The Tower of Babel and the Other Gods of the Bible

[@sandrataylor9122]

Thank you Jeffery!!!!!! If I had known what you said, "If you understand the Tower of Babel, then you gain a huge advantage when reading anything else in the Old Testament." when I started studying the Bible I would have had all these years gone by for me, to have a clearer view of Scripture. I would have better understood the nations of the OT and all the battles fought would have made more sense to me. I know God used and is still using the nations for His purposes but this understanding of Yewah at the Tower of Bable dividing all the 70 nations to have their own gods and how God used them to bring us full circle to Jesus and how all of that history brings Israel to such importance when Christ comes again. This was very eye opening for me. Thank you again. WOW

[@beatlfab4]

Thank you so much for this explanation, I didn't even realize all of these connections until you pointed it out. I feel like I have a much deeper understanding of this particular event now!

[@rohanharrison9220]

Great teachings here. Loved how simple you put it. I knew why they built it and how god gave them different languages. Thank God for you showing and revealing things to us.

[@tombrickhouse-growthmatrix6201]

Excellent teaching. I first learned about this from The Unseen Realm by Michael Heiser. This should be understood by all Christians.

[@darlenejames7431]

I would like to thank you, tell you how much I enjoy listening to your interpretation. I recieved a Catholic Prayer Bible as a gift. ( Lectio Divina Edition) Your videos are truly helpful. As I had never read, nor understood scripture I was reading until my recent Journey again. May God bless and keep you. Your servenrty is such an asset in my endeavor to be a more worthy servant to God.

[@royalflush8173]

That's were I first learn the story of other lower gods too unseen realm

[@thomassadler7116]

This is not unseen realm material the gods existed before the tower. Mt Hermon incident started the gods being worshiped. Read reversing hermon Dr. Micheal Heiser.

[@ElsieDraco]

Yeah, Michael Heiser explains this but the translation and description here is inaccurate. God did NOT distribute the people to other “gods” for them to worship. He assigned what we would call angels, or spiritual protectors over them. That’s why the letters to the churches say to the angel of this church or that… angel means messenger. In this case the translation calling them “gods” and saying that YWH assigned the nations to other gods is NOT a biblical translation.

[@Gabingus69]

The overview of overviews to end all overviews. So good ty.

[@SamiraJay]

I love these videos. I hope to be this educated one day!

[@mondalesmiley9979]

Thanks you for this video man. It wants very helpful. Please keep making more!

[@cheranilango1478]

This is truly amazing! What a little story of this partly constructed tower of Babel has hidden inside, the greatest treasure that people of all faith may come to realise one day for their betterment and salvation. Thank you immensely, Jeffrey. (hope I spelt your name correctly).

[@johnporter847]

Jesus Christ is a good loving and merciful God, I always pray to Jesus Christ for help and mercy and safety, all it mess-up everywhere.

[@apollogodofthesun1719]

Thank you so much, so clear and precise. I thank God and His son Jesus for your clear and knowledge-filled video. 🕊️

[@Your.mama.1]

He just told you Christianity is a myth

[@a.j.beltran4795]

This is great! It reinforces what I've got from Dr. Heiser and the "Angelic Conflict" of pastor Thieme Jr.

[@anne-laure1360]

Helpful indeed ! Great job Sir

[@danieljust295]

I recommend the Book (available also for free online) The Giza Discovery by Peter Goodgame. Fantastic research on all ancients empires, their gods, how the legends mirror biblical narrative, what is divine council consisting of 70 Sons of God, 70 nations, 70 bulls of Sukkot, 70 apostles, Nimrod-Osiris-Thot-Enki-Satan-Apollo connection, what’s the purpose of Giza pyramid, who is the Antichrist, or who is the Restrainer and more.

[@rsaathoff]

I never fully understood this until reading Michael Heiser. Thanks for breaking this down.

[@madankumarmasih1696]

I'm very thankful for your teaching 💓💓 I'm studying everyday

[@sychia26]

I'm learning a lot started following this year 😊

[@desertgirl5601]

Wonderful channel, thank you for all your work

[@johnporter847]

John 4:25-26; John 14:9-11 Thank you for doing these educational videos Keep in mind that in the Old Testament was the word that spoke with the Abraham and the prophets even the “word” came to visit Abraham and he sat down and eat and drink together with Abraham And in the New Testament the “ word “ becomes human being as Jesus Christ

[@Akuryoutaisan21]

Great video and great channel, thanks.

[@Mspre412]

Thanks for the overview! Just wanted to add, that (G) should be used for God, and (g) for those other gods. Blessings!

