Greetings and welcome to the channel. This channel will be dedicated to the discovery or rediscovery of truth and history, the exploration of the metaphysical and the spiritual, and the testing of certain doctrines.

Friendly discourse and debate within the comments will always be encouraged. Reminder to keep civil and allow yourself to have an open mind, keeping away from confirmation bias.

All topics and discussion will be cataloged for ease of referencing here.
All english Biblical quotes or references will be in KJV unless specified.

Again, welcome to the channel. I hope you will participate in the discussions and contribute to the pool of knowledge. God bless!

Biblical Inerrancy - 1

The first thing that must be covered is the inerrancy of established scripture. Through this truth, others will be revealed.
Lots of people from every denomination downplay the authority that the Bible possesses. It's truly scary when someone views the Bible as a book of suggestions.

How do we know Genesis through Revelation is from God and not from man's imagination?
First, I will break down the original tongues used in these key verses. Strongs Exhaustive Concordance will be used to define and explain terms.
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2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God [G2315], and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

The words "given by inspiration of God" is translated from the word θεόπνευστος or theópneustos, Strongs G2315. This word is defined as "divinely breathed in" or "God-breathed" directly from God.
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2 Peter 1:20-21
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
For the prophecy came not in old time [G5037] by the will [G2307] of man [G444]: but holy men of God spake as they were moved [G5342] by the Holy Ghost.

G5037: ποτέ poté; "in old time" in the verse above, meaning "at some time, ever" or "in time past"
G2307: θέλημα thelēma; "by the will" in the verse above, meaning "a determination, desire, will, pleasure or choice"
G444: ἄνθρωπος ánthrōpos; "of man" in the verse above, meaning "human being"
G5342: φέρω phérō; "as they were moved" in the verse above, meaning "bear, bring forth, carry"
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From 2 Timothy 3:16 and 2 Peter 1:20-21 alone, we are told that all scripture and prophecy came not from man or even man's choice. God YHWH alone gave us the scriptures and prophecies.

Since God YHWH gave us His word, there must be no errors within His word because the Lord is perfection. If there were errors in His word, the Lord would not be perfect.

Psalms 12:6-7 confirms this:
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Amen, praise the Lord our God YHWH! The words of the Lord truly will be preserved for ever and ever.
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This is a huge claim, with many implications. How do we know what scripture and prophecy are even referenced here? Paul (author of 2 Timothy) and Peter (author of 2 Peter) are talking of the scripture Lord Yeshua constantly quoted within the recorded Gospels.

As YHWH our God gave those holy men His word, they were penned down and preserved. Christ references every single canonized Old Testament book (and arguably some apocryphal texts as well), and funny enough, every single Old Testament book references Christ.
An extensive list of all references to Christ and from Christ will be made at a later time.
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More proofs include the constant and current fulfillment of prophecy down to the smallest detail, the perfect synchronicity between each book, the level of authenticity given within the writing styles and choice of words, and perfect alignment with real world observable truths, ect. There are many avenues to explore in this category, so many will be touched upon later.

Biblical Inerrancy - 2
Taking it on faith
What His word says about His word:

The Bible is true, tried, pure, faithful and profitable for correction and instruction.
2 Tim 2:15; Acts 24:14; Psa 119:140; Pro 30:5; Psa 119:160; Psa 12:6; 2 Tim 3:16; Joh 17:17; Joh 14:6; Joh 8:32; Jer 42:5; Rev 3:14; Rev 19:11; Rev 21:5; Rev 22:6; 2 Joh 1:3; 3 Joh 1:12; 2 Sam 22:31; Psa 18:30

Knowledge and wisdom begins with the fear of God and understanding from keeping the commandments, statutes and precepts.
Psa 111:10; Pro 9:10; Pro 1:7; Job 28:28; Deu 4:6; Ecc 12:13; Psa 119:104; Due 32:28; Pro 8:13

Holy Spirit and the Word of God leads us to knowledge, wisdom, understanding and will reveal all things that were hidden
Psa 119:130; Job 32:8; Jer 33:3; Joh 16:13; Exo 31:3; Exo 35:31; Luk 8:17; Dan 5:11; Dan 5:14; 2 Cor 10:5; 1 Cor 1:5; Job 38:36

Listen and believe.
Pro 18:13; Hos 4:6; Mar 8:36; Joh 3:12; Luk 8:18; Rev 21:8; Pro 26:11

Blessed to hear and see.
Mat 13:16; Mat 13:17; Luk 10:23; Luk 10:24; 1 Th 5:18

Search, prove and hold to truth
Pro 25:2; 1 Th 5:21; Pro 14:8; Psa 33:4; 3 Joh 1:3; Acts 17:11; Luk 12:2; Mat 11:25; Luk 10:21; 2 Tim 2:25; Mat 7:7; Pro 11:27; 2 Tim 2:15

