ANCIENT Canaanite ORIGINS For Gods Of The BIBLE Will BLOW Your Mind - Yahweh vs Baal

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[@rodrigovieirastudies]

Love your deeper and slower paced voice, and the epic animations. Great production values! More of this please, it helps so much in interiorizing the info. Thank you for this invaluable content. Maybe the best out there.

[@dirkjensen969]

Yahweh is a divine command or action. Job, they gathered before Yahweh, submitting to the authority Any divine command is a Yahweh, Jesus is Yahweh, the Burning Bush is Yahweh, follow? Whether by good or bad the will of the council is Yahweh. "I am the LORD thy God, apart from me there is no other" Proof: translate Ki ani huwa v'ien od zulati elim t'horim

[@dirkjensen969]

@@MythVisionPodcast it's literally Anu Huwa N'aki "we are the pure divine ones" in Hebrew, and Sky to Earth or Heaven to Earth in Sumerian.

[@pragmaticcrystal]

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[@dirkjensen969]

@@MythVisionPodcast exodus 3:14 Ani Asher Ani Ex 3:15 Anu Huwa Ani huwa elim t'horim (third person plural) = Ani huwa n'aki (first person singular)

[@1001011011010]

The key move in the Bible's viewpoint is not denying the other gods' existence; it is in denying the other gods' status.

[@kevindiliberto9678]

Really? Watch Jordan Peterson and his group talk about Exodus... Some of them deny all together the Bible brings up other gods. Maybe gives an alternative point of view to discuss

[@1001011011010]

@@kevindiliberto9678 This is strange if true. Exodus 12:12 says "And I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and will kill every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast: and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments; I am the Lord." So here we see judgment being commanded against not just the Egyptians but their gods as well, implying their lesser status when compared with the Lord of the Israelites. Perhaps the most straightforward Biblical passage about the other gods is Psalm 96 (95 in LLX): For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens. Praise and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty in his sanctuary. Today, of course, in our very Christianized language we have certain ideas of what God is or what demons are, that may not have exactly applied then. In ancient Hebrew, like in some languages today, "gods" can lack a specific common word applied to it compared with, say, "spirits", so if you want to really analyze it in the ancients' terms it gets a bit more muddled because of the vocabulary differences. So when you read about the Prophet Samuel being summoned by a witch, some translations may refer to him as a "god" when really he is a "spirit". And so on and so forth

[@JaysonT1]

​@@kevindiliberto9678Peterson is super awesome on many, many things but his veiws on the Bible seem very off. Obviously based on things I have learned.

[@ASH-su6nb]

@@kevindiliberto9678 because they attempt to destroy everything unique about the Hebrew bible to push their own viewpoints

[@CCelia1953]

​@@kevindiliberto9678❤They "see" and hear what they were told it is!! Nothing to be done there. My whole family believe every word and title what they've bn sold from a tender age❤

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Thanks for narrating in your own voice and not using those annoying AI voices

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[@jimmygutro]

I HATE a.i. voices

[@writerblocks9553]

Dang, this Elden ring dlc lore is getting crazy

[@AngraMainiiu]

What if YHWH was the Nameless King all along?

[@writerblocks9553]

@@AngraMainiiu yhwh was the friends we made along the way

[@Atamastra]

Right?! First off, could this be the Greater Will? Visions of introspection.

[@Slugnworm]

Nerd

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[@ScottDCS]

Thank you, Rationality Rules, for sending me this way! Very well done.

[@TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORS]

I second that!

[@SlowMotionAtheist000]

He led me here too!

[@epicofgilgamesh9964]

According to the general consensus of scholarship *(even critical Christian scholars),* YHWH was originally incorporated into the Canaanite pantheon as a son of the Canaanite high god El before inheriting the top spot in the pantheon and El's wife Athirat (Asherah) before religious reforms "divorced" them. El's pantheon in Ugarit (modern day Ras Shamra in Syria) is called the *Elohim,* literally the plural of El. Interestingly, the Biblical god is also referred to numerous times as Elohim. If you want to see if El is fictional, just read his mythology in the Ugaritic/Canaanite texts. "The mysterious Ugaritic text Shachar and Shalim tells how (perhaps near the beginning of all things) *El* came to shores of the sea and saw two women who bobbed up and down. *El* was sexually aroused and took the two with him, killed a bird by throwing a staff at it, and roasted it over a fire. He asked the women to tell him when the bird was fully cooked, and to then address him either as husband or as father, for he would thenceforward behave to them as they called him. They saluted him as husband. He then lay with them, and they gave birth to Shachar ("Dawn") and Shalim ("Dusk"). Again *El* lay with his wives and the wives gave birth to "the gracious gods", "cleavers of the sea", "children of the sea". The names of these wives are not explicitly provided, but some confusing rubrics at the beginning of the account mention the goddess *Athirat (Asherah),* who is otherwise *El's* chief wife, and the goddess Raḥmayyu ("the one of the womb"), otherwise unknown." *"First, a god named El predates the arrival of the Israelites into Syria-Palestine.* Biblical usage shows El was not just a generic noun, but often a proper name for Israel’s God (e.g., Gen 33:20: “El, the God of Israel”)." "I should add here that it is very clear from the grammar that the noun nachalah in v. 9 should be translated “inheritance.” *Yahweh receives Israel as his “inheritance” (nachalah), just as the other sons of El received their nations as their inheritance (nachal, v. 8).