What the Bible Really Says About Death, Afterlife, and Resurrection?

This private lecture was informally filmed in 2010 and the video and sound quality is not ideal. It is, however, fully understandable and I thought the information it contains would nonetheless be of value to my KZbin viewers.
The lecture is the title of an article that I published in 1989 titled "What the Bible Really Says About..." with a whole list of topics. Mine was "death, afterlife, and the future," quite a tall order!
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[@stormlord1984]

Professor, you are by far my favorite teacher I've known all my life, I just cannot stop listening to your lectures.

[@donnakeizer1468]

I only listen to Gods words Genesis to Rev. Not mans words.,.. go to U B Ready - Sin to the End... all of them

[@dwaynedeslatte2957]

Dr. Tabor...Im out on a travel nursing assignment and you have been my favorite person to listen to in my downtime. You Sir, are the Man!

[@erichodge567]

I've got to thank Derek over at Mythvision for putting me on to Dr. Tabor. He is so knowledgeable, yet so straightforward.

[@key5t0ne]

That's how I found Dr. Tabor's work as well. Derek showcases some great talent. I can't get enough of Tabor's videos, the guy is a fountain of important information that I don't find anyone else discussing.

[@tayrowell]

Same here.

[@ncarmstron]

I found James Tabor on MythVision as well. Also Steve Mason. Both are excellent.

[@sharipeebles5170]

Same!

[@jontanneguy4960]

The last few minutes are very telling. One thing that came to mind was "many are called, few are chosen"

[@muzezeum]

I am so glad we have scholars like Tabor for ppl like me who would never have time for the research but are curious as to the documentation. Yes, of course, love life and do good for good's sake ... and it will all turn out in the wash.

[@tomf429]

Nobody knows what happens after we die. Live a good life, treat others fairly, and give thanks for your blessings. Either it’s lights out, or, something else. What is the point of trying to guess whatever that is? Just do the right thing and hope for the best. We’ll all find out someday, or, we won’t. Why worry?

[@iblogthereforeiam4267]

That's not the worst point or argument anyone can make here, so I applaud you. Having said that; I am a believer in God and His word and Jesus Christ being who he professed to be biblically speaking. So, there you go...

[@tomf429]

@@iblogthereforeiam4267 I can feel God in my life. I love the story and teachings of Jesus. But, of the 111 billion people who have ever lived on Earth since the beginning of time, only 14% of that total are, or were, Christians. That’s less than 16 billion. So, we have 85% of all humanity who will not go to Heaven? That does not make any sense or even seem fair. I’ll follow the Golden Rule, thank God for all my blessings, and hope for the best.

[@yeshuarasheed]

As an ex-muxlim this is both interesting and refreshing compared to Muhammads twisted view of punishments in the grave. Snakes and scorpions waiting for you and also being squeezed upon entering. You are also told that you can hear the footsteps of your loved ones departing away, then 2 angels appear to ask you 3 questions about God, Muhammad and your religion. I've started reading the Bible and realizing how much was plagiarism and was just an over-active imagination of a 7th century man.

[@youngknowledgeseeker]

By any chance do you follow Yeshua now?

[@yeshuarasheed]

Yes I do by His Grace. But Islam for some leaves a bad taste of faith & they want nothing to do with religion altogether. My biggest regret is that I wasted over 2 decades of my life with Islam. I can never get back my good years to serve Mashiach and it makes me sick. So I have to do my best now.

[@terryfox9344]

I always liked the answer in Job. We weren't there at the Creation. Ultimately, we either believe in a just God or we don't. We have to make a choice. Thank you for this video as it expanded on my thinking on the subject.

[@donnakeizer1468]

We were in spiritual bodies. Like we are going back too in 1 COR.15.52 in a twinkling of an eye at the last trump (7) we are all CHANGED into spiritual bodies. Never to return. To flesh, Next is 2nd heaven age, then 1000 yrs of teaching Rev. 19 and in Rev. 20 it’s either the LAKE OF FIRE OR ETERNITY, .......THAT 3 rd heaven age, Paul was taken to 3rd heaven age. To understand you must listen to a gifted scholar in THE THREE WORLD AGES SHEPHERDS CHAPEL. 50+yrs teaching every word from GEn, 1 to Rev, 22.

[@donnakeizer1468]

You need STRONGS Exhaustive Concordance, along with Companion ion bible, king James, Gen, 15. 19-21 10 nations of giants, KENITES Kadmonites, Amorites Etc, some were hunters, mountaineers, merchants natives aborginal in Hebrew.

