Wooow!!! This is amazing information. Dr. Craig really just gave me a passion to dig deeper. "The scrolls are a friend and so is archaeology." Print that on a tshirt!
I think that was very well said and just enough information to not only peak curiosity but ease doubt as well. Emmanuel Lives! Christ is King of Kings! Stay Ready and Be Blessed in Jesus Name!
At what point did you miss that Christ is to be called "son of man" nothing else, YAHW is to be called lord of the spirits! "SON OF MAN" read 1 Enoch! Christ is not god, nor in the flesh, he is the son, god is the lord! 1 Enoch helps, rather than believing the roman indoctrination!
@@yalnevatekofreedom5096 In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God. Christ Jesus = The Word if you deny this then there is nothing more I can do.
@@yalnevatekofreedom5096 JOHN 1:1=IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD AND THE WORD WAS GOD. HEBREWS 1:8-10 AND PSALMS 45:6&7=HERE WE HAVE GOD THE FATHER CALLING YESHUA/JESUS(THE SON), GOD. JOHN 20:24-29=THOMAS IS CALLING YESHUA, MY LORD AND MY GOD. JOHN 8:58=I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, YESHUA ANSWERED, BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM. EXODUS 3:14=GOD SAID TO MOSES, I AM WHO I AM. THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE TO SAY TO THE ISRAELITES: I AM HAS SENT ME TO YOU. THEY ARE BOTH SAYING THEY ARE, I AM , AND GUESS WHAT? THEY ARE. ONE GOD THAT EXISTS IN THREE PERSONS, THAT IS BIBLE. REVELATION 22:12=BEHOLD, I AM COMING SOON! MY REWARD IS WITH ME, AND I WILL GIVE TO EVERYONE ACCORDING TO WHAT HE HAS DONE. I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE BEGINNING AND THE END. VERSE 20=HE WHO TESTIFIES TO THESE THINGS SAYS, YES, I AM COMING SOON. AMEN, COME LORD YESHUA...YESHUA IS DIETY.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; ............
GOD preserved this , I believe , to reassure us believers in the END-TIMES . HolySpirit is using scholars like Brother Evans to help US to keep our focus on CHRIST JESUS , the author and finisher of our faith .🔜✝👏💒😇🎶😍🇮🇱🇿🇦 KZN South Africa . Amen
@Pirabee Silly child, it's Christians that keep bringing up the Da Vinci Code, as if Atheists give it any credence. The Da Vinci Code is just a strawman that helps affirm your theism.
That was phenomenal and very informative. It inspires me to continue my research into this subject area. Thank you and keep these lectures and videos coming.
I love bible scholars like this wonderful man and videos of presentations like this. I pray that God empowers me to improve my discipline and focus, so that I can study our the Bible and these other study materials. It would help strengthen my faith even more, and help me better present and defend the truth that is The Bible, The Gospel and Jesus.
Here something to study about: "Lilith", "The contradictions in the Bible", "The epic of Gilgamesh", "What happened to the dinosaurs during the ark of Noah?" What happened to sloths a mammal that only lives in South America did it make it to the Ark as well? What about Kiwi, Kangoroo?" Why did "God" choose to come only during a time people didn't know the earth is spherical and the sun turn around it? We have smartphones and cameras now plus the internet we are still waiting for someone to appear in the sky. How can the entire Earth be flooded in a water that is 7 meters deep yet the highest peak on Earth Mount Everest is 8000 metres.. if your Bible was really words of God it would stand the test of time and will still be relevant today. I'm waiting for your findings sincerely.
If you need to “strengthen” your faith, then you are basically admitting that faith is all you have to base your belief on. Faith is defined as belief without evidence. There is nothing at all virtuous about faith. It is allowing yourself to be deliberately blinded just because it satisfies an infantile need to feel special. There is no invisible immortal father with super powers and nothing happens after you die, stop being such a child.
@@JuniorMukebaTM Hello, According to the Qur'an, the flood was local, not global; not a pair of the entire animals was taken into the ark, but just some that were needed, and the ark finally rested on Mt. Judi. Modern findings endorse all of the Qur'anic claims and one of the Biblical ones which have been both against logic and established research.
I don't know if you are familiar with Rachel Elior's views on the authors of the DSS. She is an expert on ancient texts and says that the crolls were part of the first and second temple library that were taken to Qumran during the Macabbean revolt when the legitimate priests of the line of Zadok were ousted from the temple and had to flee. The scrolls revolve around temple worship and priestly services. The Essenes had nothing to do with these scrolls. They lived further soutn in the En gedi area. It is also believed that John the Baptist, who came from a priestly line, also lived in this area and might have written some of the scrolls.
Thanks for the message "Jesus and the Dead Sea scolls" , Dr. Craig A Evans. Happy to know about that Jesus and His work is indirectly mentioned in the scroll. Great finding.
No where did he demonstrate anything in the Dead Seas Scrolls the either directly or indirectly mentioned Jesus. That's the verbal trick he played on his willing audience.
HI Totally fabulous! Praise be to YHWH and His Mashiach Yeshua ! All this coming to light at the same time as the rebirth of Israel!' Baruch haba b'shem Adonai/ YHWH'
It’s so eye-opening, that he says that in Old Testament times, the people of Israel had both an anointed *king*; *and* also a separate anointed *rabbi(priest)*. In Jesus, He Is *Both* at the same time for us! He Is our Holy King and our Holy Priest In One Person! I never saw it this way before, in my whole life! Because I never realized The Jewish People always had an anointed king. I knew about King David, but didn’t know that having a king was a long-standing tradition for them! I feel so dumb, yet so enlightened at the same time!
Jesus never described himself as a Christian, and never rejected Judaism. He had things to say, but he never promoted a split from his original religion. Hard to accept? It is still true nonetheless.
To know God courted, loved ,raised the Jewish Faith and then in the fullness of His time Christ came and the church was, God be praised for the Branch!
@@phillthorpe2643 Well, seeing that the Bible is literally the only writings that relate directly to, Jesus Christ, I guess that means you can remain in doubt. You have your unbelief already locked in so why bother, is the truth of it where you're concerned, and you're not hoping to learn anything that can persuade you otherwise. I understand.
Wow how come we don't here these type of messages in church. Most pastors are only looking for tithes and biblical mental midgets. Thank you so much Dr. Evans. Jesus was anticipated by the faithful Jews. Fascinating.
the dead sea scrolls show that contrary to what Christians say.. Jesus wasn't a messiah that didn't meet expectations but was actually fulfilling the expectations of a sect within Judaism.
Darren Withers Christians play a rigged game. On the one hand, Jesus was so unique no Jew would make him up. On the other hand, Dead Sea scrolls showing an expectation of someone like Jesus is just a proof of prophecy coming through even if not explicit in the Old Testament
Rod K I think you missed the point of the talk. Jewish meant different things in the 1st century CE. Philo of Alexandrea was Jewish, Qumran community and Essenes were Jewish, Pharisees and Sadducees were Jewish, each with different beliefs Christian apologists need Jesus community to come from the orthodox sect, since these rejected Greek influences. For the Greeks, resurrections were a dime a dozen
@@Htimez2 Nope. Where did he present any connection between the Dead Sea Scrolls and Jesus as the messiah? Nowhere. All he mentioned were general references to a messiah. So....his presentation was empty and vapid, and you are easily duped.
Missed opportunity to discuss what the DSS actually shows. DSS contain many variant readings of which the Jews of this time would have considered sacred scripture. Textual plurality was not the exception, it was the rule. DSS also confirmed the Septuagint’s translation was indeed based on a variant of the Hebrew scripture.
The dead sea Scrolls are scriptures not just some writings of a desert sect of aesthetics, as these babylonia roman serpents called scholars would have you to belive.. Yeshua (Jesus) is Messiah, and has always been!!.. the scriptures testify about him especially the Dead sea Scrolls he is the one who was, who is and who is to come!!..thank you brother Craig Evans may the Father shine his face on you and anoint you with his presence for the work he has for you.. May Jesus bless you
Yahushuas Disciple check this video : ''Jewish Deception Of Dead Sea Scrolls & the truth about language of Jesus Christ'' th-cam.com/video/O17bSw3WtsE/w-d-xo.html
I think we all have lived many lives each time....but know we are living. are life know...we all have lived many lives through life...but we can not remember it cause we are learning for GOD......
@@prudencegrahame1519 Oh the scrolls are very real and quite authentic. I think you mean you don't agree with their content... but that's your problem.
@@truthseeker4128 Truth requires proof. THATS YOUR PROBLEM. Not to mention having a head full of angels, demons and a airhead god and his suicidal son. Moronic . Keep your nonesense to yourself. Worship in silence. You expect to live twice by the power of a thought. MORONIC. Stay away from children,you are very suss.
You would have thought if a man by the name of Jesus was healing people, walking on water, making water turn to wine, turning a basket of fish and bread into multiple baskets of fish and bread, being crucified and rising from the dead, not to mention the dead people coming alive like a zombie apocalypse, that the Essenes would have mentioned him .....
Where I grew up there were only 7 houses on the street I lived on and fortunately, the families kids were all pretty much around the same age, so even though we were "out in the country I had a bunch of kids to hang out with. We used to hang out in the woods by a creek about 1 mile away from my house. We used to go down there and pretend all kinds of nonsense. We set up a fort near the creek where we would play and shoot BB guns and just do kid things. There were desks we built in the fort to eat at or color or do whatever kids came up with in the 70's. We used to write stories on paper and store theme in glass jars. At one point in time, we decided to bury the jars to protect our ' written" thoughts. I wonder if someone uncovers our writings 2,000 years from now, will they take our fantastical stories and make a religion out of them. Same as the dead sea scrolls????? See the similarities???????
Dr Craig Evans how would you like discussing this more with me on my podcast? I have been defending these works and am ready to start doing podcasts on this so people will know the truth Can we speak sometime
Viewer discretion advised At 5:04 when he said "The Dead Sea Scrolls don't refer to Jesus...". he lost me, because from my understanding, the "fabric" (context) of the Old Testament not only foreshadowed Jesus, but by the Holy Spirit were deliberately intended to do so. At 5:23 he continued saying that "The scrolls also shed lots of light on many teachings of Jesus...". Indeed, and how profound, since it is He who delivered the messages to His prophets in the first place. Where did Dr Evans come across this theology? The entire book of Isiah was among the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls found 1947, in cave #1. Dr Evans, please read Isiah 53 and tell us that it doesn't refer to Jesus. In another of his videos he evidently has had an epiphany that certain verses in the canonical Bible need to be removed: (copy and paste above) "Dr Craig Evans discusses what verses should be deleted from the New Testament".
Ah... Isaiah refers to the Suffering Survant. This Suffering Servant is called Israel, Jacob explicitly in Isaiah Isaiah 41:9 "But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend, Also, Isaiah says, at the time of his writing, that the Servant WAS (in the past tense) afflicted Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. Is this about a FUTURE prophesy? and if so, how can you tell? I feel Christians just take whatever passages they think help their theology and run with it. I'm an ex-Christian Atheist, makes no difference to me, but wanted to point out my observation.