[@OverviewBible]

On the contrary, sometimes I use of lowercase "g" in reference to Yahweh intentionally-because in those instances, I'm not using the word "god" as a proper noun on purpose. A similar phenomenon occurs when we refer to humans by their role. People might refer to their mother as their mom, but they also call her "Mom." "Mom" isn't my mom's name-but she's my mom, so I call her Mom. I grew up calling my mom "Mom," my dad "Dad" and my god "God." =)

[@samphonnetgamgee5625]

Correct, MsPresha!

[@samphonnetgamgee5625]

@@OverviewBible So you'd say to a Hindu: "Krishna is your god, Heavenly Father is my god." 😐

[@OverviewBible]

​@@samphonnetgamgee5625 I doubt I'd ever write that sentence to someone, but I'd use this approach to capitalization.

[@NewsChannel-y4g]

🍔🥱😐🤢🤮

[@littlehouseontheloop267]

Thank you for this video! I have attempted to teach this but you have made it much clearer...I am sharing with my group ;)

[@behold_a_son]

The tower of Babel reminds me of trying to get to heaven by your own works which God does not allow. Instead in revelation, He brought heaven down to us, without us working for it, symbolizing God's grace.

[@saraabraham255]

Amazing video ,very interesting facts about the tower of Babel !

[@LacuevadelMauricio]

Great, Great, Great Teaching, God Bless You Brother, just awsome

[@1950sTardigrade]

I love this

[@DiademLife]

Amazing! Keep up the good work!

[@CoffinBanger]

You give good timeline ^-^ this really helps as a study aid x

[@alexisgreen-hernandez8604]

Excellent teachings thanks for explaining this story. 👍 😇 👼 🙏 🤲 ⛪

[@pamelalloyd8661]

Excellent teaching leaning a lots information on God word is a answer to my prayer God bless you and your family in Christ Jesus name amen

[@coloradofranksantiago1242]

My goodness spiritual so knowledgeable you art. And your`re perfectly spoken. Easy to watch and listen too. I'm right on course!!! Thank you thank you thank you 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@OverviewBible]

Thanks, Frank--I'm glad these are helpful. =)

[@ericquezada3955]

Excellent 👌

[@kvelez]

12:26 An interesting nugget of the Bible. 13:33 Interesting. 17:31 Good note.

[@westleycarter1773]

Excellent.

[@madankumarmasih1696]

Very good Sir

[@capuchinhos]

Thank you!

[@TylerDLR]

Do you have a source or details on the the "70 nations" listed in Genesis?

[@brunoxavier316]

Great job, congrats for your insightful work

[@LECityLECLEC]

I love your work Jeffrey! God bless you ^^.

[@luciazungu3275]

Wow! Great work..

[@Lisaairbnb]

Excellent overview! Ty

[@cristycampita1098]

thank you Jeffrey, this is helpful!

[@marieannmanal6211]

this is really intesting

[@colecalloway1735]

It seems like it would be more natural to understand Deuteronomy 4:19 as saying that God created the "sun, moon, stars..." for the benefit of all people (Romans 1:20 comes to mind) but not for the people of the earth to worship those things. Worship of anything other than the one true God is sin. God does not sin nor does He tempt anyone to sin (James 1:13). So I'm not sure how you conclude that God intended for other nations to worship false gods.

[@OverviewBible]

There's a lot to unpack here, Cole-and I hope to be able to do so in future videos. Alas, this isn't my full-time job! ;-) I don't conclude that other nations worshipping "false gods" was exactly God's "Plan A." Psalm 82 presents these other divine beings (which Asaph believes ultimately answer to the Israelite God, YHWH) as having the option to oversee their nations in ways that honored the Lord Most High, but these lesser gods chose NOT to do so-instead encouraging systems that reward pride and oppression rather than meekness and love. These lesser gods could have given glory and attention to the Lord Most High. But they didn't. That's hardly God tempting the people of earth to sin. I know the idea of God delegating authority can be a hard concept to swallow. But he does so throughout Scripture, in both the Old and New Testaments. Not everyone who receives God's authority handles it in a God-honoring way. That goes for lesser gods and humans alike. ;-)

[@colecalloway1735]

@@OverviewBible Thanks for the thoughtful response. I've read various articles that you've written and have found them very helpful (particularly the work you did putting together the backgrounds of the disciples). That said, you're right....I do have a hard time swallowing this haha I believe that Psalm 82 seems to be talking about human judges/leaders and I think Jesus affirms as much in John 10. That said, I am still learning so I will keep your perspective in mind as I study. Thanks for your gospel work!

[@reformationtoys]

Genesis 11:7-9 Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. The Us here is the trinity..God the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit ….it doesn’t say and other gods along with God confused their languages . The same language is used in Genesis 1:26 also says “Let Us make man in Our image… I’ve used these videos for a bible class but this is in great error.