[@sorenaleksander2670]

That ISN'T an answer. It just equates a god to the Reality Principle. Isn't religion supposed to circumvent the Reality Principle, via a covenant? Except Job ends up, like Koahleth, by reaffirming that NATURE is not GOD, unless this god intervenes. Why bad things happen to good people is in no way answered by Job. What IS answered is the nature of a deity asserting absolute power and dominance, which is humanity vs reality. If this is the voice in Job of a god, it is not a god that is daily concerned about what you do. Even if you are PERFECT, anything can and will happen to you!

[@tabithastarkenburg7300]

@@sorenaleksander2670 "Bad things happen to good people'. Maybe that's the way our faith and trust and love for the Lord is tested!? Read Deuteronomy 8.

[@bartbannister394]

Hopefully you make your choice based on evidence. You can start by fact checking the bible.

[@ethanstiles948]

Wonderful lecture, always a treat when you upload a new video!

[@notanemoprog]

Thank you for sharing the video and the article!

[@dbarker7794]

Excellent. Lots to keep thinking about. Thank you.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Fascinating stuff, Professor Tabor - thank you! Greetings from Delphi, Greece.

[@dynamic9016]

Thanks much for this video.

[@naomiz6132]

Fascinating!

[@Think4Yourself-]

Excellent

[@user-eq4qd8sx5l]

Wonderful!

[@paulconcadora9395]

Great video and information about life spoken about in the bible scriptures,

[@annettecloutier2094]

SO GOOD!! SO GOOD!! Love the Morton Smith connection!!!

[@alexlarsen6413]

I know this is old stuff but most of us have never seen or heard it before so, thanks for posting it. It's fascinating! Like the last bit about doing good for goodness sake a lot. It connects the Hebraic and the Hellenistic worldviews and even if it doesn't resolve Plato's Euthyphro dilemma it acknowledges it. The dilemma comes from Plato's story wherein Socrates is a character discussing the nature of morality with this other, Euthyphro character and Socrates by deploying his method confronts him with the question of whether what's good and pious is good because god/s love it, or god/s love it because it is good. The paradox here is this: If the command theory is correct and that which is good, is good only because God/s love or command it, then morality is an empty, arbitrary concept. On the other hand, if we follow the second horn of the dilemma whereby God/s love that which is good, the logical conclusion is: God/s aren't the source but rather just a conduit of morality. This is much more problematic in relation to the concept of omni God.

[@donnakeizer1468]

Wow, go to The three world ages shepherds chapel/ bible scholar of 50 yrs. then go to a GEn. 1

[@donnakeizer1468]

Go to The Ten Lost Tribes Of ISRael. GOD didn’t lose them they lost themselves, Many videos,

[@ThePropriate]

Very good video. I was unable to find it when I went into a KZbin debate on Ancient Near East Cosmology. If anyone knows Christopher Enoch, you can point him to this video to show that James Tabor does indeed say that Biblical cosmology was roughly the same as the Ancient Near East Cosmology, just as I had said.

[@edmondprice6215]

I feel like you could sift through the contradictions of religious texts for decades and still not have a concrete understanding of the spiritual plane.

[@otman4851]

Just read the quran and you ll get your anwers .

[@danielpaulson8838]

They're all analogous stories built in different places and different times, but on the template of "The Hero's Journey". I can show that. The similarities we see. like flood stories, are where the analogs closely align. Then they can go crazy but they all mean the same thing. It plays out in the psyche. We turn these inward for self healing and strip away the carrier. The religion or myth.

[@PedroCarrillo-wm6tn]

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[@edmondprice6215]

@@PedroCarrillo-wm6tn I have been saying exactly that for years 👍

[@fruitful7753]

The apostle Paul wrote to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord. Many times in Revelations we see the saints are there, even asking how long till there blood be avenged. After the resurrection of Jesus , plus many others who were dead were seen in Jerusalem, before ascending, it is written in the bible.

[@iblogthereforeiam4267]

EXACTLY!!!

[@mortalkombaty7960]

asking how long till there blood be avenged? Book of Revelation iirc obviously, they are not very happy if they want Vengeance. So God is weak and can't provide full hapiness?

[@mjt532]

37:29 This lecture can be scientifically dated to late June 2009 AD. 😀

[@thomasrhodes5013]

This corrected one of my misunderstandings. Quran 19-23 has Mary saying she wished to be a thing ''totally forgotten'' I had understood this to be a lament for non-existence. I harbored this error, until this evening. I see, now, that Mary was confessing an understanding of the cosmos in terms of early Hebraic thought. The shoal and underworld were/are, to her, a domain of the forgotten.

