is Baal-Zebub and Baal Hebrew and also Greek I think are the same? and is it link with Ba'al from Egypt ? who was the god or goddess of fertility if I remember well what I learn 35 years ago in school haha
wanna know who is the real demon? it's jesus himself ! the baals where the god of justice or of the natural forces. child sacrifices to moloch or baal are fictional ! - Jesus will wield a sword when he returns for judgment day, christians does portray him as a violent figure. - Christians should accept Jesus and suffer for him in order to escape demons, gremlins, monsters, and hellfire. - God, in order to manifest on Earth, impregnated a human woman to give birth to a 100% humanified God. - Jews will betray Jesus and the Romans will execute him, but his death somehow magically extinguishes sin. cause this simple execution is in reality all the sins of the world that jesus carry on his cross while he is crusified he is not put to death because the romans sentenced him. but because he somehow magically extinguished sin by dying. god is so much great and so smart and love you so much that he sent his only son to die without letting him ask his choice "father why have you forsaken me" but somehow his death is magical and save ! read john-13 he still is god ! (jesus ret*rded logic) - the book of Revelation claim that only the elected or those who believe in the man-made book will be saved, while others will go to hell.
An additional nuance about the number 666 is that 777 was considered to be the "Perfect" number, or rather a number you would use to represent completion. This is why Christ is sometimes referenced to with the number "888", because he transcends what is "complete". 666, on the other hand, is inferior to the perfection of 777 and completely opposed to 888.
@@CuriousDils Cognitive ability to discern fact from fiction, critical think, be humble enough to understand multiple points of an argument, and above all he proves that you can make money while still telling truth.
Its so refreshing to hear an intelligent person break down controversial topics simply by using his experience, know how and most of all sourced material.
@@MetaKnight964 essentially every aspect of Christianity is subject to controversy. Different people read the Book in different ways and take away different interpretations.
@@4rtiethe only controversies are those that take Gods word out of context or twist scripture. It’s simple. Read the Bible and it says what it says. It’s not rocket science.
@@johnnydough8841 that is only one way to interpret the Bible, and one that is heavily controversial. Which Bible? Which teachings? Sola Scriptura is lauded by Lutherans, but condemned by Catholics as not even Biblical. Even calling the Book "God's word" is controversial; what do you mean by "God's word"? Did He write it? Did He write it through others? Did He divinely inspire those who wrote it? Did He then also divinely inspire all of the translators and scribes who copied and modified it? Are all Bibles truly "God's word", is just one translation God's word?
As someone whose been a theology nerd his whole life. I really appreciate you going into these topics without some kind of tilt or bias. It’s Refreshing to hear your honest research without being pelted with petty insults about my faith.
@@FirstLast-wk3kcbecause it's much easier to live with a perpetual victim complex than it is to acknowledge that believing anyone who doesn't believe in your specific religion is going to be tortured for eternity is monstrous.
@@FirstLast-wk3kc The thing is I’m only getting a bias in my own favor if only listen to what other reformed Christians think on the subject. It’s always important to get the other side of things when it come to topics like translations especially.
I always found the pop culture demons to be kind of generic, the nightmares i had when I was a child where waaay more scary, because is something disfigured, sometimes you cant even see, just hear and feel 🥶
@@Vlad_Tepes_III Yeeah, the most impactfull demon on my nightmares was a lion, but with a snouth similar to an anteater with a hydeous smile and gigantic eyes, that thing could also imitate people's voices. Fun fact, the native americans from Brazilian have a legend thats is just like this thing, is called "The Capelobo", and since I have native american ancestry, this May explain why.
@@BaggerFood101 The thing is, it seems from folclore, there's two creatures always present in all cultures across the world; "wherewolves" and mermaids"
It's actually crazy how LITTLE was lost in translation. This is a fascinating topic and I love this video, but demons and angels are not exactly major theological concepts when it comes to salvation and the rest of Christian doctrine. I'm not saying they're not important, but it's not a matter of salvation to understand the nature of a demon or an angel. So the fact that the vast majority of the text has been translated in a way that keeps its meaning is truly remarkable.
I must say, your attention to detail and clarity of the context of theses texts is so refreshing! It is so frustrating as a "Christian" to speak with other "Christians" that have no clue what they actually think they believe. Sharing your videos with some friends has really helped open some eyes to the understanding needed to truly decide in the christian faith!
Amen to that, it’s even more galling when I talk with local Christians about Christian history and they know nothing about it, nor the saints for that matter. I mean to their credit when I start speaking of the Saints like Augustine, Moses the Black, or George they’re quite into it, but it still bothers me that they’ve never been exposed to any of it.
I went to Catholic school for 9 years and Lutheran for 1...the latter was preschool so...One priest we had cycle through was named Father Hyram or Hiram, it's been 28-30 years, but, while at the Vatican, he was an official exorcist. He had quite a few stories and one picture. Well, one pic of the victim with a flaming white sword coming out of her chest, and a few others pertaining to the sword(demon) exiting the window and bounding thru a courtyard in the Vatican. I believed him, he had no reason to lie and was very matter of fact when we asked him about it. In fact, we were shocked to receive the answers we did!! The pastor, Father Schmidt, was none to happy about his answers and told us to disregard anything Hyram said. Therefore, I took it all as truth!!
Wow this is the most unbiased thelogical look at scripture I've seen yet! Thank you for this inciteful video! As a Christian, it's important for us to keep our beliefs and values grounded in historically accurate to the times and cultures when they we're written.
Try Dr Jordan Petersons biblical lectures, he dives into the deep meanings behind the words. Its the best and most thrilling version I've ever heard. People today fear the devil over God, this is a mistake in my opinion. God could destroy the devil anytime he wanted, why God doesn't I believe is something to do with free choice. Also the name "Israel" means "he who wrestles with God."
I would recommend Dr. Michael Heiser, his books and lectures. He passed away earlier this year, but his lectures are very interesting. He goes a lot deeper than this video. This video was a good introduction, but Heiser gets into the meat and potatoes of this subject. For a good introduction, I would recommend his book supernatural. For more in-depth research, his book unseen realm is really good.
I always heard it was a Babylonian pun. A play on the word “ti,” meaning “rib,” and Tiamat. But what do I know? I’m always interested in how the Captivity influenced early Hebrew texts.
@@RJStocktonA lot of the Old testament is Mesopotamian at least in its style and theology. Especially the story of Job which is almost a one-to-one copy of the suffering servant story of Mesopotamia with a very similar question that's implied by the story, "why do the gods allow suffering for their servants?"
@@RJStocktonbased on the Masoretic text tsela: rib, side Original Word: צֵלָע Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: tsela Phonetic Spelling: (tsay-law') Definition: rib, side
wanna know who is the real demon? it's jesus himself ! the baals where the god of justice or of the natural forces. child sacrifices to moloch or baal are fictional ! - Jesus will wield a sword when he returns for judgment day, christians does portray him as a violent figure. - Christians should accept Jesus and suffer for him in order to escape demons, gremlins, monsters, and hellfire. - God, in order to manifest on Earth, impregnated a human woman to give birth to a 100% humanified God. - Jews will betray Jesus and the Romans will execute him, but his death somehow magically extinguishes sin. cause this simple execution is in reality all the sins of the world that jesus carry on his cross while he is crusified he is not put to death because the romans sentenced him. but because he somehow magically extinguished sin by dying. god is so much great and so smart and love you so much that he sent his only son to die without letting him ask his choice "father why have you forsaken me" but somehow his death is magical and save ! read john-13 he still is god ! (jesus ret*rded logic) - the book of Revelation claim that only the elected or those who believe in the man-made book will be saved, while others will go to hell.
I love learning about the linguistics and etymology behind mythological beings. I find it fascinating that in an abundant amount of examples, it seems that we are looking predominantly at job titles more so than characters. I feel it gives me much clarity on how these beings were actually viewed and revered/feared by their contemporary people, considering modern interpretations and especially pop culture media like videogames give us such vague pictures. 10/10 video.
A really good book on demons is _The Spirit of the Rainforest,_ it's about the Yanomamo, one of the last Amazonian tribes to encounter the western world and is narrated by one of their shamans. They used to take a natural hallucinogenic and talk to spirits that gave them actionable intelligence on rival tribes, as well as fool them into thinking they had more power than they really did in the physical world. It's also a very brutal book because the shaman isn't shy about graphic details. A very fascinating look into the culture of a tribal society constantly faced with constant war and starvation. You can also watch interviews on YT with Chief Shoefoot, who was one of the other shamans in the tribe.
"take a natural hallucinogenic and talk to spirits"- Nahhh😂they probably thought they were talking to spirits, but nah. I'm sure the hallucinogen was the culprit of making them think so.
@@thaimperial97there’s only so much to in take with base mental. A natural filter if you will. We’d go crazy if we could feel or interact with all the energy’s constantly flowing
@@thaimperial97before the eastern people came to the Americas, native tribes legit had more connections to nature itself and still shows it today. If you ever taken any hallucinogen you’ll quickly realize there’s things within the other side of this “world”, stop being ignorant man
yeah....sure buddy. You need to be chemically induced to show you there' other sides to this world. Too bad they don't show you any gods or other things tht don't exist in reality. You must be ignorant yourself because you definitely didn't educate me of anything unknown@@Foomando
As someone who studies demonology and angiology, your research is top class and your presentation is magnificent. You're doing the Lord's work and angels surround you, God bless.
You should have a look to the formidable work of Mauro Biglino, an amazing former official Vatican translator of the Bible, who wrote several fantastic book on this topic too
i have this struggle even today in my attempts to communicate the subtle meanings between Portuguese and English. There are meanings that can only be understood if you known the culture and the original meaning communicated that can't be literally translated. A simple example is the common cultural example of someone saying "diga" , a Portuguese person knows that it is shorthand hand for "tell me how I can help", but the word translates to just "speak".
There is a similar expression in Italian "Mi dica" literally means " tell me about it" but it is also used like the Portuguese expression to say " How can I help?"
Hey dude, thanks for the video. At 12:36 - no, this is not Lilith. It is more likely Ereshkigal or Ishtar (2 sisters goddesses and the first is goddess of underworld, the second is of beauty among other things). But it is most likely Ereshkigal. In the myth of Gilgamesh Lilith is described like a monster but it is not sure if she is a woman or some kind of monster with wings. ps - if the theory of Lilith being the first woman is to be believed, she rejected Adam and her daughters are the succubus.
Excellent video! Michael Heiser is my favourite Christian scholars on this subject. He died of cancer recently, but he spent his academic career studying what the Bible and ancient culture said about demons, and he pieced together a magnificent lecture series (and book) entitled "the Unseen Realm." I would absolutely recommend Dr. Heiser to anyone interested in diving deeper into exploring what Metatron brilliantly laid out here.
Second the recommendation for Dr. Heiser. I also recommend the work of Dr. John Walton, author of "The Lost World of Genesis", "The Lost World of Adam and Eve", and others. (For content on TH-cam, i also recommend @InspiringPhilosophy)
Yeah Dr. Heiser confirmed a lot of my, I guess suspicions about the spiritual realm. It always seemed to me there was the Godhead, and various levels of angels, but that there was this third grouping alluded to that weren't God (father, son, or Holy Spirit) or angels in between them. Well, "Angel" just means "messenger" which could be a lot of things and the lightbulb went off when he started talking about Deuteronomy and the "sons of God" that were apportioned to the nations surrounding Israel after Babel. A HA! There's my third group. And I think he is spot-on identifying "Demons" as the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim. And from what Dr, Heiser said he believed- the fight between Lucifer and Michael and their angels is a future event that hasn't happened yet. So Lucifer doesn't even have actual angels yet- just the restless spirits of giants who need to possess someone to affect the physical world. "Angels" can have physical bodies at will. If all that is true, the end-times are going to be LIT! :D
@prader1330 Dr. Heiser was awesome. I've watched all his videos and own his books. I think Revelation's 4th and 5th Trumpets are interesting. Abbadon is possibly Samyaza or Azazel from the Book of Enoch. The creatures that fly out sound like hordes of Manticore and Chimera, which Enoch says the fallen ones were mixing their essence with animals to create abominations, in addition to Nephilim. 🤯
I'm currently reading The Unseen Relm. There's another author that follows the same line of thinking that writes both fiction and nonfiction that I highly recommend, Brian Godawa. His books, Chronicles of The Nephilim, are my favorite historical fantasy series. He even goes into the history of the region and people at the time the books are set. His book on Psalm 82 is good too. Edited for grammar.
I have a master degree in linguistics and postgrad studies in neurolinguistics. I heard just the beginning and..I am exploding with joy ! Finally, I hear sense. I feel sick when people try to interpret a text, written long time ago, according to the modern world. With translations it is even worse. With a friend I watched a movie, based on a real story, that happened over a century ago. It was about the value of the family, friendship, deep connections between people, loyalty. After the movie we went to have a coffee. She had a long monologue about the film showing a women’s struggle for equality. It was a little bit of that, but very little. But as it is a trendy subject, she was blind to the real message of the story. Translations that reject the reality of the surrounding world when the text was first written, are useless rubbish. Thank you !
Film is more literary though. The message from any story or movie is what you take from it. Its been ages since 'death of the author'. She was well within literary analysis norms. This is different he is talking about primary historical documents. Its not comparative at all.
I am not religious, but do find theology to be interesting as a topic, and seeing this more nuanced, studied take on etymology and various historical interpretations is fascinating. It reminds me of many stories in fiction with a religion that's integral to the plot because many times it's more nuanced than what is "good" or "evil", and often you see the varying faiths or cultures having different ideas about the same thing while still having many commonalities. Fantastic video, man. I just clicked this on a whim because I think this kind of stuff is cool, but don't usually get it recommended to me as it's not my general area of interest. This immediately made me want to learn a bit more about this stuff.
Same, I'm coming to the conclusion that many religions are talking about the same God/s, the difference being philosophy or denominations. I kind of think the "Gnostic" books are similar, more denomination/philosophic differences.