Anon Give it another listen, you may have missed the point. Yes, the OT is filled with references to Jesus the Christ, but I think the comment was meant to refute hype about Jesus perhaps living among the Essenes during this time. The scrolls don’t make any references along these lines, I.e. “Jesus was here yesterday and spent time reading and teaching, etc.”
I am not sure why Dr Evans is working hard to make the point that jews prior to Jesus Christ was expecting and looking for a messiah that would reign, heal, forgive sins and be the Holy One of God. I thought we already knew and accepted this? I was told all this as a tiny kid in catechism classes long ago.
What part don't you like? He is reading out of the OT and saying this sounds like that. That's how they recognized the flood myth when they found it in cuneiform. Read, compare, contrast. The Dead Sea Scrolls were the best thing to happen to Christianity.
@@watermelonlalala Brendan your are either deluded or have been brought up with a false knowledge of human history. The DSS are European fake documents fed to the believer to "believe".... There never was a "Josephus" or a pliny the younger... or a Eusebius.... They are European fakes. Richard Carrier correctly analysed the New Testament and concluded that it was written by highly inteligent and imaginative people. Yes. Desiderious Erasmus in 1516 wrote the synoptic gospels. commissioned by pope Alex VI. Why? Because the Roman Catholic church had NO LITERATURE of their ICON hey zeus the Kristos which went on to become known as Jesus the Christ... It was called the Novuum Instramentum. In 1619 it became the Novum Testamentum. 1535 the New Testament. He also created the character of Paul. 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians and Epistle to the Romans. Now it has to be said that Desiderius Erasmus was a brilliant mind of his day and a homosexual. Read Romans 7:14 -20 Do your research.
@@watermelonlalala The first and most fundamental thing to understand is there were NO "Jews" in ancient times. They emerge through Capitalism, the creation of paper money which competed with gold and silver coins of the kings and Barons of Europe. The first crusade of 1097 led by Godfrey and Baldwin was funded by a Solomon Bar Isaac. A rich Baron. They occupied the land area that is known as Jerusalem today. They used the Moors to build a Double wall city. Their army would become known as the Knights Templars. Solomon's grandson Yacob Ben Meir which became Jacob Ben Meir 1100 to 1171 continued the writings of his Grandfather, Solomon. Moses Ben Maimonides 1135 - 1204 added to these commentaries and these manuscripts became known as the 5 books of Moses. Or the Pentatuch. These Europeans also opened shops taking in Jewellery in exchange for paper money. Later known as the Porn Shop. The first storage shop opened for paper money, later known as a Bank. These people collectively became known later as Jews.
A lot of error in the first minute and 20 seconds. As well, there is no evidence whatsoever that James wrote the book of Hebrews. If this guy read extra biblical writings such as the Protevangelion and the Coptic Apocalypse of Peter he would know that John the Baptist in all likely hood wrote a portion of the Thanksgiving Scrolls. Even studying just the DSS and the bible he should know that Christ actually heavily referenced the Essenes and the scrolls, even at one point quoting them. Just because we don't find their names in the scrolls doesn't mean they aren't referenced. And it doesn't mean they didn't reference the DSS. The Protevangelion, for example, tells us that John's father (Zacharias) was killed by Herod's soldiers when he refused to turn John over to them to be killed when they were killing all male children 2 years of age and under. This is the Zacharias that Yahushua was referencing when he said this generation would be held responsible for killing all the prophets from Able all the way down to Zacharias. The Protevangelion then tells us that Elizabeth fled into the hills with the infant/toddler John. This is how John ended up to be with the Essenes. This is why portions of the Thanksgiving Hymns say the father of the author did not know him and his mother abandoned him. For since Elizabeth had no way of looking after John when soldiers were looking for him she left him with the Essenes, who were eager to take in a child from the line of Arron. In the Coptic Apocalypse of Peter, he begins by dating the vision he sees as happening in the 300th year of the new covenant. Well, this fits perfectly with the oldest dates of the scrolls and lines up for the timing of the Essenes first coming on the world scene. And it lines up with the Damascus Document's mention of a new covenant made in Damascus. so Peter was obvious referencing the Damascus Document and the "new covenant" mentioned in it.
@@daragildea7434 And that, translated to English is Joshua. Yeshua to Greek is Iesu. Greek to Latin is Iesus. Latin to English is Jesus. Jesus points to Yeshua, the God/Man, the Messiah, the Savior.
I do recommend the book of Enoch, its in detail with regarding the fallen angels, the end of days, the lord of the spirits and the son of man! It connects many dots! I give it 10/10
@@yalnevatekofreedom5096 .....the Book of Enoch is not inspired by God....so don't believe everything you read.......theres others fake gospels also.....stick to truth.....BIBLE !!
This is great stuff. Thank you for sharing! The only part I disagree was around 25:00 mark he mention Jesus bounded Satan and put an end to his kingdom. I don't this was done yet. Only in Revelation, which is future, will that take place.
To understand today's religions, we need to go back to the earliest belief systems, where it all started. Khemet. Zoroastrianism, Mesopotamian, Islam, Judaism, Greek and Roman myths are people's perception about a deity and the laws their deities gave them to govern the masses. Every concept in Christianity can be traced back to preexisting or conquering religions.. Judgement, trinity, 3 days in Hades, Holy Communion, death and resurrection, afterlife, good and evil, 12 disciples - 12 zodiac signs.
@Najma Khan Hey, if the very first man was Adam, he had 3 sons, no daughters. Cain killed Abel. Cain ran to a different land and married there, where did those ppl come from? The Noah's flood story, what were the animals eating in the ark for one year? What happened to the dinosaurs? Is it true there're are 72 virgins with big breasts waiting for you in Jannah? Do you realize your religion is also pagan to others religions? I love it when you all call each others religions pagan.. funny. All religions are inventions regardless of the timing to control feeble minds.
@@juanventer5145 Pagans that existed before the writing of the Torah or Bible copied from the Bible??? What time will you place the civilizations of Khemet and Sumer?? Khemet was already in it's 18th dynasty when Abraham(if real) came unto the scene. The temples in Egyot still has depictions from that era, the Sphinx alone is way more older than 6000 years which the Jews place the earth. The ancient traditions had their worship and stories.. It's that simple, you just need to look up from any source when Khemet, Sumer, Mesopotamia existed.. Let's even forget about who copied who or what.. Look at the claims in your Bible, today man has been to the moon, we have thousands of satellites launched in space.. but yet Yahweh was afraid man would enter heaven building a tower.. really can a physical tower go into a heaven in the skies??? Then he scattered the language.. lol It's stupid anyone will believe this happened, but it's good to know this was a story in the epic of Gilgamesh. So, after Cain killed Abel, he ran to another land and married there, where did those inhabitants come from, if Adam was the first name? Get it. You've all been played, your pastor won't tell you all these things cos they need your tithes and offerings. You need to research.. what happened to the thousands of dead people that resurrected across the city when Jesus resurrected? Isaiah said a young lady(Hebrew word) would give birth to the Messiah, Matthew changed it to virgin( Hebrew word) No mention of virgin birth by Paul and Mark which pre-dates Matthew. Back to the term pagan, all religions are pagan. You have over 20,000 manuscripts written by different sources, thousands of Bible translations and versions, 33000 denominations and yet each brand of Christian believes they're right and others wrong.
@@juanventer5145 I understand you were born into your faith, and you can't think outside of your indoctrinated beliefs. I never mentioned copies of New Testament, seems you can't read or apply logic to things. All the thousands of manuscripts don't agree with each other, fallacious claims. You didn't answer my question, what happened to the hundreds of dead people that resurrected when Jesus supposedly resurrected? You would think that would be recorded in other sources other than the Bible? If you don't respond to that or where did the people that Cain married come from, no response from me. And try use your brain to think.
@@juanventer5145 Ok, let me make it easier for you to comprehend. Were people worshipping the sun before the Israelites compiled their book, yes. Sungod was called Ra, later Amen Ra. Where do you think the Amen you say after praying to Yahweh comes from? Ra was called the giver of life and other names, cos of what the sun does with crops, vegetation etc Forget the other religions, focus on the unfulfilled prophecies and bogus claims in your Bible first.. Didn't Jesus tell his disciples according to your Bible that they wouldn't see death until his kingdom returns?? And don't tell me the transfiguration was the coming of his kingdom.. Btw Yahweh is the name of one of the neighboring tribe's deities, even theologians agree with that. Just as Mohammed got Allah and Allat from a conquered tribe. There's so much you don't know, slow down and do some research into why you believe what you know nothing about.. You're believing a book that pegs life at 6000 years, and hid other world knowledge from you. A book that called the earth flat and says the sun goes around the sun, Yahweh would have known that's not true since he supposedly created the sun and the earth.
@@juanventer5145 Hey. I already said all religions are the same, man-made, copied or not, plagiarized or not. Why are you more interested in those correlations than the fake prophecies and bogus miracles and events in the Bible? It's easier for Christians today that 16 books have been removed from the first KJV 1611 and 1579 Geneva Bibles. You believe Elijah was carried on a fiery chariot into heaven, 3 million Jews walked between a divided sea? Talking donkey and snake??
I think Yeshua was an Essene from Nazareth because the Essenes lived in Nazareth. Essenes were a small sect of mainline Judism as were the Smaratians. Many stories in the OT come from ancient Sumerian stories and some from Egypt.
@Legendary Force the thing is, is that it says the same thing in psalm 45 so the old and new testament are in agreement with each other so we know he is God the Son, who died for us and rose.
@Legendary Force They are not stories they are truth, all one has to do it reasearch, study, pray and do your homework. There are archeological evidence for the bibla. The money the cities the people the language and you don't name a time line after a non existent person=B.C.
@Legendary Force the spirit/soul that God ga've us TESTIFIES that he exists. If I were God I would put the knowledge of myself in the soul/spirit of mankind so theycan know me.,people are proof he created everything. Creation has. to have a creator.
@@huseyincebi7091 to islam?, Islam is a new religion that corrupted all the scriptures, that created a new book, without connection with scriptures. No thanks
@@toddmurphy4381 Wait, any person that holds any belief on Christ? Gnosticis believed (and still do) in Jesus Christ. So did the Arians. Or do you have some standard beside that, on what constitutes the Church?
I’d say that anyone who declares with their mouth that Jesus is Lord and believes in their heart that God raised him from the dead will be saved, and is a part of the ecclesia. Generally, Protestants often say that anyone who affirms the Apostle’s Creed could be considered a more-or-less orthodox Christian
@@scottevans9454 Hi Scott! Scripture is clear that Jesus had brothers and sisters. Also, Jesus was born as the only begotten Son of the Father. Stick with the scriptures or deceiving spirit's will lead you into the delusion the scriptures say will come upon the whole world. Seek the Jesus of the Bible friend.
@Anthony Butler: To be able to understand the Wisdom of God, you have to have His Holy Spirit in your heart, The Old and New Testaments are ALL about Jesus Christ, but, God has to open the eyes and ears of those reading His word to see Him and to hear His voice.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are European Fakes. Fraudulent documents probably manufactured by the institutions of the Catholic Church that specialises in lies fraud and deception.