Walk in truth and expose the lies.
3 Joh 1:4; 3 Joh 1:3; Rom 1:18; 3 Joh 1:11; Psa 96:3; Pro 12:17; Luk 8:16; 2 Cor 4:2; Eph 5:11; Jer 20:9; 1 Tim 6:12; 1 Th 5:22; Gal 4:16

Biblical Inerrancy - 3
Those who are lukewarm

Why do you believe?
What do you really believe? Do you believe in Christ through the truth of the Gospel and Scriptures or do you believe in Christ through the doctrines of your chosen institution? Where did your institution get the ideas of Christ? If anybody believes the Bible, especially the Old Testament, was written by a different people in a different time, with outdated ideas and wild fantasies, do you truly believe Christ?
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If even one part of the Bible is wrong, what else is wrong? What else is corrupt? When claiming one single verse is wrong or outdated you are saying the entire Bible is wrong and outdated. In Christ there is no cherry-picking. Revelation 3:15-16 declares those who are neither "cold nor hot" but "lukewarm" are not favored by Christ. Verse 19 sums it up with "be zealous therefore, and repent."

The word zealous in the Greek is ζηλόω or zēloō (G2206) means to burn with zeal, have the fiery dedication for or against something.

If you believe Christ and yet are not zealous towards Him and His precepts, what are you going to base your beliefs on? How lukewarm can you be? Saying you are part of the family without any true commitment.
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Are you being zealous for Christ if you don't believe what the Bible has to tell you?

Topics I wish to cover in the future
(not in any particular order, among other things)

Debunking Serpent Seed
The Flood of Noah
The Sin of Ham
Hermes Trismegistus
Atlantis
Saturn
The Origin of Race
Flat Earth
The Stormgod Lucifer
Identity of Israel
Giants
The Fallen Angels
The false gods of old
Identity of Christ
Salvation through Christ
Various Apocryphal Texts
Aliens, Friend or Foe
The Keys of Solomon
The Freemasons
The Jew
The Muslim
The Millennial Reign
The Essenes
The Trinity of Man
The Trinity of God
Bodily Energy
Meditation

Today we celebrate the Lord's Day. The day on which our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ rose from the dead. We too, pray to be resurrected, not through works but through grace. Consequently, we pray to God that he will keep our course true, and calm the many storms we face in life, so that we may be seen as pure and undefiled children of God, not wishing to pass through the fire scathed, but rather unscathed. May the grace and love of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Biblical Translations - 1
Lost in Translation?
If the Bible is God's word, what translation should I use? Wouldn't there be something lost in translation? In order to explore translation, we need a brief history of the Bible and its translation into English.
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It's a little known fact that the Bible is made up of three different languages: Hebrew, Koine Greek, and Aramaic.
Hebrew makes up the bulk of the Old Testament with of course Koine Greek making up the New Testament. Aramaic is used in the books of Daniel, Ezra, and a couple words within the Gospels (Matthew Mark Luke and John).
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1,400.BCE ~ Moses receives the 10 commandments
400-500.BCE ~ All 39 Old Testament books are completed and collected, as well as multiple apocryphal words
- From the time of Ezra onward, the books would be copied by the Scribes onto new clean animal skin and follow extremely strict rules to ensure the scriptures would never be in danger of being lost to friend or foe.
420.BCE-1st Century AD ~ Known as the "400 Silent Years" of no prophets. These are the years the Deuterocanonical works claim to be written
- A group known today as the Essenes independently recorded and kept the temple library which included many apocryphal and canonized scripture
200.BCE ~ 70 Rabbi scholars come together to translate the 39 books and 14 Apocrypha books into Greek and creating the Greek Septuagint
1st Century AD ~ The New Testament was being penned and collected
315.AD ~ Athenasius, the Bishop of Alexandria, identifies the 27 books of the New Testament which are today recognized as the canon of scripture
382.AD ~ Jerome writes his Latin Vulgate which contains 80 Books: 39 Old Test. 14 Apocrypha and 27 New Test
500-550.AD ~ Scripture has been translated into over 500 languages
600.AD ~ Latin was declared to be the only authorized translation of scripture
700-900.AD ~ Copies of the Gospels, Genesis, and Revelation were translated into Old English, the language of the Anglo-Saxons
- Very few people could read, so the Bible was only made known to the common man through sermons and church leaders. A hermit named Richard Rolle translated many of the Psalms and Gospels to those who could not read Latin.
1384.AD ~ John Wyclif hand-writes the first ever complete English Bible with the 80 books
1526.AD ~ William Tyndale publishes the Tyndale's Bible which consisted of the first ever entire New Testament in English
- Tyndale spent much time with Martin Luther and was familiar with his German translation
1535.AD ~ Miles Coverdale publishes the Coverdale's Bible with all 80 books but was superseded by a version consisting of both Coverdale's and Tyndale's version.
1539.AD ~ Coverdale revises his version and published what was known as 'The Great Bible' due to its large size. This Bible became the first authorized English version
1557.AD ~ William Whittingham produces The ‘Geneva Bible' which quickly became popular, due to its smaller size compared with the Great Bible
- The Geneva Bible was finally banned by Archbishop Laud in 1644
1568.AD ~ The 'Bishops' Bible was created by a committee of bishops led by Archbishop Parker, who was determined that the learned clergy of the Anglican Church should produce an authorized translation more sympathetic to the Catholic position than the Geneva Bible
1582.AD ~ The Vulgate New Testament was translated into English at Reims
1609-10.AD ~ The Vulgate Old Testament was translated into English and combined with the Reims New Testament to form the Douay-Rheims Bible, the first authorized English version in the Catholic Church
1603-1611.AD ~ The Authorized King James Version 1611 was created to be the Bible used by both Catholics and Protestant's, with its translation team using all previous English versions, the Latin Vulgate, and copies of the original Greek and Hebrew manuscripts
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So now we know where the KJV came from, but what about Bibles such as the NIV, ESV, NLT, NASB, ect? We will cover this shortly. God Bless

