Dear Joe... I was hanging to the Catholic Church by a thread.... Until I stumbled into you... Into your video about real worship to be exact . It was as if a blindfold was removed from my eyes. Since then I have listened to many of your podcasts, and I am learning so much.... As a cradle catholic , I realise how little I know! Can't thank you enough. I will gladly support you on patreon , as a small token of my gratitude. God bless you !

Criminally underrated channel! Good work.

I had been searching for this topic for 3-4 weeks... And today it was released by one of my favourite catholic apologists😃😃;Thank you Joe😇😇

This is one of the best example for me : How to interpret the scripture.. scripture in a context and scripture as a whole. Thanks Joe..

You made a very specific OT event very interesting, bringing in extrabiblical sources!

Knights of Columbus shirt? Nice!

I always have to have subtitles on for the beginning of the video for the shameless potpourri But sadly today subtitles let me down - today we are listening to shams popri by Joe Hesme

This is a great breakdown. I had heard the argument that Sennacherib's account was biased, but I never saw all the evidence showing how it was for sure wrong. Well done and thank you!

The real miracle is that the soldiers of the israelite army slept through it! Don't the Psalms and The Lord tell us He will give us a peaceful sleep, in the midst of the storm He is there?! lol, now THAT I find lifts my spirits even higher!

Oh this is going to be an awesome video

I love it when sources outside of the Bible help to prove the truth in the Bible. Thanks for sharing!

Amazing work Joe!

Your content is such a good level, so accessible, and so valuable. Love exposing the sources! History is beautiful

I loved this thank you!

I am always fascinated with biblical events when the supernatural has elements of a natural explanation, thereby providing proof to those who doubt. If that makes sense? Great video! Hope to see more like it.

I think what's also excellent about learning about these historical events is that it helps put Divine intervention into perspective and keeps that childish, 'hollywood-esque' view out of the discussion. Too often people view these supernatural events as if they have to match the latest Marvel movie and that's not the case at all. Very good description of this Biblical story....enjoyable.

Just picked up your book, the Eucharist is really Jesus gonna start it tonight, your episode on the Eucharist really sold me on it, was left wanting more 😂

That’s really cool. Loved the insight into Assyrian propaganda. One caution, but I’m not a scholar: Josephus is Jewish, so trusting him to bring us the Babylonian perspective may be naive (I don’t know, just recognizing this is another Jewish scholar agreeing with scripture. For all I know, he’s being faithful to the Babylonian perspective, of course).

I got curious. I looked up acquired diseases that kill overnight. There are types of malaria and plague that do just that. If it came from mice, or the fleas they carry, the cause of their deaths could be pneumonic plague.

This is also a prophecy about the Church - New Jerusalem 🙂

HELLO 😌 I AM A BUT DELAYED TO YOUR CHANNEL AND WANTED TO KNOW OF YOU CAN SPEAK ABOUT ST. JOSEPH. I SAW ONE WHERE YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE VIRGINITY OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER, BUT NOTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF HER SPOUSE. (By the way, I’m not yelling:)

Interesting that it is so well documented. The strong arm of the Lord.

You should really do a video about what the sources say about the destruction of the temple. Its not spoken of enough. Also, I don't get why this would be a problem at all.

"That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning-there were all the dead bodies! " (2 Sam 19, 35). PLAIN AS DAYLIGHT! Are we gonna believe God's Word or not?????? 2 Samuel 24, what Joe mentions, soecifies about a plague, but we see no mention of thar word here.

Joe, you make me so Glad I left the Catholic church.

"over night disease" the worlds worst hangover!🤮

I've been thinking about this question for days and reading articles on the subject, but it seems impossible to find a satisfactory answer. After all, what is the origin of the different “races” among humans? 1) If the Tower of Babel episode is a literal historical fact, then why does the "founding myth" of the oldest civilizations we know (India, Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece, etc.) have no event similar to this? The great flood is a story shared by many ancient civilizations, but the Tower of Babel is not. Why? 2) If the story of the Tower of Babel is only symbolic and metaphorical, then why the "punishment" described in Genesis is that God confused their language and scattered them across the face of the Earth? It seems a bad metaphor. We all know that the mere existence of different languages in the world is not the main reason that generates discord and separation between peoples; but rather the existence of conflicting cultures, values, interests and worldviews. Learning a new language is much easier than assimilating another culture or religion. Furthermore, recent decades seem to confirm that a people's culture is closely linked to its biological component (e.g.: the meticulousness and introspection of the Japanese people and the extroverted and rhythmic character of African people). 3) Symbolically or literally, after the destruction of the Tower of Babel, different civilizations and ethnicities would have formed. Does this mean that, if this is a fact, God would have abandoned all non-Jewish peoples until the expansion of Christianity throughout the world? How can I, a Bronze Age Chinese citizen, be judged according to a rule arising from a revelation that was never presented to me? It's like that basic question about Protestantism: so would God have abandoned his sheep for more than a thousand years until the lightning struck Luther's head and he finally restored the true Church? Is the so-called natural law that exists in all human hearts sufficient to answer this question?

If you don't believe in a direct angelic intervention, you have two problems: what kind of pest,virus,etc.can kill so fast and sudden. Secondly, the same angel is mentioned when it strikes the first born of Egipt,avoiding ( so it can discern!) the Jews. If this Assyrian massacre is not taken literally, that the other story is not true,which raise huge problem. So decide!

If it is written in the Bible then it is true: Angels didn't just smite the enemies of Israel but they've also destroyed thousands of Israelites at God's command..."Go and tell David. this is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options, choose one for me to carry against you.2 Samuel 24:12.-17 Read the whole chapter for full details.

And God will rescue those he has chosen from the RCC, the 7th head of the beast as he did from from the 2nd half of the beast you are discussing!