And Then Came Paul

[@bigbillhenry]

I like this I am so glad i found this i love the study of saints and disciples it gives me hope and strength to continue this fight

[@joefrommarsful]

Thank you, great video!

[@a.t.6322]

Thank you Dr. Tabor I was not aware of that testimony from Jerome.

[@junepatterson7928]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@jasonstewart7834]

Great video. I had trust issues with Paul already for a long time. James is the real "forgotten" leader of the church it seems which most people suprisingly don't know. Greetings from a messianic.

[@marteneqdt]

Amen

[@Ordinal_Yoda]

Perhaps taking another look at (2 Sam 7) and (Isaiah 52) and (Isaiah 53)

[@Hoxle-87]

Love these narrated summaries ❤

[@intazario]

What is this? Audio book passage? Only the summary part of the audiobook? A KZbin video?

[@pedenmk]

👏 👏 👏. Great presentation Mr TABOR.

[@edvaneckert2348]

Wonderful lecture! Thsank you so much Mr. Tabor! After many years of listenning so many diffrent and scientific approaches towards ewarly Christianity by puzzeling all the many aspects and sources your recent lectures Mr. Tabor are kind of finalizing that puzzle in my head and heart. Basically it made me a stronger believer in the person(s) and messages of Christ(s) and Thora. I stepped out of Catholic church many years ago and i am finally very happy about that since science and common sense telling me i was right. By doing this i could maintain and conserve my deep believe ind the obviousely real story of Christ and whats the story all about, "following Jesus": it is to gain wisdom, being compassionate with all creature, being non violent, tolerance, have some introspection and being social, living non materialistic existence. Its easy and its hard at the same time. Thanks to your and others scholars`analysis of the "crazy" Pauline church i am much clearer now, to understand the paradoxes and absurdity, the Catholic and Orthodox Christianity in its direct connection to the brutal mperial Roman power really meent and means in history for the Western and so whole world nowadays . I am far from blaming Pul and i really assume that he had stigma as being gay, what made him even more determined and anti Jewish in a way. I much more think that he was just a kind of absurd, narcistic creature who brought Jewish theosophy and theology to the gentiles. Tragic is only that this went all so wrong for the Jewish offspring and in general, his interpretation/ aberration made us the humans who are destroying the planet and waging one "Christian" war after the other non stop. That´s Pauls tragedy and maybe guilt, since he made it possible with his manipulations! Isnt this idea fascinating and crazy? I mean, when an emperor thinks, that he is sent from the one and only god to rule, what is he then supposed to do or regret at anytime? And if he feels like, he gets absolution by a "Pope" figure, who is also stating to be sent from the one and only! Hahaha what a pervert card blanche! To do anything you want! its the full opposite of what Jesus said! Fascinating, isnt it? Thank you so much! Greetings from Hamburg, Germany!

[@Masahanate-777]

“Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness.” “Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their highways. The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths; they have made their roads crooked; no one who treads on them knows peace.” “Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates. All her idols I will lay waste, for from the fee of a prostitute she gathered them, and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.” “The Lord was very angry with your fathers… ‘Do not be like your fathers. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword.” These are verses from the mouths of the Jewish prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Micah, Elijah, and others in the Hebrew Scriptures. are these jewish prophet are anti jewish to you??? what a hypocrite you are, I'm sure you have never read all the books in the tanakh, you must be the type of person who watches a propaganda youtube channel full of lies, then you swallow the lie and then you take a deviant statement like this.

[@Ordinal_Yoda]

The story in a nutshell. God felt rejected when Isreal asked for a king. So you should ask yourself. Why ever would God promise the "Everlasting Throne"? And the logical answer for a super jealous God who does not share in his glory. He promised the throne back to himself. Therefore our God is the King of the universe again. As he should be. The "How" God did this is from the Bible. However even if one wanted to sit All the Books aside. It is enough for you to know that God's name is Jesus. And if you call for him. After he does to you what you did at others. He remembers your sins no more.

[@youngknowledgeseeker]

The message he preached included the Kindom coming to the earth with him as its king.