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Biblical Translations - 2a
Line of Manuscripts
Let it be known that all Bibles got their material from somewhere, that's a given, but where exactly? To figure out which Bible to use, we must uncover where the source material came from.
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Three New Testament Textual Theories
Here's a quick rundown...

1. The Critical Text Theory
- This theory can be summarized into 8 rules which are applied to manuscripts, laid out by Brooke Westcott and Fenton Hort to find the original Greek text, that landed them at the Alexandrian Text Type. Coming from Alexandria Egypt, this text is used for nearly all modern translations of the Bible, excluding the KJV and NKJV. These rules will be laid out.

2. Majority Text Theory
- This theory takes all known ancient manuscripts and compares them all, finding which textual variant has support among the majority of manuscripts, and that is given that reading priority. This is based on the assumption that scribes chose to copy good manuscripts over bad ones, and thus better readings will be in the majority over time. The text produced from this method is known as the Byzantine Majority Text.

3. The “Confessional” Position, or “Textus Receptus Only”
- This position takes its name from where it starts: a “confession of faith”. The Confessional view holds that God must have preserved the scriptures completely without error. The Textus Receptus, meaning "Received Text", contains the translation base for the first Greek translation of the New Testament into English by William Tyndale and is the textual base for the Bishops Bible, the Geneva Bible and the King James Bible.
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Critical Text Rules:
1. Older readings, manuscripts, or manuscript groups should be preferred
2. Readings are approved or rejected by reason of the quality, and not the number, of their supporting witnesses
3. A reading combining two simple, alternative readings is later than the two readings comprising the combination. Manuscripts that rarely or never combine readings are of “special value”.
4. The reading that best conforms to the grammar and context of the sentence should be preferred
5. The reading that best conforms to the style and content of the author should be preferred
6. The reading that explains the existence of other readings should be preferred.
7. The more difficult reading should be preferred
8. Prefer readings in manuscripts that habitually contain better readings, which is more certain if it’s also an older manuscript and if it doesn’t contain combinations of other variations (as in rule #3). This also applies to manuscript families.
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One error not accounted for by Westcott and Hort when choosing the Alexandrian Texts is its authors and the doctrines within the text itself. The writers of the text were non-trinitarian Gnostics. The Gnostics were notorious for changing and manipulating texts, and even creating writings to force Christianity to fit into Gnostic mentality. Very few Gnostic texts and ideas fit with Biblical Christianity. As a result of this manipulation, the Alexandrian Texts removes verses and changes very key verses to fit their non-trinitarian doctrines.
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Unfortunately, the Majority Text and the Alexandrian Text agrees on certain verses that directly attack the trinity. One such verse is 1 John 5:7-8 “For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement,” (NASB). Where in the KJV says “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one,”
There are too many omissions to list here. If you'd like to see more, let me know.
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The "Confessional" Position is backed by scripture:

Biblical Translations - 2b
Psalm 12:6-7
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Psalm 111:7-8
The words of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. They stand fast and for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
Psalm 117:2
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalm 119:152
Concerning they testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
Psalm 119:160
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of they righteous judgements edureth for ever.
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away
1 Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
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Conclusion: The Textus Receptus position is not only Biblically sound but the other positions lack in necessary doctrine.

Now we are left with 2 versions, the KJV and the NKJV, but they are both the same right? Wrong. I will explain in a later post.
God Bless