Wooow!!! This is amazing information. Dr. Craig really just gave me a passion to dig deeper. "The scrolls are a friend and so is archaeology." Print that on a tshirt!
I think that was very well said and just enough information to not only peak curiosity but ease doubt as well. Emmanuel Lives! Christ is King of Kings! Stay Ready and Be Blessed in Jesus Name!
At what point did you miss that Christ is to be called "son of man" nothing else, YAHW is to be called lord of the spirits! "SON OF MAN" read 1 Enoch! Christ is not god, nor in the flesh, he is the son, god is the lord! 1 Enoch helps, rather than believing the roman indoctrination!
@@yalnevatekofreedom5096 In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God. Christ Jesus = The Word if you deny this then there is nothing more I can do.
@@yalnevatekofreedom5096 JOHN 1:1=IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD AND THE WORD WAS GOD. HEBREWS 1:8-10 AND PSALMS 45:6&7=HERE WE HAVE GOD THE FATHER CALLING YESHUA/JESUS(THE SON), GOD. JOHN 20:24-29=THOMAS IS CALLING YESHUA, MY LORD AND MY GOD. JOHN 8:58=I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, YESHUA ANSWERED, BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM. EXODUS 3:14=GOD SAID TO MOSES, I AM WHO I AM. THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE TO SAY TO THE ISRAELITES: I AM HAS SENT ME TO YOU. THEY ARE BOTH SAYING THEY ARE, I AM , AND GUESS WHAT? THEY ARE. ONE GOD THAT EXISTS IN THREE PERSONS, THAT IS BIBLE. REVELATION 22:12=BEHOLD, I AM COMING SOON! MY REWARD IS WITH ME, AND I WILL GIVE TO EVERYONE ACCORDING TO WHAT HE HAS DONE. I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE BEGINNING AND THE END. VERSE 20=HE WHO TESTIFIES TO THESE THINGS SAYS, YES, I AM COMING SOON. AMEN, COME LORD YESHUA...YESHUA IS DIETY.
That was phenomenal and very informative. It inspires me to continue my research into this subject area. Thank you and keep these lectures and videos coming.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; ............
Thanks for the message "Jesus and the Dead Sea scolls" , Dr. Craig A Evans. Happy to know about that Jesus and His work is indirectly mentioned in the scroll. Great finding.
No where did he demonstrate anything in the Dead Seas Scrolls the either directly or indirectly mentioned Jesus. That's the verbal trick he played on his willing audience.
I don't know if you are familiar with Rachel Elior's views on the authors of the DSS. She is an expert on ancient texts and says that the crolls were part of the first and second temple library that were taken to Qumran during the Macabbean revolt when the legitimate priests of the line of Zadok were ousted from the temple and had to flee. The scrolls revolve around temple worship and priestly services. The Essenes had nothing to do with these scrolls. They lived further soutn in the En gedi area. It is also believed that John the Baptist, who came from a priestly line, also lived in this area and might have written some of the scrolls.
@Pirabee Silly child, it's Christians that keep bringing up the Da Vinci Code, as if Atheists give it any credence. The Da Vinci Code is just a strawman that helps affirm your theism.
It’s so eye-opening, that he says that in Old Testament times, the people of Israel had both an anointed *king*; *and* also a separate anointed *rabbi(priest)*. In Jesus, He Is *Both* at the same time for us! He Is our Holy King and our Holy Priest In One Person! I never saw it this way before, in my whole life! Because I never realized The Jewish People always had an anointed king. I knew about King David, but didn’t know that having a king was a long-standing tradition for them! I feel so dumb, yet so enlightened at the same time!
Jesus never described himself as a Christian, and never rejected Judaism. He had things to say, but he never promoted a split from his original religion. Hard to accept? It is still true nonetheless.
To know God courted, loved ,raised the Jewish Faith and then in the fullness of His time Christ came and the church was, God be praised for the Branch!
@@phillthorpe2643 Well, seeing that the Bible is literally the only writings that relate directly to, Jesus Christ, I guess that means you can remain in doubt. You have your unbelief already locked in so why bother, is the truth of it where you're concerned, and you're not hoping to learn anything that can persuade you otherwise. I understand.