[@Uwuzumaki13]

I love your videos man

[@OverviewBible]

That's so kind of you to say, Joel-thank you! =)

[@Uwuzumaki13]

@@OverviewBible I've been reading the perspective of this man named jah, he wrote a book called The way home or face the fire. Which you can find at jahtruth.net. I trust your insight so I was wondering if you had the time if you could read this and let me know your opinion on it. Cause the person does make some interesting points. Thank you and God bless you.

[@Hupernike45]

As the previous comment alluded to, I think Jeffery's been hanging around with Michael Heiser. Other than these 2 guys, I've NEVER heard teaching about the foundational meaning of the Babel narrative, from ANYONE. My analogy is this. We hear many very correct bible teachings from many different sources. And it's like putting together a 1000 piece puzzle, where you have the corners done, and a few little sections done, but you can't fit the sections together because you don't know what it looks like because you don't have the puzzle box cover. This teaching, and the "Reversing Hermon" teaching from Heiser provides the box cover. So, we see the picture of the entire plan of salvation from God's point of view.

[@OverviewBible]

This is one of the earliest biblical topics that fascinated me as a child. The works of Dr. Heiser as well as Dr. Greg Boyd and Dr. John Walton were very helpful to me in developing my understanding of how ancient humans conceptualized the divine. Even more importantly, Dr. Heiser is the one who turned me on to Phineas and Ferb. ;-)

[@matthewanthony47417]

Good video

[@NothingGamer992]

Praise God

[@FaithfulComforter]

@OverviewBible please make new videos

[@niklashall5969]

This is amazing Jesus is amazing

[@prickly10000]

All one has to do is look at the stories of gods from other nations like the Greek pantheon or the Norse gods and you don't even need to read the Bible the real life why the true God got super mad.

[@barshimeth4452]

This is interesting because it says god (yhwh) passed judgement on other gods for not meeting his standards, but in iceland, paganism is starting to thrive again. I do believe iceland has a good and upholding society, so maybe the pantheon of the norse stepped up their game

[@indigatorveritatis219]

This guy didn't give props to Michael Heiser? Wow

[@OverviewBible]

I hardly believe Dr. Heiser would want to be associated with my video overview on this, but I've been plugging his book on my website for years now. In fact, on the blog post this video was made to accompany (link in description), I explicitly say in the introduction: "If you haven’t checked it out yet, Dr. Michael S. Heiser’s book, The Unseen Realm, is an enlightening resource for exploring this further." (In the post, the title is linked to the book's product page.) I have a lot of respect for Dr. Heiser-I used to work with him and I worked with Lexham Press to help promote the Unseen Realm when it came out. At the same time, nothing in this video is specific to his work, so he's not a source to cite. But I'm glad he has fans looking out for him! =)

[@raquelclass7680]

What was the 1st language spoken what type of language did they speak before the tower of Babel What is the original language in Genesis with Adam and Eve ??

[@danielpenn1734]

What id like to know is, I believe that the tower of babel and unknown tongues are connected

[@LarryStallings-dk4rr]

WHAT COUNTRY WAS BABYLON IN

[@claycadwell3875]

Modern day Iraq as a general reference. Usually thought to be between the Tigris and the Euphrates.

[@robertbruce1552]

Palestinians and Israelites can come together now in the mighty name of Jesus. In acts gentiles did, why not now.

[@bungalobill7941]

If you read the scripture the tower was never built, or they only began to build it when God prevented them. Why it will never be found.

[@Nivalian]

Great video. Do you believe Babylon and Satan were destroyed or still pending in the future according to Revelation?

[@OverviewBible]

It really depends on what you mean by "destroyed." In a way, Babylon and the works of the devil were destroyed in Christ's sacrifice and resurrection (1 John 3:8). However, that presence was still at work in Paul's day (Ephesians 2:1-2), and oppression, greed, corruption, violence, and coercion are still the way the kingdoms of the world (Babylon) operate.

[@Motwn24]

Vs. 9 clearly says the LORD confused their language. This man is mishandling the Word of Truth by labeling it "the Gods" in his teaching. Vs 7 does say "us" but later equates the "us" as the Lord(singular). Clearly the word "us" refers to nature of the Lord. If you read the Torah, YHWH says that he is the "living God" and graven images are images "made to be Gods" by other people groups. BUT, they have no life themselves. They maybe made in the "likeness of things above" (Exodus 20:4) BUT they themselves have no life. Dueteronomy 4:16-18 also shows them as man made. Just because they are treated as a LIVING GODS does not mean they ARE living Gods. In Exodus, YHWH is never found fighting any other god nor was Pharoh able to call aid for his people from a god. Rather, we only see that YHWH inflicting his wrath on Egypt. In other words, there was no living God to defend or attack for them. Rather, Pharoh called on Magicians with secret art and not their religous priests.(Exodus 7:11) In Daniel 10:21, the Bible describes Michael(not YHWH) as Israel "prince". It is therefore clear that the term "princes" does not refer to gods but spiritual beings standing against other spiritual beings on behalf of the nation. If that is the case, What does scripture teach? The scripture teaches that Satan (not gods) has blinded(decieved) the minds of individuals from following the true living God of the Bible. It doesnt mean idols being worshipped are actual living beings, but Satan has blinded peoples eyes to see them for what they really are: false Gods. Ex. Did Eve believe the serpent to be God to obey him or does the bible teach she was decieved? The bible teaches the latter. It is the same tactic the enemy uses today. He decieves people but they worship false gods.