[@edvaneckert2348]

@@youngknowledgeseeker his kingdom is not of this earthly planet... there is no "world" in Jesus and "god" as we know it... Most of the time you are dead! Its all ybout meta physics...

[@youngknowledgeseeker]

@@edvaneckert2348 "World" in John could mean "earthly system" and not just "planet". He also said his followers are not of this world and yet they 100% were living on the planet Earth when he was saying it. So he could have been saying, my Kingdom is not like your violent Kingdom, otherwise my servants would be fighting to release me, instead my Kingdom is Godly and of love and peace. Also, the Sermon on the Mount. "Blessed are the meek, *for* they shall inherit *the earth* "

[@BloggingTheology]

A nice summary

[@M-rook]

Isn't it odd that what Jesus revealed to Paul after his death and resurrection is totally different from what he taught his followers when he was alive? No wonder numerous scholars say that Paul is the true founder of Christianity.

[@beecee3161]

It’s not. Paul taught non-duality. Jesus taught non-duality. Everyone misunderstands the simplicity of the gospel. To the pure all things are pure. Jesus taught he lives in you. Paul taught Jesus lives in you. This is incredibly simple.

[@David_Brinkerhoff93]

@@beecee3161 Jesus did not teach duality. Read John 17:3 and tell me who Jesus teaches is God.

[@beecee3161]

@@David_Brinkerhoff93 Did you even read what I wrote? Are you intentionally obstinate?

[@zachburkholder2559]

@@David_Brinkerhoff93 ready John 17:5 and tell me who Jesus says about Himself.

[@godhasgivenussalvationinth5223]

in verse 23 jesus claim himself and the father will make their home in the believers john 14:20-24 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” 22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.

[@annedacosta2864]

I am in year three of EFM and reading about Paul. Thank you, this was so helpful.

[@AcerbusFive]

Thank you.

[@chrishrick7186]

Thank you Dr Tabor, your contributions are invaluable. Certainly, there is contrast between Paul and Jesus... but I also see similarities. I believe they were both mystics who sought to deeply internalize the Torah and its practice. I also think that without Paul's apocalyptic fervor in proclaiming his gospel, the message of Jesus would have been relegated to obscurity as just another Jewish sect.

[@David_Brinkerhoff93]

Jesus prophesied that a false gospel of the kingdom (i.e. the imposter of the previous verses of Matt. 24) would go out to fill the entire world. I would invite you to seriously study the difference between Paul and Jesus' message. For me there is no question. You cannot serve both Jesus and Paul.

[@jeffmacdonald9863]

@@David_Brinkerhoff93 While Paul certainly had his influence, it's worth remembering that all the gospels were written later than Paul and reflected his influence. We don't have a clear message of Jesus. We have what we can glean of what Paul thought from his letters and we have 4 different later messages written in the 4 distinct gospels. Each of which has its own message and all of which are already influenced by Pauline thought. It's common to think of this conflict as Paul vs "the Gospel Jesus" where that is some kind of coherent merger of the 4 that represents the real Jesus. That's not really a valid approach.

[@chrishrick7186]

@@jeffmacdonald9863 I agree. The canonical gospels offer us only a "portrait of Jesus Christ". This portrait, with its interpolations, has been superimposed over the historical Rabbi Yeshua. The actual person will always be obscured and a mystery. At best, we can hypothesize and infer regarding his life. But to know the actual person and his message is like trying to catch the wind... virtually impossible.

[@jeffmacdonald9863]

@@chrishrick7186 Importantly, the canonical gospels give us four portraits of Jesus Christ. They're not all the same.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

@@chrishrick7186 Exactly. Paul had so few details about the historical person Yeshu or Yeshua that all we know is that he was born a Jew and a descendant of David, he had brothers one of whom was named James, who along with Cephas/Peter and John was the head of the Nazoreans in Jerusalem. Everything else appears to be the accretions of myth, for there are many scholars who argue that the gospels are based on the myths of Homer, the lives of Julius and Augustus Caesar, the works of Josephus, stories about the prophets from the Tanakh, and the teachings of Paul. It's like there was an historical Jesus yet at the same time Jesus never existed! 🤷‍♂️

[@David_Brinkerhoff93]

The wolf in sheep's clothing

[@beecee3161]

No. Restorer of the faith. Wake up.

