IDK if something like this is even worth saying, but I'll say it anyway. More or less by happenstance, once I started studying the Bible as well as numerous related subjects, I discovered that almost nothing said about the Bible is correct.
Even leaving out the quite astounding fundamental misunderstanding of what that collection of writings is, even simple individual points within it starkly contradict what is commonly believed.
After contemplation, I came to realize that the Bible, as well as pretty much anything else they can get their hands on, simply served as platforms for many people to display to others their "knowledge and expertise".
Their goal, though, was not to share knowledge on some sort of voyage of human discovery using their best talents. That's all just an alibi. It is all driven by ego and, below that, a desire for psychological comfort. If you know more than all others, that's quite a comfortable place to be, is it not? It's all quite regrettable to witness from the outside.
A true voyage of discovery turns out to be quite a lonely venture. Everyone disagrees with you, and the easiest way to do that is to call you a dumbshit. You must directly confront the limits of your knowledge, doubt is a constant companion, and there's no one there and no "back of the textbook" to tell you that you got the "right answer".
And no one ever tells you any of this in school, or portrays it in any movie or novel. I guess it should just be said somewhere, sometime, manifested into the Universe.
But as to your question, without even looking I can tell you this guy is as full of it as the innumerable others that have come before and will come after. Everyone should feel free to waste their precious time studying whatever nonsense he has to say, if their desire so leads them. None of any such study of any such researcher ever got anyone anywhere, so it would be quite the exception if this particular one did.
I am pretty well versed in the Bible and will agree that much of the taught doctrine is derived from theology. I find it's generally a waste of time to try to extrapolate if current events correlate to prophecy. What will be, will be. Many preachers are just trying to scare you out of your money (a warning given to me when I was young by the preacher where I attended church). I promise, if something slaps me upside the head regarding some prophecy, I would be constantly posting about it and speaking up to almost everyone
You know what sort of "pop theology" really got me? So many people say, "The Old Testament God is very different from the New Testament God, and so therefore blah blah blah."
I actually repeated that first part many times to other people, coming off like I knew something about the Bible. But when I actually began to study bits of it here and there, it gradually emerged how totally wrong even that simple understanding was.
Yahweh is barely even mentioned in the New Testament, mostly just in the very strange Revelation. (And even Revelation, popularly understood only from the "futurist" perspective, is in main clearly about the past with only a minor part a description of the coming times.)
In the OT, OTOH, Yahweh is all over it, in first-person no less, and he changes attitude quite drastically in the course of it. No one ever, ever mentions that, to the extent that it appears literally incomprehensible to them.
I often think, "What the hell have all these people been studying all these centuries?" I mean, there are entire Christian bookstores! What could be in all those books? I find it all mind-boggling and pretty much the last thing I ever expected.
I many times tell people new to the Bible to get a red letter edition and find the red text, read the lead up to what Jesus said and then his words. The Bible takes on a whole new perspective than what many teach
The important thing is to evaluate your own heart and your beliefs. How will knowledge of whether these events are the correct interpretation of prophecy contribute to your faith and personal transformation? I believe the prophecies off and times exist because God knew that in these times people would need extraordinary clarity in written form signaling His truth. I don't think they were created to cause anxiety out for us to seek hidden knowledge of what is to come; they are rather intended to point people to Him.
Everything in the bible is true.....but peoples interpretation vary depending on their level of understanding. I believe his time scale is off ( Hebrew calendar is wacked). Yes they wanted to make things happen before the right time. Some things have to happen before the tribulation including the rapture and the temple in Jerusalem must be built before that happens. The man of sin will have a withered hand and an eye will be put out. The whore of babylon refers to the roman catholic church, not Jerusalem. He does make some interesting points however and it's worthy to consider them.
People believe what they want to believe. The more you read the Bible the more you realize most of them are just making shit up. They’ll kill you for their made up beliefs though, which makes whether it’s objectively true or not irrelevant.
IDK if something like this is even worth saying, but I'll say it anyway. More or less by happenstance, once I started studying the Bible as well as numerous related subjects, I discovered that almost nothing said about the Bible is correct.