@@daragildea7434 And that, translated to English is Joshua. Yeshua to Greek is Iesu. Greek to Latin is Iesus. Latin to English is Jesus. Jesus points to Yeshua, the God/Man, the Messiah, the Savior.
I think we all have lived many lives each time....but know we are living. are life know...we all have lived many lives through life...but we can not remember it cause we are learning for GOD......
Where I grew up there were only 7 houses on the street I lived on and fortunately, the families kids were all pretty much around the same age, so even though we were "out in the country I had a bunch of kids to hang out with. We used to hang out in the woods by a creek about 1 mile away from my house. We used to go down there and pretend all kinds of nonsense. We set up a fort near the creek where we would play and shoot BB guns and just do kid things. There were desks we built in the fort to eat at or color or do whatever kids came up with in the 70's. We used to write stories on paper and store theme in glass jars. At one point in time, we decided to bury the jars to protect our ' written" thoughts. I wonder if someone uncovers our writings 2,000 years from now, will they take our fantastical stories and make a religion out of them. Same as the dead sea scrolls????? See the similarities???????
I am not sure why Dr Evans is working hard to make the point that jews prior to Jesus Christ was expecting and looking for a messiah that would reign, heal, forgive sins and be the Holy One of God. I thought we already knew and accepted this? I was told all this as a tiny kid in catechism classes long ago.
A lot of error in the first minute and 20 seconds. As well, there is no evidence whatsoever that James wrote the book of Hebrews. If this guy read extra biblical writings such as the Protevangelion and the Coptic Apocalypse of Peter he would know that John the Baptist in all likely hood wrote a portion of the Thanksgiving Scrolls. Even studying just the DSS and the bible he should know that Christ actually heavily referenced the Essenes and the scrolls, even at one point quoting them. Just because we don't find their names in the scrolls doesn't mean they aren't referenced. And it doesn't mean they didn't reference the DSS. The Protevangelion, for example, tells us that John's father (Zacharias) was killed by Herod's soldiers when he refused to turn John over to them to be killed when they were killing all male children 2 years of age and under. This is the Zacharias that Yahushua was referencing when he said this generation would be held responsible for killing all the prophets from Able all the way down to Zacharias. The Protevangelion then tells us that Elizabeth fled into the hills with the infant/toddler John. This is how John ended up to be with the Essenes. This is why portions of the Thanksgiving Hymns say the father of the author did not know him and his mother abandoned him. For since Elizabeth had no way of looking after John when soldiers were looking for him she left him with the Essenes, who were eager to take in a child from the line of Arron. In the Coptic Apocalypse of Peter, he begins by dating the vision he sees as happening in the 300th year of the new covenant. Well, this fits perfectly with the oldest dates of the scrolls and lines up for the timing of the Essenes first coming on the world scene. And it lines up with the Damascus Document's mention of a new covenant made in Damascus. so Peter was obvious referencing the Damascus Document and the "new covenant" mentioned in it.
the dead sea scrolls show that contrary to what Christians say.. Jesus wasn't a messiah that didn't meet expectations but was actually fulfilling the expectations of a sect within Judaism.
Darren Withers Christians play a rigged game. On the one hand, Jesus was so unique no Jew would make him up. On the other hand, Dead Sea scrolls showing an expectation of someone like Jesus is just a proof of prophecy coming through even if not explicit in the Old Testament
Rod K I think you missed the point of the talk. Jewish meant different things in the 1st century CE. Philo of Alexandrea was Jewish, Qumran community and Essenes were Jewish, Pharisees and Sadducees were Jewish, each with different beliefs Christian apologists need Jesus community to come from the orthodox sect, since these rejected Greek influences. For the Greeks, resurrections were a dime a dozen
I do recommend the book of Enoch, its in detail with regarding the fallen angels, the end of days, the lord of the spirits and the son of man! It connects many dots! I give it 10/10
@@yalnevatekofreedom5096 .....the Book of Enoch is not inspired by God....so don't believe everything you read.......theres others fake gospels also.....stick to truth.....BIBLE !!
This is great stuff. Thank you for sharing! The only part I disagree was around 25:00 mark he mention Jesus bounded Satan and put an end to his kingdom. I don't this was done yet. Only in Revelation, which is future, will that take place.