[@tyrothrock256]

Just a comment. The Sons of God reference to Psalms 82 is referring to the rulers of Israel such as the leaders since Jesus refers to this saying to the Pharisees and TOTL isn’t it written I said you are God’s you are all sins of the Most High. Jesus is referring to humans as he is talking to the Pharisees. This seems to be overlooked by those who subscribe to Dr Heiser interpretation.

[@tyrothrock256]

Jesus would know best the context so it seems to me the sons of God are talking about humans. I think people so messed up thinking sons of God mated with daughters of men thinking its angels and humans when it is godly men of Seth or Enosh mating with sinful and worldly women. God even says to not intermarry because of worldly women not because of Nephilim DNA and all that.

[@OverviewBible]

Good thoughts, but I think we're interpreting Jesus' use of Psalm 82 differently, Ty. (For those following along at home, Ty's referencing John 10:34-36, wherein Jesus says to his Jewish opponents: Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods” ’? If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came-and Scripture cannot be set aside-what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? [NIV]) A few things are important to note here. One is that Jesus is saying this in response to the Jews who want to stone him for blasphemy. The Jews call Jesus a "mere man" who claims to be God. So Jesus' response is in the context of being called a mere man (which the author of John disagrees with). Second: When Jesus quotes the Psalm and says, "You are gods," he's not referring to his Jewish opponents. In fact, he goes on to say "them," i.e., the group that the Psalmist envisioned God speaking to. Now, it would be entirely understandable for a modern Christian to say, "But Jeffrey, Jesus then refers to that same group of people as that the ones "to whom the word of God came." That means he's talking about the ancient Hebrews who received the Scriptures from God, right?" This is where we make a (sometimes) dangerous leap in interpretation. We're used to referring to the Bible as "the word of God." But the Bible itself uses "the word of God" in a broader sense-for example, Luke refers to the message of Jesus as "the word of God," even though he's referring to things that were said long before any of the four Gospels were written (Acts 4:31; 8:14; 11:1, etc.). In the case of Jesus on Psalm 82, I think it's reasonable to allow "word of God" to mean the Psalm's message, and the one "to whom the word of God came" to mean the "gods" addressed in the Psalm. And although there's some blurred lines when it comes to humans being addressed as / treated like gods in the OT, I think it makes even MORE sense for Jesus to be referencing divine addressees of this Psalm. He's asserting that not only is he no mere man (of earthly origin), but he is also more God than even the other divine beings that the Psalms recognize.

[@ayyheloo2292]

Yeah the bible also says the other gods are actually "devils" ie the fallen Angels

[@judywilson5183]

Deut. 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

[@judywilson5183]

Psalm 106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils.

[@judywilson5183]

Jer 2:11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? But My people have changed their glory (the one true God) for that which doth not profit.

[@judywilson5183]

Acts 19:26 … they be no gods which are made with hands

[@lodsonalmeida1099]

Great Videos, Only if you had some kind of background music to it, then that would be awesome! Just a Suggestion. Thank you :-)

[@summerfunrides]

Lodson Almeida I hope he decides against this suggestion. I would find it distracting when I’m trying to focus and understand his great teachings

[@siyabongamdlalose2804]

I also disagree with the idea of background music. Please pray for the negative spirit

[@lifewitholga_]

Question! 😊 why do you say Gods other divine beings confuse the language? Isn’t it just Yhwh that does this?

[@AlixPrappas]

Do you see it as possible or even likely that the old pharaohs who claimed to be gods were men literally possessed by these principalities and powers?

[@OverviewBible]

I wouldn't say that, because that feels be trying to fit an ancient Israelite narrative into a first-century Christian framework for how the divine realm works. As far as an ancient Israelite would have been concerned, Pharaoh was one of the oppressive gods of Egypt that the god of Israel executed judgment on. The precise mechanics of Pharaoh's divinity aren't important to the story. It's a cool thought, though. And depending on how we define "possessed" and "principalities and powers," this interpretation could be anywhere from "100% spot on" to "100% loony tunes." ;-)

[@anotherbrit485]

but bible never talks about Gods being assigned to other nation? what bible you ready the Hindu translation? Deu 4:19 doesnt talk about assigning gods. but other than that everything else is written as wht you have explained so thank you for the insite

[@bestbotreview]

How could they breathe all the way up there ?!?