Even leaving out the quite astounding fundamental misunderstanding of what that collection of writings is, even simple individual points within it starkly contradict what is commonly believed.
After contemplation, I came to realize that the Bible, as well as pretty much anything else they can get their hands on, simply served as platforms for many people to display to others their "knowledge and expertise".
Their goal, though, was not to share knowledge on some sort of voyage of human discovery using their best talents. That's all just an alibi. It is all driven by ego and, below that, a desire for psychological comfort. If you know more than all others, that's quite a comfortable place to be, is it not? It's all quite regrettable to witness from the outside.
A true voyage of discovery turns out to be quite a lonely venture. Everyone disagrees with you, and the easiest way to do that is to call you a dumbshit. You must directly confront the limits of your knowledge, doubt is a constant companion, and there's no one there and no "back of the textbook" to tell you that you got the "right answer".
And no one ever tells you any of this in school, or portrays it in any movie or novel. I guess it should just be said somewhere, sometime, manifested into the Universe.
But as to your question, without even looking I can tell you this guy is as full of it as the innumerable others that have come before and will come after. Everyone should feel free to waste their precious time studying whatever nonsense he has to say, if their desire so leads them. None of any such study of any such researcher ever got anyone anywhere, so it would be quite the exception if this particular one did.
I am pretty well versed in the Bible and will agree that much of the taught doctrine is derived from theology. I find it's generally a waste of time to try to extrapolate if current events correlate to prophecy. What will be, will be. Many preachers are just trying to scare you out of your money (a warning given to me when I was young by the preacher where I attended church). I promise, if something slaps me upside the head regarding some prophecy, I would be constantly posting about it and speaking up to almost everyone
You know what sort of "pop theology" really got me? So many people say, "The Old Testament God is very different from the New Testament God, and so therefore blah blah blah."
I actually repeated that first part many times to other people, coming off like I knew something about the Bible. But when I actually began to study bits of it here and there, it gradually emerged how totally wrong even that simple understanding was.
Yahweh is barely even mentioned in the New Testament, mostly just in the very strange Revelation. (And even Revelation, popularly understood only from the "futurist" perspective, is in main clearly about the past with only a minor part a description of the coming times.)
In the OT, OTOH, Yahweh is all over it, in first-person no less, and he changes attitude quite drastically in the course of it. No one ever, ever mentions that, to the extent that it appears literally incomprehensible to them.
I often think, "What the hell have all these people been studying all these centuries?" I mean, there are entire Christian bookstores! What could be in all those books? I find it all mind-boggling and pretty much the last thing I ever expected.
read only the actual quotes from Jesus. What you wrote he explained. The world will hate you for no reason and your are in a battle.
I many times tell people new to the Bible to get a red letter edition and find the red text, read the lead up to what Jesus said and then his words. The Bible takes on a whole new perspective than what many teach
I was going to spend a little time with a comment, but you pretty much said it all.
Guy is scrambling now lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5chh3VeiTY
"Nobody is a prophet", but it worked pretty well for him to scare people about a specific date...
Thanks for sharing this! What a scammer... Hate to be scammed...
Sheep don't think SHIT ! They bleat and believe !
The important thing is to evaluate your own heart and your beliefs. How will knowledge of whether these events are the correct interpretation of prophecy contribute to your faith and personal transformation? I believe the prophecies off and times exist because God knew that in these times people would need extraordinary clarity in written form signaling His truth. I don't think they were created to cause anxiety out for us to seek hidden knowledge of what is to come; they are rather intended to point people to Him.
It can't ... sheep must go through herders .
Sheep don't think ... they are herded !
Everything in the bible is true.....but peoples interpretation vary depending on their level of understanding. I believe his time scale is off ( Hebrew calendar is wacked). Yes they wanted to make things happen before the right time. Some things have to happen before the tribulation including the rapture and the temple in Jerusalem must be built before that happens. The man of sin will have a withered hand and an eye will be put out. The whore of babylon refers to the roman catholic church, not Jerusalem. He does make some interesting points however and it's worthy to consider them.
People believe what they want to believe. The more you read the Bible the more you realize most of them are just making shit up. They’ll kill you for their made up beliefs though, which makes whether it’s objectively true or not irrelevant.