To understand today's religions, we need to go back to the earliest belief systems, where it all started. Khemet. Zoroastrianism, Mesopotamian, Islam, Judaism, Greek and Roman myths are people's perception about a deity and the laws their deities gave them to govern the masses. Every concept in Christianity can be traced back to preexisting or conquering religions.. Judgement, trinity, 3 days in Hades, Holy Communion, death and resurrection, afterlife, good and evil, 12 disciples - 12 zodiac signs.
@Najma Khan Hey, if the very first man was Adam, he had 3 sons, no daughters. Cain killed Abel. Cain ran to a different land and married there, where did those ppl come from? The Noah's flood story, what were the animals eating in the ark for one year? What happened to the dinosaurs? Is it true there're are 72 virgins with big breasts waiting for you in Jannah? Do you realize your religion is also pagan to others religions? I love it when you all call each others religions pagan.. funny. All religions are inventions regardless of the timing to control feeble minds.
@@juanventer5145 Pagans that existed before the writing of the Torah or Bible copied from the Bible??? What time will you place the civilizations of Khemet and Sumer?? Khemet was already in it's 18th dynasty when Abraham(if real) came unto the scene. The temples in Egyot still has depictions from that era, the Sphinx alone is way more older than 6000 years which the Jews place the earth. The ancient traditions had their worship and stories.. It's that simple, you just need to look up from any source when Khemet, Sumer, Mesopotamia existed.. Let's even forget about who copied who or what.. Look at the claims in your Bible, today man has been to the moon, we have thousands of satellites launched in space.. but yet Yahweh was afraid man would enter heaven building a tower.. really can a physical tower go into a heaven in the skies??? Then he scattered the language.. lol It's stupid anyone will believe this happened, but it's good to know this was a story in the epic of Gilgamesh. So, after Cain killed Abel, he ran to another land and married there, where did those inhabitants come from, if Adam was the first name? Get it. You've all been played, your pastor won't tell you all these things cos they need your tithes and offerings. You need to research.. what happened to the thousands of dead people that resurrected across the city when Jesus resurrected? Isaiah said a young lady(Hebrew word) would give birth to the Messiah, Matthew changed it to virgin( Hebrew word) No mention of virgin birth by Paul and Mark which pre-dates Matthew. Back to the term pagan, all religions are pagan. You have over 20,000 manuscripts written by different sources, thousands of Bible translations and versions, 33000 denominations and yet each brand of Christian believes they're right and others wrong.
@@juanventer5145 I understand you were born into your faith, and you can't think outside of your indoctrinated beliefs. I never mentioned copies of New Testament, seems you can't read or apply logic to things. All the thousands of manuscripts don't agree with each other, fallacious claims. You didn't answer my question, what happened to the hundreds of dead people that resurrected when Jesus supposedly resurrected? You would think that would be recorded in other sources other than the Bible? If you don't respond to that or where did the people that Cain married come from, no response from me. And try use your brain to think.
@@juanventer5145 Ok, let me make it easier for you to comprehend. Were people worshipping the sun before the Israelites compiled their book, yes. Sungod was called Ra, later Amen Ra. Where do you think the Amen you say after praying to Yahweh comes from? Ra was called the giver of life and other names, cos of what the sun does with crops, vegetation etc Forget the other religions, focus on the unfulfilled prophecies and bogus claims in your Bible first.. Didn't Jesus tell his disciples according to your Bible that they wouldn't see death until his kingdom returns?? And don't tell me the transfiguration was the coming of his kingdom.. Btw Yahweh is the name of one of the neighboring tribe's deities, even theologians agree with that. Just as Mohammed got Allah and Allat from a conquered tribe. There's so much you don't know, slow down and do some research into why you believe what you know nothing about.. You're believing a book that pegs life at 6000 years, and hid other world knowledge from you. A book that called the earth flat and says the sun goes around the sun, Yahweh would have known that's not true since he supposedly created the sun and the earth.