@@michaelahio712 You are a believer therefore any facts about the Catholic Church is meaningless to you. As I pointed before the Catholic Church knows that there never was a Jesus the Christ. Historically this ICON is Greco Roman and hijacked by the "Jews" to undermine Catholicism. Pope Leo X said at one of his lavish banquets "The fable of Jesus the Christ has served us well".......... Don't take my word do your research
A library? Yes, compiled by the Essens? Probably not! The Essens community was 30 kilometers south of Qumron at Engedi! Pleny the elder who was a geographer and he places the Essens in Engedi and archeological evidence confirms this! The scrolls found at Qumron are most likely the library's of the the Zadok priesthood, a livitical sect of the temple priesthood exiled from temple by the Samarian Sanhedren pharisee priesthood! John the Baptist was one of these livitical priest preaching and baptizing in the Judean wilderness, to perpair the way for the teacher of Righteousness! Yashua of the priesthood of Melkezidec!
This for me PROVES beyond a doubt that Jesus in one way or another was heavily influenced by the Essenes or was just an Essene himself! Personally I am inclined to think the latter. He is de Master (as far as I have understood it an Essene rank or title) who sends his disciples into Jerusalem to find the man who carries the water jug (which is a means to identify that man as an Essene) and say to him to prepare a room for the Master. So, the whole discussion about the divinity of Jesus starts before Jesus even began! Before he was born even! The trouble is that either Jesus himself or his followers distance themselves from the Essenes, they branch out into the world. First the Jewish world and sometime later the whole world. Like a bird who leaves its nest. The idea that Jesus had more likeness to the Pharisees is understandable. Jesus walks between, among the people, in itself not an Essenic thing and they share orthodox Jewish beliefs. I think that Jesus was an Essenic Messianic Missionary, so he had to leave the essenic nest.
I think the best way to study the DDS is by the lens of Rabbinic tradition, most accurately to study the Hebrew language to filter out the mistranslations.
He shows (at 9:17) that it's written in the scroll : "Until there come the prophet and the Messiahs" . and he try to explain whi are these 2 mens. And again Christians keep the same idea that the 2 mens refer to Jesus .... very unfortunate! the Messiah is Jesus PBUH and the Prophet is the las messenger of God Muhammad PBUH. Even If Jesus himself comes and tell you that Muhammad is the last prophet of God you won't believe him, always the same story, Jews denied Jesus and Christians denied Muhammad.
Wow the Jews expected a Messiah who would heal , raise the dead , forgive peoples sins and defeat satan YET when Jesus Christ appeared doing all these things in front if their eyes they condemned and killed Him for claiming to be exactly that
Some did recognize Him and follow Him, even though they didn't really understand until after He left and the Spirit came to bring understanding. They became the first believers that grew over time into the worldwide church today. As for the rest, they expected these things, but they decided how the Messiah was supposed to look and act before He came, so when Jesus showed up, not as the royal powerful king they were looking for, nor as the warrior to throw off oppression, they decided He was not who He claimed to be. The Jews in power actually didn't want the Messiah to come because that meant they lost their own authority, and they certainly weren't about to give up their power to a lowly carpenter. Isaiah 53 describes both how most of the Israelites would see the Messiah, but also what Jesus would accomplish despite being rejected by them. He held our sin on the cross and died the death we deserved so that in Him, we might not die, but have everlasting life. All praise to You Lord Jesus!! Thank you for loving us enough to die for us!
You are trying to relate the Jesus we know with the old scriptures..this is not the God of the new. As simple as saying the scripture of Isaiah existed, and let's follow to create a messiah. Messiah was an annoited king! Jesus (not his name) was not! But part the reason he was crucified.. claiming to be the king of the Jews.. historically there were others by the name.. Jesus of gamala, Jesus of Ben ananias.. these are only a couple examples.. even according to scripture the kingdom was to come during the generation of his disciples.. I love the passion of belief, but belief isn't truth.
First, let me address the name piece. Jesus was an earthly name given to Him after His incarnation. The fact that others have been called the same name in no way takes away from who He is or what He has done. There have been many Davids, but king David, the line of which Jesus became incarnate in, was still king and still did all the things said about him despite the others of the same name. Second, He is the high priest of the heavenly temple, not the shadow, the earthly temple. Jesus is also the promised king of the kingdom of heaven, not at this time earthly kingdoms, though a time is coming when Jesus is returning to earth and there will be an earthly kingdom established. Finally, Jesus is absolutely the God of the old testament and new. In the new testament, He has taken on flesh and the name of Jesus the messiah. In the old, He was known as the Word (Logos) and appears and speaks to mankind. John 5:37 says that no one has seen the Father nor heard His voice. Jesus, both pre-incarnate and post incarnate is the visible/audible part of God who interacts with us. In John 8:58 Jesus tells the gathered crowd that "before Abraham was, I am!" I Am is the name of God declared to Moses from the burning bush in Exodus 3. Jesus is saying not only that He existed before Abraham, but also that He was the one who spoke out of the bush to Moses. The present Pharisees knew this was what He was saying and immediately tried to stone Him for claiming to be God, but somehow, a whole crowd of people trying to stone Him suddenly couldn't find Him. Jesus says in John 14:7 that if we have seen Him, then we have seen the Father. Jesus even showed the disciples where He was in all the old testament prophets and scriptures. Luke 24:27 tells us that Jesus showed them Himself in the books of Moses, the prophets and all the scriptures. Our loving God created us, sustains us and promises us a future. Jesus was always and will always be God. He is my God and my King!
Prodigal Sun - Jesus has been since the very beginning when the heavens and earth were created in Genesis 1. John 1:1-2 and John 1:14 tells us that. He didn't appear in the flesh in the beginning because the time had not yet come because there were no people. John 1:1-18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. In the earliest of the 4 gospels, Mark’s gospel, the whole thing points to the deity of Jesus. That’s what the entire gospel is about; Jesus being God. The God of the Old and New Testaments are one and the same. I won't debate this with you because only God can change your heart. I'm only sharing to show that your first sentence is incorrect. God bless and i hope you find what you're looking for.
Hey Zeus the Kristos never existed. Irs a creation of the Catholic Church.... Pope Leo X has been quoted as saying the fable of "Jesus the Christ " has served us well....
Josephus called this "sect" Essenes (=pious ones); however, he was a self-described Pharisee who falsely claimed to live among them in his early years. See what Christ thinks of Pharisees in Matthew 23. No, this is the sect that Paul called THE WAY (Heb. HaDerech), and these are the 144,000 of Revelation who lived in Qumran for a little over two centuries. Compare the men and women of THE WAY in Damascus -- where there is "a street called Straight" to this day -- with what is recorded in the Damascus Document.
Alan Schuetz Alan, Josephus never existed.....all the stories in the Bible are just that stories Nothing more. Read Solomo Sands book "The Invention of the Jewish People"..Read H G Wells .....
@@lametriusjackson3628 The Catholic Church knows how to make fake documents and artifacts to validate their claims. They have institutionalized the manufacturing process of fake documents and scripts to give the believer a reason to believe.
+K Bora, So... some men could make up stuff to produce a Bible, but Solomo Sands could not do the same- make up some stuff and print a book? * Put your trust on the Rock which is Jesus, not on Sands!
Kings have been governmental failures throughout history, which is why we have largely abandoned royalty. So...why are we now enthusiastic about a King returning?
Ronald Morgan PS. And God and Jesus both no longer exist. If they did they would intervene from time to time, but they do not. e.g. Child cancer. So you are practicing the equivalent of praying to a rock. What you hear back are the echoes of your own thoughts. Nothing divine in that. Enjoy your freedom.
The Martas To me it sounds like « understand James, (and) the author of Hebrews », I don’t think he wanted to say that James wrote Hebrews, but I may be wrong :)
The Dead Sea Scrolls do refer to Jesus(jeshua) - in the scrolls his nickname is - the man of a lie , The Dead Sea Scrolls do mention john the Baptist - his nickname is - the wicked Priest
Its says so in the copper scroll, which was also written by the Essens , and also found in the caves at Qumran the man of a lie - meaning he was born out of wedlock, the manger being a half way home for pregnant woman, Joseph and Mary had sex outside of the rules of the strict Essene cult - this does not mean he was a liar its just a nickname they had for him back then - the Essene's called each other - sons of God and the Woman were called Virgins- Source - Barbara Theiring the theologian biblical scholar spent ten years or more studying the Copper scroll, the dead sea scrolls and the Bible and found these facts ..read her Book -Jesus the Man.
Genesis 1 isn't "early" enough? Don't try to be dogmatic about things that are so far above human experience, dear. No theological understanding of our heavenly Father sinks or swims because of the Shema (...hear o Israel, our God is One/Echad)...OR...the certain existence of and reference to the Divine Council of Elohim. (plural form of El)...much less our Savior reminding us that when we are in Covenant with the Father/in Christ, we ALSO are referred to as Gods. Wow...I will admit that I can not be dogmatic about any of this, because it is simply beyond anything I have fully experienced...yet. Shalom
@Random Person NO, NOT TRUE AS GOD THE FATHER CALLED JESUS GOD IN HEBREWS THE FIRST CHAPTER AND ALSO IN PSALM CHAPTER 45, STRIKE ONE. ACTS 5:1-10=SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD. STRIKE TWO. REVELATION 22:12=YESHUA IS SAYING WHO HE IS=ALPHA AND OMEGA AND THAT HE IS COMING . VERSE 20=HE WHO TESTIFIES TO THESE THINGS SAYS, YES I AM COMING SOON. AMEN. COME LORD JESUS. DON'T BE AFRAID TO READ THE TEXT, IT WON'T BIT YOU, OH, AND BY THE WAY. THREE STIKES, YOU'RE OUT.
If some-one acts god-like it does not mean he is G-d, a manifestation of G-d is not G-d himself, besides Israel is often called Sons of G-d in Pentateuch, so I just don't understand all this fuss around Qumran speaking about son of G-d - so it must be only Jesus thing ....?
I'm a layman, but can see where he's coming from. This rips away the fallacies of the so-called academics who denounce the real and actual importance of the arrival of Jesus Christ on the earth, by concocting the event as politically expedient myth by some Jews which grew out of an attempt to parallel the caesars of Rome.
I think its important to make clear that these writings connected to the Messiah were prophetic. If not, then the story of Jesus is not unique. As stated in secular documentaries. They claim there was a dude that mirrored Jesus. So which is it? Prophetic or historical documentation?
I think this presentation starts out very dishonest when Dr Craig Evans makes statements that the dead sea scrolls contain nothing of Jesus and his party when he knows there are other peer researched scholars out that that claim James is mentioned. He could have said others think this and I don’t and here’s why I don’t think it is true. But to not mention it at all is very misleading.