[@davidcloyd1296]

Respectfully, when I hear “what does the Bible say?”…. I just wish people would realize that this is a false premise. The Bible is ultimately a story, “Gods testimony about His Son” and there is a climax, the cross, and a new life given through the resurrection!

[@theunapologeticjew]

I’ve actually asked Christians, “Would you still be a Christian if there were no heaven?” Many will not entertain the question saying, “The Bible says there is”. But those who answer have more often then not said “No”. Sad, only to be able to serve if rewarded

[@sunny3907]

And you're still an 'unapologetic jew', still believing in the creation story.

[@theunapologeticjew]

@@sunny3907 not sure what that has to do with my comment but I am not a strict biblical literalist if that’s what you mean. Judaism is not a faith of belief, It is a faith of action.

[@sunny3907]

@@theunapologeticjew you don't believe in Abraham, Issac and Joseph?? If they didn't exist, would Judaism still stand?? I mean Moses didn't exist, and the exodus didn't happen. King David and city of Solomon are all imaginary heroes the news made up coz they kept getting bodied by everyone around them. If you don't believe in any of the above, what exactly makes you a jew??

[@theunapologeticjew]

@@70AD-user45 you are certainly welcome to your beliefs. Have a good weekend.

[@animaanimus8011]

I debated on whether to respond to your comment as I do not intend on making you feel defensive, embarrassing you, or overstepping boundaries. However, I think it’s fair to challenge your statement as best for all involved. I very much doubt anyone would readily admit that their faith is based merely on the promise of reward-as the same types of people who would only follow Christ because they want to enter Heaven are the ones who would lie to save face, especially when being clearly confronted. Perhaps it truly is the case that many Xp’s choose their belief because an eternal life is comforting, but your claim that you go around confronting them and they just admit that is the case doesn’t pass the test of normal human interactions. Please make your argument as a statement (ie, “I believe most Xp’s…”) rather than create some narrative in which your opponent in an alleged debate rolls over and states their entire religion is selfishly motivated. In your words, “Judaism is a religion of action.” Please examine your behavior and evaluate if you, in creating this bizarre narrative, are behaving consistent with Mosaic law. I felt moved to challenge you, as I would hope someone would challenge me when I too (as I often do) fall short of morality. I will use this as an opportunity to repent of my own sins and offer prayers that both of us grow spiritually into better people who can converse honestly/respectfully and support one another.

[@CyntheaAnderson]

I'd rather have George MacDonald's outlook on "is it, or isn't it?" I wouldn't want to miss out on what God has for us. Is it really so painful to live the life that Jesus represented?

[@michellesmith5436]

41:00 This happened in the Book of Tobit to Sarah who was married seven times but the demon Asmodeus kept killing her new husbands until Raphael the archangel helped her.

[@stumpy31952]

loved that movie too

[@dustinellerbe4125]

Brilliant! Like an angel 🌟 shining in the night sky

[@dansaber4427]

Finally

[@aquarianmasterstroke2958]

Extraordinary theology

[@roccosage8508]

Love this channel. Book recommendation for anyone interested in this subject matter: “Man Being Volume 1: The Transmission”. It covers everything from dreams, death, the afterlife, time travel, reincarnation, extraterrestrials, portals and gateways, Vatican and Renaissance secrets, Ancient civilizations, Lemuria, Atlantis, Jesus, Sinai, Egyptians and the Pyramids, Hebrew letters, etc. Wild read. Best I’ve had in years.

[@victorknezevich7281]

It was the persian, zoroastrian religion that gave the Jews the idea of an afterlife, day of judgement,,angels etc..when they were captive in babylonia ,look it up!

[@brianruppert1071]

It ain’t you, babe! I love it.

[@JaysonCarmona]

Great video here, Dr Tabor. One thing you are missing here on Luke 20:27 The Greek word for marriage is an active participle. Christ is answering the question whether she is bound in the afterlife, not whether marriage is eternal. This ties into later scripture by Paul which teaches Christ is the bridegroom and the church is the bride. To be consistent, it would reason that marriage can be eternal. Maybe even the same answer with Job, God will work it all out, He is just. EDIT: I did really enjoy this video. I enjoyed the progression from the Old Testament to Apocrypha to the New Testament. Loved how the Book of Enoch threw a curve ball in all this. Thank you for posting this.