@@juanventer5145 Hey. I already said all religions are the same, man-made, copied or not, plagiarized or not. Why are you more interested in those correlations than the fake prophecies and bogus miracles and events in the Bible? It's easier for Christians today that 16 books have been removed from the first KJV 1611 and 1579 Geneva Bibles. You believe Elijah was carried on a fiery chariot into heaven, 3 million Jews walked between a divided sea? Talking donkey and snake??
You would have thought if a man by the name of Jesus was healing people, walking on water, making water turn to wine, turning a basket of fish and bread into multiple baskets of fish and bread, being crucified and rising from the dead, not to mention the dead people coming alive like a zombie apocalypse, that the Essenes would have mentioned him .....
If some-one acts god-like it does not mean he is G-d, a manifestation of G-d is not G-d himself, besides Israel is often called Sons of G-d in Pentateuch, so I just don't understand all this fuss around Qumran speaking about son of G-d - so it must be only Jesus thing ....?
This for me PROVES beyond a doubt that Jesus in one way or another was heavily influenced by the Essenes or was just an Essene himself! Personally I am inclined to think the latter. He is de Master (as far as I have understood it an Essene rank or title) who sends his disciples into Jerusalem to find the man who carries the water jug (which is a means to identify that man as an Essene) and say to him to prepare a room for the Master. So, the whole discussion about the divinity of Jesus starts before Jesus even began! Before he was born even! The trouble is that either Jesus himself or his followers distance themselves from the Essenes, they branch out into the world. First the Jewish world and sometime later the whole world. Like a bird who leaves its nest. The idea that Jesus had more likeness to the Pharisees is understandable. Jesus walks between, among the people, in itself not an Essenic thing and they share orthodox Jewish beliefs. I think that Jesus was an Essenic Messianic Missionary, so he had to leave the essenic nest.
A library? Yes, compiled by the Essens? Probably not! The Essens community was 30 kilometers south of Qumron at Engedi! Pleny the elder who was a geographer and he places the Essens in Engedi and archeological evidence confirms this! The scrolls found at Qumron are most likely the library's of the the Zadok priesthood, a livitical sect of the temple priesthood exiled from temple by the Samarian Sanhedren pharisee priesthood! John the Baptist was one of these livitical priest preaching and baptizing in the Judean wilderness, to perpair the way for the teacher of Righteousness! Yashua of the priesthood of Melkezidec!
I think Yeshua was an Essene from Nazareth because the Essenes lived in Nazareth. Essenes were a small sect of mainline Judism as were the Smaratians. Many stories in the OT come from ancient Sumerian stories and some from Egypt.
@Legendary Force the thing is, is that it says the same thing in psalm 45 so the old and new testament are in agreement with each other so we know he is God the Son, who died for us and rose.
@Legendary Force They are not stories they are truth, all one has to do it reasearch, study, pray and do your homework. There are archeological evidence for the bibla. The money the cities the people the language and you don't name a time line after a non existent person=B.C.
@Legendary Force the spirit/soul that God ga've us TESTIFIES that he exists. If I were God I would put the knowledge of myself in the soul/spirit of mankind so theycan know me.,people are proof he created everything. Creation has. to have a creator.
@@huseyincebi7091 to islam?, Islam is a new religion that corrupted all the scriptures, that created a new book, without connection with scriptures. No thanks
He shows (at 9:17) that it's written in the scroll : "Until there come the prophet and the Messiahs" . and he try to explain whi are these 2 mens. And again Christians keep the same idea that the 2 mens refer to Jesus .... very unfortunate! the Messiah is Jesus PBUH and the Prophet is the las messenger of God Muhammad PBUH. Even If Jesus himself comes and tell you that Muhammad is the last prophet of God you won't believe him, always the same story, Jews denied Jesus and Christians denied Muhammad.
The Martas To me it sounds like « understand James, (and) the author of Hebrews », I don’t think he wanted to say that James wrote Hebrews, but I may be wrong :)
@@scottevans9454 Hi Scott! Scripture is clear that Jesus had brothers and sisters. Also, Jesus was born as the only begotten Son of the Father. Stick with the scriptures or deceiving spirit's will lead you into the delusion the scriptures say will come upon the whole world. Seek the Jesus of the Bible friend.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are European Fakes. Fraudulent documents probably manufactured by the institutions of the Catholic Church that specialises in lies fraud and deception.