[@David_Brinkerhoff93]

@@beecee3161 Rom 3:7 >>I lie for the glory of God. Why do you call me a sinner? 2 Cor. 12:16 >>I may have used guile to save your soul... Sounds legit. Totally the sort of upright man Jesus would choose (a murdering pharisee who used to hate chridtiand, who consented to Steven's martyr). We should totally let this guy write 1/3 of the NT and dominate Christian theology for the next 2,000 years. I mean, He did claim to see Jesus. So whom am I to question his apostleship?

[@beecee3161]

@@David_Brinkerhoff93 You ignore the entire early church and the church fathers? Jesus who took the time to make a whip and then what? If you think scriptures are tainted you can’t pick and choose which ones you attribute to Paul or not based on your own bias mate. You have nothing to substantiate it with or against as you deny one thing written by Paul and another not with no ability to prove either it was or wasn’t written by Paul in the first place. You can’t disregard based on biases or you’re not doing scholarly work at all. Did Paul write them or not? Then he wrote all of it. You don’t have the original autographs. If this if your logic you can barely prove anything without modern recording devices. If he didn’t then you can’t pick and choose which ones claimed by Paul are or are not you must disregard all as forgeries or you are illogical in your deductions. However if you claim they all are by Paul then you must reconcile every early church including the ones established after Paul’s death who did not deny Paul’s authority. You think James does this work because it can be dismissed backhandedly? No, more intelligence and work is required than that.

[@sriramkumar9577]

@@beecee3161 MARY IS NOT A VERGIN : " Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” Matthew 13:55-56 There are more Scriptures to indicate Jesus had brothers: Mark 3:31 (NIV): “Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.” Acts 1:14 (NIV): “They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.”

[@David_Brinkerhoff93]

@@beecee3161 tertulian calls Paul 'an Apostle of heretics' in his work against marcion. Other early Christians (like the ebonites) also rejected Paul. Only under the pagan Emperor Constantine was Paul and his vile anti-law rhetoric forced into cannon. Constantine needed Paul, because Constantine hated jews and Paul preaches apostasy against the Law of the Torah.

[@Geraldinopauldesouza]

before Paul came on the stage; Isaiah, Daniel & even John the Evangelist proclaimed that the Messiah (JESUS) was GOD.

[@jimnasium3979]

Isaiah and Daniel say no such thing

[@David_Brinkerhoff93]

Read Isaiah 43:11 carefully and you will see that Yahweh says that he himself is the savior and that his servant should always remember it. But not even Jesus himself calls himself God and you would know it if you had read John 17:3. There is only 1 God. And while Jesus is God's anointed messiah, this does not make Jesus God.

[@Geraldinopauldesouza]

@@jimnasium3979 Isaiah 9.

[@Geraldinopauldesouza]

@@David_Brinkerhoff93 are you a jw. Isaiah says Mighty God, Eternal Father. Only God can forgive sins, Jesus also did the same. Jesus told the high priest that He is the Son of Man. They killed Him for blasphemy. John 17:3 fav verse of unitarians. vs2 Jesus says that he gives eternal life. Vs 1 God shares His glory. With the Son. Compare Isaiah 42

[@Geraldinopauldesouza]

@@David_Brinkerhoff93 you did not try to correct my statement. Well, who is worthy of worship? Only Jehovah, right? By your logic, Jesus is a creature, The only true God commands the angels to worship His Son. Do you want the scripture, I do know you are aware of it.

[@michaelbindner9883]

Paul is knew enough about scripture to see how recent Torah was.

[@Ammeeeeeeer]

Is there any historical documents about Paul's death by execution in Rome or is it only "tradition" among early Christians? We know James' death (stoning in Jerusalem) was recorded by Josephus, but as far as I know no similar documentation about Paul's fate.

[@roncoleman2535]

Funny how in 2 Peter 3:15 - 16 Peter calls Paul a beloved brother and at least seems to imply that Paul's writings are inspired scripture. 2 Pet 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you. 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. I guess we are believe that most of the new testament is to be discarded?