Great video, on point as always! I simply wanted to add the Lilith statue shown has a lot of evidence pointing it’s actually Ishtar. Still debated but over the years it’s heavily weighing on Ishtar. Those “horns” are common in Mesopotamian art. It’s been a long time since I’ve studied the subject but I believe it was how their culture depicted crowns. That’s pretty much it. There really is a lot to say on the subject. I think a video exploring deeply the medieval views of angels and demons would be awesome!
I thought it was Ishtar too, but figured there were other names associated. I agree on the deeper dive into the influences that happened in the medieval period.
i remember hearing somewhere that that sort of horn thing was the origin of the concept of a halo, to signify divinity or being blessed; for example Moses was described as having fiery horns after he came down from Mt Sinai
There's a fascinating podcast on Ancient Faith Radio called "The Lord of Spirits" which talks about these matters using deep dives into scripture, ancient literary and physical evidence, and Orthodox Christian traditional teaching and experience. It's got a few years of episodes available and goes into all kinds of depth about spiritual history. One of the things that the hosts posit is that demons aren't only fallen angels (angel strictly speaking refers to a role, so celestial entities or bodiless powers might be more appropriate) but also the disembodied spirits of a portion of the Nephilim slain in the flood or in the wars against giants after the flood.
Thanks for introducing the podcast, man. Stuff like that's right up my alley. Now I've got something awesome to listen to at work :) Edit: Oh, and by the way, if you're into philosophy in general, you should check out "Philosophize This". Been listening to it for years. It's pretty dang good.
Except the flood never happened, at least not to the extent the bible says (itself plagiarized from The Epic of Gilgamesh). Nor were there giants, angels, or fallen angels. No nephilim. It's all mythology.
@GrendelsRage Mmmm, there is a Hindu myth of a flood, the Indian Noah is called Manu, China also has a flood story, the Chinese Noha is called Nuwah, were the Hindus and the ancient Chinese plagiarizing Gilgamesh? How about the legend of Deucalion and Pyrra? Were the ancient Greeks plagiarizing Gilgamesh? The legend of Atlantis also talks about a land swallowed by water. Many Native American tribes have Floyd's stories and myths I don't think Gilgamesh was their inspiration? There are flood legends in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines in South America, among the Inuits and so on and almost all legends mentions angry deities sending the flood to cleanse wicked huma s from it. If so many disparate cultures have similar myths the conclusion is that this event happened.
@@Hugh-Man0006 Except that the universality of the legends, and the pointed way that they all agree world-wide, aside from the biblical account which is contrary to the others, all suggest a common underlying experience with everyone aside from the followers of the Most High God agreeing with each other and claiming to have won rebellions against their former Most High Gods while receiving secret knowledge of forging and warfare, the very things that the biblical account says justified the destruction of the flood in the first place. The biblical account, meanwhile, says that not only did the rebellions against the Most High God fail, but they never even could have succeeded, and the knowledge given to man was to his destruction, not to his benefit.
so during the start of my awakening journey, about 2 years in, I was shown many paths, but only wanted the truth... I am a visual meditator, I remember my encounter with Lilith and Satan in San Fran, Lilith took the form of a beautiful angel and then tried to scare me, after our introduction of course came Satan in his many forms... it was a eye-opening experience and not as scary as it seems... the scariest part of my journey if being truthful, is deserving the love that Jesus has to offer... was sorta New Agey for a time before following Christ and building the relationship with his pure Love. When all doubts fade, and the real truth manifests itself, it is powerful and life changing. May you all be blessed, and God speed to the truth!
I'm currently reading a selection of short stories by Lafcadio Hearn, a European writer who lived in Japan in the late 1800's. Most of the stories are centered around various demons, spirits, yokai and tengu. Very interesting takes on what another culture perceives as evil beings and the high jinx that they get up to.
I don't think oni, yokai, yurei, etc. really map over biblical demons at all. Maybe aukuma but that's about it. What's often translated in manga and anime as demon or demon king are usually actually psychopomps.
@@LittleLordFancyLad Well, Japan is very different in the fact that Shinto is animist. Spirits (kami) are present all throughout nature. The various youkai you find in Japanese mythology also have a dualistic nature, in the sense that they are partially spiritual in nature, but often also have a physical manifestation. They have a better analogue with European folklore - gnomes, fairies and what not. Psychopomps are very specific though, being solely shinigami. You also have to consider that manga and anime draw on a lot of different cultures for inspiration. Proper demons from Western civilizations are depicted quite often, where they are typically referred to as "Majin" in Japanese.
I’m just can’t read comics, so majin is new to me. A daughter knows it from Dragonball. I never liked oni translated as demon. They always seemed more like ogres to me. I am always asking about that. Nerds know that oni originally were deities, written with the alternate character missing the ‘horn’ stroke. I’m told that their characteristic is to eat people. In folktales they can be tamed and then are good, so they just aren’t as inherently evil. The psychopomp thing is from how in a later Buddhist interpretation they are associated with the Indian deity Yama as his vassals. Why demon just doesn’t work for me is that demons are incorporeal and capable of possessing people or animals if they are especially strong, and Japanese people just don’t seem to have a sense of this with oni. I mean people can become oni, things often change like that in Japanese stories, but they are not possessed by incorporeal air spirits as the Metatron only briefly touches on this here . . .
@@Shin_Lona "They have a better analogue with European folklore - gnomes, fairies and what not." Yes absolutely. " Psychopomps are very specific though, being solely shinigami." I was thinking of all the "Maou-sama" titles which are usually translated erroneously as "Demon King".
@@Sean-tb2zz Yes, and also, contrary to modern popular culture, the Lake of Fire is the punishment for Satan and his angels rather than their realm. So the identification of Yama with demons is doubly wrong.
Neat coincidence that Aluka (being a hebrew "vampire" of sorts) is very close to "Alucard" which we often name characters that are derivative of Dracula in pop culture. I wonder if that had contributed to the decision to spell it backwards
More than likely just an interesting coincidence. Although, the writer that originated Alucard (Curt Siodmak in Son of Dracula) was from a Jewish family so who knows, he may have been familiar with that bit of lore.
@@initial_CDrakul is fierce warrior and nobelmanwho was so cruel towords Turks whose attacked in that time his principality and homland and Balkans....
Coincidence. "Drakul" means "dragon," and was an epithet given to the father of the infamous Vladimir Tepeš (that last name actually being an epithet in its own right, referring to the spikes Vlad impaled enemies upon). The nickname "Drakul," also spelled "Dracul," was given because of his prowess in battle. It is related to other words connected with dragons, including "dragon," "drake," and "draconian." Drakul's son was therefore also known as "Drakula," or "Dracula," literally "son of the dragon." Spelled backwards, "Alucard."
One thing to mention about Lilith, the second connection is dubious in that it is not uncommon to have separate accounts of the same event mentioned in the Bible.
It isn't Biblical scholarship as much as it is demonology. Not saying Metatron is not a scholar because obviously he is. And a very good one. But dabbling in the Bible/Bibles for content for one video does not make one a Biblical scholar.
Strength or power under control, or refrained from being used.... which maybe closer to what Jesus meant when He said the meek shall inherit the earth. He certainly didn't mean to be an absolute pacifist.
who cares? If someone wrongs you, defend yourself and your loved ones. Who cares what some goat-herd in the middle east said 2000 years ago? The men of that time and place were completely ignorant human beings and have nothing to contribute on a moral level to a modern rational society.
@@AlrightDave Exactly. Jesus said to turn the other cheek but also made a whip and kicked over tables. Christians now are generally the latest definition of the word 'meek' as a result our churches are corrupted with lgbqtp preachers who should get the same treatment that Jesus gave the merchants.
This phenomenon (Baal in ancient Hebrew text being prescribed as demon in Western biblical texts) can be explained in a variety of ways. Metatron did a great analysis of linguistic and historical origins. As far as religious concepts go it can be explained by the following types of religious practice/belief (in descending order): Polytheistic ---> Henotheistic ---> Monotheistic When talking about ancient Hebrew religious text we can mostly omit Polytheism since many Hebrews (regardless of area [Babylon, Canaan, Levant region, etc.]) soley worshiped Yaweh. While the worship of one God implies monotheism the fact that they mention various Baal's, specifically in reference to deities worshiped by other cities/peoples, implies that they are acknowledging the existence of other deities (or rather that other people believe in other deities). However, despite their acknowledgement of these "other" deities they do not acknowledge them as "true" and only worship one diety (Yaweh). Therefore, this makes them Henotheistic, not monotheistic. This view of the "other" deities as untrue or false could have later been translated as powerful beings/spirits of evil or as malevolent misguiding figures which are often descriptors, deeds, and characteristics attributed to/associated with demons. To break it down think of it as followed: Polythesim is to the ancient Greek & Roman Pantheon Henotheism is to Ancient Hebrew religious texts/beliefs & other ancient Mesopotamian cultures/religions Christianity is to Monotheism. (Christianity is directly derived from Judaism & takes the "one God" to the extreme)
I would add that "Lilith" or rather the Lilithu in summerian mythology isn't one entity. It's a group of demons that functions as succubi. Regarding Baal Zebub. The proper name is probably Baal Zebul, meaning "Lord/Master of princes". The Isrealites have a thing for renaming foreign gods with derogatory titles
Yes, the word Layla is also exist in Arabic. We usually use it as a female name. There are a lot of women in the Arabic country who has this name. The word Layla means in Arabic a really dark and long night. 13:46
@@metatronyt Actually it depends, here in Morocco, as French is the first strange language a lot of people tend to write it this way "Laïla" or "Laila". Also there are people who write it this way "Leila". Anyhow, we pronounce it "laylaa".
An alternate take I've seen becoming more popular at least among some scholars in the last few years about 666 is that it's a reference to Solomon getting 666 talents (a unit of measure) of gold each year which is mentioned in both in the first book of Kings and the second book of Chronicles. Solomon after he'd turned away from Yahweh towards all the usual kingly things like money, power and women. in other words it's about the wise king turning into a fallen tyrant. Which kind of fits with the themes around where the number is presented in Revelations in that there's also talk about how the fall of God's people in a similar way.
I think 666 is more symbolic in meaning… in Hebrew, 7 was considered the perfect number. It was completion. It can be argued then that 666 is the idea of coming close to perfection and never reaching it, over and over and over and over again. The true definition of hell. To see what you could’ve been and to have never reached it. We see many modern worldly philosophies try to mimic Godliness and goodness but always fall short whether in one major flaw or another. Whether it be the LGBT movement, the whole quest for “racial justice”, or any other tenant of wokism, we see that they come close to perfection and completion but fall so short of it due to a critical flaw in their own world view which sets them on the path to hell.
@nyrtzi You have some very good thoughts and points here. They make me think of the The movie Bruce Almighty, as it seems Solomon couldn't handle properly the wisdom that was given him. I have wondered for many years why Yahweh gave it to him, if he really wasn't going to use it properly in the long term. And maybe the purpose was to show, some things just need to be left up to Him....we humans just can't handle them properly.....we keep trying though......and we should, right?
despite being an Atheist (or agnostic as the term) religion as a whole is really interesting especially when it comes to deities and demons, with how ideas set and written change meaning over time because of people's new interpretation of those texts and even their own ideas incorporated into the older ideas
Right ? It's basically a giant fan fiction, it's pretty cool. That's why shows like Lucifer or Supernatural work so well, they just dig into the infinite amount of ancient lore.
@leamael00 it's like if religion is done correctly, it's a really good addition to stories and so, I guess it's also why a lot of fantasy tropes involve gods or holy orders
@@leamael00 Exactly. Man made God in his image, not the other way around. The Abrahamic God is not even as legitimate as the Chaos Gods in Warhammer 40K.
How very interesting. I have a coworker who is a Norse Pagan and when we were having a conversation, he mentioned Lilith, saying that she was the first woman. I don't see that anywhere in the text and told him that, but I had never heard of her till then. Thank you for the information! I can explain that to him the next time we speak on that subject.
As a cradle Catholic from a 10th century French family who’s been intertwined with the church for some 500yrs, I always understood that angels and demons weren’t uniform in appearance and that there was a hierarchy Edit: kind of unrelated but a pet peeve in Hollywood. The grandparents and great-grandmother I knew said that ghosts couldn’t take possession, only demons; this includes inanimate objects
Can you elaborate? This sounds really interesting. The New Testament always talks about demons. ARE THESE THINGS REAL? What’s the difference between a psychosis by someone with mental illness and “objective” demons?
Fun fact: The demon in The Exorcist is based on a Mesopotamian demon called Pazuzu. Contrary to it's portrayal in the film, this one was considered a benevolent demon who would protect pregnant women and mothers from his rival Lamashtu.
To be fair, not quite benevolent, he still causes dust devils and sand storms and is himself the king of wind demons. But it is true that he defends pregnant mothers from Lamashtu.
There are more demons portrayed, both visually and behaviorally, in other texts than in the bible. I'd say most demons are found in grimoires and inquisitorial texts.
Rather than medieval texts you'd be better off with apocryphal texts like Enoch and other ancient near eastern sources. The closest approximation of what demons are, as described in the NT, are the rephaim of the Canaanites. In short they were spirits of dead sages and heroes from legend and the people of Canaan believed they could ascend to be with them in death if they did great things. The bible just presents them as evil which is very common in the bible. Take Genesis and how it describes the sons of God having hybrid offspring. In the religions of the nearby populations these were heroes. We remember them as Hercules and so on. In the bible they were villains and not heroes. Same goes for demons (who actually would be dead giants according to Enoch which again jives closely with what the Canaanites believed). Biblical cosmology and those of other populations in the region had their differences but they shared a *lot* more than is often appreciated. Peter even used the term Tartarus to describe where the angels who sired hybrid were thrown into prison directly borrowing the word from the Greeks (who may have received the idea themselves from the Hittites). Demons are never actually corporeal like angels and thus can not be fallen angels or aliens or anything else.
Honestly, I really hope we get more videos like this in the future. As fun as it is to watch you clown on bad history takes, the topic of mythology is a whole other level of satisfying.
@@metatronyt 👍 I find it so fascinating because instead of doing either a scripture basis or debunking basis. Its about deep diving into the words and texts and explaining what the words meant vs what they mean now and how the context changes.Epic.