[@donnakeizer1468]

Why does it Job. 38.7 the sons of God That’s disobeyed God and came to earth... Jude 1.6 the angels ( NAPHAL, Fallen Nephilum ) came to earth (UFOs ) left their first estate ( heaven ) (200 Book Of Enoch) .. And took wives and had Gibbor, giants, Rephraim Go to Genesis 6 Shepherds chapel, / scholars. Best bible studies, in Amos 2.9 the Amorites were the heights of cedars, the cedars Of Lebanon were the largest in the world.... 40-100 ft tall, TERROR... it made OG of Bashan,he was king of 60 cities, land of the giants, his Bed was 9 cubits, Sihon Of Hesbon, goalith Of Gath were like midgets compared to the Amorites, Go to Genesis 15. 19-21 10 nations of giants KENITES - Sons Of Cain, Kadmonites, Rephraim Etc. Somewere hunters, merchants, mountaineers, natives, aboriginals .....the museums hid the giant Skelton’s because they want you to believe in evolution. A lie. You must listen to The Three world ages, Horses ofthe Bible, 3rd influx of Nephilim. They are returning next is Rev. 13 EZEK. 28. AntiChrist .... go to Shepherds chapel...... the giants were supernatural 100recall, wehave 10%, cannibals, pure evil, the fallen angels Nephilum had secrets of DNA moon stars, etc could make anything, half man, half beast, shepherds chapel is the best in the universe.

[@JaysonCarmona]

@@donnakeizer1468 Not sure what this has to do with Luke 20:27, but go off my dude.

[@donnakeizer1468]

@@JaysonCarmona my whole point is Elijah isreturning in the last days May. 4.5 Behold I will send Elijah the prophet before the coming of great and dreadful day of the LORD. ( Luke ). I was chosen before the foundations of this earth Ephesians 1.4 and I am alive today, I know I was ........lived many lives......the elect, chosen, called.......and In Rev.13 EZEK.28 the Antichrist is returning who is REV! 12.9 20.2 that great dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil and Satan,... plus son of perdition, Lucifer, king of TYRUS ( a type) Destroyer, appolyon, Etc SAME ENTITY DIFFERENT ROLES. Different time. Go to The Three world ages. Shepherds chapel.

[@donnakeizer1468]

@@JaysonCarmona Malachi 4.5. Elijah is returning in the last days,

[@JaysonCarmona]

@@donnakeizer1468 what if I told you he already has? Morpheus.gif

[@s.g.8010]

At the end of many scriptures by David "Sheol" appears. I researched the word and their was no mention of it anywhere I searched. Where can I (we) find the accounting of the meaning of the word "Sheol"?

[@carmenrizzo6408]

Father Avenge 🆘

[@rainman7769]

Another great video 📸 mystery ending for Dead

[@jgarrett5627]

Dr Tabor, was this evolution of theology a response to the Greek influences? What was the genesis of the debate between the Sad and Phar?

[@joanlynch5271]

I wonder if they could create a software devisé that would help with these big ideas.

[@silasr20]

God has appointed to every man his time. We live in time and also die out of time and wait until our change comes.(ressurection when Jesus returns at the last day) in other words we wait for the time when our body on earth will be reunited with the breath of life (spirit of life)from god in heaven at the time of Our change during the resurrection. when you die out of time and are sleeping in silence with no recollection of time then a thousand years is as one day and one day is as one thousand years. for some who has died in faith it has been over six thousand years but since they are out of time and have no recollection of anything. when they are awakened to enter into their change to them it will be as just one day that they were asleep(dead) therefore those who have fallen asleep in death are not anxiously waiting to be resurrected but rather will be awakened in peace never knowing they were in death for any length of time. That’s why Jesus calls death a sleep because your in a state of complete and total unconsciousness.

[@ChopinIsMyBestFriend]

You speak on Enoch and Genesis 5 but I would like to hear about what you think of Enoch and Genesis 6.

[@stumpy31952]

Wait, last week, a year ago? When did you give this talk or did you just post it a year ago?

[@serapheum]

Mayim and Shamayim...waters below and waters above

[@ronchappel4812]

Wow,very good ending

[@fudgesauce]

Many people adhere to the beliefs that (a) an all-powerful God exists, and (b) that he left his thoughts with us in a book that we can interpret and discover God's plan for us (though in various situations they deflect specific questions by answering that we can't know God's mind). What that leaves wide open is that an all-powerful God could have written a book that isn't true. If one can't know God's mind, citing the scripture is useless because one can't trust that it is an honest accounting of God's wishes. Maybe there is a pantheon of Gods and they entertain themselves by creating worlds of intelligent creatures, then gives them a book with confusing/contradictory information and laugh at how these mortals run with it. Or maybe it is a kind of Rorschach test where there is good information mixed with the execrable and God judges us based on which parts of the Bible we are drawn to. Maybe there is a hierarchy of heavens and the Gods have decided we don't need to know about the other ones yet. Maybe there is a God but there is no heaven or the afterlife is really terrible for everyone, but putting out the false book helps with crowd control here on earth, a kind of useful lie. Once you introduce an all-powerful magic being into your worldview, then nothing at all is certain. Imagine reading a book where one of the characters is all powerful -- there is no storyline in such a book where any narrative is inconsistent anymore as all constraints are gone. The point of this is: speculating about an afterlife may be entertaining, but why not focus on making the here-and-now a more fair and pleasant world, and just accept the consequences of that?