[@KeepingWatch95]

Matthew 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: Matthew 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. Matthew 13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. Matthew 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? Matthew 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? Matthew 13:29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. _Jesus sown the good seed. Right after the enemy came and sown the tares among the good seed._ _Good seed = the four Gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John._ _The tares were sown then after._ _Everyone knows Jesus came and sown the good seed. And everyone knows who came right after Jesus and sown much seed intermingled with what Jesus had sown._

[@roncoleman2535]

@@KeepingWatch95 The enemy of God is the devil, not Paul. The good seed is all of Gods word, not just the gospels, which the word of God is Jesus Rev 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. Matt 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 16:12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. In John 8 Jesus reveals who the Pharisees and Saddusees are. John the baptist and Jesus called them vipers in the gospels.

[@KeepingWatch95]

@@roncoleman2535 the word of God = the commandments of God

[@KeepingWatch95]

@@roncoleman2535 Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

[@KeepingWatch95]

@@roncoleman2535 Exodus 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying, Exodus 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; Exodus 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Exodus 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: Exodus 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill. Exodus 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. Exodus 20:15 Thou shalt not steal. Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

[@xifangyangren9997]

An explosive account of the James-Paul rivalry is in the book, Zealot, by Reza Aslan. To be sure, the last third of the book could be republished as the James-Paul Rivalry. It would sell too.

[@CheddarBayBaby]

Thanks for uploading these! When you started your career did you ever think you’d be able to reach people this way?

[@dreznik]

how did paul diverge so much from standard judaism? - human sacrifice - godly human - faith (and not works) - torah is anulled (the torah itself spells out it is eternal) - eat pork - no circumcision quite weird

[@David_Brinkerhoff93]

Specifically, Paul preaches that it is okay to eat meat sacrificed to idols (unless your in the company of a 'weak' believer who still thinks it is sin). As well as against the sabbath (since all days are holy). Paul is vehemently anti-law. He taught that the law was given by 'beggardly angels who are no gods' and that anyone who tryst to observe them are cursed. He is antichrist and his doctrine dominates the entire Christian world.

[@theeternalsbeliever1779]

Paul never deviated from the Law's authority, contrary to popular belief. In Acts 24:14, Paul can clearly be seen telling Governor Felix that he still believed in the authority of the Law. Paul was falsely accused of teaching against the Law by Orthodox Jews who were trying to discredit him, and sadly, many ppl today perpetuate that same false belief.

[@MinisterRedPill]

@@theeternalsbeliever1779 His works clearly shoe that he was. And just because he denied it means nothing. Paul was a habitual liar.

[@damienpowell3447]

@@MinisterRedPill “And as for me, brothers, if I am still preaching that ➡️circumcision is necessary,⬅️why am I still being persecuted? If that were the case, my preaching about the execution-stake would cause no offense whatever.” Also see Roman’s 2:13, Roman’s 3:31, and Acts 21:19-24. A question I present is, why do we find Polycarp the disciple of John in his letter to the Phillipians backing and quoting Paul in the first century? ‭‭

[@MinisterRedPill]

@@damienpowell3447 Paul referring to circumcision of the heart not the physicality. And I don't trust the "church fathers" writings. Those people might might not have even existed.

[@douglasdeltondo7852]

3:31 you say that there is a little doubt that Paul was allowed into the inner circles of the original followers of Jesus. Well they may have been willing to accept him, and accepted him provisionally, he did not engage with them, and retreated from being trained by them. Paul himself both of this in Galatians chapters one and two, and supporting that his revelations are superior to the pillars of the church, the so-called killers of the church. So this is not a complete statement, and could be misunderstood that the inner circle of the 12 excepted paul. It’s very clear they really didn’t because even in X9 it says the disciples did not believe that Paul had truly met Jesus, and Pauls Jesus even allegedly prophesied that the pool would not believe Jesus had met with Paul. That was in the trance Paul had in the temple while praying when he race back to Jerusalem to meet the apostles for the first time. So there’s many such reasons. And then you need to go look up Ambrosaster Who is a matter of fact in his commentary on first Corinthians simply observed as if everybody knew it was a fact that the 12 had rejected Paul is an apostle. And if you didn’t connect the Abbie onto the 12 come which is now clearly visible in the Dead Sea Scrolls as Professor I have them in his brew, then you can put the dots in a row, it means that the 12 rejected Paul not only as Ambrosi Astor says but also as reflected in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

[@blake4590]

Even though I may have problems with Paul, he was against the mandatory cutting of the genitals which alone makes him head and shoulders above the rest of the disciples.