I love your channel; your humour, honesty, scholarly research, and enthusiasm. That you receive hate mail may be an indication in these times that you are telling the truth. Bravo!
I enjoy your unbiased take on the scripture. You take the words define the meaning from the original translation and present the information fairly. My grandfather always said "never trust an Italian", I wish he was alive today, you might have helped change his mind.
I'd love to see more in depth videos on each of them demons mentioned. Its interesting how these being were originally portrayed compared to how they're seen now.
12:37 to be fair, thats actually ishtar. lilith herself as she is more popular understood shows up later on the medieval period if i'm not mistaken, the usage of her in any previous sacred text comes forward to be understood as bird of prey and not a spirit. the owl in roman society was considered a evil entity attributed to what we call now the witch, that would found origin on the word strix (in roman) or (striga in latin).
I experienced night terrors for many years. I don't know why this happened, but it was absolutely terrifying. I met a Rabbi online that prayed for me and the terrors stopped. He gave me a Hebrew prayer to pray when these terrors came at night. They came when I went to sleep. It felt like there was a force over me holding me down. I wasn't sure if I was awake or asleep. Sometimes there were actual demons in front of me that I could see, and sometimes they were laying next to me in my bed. I can't say for sure but I think it was linked to people in my family that was practicing witchcraft. Both of my parents were also narcissists, so I was surrounded with evil.
I love the way you give detail, references, explanations, avoiding the all-too-common easy generalisations and vague assumptions. Thank you for being one of the most intelligent channels on TH-cam.
I think the game Agony did a good job of portraying Biblical demons and visions of hell. Sadly the game was too much of a walking simulator, but the imagery was top notch. Like album cover art from black metal albums coming to life
@@Dogue83 In some ways I agree, but in others... When I saw the teaser videos it looked like a really awesome survival horror. But when I got my hands on the final product I felt disappointed because the gameplay ended up being a walking simulator with some puzzle solving (like every other walking simulator). I dislike walking simulators because I find them to be fraudulent. The developers make these lofty claims about "horror through atmosphere and helplessness" but at the end of the day, the real reason why they are so lacking in gameplay mechanics is either due to lazyness of the devs, lack of funding or both. There are really good survival horror games out there to take inspiration from. But it's just easier to make a game with pretty graphics than it is to make one with engaging mechanics.
If you made several hour+ long videos on biblical subjects I would watch all of them. I would pay for these videos, I've never seen or heard better breakdowns of biblical text.
I have, and he is falling in to noob type translation mistakes already. "Oh i discovered that this Hebrew word has multiple meanings so obviously the meaning they used in the Bible must be wrong. No sir, you are wrong." Swallow some pride brother. We don't need a Metatron translation of the Bible we already have a perfect English Bible. It called the Authorized Version AKA King James Version.
@@dustyfoxboy442 Has saved more souls than any other Bible. Hands down, not even a contest. You sound like a Jesuit taught dummy. Put down the propaganda and join the winning side.
Satan meaning Adversary is interesting - I just finished reading Clark Ashton Smith's "Averoigne" cycle, set in medieval France, and there are many mentions throughout the series to "the Adversary". For whatever reason, Smith never uses Satan or the Devil or other terms, just the Adversary. Not sure if that's a medieval French thing, or Smith thing, something about the time he was writing (most of the stories in the series were written in the 1930s), or what, but it is curious. Also curious is that in all but one tale, the forces of evil never seem to be negatively impacted by holy water or exorcisms....
The adversary is the Catholic word I know. It means the enemy but can mean the forces of darkness or the personification of evil himself. It is used a lot as a catch-all term to not get caught up in the specifics. An enemy deity or satan is more of a semantic argument - its a black and white world view. Evil or agent thereof.
I absolutely love this. I am a Christian and completely believe the Bible. I think it's perfect. My point is that I love discussing it and learning about its words, titles and names. Thank you so much! Love this❤
@Omglolleri Why do people who know nothing about the Bible always post ignorant comments about slavery? It seems to be the only thing they think they know about. Biblical slavery is not slavery that is based on a race as you know it. Blacks being enslaved by whites and vice versa, for example Yes, Africans were selling their own people into slavery. I digress, Ancient Israelite society allowed slavery; however, total domination of one human being by another was not permitted. Rather, slavery in antiquity among the Israelites was closer to what would later be called indentured servitude. Slaves were seen as an essential part of a Hebrew household. Joseph himself was a quote un quote slave who grew in rank to become basically second to pharaoh. That is not going to happen with the slavery that you think you know about. I am tired of dead people making ignorant comments in regards to the Bible and God without having a clue. You have nothing more then a skewed world view on the Bible and God. Either that or you are just going along with the crowd. Now you mentioned genocide. Where in the Bible does it talk about genocide?
@@Omglolleri Sorry bud, God didnt create slavery, and never committed genocide. Stop parroting left wing emotional talking points without facts. Educate yourself.
YES I love these theology videos. Metatron is the most qualified youtuber to speak on it, being that he speaks Hebrew and Latin and understands translational differences
Alukah being bloodlusting monsters sound awefully close to Alucard which is a vampire. And I always thought it was just dracula spelled backwards! But now I'm almost convinced it's the other way around.
What an enjoyable video! As a non religious person I found the Bible fascinating, both for its ancestral wisdom and historical testimony. I was raised Catholic and most of my friends still are, so it always leads to a very interesting conversation to analyze the Bible from a historical perspective. You boarded the subject with a lot of nuance and respect, much respect to you , Meta!
having had it shoved down my throat for 18 years I find it annoying and completely irrelevant but I appreciate Metatron's analytical and scientific approach to things.
@@zaco-km3su A +2.000 year old text has history woven in every line, regardless if it's truth, propaganda, fiction or a cooking recipe. Just by the way it's written, the things that get referenced, the things that don't: It's a window to the past!
@@cocobunitacobuni8738 That seems to be the case for many people. Religion is evidently prone to dogmatic-heavy teaching, luckily my experience was very "light weight" . Cheers friend
15:30 - This speculation derives solely from a misunderstanding of Hebrew storytelling. The apparent disconnect from Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 is because they're not strictly chronological, instead Genesis 1 gives the chronology and Genesis 2 adds more detail. So there is no room here for a 'first' woman who is not Eve.
The idea of Nero and Caligula as 666 and 616 is very plausible as these were contemporary texts. They were written aimed at the people alive at the time, not for posterity. We see allusion and allegory. The people of the time were much more likely to see the references to real people. Excellent video, as always!
The Old Testament does mention Satyr's and Lilith or the Screech Owl as demons. Also the serpent in the garden in Hebrew is Nachash, which is actually a brilliant shining one, described as standing on 2 legs and marvelous colors. Don't forget about the Seraphim, but those are not specifically evil, but are angels. The Greek would have described them as demons, since they didn't have a negative connotation of the word at the time
@CymruCelt01 You're right about the nachash. I found this out later in my study. But, there are 2 different uses and definitions for the same Hebrew word nachash. Strongs concordance number H5175 is serpent. But there is another, Strongs number H5172 which is used for divine, divination, enchantments etc in the Old Testament. It's first use with this definition is with Joseph in Genesis 44:15. It is the same Hebrew word, with different Strongs numbers and definitions. But, there are extra biblical writings that do refer to the nachash, in Jewish tradition, as being a brilliant shining one, described as standing on 2 legs. But in the Bible it is not carried with that definition. So it still is true, just not scriptural.
@CymruCelt01 yes. And all I'm saying is that there are 2 different definitions to the same word in the Bible, and then there is also another definition in Jewish tradition and legend. Read the writings of Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews.
@CymruCelt01 what is incorrect? The fact that there are 2 different definitions of nachash in the Bible itself, and that there are multiple uses of the word outside of the Bible? No, I'm sorry, but that is correct
You’re the man Meta. I love this deep stuff people don’t normally talk about. Alot of people get a corrupt view of this material from shows on the CW lol. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you.
Yes please do more of these! I read and study the Bible and I have found that what it says is quite different from what most religious people say it says. Your perspective is interesting and refreshing.
Dear Metatron, please make more videos about the Bible from a historical perspective. Thank you! BTW I love your videos, keep up the great work and thanks again🙏
Being a kid with a curios mind, I've in later years (54 now) come to question everything, I love it as I enjoy learning history, geography among other things.... Fantastic work!
This was highly entertaining. As an atheist, the theology doesn't appeal to me, but as folk lore and understanding the original linguistic roots is endlessly fascinating to me.
An atheist. From Greek. Meaning one who does not believe in the greek/panhelenistic pantheon of gods. Adopted by the Romans so they could prosecute Christians under law. Now a generic meaning not believing in any deity or deities.
@@antonyosborne5261"Terrorist: French revolutionary during the Reign of Terror" ... As stated in the video: applying improper context to words may greatly distort their meaning. Also, the ancient greek atheos (adjective meaning 'godless', 'impious') is not the same as the latin noun atheismus (meaning the doctrine empty of (G/g)od(s)), which is not the same as the english noun 'atheist' (meaning someone who is not a theist).
@Metatronyt What is your take on the 'monomyth'? The idea that all mythologies have a common root ancestor, which explains the similarities of the pyramids in Egypt, South America, and China, and the connection to what Graham Hancock tells of an ancient civilization?
I loved this video. This is the concept of the Metatron at it's best. Thanks Raff. I am a word nerd, so this type of video is right up my alley as word meanings and usage in context with their etymology and evolution is basically my life in a nutshell. LOL
KJ21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. ASV And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof: AMP So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. AMPC And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs or a part of his side and closed up the [place with] flesh. BRG And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; CSB So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. CEB So the Lord God put the human into a deep and heavy sleep, and took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh over it. CJB Then God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the person; and while he was sleeping, he took one of his ribs and closed up the place from which he took it with flesh. CEV So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side, DARBY And Jehovah Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall upon Man; and he slept. And he took one of his ribs and closed up flesh in its stead. DRA Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it. ERV So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply. While he was asleep, God took one of the ribs from the man’s body. Then he closed the man’s skin where the rib had been. EHV The Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, the Lord God took a rib and closed up the flesh where it had been. ESV So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. ESVUK So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. EXB So the Lord God caused ·the man to sleep very deeply [L a deep sleep to fall on the man/Adam], and while he was asleep, God removed one of the man’s ·ribs [or sides]. Then God closed up the man’s skin at the place where he took the ·rib [or side]. GNV ¶ Therefore the Lord God caused an heavy sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in stead thereof. GW So the Lord God caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. GNT Then the Lord God made the man fall into a deep sleep, and while he was sleeping, he took out one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh. HCSB So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. ICB So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply. While the man was asleep, God took one of the ribs from the man’s body. Then God closed the man’s skin at the place where he took the rib. ISV so the Lord God caused a deep sleep to overshadow the man. When the man was asleep, he removed one of the man’s ribs and closed up the flesh where it had been. JUB ¶ And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his sides and closed up the flesh in its place; KJV And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; AKJV And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; LSB So Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. LEB And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man. While he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh where it had been. TLB Then the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and took one of his ribs and closed up the place from which he had removed it, MSG God put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. God then used the rib that he had taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man. MEV So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept. Then He took one of his ribs and closed up the place with flesh. NOG So Yahweh Elohim caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, Yahweh Elohim took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. NABRE So the Lord God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. NASB So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. NASB1995 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. NCB The Lord God therefore caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. He took one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. NCV So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply, and while he was asleep, God removed one of the man’s ribs. Then God closed up the man’s skin at the place where he took the rib. NET So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh. NIRV So the Lord God caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs. Then the Lord God closed the opening in the man’s side. NIV So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. NIVUK So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. NKJV And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. NLV So the Lord God put the man to sleep as if he were dead. And while he was sleeping, He took one of the bones from his side and closed up the place with flesh. NLT So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. NRSVA So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. NRSVACE So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. NRSVCE So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. NRSVUE So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. OJB And Hashem Elohim caused a tardemah (deep sleep) to fall upon the adam, and he slept; and He took from one of his tzalelot (sides, ribs), and closed up the basar in the place thereof; RSV So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh; RSVCE So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh; TLV Adonai Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall on the man and he slept; and He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place. VOICE So the Eternal God put him into a deep sleep, removed a rib from his side, and closed the flesh around the opening. WEB Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. WYC Therefore the Lord God sent sleep into Adam, and when he slept, God took one of his ribs, and filled flesh for it. (And so the Lord God sent sleep into Adam, and while he slept, God took one of his ribs, and then closed up the flesh over that place.) YLT And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead.
Upon discovering your amazing channel, some time ago, and recognising your education, exceptional intelligence and generosity with your information, I immediately became a subscriber. These videos never disappoint; rather, they enlighten profoundly, often in the most powerful ways. I'd always wondered about the etymology of words such as "demon"; their origin, development, apparently constant shift in meaning, and so forth. Of course, there are many internet sources which can, more or less, clarify these concepts; however, hearing it from a genuine, living scholar like you is so much more of a treat. It helps to drive home the most important details of any subject and you are, without question, the best among the TH-cam scholars who delve into these subjects. So, thank you for your work. It is always greatly appreciated.
wanna know who is the real demon? it's jesus himself ! the baals where the god of justice or of the natural forces. child sacrifices to moloch or baal are fictional ! - Jesus will wield a sword when he returns for judgment day, christians does portray him as a violent figure. - Christians should accept Jesus and suffer for him in order to escape demons, gremlins, monsters, and hellfire. - God, in order to manifest on Earth, impregnated a human woman to give birth to a 100% humanified God. - Jews will betray Jesus and the Romans will execute him, but his death somehow magically extinguishes sin. cause this simple execution is in reality all the sins of the world that jesus carry on his cross while he is crusified he is not put to death because the romans sentenced him. but because he somehow magically extinguished sin by dying. god is so much great and so smart and love you so much that he sent his only son to die without letting him ask his choice "father why have you forsaken me" but somehow his death is magical and save ! read john-13 he still is god ! (jesus ret*rded logic) - the book of Revelation claim that only the elected or those who believe in the man-made book will be saved, while others will go to hell.
