodox who begat the orthodox who begat the schisms that begat contemporary christianity; would most likely sound as bizarre to the early Jesus communities as this gospel sounds to us.
In The Gospel According to Me Judas is more an everyman rather than a great betrayer. His sins of greed, selfishness and egoism are not unique but universal.
That we identify more with the apostles, that understand the way of Jesus and that our brand of Christianity is the true path is probably as confused as the communities of Paul, Judas, Thomas or Seth.
HERE is Our Savior
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
- Ancient Semitic Cuniform of Moshe (Moses)
- Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah)
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 43:11
I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am YaH, and there is none else.
@@Praise___YaH what the hell is with u man, stop ur mumbling already, nobody cares bout what ur saying cuz this vid isnt bout ur bible verse
To be fair to Long Island, sixteen years there will destroy anything, not just ancient docents.
Been waiting on you to do this one, Filip.
This would be so interesting except that it pretty much shows that the New Testament was a concoction of men playing an equivalent of fans and creators of a modern sci-fi or fantasy series deciding what is Canon and what is not. Jesus apparently did exist and made a splash in his day in jump starting a spin-off religion but it was latter-day creators and fans who created the orthodoxy of the religion. People don't change, we are as we were then.
“People don’t change, we are as we were then”
Yeas and no. Are we just a bunch of primates with all its flaws? Yes.
But we have also been the beneficiaries of the principles of the Enlightenment and the development of the scientific method. The fact that we can have this conversation anonymously, over the internet, and NOT be stoned (at least here in the US), tells me we have changed some. We are constantly evolving by every new generation.
But I do absolutely agree with you that the Bible is just a “best seller” compilation and things like the Second Council of Nicaea is the equivalent of a bunch of men arguing if the SS Enterprise is faster than the Millennium Falcon
Old Testament pseudepigrapha is by far the most intellectually and spiritually adroit literature in the religious literature genre. 4 Ezra, specifically, is deeply profound in ways that other books of the Bible just fall short.
The Truth is inside me the one and only Truth ❤❤❤❤
Man. . . This has been a crazy ride. I NEVER thought I'd be looking into gnosticism as possibly biblically accurate at all!
Judas is like professor snape in the harry Potter movies
How much sense does it make, that the actual favorite is shunned by the others. Envy is real. The others all demonize him in their writings and by the quality of QUANTITY alone, Judas would totally get the short end of the stick. Even if we'd had this account for longer than just the last 20 years.
I'd love knowing more about Gospel of barnabas. Please make a video about that
It's a 15th century fraud written during the Ottoman reign.
@@hannahpocock4152 More precisely to be 16th Century fabricated crypto-texts authored in Spain by a possible Morisco group
It has mentions of goods discovered in Americas, which almost all of humanity at the time of historical Jesus haven't even known of the American continent and it's Islands
Even Muslims accept that it was fabricated around 15-17 hundred years after Isa Aleyhisselam.
@@attilaseyfullah8522 what was fabricated?? Whole bible or just a specific version?
@@hizbee5524 the "Barnabas Gospel" version
Thank you for your knowledge it sheds light on things that I’ve questioned about the canon bible!
More videos on the gnostic gospel please! Any book recommendations would be cool too, very hard topic to research
The Bible is Inspired by God.
Not the book of Judas
@@Daniel_Godismyjudge--Isah33.22 ok but theyre asking for more academic discussions on books related to those in the bible, not what the bible was inspired by.
The problem that I face when presented with this perspective is - why would God Almighty send Jesus only to speak in riddles and confuse us more? “Laughing” at the disciples and telling them “you’re going to just lead the people more astray....” without clear explanations, not guesses, as to what God wants from us.... that isn’t clarifying, it’s chaos. So I cannot grasp that God would send Jesus for that purpose.
Sad so much text was lost due to greediness.
These writings are so important as is the search for the grail Godfrey de Bouillon
seems the canonical book of revelation also could be ''gnostic'', at least regarding 2-2 , 2-9 , 3-12 and the overall complex visionary nature of the text.
I am sorry, there are clearly hostile people on this thread. Your videos are very, very good. Thank you so very much.
Thanks so much for posting
Amazing that Kazantzakis' Last Temptation anticipates the idea of Judas being asked by Christ to play the role of betrayer.