[@mistersir3020]

Doesn't the Satan also feature in Job?

[@CYGNIUS]

Eusebius speaks of Yahweh creating other gods in "The History Of The Church" as well, which I've been reading recently, as well as Yahweh creating a wife for himself known as "Wisdom" aka "Ashera."

[@benxvotr8170]

God has no wife. He was clearly against the cult to that idol in the Bible.

[@nothosaur]

Did the author of the story of the Tower of Babel intend for his audience to interpret it as history? Or, did he intend for them to interpret it merely as a metaphor?

[@DanielGrovePhoto]

Depends if it was metaphor or real history to begin with.

[@nothosaur]

@@DanielGrovePhoto A story becomes a metaphor only if/when a writer expresses it as a metaphor, independent of reality. What I want to know is the intention of the writer. For example, Charles Dickens wrote "Oliver Twist" with the intention that the reader interpret it as an allegory. Nobody disputes that there really were orphanages in England in 1830, and there were pickpocket orphans. But, none of the contents of that book should be interpreted as history. We know the Dickens fabricated with the purpose of entertaining the reader, and to teach a moral lesson. Gordon Wood wrote "The Radicalism of the American Revolution" with the intention that the reader interpret it as history. He purpose was to communicate the study of a past event to the reader, sincerely claiming that it is a description of reality, and supporting such claim with footnotes/endnotes to primary sources. My question, reframed, is this: did the author have the same intention as Dickens or the same intention of Wood?

[@davidcostello5318]

Dagon is enki and ETOBAAL is enlil not yhwh

[@CoffinBanger]

Is king nimrod a strictly non-canonical figure? Or is he still relevant here?

[@exillens]

Nimrod is based on the Sumerian king story of Enmerkar

[@DanielGrovePhoto]

Around 3 minutes you say the godS confuse human language but in Genesis 11:9 it says LORD (english) or Yehova (Hebrew h3068) which is not plural. Where are you getting your plurality from in this video? Deuteronomy 4:19 is not saying there are other existing gods. He's simply stating that some people worship the sun, moon, and stars. A pretty basic ancient civilization thing to do. But they are not acknowledged as legitimate supernatural entities. The host of heaven is not angels or beings either but referring to the 3rd heaven aka space. Concerning Dagon God did not behead another god being. He knocked over a stone idol and it's head broke off. Deuteronomy 4:18 and Isaiah 37:19 paint the picture that the gods that were worshiped outside of Israel were not even gods at all but made up beings represented by wood and stone that had no power or super natural existence. I could go on but I really feel you are pushing a worldview that simply is not there and is not presented by the Bible. Deuteronomy 4:35: “You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; besides Him there is no other.” Deuteronomy 6:4: “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.” Malachi 2:10a, “Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us?” 1 Corinthians 8:6: “Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.” Ephesians 4:6: “One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” 1 Timothy 2:5: “For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” James 2:19: “You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that-and shudder.”

[@rosewhite---]

Babylon is where Satan led Nimrod and followers to invent imaginary gods and ceremonies to worship them.

[@benjaturtle4265]

They didn't call Him Yahway. They called Him Adonai or Ha shem. Drum roll, later on His name is revealed it's, you guessed it Jesus!

[@bacoda58]

I THOUGHT that when the demise and/or humiliation of other gods were mentioned that the allusion was toward GRAVEN IMAGES of "gods"...not actual Gods......

[@yashareltheilluminated187]

No we didn't call him yhwh, we called the Elohim yahuah

[@exillens]

Who is "we"? Are you jewish? The word used for the jewish god in the bible is "yhwh". Get over it

[@yashareltheilluminated187]

@@exillens u get over and learn the truth for once in ur life. Thats whats wrong with u people today. U dont know nothing and u ok with that smh

[@exillens]

@@yashareltheilluminated187 You didn't logically address or explain away the facts but ok

[@yashareltheilluminated187]

@@exillens u cant handle the but maybe 1 day yah might wanna tell u.