The DSS were found in Qumran in 1947. They date back to the 1st century. The whole Bible is with it, except for the book of Esther. To me, it proves the validity of our Bible. Until I heard about DSS I wondered how accurate MY Bible was after 2,000 yrs. It IS the holy word of God and He kept it sanctified. The Book of Enoch was found right with the Bible scrolls, but it is not included in our western civilization Bibles. My point, though, is that this collection found in Qumran in 1947 is The OLD Testament writings. But, a year later, The Nag Hammadi was found in Egypt. It contains writings from AFTER Jesus walked the earth. The disciple Thomas wrote 114 statements that he remembered Jesus saying, and there's a Gospel of Mary Magdalene, etc. THIS collection of writings is like The NEW Testament. I believe we are in the very close end times. These scrolls have been buried in the desert for over 2,000 years and both got discovered around the same time that Israel became a nation (...and The Roswell Incident). The arch angel told Daniel to shut up the book until the time of the end.
12 legged Sasquatch.. The assertion is that the previously unidentified 7Q5 is actually a fragment of the Gospel of Mark, chapter 6 verse 52-53. The majority of scholars have not been convinced by O'Callaghan's and Thiede's identification and it is "now virtually universally rejected
Tiny Home Georgia Jesus is eternal he was before the scriptures existed the scriptures are about him.. Ignore if you want but every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus of Nazareth is Lord and Messiah.. Just wait another 100 years and see if im wrong
HI THAT is EXACTLY what Yeshua did Himself in the ' Road to Emmaus' revelation of Himself in the Prophets of the Tanach!!!!! Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua.
Well done for an interesting lecture, well presented and convincing. But unfortunately it doesn't advance the chances of the New Testament being true one bit. It just shows that the writers of the New Testament were relying on stories that were already in circulation at the time. So what it does advance is the likelihood that the Jesus character is a mash-up of well known stories of the time, and was probably not based on a real individual.
Lee Strobel's THE CASE FOR CHRIST was written by a man just like you. Archeologists keep finding proof of the NT and they just discovered the home of Peter.
John the Baptist never refer to Jesus when he mentioned a great figure to come after him. There are conflicting narrations in the gospels whether John really knew Jesus.
@@emilyhutjes Of course, their mothers were related and were Levites. But, Jesus and John never met with each other until the Jordan. Even so, John never knew Jesus that he while in prison, has to sent his disciples to learn more about him.
Yes, the Dead Sea Scrolls have many sectarian doctrines that have many similarities to the New Testament, and Jesus teachings. That being said, Jesus then is not the original of his teachings, but instead, Jesus learned all these teachings from the Qumran sects. Christianity as a whole is a hellenized Judaism, since they(Gospel writers/authors) used Septuagint(greek text translation) of the Hebrew Bible. Hellenized jew are those who can not read hebrew language anymore. I got one simple question: In Luke 4:16-30, when Jesus read a passage from Isaiah 61:1(Septuagint) in Nazareth on one particular Sabbath, why the people in the synagogue were enraged and kicked him out from Nazareth? WHY and what probable cause they were in wrath at what he said???
That was quite a stretch from beginning to end. I gotta ask myself, why are people scrambling to place Jesus where he clearly is not? It’s looking to me like the Jesus story has been exposed as fake.
According to the Gospel of Thomas, everyone can be a son of Yahweh, even a woman. And Chapter 6 of Genesis have the term "sons of Eloheim", in plural. The question is, is "son of Yahweh or Eloheim" a deity or just another human like you and me? The Gospel of Thomas refers Yahweh's kingdom as "our father's kingdom". Yahshua is NOT Yahweh. He never claimed to be Yahweh. When Moses met Yahweh, Yahweh acknowledged that he had always been the eloheim that Moses' ancestors had worshiped.
@blitz2b Many scholars believe that the Gospel of Thomas is source Q. Many Gospels might actually be based on the Gospel of Thomas. It had also been mentioned in some very early discussions in the correspondence between priests. So, the Gospel of Thomas is as old, if not older than, other so-called canonical Gospels. BTW, Gnostic means believing by experiencing. There are obvious political reasons for the canonical Gospels to be included in New Testament. It is not just the Gospel of Thomas. The people who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls called themselves "the sons of light". YHWH told Moses that he was "light" and that's why Moses couldn't see him. Recent archaeology found males as well as females in this group of people. In Gospel of Thomas, Yahshua said females deserved the same treatment and were basically not different from males because females could be turned into males. The disciples often said "our Father's kingdom". Obviously, "sons of light" means "son's of YHWH". And both females and males can become "sons of YHWH" as long as they believe. Believe in what? In the son's name, i.e., Yahshua, meaning YAH saves. YAH is Yahweh, the one and only one deity that Moses talked to. None of the Gospels say people should believe in Yahshua as a deity. Instead, people should believe in his NAME! NONE of the Gospels ever says that Yahshua is a deity. Yahweh told Moses explicitly that he was the deity, eloheim, that had always been worshiped by Moses' ancestors. Why didn't Yahshua tell everyone that he was the eloheim who was worshiped by Moses' ancestors?? Yahshua is NOT a deity. The divinity of Yahshua was invented by the Romans who always accepted the belief that a deity can give rise to offsprings and the offsprings are also deities. How can you even explain the beginning of Genesis chapter 6 logically which says "the sonS of eloheim....."? Tell me! Don't say something like "oh human logic is very limited". In that case, no one should read the Bible or any so-called Gnostic Gospels because nothing is really truly comprehensible by humans. This is up to you. But the Gospel of Thomas says clearly at the very beginning that if you read it over and over again, eventually you should be able to master its content! BTW, the concept of trinity is PAGAN! No doubt about it.
@Najma Khan So what is the original Greek word for "only begotten"? What is the real meaning of this Greek word? μονογενής (monogenés) means one of a kind or one of a group. mono means one. Genes is from genos which means a group or a kin. BTW, the Gospel of Philip hinted that Yahshua was a rape baby. Mary was raped by the Roman soldiers. This solves the mystery of how a virgin could give birth to a baby. Does this make Yahshua a bad person? NO. It only makes him a better person, a better human.
Wooow!!! This is amazing information. Dr. Craig really just gave me a passion to dig deeper. "The scrolls are a friend and so is archaeology." Print that on a tshirt!
This was excellent! Praise God for the faithful Zadok priests who paved the way for the Messiah.
I think that was very well said and just enough information to not only peak curiosity but ease doubt as well. Emmanuel Lives! Christ is King of Kings! Stay Ready and Be Blessed in Jesus Name!
I agree!
Amen,amen and praise the eternal Word !
At what point did you miss that Christ is to be called "son of man" nothing else, YAHW is to be called lord of the spirits!
"SON OF MAN" read 1 Enoch!
Christ is not god, nor in the flesh, he is the son, god is the lord!
1 Enoch helps, rather than believing the roman indoctrination!
@@yalnevatekofreedom5096 In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God. Christ Jesus = The Word if you deny this then there is nothing more I can do.
@@yalnevatekofreedom5096 JOHN 1:1=IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD AND THE WORD WAS GOD. HEBREWS 1:8-10 AND PSALMS 45:6&7=HERE WE HAVE GOD THE FATHER CALLING YESHUA/JESUS(THE SON), GOD. JOHN 20:24-29=THOMAS IS CALLING YESHUA, MY LORD AND MY GOD. JOHN 8:58=I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, YESHUA ANSWERED, BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM. EXODUS 3:14=GOD SAID TO MOSES, I AM WHO I AM. THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE TO SAY TO THE ISRAELITES: I AM HAS SENT ME TO YOU. THEY ARE BOTH SAYING THEY ARE, I AM , AND GUESS WHAT? THEY ARE. ONE GOD THAT EXISTS IN THREE PERSONS, THAT IS BIBLE. REVELATION 22:12=BEHOLD, I AM COMING SOON! MY REWARD IS WITH ME, AND I WILL GIVE TO EVERYONE ACCORDING TO WHAT HE HAS DONE. I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE BEGINNING AND THE END. VERSE 20=HE WHO TESTIFIES TO THESE THINGS SAYS, YES, I AM COMING SOON. AMEN, COME LORD YESHUA...YESHUA IS DIETY.
Brilliant! I'm so grateful for this clarity. I find it so comforting, such a relief!
Thank you, Dr. Craig Evans, for your time and hard work and then giving it freely.
Brilliant just brilliant, the whole presentation.
Awesome video. Love this guys passion.
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it; ............
What wisdom DOH
GOD preserved this , I believe , to reassure us believers in the END-TIMES . HolySpirit is using scholars like Brother Evans to help US to keep our focus on CHRIST JESUS , the author and finisher of our faith .🔜✝👏💒😇🎶😍🇮🇱🇿🇦 KZN South Africa . Amen
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Amén!
I don’t understand why people keep mentioning the book. The DaVinci Code.
When the author clearly states that the book is fictional.
Pirabee atheism is just a lack of belief in Gods. I don’t what it has to do with anything relevant to OP’s comment.
@Pirabee
Silly child, it's Christians that keep bringing up the Da Vinci Code, as if Atheists give it any credence.
The Da Vinci Code is just a strawman that helps affirm your theism.
Wow! This spoke right to my soul! Praise God!
I like what you said: The Scrolls are a Friend and so is Archaeology.
This guy is full of crap
@@rayderian8335 and your mind needs cleansing.
@@rayderian8335 he is a Dead Sea scrolls scholar I thought
That was phenomenal and very informative. It inspires me to continue my research into this subject area. Thank you and keep these lectures and videos coming.
Amazing. Very powerful. Thank you for sharing with us!
Wow this is a great help for my current devotions in Hebrews! Thanks.
1:35 What a beautiful description of The Bible. Prophecies, apocalypses and visions, fanciful tales, rewritten narratives ...
I love bible scholars like this wonderful man and videos of presentations like this. I pray that God empowers me to improve my discipline and focus, so that I can study our the Bible and these other study materials. It would help strengthen my faith even more, and help me better present and defend the truth that is The Bible, The Gospel and Jesus.
Here something to study about: "Lilith", "The contradictions in the Bible", "The epic of Gilgamesh", "What happened to the dinosaurs during the ark of Noah?" What happened to sloths a mammal that only lives in South America did it make it to the Ark as well? What about Kiwi, Kangoroo?" Why did "God" choose to come only during a time people didn't know the earth is spherical and the sun turn around it? We have smartphones and cameras now plus the internet we are still waiting for someone to appear in the sky. How can the entire Earth be flooded in a water that is 7 meters deep yet the highest peak on Earth Mount Everest is 8000 metres.. if your Bible was really words of God it would stand the test of time and will still be relevant today. I'm waiting for your findings sincerely.
Junior Mukeba ... jesus was a legend in his own time, and is still a well known mythic figure in the 21st century. :)
@@mzeewatk846 so are Krishna, Horus, Zeus, Jupiter, Hades, Hera, Amon Ra, Vidia Nkulu... The list goes on
If you need to “strengthen” your faith, then you are basically admitting that faith is all you have to base your belief on. Faith is defined as belief without evidence.
There is nothing at all virtuous about faith. It is allowing yourself to be deliberately blinded just because it satisfies an infantile need to feel special.