* With this verb, especially in the Hiphil, the object is always what is being given as an inheritance. Thus, Israel is given to Yahweh as his inheritance. ((Here I’m indebted to Dan McClellan.)) It would make no sense for Elyon to give himself an inheritance. Moreover, as I’ve argued elsewhere, it is not just the Gentile nations that are divided up according to the number of the *sons of El.* It is all of humankind, i.e., “the sons of Adam.” This clearly includes Israel. And the sons of Adam are not divided up according to the number of the *sons of El,* plus one (i.e., plus Elyon). They are divided up, according to the text, *solely* according to the number of the *sons of El.* *Thus, that Yahweh receives Israel as his inheritance makes Yahweh one of the sons of El mentioned in v. 8. Any other construal of the text would constitute its rewriting.* A Sumerian hymn speaks to the goddess: “Nanshe, your divine powers are not matched by any other divine powers.” *Does this mean that Nanshe was the high goddess, that there were no gods above her? No, it does not.* Nanshe was the daughter of Enki, the high god. *In Sumerian mythology, as with Ugaritic, Israelite, Babylonian, and others, in the ancient past, the high god (Enki, in this case) divided up the world and assigned his children certain domains.* Nanshe was given a limited domain (the modern Persian Gulf) and was tasked with maintaining social justice there. *This is exactly what we see in Deuteronomy 32 with Yahweh. Yahweh is given a limited domain (Israel) and is given authority over his people, to punish them, as well as to protect and defend them against foreign enemies.* That Yahweh, like Nanshe, is said to have incomparable divine power *does not* mean that he is not subordinate to the high god who gave him his domain. *It is also of note that Nanshe, like Baal, Yahweh, and so many other deities, evolved over time. Her domain increased, and she was promoted in the pantheon (although she never became the high goddess)."* *"The Most Heiser: Yahweh and Elyon in Psalm 82 and Deuteronomy 32 - Religion at the Margins"* based on the *majority scholarly consensus.* (Written by Thom Stark who is a Christian) *"Michael Heiser: A Unique Species? - Religion at the Margins"* (A second response to Michael Heiser) *"Excerpt from “Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan” by John Day - Lehi's Library."* *"The Table of Nations: The Geography of the World in Genesis 10"* - TheTorah.com (Excluding the short narrative on Nimrod (vv. 8-12), *which appears to be a later addition,* Genesis 10 contains *70* names of nations or cities, a number that was symbolic of totality. Similarly, the descendants of Jacob were *70* in number (Gen 46:37; Exod 1:5), *as were the sons of the supreme Canaanite god El, with whom YHWH became equated.)* *"Polytheism and Ancient Israel’s Canaanite Heritage. Part V | theyellowdart"* (Of course, much of this [i.e., that Israel worshiped El and Asherah alongside YHWH] is really to be expected given that recent syntheses of the *archaeological, cultural, and literary data* pertaining to the emergence of the nation of Israel in the Levant *show that most of the people who would eventually compose this group were originally Canaanite. As the Hebrew Bible notes, the Hebrew language itself is a Canaanite language, literally the “lip of Canaan” (שְׂפַת כְּנַעַן; Is. **19:18**), and so it cannot often be distinguished by modern scholars from other Canaanite inscriptions on purely linguistic grounds.)* *"Ugarit - New World Encyclopedia"* (Ugaritic religion centered on the chief god, Ilu or El, whose titles included "Father of mankind" and "Creator of the creation." The Court of El was referred to as the (plural) 'lhm or ***Elohim,*** a word ***later used by the biblical writers to describe the Hebrew deity*** and translated into English as "God," in the singular. El, which was ***also the name of the God of Abraham,*** was described as an aged deity with white hair, seated on a throne.) *"Mark Smith: Yahweh as El’s Son & Yahweh’s Ascendency - Lehi's Library"* (Mark Smith is a Catholic) *"God, Gods, and Sons (and Daughters) of God in the Hebrew Bible. Part III | theyellowdart"* *"02 | December | 2009 | Daniel O. McClellan - Psalm 82"* (Daniel McClellan is a Mormon) *"Elohim | Daniel O. McClellan"* (Refer to the article "Angels and Demons (and Michael Heiser)") *"God's Wife Edited Out of the Bible - Almost."* (Pay attention to whose wife Asherah (Athirat) is in the Ugaritic/Canaanite texts and how she became the wife of YHWH/Yahweh) *"Yahweh's Divorce from the Goddess Asherah in the Garden of Eden - Mythology Matters."* *"Asherah, God's Wife in Ancient Israel. Part IV - theyellowdart"* *"The Gates of Ishtar - El, was the original god of the bible."* *"The Gates of Ishtar - Anath in the Elephantine Papyri"* (In addition to Asherah (Athirat) being the consort of Yahweh, it appears some Israelites also viewed the Canaanite goddess Anat(h) as Yahweh's consort) *"Canaanite Religion - New World Encyclopedia"* (Refer to the section "Relationship to Biblical Religion") *"The Syncretization of Yahweh and El : reddit/AcademicBiblical"* (For a good summary of all of the above articles) Watch Professor Christine Hayes who lectures on the Hebrew Bible at Yale University. Watch lecture 2 from 40:40 to 41:50 minutes, lecture 7 from 30:00 minutes onwards, lecture 8 from 12:00 to 17:30 minutes and lecture 12 from 27:40 minutes onwards. Watch *"Pagan Origins of Judaism"* by Sigalius Myricantur and read the description in the video to see the scholarship the video is based on. Watch *"How Monotheism Evolved"* by Sigalius Myricantur and watch up to at least 21:40. Watch *"Atheism - A History of God (The Polytheistic Origins of Christianity and Judaism)"* (By a former theist) Watch *"The Origins of Yahweh"* by Derreck Bennett at Atheologica.