[@historicalbiblicalresearch8440]

You have to hang onto your hat with James's lectures but I think he's suggesting that if you read the Bible carefully you can read/isolatewhat actually happened i.e. non supernatural events e.g. followers getting together and wish thinking sightings of Jesus along side the parallel jazzed up miraculous resurrection explanation. Just Greek authors used to spice up they accounts of wars with godly interventions.

[@DarrylSteele69]

trading freedoms for the kingdom

[@tractordriver8950]

I see Tabor has an alternative view for every mainstream Christian teaching. Except when it comes to the passage where Jesus says “for in the resurrection they shall not be given into marriage. He seems to agree with them here. I don’t believe Jesus was referring to a celibate afterlife. Resurrection and the Future of Marriage: Interpreting Luke 20:34-36 in its Hebraic Context Sarah Giles

[@georgeo785]

We can read it for ourselves. Straight from the Scriptures, the Word of God.

[@shirleysmith8072]

Loved Ones whose bodies have died did communicate with us We know they are alive and Very Happy!

[@paulconcadora9395]

You are saying that you have made contact with your dead loved ones, and they let you know that their alive somewhere, and your very happy with their informing you of their experiences in the afterlife, and you are shore they were your loved ones, and not someone else, and you the bible,

[@marshalldarcy7423]

Religion always tries to objectify that which can not be made into an object. All mysticism is about internal experience gained by the emulation of death, a rejection of externals.

[@icesphere1205]

(see first line- chapter 2) ... Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and (All) the host of them.

[@icesphere1205]

God made (All) things=> for a reason (to serve God) In Judgement=> this is The Plan for your (true) place (for the Eternal Life of the Meek in Creation) & why some are even born [broken]

[@icesphere1205]

... the threshing of grains a lessor respect than the (reverence) in blessing from the letting of blood & a blessed Soul ascends this plan called (never-ending), Creation

[@aanii2878]

Like the caterpillar crawling into a cocoon concerned with it's present beauty. Your new form will be unfathomably beautiful with unfathomable abilities, relatively speaking. Beauty is illusionary and resides in the eyes of the beholder. Don't look to impress others, look to impress the god, or all seeing eye, or whatever you wanna deem the omnipresent. 😊

[@AngelRoseAngel1980]

❤

[@tabithastarkenburg7300]

Hi. To your first part, Creation, there is The Book Of Enoch who clarifies soo many points on this subject. The Invisible, was an orderly, mathematical World out of which GOD made the Visible, livable Earth. First, that picture you display is someone's imagination... So, in the beginning, there was NOT a CHAOS as you said, ALL was orderly under God's command as at His WORD ('let there be...) became what we call Milky Way, human's world. I will continue watching Job part.

[@alexjackson1106]

“Eden is boring” Thats sad to say because God intended for Eden. I would love to be one with the animals, speak to the forest, and let the sun be my clock thats where you find the true essence of God.

[@ranxceroxcallixte9262]

Yea, ones boring is another's peacefulness

[@elizabethwinsor5140]

I've been to eden ....it's really nice ...

[@ranxceroxcallixte9262]

She had several men from 1 family. They kept on dying but no body said "serial Killer"?

[@THEEHumblePeasant]

I don’t know how to feel about him using the apocrypha for ‘Solomon’s” views. He more than likely didn’t write that book

[@jasonmichaelgonzalez3875]

Religion= the Bane of existence, ...one of them for sure.

[@michellesmith5436]

30:20 Wycliffe Bible has thou shalt draw down the land of giants into falling.

[@Slowleek]

Regarding the 2nd day of creation, God doesn't say it was good. He said it was so. I wonder why that is...