There is no invisible immortal father with super powers and nothing happens after you die, stop being such a child.
@@JuniorMukebaTM Hello, According to the Qur'an, the flood was local, not global; not a pair of the entire animals was taken into the ark, but just some that were needed, and the ark finally rested on Mt. Judi. Modern findings endorse all of the Qur'anic claims and one of the Biblical ones which have been both against logic and established research.
I don't know if you are familiar with Rachel Elior's views on the authors of the DSS. She is an expert on ancient texts and says that the crolls were part of the first and second temple library that were taken to Qumran during the Macabbean revolt when the legitimate priests of the line of Zadok were ousted from the temple and had to flee. The scrolls revolve around temple worship and priestly services. The Essenes had nothing to do with these scrolls. They lived further soutn in the En gedi area. It is also believed that John the Baptist, who came from a priestly line, also lived in this area and might have written some of the scrolls.
VGladys Nieves .. I’ve been listing to Mrs. Rachel Elior’s shes a lot better then this guy .
@@xxxnonamexxx5615 "the more you learn, the less you know..," amen to that. Truth.
Thanks for the message "Jesus and the Dead Sea scolls" ,
Dr. Craig A Evans. Happy to know about that Jesus and His work is indirectly mentioned in the scroll. Great finding.
No where did he demonstrate anything in the Dead Seas Scrolls the either directly or indirectly mentioned Jesus. That's the verbal trick he played on his willing audience.
HI
Totally fabulous! Praise be to YHWH and His Mashiach Yeshua ! All this coming to light at the same time as the rebirth of Israel!' Baruch haba b'shem Adonai/ YHWH'
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Excellent! 3 thumbs up👍👍👍
Check out the books of the great scholar , Geza Vermes expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls who spoke Aramaic , Hebrew and Latin and probably ancient Greek.
It’s so eye-opening, that he says that in Old Testament times, the people of Israel had both an anointed *king*; *and* also a separate anointed *rabbi(priest)*. In Jesus, He Is *Both* at the same time for us! He Is our Holy King and our Holy Priest In One Person! I never saw it this way before, in my whole life! Because I never realized The Jewish People always had an anointed king. I knew about King David, but didn’t know that having a king was a long-standing tradition for them! I feel so dumb, yet so enlightened at the same time!
Jesus never described himself as a Christian, and never rejected Judaism. He had things to say, but he never promoted a split from his original religion.
Hard to accept? It is still true nonetheless.
Gus Jackson true? Proof please ( without quoting the bible)
To know God courted, loved ,raised the Jewish Faith and then in the fullness of His time Christ came and the church was, God be praised for the Branch!
eric woriax you don’t KNOW that you just believe that based on nothing but faith ( no evidence)
@@phillthorpe2643 Well, seeing that the Bible is literally the only writings that relate directly to, Jesus Christ, I guess that means you can remain in doubt. You have your unbelief already locked in so why bother, is the truth of it where you're concerned, and you're not hoping to learn anything that can persuade you otherwise. I understand.
@@phillthorpe2643
". . . ye must be born again. . ."
I teach theology. Thank you for these insights.
Did you catch that he was wrong concerning the archangel angel at Daniel 10: 12-13?
Wow how come we don't here these type of messages in church. Most pastors are only looking for tithes and biblical mental midgets. Thank you so much Dr. Evans. Jesus was anticipated by the faithful Jews. Fascinating.
Yet few received Him. Leadership had become so engrossed in the letter only, that they missed Him.
Thank you 🙏 for this, and your mind hard work and heart doing this Dead Sea scroll explaining!
the dead sea scrolls show that contrary to what Christians say.. Jesus wasn't a messiah that didn't meet expectations but was actually fulfilling the expectations of a sect within Judaism.
Darren Withers Christians play a rigged game. On the one hand, Jesus was so unique no Jew would make him up. On the other hand, Dead Sea scrolls showing an expectation of someone like Jesus is just a proof of prophecy coming through even if not explicit in the Old Testament
Jesus was Jewish. No idea what you are saying about Christians with your contrary statement. It is incoherent.
Rod K I think you missed the point of the talk. Jewish meant different things in the 1st century CE. Philo of Alexandrea was Jewish, Qumran community and Essenes were Jewish, Pharisees and Sadducees were Jewish, each with different beliefs
Christian apologists need Jesus community to come from the orthodox sect, since these rejected Greek influences. For the Greeks, resurrections were a dime a dozen
@@bobak5126 My comment is that his statement is incoherent. You are reading way to much into what I stated.
@Allen Marlin I know that Christianity was a messianic Jewish sect and the dead sea scrolls show that is the case even more.
I want more presentations by this guy on the dead sea scrolls, this was awesome.
It was empty and vapid. He demonstrated nothing in the Dead Sea Scrolls that related to Jesus as the messiah.
@@sqlblindman seems more likely you are the empty and vapid one.
@@Htimez2
Nope. Where did he present any connection between the Dead Sea Scrolls and Jesus as the messiah?
Nowhere.
All he mentioned were general references to a messiah.
So....his presentation was empty and vapid, and you are easily duped.
Missed opportunity to discuss what the DSS actually shows. DSS contain many variant readings of which the Jews of this time would have considered sacred scripture. Textual plurality was not the exception, it was the rule. DSS also confirmed the Septuagint’s translation was indeed based on a variant of the Hebrew scripture.
Thank you do much. Always love the verification of the WORD.
The dead sea Scrolls are scriptures not just some writings of a desert sect of aesthetics, as these babylonia roman serpents called scholars would have you to belive.. Yeshua (Jesus) is Messiah, and has always been!!.. the scriptures testify about him especially the Dead sea Scrolls he is the one who was, who is and who is to come!!..thank you brother Craig Evans may the Father shine his face on you and anoint you with his presence for the work he has for you.. May Jesus bless you
Yahushuas Disciple check this video : ''Jewish Deception Of Dead Sea Scrolls & the truth about language of Jesus Christ'' th-cam.com/video/O17bSw3WtsE/w-d-xo.html
Dr Craig Evans
You sir have gods anointing upon your intellect.
I was awed by your speech
Respect and Blessings, brother .
I think we all have lived many lives each time....but know we are living. are life know...we all have lived many lives through life...but we can not remember it cause we are learning for GOD......
Wow, that was great. I will have to study the Dead Sea scrolls.
@louisAccardi: you might also like "the copper scroll project" on Y.T.
@@emilyhutjes I looked into that already and thought it was not authentic.
I'd bet my last cent those scrolls are fake. Just more lies and indefensible and ridiculous claims.
@@prudencegrahame1519 Oh the scrolls are very real and quite authentic. I think you mean you don't agree with their content... but that's your problem.
@@truthseeker4128 Truth requires proof. THATS YOUR PROBLEM. Not to mention having a head full of angels, demons and a airhead god and his suicidal son. Moronic . Keep your nonesense to yourself. Worship in silence. You expect to live twice by the power of a thought. MORONIC. Stay away from children,you are very suss.
Nazar (as Nazarene ) means branch
Allen Marlin. I speak in the language of the video , English
You would have thought if a man by the name of Jesus was healing people, walking on water, making water turn to wine, turning a basket of fish and bread into multiple baskets of fish and bread, being crucified and rising from the dead, not to mention the dead people coming alive like a zombie apocalypse, that the Essenes would have mentioned him .....
These writings predate Jesus.
Is it true that they were the Essenes who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?
@@nathaliyahforz I believe so.
@@dougoverhoff7568 Howcome for the Essenes are not mentioned in Jewish literature, NT nor DSS. There is no evidence of the Essenes.
@@nathaliyahforz Can't tell you, I'm not a Biblical scholar.
WOW!
If I wasn't a believer before this TH-cam, his words would have made me a believer in Christ.
Where I grew up there were only 7 houses on the street I lived on and fortunately, the families kids were all pretty much around the same age, so even though we were "out in the country I had a bunch of kids to hang out with. We used to hang out in the woods by a creek about 1 mile away from my house. We used to go down there and pretend all kinds of nonsense. We set up a fort near the creek where we would play and shoot BB guns and just do kid things. There were desks we built in the fort to eat at or color or do whatever kids came up with in the 70's. We used to write stories on paper and store theme in glass jars. At one point in time, we decided to bury the jars to protect our ' written" thoughts. I wonder if someone uncovers our writings 2,000 years from now, will they take our fantastical stories and make a religion out of them. Same as the dead sea scrolls????? See the similarities???????
I thought the scriptures were written in koine greek?
The New Testament, yes. The Old Testament is in Hebrew and Aramaic.
Dr Craig Evans how would you like discussing this more with me on my podcast? I have been defending these works and am ready to start doing podcasts on this so people will know the truth
Can we speak sometime
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At 5:04 when he said "The Dead Sea Scrolls don't refer to Jesus...". he lost me, because from my understanding, the "fabric" (context) of the Old Testament not only foreshadowed Jesus, but by the Holy Spirit were deliberately intended to do so.
At 5:23 he continued saying that "The scrolls also shed lots of light on many teachings of Jesus...". Indeed, and how profound, since it is He who delivered the messages to His prophets in the first place.
Where did Dr Evans come across this theology? The entire book of Isiah was among the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls found 1947, in cave #1. Dr Evans, please read Isiah 53 and tell us that it doesn't refer to Jesus.
In another of his videos he evidently has had an epiphany that certain verses in the canonical Bible need to be removed: (copy and paste above) "Dr Craig Evans discusses what verses should be deleted from the New Testament".
Ah... Isaiah refers to the Suffering Survant. This Suffering Servant is called Israel, Jacob explicitly in Isaiah
Isaiah 41:9 "But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend,
Also, Isaiah says, at the time of his writing, that the Servant WAS (in the past tense) afflicted
Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
Is this about a FUTURE prophesy? and if so, how can you tell?
I feel Christians just take whatever passages they think help their theology and run with it. I'm an ex-Christian Atheist, makes no difference to me, but wanted to point out my observation.
Anon Give it another listen, you may have missed the point. Yes, the OT is filled with references to Jesus the Christ, but I think the comment was meant to refute hype about Jesus perhaps living among the Essenes during this time. The scrolls don’t make any references along these lines, I.e. “Jesus was here yesterday and spent time reading and teaching, etc.”
@@bobak5126 Amen ex brother. We are Yisrael, we who belive in Yahuah our Creator. Atheism is a religious belief. Come back to My ppl forget religion.💛
I am not sure why Dr Evans is working hard to make the point that jews prior to Jesus Christ was expecting and looking for a messiah that would reign, heal, forgive sins and be the Holy One of God. I thought we already knew and accepted this? I was told all this as a tiny kid in catechism classes long ago.
Probably because many now days say Jesus was a Greek invention. And also, Jews still reject Jesus as the Messiah.
Such a good lecture (once he got into it) and such a lot of stupid, brainless comments below. Sad.
He provides "Zero"
proof or evidence.
What part don't you like? He is reading out of the OT and saying this sounds like that. That's how they recognized the flood myth when they found it in cuneiform. Read, compare, contrast. The Dead Sea Scrolls were the best thing to happen to Christianity.