[@epicofgilgamesh9964]

Nevertheless, the historical reconstruction that El was the chief god of the Israelites is not indebted only to the testimony of the (rather late) biblical witness of P. *Numerous biblical texts attest to the fact that the titles, functions, and the imagery associated with the Canaanite god El, as revealed by the Ugaritic texts and the Canaanite myth of Elkunirša, were assimilated into the profile of the deity YHWH.* According to the Ugaritic texts, El was known for his *wisdom* (e.g., KTU2 1.4.V.65[6]) and *great age* (’ab šnm, *“Father of Years,”* and drd, *“Ageless One,”* in KTU2 1.4.IV.24 and 1.10.III.6, respectively),[7] his *compassionate nature* (lţpn il dp’id, *“Kind El, the Compassionate One,”* e.g., KTU2 1.16.IV.9), his role as *father of the gods and humanity* (’ab ’adm, *“father of humanity,”* KTU2 1.14..III.47, and bny bnwt, *“creator of creatures,”* KTU2 1.17.I.24) and *creator of the cosmos.* [8] El was the *divine King* (e.g., KTU2 1.2.III.5-6) and the *head of the pantheon or divine council* (referred to variously as the dr ’il, *“circle of El/Family of El,”* KTU2 1.15.III.19; mpħrt bn ’il, *“the assembly of the sons of El,”* KTU2 1.65.3; bn ’il, *“the sons of El,”* KTU2 1.40.33, 41; pħr kbbm, *“assembly of the stars,”* KTU2 1.10.I.3-4; ‘dt ’ilm, *“assembly of the gods,”* KTU2 1.15.II.7; cf. KTU2 1.2.I; 1.3V; 1.4 IV-V) which met at the sacred mountain. *His consort was the goddess Athirat who bore him seventy sons* (šb‘m bn ’atrt, *“the seventy sons of Athirat,”* KTU2 1.4.VI.46). El was also known for his *divine patronage and blessing of progeny to humans* (as in the Epic of Kirta; see, for example, KTU2 1.14.III.46-51), for his *appearances to humans in dreams* (e.g., KTU2 1.14.I.35-37), as *being a healer* (KTU2 1.16.V-VI), and for his *dwelling at the sacred mountain* (e.g., KTU2 1.2.III.5-6) at the *sources of the mythical rivers* (KTU2 1.2.III.4; 1.3.V.6; 1.4.IV.20-22; 1.17.V.47-48) in a *tent* (KTU2 1.2.III.5; 1.3.V.8; 1.4.IV.24; 1.17.V.49; c.f. the Canaanite myth Elkunirša which *describes El’s abode as a tent[9]).[10]* *To underscore the fact that terminology and imagery originally used for the god El was adopted by the Israelites in their descriptions of YHWH,* the following brief summary might be placed in comparison to the discussion of El above: YHWH is an *aged, patriarchal deity* (Ps. 102:28; Job 36:26; Is. 40:28; Dan. 7.9-14, 22), *a father* (Deut. 32:6; Is. 63:16; 64:7; Jer. 3:4, 19; 31:9, etc.), *merciful and gracious* (Ex. 34:6; Jon. 4:2; Joel 2:13; Ps. 8615; 103:8; 145:8, etc.), *a divine patron who bestows the blessing of progeny upon Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,* often manifesting himself in *dreams or visions, a healer* (Gen. 20:17; Num. 12:13; 2 Kgs. 20:5, 8; Ps. 107:20, etc.), who *dwells in a tent* (Ps. 15:1; 27:6; 91:10; 132:3) *amidst the heavenly waters* (Ps. 47:5; 87; Is. 33: 20-22; Ez. 47:1-12, etc.), the *creator of the cosmos,* who is enthroned as *heavenly King* in the *divine council* (1 Kgs. 22:19; Is. 6:1-8; cf. Ps. 29:1-2; 82; 89: 5-8, etc.) on the *sacred mount of assembly* (e.g., Is. 14:13). Additionally, in much Israelite religious practice throughout the monarchic period, *YHWH had a divine consort, the goddess Asherah, the Hebrew equivalent of Ugaritic Athirat.[11]* (Originally the wife of El) *"When Jehovah Was Not the God of the Old Testament. Part II - theyellowdart"* Watch Professor Christine Hayes who lectures on the Hebrew Bible at Yale University. Watch lecture 2 from 40:40 to 41:50 minutes, lecture 7 from 30:00 minutes onwards, lecture 8 from 12:00 to 17:30 minutes and lecture 12 from 27:40 minutes onwards. Watch *"Pagan Origins of Judaism"* by Sigalius Myricantur and read the description in the video to see the scholarship the video is based on. Watch *"How Monotheism Evolved"* by Sigalius Myricantur and watch up to at least 21:40. ------------------------------------------------------------------ In addition, look up the below articles. *"Jews and Arabs Descended from Canaanites - Biblical Archaeology Society."* ("The study in Cell not only establishes that the ancient Israelites were ***descended from the Canaanites,*** but also establishes that the Canaanite people across the separate city-states of the southern Levant, and over a period of 1,500 years, were a genetically cohesive people.") *"The Canaanites weren't annihilated, they just 'moved' to Lebanon - The Times of Israel."* *"Ancient Canaanite religion explained* - everything.explained.today" *"Archeology of the Hebrew Bible - NOVA - PBS"* ("Many scholars now think that *most of the early Israelites were originally Canaanites, displaced Canaanites,* displaced from the lowlands, from the river valleys, displaced geographically and then displaced ideologically.") *"Origins of Judaism explained* - everything.explained.today" ("According to the current academic historical view, the origins of Judaism lie in the Bronze Age amidst polytheistic ancient Semitic religions, ***specifically evolving out of Ancient Canaanite polytheism,*** then co-existing with Babylonian religion, and syncretizing elements of Babylonian belief into the worship of Yahweh as reflected in the early prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible. (The Torah)". *Refer to the bibliography at the bottom of the page)* *"Canaanite languages - Britannica"* ("Group of Northern Central or Northwestern Semitic languages including ***Hebrew,*** Moabite, Phoenician, and Punic.") *"El - New World Encyclopedia"* (Refer to the section "El Outside the Bible" and the fact that *most of the early Israelites were originally indigenous or displaced Canaanites)* *"El (deity) explained* - everything.explained.today" (Refer to section "Ugarit and the Levant" and the fact that *most of the ancient Israelites were originally indigenous or displaced Canaanites* and see how Yahweh, later conflated with El (Yahweh-El(ohim)) is fictional) *"The Gods and Goddesses of Canaan - Essay - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History"* *"Canaanite Phoenician Origin of the God of the Israelites."* *"The Phoenician (Canaanite) God Resheph in the Bible - Is That in the Bible?"* *"How the Jews Invented God and Made Him Great- Archaeology - Haaretz."* *"When the Jews believed in other gods - Archaeology - Haaretz"* *"The Invention of God - Maclean's"* *"How Did the Bible’s Editors Conceal Evidence of Israelite Polytheism - Evolution of God by Robert Wright."* *"A Theologically Revised Text: Deuteronomy 32:8-9 - Ancient Hebrew Poetry."* *"Biblical Contradiction #3: Which God is the Creator of the Heavens and Earth: Yahweh or El?"* - Dr Steven DiMattei *"Biblical Contradiction #27. Are Yahweh and El the Same God or Not?"* - Dr Steven DiMattei *"Biblical Contradiction **#294**, **#295**, **#296**. Which god liberated Israel from Egypt: Yahweh or El?"* - Dr Steven DiMattei *"Quartz Hill School of Theology - B425 Ugarit and the Bible."* *"The Origins of Yahweh and the Revived Kenite Hypothesis - Is That in the Bible?"* *"Yahweh, god of metallurgy - Fewer Lacunae."* *"Polytheistic Roots of Israelite Religion - Fewer Lacunae."* *"Yahweh was just an ancient Canaanite god. We have been deceived! - Escaping Christian Fundamentalism"* *"Religious Studies: El, Yahweh and the Development of Monotheism in Ancient Israel."* *"Yhwh, God of Edom - Daniel O. McClellan."*

[@libertyblueskyes2564]

Wow. Such scholarship!

[@jacobpast5437]

Thank you for all the sources

[@epicofgilgamesh9964]

You're welcome.

[@tatimoa]

Khhh

[@pragmaticcrystal]

WE ARE MYTHVISION ‼️

[@warrenbruhn5888]

After watching/listening to several MythVisuon programs in recent years, I have to say that this is the best yet!

[@fredwoods-o3g]

Nice work. Too bad Hollywood will not touch the Canaanite mythology, because mainstream media hinting that the Abrahamic religions are all just ancient myths would generate a lot of controversy.

[@botarakutabi1199]

Can't wait til hollywood can do to these myths what they did with the Greek pantheon

[@dananorth895]

Knowing the truth tends to break spells.

[@RightOnBro72]

Maybe Disney (aka "Marvel") could do some super-hero movies, like they did "Eternals."

[@StoneInMySandal]

That’s also why Hollywood won’t touch Mesopotamia. It leads directly to contradiction in the narrative used by Judaism, Christianism, and Islam.

[@preythemantis5731]

Too many Jews producing movies

[@GnosticInformant]

This is too much to handle!

[@kathy1154]