[@sethjohnson6539]

Mr tabor,you amaze me with your videos ,may I humbly make a suggestion? let there be light doesn't necessarily ring out as much as be light there.it seems more appropriate to me that God told everything what to do.he didn't ask ( please comment)

[@iblogthereforeiam4267]

Interesting take 🤔

[@xxxxgrinxxxx]

strong ending man

[@biancac3438]

Adapt was taken up to " heaven" Nibiru where the gods lived. It's nit a olace for humans. He was taken back to Earth because an Earthling cannot reside on Nibiru. Humans have been obsessed with " heaven" from the very beginning just look at the story of Gilghamesh who seeks immortality like the gods and seeks to take a rocketship to Nibiru but its denied.

[@longcastle4863]

26:00 ts

[@methylmike]

Not everything was good in the creation week. Day 2, the dealing with the waters. This day was neither good nor bad. Day 2 was a struggle for God

[@guruware8612]

a struggle for an almighty entity, ok

[@methylmike]

@@guruware8612 do you struggle? He made us in His likeness

[@theomnisthour6400]

Redemption is a partnership. You get no free lunches from a tough-loving all-father. Nor do you from any of the adversary's minions, despite the recruiting propaganda for their dark matrix universes

[@revelator5754]

And the people said ,HEY, how come i live the virtuous life only to be poor and die poor. God said, HEY , you know your right, You guys are just as smart as I am. Let's change that up a bit. jeeze

[@pulldpin67]

An extensive popular review by Jay Tolson appeared in the April 9, 2006 issue of U.S. News & World Report.[4] Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte from the Theological University of Kampen writing in the Society of Biblical Literature Review of Biblical Literature (June 2007) was highly critical of the book saying, "Some books are written to spread knowledge, others to generate controversy. This book falls into the latter category. In his Jesus Dynasty James Tabor presents a reconstruction of the Jesus movement from a perspective that purports to be a neutral view at the facts. Unfortunately, Tabor’s view is not neutral and his ‘facts’ are not facts."[5]

[@iblogthereforeiam4267]

Bravo!

[@jha7623]

I’m afraid to burn 🔥 forever it’s unimaginable I feel like nothing we do can stop our destiny , it even says god hated someone in the womb I believe in Jesus but I believe the Old Testament god was Satan because Jesus argues with people and says you have heard it say in the Old Testament BUT I say to you he’s clearly going against the old teachings

[@stumpy31952]

plant our seed in some fertile soil, and a tree will grow from our bones

[@ohfft]

???? So listening to your statement about not going to heaven in genesis, then what about in Genesis 3 where the promise is made that if we overcome evil to reach for the tree of life and live forever??

[@taniatanoa]

Our bodies end up as fertilizer, however I believe the spirit goes back to the one who gave it, thats my opinion anyway 😊

[@DavidJones-ji9ce]

Hi All! James has set out in this video what people believed about Life, Death and Immortality found in Scripture and in other writings and how it progressed down through the ages. Man in the Flesh, through Faith in the promises of אלהים ALaHaYM (God), will become ALaHaYM. A New Creation so to speak, that is Higher than the מלאכים MaLAKaYM (Angels), and be part of the Family of יהוה YaHUaH as Immortal Spirit Beings. Flesh has to Die, symbolised by Water Baptism and Symbolically Raised to a New Life, having put to Death the deeds of the Body (Sin) to walk in Newness of Life while awaiting the return of מלכי צדק MaLKaY TsaDaQ the King of Righteousness. Just like Archaeology, Faith is based on finding something that can be seen, that bears witness to the Unseen. The Demonstration of a Reality though not seen, becomes Reality through the evidence that is found. Seeing is Believing! May you be Blessed.

[@jamesmcdermott5048]

It says what it says, not what YOU think he meant by what he said. Probably worship om Sunday.... Doctrine of man voiding the word of God!!! Pshew!

[@kornelia8627]

Thank you for this detailed reading and "translation" in modern language. To hide what Jesus message was, has cost the whole humanity many many lifes and humanity was doomed to live in the darkness of spirituality. Beside that people have been enslaved by religion, not liberated. Nearly 2000 years of spiritual evolution are nearly wasted. The Roman Catholic Church has tried to keep people in the dark. Jews suffer today because of same structure of lies. They have been told by some high ranking Jews back then, that Jesus was not the Messiah, so they could maintain their positions. To lie to someone for nearly 2000 years is just bad. Funnily the Catholic Church does not believe in reincarnation for Christians. Totally against the Messiahs message for his believers and against what God represents. I think its rather cruel but intelligent to maintain humanity in the dark. God doesn't sent his messenger/son to earth with this message for the message to be hidden for 2000 years longer. Thats not funny. Its cruel. They reversed evolution in a very vulgar manner. This wasn't planned to be so hard for humanity. People do much harm to themselves. It could have been a wonderful easy flow after spreading the good news. In times there wss no hope people did many bad things. Especially since the church invented the hell. With Jesús real message people would have not felt so alone and hopeless. The souls should have rejoyced instead they received long periods of wars and a long list of punishments. No, I don't think this was the right way to treat people. Many old people still think they will go to hell. This church induced fear comes still from this lie. Its still a very serious thing and still needs to be solved and healed with the truth.