For any who truly believe.. they don’t need preserved papyrus but rather to look inward for these answers for that’s where they came from.
There is a lost Christian text which was found by farmers, i think it included several separate texts one of which they burned for fuel before realizing their importance.
They’re beautifully written and significantly they refer to Christ as “son of man” which is incredible.
He speaks about how he wishes to bring all of mankind to transform to sons of god and join Jesus as he joined with god.
They’re included in the Sutras of Christ, the first book to include every single quote of Jesus in the Bible and without.
It helped me tremendously in understanding that “allow us to share in your divinity as you have shared in our humanity” is very literal, Jesus is the son of man, and provided a path through which we may too become one with god as jesus is.
This is my belief, the book is incredible and helped me with my faith personally.
What's the name of the book?
This is somehow similar to Mary Magdalene's gospel.
That’s the Nag Hammadi Library, also called The Gnostic Gospels.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library
@@loupurvis3148 thank you yes, I couldn’t remember what it was called!!
Yeah just as believable as Hong Xiuquan
It’s so interesting how they use Judas and the Apostles as a metaphor
I really enjoy your presentations.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it here but interestingly the flight of the feathered serpent by Armando Cosani came out before the discovery of the gospel of Judas. It has three parts, the first is an easy read, very inspirational and easy to understand for the most part. Second book is full of symbolism that can easily go over the head but the third book is an account very similar to the gospel of Judas only it was released years earlier than the gospel of Judas discovery 🤯
The Gospel of Judas could have been made in the 2nd Century.
However, that doesn't mean it should be in the Bible.
Because the Bible doesn't align with Judas
i remember being told in the early 90s at the baptist church i attended as a child that judas likely was doing what he did at the behest of jesus to fulfil prophecy.. they were best friends, supposedly, after all. ;)
I’m a Christian in a truer sense of the word than most Christian’s I know. When I tell my so called Christian friends my opinions about the gospels chosen to be “ official canon” they try to destroy me saying I’m jot a true Christian. Early Christian leaders wanted to gather gentiles and other non Jews to rally around their cause so they chose books that sounded good to the people they were going after to rally them around their cause. Same with the letters of the apostles: human beings with agendas to make something sound good to gather people to their cause. “ these people think this way? Well then I’ll tell them that’s what Jesus wanted.”
Agendas and propaganda.
Without Judas Jesus would not have been able to die for our sins. I love to study religion, thank you so much my friend
@@malcmitchell9738 no, but if you write a script that you expect to be followed and then punish some of the actors that did exactly what you expected them to do in order for your play to be successful, you're someone I would never want to work with.
*CORRECTION* around 00:15 into the video, when it is claimed that these non-canonical books “did NOT make it into the Bible” it should actually have said *many were in fact IN THE BIBLE, then REMOVED for various reasons* which is a very different thing.
"The Bible" was constructed by the Roman Catholic-Orthodox Church (they were together back then).
It was like picking choice poems for a poetry book. There wasn't a whole to begin with except for the Tanah(Hebrew Bible)
Wth ??? Wth cares??pfffft
It's so upsetting because these events have drastically shaped the last 2000 years. And we still do not fully understand what happened during Jesus' time, and so much of the records have been lost. We're fairly certain all of these people existed (including Jesus), but fairly uncertain how exactly these events happened and who these people were.
Seems that I am a manuscript myself, as I also would prefer Egypt to Long Island
Did Jesus himself decided to impregnate his own mother to give birth to himself? Did he then forgot his previous form and lost his powers? Did he acquire part of the power growing up? Could he see the future? Was he who decided his own death? Did he knew everything before hand (can somebody with these type of power really be betrayed?)? What is the point of the "sacrifice" if he knew he would resuscitate? Was it all a joke on the naked monkeys? And last but not least: what type of wine and alcohol % did he transform from water, Merlot?
Excellent video. Great choice and use of visuals!
In the 1980's I was studying texts used by seminary students as well as many other history books.
The idea that Judas was the disciple who was most like Jesus in intelligence and even demeanour felt obvious to me.
Peter was the one who told the guards where to find them because he thought Jesus would save his own life.
Peter was the one who was asking questions like,
"Can I sit at your right hand?"
Meaning... I want to rule the world and you can be free to be spiritual.
Peter wanted dominion of the earth
Paul and Peter were devising the new religion
with a powerful Priesthood in Greece and Rome thought.