A while back, I needed some inspiration, so I opened the Bible to a random page. It opened to 2 Chron 21:18 which read "The LORD struck him in his bowels with an incurable illness." I tried again, opening to another random page. This time it opened to Jonah 1:7-11 which read "And the lot fell upon Jonah". At that point I gave up!
I think it doesn't really matter if they're 'real?' A daemon that is 'just in the mind' is really that reassuring? The concept of being haunted/tormented/possessed is just as 'real' to the skeptic. If medication works because god likes the smell or if it is a chemical imbalance or what have you, the results matter.
just finished watching the video in which you adressed the current scentbird drama, and now that i stumbled upon this video, talking about demons, i can't help but chuckle about the fact that where demons are mentioned, scentbird is nearby!
Man I love your videos, I barley made it out of high-school, mostly due to financial issues and I could never really afford collage but I love learning new stuff thank you this us 1 of my favorite historical channels on youtube
Baal in Hebrew still means something like the English word 'master' today and is used as such. I'm too lazy to check the spelling though. I always thought the 'demons' mentioned in the Bible were along the lines of 'things non-Israelites worshiped' or 'angels we don't really like' until Christianity demonified them. There is a book I started reading a long time ago called the Origin of Satan which talked about how he was turned from an angel into the devil. Edit: Something I just remembered is the Passover Hagada has a section where various ancient rabbis (and I'm not sure they would count considering that I think they would have dated at least a few hundred years after the timeframe this video covers) tried to amplify the number of miracles done. One suggests each miracle was actually five miracles in one, one of which included sending 'evil messengers/angels.'
I thought demons were usually the fallen angles like Lucifer. Which they happened to be worshipped by non Israelites. Lucifer became Satan by falling from grace so I thought that’s how the other demons come to exist. In the Old Testament God is said to make the false deities hide in fear when he is inside their temples. So I interpret that as the Idols to which the non-Israelites worship are those fallen angels. It never reads as though the demons and Idols are fictional and that there is only God but reads as though they are just false deities.
@@ICECAPPEDSKYThat is pretty much what I meant. My understanding is Satan from Job, pretty much the only example which doesn't fit, stopped being viewed as an angel and more as the devil (and the start of the concept of the devil) during the schism between the early Christians and Jews more or less as a political tool like calling someone a Nasi today.
Shew man, I love the videos, but one thing I learned today; no matter how much I want to, I can’t binge them😜. So thorough and thought provoking. I may not sleep for days being unable to shut down my brain. Keep up the good work.
I encountered an actual Demon 'Face to Face' back in 1993. At the time, it was posing as the Spirit of a Dead Human. (I.E. a 'Ghost') They are the spirits of dead hybrids, who are condemned to wander the Earth as disembodied Spirits, until the final judgement. That's one of the reasons they are so obsessed with possession. They are desperate to have a body again. These beings then, are in contrast to Fallen Angels. Baalzebub was a Fallen Angel, hence the labeling as an 'Enemy Deity', by ancient Israel.
It's always very interesting to see how religions like Christianity were shaped from their interactions with other religions and from historical events. Especially the original texts like the old testament which is wildly different from the new and the influences of other civs is way more clear and prevalent.
666 = Talmud Avoth 5.1 - ‘The ten Divine words by which the world is created.’ = First seven prime numbers squared added up = 666 = ‘What will it be to be being human (hues of Man)? = Pi = 3.1 4 9 25 49 121 169 289…. and the continued progression of prime numbers squared = the Key of David mathematical equivalent of God’s name.
ESOTERICA does a marvelous job at explaining and going in depth of ancient Israelite religions and many other topics about the sort. Also how things came to be common place in religion as well. He's very much like yourself Meta, a truth seeker. If you've never heard of him I can't recommend his channel enough to you. The more I study and see what other people have uncovered about this popular text. I see that the Bible is an abhorrent translation of the real meaning the prophets portrayed in their ancient words of wisdom of Christ through memory. I blame the dudes under King James trying to control a population to gain power through the folly of peoples illiteracy and ignorance of the very thing they were trying to teach. Then through the scribes own ignorance in struggling to translate Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, also cherry picking books and verses, then hiding the rest of the related books at the Vaticans hidden library, has cause a massive butterfly effect through the ages misleading people to the real word and how its perceived by everyone. Now is totally lost its meaning through every modern translation its not even the same thing anymore. Now people just view it as lies and dismiss it completely because they don't know the real truth about what really happened to this great sacred text.
Good video! Interestingly, the Dead Sea scrolls provide much more details about fallen angels (who I guess would technically be demons). The Book of Eli has a chapter where it even lists all the names of the fallen angels who taught humanity various things after the exile from Eden. I think mentioning them would've been appropriate in this video.
That's a huge topic though. You've got the Watchers, the uncivilised humans they watched, all the things they taught the humans and the likely links to Babylonian beliefs, the nephilhim half-angels that were possibly giants and the links to Noah and the flood. It deserves a video of its own
I love this series! I'm writing a fictional book about angels and demons, so it's great to learn more about them from a trusted source! :) Also, will you make a video dedicated to the story of Adam, Eve, and maybe Lilith? I would love to learn more about Lilith particularly, even though I've made a lot of research on her. I'm not exactly which sources to trust in those instances.
If you other sources you should look up interviews with exorcists. Christians have little need to look too much towards history when exorcists fight those demons today.
TH-cam channel esoterica might be useful to you, there are multiple videos on lilith and demonology in general from scholarly point of view, with sources in description and the guy that make videos is a professor with PhD
666 = Talmud Avoth 5.1 - ‘The ten Divine words by which the world is created.’ = First seven prime numbers squared added up = 666 = ‘What will it be to be being human (hues of Man)? = Pi = 3.1 4 9 25 49 121 169 289…. and the continued progression of prime numbers squared = the Key of David mathematical equivalent of God’s name.
I would love to see some focused deep dives on some of the things covered in this video and similar topics. I feel like several of the points covered could easily fill 30 minutes on their own. And the honest approach (and of course I expect nothing less from the Metatron, Custos Veritatis) that neither holds back for fear of offending, or goes out of its way to put down the beliefs of others, but seeks only to understand the facts, is so important for any academic study of historical events, traditions, beliefs, documents, peoples, or cultures.
As a Demonosopher I must say that I truly and thoroughly enjoyed this episode. ( not that I don't enjoy most of your content) thank you for always keeping me humble and aware that there is always something more to learn. ❤
I already knew a bit about the 'Baal' thing (Baal being an honorific similar to "lord") because it was discussed in a fiction I've read at one point. Still, this subject matter is quite interesting. I look forward to your next video on the related subjects. (PS: Lilith is somehow related to the story of Gilgamesh? Why am I not surprised...)
As an Israeli atheist jew I love to see you describe my culture from the perspective of an outsider. Your Hebrew pronunciation is shockingly accurate and gives me joy.
I love how Israelis use the argument:"GOD GAVE US THIS LAND" to destroy the lives of Palestinians, and take their land, and then, so many of you are actually atheists. LOOOOL. Humanity at its best. Fucking priceless.
I personally like the Shinto approach to demons, ghosts, spirits and gods in which they are essentially interchangable. The japanese term "kami" is usually translated as "god" while the japanese term "majin" is usually translated as "devil" or "evil spirit". But in Shinto belief a majin can also be refered to as a kami and vice versa. The terms don't really refer to the nature of the entity but to wether they are helpful to humans or not. A kami is helpful to humans, a majin is not. But that also can depend very much on circumstances. You could refer to the same entity as a kami if you want to sweettalk it into helping you but also as a majin if you want to try and intimidate it into leaving you alone (or, if you are strong enough, to strongarm it into helping you in some way). I also like that those kami and majin come in a full range of power levels from kami so weak that they are more pitied than feared by humans to majin so powerful that the only option for a human is to hunker down and hope it passes by without bothering you. Oh and by the way, in shintoism there are at least 8 million kami.
Great video on the topic. I really love how you are able to hold your focus. When i was a young history student our old prof preaches his understanding of "working" history every single hour, "hold the line" i heard this 3 words over and over again, that was annoying in a way because it seems as if he wanted to trap his students from the beautiful land of "free interpretation". It took some time before i understood that before you can fly you have to be safe on the ground first. And that is what you are delivering so easily, a ground to work upon, the traps in history are that trying to explore uncharted land comes with thin sources, sometimes just one sideline in one reliable source and the danger is that leaves a huge space for interpretation and you could spin fascinating theories but have no possibility to falsify or viceversa. In your videos those lines are well set and crystal clear, not closing the door but making clear where speculation cannot be taken as proven. My hat is off Sir.
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is Baal-Zebub and Baal Hebrew and also Greek I think are the same? and is it link with Ba'al from Egypt ? who was the god or goddess of fertility if I remember well what I learn 35 years ago in school haha
so hebrew demons are either Angels working as a prosecutor or one of the 72 goods the first 72 cities?
It's a waste of time using all this knowledge to do the stupid shit we do...I don't know wasup ,but by any means allowed is probably ok
You look what I imagine Jesus looking like.
I love watching these dives into religion with context from the original language and translated differences
Explains that in the video..
He's literally saying that's what he likes about it lmao
wanna know who is the real demon? it's jesus himself ! the baals where the god of justice or of the natural forces. child sacrifices to moloch or baal are fictional !
- Jesus will wield a sword when he returns for judgment day, christians does portray him as a violent figure.
- Christians should accept Jesus and suffer for him in order to escape demons, gremlins, monsters, and hellfire.
- God, in order to manifest on Earth, impregnated a human woman to give birth to a 100% humanified God.
- Jews will betray Jesus and the Romans will execute him, but his death somehow magically extinguishes sin.
cause this simple execution is in reality all the sins of the world that jesus carry on his cross while he is crusified
he is not put to death because the romans sentenced him. but because he somehow magically extinguished sin by dying.
god is so much great and so smart and love you so much that he sent his only son to die without letting him ask his choice
"father why have you forsaken me" but somehow his death is magical and save ! read john-13 he still is god ! (jesus ret*rded logic)
- the book of Revelation claim that only the elected or those who believe in the man-made book will be saved, while others will go to hell.
An additional nuance about the number 666 is that 777 was considered to be the "Perfect" number, or rather a number you would use to represent completion. This is why Christ is sometimes referenced to with the number "888", because he transcends what is "complete". 666, on the other hand, is inferior to the perfection of 777 and completely opposed to 888.
Not many people know this, but orthodox Jewish scholars do this every day.
This man literally teaches you the tools to do any levels research you want about anything you want to, while giving us badass research of his own.
Sorry but what are the tools to do any level of research
@@CuriousDils Cognitive ability to discern fact from fiction, critical think, be humble enough to understand multiple points of an argument, and above all he proves that you can make money while still telling truth.
Dude.... let me know if this also works for engineering physics and medicine @Solid_IP
Its so refreshing to hear an intelligent person break down controversial topics simply by using his experience, know how and most of all sourced material.
How exactly is this controversial?
@@MetaKnight964 essentially every aspect of Christianity is subject to controversy. Different people read the Book in different ways and take away different interpretations.
@@4rtiethe only controversies are those that take Gods word out of context or twist scripture. It’s simple. Read the Bible and it says what it says. It’s not rocket science.
@@johnnydough8841 that is only one way to interpret the Bible, and one that is heavily controversial. Which Bible? Which teachings? Sola Scriptura is lauded by Lutherans, but condemned by Catholics as not even Biblical. Even calling the Book "God's word" is controversial; what do you mean by "God's word"? Did He write it? Did He write it through others? Did He divinely inspire those who wrote it? Did He then also divinely inspire all of the translators and scribes who copied and modified it? Are all Bibles truly "God's word", is just one translation God's word?
Absolutely. Really refreshing.
As someone whose been a theology nerd his whole life. I really appreciate you going into these topics without some kind of tilt or bias. It’s Refreshing to hear your honest research without being pelted with petty insults about my faith.
It's hard being a theology nerd growing up as a Baptist.
@@DarthBop there’s baptist theology nerds out there too you just gotta find the right churches.
Well, since most of people are religious - why do you ignore that most of people don't "pelt you with petty insults"?
@@FirstLast-wk3kcbecause it's much easier to live with a perpetual victim complex than it is to acknowledge that believing anyone who doesn't believe in your specific religion is going to be tortured for eternity is monstrous.
@@FirstLast-wk3kc The thing is I’m only getting a bias in my own favor if only listen to what other reformed Christians think on the subject. It’s always important to get the other side of things when it come to topics like translations especially.
I always found the pop culture demons to be kind of generic, the nightmares i had when I was a child where waaay more scary, because is something disfigured, sometimes you cant even see, just hear and feel 🥶
To be fair, pop culture anything is kind of generic and bland.
@@Vlad_Tepes_III Yeeah, the most impactfull demon on my nightmares was a lion, but with a snouth similar to an anteater with a hydeous smile and gigantic eyes, that thing could also imitate people's voices. Fun fact, the native americans from Brazilian have a legend thats is just like this thing, is called "The Capelobo", and since I have native american ancestry, this May explain why.
@@wellersonoliveira5334yeah generational curses are a thing Jesus breaks that bind tho.
@@BaggerFood101 The thing is, it seems from folclore, there's two creatures always present in all cultures across the world; "wherewolves" and mermaids"
@@BaggerFood101you can’t believe in both pagan curses and Jesus.
It's crazy to think that so much has been lost in translation. Thanks for all your work.
It's actually crazy how LITTLE was lost in translation. This is a fascinating topic and I love this video, but demons and angels are not exactly major theological concepts when it comes to salvation and the rest of Christian doctrine. I'm not saying they're not important, but it's not a matter of salvation to understand the nature of a demon or an angel. So the fact that the vast majority of the text has been translated in a way that keeps its meaning is truly remarkable.
I must say, your attention to detail and clarity of the context of theses texts is so refreshing! It is so frustrating as a "Christian" to speak with other "Christians" that have no clue what they actually think they believe. Sharing your videos with some friends has really helped open some eyes to the understanding needed to truly decide in the christian faith!