[@David_Brinkerhoff93]

Correct me if I'm wrong. Under the torah, the only reason a gentile needed to be circumcised was if he desired to enter the Temple or if he wanted to participate in the passover meal.

[@theeternalsbeliever1779]

None of the other disciples commanded anyone to be circumcised. Idk why you think that they did. If that were true, then Peter wouldn't have clearly agreed with Paul's writings in his own epistle.

[@blake4590]

@@David_Brinkerhoff93 You might be right but I was expressing disagreement with the practice in general, for both Jew and Gentile.

[@blake4590]

@@theeternalsbeliever1779 I'm open to correction but in 2 Peter 3:15 where Peter affirms Paul, the next verse says there are things in Paul's letters which are hard to understand. I don't think it's unreasonable to think abolishing forced circumcision is part of that.

[@MinisterRedPill]

@@blake4590 Why would Peter go against this when it's a direct xommand lf God? 2 Peter wasn't written by Peter. It was forged in the 3rd century.

[@youngknowledgeseeker]

I can't believe how many people blame Paul for things he never said, did or advocated. I'm not talking about Tabor I'm talking about every single comment section on videos about Paul. It just blows my mind. Though I do disagree with Tabor on some things like Paul thinking the Kingdom was purely spiritual and in heaven. Or Paul thinking that Jesus Second Coming was for the purpose of taking his Believers to Heavenly realms. Or Paul thinking that a good deeds didn't have anything to do with the faith, I'm sorry but that's just a little ridiculous and flies in the face of Romans and Galatians, and of every negative commands he gives as in don't do this or else you will not receive the kingdom

[@sriramkumar9577]

Very good explanation. I thought that Paul is more humble than others. You opened my eyes. You only can separate milk from water. 🙏

[@dougr6269]

Paul understood that the new covenant was the law written on our heart. He also understood about circumcision the token the same thing Moses did, that it was nullified between Egypt and the promised land. Paul rebuked another apostle for what you are accusing him of -- living one way but preaching another, telling them to keep the law when that apostle was not. Paul facilitated Nazarite vows and circumcised but he understood that circumcision of the flesh was a token and circumcision of the herd such as the Onnes in the desert who made it to the promised land was what G'd was after.

[@rherrera4177]

Jesus said give unto Caesar that which belongs to Caesar. It’s no different than what Paul said.

[@zyxmyk]

paul made this into a world religion. without him, no one would remember any of this. it would just be an obscure Jewish movement that happened a ridiculously long time ago.

[@buck13horn]

Dr. Tabor, in this video and others, and in "Paul and Jesus," you say Paul taught a preexistent Christ who emptied himself into human form; in other videos, you say that Paul didn't teach this preexistence (with which I agree) and would have been in line with Ebionite teaching on this point. Have you changed your position or am I misunderstanding?

[@moesypittounikos]

I'm listening to Robert Eisenman's huge audiobook on James. Is professor Tabor's take similar to Eisenman?

[@Px828]

Am I the only one who sang it? "And then came Paul. Right on, Paul!"

[@Joshua123N]

Paul's stress on the Spiritual while John on Eschatology and Peter on Religious....

[@gokartbob6478]

Jesus fulfilled the "law and prophets" (Tora) but he did not do away with God's commandments.

[@Robert_L_Peters]

Is it helpful if I comment, like, and subscribe?

[@jeffcokenour3459]

It is simply not true that Paul taught of a temporary Torah. Paul never said the law was temporary and although he was called to teach the Gentiles, he longed perhaps more than anyone for the salvation of his Jewish brethren. This is why in Romans 9:3 he said something incredible - that he wished he could be accursed if it would save his brethren. Paul knew Jesus came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. Would the Holy Spirit have chosen so many letters from a man who was an apostate or at odds with the 11? Paul taught against the Judaizers who demanded that Gentile converts follow the law. The law cannot save, only the resurrected Christ Jesus can do that and he chose Paul to teach this message.