[@exillens]

@@yashareltheilluminated187 Yahweh is a local desert god of a sect of Canaanites who called themselves Israelites. There'll be little of value he could tell me even if he could

[@conned]

Pastor, I respectfully beg to differ on some areas that you shared... 1. There is only ONE God, Capital G and rest are gods or deities or god-heads , small g, n they were actually fallen or nephilims, descendents of fallen. Refer to the 200 watchers who felled and created so much havoc till today, in Book of Enoch ,Gen3, 2Peter2:4, James Jude,Revelation. 2. Only God n His angels,Michael n some arch angels, destroyed the Tower of Babel and YWYH aka God caused confusion by making babylonians/sumerians spoke different lamguages instead of one. He then scattered the rebellious Nimrod n babylonians to different nations thats already "ruled" by these fallen god-heads, mind you, these gods were not God-friendly nor humans friendly. I Now,it's very important to know why God did this because 1. Nimrod was very arrogant hunter who through occult became a nephilim,probably beat the others to rise to power n built Tower as a portal to invade heavens n rule over heavens n earth,like lucifer. He wanted to kill YWYH. There are many remnants of the Tower of Babel in Iraq n Mosul today. You can see the Babylonian/Assyrian artifacts in SFO museum of antiquities to support what Ps Jefferey sharing here. Statues are life size,mind you. Well, guess what, CERN is the modern Babel, built deep underground. Nimrod was beginning of occult on earth n the scattered people continued their rebellious oppressive works under various empires,Babylon,Caldeans, Assyrians,Persia,Greece,Roman through history till today. Mind you,in Gen3 ,the fallens n nephilims descendents were experiementing cross- breeding of all YWYH living creation ,purpose is to corrupt God's pure DNA in us n create a hybrids race. Why do you think YWYH sent the flood or Great Deluge to destroy "mankind"? Because humans were tainted n cross-breed, so that none or no woman could carry the Messianic Seed to redeem us. Its satan backup plan to separate us from God after what happened in Eden . He knew that One born of woman would crush its head so he came up with this insidious plan to corrupt n defile all humans,especially all women so that no womb is pure n Holy. Babel has sthg to do with that. Anyway, thats my 2cents, applaud your efforyt n thank yoi for your book n vidro "beginners to Bible"..very useful for Sun school. Dont mean to be rude here just filling in those gaps that perhaps you might have missed ,the Bible is a biggest n most challenging jigsaw puzzle. Oh,btw, my version of what really happened is rated N18..dont wanna freak out the kids in Sun school Anyway, Blessed Easter to one n all . Stay healthy, stay home, be socially responsible by keeping social distancing and good hygiene habits!

[@lubas9978]

Very good explanation, thank you for writing out this correction. I agree with you and it seems that the video might be sourcing information from the Bible project, which said a similar thing about gods being in God's council and deciding things. There should have been a reference of the Scripture, because that place in the Bible does not say "gods" came down, it says "let us come down" referring to the Trinity. This could really mislead people to think that other gods are part of the "same" team and they are clearly are not.

[@commissar1448]

My thoughts exactly. That's why he's called the one LIVING God. Referencing that all other gods aren't alive. Also why he said that man carves idols with eyes and ears but they cant see or hear

[@conned]

@@commissar1448 actually there are other "gods"...the fallens who craved to rule over humans n established their own godheads, i think they started Assyrians, sumerians,might even be pharoahs, we cannot be sure, but if u read book of Enoch,Genesis,1peter, the epistles ,jude n revelations, you kinda see the puzzles but we wont see complete picture until He reveal. During my research n travel with archaelogists, opened can of OT worms...important thing is be Godly n kind

[@danieljust295]

God and gods aka Sons of Gods are both referred to as Elohim in Hebrew meaning someone who has power over something (ruler), so in this contexts there is God and gods. In fact in Hebrew there is no difference between Elohim (God) and Elohim(gods) , only the context and form of a verb (singular or plural) tells us if Elohim is singular (meaning God) or plural (meaning gods, Sons of God). In English verbs don’t have singular and plural form, so capitalization is used instead to convey the meaning.

[@jabinsonpurba6393]

Sir It was Yahweh, not god's who confuse human language

[@ElsieDraco]

God did not assign the people of the earth to worship other spiritual beings. Your translation of the plural elohim is inaccurate in this case.

[@OverviewBible]

"the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. For the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance." Deuteronomy 32:8-9 (NIV) Ancient Israelite religion was not always monotheistic (that is, they didn't believe that there was only one god); rather, their religion was similar to other religions in the ancient Near East: different gods had jurisdictions over different nations and lands. YHWH (the god of Israel) acknowledges other gods, which I address in this video.

[@exillens]

The much older Sumerian story says it was the God Enki who confused the languages around the tower🤔.(source "Enmerkar and lord of Aratta" poem). We also see a graduation of the Israelite god Yahweh from a local tribal god to a supreme god as the narrative progresses. But yeah, the book of Genesis uses a lot of Mesopotamian stories and give them an Israelite spin and replaces the Mesopotamian gods with yahweh in the narratives as the head

[@tomference4618]

..actually Jeffrey, the other gods you mention, did/are doing their jobs very well! These gods which in fact are not gods but devils of satan, are part of the very successful deception of all mankind.