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Brendan your are either deluded or have been brought up with a false knowledge of human history.
The DSS are European fake documents fed to the believer to "believe"....
There never was a "Josephus" or a pliny the younger...
or a Eusebius....
They are European fakes. Richard Carrier correctly analysed the New Testament and concluded that it was written by highly inteligent and imaginative people. Yes. Desiderious Erasmus in 1516 wrote the synoptic gospels. commissioned by pope Alex VI. Why? Because the Roman Catholic church had NO LITERATURE of their ICON hey zeus the Kristos which went on to become known as Jesus the Christ...
It was called the Novuum Instramentum. In 1619 it became the Novum Testamentum. 1535 the New Testament. He also created the character of Paul.
1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians and Epistle to the Romans. Now it has to be said that Desiderius Erasmus was a brilliant mind of his day and a homosexual. Read Romans 7:14 -20
Do your research.
People have been babbling away about Jesus didn't exist for over 100 years. Makes no difference.
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The first and most fundamental thing to understand is there were NO "Jews" in ancient times.
They emerge through Capitalism, the creation of paper money which competed with gold and silver coins of the kings and Barons of Europe. The first crusade of 1097 led by Godfrey and Baldwin was funded by a Solomon Bar Isaac. A rich Baron. They occupied the land area that is known as Jerusalem today. They used the Moors to build a Double wall city. Their army would become known as the Knights Templars. Solomon's grandson Yacob Ben Meir which became Jacob Ben Meir 1100 to 1171 continued the writings of his Grandfather, Solomon. Moses Ben Maimonides 1135 - 1204 added to these commentaries and these manuscripts became known as the 5 books of Moses. Or the Pentatuch. These Europeans also opened shops taking in Jewellery in exchange for paper money. Later known as the Porn Shop. The first storage shop opened for paper money, later known as a Bank. These people collectively became known later as Jews.
A lot of error in the first minute and 20 seconds. As well, there is no evidence whatsoever that James wrote the book of Hebrews.
If this guy read extra biblical writings such as the Protevangelion and the Coptic Apocalypse of Peter he would know that John the Baptist in all likely hood wrote a portion of the Thanksgiving Scrolls. Even studying just the DSS and the bible he should know that Christ actually heavily referenced the Essenes and the scrolls, even at one point quoting them. Just because we don't find their names in the scrolls doesn't mean they aren't referenced. And it doesn't mean they didn't reference the DSS.
The Protevangelion, for example, tells us that John's father (Zacharias) was killed by Herod's soldiers when he refused to turn John over to them to be killed when they were killing all male children 2 years of age and under. This is the Zacharias that Yahushua was referencing when he said this generation would be held responsible for killing all the prophets from Able all the way down to Zacharias. The Protevangelion then tells us that Elizabeth fled into the hills with the infant/toddler John. This is how John ended up to be with the Essenes. This is why portions of the Thanksgiving Hymns say the father of the author did not know him and his mother abandoned him. For since Elizabeth had no way of looking after John when soldiers were looking for him she left him with the Essenes, who were eager to take in a child from the line of Arron.
In the Coptic Apocalypse of Peter, he begins by dating the vision he sees as happening in the 300th year of the new covenant. Well, this fits perfectly with the oldest dates of the scrolls and lines up for the timing of the Essenes first coming on the world scene. And it lines up with the Damascus Document's mention of a new covenant made in Damascus. so Peter was obvious referencing the Damascus Document and the "new covenant" mentioned in it.
The name of Jesus is not in dead sea scrolls.
The name of our saviour is YAHUSHA Hamasiach
Yod-Shin-Wau-Ayin spells YESHUA. Yehoshua is spelled; Yod-Hay-Wau-Shin-Ayin.
@@daragildea7434 And that, translated to English is Joshua. Yeshua to Greek is Iesu. Greek to Latin is Iesus. Latin to English is Jesus. Jesus points to Yeshua, the God/Man, the Messiah, the Savior.
@@AmericanBerean John 17 3.
Wow....incredible needed wisdom.
I do recommend the book of Enoch, its in detail with regarding the fallen angels, the end of days, the lord of the spirits and the son of man! It connects many dots!
I give it 10/10
@@yalnevatekofreedom5096 .....the Book of Enoch is not inspired by God....so don't believe everything you read.......theres others fake gospels also.....stick to truth.....BIBLE !!
Is it true that the Essenes wrote the DSS?
Theory.
Awesome!!!
This is great stuff. Thank you for sharing! The only part I disagree was around 25:00 mark he mention Jesus bounded Satan and put an end to his kingdom. I don't this was done yet. Only in Revelation, which is future, will that take place.
Where is name Jesus in the scrolls?
HI
Many times in Hebrew! ' Yeshua' = Ya Saves
If there is prophecy in the Dead Sea Scrolls then there must be prophecy about Jesus, because the Old Testament gives plenty of prophecy about Jesus.
To understand today's religions, we need to go back to the earliest belief systems, where it all started. Khemet. Zoroastrianism, Mesopotamian, Islam, Judaism, Greek and Roman myths are people's perception about a deity and the laws their deities gave them to govern the masses. Every concept in Christianity can be traced back to preexisting or conquering religions.. Judgement, trinity, 3 days in Hades, Holy Communion, death and resurrection, afterlife, good and evil, 12 disciples - 12 zodiac signs.
@Najma Khan Hey, if the very first man was Adam, he had 3 sons, no daughters. Cain killed Abel. Cain ran to a different land and married there, where did those ppl come from?
The Noah's flood story, what were the animals eating in the ark for one year? What happened to the dinosaurs? Is it true there're are 72 virgins with big breasts waiting for you in Jannah? Do you realize your religion is also pagan to others religions? I love it when you all call each others religions pagan.. funny. All religions are inventions regardless of the timing to control feeble minds.
@@juanventer5145 Pagans that existed before the writing of the Torah or Bible copied from the Bible??? What time will you place the civilizations of Khemet and Sumer??
Khemet was already in it's 18th dynasty when Abraham(if real) came unto the scene. The temples in Egyot still has depictions from that era, the Sphinx alone is way more older than 6000 years which the Jews place the earth. The ancient traditions had their worship and stories.. It's that simple, you just need to look up from any source when Khemet, Sumer, Mesopotamia existed.. Let's even forget about who copied who or what.. Look at the claims in your Bible, today man has been to the moon, we have thousands of satellites launched in space.. but yet Yahweh was afraid man would enter heaven building a tower.. really can a physical tower go into a heaven in the skies??? Then he scattered the language.. lol
It's stupid anyone will believe this happened, but it's good to know this was a story in the epic of Gilgamesh. So, after Cain killed Abel, he ran to another land and married there, where did those inhabitants come from, if Adam was the first name? Get it. You've all been played, your pastor won't tell you all these things cos they need your tithes and offerings. You need to research.. what happened to the thousands of dead people that resurrected across the city when Jesus resurrected? Isaiah said a young lady(Hebrew word) would give birth to the Messiah, Matthew changed it to virgin( Hebrew word) No mention of virgin birth by Paul and Mark which pre-dates Matthew. Back to the term pagan, all religions are pagan. You have over 20,000 manuscripts written by different sources, thousands of Bible translations and versions, 33000 denominations and yet each brand of Christian believes they're right and others wrong.
@@juanventer5145 I understand you were born into your faith, and you can't think outside of your indoctrinated beliefs. I never mentioned copies of New Testament, seems you can't read or apply logic to things. All the thousands of manuscripts don't agree with each other, fallacious claims. You didn't answer my question, what happened to the hundreds of dead people that resurrected when Jesus supposedly resurrected? You would think that would be recorded in other sources other than the Bible? If you don't respond to that or where did the people that Cain married come from, no response from me. And try use your brain to think.
@@juanventer5145 Ok, let me make it easier for you to comprehend. Were people worshipping the sun before the Israelites compiled their book, yes. Sungod was called Ra, later Amen Ra. Where do you think the Amen you say after praying to Yahweh comes from? Ra was called the giver of life and other names, cos of what the sun does with crops, vegetation etc
Forget the other religions, focus on the unfulfilled prophecies and bogus claims in your Bible first.. Didn't Jesus tell his disciples according to your Bible that they wouldn't see death until his kingdom returns?? And don't tell me the transfiguration was the coming of his kingdom.. Btw Yahweh is the name of one of the neighboring tribe's deities, even theologians agree with that. Just as Mohammed got Allah and Allat from a conquered tribe. There's so much you don't know, slow down and do some research into why you believe what you know nothing about.. You're believing a book that pegs life at 6000 years, and hid other world knowledge from you. A book that called the earth flat and says the sun goes around the sun, Yahweh would have known that's not true since he supposedly created the sun and the earth.
@@juanventer5145 Hey. I already said all religions are the same, man-made, copied or not, plagiarized or not.
Why are you more interested in those correlations than the fake prophecies and bogus miracles and events in the Bible? It's easier for Christians today that 16 books have been removed from the first KJV 1611 and 1579 Geneva Bibles. You believe Elijah was carried on a fiery chariot into heaven, 3 million Jews walked between a divided sea? Talking donkey and snake??
I think Yeshua was an Essene from Nazareth because the Essenes lived in Nazareth. Essenes were a small sect of mainline Judism as were the Smaratians. Many stories in the OT come from ancient Sumerian stories and some from Egypt.
Yeshua/Jesus is God the Son. Hebrews 1:8-9=GOD the Father is calling Yeshua, God. It says the same thing in psalm 45:6&7.
@Legendary Force the thing is, is that it says the same thing in psalm 45 so the old and new testament are in agreement with each other so we know he is God the Son, who died for us and rose.
@Legendary Force They are not stories they are truth, all one has to do it reasearch, study, pray and do your homework. There are archeological evidence for the bibla. The money the cities the people the language and you don't name a time line after a non existent person=B.C.
@Legendary Force the spirit/soul that God ga've us TESTIFIES that he exists. If I were God I would put the knowledge of myself in the soul/spirit of mankind so theycan know me.,people are proof he created everything. Creation has. to have a creator.
This book is interesting, the chapter on early Christians near the end. www.gnosis.org/library/grs-mead/jesus_live_100/ch17.html
From what I’ve read it likely was not Essenes at Qumran. I know this is popular to say, but what is the evidence for such a definitive statement?
It was the Zadok priests who more than likely wrote and collated the scrolls in the Qumran caves.
What I find odd is that if this sect was so open to a messiah like Jesus. Why were they not characters in the New Testament
both r corrupt. welcome to ıslam
@@huseyincebi7091 to islam?, Islam is a new religion that corrupted all the scriptures, that created a new book, without connection with scriptures. No thanks
Very interesting representation.
Awesome video! Just added to ithasbeenwritten.com ! (The Writings section)
Thanks!!! I am reading into spanish, I'm from Peru, blessings!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@claudiagarciac.6293 Fantastico! Espero que la traducción sea lo suficientemente buena para leer sin problemas! God bless you too!
@@ithasbeenwritten222 yes it is...although I am exercising my second lenguage at the same time "english", thanksss it's a great website!