Amen to that, it’s even more galling when I talk with local Christians about Christian history and they know nothing about it, nor the saints for that matter. I mean to their credit when I start speaking of the Saints like Augustine, Moses the Black, or George they’re quite into it, but it still bothers me that they’ve never been exposed to any of it.
Now a days the non educated Chidtians support Ronald Grump
TH-cam Jay Dyer if you’re interested in Christians who know their stuff, including every other religion (he’s studied them all.)
With you videos I'm actually beginning to weed out what I choose to believe, as a (possible?) Christian, and not.
Michael Heiser is a writer you should look into. He spent a lot of time going over some of this same ground and its adjacent ideas.
I went to Catholic school for 9 years and Lutheran for 1...the latter was preschool so...One priest we had cycle through was named Father Hyram or Hiram, it's been 28-30 years, but, while at the Vatican, he was an official exorcist. He had quite a few stories and one picture. Well, one pic of the victim with a flaming white sword coming out of her chest, and a few others pertaining to the sword(demon) exiting the window and bounding thru a courtyard in the Vatican. I believed him, he had no reason to lie and was very matter of fact when we asked him about it. In fact, we were shocked to receive the answers we did!! The pastor, Father Schmidt, was none to happy about his answers and told us to disregard anything Hyram said. Therefore, I took it all as truth!!
Politics. Certain people find the concept of a supernatural entity interacting with Humans inconvenient.
Of course you are just a random youtube commenter so you could be exaterating or lying.
Sounds like murder.
Doesn't matter which religion you're part of, malicious spirits exist
@@hermocrasbreadlord9557no spirits exist 🙄
Wow this is the most unbiased thelogical look at scripture I've seen yet! Thank you for this inciteful video! As a Christian, it's important for us to keep our beliefs and values grounded in historically accurate to the times and cultures when they we're written.
Biblical accuracy is an oxymoron dumbo.
As an atheist, I found it interesting myself
@@thaimperial97 Wonderful :)
Try Dr Jordan Petersons biblical lectures, he dives into the deep meanings behind the words. Its the best and most thrilling version I've ever heard. People today fear the devil over God, this is a mistake in my opinion. God could destroy the devil anytime he wanted, why God doesn't I believe is something to do with free choice. Also the name "Israel" means "he who wrestles with God."
I would recommend Dr. Michael Heiser, his books and lectures. He passed away earlier this year, but his lectures are very interesting. He goes a lot deeper than this video. This video was a good introduction, but Heiser gets into the meat and potatoes of this subject. For a good introduction, I would recommend his book supernatural. For more in-depth research, his book unseen realm is really good.
More Bible translation finesse? Yes, please. Adam's rib?
Yes that’s going to be the next episode
I always heard it was a Babylonian pun. A play on the word “ti,” meaning “rib,” and Tiamat.
But what do I know? I’m always interested in how the Captivity influenced early Hebrew texts.
lets hope it wasnt 'dic' : P
@@RJStocktonA lot of the Old testament is Mesopotamian at least in its style and theology. Especially the story of Job which is almost a one-to-one copy of the suffering servant story of Mesopotamia with a very similar question that's implied by the story, "why do the gods allow suffering for their servants?"
@@RJStocktonbased on the Masoretic text
tsela: rib, side
Original Word: צֵלָע
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: tsela
Phonetic Spelling: (tsay-law')
Definition: rib, side
Please make more of these. You make these topics so interesting.
I will thanks
wanna know who is the real demon? it's jesus himself ! the baals where the god of justice or of the natural forces. child sacrifices to moloch or baal are fictional !
- Jesus will wield a sword when he returns for judgment day, christians does portray him as a violent figure.
- Christians should accept Jesus and suffer for him in order to escape demons, gremlins, monsters, and hellfire.
- God, in order to manifest on Earth, impregnated a human woman to give birth to a 100% humanified God.
- Jews will betray Jesus and the Romans will execute him, but his death somehow magically extinguishes sin.
cause this simple execution is in reality all the sins of the world that jesus carry on his cross while he is crusified
he is not put to death because the romans sentenced him. but because he somehow magically extinguished sin by dying.
god is so much great and so smart and love you so much that he sent his only son to die without letting him ask his choice
"father why have you forsaken me" but somehow his death is magical and save ! read john-13 he still is god ! (jesus ret*rded logic)
- the book of Revelation claim that only the elected or those who believe in the man-made book will be saved, while others will go to hell.
@@metatronytwhich college did you go to if i may ask
Rip and tear, until it is done!
I love learning about the linguistics and etymology behind mythological beings. I find it fascinating that in an abundant amount of examples, it seems that we are looking predominantly at job titles more so than characters. I feel it gives me much clarity on how these beings were actually viewed and revered/feared by their contemporary people, considering modern interpretations and especially pop culture media like videogames give us such vague pictures.
10/10 video.
I agree with what you said, but by far the vague representations of pop culture are bad and negative, to me both approaches are spectacular.
A really good book on demons is _The Spirit of the Rainforest,_ it's about the Yanomamo, one of the last Amazonian tribes to encounter the western world and is narrated by one of their shamans. They used to take a natural hallucinogenic and talk to spirits that gave them actionable intelligence on rival tribes, as well as fool them into thinking they had more power than they really did in the physical world. It's also a very brutal book because the shaman isn't shy about graphic details. A very fascinating look into the culture of a tribal society constantly faced with constant war and starvation. You can also watch interviews on YT with Chief Shoefoot, who was one of the other shamans in the tribe.
"take a natural hallucinogenic and talk to spirits"-
Nahhh😂they probably thought they were talking to spirits, but nah. I'm sure the hallucinogen was the culprit of making them think so.
@@thaimperial97 The thing was that these spirits gave them actionable intel on other tribes.
@@thaimperial97there’s only so much to in take with base mental. A natural filter if you will. We’d go crazy if we could feel or interact with all the energy’s constantly flowing
@@thaimperial97before the eastern people came to the Americas, native tribes legit had more connections to nature itself and still shows it today. If you ever taken any hallucinogen you’ll quickly realize there’s things within the other side of this “world”, stop being ignorant man
yeah....sure buddy. You need to be chemically induced to show you there' other sides to this world. Too bad they don't show you any gods or other things tht don't exist in reality. You must be ignorant yourself because you definitely didn't educate me of anything unknown@@Foomando
As someone who studies demonology and angiology, your research is top class and your presentation is magnificent. You're doing the Lord's work and angels surround you, God bless.
Indeed. Metatron's level of work is top high.
I appreciate your kind words, thank you
Isn't most of the Bible derivation from older pagan myths where gods already fought demons and giants?
You should have a look to the formidable work of Mauro Biglino, an amazing former official Vatican translator of the Bible, who wrote several fantastic book on this topic too
Given that he's an occult practitoner, I don't think those are angels surrounding him.
This turned out a lot more interesting than I expected. Thank you for a very well arranged and presented video.
Glad you enjoyed it. I also have an episode on angels, and an episode on Adam and Eve. Thanks!
You do a REALLY good job unwrapping the linguistic aspects of controversial issues in an unbiased manner. Well done!
Thank you
i have this struggle even today in my attempts to communicate the subtle meanings between Portuguese and English. There are meanings that can only be understood if you known the culture and the original meaning communicated that can't be literally translated. A simple example is the common cultural example of someone saying "diga" , a Portuguese person knows that it is shorthand hand for "tell me how I can help", but the word translates to just "speak".
There is a similar expression in Italian "Mi dica" literally means " tell me about it" but it is also used like the Portuguese expression to say " How can I help?"
No, you can also use the expression: "Tell me." Not just "Speak." TAMBÉM SOU PORTUGUÊS, CARALHO.
@@HeathenDancelanguage! 🤨
@@fukpoeslaw3613 Ahah.
With english, diga would be the equivalent of "go" or "shoot" (with or without "okay" in front) so yeah it always helps to know the culture lol
Hey dude, thanks for the video. At 12:36 - no, this is not Lilith. It is more likely Ereshkigal or Ishtar (2 sisters goddesses and the first is goddess of underworld, the second is of beauty among other things). But it is most likely Ereshkigal.
In the myth of Gilgamesh Lilith is described like a monster but it is not sure if she is a woman or some kind of monster with wings.
ps - if the theory of Lilith being the first woman is to be believed, she rejected Adam and her daughters are the succubus.
Excellent video! Michael Heiser is my favourite Christian scholars on this subject. He died of cancer recently, but he spent his academic career studying what the Bible and ancient culture said about demons, and he pieced together a magnificent lecture series (and book) entitled "the Unseen Realm." I would absolutely recommend Dr. Heiser to anyone interested in diving deeper into exploring what Metatron brilliantly laid out here.
Second the recommendation for Dr. Heiser. I also recommend the work of Dr. John Walton, author of "The Lost World of Genesis", "The Lost World of Adam and Eve", and others. (For content on TH-cam, i also recommend @InspiringPhilosophy)
Yeah Dr. Heiser confirmed a lot of my, I guess suspicions about the spiritual realm. It always seemed to me there was the Godhead, and various levels of angels, but that there was this third grouping alluded to that weren't God (father, son, or Holy Spirit) or angels in between them. Well, "Angel" just means "messenger" which could be a lot of things and the lightbulb went off when he started talking about Deuteronomy and the "sons of God" that were apportioned to the nations surrounding Israel after Babel. A HA! There's my third group. And I think he is spot-on identifying "Demons" as the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim. And from what Dr, Heiser said he believed- the fight between Lucifer and Michael and their angels is a future event that hasn't happened yet. So Lucifer doesn't even have actual angels yet- just the restless spirits of giants who need to possess someone to affect the physical world. "Angels" can have physical bodies at will.
If all that is true, the end-times are going to be LIT! :D
@prader1330
Dr. Heiser was awesome. I've watched all his videos and own his books.
I think Revelation's 4th and 5th Trumpets are interesting. Abbadon is possibly Samyaza or Azazel from the Book of Enoch. The creatures that fly out sound like hordes of Manticore and Chimera, which Enoch says the fallen ones were mixing their essence with animals to create abominations, in addition to Nephilim. 🤯
I'm currently reading The Unseen Relm. There's another author that follows the same line of thinking that writes both fiction and nonfiction that I highly recommend, Brian Godawa. His books, Chronicles of The Nephilim, are my favorite historical fantasy series. He even goes into the history of the region and people at the time the books are set. His book on Psalm 82 is good too.
Edited for grammar.
@@_S.D._ That sounds awesome! Thank you for the recommendation.
I have a master degree in linguistics and postgrad studies in neurolinguistics. I heard just the beginning and..I am exploding with joy ! Finally, I hear sense.
I feel sick when people try to interpret a text, written long time ago, according to the modern world. With translations it is even worse.
With a friend I watched a movie, based on a real story, that happened over a century ago. It was about the value of the family, friendship, deep connections between people, loyalty. After the movie we went to have a coffee. She had a long monologue about the film showing a women’s struggle for equality. It was a little bit of that, but very little. But as it is a trendy subject, she was blind to the real message of the story. Translations that reject the reality of the surrounding world when the text was first written, are useless rubbish. Thank you !
So... what was the movie?
Film is more literary though. The message from any story or movie is what you take from it. Its been ages since 'death of the author'. She was well within literary analysis norms.
This is different he is talking about primary historical documents. Its not comparative at all.
I am not religious, but do find theology to be interesting as a topic, and seeing this more nuanced, studied take on etymology and various historical interpretations is fascinating. It reminds me of many stories in fiction with a religion that's integral to the plot because many times it's more nuanced than what is "good" or "evil", and often you see the varying faiths or cultures having different ideas about the same thing while still having many commonalities. Fantastic video, man. I just clicked this on a whim because I think this kind of stuff is cool, but don't usually get it recommended to me as it's not my general area of interest. This immediately made me want to learn a bit more about this stuff.
Same, I'm coming to the conclusion that many religions are talking about the same God/s, the difference being philosophy or denominations.
I kind of think the "Gnostic" books are similar, more denomination/philosophic differences.
Great video, on point as always! I simply wanted to add the Lilith statue shown has a lot of evidence pointing it’s actually Ishtar. Still debated but over the years it’s heavily weighing on Ishtar. Those “horns” are common in Mesopotamian art. It’s been a long time since I’ve studied the subject but I believe it was how their culture depicted crowns. That’s pretty much it.
There really is a lot to say on the subject. I think a video exploring deeply the medieval views of angels and demons would be awesome!
I thought it was Ishtar too, but figured there were other names associated. I agree on the deeper dive into the influences that happened in the medieval period.
i remember hearing somewhere that that sort of horn thing was the origin of the concept of a halo, to signify divinity or being blessed; for example Moses was described as having fiery horns after he came down from Mt Sinai
I also thought it was related to Ishtar somehow.
There's a fascinating podcast on Ancient Faith Radio called "The Lord of Spirits" which talks about these matters using deep dives into scripture, ancient literary and physical evidence, and Orthodox Christian traditional teaching and experience. It's got a few years of episodes available and goes into all kinds of depth about spiritual history. One of the things that the hosts posit is that demons aren't only fallen angels (angel strictly speaking refers to a role, so celestial entities or bodiless powers might be more appropriate) but also the disembodied spirits of a portion of the Nephilim slain in the flood or in the wars against giants after the flood.
Thanks for introducing the podcast, man. Stuff like that's right up my alley. Now I've got something awesome to listen to at work :)
Edit: Oh, and by the way, if you're into philosophy in general, you should check out "Philosophize This". Been listening to it for years. It's pretty dang good.
Except the flood never happened, at least not to the extent the bible says (itself plagiarized from The Epic of Gilgamesh). Nor were there giants, angels, or fallen angels. No nephilim. It's all mythology.
@@Hugh-Man0006just commenting to see the arguments.
@GrendelsRage
Mmmm, there is a Hindu myth of a flood, the Indian Noah is called Manu, China also has a flood story, the Chinese Noha is called Nuwah, were the Hindus and the ancient Chinese plagiarizing Gilgamesh? How about the legend of Deucalion and Pyrra? Were the ancient Greeks plagiarizing Gilgamesh? The legend of Atlantis also talks about a land swallowed by water. Many Native American tribes have Floyd's stories and myths I don't think Gilgamesh was their inspiration? There are flood legends in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines in South America, among the Inuits and so on and almost all legends mentions angry deities sending the flood to cleanse wicked huma s from it. If so many disparate cultures have similar myths the conclusion is that this event happened.