Constantine in 300 AD destroyed all texts in order to canonise Paul's writing as the definition of Jesus and a theology often in opposition to Jesus actual words and meaning preserved in the Gospels.
This might be a stretch but I’m getting “Snape was actually a good guy” vibes from this gospel. They make him seem to know that Jesus is the spirit of God trapped in a human body and all the bad things he did were part of a long placed plan to reveal God’s revelation to the world
From a Christian perspective good triumphs despite evil. Not good triumphs because of evil.
Whether Judas betrayed Jesus or not the pharisees and other groups still would have killed Jesus.
This episode should have been called: loose ends, the lamb and the scapegoat. Interesting how the only one who had claimed to know of jesus's true nature and intentions winds up going along with the scheme making him complicit in some kind of otherworldly cover-up, and taking that truth with him to the grave. Trippy stuff
Like your stuff.
Though my career is in the private sector, I continue with some independent scholarly work in the field of Library and Information Science, with a specialty in Misinformation and Disinformation. And I find this fascinating from that perspective. It has several hallmarks and patterns of misinformation; its reminiscent of selective sharing; hyped has secretive, hidden knowledge within its own narrative; etc. Wild hypothesis here, It almost seems like part of a disinformation campaign when considering it alongside the Canon.
We got christian DLC before GTA 6
Someone I trust once said if you wanted results you should pray to Saint Judas as he doesn't get many requests
😂😂😂
I find it irritating that some people treat this 'gospels' as of equal value or even more value than the 4 Gospels we have in the canon. The Gospel of Judas was clearly and unequivocally written in the mid to late 2nd century and reflects non-Jewish theology; therefore the probability that it somehow goes back to the historical Jesus is extremely unlikely. The Gospel of Mark, by way of contrast, was written around AD 70; and the letters of Paul, which contain a very different theology to the Gospel of Judas, were written around AD 50 or there about.
Yet the canonical book of John is considered a Gnostic text, written in the early 2nd century ce, and was condemned as heretical by early Christian fathers like Origen, because he believed it was written by a "heretic" Cerinthus.
@@benjalucian1515 None of that is true. Most scholars think that the Gospel of John was written around 90 AD. And Origen never regarded it as “heretical”. Origen even wrote a famous commentary on John! It’s even available online if you want to read it. Since the Gospel of John attributes creation to the Logos and since creation is viewed as good it can’t be Gnostic, as gnosticism presupposes metaphysical dualism (matter bad, spirit good). So, you’re just wrong
@@bayreuth79 Most scholars consider the book of John to be Gnostic. All the "I am the word" and "I am god" claims supposedly said by Jesus would have gotten any Jewish person of the 1st century stoned to death. So obviously the author wasn't actually giving any real history of Jesus. Scholars put the writing of John after 94 ce and possibly as late as the early 2nd century. Origen did a commentary on John which is where he calls it heretical. Read it again.
@@benjalucian1515 That’s by no means the case. Where is the Gnostic metaphysics in the Gospel of John? Matter is not seen as evil and the spiritual is not considered as necessarily good (fallen angels can be evil). The OT has passages that refer to David and Israel as sons of God. Jesus quotes the Psalm: know you not that you are gods? Most of the serious scholars I have read, including the great Raymond E Brown, certainly did not see the text as Gnostic and neither did Origen. You’re projecting
With regard to contradictions in the Bible Bart Ehrman has presented on various occasions the case of Judas Iscariot. He considers the two different accounts, in Matthew 27 and in Acts 1 as incompatible. He is right I suppose, but he overlooks something important. I have responded in different ways, but there is some confusion. To clarify, I want to evaluate my thoughts and rewrite my comment in a more subtle way.
The two accounts indeed seem very weird, it is plausible to reject them as incompatible. So there must be something else going on rather than a hanging or another accident in which Judas burst open and his guts came out. To argue that Judas did not strangle himself, but is still alive when Jesus appeared to the twelve disciples, I would like to mention eight points.
This is also an attempt to rehabilitate Juda(s), the Jew.
1
John 20:24 says: now Thomas one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.
Jesus appeared to eleven disciples, so including Judas, since he is only replaced after the Ascension. There is a problem with the grammar when you take 'the twelve' as a technical term. Please read carefully, the pronomen personel 'them' refers directly to ‘the twelve.’ The pronoun cannot refer to a situation in the past.