@@michaelahio712 You are a believer therefore any facts about the Catholic Church is meaningless to you. As I pointed before the Catholic Church knows that there never was a Jesus the Christ. Historically this ICON is Greco Roman and hijacked by the "Jews" to undermine Catholicism. Pope Leo X said at one of his lavish banquets "The fable of Jesus the Christ has served us well".......... Don't take my word do your research
@Anthony Butler: To be able to understand the Wisdom of God, you have to have His Holy Spirit in your heart, The Old and New Testaments are ALL about Jesus Christ, but, God has to open the eyes and ears of those reading His word to see Him and to hear His voice.
Well done for an interesting lecture, well presented and convincing. But unfortunately it doesn't advance the chances of the New Testament being true one bit. It just shows that the writers of the New Testament were relying on stories that were already in circulation at the time. So what it does advance is the likelihood that the Jesus character is a mash-up of well known stories of the time, and was probably not based on a real individual.
Lee Strobel's THE CASE FOR CHRIST was written by a man just like you. Archeologists keep finding proof of the NT and they just discovered the home of Peter.
What the Jews were looking for was a Warrior-Messiah to free the Jews from Roman rule. What they got was the Prince of Peace who proclaimed himself the King of the Jews. Is Dr. Evans biased, maybe even a Christian? Jesus is dead and gone. He's had his 2000 years. I am looking for a new Messiah, one that understands that knowledge and knowing is better than the faith it takes to believe in Superstitions.
Stop bouncing around! There is so much stuttering and stammering and correcting yourself I can’t follow you half the time. Ugh! Please re-record this important presentation for audio! Not all of us can see the screen, we are working and driving and so forth.Thanks so much
I do highly recommend the book of Enoch, its in greater detail with regarding to the fallen angels and where they was cast unto the earth (Azazel at dudael), end of days (for earth shall smell of sulphur) the lord of spirits and the son of man! Indeed it does connect many dots together! Make sure its the next book you buy 10/10😇 Time is very short, peace be upon yall
I think its important to make clear that these writings connected to the Messiah were prophetic. If not, then the story of Jesus is not unique. As stated in secular documentaries. They claim there was a dude that mirrored Jesus. So which is it? Prophetic or historical documentation?
The DSS were found in Qumran in 1947. They date back to the 1st century. The whole Bible is with it, except for the book of Esther. To me, it proves the validity of our Bible. Until I heard about DSS I wondered how accurate MY Bible was after 2,000 yrs. It IS the holy word of God and He kept it sanctified. The Book of Enoch was found right with the Bible scrolls, but it is not included in our western civilization Bibles. My point, though, is that this collection found in Qumran in 1947 is The OLD Testament writings. But, a year later, The Nag Hammadi was found in Egypt. It contains writings from AFTER Jesus walked the earth. The disciple Thomas wrote 114 statements that he remembered Jesus saying, and there's a Gospel of Mary Magdalene, etc. THIS collection of writings is like The NEW Testament. I believe we are in the very close end times. These scrolls have been buried in the desert for over 2,000 years and both got discovered around the same time that Israel became a nation (...and The Roswell Incident). The arch angel told Daniel to shut up the book until the time of the end.
Kings have been governmental failures throughout history, which is why we have largely abandoned royalty. So...why are we now enthusiastic about a King returning?
Ronald Morgan PS. And God and Jesus both no longer exist. If they did they would intervene from time to time, but they do not. e.g. Child cancer. So you are practicing the equivalent of praying to a rock. What you hear back are the echoes of your own thoughts. Nothing divine in that. Enjoy your freedom.
Tiny Home Georgia Jesus is eternal he was before the scriptures existed the scriptures are about him.. Ignore if you want but every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus of Nazareth is Lord and Messiah.. Just wait another 100 years and see if im wrong
HI THAT is EXACTLY what Yeshua did Himself in the ' Road to Emmaus' revelation of Himself in the Prophets of the Tanach!!!!! Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua.
John the Baptist never refer to Jesus when he mentioned a great figure to come after him. There are conflicting narrations in the gospels whether John really knew Jesus.