@@Hugh-Man0006 Except that the universality of the legends, and the pointed way that they all agree world-wide, aside from the biblical account which is contrary to the others, all suggest a common underlying experience with everyone aside from the followers of the Most High God agreeing with each other and claiming to have won rebellions against their former Most High Gods while receiving secret knowledge of forging and warfare, the very things that the biblical account says justified the destruction of the flood in the first place. The biblical account, meanwhile, says that not only did the rebellions against the Most High God fail, but they never even could have succeeded, and the knowledge given to man was to his destruction, not to his benefit.
so during the start of my awakening journey, about 2 years in, I was shown many paths, but only wanted the truth... I am a visual meditator, I remember my encounter with Lilith and Satan in San Fran, Lilith took the form of a beautiful angel and then tried to scare me, after our introduction of course came Satan in his many forms... it was a eye-opening experience and not as scary as it seems... the scariest part of my journey if being truthful, is deserving the love that Jesus has to offer... was sorta New Agey for a time before following Christ and building the relationship with his pure Love. When all doubts fade, and the real truth manifests itself, it is powerful and life changing. May you all be blessed, and God speed to the truth!
I'm currently reading a selection of short stories by Lafcadio Hearn, a European writer who lived in Japan in the late 1800's. Most of the stories are centered around various demons, spirits, yokai and tengu. Very interesting takes on what another culture perceives as evil beings and the high jinx that they get up to.
I don't think oni, yokai, yurei, etc. really map over biblical demons at all. Maybe aukuma but that's about it. What's often translated in manga and anime as demon or demon king are usually actually psychopomps.
@@LittleLordFancyLad Well, Japan is very different in the fact that Shinto is animist. Spirits (kami) are present all throughout nature. The various youkai you find in Japanese mythology also have a dualistic nature, in the sense that they are partially spiritual in nature, but often also have a physical manifestation. They have a better analogue with European folklore - gnomes, fairies and what not.
Psychopomps are very specific though, being solely shinigami. You also have to consider that manga and anime draw on a lot of different cultures for inspiration. Proper demons from Western civilizations are depicted quite often, where they are typically referred to as "Majin" in Japanese.
I’m just can’t read comics, so majin is new to me. A daughter knows it from Dragonball. I never liked oni translated as demon. They always seemed more like ogres to me. I am always asking about that. Nerds know that oni originally were deities, written with the alternate character missing the ‘horn’ stroke. I’m told that their characteristic is to eat people. In folktales they can be tamed and then are good, so they just aren’t as inherently evil. The psychopomp thing is from how in a later Buddhist interpretation they are associated with the Indian deity Yama as his vassals. Why demon just doesn’t work for me is that demons are incorporeal and capable of possessing people or animals if they are especially strong, and Japanese people just don’t seem to have a sense of this with oni. I mean people can become oni, things often change like that in Japanese stories, but they are not possessed by incorporeal air spirits as the Metatron only briefly touches on this here . . .
@@Shin_Lona
"They have a better analogue with European folklore - gnomes, fairies and what not."
Yes absolutely.
" Psychopomps are very specific though, being solely shinigami."
I was thinking of all the "Maou-sama" titles which are usually translated erroneously as "Demon King".
@@Sean-tb2zz Yes, and also, contrary to modern popular culture, the Lake of Fire is the punishment for Satan and his angels rather than their realm. So the identification of Yama with demons is doubly wrong.
Neat coincidence that Aluka (being a hebrew "vampire" of sorts) is very close to "Alucard" which we often name characters that are derivative of Dracula in pop culture. I wonder if that had contributed to the decision to spell it backwards
More than likely just an interesting coincidence. Although, the writer that originated Alucard (Curt Siodmak in Son of Dracula) was from a Jewish family so who knows, he may have been familiar with that bit of lore.
If I recall correctly, "arpadi" is Hebrew for vampire?
@@Deez80085the most direct translation this creator cited was "leech"
@@initial_CDrakul is fierce warrior and nobelmanwho was so cruel towords Turks whose attacked in that time his principality and homland and Balkans....
Coincidence. "Drakul" means "dragon," and was an epithet given to the father of the infamous Vladimir Tepeš (that last name actually being an epithet in its own right, referring to the spikes Vlad impaled enemies upon). The nickname "Drakul," also spelled "Dracul," was given because of his prowess in battle. It is related to other words connected with dragons, including "dragon," "drake," and "draconian." Drakul's son was therefore also known as "Drakula," or "Dracula," literally "son of the dragon." Spelled backwards, "Alucard."
One thing to mention about Lilith, the second connection is dubious in that it is not uncommon to have separate accounts of the same event mentioned in the Bible.
I’ve always been interested in biblical scholarship, but this is pure gold ! Thank you , Metatron !
It isn't Biblical scholarship as much as it is demonology. Not saying Metatron is not a scholar because obviously he is. And a very good one. But dabbling in the Bible/Bibles for content for one video does not make one a Biblical scholar.
@@leonrussell262 thank you for the clarification but I was only trying to pay Metatron a compliment
@@5greenfeathers no harm no foul.
Look at the meaning of the Greek word for 'meek', the meaning is totally different to what we define it as now.
Strength or power under control, or refrained from being used.... which maybe closer to what Jesus meant when He said the meek shall inherit the earth.
He certainly didn't mean to be an absolute pacifist.
who cares? If someone wrongs you, defend yourself and your loved ones. Who cares what some goat-herd in the middle east said 2000 years ago? The men of that time and place were completely ignorant human beings and have nothing to contribute on a moral level to a modern rational society.
@@AlrightDave Exactly. Jesus said to turn the other cheek but also made a whip and kicked over tables. Christians now are generally the latest definition of the word 'meek' as a result our churches are corrupted with lgbqtp preachers who should get the same treatment that Jesus gave the merchants.
@@AlrightDave Ooh so it's like people who don't abuse power for evil?
@@lennysmileyface Like someone who carries a sword, knows how to use it; but, only uses it for good.
This phenomenon (Baal in ancient Hebrew text being prescribed as demon in Western biblical texts) can be explained in a variety of ways. Metatron did a great analysis of linguistic and historical origins. As far as religious concepts go it can be explained by the following types of religious practice/belief (in descending order): Polytheistic ---> Henotheistic ---> Monotheistic
When talking about ancient Hebrew religious text we can mostly omit Polytheism since many Hebrews (regardless of area [Babylon, Canaan, Levant region, etc.]) soley worshiped Yaweh. While the worship of one God implies monotheism the fact that they mention various Baal's, specifically in reference to deities worshiped by other cities/peoples, implies that they are acknowledging the existence of other deities (or rather that other people believe in other deities). However, despite their acknowledgement of these "other" deities they do not acknowledge them as "true" and only worship one diety (Yaweh). Therefore, this makes them Henotheistic, not monotheistic. This view of the "other" deities as untrue or false could have later been translated as powerful beings/spirits of evil or as malevolent misguiding figures which are often descriptors, deeds, and characteristics attributed to/associated with demons.
To break it down think of it as followed:
Polythesim is to the ancient Greek & Roman Pantheon
Henotheism is to Ancient Hebrew religious texts/beliefs & other ancient Mesopotamian cultures/religions
Christianity is to Monotheism. (Christianity is directly derived from Judaism & takes the "one God" to the extreme)
I would add that "Lilith" or rather the Lilithu in summerian mythology isn't one entity. It's a group of demons that functions as succubi.
Regarding Baal Zebub. The proper name is probably Baal Zebul, meaning "Lord/Master of princes". The Isrealites have a thing for renaming foreign gods with derogatory titles
Hard to blame them when it comes to Babylonians
Another candidate is Baal Zaphon, who is a known Canaanite deity who lived at the top of a certain mountain and killed Lotan (Leviathan).
Everyone had a thing for renaming foreign gods in derogatory ways.
Sports fans do the same thing. It's part of human nature.
@@Halophage wasn't Baal Hadaad the one who killed Lotan? I could be wrong
@@kamishin7135 No, you're correct. Two epithets for the same guy.
Yes, the word Layla is also exist in Arabic. We usually use it as a female name. There are a lot of women in the Arabic country who has this name. The word Layla means in Arabic a really dark and long night. 13:46
That's probably my favorite sounding word in both Hebrew and Arabic. I thought that in Hebrew is "laila" but in Arabic is "leila", am I correct?
Dexter's female antagonist in the second season is named Layla. I wonder if the name is intentional.
@@metatronyt Actually it depends, here in Morocco, as French is the first strange language a lot of people tend to write it this way "Laïla" or "Laila". Also there are people who write it this way "Leila". Anyhow, we pronounce it "laylaa".
An alternate take I've seen becoming more popular at least among some scholars in the last few years about 666 is that it's a reference to Solomon getting 666 talents (a unit of measure) of gold each year which is mentioned in both in the first book of Kings and the second book of Chronicles. Solomon after he'd turned away from Yahweh towards all the usual kingly things like money, power and women. in other words it's about the wise king turning into a fallen tyrant. Which kind of fits with the themes around where the number is presented in Revelations in that there's also talk about how the fall of God's people in a similar way.
Carbon 12 has 6 protons, 6 electrons, and 6 neutrons and so carbon based life, including Mankind, has a number 666 in every atom of their DNA.
in some translations the number is 616
I think 666 is more symbolic in meaning… in Hebrew, 7 was considered the perfect number. It was completion. It can be argued then that 666 is the idea of coming close to perfection and never reaching it, over and over and over and over again. The true definition of hell. To see what you could’ve been and to have never reached it.
We see many modern worldly philosophies try to mimic Godliness and goodness but always fall short whether in one major flaw or another. Whether it be the LGBT movement, the whole quest for “racial justice”, or any other tenant of wokism, we see that they come close to perfection and completion but fall so short of it due to a critical flaw in their own world view which sets them on the path to hell.
What’s racial justice ?
@nyrtzi You have some very good thoughts and points here. They make me think of the The movie Bruce Almighty, as it seems Solomon couldn't handle properly the wisdom that was given him. I have wondered for many years why Yahweh gave it to him, if he really wasn't going to use it properly in the long term. And maybe the purpose was to show, some things just need to be left up to Him....we humans just can't handle them properly.....we keep trying though......and we should, right?
despite being an Atheist (or agnostic as the term) religion as a whole is really interesting especially when it comes to deities and demons, with how ideas set and written change meaning over time because of people's new interpretation of those texts and even their own ideas incorporated into the older ideas
Right ? It's basically a giant fan fiction, it's pretty cool. That's why shows like Lucifer or Supernatural work so well, they just dig into the infinite amount of ancient lore.
@leamael00 it's like if religion is done correctly, it's a really good addition to stories and so, I guess it's also why a lot of fantasy tropes involve gods or holy orders
@@leamael00 Exactly. Man made God in his image, not the other way around.
The Abrahamic God is not even as legitimate as the Chaos Gods in Warhammer 40K.
@@ErebosGRcringe
@@ErebosGR When you get smited, you'll know why. 😆
How very interesting. I have a coworker who is a Norse Pagan and when we were having a conversation, he mentioned Lilith, saying that she was the first woman. I don't see that anywhere in the text and told him that, but I had never heard of her till then.
Thank you for the information! I can explain that to him the next time we speak on that subject.
Yeah that's because that's an apocryphal addition way later.
@@adamplentl5588 true that
As a cradle Catholic from a 10th century French family who’s been intertwined with the church for some 500yrs, I always understood that angels and demons weren’t uniform in appearance and that there was a hierarchy
Edit: kind of unrelated but a pet peeve in Hollywood. The grandparents and great-grandmother I knew said that ghosts couldn’t take possession, only demons; this includes inanimate objects
"Ghosts" aren't real. Ghosts are just demons pretending to be human spirits. God wouldn't forget to judge someone's soul and leave them on earth
Can you elaborate? This sounds really interesting. The New Testament always talks about demons. ARE THESE THINGS REAL? What’s the difference between a psychosis by someone with mental illness and “objective” demons?
Fun fact: The demon in The Exorcist is based on a Mesopotamian demon called Pazuzu. Contrary to it's portrayal in the film, this one was considered a benevolent demon who would protect pregnant women and mothers from his rival Lamashtu.
until that
One Fateful Day, eh ?
:D
To be fair, not quite benevolent, he still causes dust devils and sand storms and is himself the king of wind demons. But it is true that he defends pregnant mothers from Lamashtu.
Also being attributed with locust swarms
That was the Exorcist 2. Best to ignore that cash grab and go to the Exorcist 3 which was the same writer as the first movie. :P
Demon just means spirit and all demons were like this. Scary to enemies but to friends; a friend in life.
There are more demons portrayed, both visually and behaviorally, in other texts than in the bible. I'd say most demons are found in grimoires and inquisitorial texts.
And the Biblical Apocrypha.
I'm pretty sure most of those probably date around 1000 or so years after the period we are talking about here.
So biblical fanfiction?
@@cp1cupcake Nah, absolutely not true when it comes to some Apocrypha.
Rather than medieval texts you'd be better off with apocryphal texts like Enoch and other ancient near eastern sources. The closest approximation of what demons are, as described in the NT, are the rephaim of the Canaanites. In short they were spirits of dead sages and heroes from legend and the people of Canaan believed they could ascend to be with them in death if they did great things. The bible just presents them as evil which is very common in the bible. Take Genesis and how it describes the sons of God having hybrid offspring. In the religions of the nearby populations these were heroes. We remember them as Hercules and so on. In the bible they were villains and not heroes. Same goes for demons (who actually would be dead giants according to Enoch which again jives closely with what the Canaanites believed). Biblical cosmology and those of other populations in the region had their differences but they shared a *lot* more than is often appreciated. Peter even used the term Tartarus to describe where the angels who sired hybrid were thrown into prison directly borrowing the word from the Greeks (who may have received the idea themselves from the Hittites). Demons are never actually corporeal like angels and thus can not be fallen angels or aliens or anything else.