Elohim is plural (group of "gods"), Amos 4:11 I overthrew some of you, as when the Elohim overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah... declares YHWH. Genesis 1:26 the Elohim said "let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness" Genesis 3:22 the Elohim said "Behold, the man is become as one of US, to know good and evil." Genesis 11:7 "let US go down and confound their language" Isaiah 26:13 oh YHWH, our God, other Lords besides thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. Habakkuk 3:3 God (Eloah) came from Teman, and the Holy one from mount Paron. Exodus 18:11 YHWH is greater than all Gods 23:13 make no mention of the names of other Gods 20:5 thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for... am a jealous God 34:14 for thou shalt worship no other God: for YHWH, whose name is jealous, is a jealous God. 🤣 Joshua 24:2 thus says YHWH, the God of Israel, 'long ago, your fathers... served other Gods 🤣 Deuteronomy 4:31-32 For YHWH, thy God is a merciful God... for ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the Gods(Elohim) created man upon the earth. Exodus 6:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a Elohai (god): And ye shall know that I am YHWH, your God (Elohai) Exodus 3:6 I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Deuteronomy 7:6 YHWH, thy Elohim (god) hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself above all the people that are on the face of the earth. Legend of the Jews 1&2 Pg. 273 "for God is called the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and never the God of anyone else. Pg 490-491 "Now that you hearest the whole exact truth, I AM only the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Genesis 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant to be an Elohim unto thee and thy seed after thee. Jeremiah 31:1 ...saith YHWH, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. I Corinthians 8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords)🤣 Jeremiah 44:17 ... to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out offerings to her. Jeremiah 7:17 women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven. Jeremiah 7:9 ... burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other Elohim (gods) Judges 2:13 and they forsook YHWH, and served Baal and Ashtoreth Judges 3:17... forgot YHWH, their God, and Baalim and the groves. Jeremiah 16:23 to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon, their God. I Samuel 2:12 now the sons of Eli, were sons of Belial, they know not YHWH Zephaniah 2:11 YHWH will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the Elohim (gods) of the earth. Leviticus 18:21 and thou shalt not let any seed pass through the fire to Molech 👇 Ezekiel 20:25 wherefore I gave them statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live 20:26 and I polluted them with their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth up the womb, that I might make them desolate to the end, that they might know that I am the LORD (YHWH) EXAMPLE 1 Exodus 22:29-30 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe produce and of thy liquors. The firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with it's dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it to me. HOW TO COOK YOUR SACRIFICE Leviticus 2:13 Every oblation of thy MEAT OFFERING thou shalt season with salt. Leviticus 2:14 a MEAT OFFERING of thy FIRSTFRUITS unto YHWH thou shalt offer Leviticus 2:1 And when any will offer a MEAT OFFERING unto YHWH, his offering shall be of fine flour, he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon. Leviticus 6:21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto YHWH Leviticus 1:9 A food offering with a pleasing aroma to YHWH CONFIRMATION Nehemiah 10:35-36 And we made ordinances to bring the FIRSTFRUITS... to the house of YHWH. To bring the FIRSTBORN OF OUR SONS and our cattle, AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW. CONTEMPLATION Micah 6:7 Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body, for the sin of my soul? EXAMPLE 2 Legend of the Jews 1&2 pg 313 by Ginsburg "YHWH has a habit of choosing a favorite member of our family as a SACRIFICE unto himself EXAMPLE 3 2 Kings 3:27 So he took his firstborn son... and offered him.... as a burnt offering. EXAMPLE 4 Numbers 31:40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which YHWH's tribute was thirty and two persons (Midianite virgins) 31:41 And Moses gave tribute, which was YHWH'S HEAVE OFFERING, unto Eleazar the priest as an offering for YHWH, as YHWH commanded Moses. HEAVE OFFERING Numbers 18:26 ...you shall offer up a HEAVE OFFERING of it to YHWH... Leviticus 10:14 ...The HEAVE OFFERING you shall EAT... EXAMPLE 5 Judges 11:30-39 Japtheth made a vow to YHWH... Whatever comes out of the doors of my house... I will offer up as a burnt offering. ... there was his coming out to meet him... he carried out her vow with her, which he had vowed.

[@TSBG2003]

@@kathy1154this is a long post before o read it is this just pointing out the contradicting voice of El and YHWH?

[@kathy1154]

@@TSBG2003 The numerous references to multiple gods, within the book of monotheism, authored by their "one true god."🤷‍♀️

[@Jesuslordoflords-y4m]

​@@kathy1154 John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. Genesis 19:24 Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. God is One(Deuteronomy 6:4) but not singular, He is multiple divine beings.

[@kathy1154]

@@Jesuslordoflords-y4m it's amazing the correlation between lying and cognitive dissonance. I wouldn't blame others for your indoctrination and lack of reading comprehension skills.

[@fireofthelord408]

Last year, I stepped out of Christianity and learned about other religions, and my need for knowledge led me to learn about God and where God came from. And I finally concluded that all religions are made-made and the gods are made up. Just myths. Now I don't have a religion. But I believe in the god of the universe. The true God, the one that believed by Xenophanes: 1] that "God is one, supreme among gods and men, and not like mortals in body or in mind." He maintained that there was one greatest God. God is one eternal being, spherical in form, comprehending all things within himself, is the absolute mind and thought,[q] therefore is intelligent, and moves all things, but bears no resemblance to human nature either in body or mind. is: beyond human morality, does not resemble human form, cannot die or be born (God is divine thus eternal), no divine hierarchy exists, and God does not intervene in human affairs.[13] And I'm going to add that this God has no religion and does not favour one nation above the rest because all people and all things are his. Has no "holy book" so called, but has written his laws and will in everything. God is not out there, he/she or it, whatever you wanna call it is within you.

[@markuslaugner4853]

Hope you read the Bavagita

[@DS-11]

Ya, probably not.

[@billbramski7209]

The God of the Bible is supreme lol. He is Father son and spirit unlike any other Elohim. Do yourself a favor Look up Dr. Michael Heiser. Blessings.

[@JamesCollins-g8h]

The only power any god has is the power humans give them.

[@Aurealeus]

......in their minds and the minds of others, which isn't real "power," but only the illusion of power.

[@deparagigm]

101% true

[@juansuarez705]

True. Unless it is with a capital G.

[@dananorth895]

Same with demons, same with ALL power. ie political.

[@trulyrich707]

The only true power a human being has is that which comes from GOD.

[@danielramirezgarcia2104]

the story at the beginig sounds like Quetzalcoatl vs Cipactli, or Thor vs Jordmmundgandr, ot zeus vs Typhon, all of them, gods vs big sea monsters.

[@adrelossanchez6991]

Right

[@prof.mrsirdr1896]

It's taken from the story of Marduk vs. Tiamat of Babylon. Before Marduk, it was Enlil. All storm gods. We don't know the origins of the Babylon pantheon, but it is believed that all pantheons in the Middle East to Europe all originated from Babylon.

[@adrelossanchez6991]

@@danielramirezgarcia2104 coatl thor and Zeus are all Jesus

[@adrelossanchez6991]

@@prof.mrsirdr1896 And Jesus is the connection of them all

[@prof.mrsirdr1896]

@adrelossanchez6991 what are you talking about? Jesus came along 2000 years later. He started as a prophet of yahweh in Mark, the earliest written book, and by John, he was yahweh himself. If you read through Mark, all of his "miracles" were also water-based because the god he was a prophet of was a storm/water god.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

The terrible battle scene in the first two minutes reminded me of nothing less than Gojira versus all the electricity Hong Kong's power grid can muster.

[@Adonaymekonnen]

Derek you saved my life by this channel keep going 🙏

[@BenYork-UBY]

It's always fascinating learning about the ancient mythos from which modern christian ideology came. Modern Christian beliefs would be totally unrecognizable to the ancient Hebrews despite Christian ideology claiming to be that old

[@IamHumanWoman]

Roman church was inspired and influenced by the Valentian Gnostics

[@deborahjones695]

I can't get enough of this information. Keep giving this information. Break the religious lies and deception. Say it and l will spread it.💯

[@nuggz4424]

Do you watch Dr Hillman/Lady Babylon? This is good but Hillman is next level.

[@asliketheson]

So just whatever huh . Just as long as you can squirm away from what you’ve done lol same old same old . Just itching to believe anything else . It was spacemen . There was nothing and it blew up and became everything and we’ll if you just add more time it all mixes together and you get life from rocks and gas .

[@davidclark573]

Bertrand Russell said an atheist is what you become after you read the bible, a christian is what you become when you let other people tell you what is in the bible. What need did Yahweh have for gold that he requested after Moses or Joshua invaded cities?

[@dsg4239]

Betrand Russell said that at the same time, it is clear from his arguments that he probably did not read the Holy Scripture himself, and if he did, it was certainly not with understanding

[@davidclark573]

@@PaulBunyun1954 I am going to take the time to help you out. Read this quote of mine over and over: NO ONE ON PLANET EARTH KNOWS WHAT GOD IS. Including you and your preacher.

[@davidclark573]

@@dsg4239 His quote is famous and based on reading the bible. Remember this famous quote of mine from my book Homoexternicus, The direction of Man. NO ONE ON PLANET EARTH KNOWS WHAT GOD IS, including you and your pastor.

[@davidclark573]

@@PaulBunyun1954 If god is real where is he? Time for you to consider my prescient quote: NO ONE ON PLANET EARTH KNOWS WHAT GOD IS. Including you and your preacher.