[@undergroundunlimited2282]

If you are going to reference Acts as fact then reference Christs statement to Aninias that He would make sure Paul would suffer for “my name”.

[@rebelrog]

7:24 I don't think Acts records Paul's answer because it held no water and he was wrong! So rather than record the hero of the book being corrected, it was simply left out. Then Paul left Jerusalem never to return. God gave the Torah through Moses before "all the eyes of Israel" (Deut. 34,12 ) at Mt. Sinai. Would God give Paul a "higher Torah" on a road trip to Damascus and keep "all the eyes of Israel in the dark"? A Torah that supersedes the Torah given by God to Moses in front of everyone? And if this was truly God's plan, why didn't God mention it to James, John or Peter in Jerusalem? I think Paul was a wacko Constantine's church found very convenient in the 4th century.

[@HHasan-of2vi]

Trinity is like someone lost in Sahara desert.

[@naitredenouveauavecyeshoua707]

Absolutely ! Saul (Paul) received certificates from authorities to capture and kill Christians without trial, even as far away as Damascus thanks to the Roman Empire with laws and rules that allowed Paul to obtain permission from the high priest and then to go capture people in another city. How did Paul obtain this power? The High Priest and the Jewish Sanhedrin of Jerusalem collaborated with the Romans, and one politician of this period had deep ties to the High Priesthood of the Temple of Jerusalem and political influence in Damascus: Herod Antipas the Tetrarch! Saul/Paul was able to fulfill his desire to persecute Christians in the name of the high priest throughout the Roman Empire because his family was close to Herod's family! Saul therefore needed religious authority (Temple) and needed Roman authority in Damascus (King Aretas IV of Damascus) to allow this! King Aretas IV who ruled Damascus, Petra and Arabia during the period of Paul's conversion (Paul preached for 3 years in Arabia, Damascus, Petra (Galatians 1:17), was the father-in-law of Herod Antipas the Tetrarch. John the Baptist preached against Herod Antipas for having divorced his wife in order to marry his half-brother's wife named Herodias, his own niece, daughter of his half-brother Aristobulus IV. John the Baptist defended the honor of Herod Antipas' first wife: Phasaelis, daughter of King Aretas IV Moreover, it was Herod Antipas (Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea) and Herodias who ordered the beheading of John the Baptist (Matthew 14:1-12, Mark 6:16-29), and when Yeshua was arrested in Jerusalem, the procurator of Judea Pontius Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, who had come to celebrate the Jewish Passover in the capital, but quickly returned him to Pontius Pilate without judging him (Luke 23:1-11), then Pontius Pilate and Herod became friends (Luke 23:12), John the Baptist and Yeshua are of the same family, and this same Herod met John and Yeshua! In the church at Antioch, certain "prophets and teachers" like Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene and Manahen were raised with Herod the tetrarch and Saul (Acts 13:1) When Paul is arrested, the commander assigns 200 soldiers, 70 horsemen, 200 archers to protect Paul (Acts 23:23-24), Paul was a Roman citizen, but Roman citizens did not normally receive 470 bodyguards. Paul was protected because he was related to the family of Herod Agrippa! Flavius Josephus cites Saul and a certain Costobar in his "Judaic Antiquities, Book 20, ch.9, passage 214" as violent evil people who spread evil and robbed the weakest because they were of royal race and very much in favor because of their relationship with Agrippa... a few passages later, Costobar and Saul left Jerusalem! Paul had companions with him when he left Jerusalem to go to Damascus (Acts 9:7, 22:9, 26:13-14), everything fits! Flavius Josephus cites Festus, he who attended the judgment of Paul (Acts 25:1-27), also James, brother of Yeshua where he emphasizes his judgment by the Sanhedrin (Judaic Antiquities Book 20, Ch.9, passage 200 ), this proves that Saul cited by the author is indeed Paul of Tarsus! Costobarus and Saul are the grandsons of Costobarus, since Costobarus married Salome, had a daughter named Berenice who married Aristobulus IV, one of Herod's sons. Both are the parents of the future kings Herod Agrippa I and Herod of Chalcis, as well as that of Herodias. Together, they also have a son called Antipater, who will have two sons: Costobar and Saul who is the apostle Paul of Tarsus! Paul greets those in Aristobulus' house (Romans 16:10), and Aristobulus is a Herodian! so he loved spending time with his family members. Paul is therefore from the royal family of Agrippa (Herod) who took advantage of this status to ravage innocent people and spread evil! Moreover, Herod ravaged the churches, killed James brother of John, and put Peter in prison during Passover (Acts 12:1-5), but the Lord delivered Peter from his prison by his Angel who sent him ( Acts 12:6-11), Paul identifies his Herodian parents since he greets a member of his family named "Herodium" who calls him "my kinsman" (Romans 16:11), Herodion is a Greek name which is a diminutive of 'Herod, which indicates links between his family and the descendants of Herod the Great! Unlike Yeshua who was unjustly condemned and committed no fault, Paul this murderer received the favor of Agrippa who declared that Paul "did nothing to deserve death or prison" (Acts 26: 31), normal, since Paul is from Agrippa's family! Paul was a friend of Caesar, as was Pontius Pilate (John 19:12), Paul invoked Caesar in his judgment (Acts 25:10-12), he also greets those of Caesar's house (Philippians 4:22). Paul was therefore present during the trial and crucifixion of Yeshua! Yeshua said : "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod" (Mark 8:15), since Paul is a Pharisee and a Herodian, Yeshua therefore warned us to beware and flee from hypocrites and murderers like Paul! Paul is undoubtedly the one who helped the Pharisees free Barabbas and crucify Yeshua instead!