[@TheWayOfRespectAndKindness]

We are risen from God and shall return to God.

[@deppo_zweifler9029]

Dead wrong. We came from dust and shall return to dust. That`s what the bible says.

[@deppo_zweifler9029]

@Dbo83 The gospel of John was written 80 years after the alleged death of the alleged jesus. The writers put this sentence in Jesus' mouth.

[@geoffreynhill2833]

Surely this lends credibility to the theory that we humans were brought to Earth by Extraterritorials? 🤔( Green Fire UK) 🌈🦉

[@stumpy31952]

the soul or breath has weight. according to medical Dr's

[@marklmansfield]

The opposite of up is down , the opposite of left is right , the opposite of Life is Death . . . .for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in She′ol, the place to which you are going. . .Ecclesiastes 9:10 Until Christ was faithful unto death the resurrection wasn't a done deal guaranteed

[@dadedowuh]

Is there nepotism and cronyism in god's kindom?

[@donnakeizer1468]

John 4, Jesus spoke to the women at the well that had 5 husbands and the one she was with was not her husband, In John 4.39 that woman went into town and almost converted the whole town, Jesus was very happy Divorce is not the unforgivable sin.. Luke 12.10.

[@mr.discernment8205]

You did a pretty good job, good for you. I'll help clarify something, about half way through you mention about how Isaiah mentions that the dead won't get this long peaceful life, petting lions and such. Well, Matthew speaks of the kingdom of Heaven but the other 3 don't, they speak of the kingdom of God, they're not the same. Matthew is primarily for the Jewish people, and this kingdom of Heaven, the new Jerusalem is about them (I believe). The dead in Christ go to Kingdom of God (all spirit realm ruled by our God himself). Some may become priest maybe for Jesus and serve during that 1000 years here but are in kingdom of God still whereas the Jews are in Kingdom of Heaven, will live 1000 years here and primary ruler will be David. Notice Matthew refers 33 times to Kingdom of Heaven and the other 3 (New Testament) mention (combined) kingdom of God 70 times. Kingdom of God will be for some of the dead and the others well, recycled (or reincarnated) into a realm of forms as they still require spiritual growth/maturity so they can be in the Kingdom of God. One consciousness, one God, all part of that body, the body of Christ. Again, good video, you did a good job with your understanding and research ... GOOD FOR YOU!!!

[@retepelyod]

The Assyrian invasion of Palestine? Nearly knocked me off my chair.

[@user-sw5bq3ek8q]

I thing in early books of OT there is no after Life or anthropologic dualism. Those are ideas Judaism took from Greeks, specific form Neoplatonism.

[@onlyonewaymon2060]

Um "and the future." Or " and resurrection." ??? Man discrepancy in the first 5 seconds of the video. Wow.

[@aw9680]

48:20 the great punishment/reward double bind.

[@jonnyw82]

To learn to do good for the love of what is good for the sake of goodness alone.

[@iblogthereforeiam4267]

Satan can and does often come Appearing as an angel of "Light" !!!

[@Kamisama77]

Satan is living in Moscow

[@jdaze1]

The NT is about death burial resurrection and life after death (to old man) IN THIS LIFE. The old man the 1st Adam must die so the new man the last Adam can arise as a new creation. The 2nd death has no power over those who expierence the 1st death, death to SELF. We must crucify our carnal flesh so the incorruptable new flesh arises. The gospels are a spiritual allegory for every person who overcomes sin and they become the Son of God. Rev 21:7. Most of what the church has taught for 1700 years is a misinterpretation. We have been blinded in part. No one else died for our sins and God is not a man, Hosea 11:9. We become a Son at our spiritual birth not physical birth as it was for Jesus clearly stated in Romans 1:3-4. Thats the miracle birth, not a physical birth. The kingdom comes without obversation and is within/neigh you. It will one day be manifest for all to see. Peace will reign on earth not just in our hearts as it currently is.

[@whidoineedthis]

The biblensausbbe fruitful and multiply. If you dobt follow this מצווה you break the best part If life and one of the greatest parts of the garden in eden.

[@conantheagrarian]

it doesn’t say anything about it. olam is not eternity.

[@josephharrism.d.1056]

Job got banged over a jive bet with Satan. His wife lost 10 children and how many grands? She never had more children like Job (Jemima!) she was too old! How can one derive salvation from such a cruel tale?