[@davidclark573]

@@PaulBunyun1954 You and no one else knows what god is. I do not like to respond to ignorance. Where is this god you talk about? Oh I forgot someone else told you he exists and you just believe the person.

[@Freeasabirdnow]

Basically GoT is the story of the south vs north and dragons from an ancient kingdom. Same story.

[@darranwilkins4648]

not realy after yhwh has for want rap ed and stole the land and prockaimed himself el then it becomes a battle of north and south with isreal falling and judae surviving but emracing all qualities of ellohiem yhwh but its not good enough the semitic and racist elements bring the judges and later sects sadducies maccabees etc etc all who like today are vicious and narrow minded be it christisn jew or muslim no tollatace for others

[@malaltherenegadegod]

I had read an academic paper dealing with this; they called it 'The twin opposing dragons'. Basically they claimed two opposite, yet twin dragons, have been engineering society from the shadows since the dawn of time, while simultaneously warring with each other.

[@dorvrith]

​@@malaltherenegadegodAhura Mazda and Ahriman

[@malaltherenegadegod]

@@dorvrith Yes! You get it. :)

[@jonathonjubb6626]

This is an excellent summary, thank you...

[@antonius_006]

Why was there a civil war in the first place ? Did their god fail them ?

[@ljsmooth69]

L. I know who else is. Enlil, later known as Elil and Ellil, is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms. He is first attested as the chief deity of the Sumerian pantheon, but he was later worshipped by the Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Hurrians.

[@robertquimby4033]

Something I noticed years ago but don't think I've ever seen mentioned. All the named angels end in El. To me, it seems possible that angels are just gods of the pantheon of El.

[@sushanart]

Interesting idea! Lucifer is one of the exceptions then? Then what is he? I thought that "El" meant "of God" but it's not that easy is it. 😇🩷🙏🙌

[@tomgoff7887]

@@sushanart Lucifer and Satan appear to be titles or job descriptions. His name before his 'fall ' from heaven was Samael I think. Also, I thought perhaps it might be that El=God and el=god.

[@rebellefleur2993]

El lah = Al lah

[@allwillberevealed777]

​@@sushanart H1966 Lucifer Transliteration: hêlēl Pronunciation: hay-lale' Hallel-ujah?

[@DS52116]

@@sushanart Because Lucifer is a latin translation of the original hebrew word found in the text, Helel - ending in El.

[@Sandra-mk7uo]

Thanks!

[@M4ttNet]

Great video. You can definitely see how the Gnostics came to their view of the Demiurge etc in context to this. Honestly if you looked at it as if any of these Gods did exist YHWH really looks like a deceptive villain. Yeah I am the big daddy God, for realz, feed me your worship.

[@asliketheson]

Hardly . Wow such a puny view of a holy creator of the university lololololol it’s ok you have limited heartbeats . Maybe tonight you can meet him

[@M4ttNet]

@@asliketheson Ok. Well I wish you the best, have a nice day.

[@Anyox17]

Completely agree! And it always amazes me how the gnostics came to their views and held firm in them at such a time in history. Really quite courageous I think.

[@Cocreatewithus]

He did call himself a jealous god after all. And jealousy has never been seen as a positive characteristic.

[@IamHumanWoman]

Gnosis makes sense to me. I’ve been obsessed with all ancient human history, my entire life. I can see how all of the “myths” of ancient cultures and civilizations seem to be intertwined with a plagiarism that stems from the Mesopotamian gods.

[@ArveEriksson]

Dang, the lead-in to this video has some major production quality to it! Job well done!

[@ArveEriksson]

(Also... I can kind of see this figure in the background lore of some Xeno-game or other. Here's hoping!)

[@Skymannot6939]

I truly wish myth vision was a national broadcast, keep up good work, thank you 🙏

[@SamGarcia]

Hosea 2:16 “And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.”

[@MrBlazingup420]

Atargatis is said to be the mermaid who was the original inspiration for all mermaid stories. She was an Assyrian Goddess. She was said to be the goddess of the moon, fertility and water and was worshipped 3000-4000 years ago in ancient Assyria and later all over the Mediterranean, the Canaanite Asherah, known as Athirat, the wife of El and mother of the gods, was a principal deity in Tyre, and the connection of Asherah to the maternal goddess Astarte has been a long-standing theory among scholars. Astarte, goddess of war and sexual love, shared so many qualities with her sister, Anath, that they may originally have been seen as a single deity. Their names together are the basis for the Aramaic goddess Atargatis. Atargatis is a Kuliltu, Sumerian "Fish-Woman", Kulullû, inscribed 𒄩𒇽𒍇𒇻, "Fish-Man", was an ancient Mesopotamian mythical monster. Assyrian mythology, he was associated with kuliltu, "Fish-Woman", and statues of them were located in the Nabû temple in Nimrud, ancient Kalhu. Dagon was a god within the Mesopotamian pantheon of over 1000 deities. He was worshiped as a creator god, chief deity, and lord of the land in ancient Syria and coastal regions near the Euphrates river, where he was later depicted as half-man, half-fish, his wife was Shalash; while well attested in Tuttul and elsewhere, she is seemingly absent in sources pertaining to Dagan's cult in Terqa. Their children were Hadad (analogous to Ugaritic Baal) and possibly Hebat, who is attested alongside Dagan and Shalash in a mourning ritual from ancient Aleppo. In Sumerian shalasu, means “merciful”, “mercy” in Sumerian is shashuningin, both words are based on sha, meaning “heart”. The Sumerian names Ninkusi ("lady of gold"), Ninudishara ("mistress who amazes the world") and Ninsuhzagina ("Lady, diadem of lapis lazuli") as synonymous with Shalash. Shala (Šala) was a Mesopotamian goddess of weather and grain and the wife of the weather god Adad. Shalash is Ninlil, the wife on Enlil, the god El

[@esotericrain3091]

For years I’m speaking about the Baal cycle. It breaks all Abrahamic religions.

[@m3c4nyku43]

22:38 That just shows the lack of faith of the military generals in God against the latest military technology, rather than anything else. Psalm 20:7 "Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the LORD our God."

[@lesleymeldrum7142]

Wondering if you have a discussion on the dangers of zealousness or irrationality. I'm from Brisbane Australia and at this very moment 14 congregation members of The Saints are on trial for murder. They denied a child her diabetes insulin shot, believing that God would heal her. They prayed over her as they watched her struggle at the altar until her last breath.

[@SusanSpurlin-d8h]

@@lesleymeldrum7142 That is so sad! 😞

[@madeirafonseca6383]

Shocking!! How people can be so ignorant in the modern world.

[@cricketdhamaka1973]

I verified it, and it is true. It happened in 2022. She was 8 years old. The Guardian has published this.

[@kathybrem880]

That’s horrible!

[@asliketheson]

That’s horrible , then that just means none of it is true

[@dananorth895]

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck.......it's probably baal.

[@baldsealion]

Which translation translates death as "Mot" for Isaiah 25:8 ? I tried locating one but I do not see such. Please provide a source, thank you.

[@ChristopherHall1678]

Another couple of great contributions to this topic are, "Does Divine Plurality in the Hebrew Bible Demonstrate an Evolution From Polytheism to Monotheism in Israelite Religion?" By Dr. Michael S. Heiser. And "The Bible is both Polytheistic AND Monotheistic." (KZbin video) By Ben Stanhope. The Israelites are truly fascinating.

[@darksalmon]

I hear about Ground News and it sounds great. I wish it were free.