@@claudiagarciac.6293 Wonderful! Thank you for the encouraging feedback and i’m so glad you enjoy the site. God bless you!
When protestant say "Church" what do they (you) refer to?
The body of believers in Christ Jesus, scattered throughout the world
@@toddmurphy4381 Wait, any person that holds any belief on Christ? Gnosticis believed (and still do) in Jesus Christ. So did the Arians. Or do you have some standard beside that, on what constitutes the Church?
I’d say that anyone who declares with their mouth that Jesus is Lord and believes in their heart that God raised him from the dead will be saved, and is a part of the ecclesia. Generally, Protestants often say that anyone who affirms the Apostle’s Creed could be considered a more-or-less orthodox Christian
Jesus had half brothers
Some say Jesus had a twin.
James has always been considered Jesus brother.
@@scottevans9454 Hi Scott! Scripture is clear that Jesus had brothers and sisters. Also, Jesus was born as the only begotten Son of the Father. Stick with the scriptures or deceiving spirit's will lead you into the delusion the scriptures say will come upon the whole world. Seek the Jesus of the Bible friend.
@@scottevans9454 That's james the just, one of the 12
ya i was one of them james the just
Over 100 didn't like this because it doesn't confirm the Da Vinci Code
@Anthony Butler clearly, about 100 people haven't read the book of Isiah, nor the Bible
the da vince code isn't from God.
@Anthony Butler:
To be able to understand the Wisdom of God, you have to have His Holy Spirit in your heart, The Old and New Testaments are ALL about Jesus Christ, but, God has to open the eyes and ears of those reading His word to see Him and to hear His voice.
@Najma Khan wow your mistaken dude.
@Najma Khan all that huge paragraph, yet you missed the mark. You are deceived yourself.
What about a person lives another life....past lives.?
Why do they hide so much of the scrolls and only release what they want?
because they are European fakes....
whats their agenda
The Dead Sea Scrolls are European Fakes.
Fraudulent documents probably manufactured by the institutions of the Catholic Church that specialises in lies fraud and deception.
@@kbora3581 the Catholic Church is also hiding lil green men inside the Vatican which is actually a spaceship disguised as the brisillica. Zzzzz lol
@@michaelahio712
You are a believer therefore any facts about the Catholic Church is meaningless to you. As I pointed before the Catholic Church knows that there never was a Jesus the Christ. Historically this ICON is Greco Roman and hijacked by the "Jews" to undermine Catholicism. Pope Leo X said at one of his lavish banquets "The fable of Jesus the Christ has served us well"..........
Don't take my word do your research
The Bible is the jar and the Dead Sea Scrolls are the lid as further confirmation that Jesus is God. Amen!
A library? Yes, compiled by the Essens? Probably not! The Essens community was 30 kilometers south of Qumron at Engedi! Pleny the elder who was a geographer and he places the Essens in Engedi and archeological evidence confirms this! The scrolls found at Qumron are most likely the library's of the the Zadok priesthood, a livitical sect of the temple priesthood exiled from temple by the Samarian Sanhedren pharisee priesthood! John the Baptist was one of these livitical priest preaching and baptizing in the Judean wilderness, to perpair the way for the teacher of Righteousness! Yashua of the priesthood of Melkezidec!
This for me PROVES beyond a doubt that Jesus in one way or another was heavily influenced by the Essenes or was just an Essene himself! Personally I am inclined to think the latter. He is de Master (as far as I have understood it an Essene rank or title) who sends his disciples into Jerusalem to find the man who carries the water jug (which is a means to identify that man as an Essene) and say to him to prepare a room for the Master.
So, the whole discussion about the divinity of Jesus starts before Jesus even began! Before he was born even! The trouble is that either Jesus himself or his followers distance themselves from the Essenes, they branch out into the world. First the Jewish world and sometime later the whole world. Like a bird who leaves its nest. The idea that Jesus had more likeness to the Pharisees is understandable. Jesus walks between, among the people, in itself not an Essenic thing and they share orthodox Jewish beliefs. I think that Jesus was an Essenic Messianic Missionary, so he had to leave the essenic nest.
Didn't find what you mentioned about Jesus and the Lord saying /doing the same things in Psalms 146???
The gospel say Jesus was born of a virgin. So, by Jewish law he can not be the son of David as popularly attributed to him.
Both Joseph and Mary are descendants of David.
@@elephantintheroom7772 Luke 20:41-44 Jesus deny that the Messiah is the son of David.
@@zahiromare: Not at all. It's possible to be both David's son and David's Lord if Jesus existed before. See John 17:5.
@@PMA65537 I am sorry, Jesus said himself that it is not possible and his word is binding.
I think the best way to study the DDS is by the lens of Rabbinic tradition, most accurately to study the Hebrew language to filter out the mistranslations.
The Hebrew language didn't really exist. Just a bunch of bunk.
He shows (at 9:17) that it's written in the scroll : "Until there come the prophet and the Messiahs" . and he try to explain whi are these 2 mens. And again Christians keep the same idea that the 2 mens refer to Jesus .... very unfortunate! the Messiah is Jesus PBUH and the Prophet is the las messenger of God Muhammad PBUH.
Even If Jesus himself comes and tell you that Muhammad is the last prophet of God you won't believe him, always the same story, Jews denied Jesus and Christians denied Muhammad.
The end time is upon us.
How did JHVH get a "W"? Germans. Like Volkswagen. It's actually Volksvagen.
@Nick Papsi Lam Um ... that's not right, but whatever .. why do we want to put a W in where it doesn't belong?
Wow the Jews expected a Messiah who would heal , raise the dead , forgive peoples sins and defeat satan YET when Jesus Christ appeared doing all these things in front if their eyes they condemned and killed Him for claiming to be exactly that
Some did recognize Him and follow Him, even though they didn't really understand until after He left and the Spirit came to bring understanding. They became the first believers that grew over time into the worldwide church today. As for the rest, they expected these things, but they decided how the Messiah was supposed to look and act before He came, so when Jesus showed up, not as the royal powerful king they were looking for, nor as the warrior to throw off oppression, they decided He was not who He claimed to be. The Jews in power actually didn't want the Messiah to come because that meant they lost their own authority, and they certainly weren't about to give up their power to a lowly carpenter. Isaiah 53 describes both how most of the Israelites would see the Messiah, but also what Jesus would accomplish despite being rejected by them. He held our sin on the cross and died the death we deserved so that in Him, we might not die, but have everlasting life. All praise to You Lord Jesus!! Thank you for loving us enough to die for us!
You are trying to relate the Jesus we know with the old scriptures..this is not the God of the new. As simple as saying the scripture of Isaiah existed, and let's follow to create a messiah. Messiah was an annoited king! Jesus (not his name) was not! But part the reason he was crucified.. claiming to be the king of the Jews.. historically there were others by the name.. Jesus of gamala, Jesus of Ben ananias.. these are only a couple examples.. even according to scripture the kingdom was to come during the generation of his disciples.. I love the passion of belief, but belief isn't truth.
First, let me address the name piece. Jesus was an earthly name given to Him after His incarnation. The fact that others have been called the same name in no way takes away from who He is or what He has done. There have been many Davids, but king David, the line of which Jesus became incarnate in, was still king and still did all the things said about him despite the others of the same name.
Second, He is the high priest of the heavenly temple, not the shadow, the earthly temple. Jesus is also the promised king of the kingdom of heaven, not at this time earthly kingdoms, though a time is coming when Jesus is returning to earth and there will be an earthly kingdom established.
Finally, Jesus is absolutely the God of the old testament and new. In the new testament, He has taken on flesh and the name of Jesus the messiah. In the old, He was known as the Word (Logos) and appears and speaks to mankind. John 5:37 says that no one has seen the Father nor heard His voice. Jesus, both pre-incarnate and post incarnate is the visible/audible part of God who interacts with us. In John 8:58 Jesus tells the gathered crowd that "before Abraham was, I am!" I Am is the name of God declared to Moses from the burning bush in Exodus 3. Jesus is saying not only that He existed before Abraham, but also that He was the one who spoke out of the bush to Moses. The present Pharisees knew this was what He was saying and immediately tried to stone Him for claiming to be God, but somehow, a whole crowd of people trying to stone Him suddenly couldn't find Him. Jesus says in John 14:7 that if we have seen Him, then we have seen the Father. Jesus even showed the disciples where He was in all the old testament prophets and scriptures. Luke 24:27 tells us that Jesus showed them Himself in the books of Moses, the prophets and all the scriptures. Our loving God created us, sustains us and promises us a future. Jesus was always and will always be God. He is my God and my King!
Prodigal Sun - Jesus has been since the very beginning when the heavens and earth were created in Genesis 1. John 1:1-2 and John 1:14 tells us that. He didn't appear in the flesh in the beginning because the time had not yet come because there were no people.
John 1:1-18
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
In the earliest of the 4 gospels, Mark’s gospel, the whole thing points to the deity of Jesus. That’s what the entire gospel is about; Jesus being God. The God of the Old and New Testaments are one and the same.
I won't debate this with you because only God can change your heart. I'm only sharing to show that your first sentence is incorrect. God bless and i hope you find what you're looking for.
Hey Zeus the Kristos never existed. Irs a creation of the Catholic Church....
Pope Leo X has been quoted as saying the fable of "Jesus the Christ " has served us well....
Josephus called this "sect" Essenes (=pious ones); however, he was a self-described Pharisee who falsely claimed to live among them in his early years. See what Christ thinks of Pharisees in Matthew 23. No, this is the sect that Paul called THE WAY (Heb. HaDerech), and these are the 144,000 of Revelation who lived in Qumran for a little over two centuries. Compare the men and women of THE WAY in Damascus -- where there is "a street called Straight" to this day -- with what is recorded in the Damascus Document.
Alan Schuetz
Alan,
Josephus never existed.....all the stories in the Bible are just that stories
Nothing more. Read Solomo Sands book "The Invention of the Jewish People"..Read H G Wells .....
should i buy the dead sea scrolls
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The Catholic Church knows how to make fake documents and artifacts to validate their claims. They have institutionalized the manufacturing process of fake documents and scripts to give the believer a reason to believe.
There never was a Josephus or a Pharisee or a Sanhedrin. That is European lies.
+K Bora, So... some men could make up stuff to produce a Bible, but Solomo Sands could not do the same- make up some stuff and print a book? * Put your trust on the Rock which is Jesus, not on Sands!
Kings have been governmental failures throughout history, which is why we have largely abandoned royalty. So...why are we now enthusiastic about a King returning?
We expect The King to read all the scrolls, and learn lessons from previous failures (-:
John Smith A great expectation John. Or we just accept that I is a very old concept of leadership that belongs in the past.
You're seriously comparing the son of God to a human king?
Ronald Morgan
I am questioning the relevance of comparing any prime form of leadership to the failed model of royalty.
Ronald Morgan
PS. And God and Jesus both no longer exist. If they did they would intervene from time to time, but they do not. e.g. Child cancer.