[@jdwagman]

How can one derive salvation from such a cruel tale? Its tough love and fear God. My Love the Son of God, an innocent and blameless man, in whom there was no falsehood, was rejected, suffered, and died on a torture stake like a common criminal. Who directed this coarse of action? Satan the Accuser whom makes accusations against the righteous. Why did God allow this? John 14:30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me. Hebrews 5:8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered. Romans 5:19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. This is where I find salvation in such a cruel tale. Job symbolizes Jesus. A foreshadow of a reality. This is why it was published as scripture. We must conquer the prince of this world in the same way. Walk the same path as Jesus did. And then have faith in the promises made to those who conquer this world and pass the test and completes the training. We learn to fight with our spirit and mind and not with our fist. We are soldiers in battles that defend ourselves from the psychological warfare and its fog. It is faith in the promises that keep us fighting.

[@paulustarsus]

Is there no differenciation between OT/NT, i.e. Christ going to 'prepare a place'...'many rooms in mansions' etc?

[@Secondrunnerup613]

There is a HUGE difference. One was given by Gd ( Tanakh) the other ( NT) was created by man to made Gd in MANS IMAGE

[@paulustarsus]

​@@Secondrunnerup613 And what has Gd promised us?

[@Secondrunnerup613]

@@paulustarsus it depends on who the "us" is... if it's gentiles nothing. If it's Jews then he promised US Eretz Israel and that WE would be a light to the nations. He also promised that WE would be the final ruling kingdom of this world and that: וּמַלְכוּתָ֨א וְשׇׁלְטָנָ֜א וּרְבוּתָ֗א דִּ֚י מַלְכְוָת֙ תְּח֣וֹת כׇּל־שְׁמַיָּ֔א יְהִיבַ֕ת לְעַ֖ם קַדִּישֵׁ֣י עֶלְיוֹנִ֑ין מַלְכוּתֵהּ֙ מַלְכ֣וּת עָלַ֔ם וְכֹל֙ שׇׁלְטָ֣נַיָּ֔א לֵ֥הּ יִפְלְח֖וּן וְיִֽשְׁתַּמְּעֽוּן׃ The kingship and dominion and grandeur belonging to all the kingdoms under Heaven will be given to the people of the holy one of the Most High. Their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey them.’” Dani'el 7:27

[@Secondrunnerup613]

@@paulustarsus it has been about "here"....this planet that he created for all human beings. הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שָׁ֭מַיִם לַיהֹוָ֑ה וְ֝הָאָ֗רֶץ נָתַ֥ן לִבְנֵי־אָדָֽם׃ The heavens belong to the Hashem, but the earth Hashem gave over to man.( The text actually says to the offspring(children) of Adam.) Tehillim 115:16

[@paulustarsus]

@@Secondrunnerup613 And just out of curiosity Bro', do you think that the Jews honour that agreement by being a light to the nations?

[@dorothypoole8908]

"But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit." I Corinthians 2:10 emilyprod

[@donnakeizer1468]

At Jesus second coming...... Acts 1.11 ZECH 14.4 Jesus returns to the Mt.of Olives, we go into 2 Nd heaven age, next is 1000 yrs of teaching, we are all in spiritual bodies, 1 COR.15.52 in a twinkling of an eye at the Last trump (7) we are ALL changed into spiritual bodies, never to return to flesh. It grieved God he made us flesh......after 1000 yrs of teaching Then go to Rev. 20 either eternity or Lake Of Fire,that 3 rd heaven age, Paul as taken to 3rd heaven age, Go to The Three world ages Shepherds chapel./scholars thebest in the universe, ....♥️🇨🇦🕊🇨🇦♥️start at Genesis 1 Shepherds chapel

[@mclaarson]

I think the Romans straight up just castrated Paul. Years of torture had broken him. To understand what happened one should just watch game of thrones. Its realism is what the truth is. He wasn't gay also his celibate wasn't self promoted. Bowls and bawls are just as close in english.

[@tedgrant2]

We all know that Jesus died, then came back to life. But what happened next ? He met with his friends for a few days, then was "taken up". Of course, we now know that we can't live in the sky without special equipment. So he must have died again, which explains why he ain't coming back.

[@grantsmythe8625]

There is a Morton Howison Smith but he is NOT the Morton Smith being referred to here by Dr. Tabor. The Dr. Morton Smith of which Dr. Tabor speaks is connected to the discovery of the Mar Saba letter in '58. Anyway, same name but two entirely different men of entirely different character.