[@doctorjekyll6125]

“The Israelites nearly extinguished the native population”…..

[@hashimalzarooni9179]

Nope, we are still thriving Canaanites-Arabs

[@hoodedcreeper2465]

Read the book of Joshua. After Moses had died his servant Joshua took his place and the Israelites took over the land across the Jordan River as God had promised them.

[@c.b.5535]

History is repeating itself.

[@IamHumanWoman]

Find out what synagogue means in Ancient Greek, what the Torah is written in…and you’ll be in shock .

[@Genesis12verse2]

@@IamHumanWoman It means an assembly, and the Torah was written in Old Hebrew, Im not quite sure im following you.

[@caucasianmustache2239]

J.R.R Tolkien Was a mad genius for using this same structure in his origin story.

[@brotherlogicrmf2199]

When you said 70 gods. The first thing that popped up in my head was the Septuagint 💯

[@rcnfo1197]

Think of all the religious wars past and present, all fought over mythologies. Those paper gods had a lot of power after all.

[@tuinov6286]

Why would they create similar gods in all cultures if its all myth. Ancient people were smart, they created languages, math and sciences. I don't know why would they create these gods if its all bs.

[@rcnfo1197]

@@tuinov6286 Just look at all the anthropomorphic traits given to the god of the Old Testament (Hebrew Torah), or the function of the gods, and it's obvious why they are similar across cultures. Man created the gods in our image, or to explain common natural events before a scientific understanding of the cosmos had fully developed. That understanding didn't really take off until the enlightenment, long after the gods were entrenched in popular culture as a viral meme.

[@allwillberevealed777]

​@@rcnfo1197 And the solution is to unite and hold hands? Right? 😒 Not happening.

[@rcnfo1197]

My point was that people fought and died for a belief that had no basis in reality, kind of like your comment.

[@simplybaker.]

Now THIS is my kinda content. These and the longggg live streams

[@Freedom_Born]

22:40 "Yahweh's promise to help the Hebrews in battle, is thwarted by the superior technology of Israel's enemies..." 😂

[@Narrator1]

Curses! They outfitted their chariots with iron!

[@BillyThomas-p2o]

All powerful and all-knowing, yet iron Chariots are his kryptonite. 🤷‍♂️

[@calebgray1733]

​@@Narrator1hey, iron chariots have like spikes and stuff. You would need gods god to beat something like that.

[@pmaitrasm]

Chemosh is mentioned in the Mesha Stele.

[@Blindrainman]

This wasn’t a matter of Yahweh failing to overcome the iron chariots. It was a matter of the people of Judah failing to have faith in Yahweh that he would protect them from the iron chariots. If you study the chapter as a whole, you’ll see that Yahweh commanded the Israelites to completely destroy the Cannanites. No prisoners type of deal. At first, this is what they do and everything goes well for them. But then, Judah loses its nerve and refuses to go against the iron chariots despite Yahweh’s promise that the land would be delivered to them. Everything falls like a house of cards after that initial sin. Not only do they not kill all the Cannanites in the land, some tribes even allow some Cannanites to remain in the land and live with them. This is exactly the opposite of what Yahweh commanded the Israelites to do. It wasn’t a matter of Yahweh not being powerful enough to expel the Cannanites. It was a matter of the Israelites choosing not to have the faith required to get the job done. Its important to study the actual literature itself to fully understand what the text is saying, instead of basing all your information off of one KZbin video. Videos like these are very informative, bring up great discussion points, and give accurate information. However, they often do not give all the information needed to fully understand the topic, and often that information is biased to one side or the other.

[@sterlingjones9474]

You know I never see Christian ever react to videos like this, which suprised me because you’d think they want to prove such things wrong.

[@madeirafonseca6383]

A video like this would give them vertigo.

[@Blindrainman]

There are plenty of Christian KZbinrs who react to videos like this. Inspiring Philosophy is one, Mike Winger is another. Beware of the KZbin echo chamber. That algorithm will suck you into a hole of one-sided information. Fact-checking this stuff yourself is also a good idea and fairly easy to do, if you are interested enough to do so. For example, in this video the guy talks about Yahweh losing to iron chariots. This is a really bad interpretation, which one would see fairly clearly if they studied the entire chapter of Judges. Basically, the Israelites lost faith and disobeyed Yahweh’s commands to wipe out the Cannanites. They lost because they chose to do the opposite of what God told them to do, not because God was less powerful than the Cannanite gods. Googling this stuff and looking up videos of these issues will expose you to a lot more information from the other side of the aisle, so to speak. If you start pursuing this information yourself and listen to what the other side has to say, whatever that other side is to you, you will soon realize that these issues are far more complex than what videos like this make it seem.

[@tuinov6286]

I am a christian and i look at these things as facts. The only problem i have is Jesus was so different than all these gods. In attributes and behavior he is the closest to how a creator would behave in my opinion. Not trying to destroy his creation but saving them. At the same time according to texts jesus and yahweh are basically the same. But if we look at their behavior they are opposites. The truth is very hard to find.

[@Blindrainman]

@@sterlingjones9474 all right, posting a second time because KZbin is constantly dropping my comments. There are plenty of Christian KZbinrs who discuss issues such as these. Inspiring philosophy, Mike Winger, and Frank Turek come to mind. Beware the KZbin algorithm. You don’t want to get sucked into a hole of one-sided information.

[@madeirafonseca6383]

@@tuinov6286 If you get nothing else out of this video, you should at least see that you need to do your own research and not rely on everything you hear from a pulpit.

[@Blodyqueef]

“In the beginning… there was AI art!”

[@Pootycat8359]

And Kali slew the dragon with her sword, But from each drop of blood of the dragon, arose a new dragon. So she slew those, but their blood produced even more dragons! So, she took her scarf, and strangled the dragons. They shed no blood, so there were no more dragons. "Kill for the love of killing, kill for the love of Kali!"

[@kdog543]

There no true living God but God himself.💜🦁👑🦅God sits on an golden throne that floats above earthly ground or in heaven ground. God wears a leather paps at his loins and physical bodily is like the sun in the daytime skies. Holy Creator heavenly father God of God's but one and only the most High.🦁🍷👑🗡🦅

[@Steven_McCrae]

The more i learn about religion, The more i know I’m not religious.

[@Jayghopkins]

As a Jehovah's witnesses I agree

[@priyanlal666]

🔥 god is not in the fence of religion. 👍🏻

[@peterwollen2748]

Excellent information and presentation! Keep up the good work.

[@bortiz11]

Absolutely interesting and informative!

[@Mr_Stav]

Thanks!

[@yeshuaisjoshua]

Yhwh lost a battle to chemosh.

[@segirinyahenry8553]

Where is this written in the Bible?

[@yeshuaisjoshua]

@@segirinyahenry8553 Read the Bible.

[@MarcieMercie]

@@segirinyahenry8553 2 Kings 3

[@PaulBunyun1954]

You lost your soul.

[@yeshuaisjoshua]

@@PaulBunyun1954 To a yhwh that is fictional.

[@Tv-zeggay]

Thank you very much, watching from Ghana 🇬🇭 pls which version were you reading, I mean the Bible verses

[@johnsmith-tq5zn]

Such videos should come with a warning, something like, "If believing in Christianity is important to you, don't watch this."

[@michaeldriggers7681]

I would say the opposite.

[@VashtiPerry]

Why? The title already suggests that the information is going to be different from what taught in church. If they click it, they are curious.

[@DM-zq8qy]

“Warning: Truth (supported by objective evidence) will contradict all “faiths” and may cause discomfort for those unwilling to think.”