[@mahlonmarr856]

How many, if any, Jews, were Roman citizens by anything other than an Herodian birthright. Two ironic exceptions might be Joseph of Arimathea and Mary Magdalene.

[@micahimpanis3713]

Spiritual being like God ✔️ Equal to God ❌ Eph. 1:3,17 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms. 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. 1 Pet 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, John 20:17 “Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’ ” The principal of agency becomes important to resolve otherwise difficult passages.

[@oldmanfigs]

Paul called himself an apostle of Jesus…and he was clearly not…being that they never met, and Paul hated the law. Jesus changed (not , a jot, or tittle ) of the law.

[@timwhitmore7]

Romans 7:16 “If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good.” He stated the law was good & holy, but highlighted the fact that no one is made righteous through it. He hated legalism, not the law itself.

[@oldmanfigs]

@@timwhitmore7 it is very important not to conflate these two concepts.

[@willempasterkamp862]

Paul the just

[@zilchnilton]

"often compared himself to Christ"?...LOL, Christ isn't Jesus' last name but a descriptive term much like the Buddha...every aspirant reaches for 'buddha-hood' just as Paul spoke of becoming one in Christ. Paul elaborated more on the esoteric teachings compared to the gospel writings.

[@micahimpanis3713]

Shall we sin so that grace may abound? HEAVEN FORBID!! - Paul Sin is the transgression of the law. Law = Torah Law of Sin > Death = the penalty under Torah Torah allows for repentance! Torah allows for reconciliation! Torah does not allow for continuing rebellion.

[@dougr6269]

Paul was directly in line with Jesus/Yeshua's teachings to render unto caesar what is Caesars and Jesus Yeshua paid taxes. Paul was not out of line in seeing Messiah for who he was as the gospels say, the only begotten son born of a virgin... This is heresy seeking a confirmation bias. Show me where Paul calls himself the 13th apostle? Paul is the 12th apostle chosen by Yeshua/Jesus. He is of the 12th tribe, Benjamin, and like Benjamin where his mother died giving birth, Paul was and untimely birth. Like Saul, a Benjaminite who fell on his own sword Paul took there place of the traitor Judas who killed himself, and has other deeper truths in his ministry.