Honestly, I really hope we get more videos like this in the future. As fun as it is to watch you clown on bad history takes, the topic of mythology is a whole other level of satisfying.
Please dive in more deeply, this is soo mind opening and interesting
Glad to hear
I would like to second this proposal.
I love this series. Its so interesting
Glad to hear
@@metatronyt 👍
I find it so fascinating because instead of doing either a scripture basis or debunking basis. Its about deep diving into the words and texts and explaining what the words meant vs what they mean now and how the context changes.Epic.
I love your channel; your humour, honesty, scholarly research, and enthusiasm. That you receive hate mail may be an indication in these times that you are telling the truth. Bravo!
I enjoy your unbiased take on the scripture. You take the words define the meaning from the original translation and present the information fairly. My grandfather always said "never trust an Italian", I wish he was alive today, you might have helped change his mind.
Amazing! My Grandfather would say the same thing about Americans and Brits......
I'd love to see more in depth videos on each of them demons mentioned. Its interesting how these being were originally portrayed compared to how they're seen now.
I really think you must do an ASMR video, your voice is absolutely calming. Great video like always
As a theologian I found your videos astonishingly interesting! Please keep on with the awesome work💪🏻 I would love to see more content like this
12:37 to be fair, thats actually ishtar.
lilith herself as she is more popular understood shows up later on the medieval period if i'm not mistaken, the usage of her in any previous sacred text comes forward to be understood as bird of prey and not a spirit.
the owl in roman society was considered a evil entity attributed to what we call now the witch, that would found origin on the word strix (in roman) or (striga in latin).
I experienced night terrors for many years. I don't know why this happened, but it was absolutely terrifying. I met a Rabbi online that prayed for me and the terrors stopped. He gave me a Hebrew prayer to pray when these terrors came at night. They came when I went to sleep. It felt like there was a force over me holding me down. I wasn't sure if I was awake or asleep. Sometimes there were actual demons in front of me that I could see, and sometimes they were laying next to me in my bed. I can't say for sure but I think it was linked to people in my family that was practicing witchcraft. Both of my parents were also narcissists, so I was surrounded with evil.
You got sleep paralysis. Get medical help.
I love the way you give detail, references, explanations, avoiding the all-too-common easy generalisations and vague assumptions. Thank you for being one of the most intelligent channels on TH-cam.
I think the game Agony did a good job of portraying Biblical demons and visions of hell.
Sadly the game was too much of a walking simulator, but the imagery was top notch.
Like album cover art from black metal albums coming to life
Agony was criminally underrated
@@Dogue83 In some ways I agree, but in others...
When I saw the teaser videos it looked like a really awesome survival horror.
But when I got my hands on the final product I felt disappointed because the gameplay ended up being a walking simulator with some puzzle solving (like every other walking simulator).
I dislike walking simulators because I find them to be fraudulent.
The developers make these lofty claims about "horror through atmosphere and helplessness" but at the end of the day, the real reason why they are so lacking in gameplay mechanics is either due to lazyness of the devs, lack of funding or both.
There are really good survival horror games out there to take inspiration from.
But it's just easier to make a game with pretty graphics than it is to make one with engaging mechanics.
Agony demon was thicc
@Metatron I wish you had a Sunday school class at my church I'd never miss even if I had to follow on line on sick days!
I really appreciate you
If you made several hour+ long videos on biblical subjects I would watch all of them. I would pay for these videos, I've never seen or heard better breakdowns of biblical text.
Same. Longer videos please! We will give you money 😁
I have, and he is falling in to noob type translation mistakes already. "Oh i discovered that this Hebrew word has multiple meanings so obviously the meaning they used in the Bible must be wrong. No sir, you are wrong." Swallow some pride brother. We don't need a Metatron translation of the Bible we already have a perfect English Bible. It called the Authorized Version AKA King James Version.
@@leonrussell262 yikes had to pick a pretty inaccurate one commissioned by a king huh? It is beautiful and grand but lacks accuracy,
@@dustyfoxboy442 Has saved more souls than any other Bible. Hands down, not even a contest. You sound like a Jesuit taught dummy. Put down the propaganda and join the winning side.
Satan meaning Adversary is interesting - I just finished reading Clark Ashton Smith's "Averoigne" cycle, set in medieval France, and there are many mentions throughout the series to "the Adversary". For whatever reason, Smith never uses Satan or the Devil or other terms, just the Adversary. Not sure if that's a medieval French thing, or Smith thing, something about the time he was writing (most of the stories in the series were written in the 1930s), or what, but it is curious.
Also curious is that in all but one tale, the forces of evil never seem to be negatively impacted by holy water or exorcisms....
Oh look, Apollyon - Smith also uses that word in "The Colossus of Ylourgne".
The adversary is the Catholic word I know. It means the enemy but can mean the forces of darkness or the personification of evil himself. It is used a lot as a catch-all term to not get caught up in the specifics. An enemy deity or satan is more of a semantic argument - its a black and white world view. Evil or agent thereof.
I absolutely love this. I am a Christian and completely believe the Bible. I think it's perfect. My point is that I love discussing it and learning about its words, titles and names. Thank you so much! Love this❤
Owning slaves and genocides are perfect things? Ok, I could not disagree more
@Omglolleri Why do people who know nothing about the Bible always post ignorant comments about slavery? It seems to be the only thing they think they know about.
Biblical slavery is not slavery that is based on a race as you know it. Blacks being enslaved by whites and vice versa, for example Yes, Africans were selling their own people into slavery. I digress, Ancient Israelite society allowed slavery; however, total domination of one human being by another was not permitted. Rather, slavery in antiquity among the Israelites was closer to what would later be called indentured servitude. Slaves were seen as an essential part of a Hebrew household.
Joseph himself was a quote un quote slave who grew in rank to become basically second to pharaoh. That is not going to happen with the slavery that you think you know about. I am tired of dead people making ignorant comments in regards to the Bible and God without having a clue. You have nothing more then a skewed world view on the Bible and God. Either that or you are just going along with the crowd.
Now you mentioned genocide. Where in the Bible does it talk about genocide?
@@Omglolleri Sorry bud, God didnt create slavery, and never committed genocide. Stop parroting left wing emotional talking points without facts. Educate yourself.
@@stgibbs86 god and facts should not be used together. 😂😂😂
Define completely believe.
YES I love these theology videos. Metatron is the most qualified youtuber to speak on it, being that he speaks Hebrew and Latin and understands translational differences
Alukah being bloodlusting monsters sound awefully close to Alucard which is a vampire. And I always thought it was just dracula spelled backwards! But now I'm almost convinced it's the other way around.
The CrimsonFucker trolls us again.
(Hellsing Abridged reference).
This is so educational. How is it TH-cam finds this not worth monetizing?
What an enjoyable video! As a non religious person I found the Bible fascinating, both for its ancestral wisdom and historical testimony. I was raised Catholic and most of my friends still are, so it always leads to a very interesting conversation to analyze the Bible from a historical perspective. You boarded the subject with a lot of nuance and respect, much respect to you , Meta!
having had it shoved down my throat for 18 years I find it annoying and completely irrelevant but I appreciate Metatron's analytical and scientific approach to things.
There's very little "historical testimony" in the Bible. It's ancient propaganda essentially.
@@zaco-km3suThe bible is full of verified historical events and locations friend.
@@zaco-km3su A +2.000 year old text has history woven in every line, regardless if it's truth, propaganda, fiction or a cooking recipe. Just by the way it's written, the things that get referenced, the things that don't: It's a window to the past!
@@cocobunitacobuni8738 That seems to be the case for many people. Religion is evidently prone to dogmatic-heavy teaching, luckily my experience was very "light weight" . Cheers friend
Super interesting. Love the linguistic and historical perspective. Please, more of this type of content!
15:30 - This speculation derives solely from a misunderstanding of Hebrew storytelling. The apparent disconnect from Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 is because they're not strictly chronological, instead Genesis 1 gives the chronology and Genesis 2 adds more detail. So there is no room here for a 'first' woman who is not Eve.
The idea of Nero and Caligula as 666 and 616 is very plausible as these were contemporary texts. They were written aimed at the people alive at the time, not for posterity. We see allusion and allegory. The people of the time were much more likely to see the references to real people. Excellent video, as always!
The Old Testament does mention Satyr's and Lilith or the Screech Owl as demons. Also the serpent in the garden in Hebrew is Nachash, which is actually a brilliant shining one, described as standing on 2 legs and marvelous colors. Don't forget about the Seraphim, but those are not specifically evil, but are angels. The Greek would have described them as demons, since they didn't have a negative connotation of the word at the time
@CymruCelt01 You're right about the nachash. I found this out later in my study. But, there are 2 different uses and definitions for the same Hebrew word nachash. Strongs concordance number H5175 is serpent. But there is another, Strongs number H5172 which is used for divine, divination, enchantments etc in the Old Testament. It's first use with this definition is with Joseph in Genesis 44:15. It is the same Hebrew word, with different Strongs numbers and definitions. But, there are extra biblical writings that do refer to the nachash, in Jewish tradition, as being a brilliant shining one, described as standing on 2 legs. But in the Bible it is not carried with that definition. So it still is true, just not scriptural.
@CymruCelt01 yes. And all I'm saying is that there are 2 different definitions to the same word in the Bible, and then there is also another definition in Jewish tradition and legend. Read the writings of Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews.
@CymruCelt01 and there is nowhere in the Bible that says the serpent was "in" the tree
@CymruCelt01 what is incorrect? The fact that there are 2 different definitions of nachash in the Bible itself, and that there are multiple uses of the word outside of the Bible? No, I'm sorry, but that is correct
@CymruCelt01 and i said nowhere in the Bible does it say the serpent was "in" the tree
I love this series. As much as I like your other work this really is, in my humble opinion, the Metatron channel at its best. Great work Raffa!
You’re the man Meta. I love this deep stuff people don’t normally talk about. Alot of people get a corrupt view of this material from shows on the CW lol. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you.
What did you mean by "CW"?
Yes please do more of these! I read and study the Bible and I have found that what it says is quite different from what most religious people say it says. Your perspective is interesting and refreshing.
Dear Metatron, please make more videos about the Bible from a historical perspective. Thank you! BTW I love your videos, keep up the great work and thanks again🙏
The medieval books and drawings about demons are very intresting. Lots of videogames take inspiration from them.
Yet another excellent video, sir. Critical analysis combined with good research and clear, skillful presentation. Well done!
Being a kid with a curios mind, I've in later years (54 now) come to question everything, I love it as I enjoy learning history, geography among other things....
Fantastic work!
Metatron putting Sunday School teachers to shame - if Church was more like this, kids would probably care to learn more
Gotta love it!!!
I know I would have paid more attention for sure.
They should retcon most of the old lore and start printing new books if they want people to bother with Christianity.
Sunday schools are for indoctrination, not education
Seriously ❤
No they peach the word as intended not some deep dive into history which is irrelevant.
This was highly entertaining. As an atheist, the theology doesn't appeal to me, but as folk lore and understanding the original linguistic roots is endlessly fascinating to me.
You don't have to appeal to demons as long as they appeal to you
An atheist. From Greek. Meaning one who does not believe in the greek/panhelenistic pantheon of gods. Adopted by the Romans so they could prosecute Christians under law. Now a generic meaning not believing in any deity or deities.
@@antonyosborne5261"Terrorist: French revolutionary during the Reign of Terror" ... As stated in the video: applying improper context to words may greatly distort their meaning. Also, the ancient greek atheos (adjective meaning 'godless', 'impious') is not the same as the latin noun atheismus (meaning the doctrine empty of (G/g)od(s)), which is not the same as the english noun 'atheist' (meaning someone who is not a theist).
@@TheBayru thank you for the in-depth reply. You put it far better than I. Appreciated!
@Metatronyt What is your take on the 'monomyth'? The idea that all mythologies have a common root ancestor, which explains the similarities of the pyramids in Egypt, South America, and China, and the connection to what Graham Hancock tells of an ancient civilization?
I freaking love this series.
More, please!
I loved this video. This is the concept of the Metatron at it's best. Thanks Raff. I am a word nerd, so this type of video is right up my alley as word meanings and usage in context with their etymology and evolution is basically my life in a nutshell. LOL
KJ21
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.
ASV
And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:
AMP
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.
AMPC
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs or a part of his side and closed up the [place with] flesh.
BRG
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
CSB
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place.
CEB
So the Lord God put the human into a deep and heavy sleep, and took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh over it.
CJB
Then God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the person; and while he was sleeping, he took one of his ribs and closed up the place from which he took it with flesh.
CEV
So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side,
DARBY
And Jehovah Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall upon Man; and he slept. And he took one of his ribs and closed up flesh in its stead.
DRA
Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it.
ERV
So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply. While he was asleep, God took one of the ribs from the man’s body. Then he closed the man’s skin where the rib had been.
EHV
The Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, the Lord God took a rib and closed up the flesh where it had been.
ESV
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
ESVUK
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
EXB
So the Lord God caused ·the man to sleep very deeply [L a deep sleep to fall on the man/Adam], and while he was asleep, God removed one of the man’s ·ribs [or sides]. Then God closed up the man’s skin at the place where he took the ·rib [or side].
GNV
¶ Therefore the Lord God caused an heavy sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in stead thereof.
GW
So the Lord God caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.
GNT
Then the Lord God made the man fall into a deep sleep, and while he was sleeping, he took out one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh.
HCSB
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place.
ICB
So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply. While the man was asleep, God took one of the ribs from the man’s body. Then God closed the man’s skin at the place where he took the rib.
ISV
so the Lord God caused a deep sleep to overshadow the man. When the man was asleep, he removed one of the man’s ribs and closed up the flesh where it had been.
JUB
¶ And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his sides and closed up the flesh in its place;
KJV
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
AKJV
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
LSB
So Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.
LEB
And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man. While he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh where it had been.
TLB
Then the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and took one of his ribs and closed up the place from which he had removed it,
MSG
God put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. God then used the rib that he had taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man.
MEV
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept. Then He took one of his ribs and closed up the place with flesh.
NOG
So Yahweh Elohim caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, Yahweh Elohim took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.