[@IAMElectric369]

I know what you’re saying and you are right. This only deepens the confusion and none of this is true Christianity. It’s new age Christianity. I find it quite comical that what is considered ‘new age’ is way older than what is modern Christianity. True Christianity is that of the Gnostics and the knowledge held by the knights Templar. You know, that stuff modern Christians call evil. The deception is disheartening because you don’t figure this out unless you’ve searched with a completely clear and open mind. 9 out of 10 people don’t have that ability.

[@jbeard3390]

As a Christian I have no issue with this video, it just describes what the culture was like. It explains why the Bible is written in the way it is.

[@uniqueglow9541]

A reasonable explanation of the origin of the ancient Hebrews is that a number of them came from Egypt to the land of Canaan under the leadership of a man who was called Moses. They were likely related culturally or otherwise to the Canaanites, they fought with and intermingled with the Canaanites and adopted, adapted, borrowed or shared many of their beliefs or religious views. As with other ancient biblical stories, the tales about the Hebrews leaving Egypt and coming to the land of Canaan through the desert were transmitted and described with embellishments, exaggerations, and metaphorical or supernatural depictions. But these embellished stories were rooted in real historical events.

[@OrichalcumHammer]

30:14 Remember Heracles/Hercules becomes part of Heavens after his d3-ath.

[@AssyrianFury]

This is common knowledge among occultists. As we read ancient text. Also the god El and his wife and Yahweh had a wife too. Not monotheistic. The Jews actually copied monotheism from the god Ashur after the Assyrians conquered the known world. Yahweh was a storm and warrior god.

[@CurtisVos-e6i]

Great video showing the importance of historical contextualization when regarding the evolution of the Judeo-Christian texts and worldview. Illustrates how essential it is to read these stories literately, not literally.

[@laprefecture5778]

May I ask from what version of 'The Hebrew Bible' you quoted? I cannot find a translation that uses the noun 'Elyon' or "El Shaddai'. I would like a copy for myself.

[@whyis45stillalive]

I just love that people think this is new information. Do they not do their homework? Do they blindly follow generational religion? 🙄

[@dragonhealer7588]

Yes. Yes they do. No. They do not. Yes. Yes they do.

[@lisaanderson3549]

😂😅😂 ​@@dragonhealer7588

[@SusanSpurlin-d8h]

Yessss BLINDLY!

[@Jesuslordoflords-y4m]

Why do you believe every lie you see? Why don't you listen to God? Obey the gospel to go to heaven.

[@whyis45stillalive]

@@Jesuslordoflords-y4m I believe; half of what I see, and none of what I hear. I do the research. I figured it out, when I was five. Although back then, I assumed it was a bunch of drunk guys, sitting around a campfire, planning a joke on humanity. Since I’ve matured, I’ve learned about how men like to manipulate others (especially those who are weaker). It’s all about power. Religion has no power, over me.

[@ljsmooth69]

Although some late 19th and early 20th Century scholars proposed that the Israelite god Yahweh is a form of the Sumero-Akkadian god Enki/Ea, this theory was quietly abandoned in the scholarly reaction against "Pan-Babylonism," and has not been revived since that time. In light of new knowledge gained over the past century, this theory deserves a fresh, comprehensive argumentation on its behalf. The primary basis for the idea that the biblical god (considering both Yahweh and his incarnation in Jesus) is a form of Enki/Ea lies in the considerable congruency between the theological traditions of these gods, which encompasses divine names, functions, values, and character traits; literary themes; mythic images; ideologies; cultic forms; and socio-historical circumstances. The theological symbol system encompassing Enki/Ea and the biblical god has an underlying "astral" character, with this god-form being a personification of the star Canopus. The astral symbology of this symbol system is indicated by the identification of deities with stars in late Babylonian astronomical and astrological texts, including Ea = Canopus; the use of a star-sign in cuneiform for the word "deity"; coherence between behaviors and characteristics of gods and the heavenly bodies which are their visible manifestations; and social and cultic institutions which mirror the heavens, following the principle of "as above, so below." Arriving at this conclusion requires knowledge of the principles of positional astronomy, including data generated by computer calculations of star positions in antiquity, taking the phenomenon of precession into consideration. Among the challenges the argument faces is that of bridging the gap between polytheism and monotheism, a task aided by evidence of significant residues of polytheism in the biblical tradition, as well as of the monolatrous character of the Enki/Ea tradition. The principal other Sumero-Akkadian god who appears to be implicated in biblical religion is Dumuzi/Tammuz, a son of Enki/Ea and a personification of the planet Mercury. Part one discusses Enki/Ea; part two discusses the biblical god as a development of Enki/Ea; and part three discusses the astral character of the symbol system encompassing Enki/Ea and the biblical god.

[@jmc8076]

Brilliant Mark/Derek. Edit: 2:30 sounds familiar? Mult gods or diff versions of one?

[@DanielWitch]

If their ancestors made a promise to only follow that god, then why are they beholden to it? Let them work with whatever gods they want to. Their ancestors don’t dictate their actions or values.

[@mthokozisilanga4497]

Derek I can listen all day to your presentations. Thanks bro!

[@tytalksYT]

If someone can find me what ai video tools were used to make these animations, i will venmo you 20$ first person only.

[@Ed-ym4tu]

Runway will do it.

[@tytalksYT]

@@Ed-ym4tu let me check it out.

[@mdug7224]

This is another excellent, theological analysis of levant religion. Thanks.

[@cricketdhamaka1973]

Incredible work 🙏

[@robertjohnson7719]

Yawheh declared that he was above all gods so he is the one we should concentrate on.

[@NihilIslands]

Zeus= Yahweh=Baal Hadad The God standing with hands in shoulders and with back facing jews in Old Testament...Michael

[@Filmsdinamic]

. Humanity was ruled by much superior beings who were in a fight over project humanity.

[@trevorgriffiths5611]

Bloody Hell .. That was Brilliant absolutely brilliant and so easy on the ears.. Excellent visuals by the way.. Well done 👍🏼

[@justtigger369]

Abraham, the father of jacob and Israel, was born in Haran and moved to Ur. He had left there to avoid persecution, and moved south to the land of Canaan, but he was never a Canaanite.

[@DevonPhoenix]

Correct. No "other gods before me" this acknowledges other gods but ascribes exclusive status to the god of Israel "I am a jealous God"

[@tuinov6286]

A jealous god can't be good.

[@allwillberevealed777]

​@@tuinov6286 Good. It's to keep the nations separated. We all have a different spirit.

[@elshadshirinov1633]

Absolutely great video! Thank you so much.

[@amyeck3870]

Well done sir!🙌🏼

[@mirbalochkhan6380]

Wow i like this video great amount of research was put and we see the efforts behind this Good

[@Letts_prey]

Judges 1:19. Iron is the kryptonite of yhwh. So is information, and also logic, by which he is forced to disappear in a puff of.

[@DS52116]

Hi, at 32:44 you mention Haby in Isaiah 26:20. I cannot find any reference to this god "Haby", or any word in the hebrew of that passage that seem to correspond to it. Was this a typo in the scipt, did you mean to reference a different verse? I'd be curious to learn more if you can point me in the right direction! Much thanks.

[@Michael_the_Servant]

I point out that there are multiple gods all the time, and then the christians flip out. Then I point out that Jesus is the God of all gods and King of all kings, and then the christians flip out along with atheists and agnostics.

[@madeirafonseca6383]

That's because they're all just flipped out all the time.