[@OverviewBible]

You and the psalmist seem to have very different ideas of what a god is, what a god's job is, and what Yahweh expects of them. ;-)

[@tomference4618]

@@OverviewBible Jeffrey,..will you speak for the psalmist? There are enough scriptures that tell us of the deceptions of the adversary. Before teaching, what "you" interpret what the psalmist had said, take all scripture referencing the "gods" we are warned not to follow, by our Father's interpretation. Be careful Jeffrey.

[@rissstout5336]

Yea I kept waiting for the mention of these little “g” gods that are actually fallen angels but that never came. Some scripture has been skipped over in this.

[@Steven-jf8hq]

THEY SHOULD PUT YOUR PICTURE IN THE DICTIONARY NEXT TO THE WORD HUMILITY

[@TouchTheUniverse]

This is fringe interpretation it seems. What denomination believes this?

[@OverviewBible]

This isn't a denominational thing. Biblical illiteracy and a general lack of Ancient Near Eastern context makes the worldviews of the Bible's original audience sound fringe to modern readers.

[@mikeainsworth9861]

Nice job refuting the idea that the Bible supports monotheism.

[@rickyprince1735]

I believe that the others God's you spoke of is none other than The Father ,The Word,-Jesus Christ, as well as the Holy Spirit. The Trinity of Heaven confused the langue of the world at that time.

[@BhavSingh-x4s]

😢😢😢😮😅😊😊 2:20 2:21 2:21 ❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉😢😮😮7828² 00. %😊 %% 3:32 😂

[@LarryStallings-dk4rr]

THIS IS ALSO THE PART WHERE ISLAM IS TRYING TO DOMANATE THE WORLD

[@guychase8611]

Sadly Babylon and Baphomet are thriving - Why does The Hebrew word Ba’al translate in king James English to -“LORD or owner”. So the Hebrew “Lord” =Ba’al !! I find that fact disturbing .

[@saraloggins8365]

At 2:34 you say "YHWH and other divine beings, who we will call 'the gods' confuse human language". Where in the bible does it talk about this happening other than Genesis 11? Because the way I read Genesis 11 it seems YHWH confused the languages. It seems you started out from the very beginning of this video with a false narrative and filled in the rest of your wildly imaginative story.

[@OverviewBible]

The idea of ancient Israelites acknowledging a divine council isn't a new one, and there's internal biblical evidence that at one point, the Israelites believed that when the languages were confused, YHWH was given Israel as his inheritance by the Lord Most High (Deuteronomy 32:7-9). Furthermore, the Babel account has YHWH saying, "Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other" (Genesis 11:7, NIV). If you're already reading the Genesis account with a trinitarian mindset, then the "us" that YHWH uses there can easily refer to the triune godhead, but I don't think it's fair to assume that this is how the ancient Israelites understood this passage. I gotta say, it's always kind of strange to see someone I've never met assume they've got me entirely figured out! I'm almost envious of your confidence. Have a fine day!

[@saraloggins8365]

@@OverviewBible there is a reason why Israelites are not God's chosen people anymore. Be careful what you pull from their beliefs that is not crystal clear in the text. All through the OT they perverted worship and thought and did unbiblical things.

[@jml5100]

Wait, you seriously think the Bible says there are other gods?? What about all the verses that say there is only ONE God? Dude, learn context and it wouldn't hurt to learn Hebrew either. There is no actual Egyptian god or any other god. They aren't real. They are made up. Yahweh makes judgment on them in the sense that they are things like the Nile river and the sun, so Yahweh turns the water to blood and takes away the light of the sun. The princes of the other nations may be metaphorical or may be angels/demons, but not other gods. They aren't divine. Yahweh cuts off the hands and head of a STATUE that philistines incorrectly believed represented a true god. In psalms, that is also not talking about divine beings. "Divine counsel" is literally "congregation of God" meaning there are others present, but only one God. In fact, humans throughout the Bible are called gods, so it may be referring to judges and the reference to "dying like mortal men" can easily be understood as "dying just like all the other mortal men." Alternately, it could be angels to which he refers. Jesus even points out to the pharisees that the old testament calls humans "gods" so considering all the verses that clearly state there is only one God, it's completely incorrect and even heretical to say there are really other divine gods.

[@SPQR748]

I find it interesting that “The Devil” doesn’t recognize who Jesus is. This is another example of the Gospels contradiction of the Torah. Demons that are cast into pigs 🐷 know who Jesus is but their boss doesn’t know? 😹😹😹😹

[@rasheedfraser5680]

Where does it say he doesn’t recognize him

[@davidneville1712]

So in your view then, Yahweh is just one of many gods, that's not what He says, so you think your talent is teaching? I beg to differ!