NABRE
So the Lord God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
NASB
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.
NASB1995
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.
NCB
The Lord God therefore caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. He took one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh.
NCV
So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply, and while he was asleep, God removed one of the man’s ribs. Then God closed up the man’s skin at the place where he took the rib.
NET
So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh.
NIRV
So the Lord God caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs. Then the Lord God closed the opening in the man’s side.
NIV
So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
NIVUK
So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
NKJV
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
NLV
So the Lord God put the man to sleep as if he were dead. And while he was sleeping, He took one of the bones from his side and closed up the place with flesh.
NLT
So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening.
NRSVA
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
NRSVACE
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
NRSVCE
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
NRSVUE
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
OJB
And Hashem Elohim caused a tardemah (deep sleep) to fall upon the adam, and he slept; and He took from one of his tzalelot (sides, ribs), and closed up the basar in the place thereof;
RSV
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh;
RSVCE
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh;
TLV
Adonai Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall on the man and he slept; and He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place.
VOICE
So the Eternal God put him into a deep sleep, removed a rib from his side, and closed the flesh around the opening.
WEB
Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
WYC
Therefore the Lord God sent sleep into Adam, and when he slept, God took one of his ribs, and filled flesh for it. (And so the Lord God sent sleep into Adam, and while he slept, God took one of his ribs, and then closed up the flesh over that place.)
YLT
And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead.
Upon discovering your amazing channel, some time ago, and recognising your education, exceptional intelligence and generosity with your information, I immediately became a subscriber. These videos never disappoint; rather, they enlighten profoundly, often in the most powerful ways.
I'd always wondered about the etymology of words such as "demon"; their origin, development, apparently constant shift in meaning, and so forth. Of course, there are many internet sources which can, more or less, clarify these concepts; however, hearing it from a genuine, living scholar like you is so much more of a treat. It helps to drive home the most important details of any subject and you are, without question, the best among the TH-cam scholars who delve into these subjects. So, thank you for your work. It is always greatly appreciated.
You should be careful you don't get demon-itised....
🤣🤣🤣🤣 wa-wa-waaah!!!
@@s3.14dervision I know, I know, sorry....
Is that better or worse than being sent to the Gulag 🤔?
wanna know who is the real demon? it's jesus himself ! the baals where the god of justice or of the natural forces. child sacrifices to moloch or baal are fictional !
- Jesus will wield a sword when he returns for judgment day, christians does portray him as a violent figure.
- Christians should accept Jesus and suffer for him in order to escape demons, gremlins, monsters, and hellfire.
- God, in order to manifest on Earth, impregnated a human woman to give birth to a 100% humanified God.
- Jews will betray Jesus and the Romans will execute him, but his death somehow magically extinguishes sin.
cause this simple execution is in reality all the sins of the world that jesus carry on his cross while he is crusified
he is not put to death because the romans sentenced him. but because he somehow magically extinguished sin by dying.
god is so much great and so smart and love you so much that he sent his only son to die without letting him ask his choice
"father why have you forsaken me" but somehow his death is magical and save ! read john-13 he still is god ! (jesus ret*rded logic)
- the book of Revelation claim that only the elected or those who believe in the man-made book will be saved, while others will go to hell.
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Metatron can you do more of these? I wanna hear more interesting biblical things you dig up.
A while back, I needed some inspiration, so I opened the Bible to a random page. It opened to 2 Chron 21:18 which read "The LORD struck him in his bowels with an incurable illness." I tried again, opening to another random page. This time it opened to Jonah 1:7-11 which read "And the lot fell upon Jonah". At that point I gave up!
Until you (general you) meet a malevolent spirit, I understand why it’s hard to believe they’re real. But truly there is nothing more unsettling.
I think it doesn't really matter if they're 'real?' A daemon that is 'just in the mind' is really that reassuring? The concept of being haunted/tormented/possessed is just as 'real' to the skeptic. If medication works because god likes the smell or if it is a chemical imbalance or what have you, the results matter.
@@mandowarrior123I don’t care to get into the tit for tat of it. I’m just saying, the experience is very unsettling. Unlike anything else.
I divorced it and I turned out fine.
Sure, you met a malevolent spirit. Source: trust me bro, I'm special.
@@nunya_bizniz not just me, there are a lot of people out there. They’re afraid to share because of people like you being jerks about it.
This was amazing. Thank you. Love getting details from the original Greek. Too much is added & lost in translation ✌️💗
Original Greek?
just finished watching the video in which you adressed the current scentbird drama, and now that i stumbled upon this video, talking about demons, i can't help but chuckle about the fact that where demons are mentioned, scentbird is nearby!
Man I love your videos, I barley made it out of high-school, mostly due to financial issues and I could never really afford collage but I love learning new stuff thank you this us 1 of my favorite historical channels on youtube
Baal in Hebrew still means something like the English word 'master' today and is used as such. I'm too lazy to check the spelling though.
I always thought the 'demons' mentioned in the Bible were along the lines of 'things non-Israelites worshiped' or 'angels we don't really like' until Christianity demonified them.
There is a book I started reading a long time ago called the Origin of Satan which talked about how he was turned from an angel into the devil.
Edit: Something I just remembered is the Passover Hagada has a section where various ancient rabbis (and I'm not sure they would count considering that I think they would have dated at least a few hundred years after the timeframe this video covers) tried to amplify the number of miracles done. One suggests each miracle was actually five miracles in one, one of which included sending 'evil messengers/angels.'
I thought demons were usually the fallen angles like Lucifer. Which they happened to be worshipped by non Israelites.
Lucifer became Satan by falling from grace so I thought that’s how the other demons come to exist.
In the Old Testament God is said to make the false deities hide in fear when he is inside their temples. So I interpret that as the Idols to which the non-Israelites worship are those fallen angels.
It never reads as though the demons and Idols are fictional and that there is only God but reads as though they are just false deities.
out of all the "demons" saturn/moloch/kronus the child eater is THE MOST EVIL!
@@ICECAPPEDSKYgo look up Unseen Realm by Dr Michael Heiser
@@ICECAPPEDSKYThat is pretty much what I meant. My understanding is Satan from Job, pretty much the only example which doesn't fit, stopped being viewed as an angel and more as the devil (and the start of the concept of the devil) during the schism between the early Christians and Jews more or less as a political tool like calling someone a Nasi today.
I prefer Baal Our Lord and Saviour.
Shew man, I love the videos, but one thing I learned today; no matter how much I want to, I can’t binge them😜. So thorough and thought provoking. I may not sleep for days being unable to shut down my brain. Keep up the good work.
I love these topics! I've been watching Jordan Peterson's Biblical Series on Exodus and your videos are a perfect pairing ❤
None of them come from the Holy Spirit. I wouldn't touch Jordan Peterson's theology with a ten foot pole. Its a trap.
Wow ! Such an interesting topic for new video ! Thank You very much! 😊
I encountered an actual Demon 'Face to Face' back in 1993. At the time, it was posing as the Spirit of a Dead Human. (I.E. a 'Ghost') They are the spirits of dead hybrids, who are condemned to wander the Earth as disembodied Spirits, until the final judgement. That's one of the reasons they are so obsessed with possession. They are desperate to have a body again.
These beings then, are in contrast to Fallen Angels. Baalzebub was a Fallen Angel, hence the labeling as an 'Enemy Deity', by ancient Israel.
It's always very interesting to see how religions like Christianity were shaped from their interactions with other religions and from historical events.
Especially the original texts like the old testament which is wildly different from the new and the influences of other civs is way more clear and prevalent.
See Mesopotamian religion and Zoroastrianism for that answer mainly, though there seems to have been some Greco-Roman influence as well
666 = Talmud Avoth 5.1 - ‘The ten Divine words by which the world is created.’ = First seven prime numbers squared added up = 666 = ‘What will it be to be being human (hues of Man)? = Pi = 3.1 4 9 25 49 121 169 289…. and the continued progression of prime numbers squared = the Key of David mathematical equivalent of God’s name.
I mean abrahamic religions are basically ancient Sumerian and Bbabylonia legends gain significant power after all.
@@berilsevvalbekret772not true at all
@@berilsevvalbekret772 Completely not true my dude
ESOTERICA does a marvelous job at explaining and going in depth of ancient Israelite religions and many other topics about the sort. Also how things came to be common place in religion as well. He's very much like yourself Meta, a truth seeker. If you've never heard of him I can't recommend his channel enough to you.
The more I study and see what other people have uncovered about this popular text. I see that the Bible is an abhorrent translation of the real meaning the prophets portrayed in their ancient words of wisdom of Christ through memory. I blame the dudes under King James trying to control a population to gain power through the folly of peoples illiteracy and ignorance of the very thing they were trying to teach. Then through the scribes own ignorance in struggling to translate Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, also cherry picking books and verses, then hiding the rest of the related books at the Vaticans hidden library, has cause a massive butterfly effect through the ages misleading people to the real word and how its perceived by everyone. Now is totally lost its meaning through every modern translation its not even the same thing anymore. Now people just view it as lies and dismiss it completely because they don't know the real truth about what really happened to this great sacred text.
4:27. I'm loving the way you are tackling this. No biases and no leading questions or statements. Just stating facts.
Good video! Interestingly, the Dead Sea scrolls provide much more details about fallen angels (who I guess would technically be demons). The Book of Eli has a chapter where it even lists all the names of the fallen angels who taught humanity various things after the exile from Eden.
I think mentioning them would've been appropriate in this video.
That's a huge topic though. You've got the Watchers, the uncivilised humans they watched, all the things they taught the humans and the likely links to Babylonian beliefs, the nephilhim half-angels that were possibly giants and the links to Noah and the flood. It deserves a video of its own
@@pumellhorneIt is widely believed That The Demons are Disembodied spirits of The Nephilem but I could be wrong friend.
I love this series! I'm writing a fictional book about angels and demons, so it's great to learn more about them from a trusted source! :)
Also, will you make a video dedicated to the story of Adam, Eve, and maybe Lilith? I would love to learn more about Lilith particularly, even though I've made a lot of research on her. I'm not exactly which sources to trust in those instances.
If you other sources you should look up interviews with exorcists. Christians have little need to look too much towards history when exorcists fight those demons today.
TH-cam channel esoterica might be useful to you, there are multiple videos on lilith and demonology in general from scholarly point of view, with sources in description and the guy that make videos is a professor with PhD
@@janak8431 Tysm for bringing it up! I've been following Esoterica's channel for a while, but I didn't get the time to go through all their videos 🤩
666 = Talmud Avoth 5.1 - ‘The ten Divine words by which the world is created.’ = First seven prime numbers squared added up = 666 = ‘What will it be to be being human (hues of Man)? = Pi = 3.1 4 9 25 49 121 169 289…. and the continued progression of prime numbers squared = the Key of David mathematical equivalent of God’s name.
I would love to see some focused deep dives on some of the things covered in this video and similar topics. I feel like several of the points covered could easily fill 30 minutes on their own. And the honest approach (and of course I expect nothing less from the Metatron, Custos Veritatis) that neither holds back for fear of offending, or goes out of its way to put down the beliefs of others, but seeks only to understand the facts, is so important for any academic study of historical events, traditions, beliefs, documents, peoples, or cultures.
As a Demonosopher I must say that I truly and thoroughly enjoyed this episode. ( not that I don't enjoy most of your content) thank you for always keeping me humble and aware that there is always something more to learn. ❤
Christ is King.
I already knew a bit about the 'Baal' thing (Baal being an honorific similar to "lord") because it was discussed in a fiction I've read at one point.
Still, this subject matter is quite interesting. I look forward to your next video on the related subjects.
(PS: Lilith is somehow related to the story of Gilgamesh? Why am I not surprised...)
lilitu is the female word for demon in akkadian. lilu is the male form of the word.
Very rich and creamy teaching! Thank you!
As an Israeli atheist jew I love to see you describe my culture from the perspective of an outsider.
Your Hebrew pronunciation is shockingly accurate and gives me joy.
He's describing demonology not usery, trickery, subversion and shylocking 😂
Israeli atheist jew. So what are you in the end? Atheist or a jew?
He has learned hebrew, greek and latin amongst other languages.
I love how Israelis use the argument:"GOD GAVE US THIS LAND" to destroy the lives of Palestinians, and take their land, and then, so many of you are actually atheists. LOOOOL. Humanity at its best. Fucking priceless.
@@Jayyy667 what a sad desperate grab for attention ... dude just go out and try to make some friends!
I personally like the Shinto approach to demons, ghosts, spirits and gods in which they are essentially interchangable. The japanese term "kami" is usually translated as "god" while the japanese term "majin" is usually translated as "devil" or "evil spirit". But in Shinto belief a majin can also be refered to as a kami and vice versa. The terms don't really refer to the nature of the entity but to wether they are helpful to humans or not. A kami is helpful to humans, a majin is not. But that also can depend very much on circumstances. You could refer to the same entity as a kami if you want to sweettalk it into helping you but also as a majin if you want to try and intimidate it into leaving you alone (or, if you are strong enough, to strongarm it into helping you in some way). I also like that those kami and majin come in a full range of power levels from kami so weak that they are more pitied than feared by humans to majin so powerful that the only option for a human is to hunker down and hope it passes by without bothering you. Oh and by the way, in shintoism there are at least 8 million kami.
Essentially Anime and Pokemon
@@liammullen2144 Where do you think anime and pokemon drew inspiration?
Great video on the topic. I really love how you are able to hold your focus. When i was a young history student our old prof preaches his understanding of "working" history every single hour, "hold the line" i heard this 3 words over and over again, that was annoying in a way because it seems as if he wanted to trap his students from the beautiful land of "free interpretation". It took some time before i understood that before you can fly you have to be safe on the ground first.
And that is what you are delivering so easily, a ground to work upon, the traps in history are that trying to explore uncharted land comes with thin sources, sometimes just one sideline in one reliable source and the danger is that leaves a huge space for interpretation and you could spin fascinating theories but have no possibility to falsify or viceversa.
In your videos those lines are well set and crystal clear, not closing the door but making clear where speculation cannot be taken as proven.
My hat is off Sir.