[@tuinov6286]

Christians should seek the truth and not just follow things blindly.

[@madeirafonseca6383]

@@tuinov6286 The problem is they have been convinced by their priests and pastors that they have the truth, and most Christians are too lazy to investigate that.

[@tuinov6286]

@@madeirafonseca6383 Never understood why people pick religions. I just want to know the truth and believe the truth. Most people just choose a lie and believe in it.

[@madeirafonseca6383]

@@tuinov6286 I agree. I keep looking for the truth, and the more I look, the more I find everyone lying. I may never find the truth, but at least I know what not to believe.

[@EllisonBallard-m4y]

Yes. Technically by the rules of "Higher Criticism" much of your post is probably right. When the Hebrews were removed to Babalon a lot of documents and maybe parts of the Pentateuch were lost. The scribes had to construct a lot of the text from memory. Some of the text was corrupted. That is guessing and speculation but if is close to the known history. Why the conflict ? The essence of theology is there. Love G*D. Obey G*D. Do good works. Is that so awful ? Criticism is just counterintuitive for the faithful. G*D exist as a univercial spirit that guides humanity through history for his purpose and "Glory." That is the faith of worship. Reconstruction of the scriptures is "foolish" to a believer in Almighty G*D. Shalom and Amen...

[@danielbarton8974]

Israelite culture was constructed by doing the opposite of the peoples they came from .this is how they created identifying features for there new culture .if they didn’t do that the people of the new society wouldn’t be able to see the difference between the two and would have no reason to stay loyal and under oppression by the priests that were constructing it .they sanctioned genocide because they knew the truth about them .some of the people had a hard time shedding there old traditions and superstitions .this is evident from the multiple god worship including yhwh .

[@WWZenaDo]

Imo the Levites especially the priests were the ancient equivalent of modern day prosperity preachers and televangelists.

[@faithdebonilla1204]

Great work!

[@zoltanvonbozzay9678]

It's not that gods are metaphors or symbology of stars, but that stars were used as metaphors for gods, or symbolically named after them, the angels being given representation by having stars named after them. When true God El was killed, it was called as dusk, and the one trying to take power being related to a morning star, similar to Egyptian sunset and sunrise. And it is not that gods are just a metaphor for seasons, but that seasons were a metaphor for the gods, and it was in fact that when the actual one God was removed from power, it caused draught, deserts, disease and death itself, when with him all have eternal life in heaven on earth.

[@libertyblueskyes2564]

Well right away Elohim is plural not singular

[@hogg4229]

I love how we act like we know today

[@thomashaynie406]

This was cool. So long as it's accurate.

[@Cocreatewithus]

It's like clarifying the relationships and stories of gods in other pantheons, like the Greek and Roman ones. Only this one is a Canaanite pantheon.

[@otosonet6693]

Probably a naive question, but still: So can EL be the equivalent of Sumerian ANU? If so, who would be the Canaanite equivalent of sumerian ENKI and ENLIL? Thank you for the explanation.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

I love this choice of sponsorship of Ground News. Objectivity!

[@asliketheson]

Lololololololololololololololololol

[@MooseBme]

Alternate video title: "The Monotheistic God (Yawhe, Jahova , El... ), IS FROM A PANTHEON OF GODS... !"

[@IAMElectric369]

I’m never gonna understand why y’all don’t go straight to the Sumerian texts. They came first. All these biblical writings are based on the Sumerian texts, Dead Sea scrolls, nah Hammadi, atrahasis, and Enuma Elish. They were not religious teachings but mere written accounts for the sake of historical record. They ALL PREDATE ANY BIBLICAL TEACHINGS. You cannot get a full innerstanding without knowing this information. However , no Christian even wants to touch the subject. If your studies are limited to just the old and New Testaments, you’re not getting the entire story.

[@mr.e4757]

Great video and explanation, my only question is how do we know Habacuc 3 was referring to Gods and not actual things. My Bible has sun and moon instead of actual gods names. And how do we know Canaanites were used as god names and not actual nouns?

[@macysparkling]

Fantastic 🎉

[@the_Kurgan]

One thing that scolars seem to overlook is that in the time referenced in the Bible, Egypt extended well into the Levant. So it's entirely possible that they could have been in Egypt and Canaan simultaneously.

[@katmannsson]

Ive heard several scholars explicitly mention that its quite likely that its a cultural memory of when Canaan was just Greater Egypt and legally speaking they were in fact Slave of the Pharoah so idk what you're saying?

[@razzledazzle15]

Stolen valor! The seven headed dragon was really Typhon, defeated by Zeus!

[@MarcieMercie]

Zeus is Yahweh

[@razzledazzle15]

@@MarcieMercie chad greek mythology >>> virgin canaanite mythology

[@petergrant2561]

Any reading of the Bible makes it clear that the Israelites believed that there were many gods. It was not so much that they believed there was only 1 God, rather that their God was the best and the only 1 to be worshipped. It's really like the football supporter who believes that their team is the best and only team to be supported - all other teams are imposters! Silly isn't it!

[@JamesRichardWiley]

The Judaeo/Christian god Yahweh/Jesus vs the other gods. So there is more than one god.

[@darranwilkins4648]

technicaly no baal and yhwh are both storm gods one a sea god one land yhwh wasnt present before the exodus and as said the journey into arab lands what came out was those wandering picked up an arabian god and brought it to cannan and emalgameted it into ell and after time took ells wife any way as said yhwh was simply a being that was important not the important he was an upsurper

[@MarcieMercie]

Yes, there are more than one god. Yahweh is one of them. Read Psalm 82 and also Deuteronomy 32 and Genesis 1&2. There are multiple entities in the Old Testament pretending to be One God.

[@davidkingnews5495]

Best Doc yet!

[@MrBadway_636]

My head aches whenever I remember my christian year...like how the hell did I ever fell for Christianity 😴

[@AiresCommunication]

Elohim never killed any dragon, he only sant his Angels and destroyed, He is who only says done” and things is to be done” Plz read properly Bible. Not few lines only.

[@brianlittle9202]

They didn't do any research on this. Elohim is a plural term that LITERALLY means the powerful ones. Yahweh isn't GOD the creator. Which is why he demanded blood sacrifices and was a violent entity. And that why when YESHUA came HE spoke against the old testament. It wasn't an eye for an eye it was love your enemies. If U look into it in the old Hebrew texts it says that.

[@allwillberevealed777]

Jesus is Nimrod trying to rebuild the Tower of Babel. He also is the one that wants to unite all nations(races) and claim all the glory. Not going to happen.

[@RightOnBro72]

@brianlittle9202, except Mr. Yeshua didn't give the 10 Commandments, and certainly didn't support half of them. He claimed to agree with Moses, but then contradicted Moses every chance he got. He said he didn't come to abolish the law (or the prophets) but then spends his whole ministry abolishing laws (sorry, you don't abolish prophets or "prophecies" -- you wait to see if they come true -- just a meaningless side-step.) So, Mr. Yeshua claimed he'd be riding on the clouds next to the Power, which clearly means he's NOT the Power. He says he's the lamb, but the lamb is NOT the one sitting on the throne. It makes a good myth with a tragic ending, but it requires the worn-out idea of polytheism. And if it's a polytheistic religion, then Moses was wrong. Either way, Mr. Yeshua & Moses are diametrically opposed.

[@thewarriorwounds3124]

Jesus is nothing more than a Roman mystery religion.

[@Sonofthe1655]

Baal is the son of Dagon the Philistines deity / Melech.