So you are practicing the equivalent of praying to a rock. What you hear back are the echoes of your own thoughts. Nothing divine in that.
Enjoy your freedom.
Christianity is the most documented group, the best worldview.
who says the truth about ıt wıll show u the way.
What the fuck does that mean?
How did you come to the conclusion that James wrote Hebrews?
The Martas To me it sounds like « understand James, (and) the author of Hebrews », I don’t think he wanted to say that James wrote Hebrews, but I may be wrong :)
Who are you? Whom are your controller's?
Google, the Northern Cross, by Aquilla Fleetwood, youtube!
The Dead Sea Scrolls do refer to Jesus(jeshua) - in the scrolls his nickname is - the man of a lie , The Dead Sea Scrolls do mention john the Baptist - his nickname is - the wicked Priest
what lies did jesus tell and what proof do you have that john was a wicked priest
Its says so in the copper scroll, which was also written by the Essens , and also found in the caves at Qumran the man of a lie - meaning he was born out of wedlock, the manger being a half way home for pregnant woman, Joseph and Mary had sex outside of the rules of the strict Essene cult - this does not mean he was a liar its just a nickname they had for him back then - the Essene's called each other - sons of God and the Woman were called Virgins- Source - Barbara Theiring the theologian biblical scholar spent ten years or more studying the Copper scroll, the dead sea scrolls and the Bible and found these facts ..read her Book -Jesus the Man.
More solid evidence that the trinity theories came along much later.
Genesis 1 isn't "early" enough?
Don't try to be dogmatic about things that are so far above human experience, dear. No theological understanding of our heavenly Father sinks or swims because of the Shema (...hear o Israel, our God is One/Echad)...OR...the certain existence of and reference to the Divine Council of Elohim. (plural form of El)...much less our Savior reminding us that when we are in Covenant with the Father/in Christ, we ALSO are referred to as Gods. Wow...I will admit that I can not be dogmatic about any of this, because it is simply beyond anything I have fully experienced...yet. Shalom
@Random Person JOHN 1:1 AND ACTS 5:1-11=THE GODHEAD OR TRINITY.
@Random Person NO, NOT TRUE AS GOD THE FATHER CALLED JESUS GOD IN HEBREWS THE FIRST CHAPTER AND ALSO IN PSALM CHAPTER 45, STRIKE ONE. ACTS 5:1-10=SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD. STRIKE TWO. REVELATION 22:12=YESHUA IS SAYING WHO HE IS=ALPHA AND OMEGA AND THAT HE IS COMING . VERSE 20=HE WHO TESTIFIES TO THESE THINGS SAYS, YES I AM COMING SOON. AMEN. COME LORD JESUS. DON'T BE AFRAID TO READ THE TEXT, IT WON'T BIT YOU, OH, AND BY THE WAY. THREE STIKES, YOU'RE OUT.
If some-one acts god-like it does not mean he is G-d, a manifestation of G-d is not G-d himself, besides Israel is often called Sons of G-d in Pentateuch, so I just don't understand all this fuss around Qumran speaking about son of G-d - so it must be only Jesus thing ....?
Trying too much to connect it to Jesus like the Old Testament when it doesn’t have nothing to do with him 💀
I'm a layman, but can see where he's coming from. This rips away the fallacies of the so-called academics who denounce the real and actual importance of the arrival of Jesus Christ on the earth, by concocting the event as politically expedient myth by some Jews which grew out of an attempt to parallel the caesars of Rome.
They have nothing to do with us
I think its important to make clear that these writings connected to the Messiah were prophetic. If not, then the story of Jesus is not unique. As stated in secular documentaries. They claim there was a dude that mirrored Jesus. So which is it? Prophetic or historical documentation?
I think this presentation starts out very dishonest when Dr Craig Evans
makes statements that the dead sea scrolls contain nothing of Jesus and his party when he knows there are other peer researched scholars out that that claim James is mentioned. He could have said others think this and I don’t and here’s why I don’t think it is true. But to not mention it at all is very misleading.
The DSS were found in Qumran in 1947. They date back to the 1st century. The whole Bible is with it, except for the book of Esther. To me, it proves the validity of our Bible. Until I heard about DSS I wondered how accurate MY Bible was after 2,000 yrs. It IS the holy word of God and He kept it sanctified.
The Book of Enoch was found right with the Bible scrolls, but it is not included in our western civilization Bibles.
My point, though, is that this collection found in Qumran in 1947 is The OLD Testament writings. But, a year later, The Nag Hammadi was found in Egypt. It contains writings from AFTER Jesus walked the earth. The disciple Thomas wrote 114 statements that he remembered Jesus saying, and there's a Gospel of Mary Magdalene, etc. THIS collection of writings is like The NEW Testament.
I believe we are in the very close end times. These scrolls have been buried in the desert for over 2,000 years and both got discovered around the same time that Israel became a nation (...and The Roswell Incident).
The arch angel told Daniel to shut up the book until the time of the end.
The DSS are Old Testament books. Nag Hammadi were/are (PROVEN) Gnostic FRAUDS.
Jesus WAS an Essene and that is not nonsense.
How so? What makes u come to this conclusion? Maybe it wasn't the Essenes writing the DSS at all.
A fragment from Mathew was found in a collapsed cave, dating to about 40AD.
12 legged Sasquatch.. The assertion is that the previously unidentified 7Q5 is actually a fragment of the Gospel of Mark, chapter 6 verse 52-53. The majority of scholars have not been convinced by O'Callaghan's and Thiede's identification and it is "now virtually universally rejected
Jesus didn't finish his work.
There are still blind people.
You cannot, hermeneutically, place a New Testament Jesus in an Old Testament setting.
Tiny Home Georgia Jesus is eternal he was before the scriptures existed the scriptures are about him.. Ignore if you want but every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus of Nazareth is Lord and Messiah.. Just wait another 100 years and see if im wrong
HI
THAT is EXACTLY what Yeshua did Himself in the ' Road to Emmaus' revelation of Himself in the Prophets of the Tanach!!!!! Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua.
Proverbs 30:4 - "Surely you know"
Psalm 22;
Isaiah 52, 53;
Zechariah 3:8;
Micah 5:2;
Psalm 110:4
"Surely, you know.'
Well done for an interesting lecture, well presented and convincing. But unfortunately it doesn't advance the chances of the New Testament being true one bit. It just shows that the writers of the New Testament were relying on stories that were already in circulation at the time. So what it does advance is the likelihood that the Jesus character is a mash-up of well known stories of the time, and was probably not based on a real individual.
Lee Strobel's THE CASE FOR CHRIST was written by a man just like you.
Archeologists keep finding proof of the NT and they just discovered the home of Peter.
John the Baptist never refer to Jesus when he mentioned a great figure to come after him. There are conflicting narrations in the gospels whether John really knew Jesus.
@zahiromar John the Baptist was 6 months older than Jesus and their mothers were related. John baptised Jesus. (Mathew.)
@@emilyhutjes Yes, we knew it from Luke who wrote many decades after Mark.
But, there was no evidence that they ever met prior to baptism.
@@emilyhutjes Of course, their mothers were related and were Levites. But, Jesus and John never met with each other until the Jordan.
Even so, John never knew Jesus that he while in prison, has to sent his disciples to learn more about him.
Yes, the Dead Sea Scrolls have many sectarian doctrines that have many similarities to the New Testament, and Jesus teachings. That being said, Jesus then is not the original of his teachings, but instead, Jesus learned all these teachings from the Qumran sects.
Christianity as a whole is a hellenized Judaism, since they(Gospel writers/authors) used Septuagint(greek text translation) of the Hebrew Bible. Hellenized jew are those who can not read hebrew language anymore.
I got one simple question: In Luke 4:16-30, when Jesus read a passage from Isaiah 61:1(Septuagint) in Nazareth on one particular Sabbath, why the people in the synagogue were enraged and kicked him out from Nazareth? WHY and what probable cause they were in wrath at what he said???
Read carefully. They were enraged because he was claiming divine authority.
That was quite a stretch from beginning to end. I gotta ask myself, why are people scrambling to place Jesus where he clearly is not? It’s looking to me like the Jesus story has been exposed as fake.
You do not make sense.
According to the Gospel of Thomas, everyone can be a son of Yahweh, even a woman. And Chapter 6 of Genesis have the term "sons of Eloheim", in plural. The question is, is "son of Yahweh or Eloheim" a deity or just another human like you and me? The Gospel of Thomas refers Yahweh's kingdom as "our father's kingdom". Yahshua is NOT Yahweh. He never claimed to be Yahweh. When Moses met Yahweh, Yahweh acknowledged that he had always been the eloheim that Moses' ancestors had worshiped.
@blitz2b Many scholars believe that the Gospel of Thomas is source Q. Many Gospels might actually be based on the Gospel of Thomas. It had also been mentioned in some very early discussions in the correspondence between priests. So, the Gospel of Thomas is as old, if not older than, other so-called canonical Gospels. BTW, Gnostic means believing by experiencing. There are obvious political reasons for the canonical Gospels to be included in New Testament.
It is not just the Gospel of Thomas. The people who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls called themselves "the sons of light". YHWH told Moses that he was "light" and that's why Moses couldn't see him. Recent archaeology found males as well as females in this group of people. In Gospel of Thomas, Yahshua said females deserved the same treatment and were basically not different from males because females could be turned into males. The disciples often said "our Father's kingdom". Obviously, "sons of light" means "son's of YHWH". And both females and males can become "sons of YHWH" as long as they believe. Believe in what? In the son's name, i.e., Yahshua, meaning YAH saves. YAH is Yahweh, the one and only one deity that Moses talked to. None of the Gospels say people should believe in Yahshua as a deity. Instead, people should believe in his NAME! NONE of the Gospels ever says that Yahshua is a deity. Yahweh told Moses explicitly that he was the deity, eloheim, that had always been worshiped by Moses' ancestors. Why didn't Yahshua tell everyone that he was the eloheim who was worshiped by Moses' ancestors?? Yahshua is NOT a deity. The divinity of Yahshua was invented by the Romans who always accepted the belief that a deity can give rise to offsprings and the offsprings are also deities.
How can you even explain the beginning of Genesis chapter 6 logically which says "the sonS of eloheim....."? Tell me! Don't say something like "oh human logic is very limited". In that case, no one should read the Bible or any so-called Gnostic Gospels because nothing is really truly comprehensible by humans. This is up to you. But the Gospel of Thomas says clearly at the very beginning that if you read it over and over again, eventually you should be able to master its content!
BTW, the concept of trinity is PAGAN! No doubt about it.
@Najma Khan So what is the original Greek word for "only begotten"? What is the real meaning of this Greek word? μονογενής (monogenés) means one of a kind or one of a group. mono means one. Genes is from genos which means a group or a kin. BTW, the Gospel of Philip hinted that Yahshua was a rape baby. Mary was raped by the Roman soldiers. This solves the mystery of how a virgin could give birth to a baby. Does this make Yahshua a bad person? NO. It only makes him a better person, a better human.
John Allegro would be rolling on his mushroom
Jesus' brother is not named James!
You don't know what you are talking about!