[@Andrea-hf8hl]

John 18:35-36 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?” Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.” Luke 20:22-25 “Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test Me? “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” They answered and said, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Romans 13:1-7 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. 1 Peter 2:11-23 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men- as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: “Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;

[@KeepingWatch95]

👍 However, many modern scholars believe 1st & 2nd Peter to be frauds. Regardless ; Jesus had foretold to Peter that Peter's tesimony would be taken where Peter wished it not to go. Other than that, I like your post and comparision of Jesus' teachings in the gospels with the epistles of Paul.

[@KeepingWatch95]

Paul renders himself to Caesar. Acts 25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest. Acts 25:11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar. Acts 25:12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go. Luke 20:25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.

[@Andrea-hf8hl]

@@KeepingWatch95 Yes I see unity when reading scriptures. People tend to make up theology to try to make sense of what they dont understand and it bothers me. Paul has been confusing at times but I receive his writings as truth.

[@KeepingWatch95]

@@Andrea-hf8hl _Jesus said he is the truth._ Matthew 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: Matthew 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. Matthew 13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. Matthew 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? Matthew 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? Matthew 13:29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. _Jesus sown the good seed. Right after the enemy came and sown the tares among the good seed._ _Good seed = the four Gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John._ _The tares were sown then after._ _Everyone knows Jesus came and sown the good seed. And everyone knows who came right after Jesus and sown much seed intermingled with what Jesus had sown._

[@Andrea-hf8hl]

@@KeepingWatch95 Jesus is the Word of course and the Spirit of Truth has been poured out. John 15:26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. John 16:13-15 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. “He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. “All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. Acts 20:25-31 “And indeed, now I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more. “Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. “For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. “Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. “For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. “Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. “Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears. And those men did arise and did teach heresy and perverted scripture, the truth.

[@ready1fire1aim1]

Haven't once heard this "scholar" bring up the two Torahs or two YHWH's. Guess anyone can be a scholar.

[@GodwardPodcast]

Love Paul

[@Eliezer1018]

Paul and Yeshua did not teach the same gospel. Paul claimed to be a pharisee, yet working for the Sadducee’s , and going to Damascus to persecute the followers doesn’t add up because the Temple priest had no authority in Syria . Also after having his conversion he went to Arabia instead of Jerusalem. This is odd. I submit Paul has gotten so many off the truth. May those who forsake the Torah be brought back to truth. Beezrat HaShem!

[@follow_the_way]

The gospel that is taught by many people today has been reduced down to just "faith alone". This false gospel of "faith alone" has made following the commandments of Christ null and void. Obeying His commandments have been eliminated from the gospel and have been made subsequent and optional to salvation. Walking in the Spirit has been made optional as well. This false gospel of "faith alone" changes what Jesus said in Matthew 7:14 - For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. By teaching that we do NOT need to keep the commandments(plural) of Christ as the gospel, the saving power of the gospel has been neutralized. The end result is that millions of people have been deceived by Satan into thinking that they are saved. They were taught that "faith alone" saved them apart from them having to keep the commandments of Christ. This has become Satan's masterpiece and has deceived millions of people into thinking they have eternal life in Christ when they actually remain lost.

[@Masahanate-777]

Rasul Bulus/Paulus is a rasul/apostle send by Yasua al masih/Jesus christ

[@alpowe313]

Saulus the liar...

[@ohfft]

Everything about Paul appears to be a contradiction, and how christi-anity adopted his teaching to create this false religion that Jesus clearly did not establish

[@madwurmz]

this ai voice is intimidating

[@michaelbindner9883]

Paul likely had an asexual bias in his teaching.

[@stuartnorth7659]

Paul was a self proclaimed liar

[@srob4313]

Paul, aka the Spouter or Lies

[@jackoliver1871]

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[@mikewilliams9832]

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[@tejasgreen1717]

Nice work of fiction. As fictional has the book of acts and the gospels. The fact is we know virtually nothing about Paul, and what we do know comes from the handful of letters he wrote that are not considered forgeries. And those letters are all theological discourses which have nothing in them about Paul’s history. What most xians think they know about Paul comes from the acs of the apostles, and of course that is nothing but fanfiction hogwash.

[@retepelyod]

Dear James, I feel you have missed the mark with this video and judging by the comments, you are also attracting the wrong crowd. Please take it down.

[@craigfairweather3401]

Please elaborate.