[@sheikhamalik1664]

The Bible is part ancient history mixed with mythology and futuristic hopes, all tailored to serve the purpose of the Israelites to show them as the only divinely favoured people forever, irrespective of their actions. Christians too ignore the actual teachings of Jesus and follow Paul, who had never met Jesus but claimed to have the true understanding of Jesus' teachings.

[@christiannnamani3242]

We all have a choice and right to believe whatever we want, but if its truth that you seek, the Bible is The Word of God, enduring forever and established in Heaven. The Bible has true authority, relevant historic accounts, present day evidence by the Holy Spirit and archeological evidence than any other book including the Quran, if truth is your aim. The Bible is not about any person or nation but it is an account inspired by God to reveal Himself, his love for humanity, and humanity's slide into sin and its consequence and the solution through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus Our Lord on the cross. God started this work of redemption through father Abraham and accomplished it through his seed, Jesus Christ as promised in Genesis 12. In John 8:34-36, Our Lord Jesus said talking to the jews: Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: the Son abideth ever. ohn 8:44Ye are of

[@exillens]

Yes, christians do follow Paul's teachings and not the disciples teachings. The disciples disputed with Paul because jesus taught them nothing about circumcision not being necessary and putting away the Torah laws which Paul trivializes as not necessary according to his revelation. "Mark" is a Paulian gospel giving a Paulian narrative of jesus and downplaying the disciples while "Matthew" came along and painted the disciples in a better light and gave a more jewish law keeping narrative of jesus using Mark as his main source but changing the narratives he had contention with. I could go on if anyone wants more

[@rasheedfraser5680]

Alot of misconceptions

[@karlshaner2453]

You should study The Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ.

[@canadiankewldude]

Babylon is not Babel, show me in the Bible with scripture. Babylon is southern while Babel is Northern just west of Noah's landing. God Bless.

[@OverviewBible]

Pick up an English-Hebrew reverse interlinear Bible (a Bible that maps the English text to underlying Hebrew documents) and you'll see that “Babel” is the English transliteration of the Hebrew word for “Babylon”-while our English Bibles make a distinction between the tower incident and the Chaldean city, the original Hebrew text does not. Example: the Hebrew word transliterated "Babel" in Genesis 10:10 is the same as the Hebrew word translated "Babylon" in 2 Kings 25:22.

[@canadiankewldude]

@@OverviewBible Could you direct me to the source of this "English-Hebrew reverse interlinear Bible."

[@OverviewBible]

Uhh, no. If you're actually curious, you have everything you need to Google it yourself. =)

[@canadiankewldude]

@@OverviewBible I am, thanks.

[@canadiankewldude]

@@OverviewBible Trust as you will. Seeing how this is all within the last 150 years, I shall never.

[@diocre7446]

Rome kills Jesus 🤣 . Are you scared to show that it was The Jews? Even Pilate wash his hand to tell these Jews it wasn't his verdict but the Jews themselves.

[@OverviewBible]

No. I'm scared of far more terrifying things, like: - Eating too many vitamins - Dying alone - Accidentally infuriating a member of a drug cartel in traffic - The dark

[@MikiDoodleMom]

Just to clarify, false gods....There is only One God. 😁✝️🙌

[@OverviewBible]

That's the opposite of what this video says (and what the ancient Israelites believed). As far as the writers of the Bible were concerned, there were plenty of gods, but they were not all equally worthy of human devotion. There were (and still are) false gods in the sense that there are gods who cannot effect the changes that the Israelites (and even modern humans) want.

[@exillens]

The bible clearly acknowledges there were other gods.

[@sheikhamalik1664]

My friend, you say the Bible is the word of God. Why then are the four gospels called 'according to ....?' which itself suggests that they were written by men, and research shows that though they carry the names of apostles, the authors were not Jesus' companions. The most prominent among New Testament authors, Paul, never even met him. As for the Old Testament, it was written over a period of about 8 or 9 centuries, by different authors, and has disparate and at times contradictory accounts. My book 'In thy seed: the scriptures revisited' (Amazon), or its revised version 'In thy seed: Judaism, Christianity, Islam: addressing some key issues' (Paramount Books, Karachi, Pakistan) deals with many of these questions in detail.

[@OverviewBible]

Wait-where did I say the Bible is the word of God? Granted, in modern times, "The Word of God" is a common synonym for the Bible, but there's a lot of historical nuance here.

[@thomaswilliamjohnson3022]

This is a poor video

[@rosierobinson8488]

He has no clue about the Bible And who the real Israelites

[@SheikhN-bible-syndrome]

Yeah you tell them tell them how it the lazy bad attitude won't get the chip off of their shoulder black people huh?.. man go back to Africa sub-Saharan Africa that is