@@emilyhutjes Of course, their mothers were related and were Levites. But, Jesus and John never met with each other until the Jordan. Even so, John never knew Jesus that he while in prison, has to sent his disciples to learn more about him.
Genesis 1 isn't "early" enough? Don't try to be dogmatic about things that are so far above human experience, dear. No theological understanding of our heavenly Father sinks or swims because of the Shema (...hear o Israel, our God is One/Echad)...OR...the certain existence of and reference to the Divine Council of Elohim. (plural form of El)...much less our Savior reminding us that when we are in Covenant with the Father/in Christ, we ALSO are referred to as Gods. Wow...I will admit that I can not be dogmatic about any of this, because it is simply beyond anything I have fully experienced...yet. Shalom
@Random Person NO, NOT TRUE AS GOD THE FATHER CALLED JESUS GOD IN HEBREWS THE FIRST CHAPTER AND ALSO IN PSALM CHAPTER 45, STRIKE ONE. ACTS 5:1-10=SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD. STRIKE TWO. REVELATION 22:12=YESHUA IS SAYING WHO HE IS=ALPHA AND OMEGA AND THAT HE IS COMING . VERSE 20=HE WHO TESTIFIES TO THESE THINGS SAYS, YES I AM COMING SOON. AMEN. COME LORD JESUS. DON'T BE AFRAID TO READ THE TEXT, IT WON'T BIT YOU, OH, AND BY THE WAY. THREE STIKES, YOU'RE OUT.
Josephus called this "sect" Essenes (=pious ones); however, he was a self-described Pharisee who falsely claimed to live among them in his early years. See what Christ thinks of Pharisees in Matthew 23. No, this is the sect that Paul called THE WAY (Heb. HaDerech), and these are the 144,000 of Revelation who lived in Qumran for a little over two centuries. Compare the men and women of THE WAY in Damascus -- where there is "a street called Straight" to this day -- with what is recorded in the Damascus Document.
Alan Schuetz Alan, Josephus never existed.....all the stories in the Bible are just that stories Nothing more. Read Solomo Sands book "The Invention of the Jewish People"..Read H G Wells .....
@@lametriusjackson3628 The Catholic Church knows how to make fake documents and artifacts to validate their claims. They have institutionalized the manufacturing process of fake documents and scripts to give the believer a reason to believe.
+K Bora, So... some men could make up stuff to produce a Bible, but Solomo Sands could not do the same- make up some stuff and print a book? * Put your trust on the Rock which is Jesus, not on Sands!
branch is never talking of Jesus never he is not a branch. he is the root not branch sorry this will show you many different things if you can receive it
I'm a layman, but can see where he's coming from. This rips away the fallacies of the so-called academics who denounce the real and actual importance of the arrival of Jesus Christ on the earth, by concocting the event as politically expedient myth by some Jews which grew out of an attempt to parallel the caesars of Rome.
That was quite a stretch from beginning to end. I gotta ask myself, why are people scrambling to place Jesus where he clearly is not? It’s looking to me like the Jesus story has been exposed as fake.
It's not difficult with psalm 146 (and many others) to understand that Yahweh IS THE COMING MESSIAH ! So Jesus IS NOT a second person of a trinity but THE FATHER IN FLESH.
Sorry Dr. the two anointed, prophet and messiah (of Aaron and Israel) refers to John the Baptist ( who was of Aaron but a prophet)and Messiah of course was Christ! However this was a very well presented lecture... thank you and God bless..
Knowledge in itself creates bias. True science or research is honest in it's observation as that as naivety (not influenced with alternative knowing). Science is not assumptions but reporting exactly what is being observed. The facts appear: The texts predate Christianity but match the teachings in many cases that being today's Bible. Therefore there is a relationship or influence with the mystery. This brings questions to whether Yeshua was associated with Qumran and the Essene' people. Certainly the behaviour of the teachings appear similar to the discipline and teachings of Yeshua but appear as documented by these people who identify as 'The Sons of Light'. Yeshua was well versed in the Torah and knowledge as a Jewish Priest. I ask do not lead the evidence by association but accept it as a collection of separate artifacts that stand in its own right as belonging to this culture of Qumran...