2
1 Corinthians 15:5 says: …and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
When Paul writes about the appearance of Jesus, he writes about the situation before the Ascension, so before the replacement of Judas by Matthias which happened after the Ascension. And then there were twelve disciples, Judas including. So it's not the question that Judas is replaced, but that he didn't hang himself.
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The translation ’hanged himself’ is reasonable but disputable.
The Greek απάγχω, composition of από and άγχω means literally squeeze (esp. the throat), strangle, throttle and is also used in derivative or metaphorical meanings as choked with anger, of pressing creditors, of a guilty conscience etc.
In Matthew 27:5 απήγξατο appears as 3rd sg. Aoristus Medium and can therefore be translated as strangled or hanged himself. But as I said, a derivative meaning is obvious and more plausible. Therefore I propose the following translation: And hurling the pieces of silver in the sanctuary he left; and after he went off, he got very scared.
Interestingly, the Dutch Statenvertaling, which is considered one of the most accurate translations in existence, translates with 'verworgde zichzelf.' It places the reflexive pronoun 'zichzelf' in italics, meaning that this word is not in the text, but has been added as a clarification. This is a textbook example of precise translation. In fact, it then says that his throat was constricted. So it doesn't say that he squeezes his throat himself. A derivative or metaphorical meaning is more likely in that case. The only English translation I know that lists the reflexive pronoun in italics is the Disciples' Literal New Testament (DLNT): And having thrown the silver-coins into the temple, he departed. And having gone away, he hanged himself.
So again, this translation is not that literal as to get rid of the hanging.
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After the Ascension the disciples assembled again to replace Judas. I consider the translation of Acts 1:18 to be very disputable.
Only if we assume that Judas has hanged himself and felt, the translation is conceivable.
First I would like to mention the passage in the King James Bible: Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out.
Let ‘s focus on the second part of verse 18: καί πρηνής γενόμενος έλάκησεν μέσος καί έξεχύθη πάντα τά σπλάχνα αύτού
The word translated as headlong, πρηνής can mean: with the head foremost, but the first meaning of πρηνής (nom. sg.) is: with the face downwards, bended or lying on ones stomach. By the way, the word 'prone' is still used in English in the meaning of 'prone position.' It means: to lie on the stomach. Derived meanings are: susceptible, amenable, receptive, open minded, open for suggestions and even vulnerable.
Nota bene: the word falling is not in the Greek text, γενόμενος (nom. sg. part. Aoristus of the verb γίγνομαι) means: come into being, take place.
People have in their mind, Judas has hanged, so he has to fall. That is what we call prejudice. If we look at the text with an open mind, we will translate differently. I propose: (being) with his face turned to the ground; or shortly: stooped or knelt.
To support my argument I mention the way in which the Vulgate reconciled the two reports. The Vulgate translates Acts 1:18 as following: …et hic quidem possedit agrum de mercede iniquitatis et suspensus crepuit medius et diffusa sunt omnia viscera eius (…. he hanged, burst in the midst and his viscera gushed out). The Wycliffe Bible remains the same. But these translations are plainly wrong. Does the Roman church want Judas to hang?
Subsequent (protestant) translations, as the King James Version, changed the text in the falling headlong.
The word translated as burst, έλακησεν (3rd. sg. Aoristus of the verb λάσκω, λακάω or ληκέω) means: ring, rattle, crack or burst (especially of things) and scream, shout or cry aloud (especially of animals or human beings). (1)
That his bowels gushed out is a way of saying, to express a deep sort of compassion or affection. In Hebrew it is referred to as rechamim. In particular it is used to mention God's mercy. The Dutch language has a great word for it, namely: barmhartigheid.
Σπλάχνα is been used at several places in the New Testament: 1 John 3:17; 2 Cor. 6:12, 7:15; Col. 3:12; Philemon: 7, 12, 20; Philippians 1:8, 2:1, Luke 1:78. To mention only Luke: Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. If it is metaphorically translated in those places, it is likely to do this here as well.
To conclude, I suggest the following translation: Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity, when he knelt down, he screamed with great compassion.
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More logical than other scriptures
How so?
Through many dark hour
I’ve been thinkin’ about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can’t think for you
You’ll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side