"Raise the dead"! It boils down to what the Greek word "zoe" means. "Zoe" does not mean physical life. Physical life is "bio". Even if you are physically alive, you may have lost your zoe, your true living. The name Yahweh means "I live". So, in Moses' time when people were confused about the real meaning of living, they would pray to Yahweh because Yahweh is "true living itself". There is no such thing as eternal life. It is all purposeful mis-translation. Zoe aionois does not mean eternal life. It means ancient way of true living, the way of living before the human and his partner ate from the tree of opinion of good and bad.
Yes, the Dead Sea Scrolls have many sectarian doctrines that have many similarities to the New Testament, and Jesus teachings. That being said, Jesus then is not the original of his teachings, but instead, Jesus learned all these teachings from the Qumran sects. Christianity as a whole is a hellenized Judaism, since they(Gospel writers/authors) used Septuagint(greek text translation) of the Hebrew Bible. Hellenized jew are those who can not read hebrew language anymore. I got one simple question: In Luke 4:16-30, when Jesus read a passage from Isaiah 61:1(Septuagint) in Nazareth on one particular Sabbath, why the people in the synagogue were enraged and kicked him out from Nazareth? WHY and what probable cause they were in wrath at what he said???
Very much from a Christian perspective and therefore biased. The Messias referred to were from the past but expected to return. Craig infers they are talking about a messiah to come. Not so. Again Isaiah talks about a branch and a Prince and Melchizedek, that might return, and the NT adapts the phrases to Jesus. References to the Son of the most high have nothing to do with Jesse in the minds of the Dead Sea Scrollsl authors. The first high priest was an hereditary Prince!! And his name was Meryre! You The branch refers to the earlier leader of the sect, the Prince is a reference/to the;first High Priest. Few scholars understands these references. That it is about the first high priest is made clear when it says he had no antecedents- no ancestors. A first HP would not have any predecessors. These are NOT referring to a coming Jesus, but to RETURNING figures. Nothing to do with Jesus, only an adaption into the New Testament to try and enhance the credentials of Jesus. The first High Priest was an heredity Prince, and his name was Meryre!! You can see his shanti in the Metropolitan Musem, New York!!!
12 legged Sasquatch.. The assertion is that the previously unidentified 7Q5 is actually a fragment of the Gospel of Mark, chapter 6 verse 52-53. The majority of scholars have not been convinced by O'Callaghan's and Thiede's identification and it is "now virtually universally rejected
There are words left out of old testament the words r in lots of scrolls like story's about space man ships who lite the night for Moses in the night . with the Isrealites. Any words of space man who had the word of God is covered up
The Dead Sea Scrolls say the messiah will be called "great". We call Jesus "great"! Therefore, the Dead Sea Scrolls prophecy Jesus.! Pathetic. Nothing he said refers directly to Jesus as the Messiah. This is why Christians can't be taken seriously as scholars.
Strange he can’t see that if the DSS help explain the NT there is a direct connection. He says the idea that Jesus was an Essene is nonsense, but he is so wrong. Not only was he an Essene he MUST have been a member at Qumran for ......18 years. Even Pope Benedict XVI has stated Jesus followed Essene customs. He is wrong about the messiahs they were waiting for. They were expecting 3 messiahs - 1 kingly, 1 priestly, and 1like Moses.. Who was Melchizedek? Craig hasn’t a clue.I explain in my books, he was a manifestation of the monotheistic pharaoh Akhenaton..
Wouldn't matter if they did mention Jesus. That still would not prove god. That would only prove a guy named Jesus had once lived. The smartest people on the planet have worked for hundreds of years and have presented NO EVIDENCE OF A GOD.
It's not about being smart. It's about being humble. God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. If you in your intellectual pride can't see any evidence for the existence of God, maybe you should try finding him the way the bible says to do it instead of "figuring it out" your own way.
@@weeperman6659 There's nothing humble about believing and an all-powerful all-knowing being is in complete agreement with you. There is no arrogance like Christian arrogance, despite it's facade of humility.
Not enough, Isaiah 11& Revelation 1:4,proudly gives place to the Holy Spirit as the seven Spirits, before God's throne. There's a Trinity, As Christ told the disciples, I must leave ,it is necessary, so that He,the Comforter may come...
