I love this series so far. Thank you so much for this playlist!

Im so happy you took the time to make and upload this series of amazing lectures. Thankyou so much Bruce Gore

Wow, so many blessings I receive while listening to your explanations of history and applications to SCRIPTURE. Thanks once more and my God bless you richly.

Clarification: The lecturer implies that it was Abram's idea to father a child with Hagar. Not so: "So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai." Genesis 16: 2

Acts 7:2 says he was called in Mesopotamia before he lived in Haran. Love these lessons! Thank you.

I just recently stumbled on this lecture. This is so interesting esp those who love to learn more about old testament... Greatly done! God bless u more Sir!

Has the discovery of Göbekli Tepe altered the Context. I enjoy these videos and I appreciate your efforts !!!

Excellent teaching. I’m really enlightened!

Its amazing professor .thank you.

listening to all these lectures for my history. Thank you so much for doing these lectures! They are incredibly helpful!!!

I love the "Sunday School lessons" that you give throughout the series... The whole series in itself is full of informative treasures ..... But these lessons moved me deeply.... It helps us understand that our God hasn't changed .... What he's done for others, he'll do for us too

Thank you for these videos Bruce that will continue to edify the body of Christ forever!! Thank you for taking the time to record these and to take time preparing these presentations. Excellent work👍

Excellent!!!

By other Christian traditions, Prof. Gore, perhaps you mean Catholics? We don’t go to “lesser deities” when we pray to Mary and other saints. We don’t worship them. We ask for their prayers, we learn from them, we emulate them, but to worship them is idolatry. They are not minor gods and goddesses. We also approach God directly and do not need bridges other than Jesus. Going to Mary and the saints is like going to a loved one, asking them who are already in heaven to pray for us out of their love for Jesus and for us. We all belong to the body of Christ, after all. It’s just the same as asking a friend to pray for you. I enjoy your lectures. Thank you very much!

Thank you Mr Gore for sharing these great presentations. Much appreciated.

Thank you brother, this lessons are a blessing.

The whole story of Abraham's call to sacrifice Issac is awesome. Everything from the son carrying the wood of his sacrifice up the mountain with no apparent fight, to the ram (adult sheep) having its horns stuck in the thorn bush (crown of thorns) hits hard for me.

Bruce love these videos man. I graduated from Life Pacific University who teaches these exact things, people need to understand to historical context of Scripture. Such an important facet to understanding YHWH’s words. Thank you for your hard work!

I may be not religious but this lectures are very interesting.

that link of Genesis 15:6 to Paul's theology was great. Thank you!

This is from before the discovery of KaranTepe! may we find more archeological discoveries!

Amen is an acronym for "Ail Melech Neeman" God the faithful King

Underated channel

Awsum

Very fun to listen to.a Catholic, but still a fan!

There are a ton of details of Abram's life in Ur contained in the Book of Jasher. It's a treasure of information about our forefathers that any student of the Old Testament will find great joy and wisdom in.

This was very good background material. What I wish had been included is a comment on monotheism between Noah and Abraham. How much if any existed? Was Shang di of ancient China the only one true Creator God of ancient cultures before the call of Abraham? Can Bruce or anyone else cite references?

Thanks very much for these lectures. Really appreciate it Do you share your pp slides?

Hello! What B.C. year did Abram leave Ur of the Chaldees? And what year did the War of 9 Kings occur (around when Abram rescued Lot)? Your answers would be MUCH appreciated. Thank you in advance!

I was raised very Christian and the biblical stories. Yet as an adult I have learned many things not taught in church ... The alternate stories this man is giving. I am deeply impressed that he is doing this. HOWEVER, he tends to easily dismiss the more ancient texts as mythology and the biblical text as fact. If his 'students' are not actually reading the Bible for themselves then they will believe his view without question. For one example is that the pharoah took Sara because she was beautiful/different and it was not for covenant/agreement between Abraham and pharoah but rather Abraham fearing that the Pharoah would kill him. After pharoah is plagued by God over it, he gives back Sara AND gives Abraham a ton of stuff making him wealthy. The Bible also confers that pharoah did not have sex with Sara but she is mysteriously pregnant soon after her return (God's gift to Abraham as explained). This is the whole basis of the Hebrew (Jews) believing they are the chosen through Isaac and entitled to lands from God. While others may believe it was through Ishmael, the first born of Abraham through his handmaiden. The 'twelve tribes' thing could have come through Ishmael who had 12 son's, but we are told it comes through Isaac who had Jacob (& Esau, as twins) where Jacob had 12 son's. But so did Esau. And Jacob 'stole' the birthright, so how Christian was that? I mean you really have to read the stories to see the actual 'evil' (or selfishness) of the characters vs the lollipop way these stories are taught in church. Most important to my point is that if you actually read the more ancient story on Enki & Enlil, you would clearly see the similarity of Enki being the first born of An but by a handmaiden while Enlil was second son but by Goddess (pure wife). You will see the extreme jealousy between the two as with Ishmael/Issac and Esau/Jacob stories. If you heard the other lectures then you heard the extreme similarity of Noah vs Utnapishm and Moses vs Hammurabi. So this man has said that people will say "see.. proof the Bible is factual" OR "see..the Hebrews stole these stories" so Bible is fake. I believe that these things happened, making Bible close to real, but that the Hebrews (who were nomads for the most part and land stealers during other parts and even slaves at times) gathered many stories from many peoples and claimed them for themselves to have some form of importance or self-worth as a people. There is far more proof that this is the case then is all the other ancient cultures archaeological facts are wrong. I would wish everyone would do their own reading/research and not depend on others to tell them how to think - as they leave out crucial facts to fit their own narrative or belief. Also, you should read the dead sea scrolls, the book of Enoch, and the Emerald tablets of Thoth.

Abraham already believed IN The Lord. Abraham believed The Lord and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

It was stated that "Uruk" is modern day Irag, is there any correlation between Ur and the former Uruk? I know it may be a dumb question but I'm not well versed in historical/archaeological context of Gods Word, this is fairly a recent thing for me, not that it's a salvation issue.

Thank God I found this video series. I am a person of faith and also science. I've researched the Ancient civilizations of antiquity to understand how the OT springs from world history. Those ancient gods of Mesopotamia definitely laid the foundation for the biblical narrative. Obviously Abraham was the beginning of a new chapter of divine encounters. He that has an ear, let him hear.

Please, Mr Gore, can you read this and let me know what you think? I would be very grateful. I believe, the important question about Isaac's sacrifice is: Did the antedeluvian patriarchs, and consequently Abraham who was taught by Shem, understand of the need for an Ultimate Sacrifice that would restore humaninty to God? I believe they did, right from what God said about the One who would be bruised by the snake, by what God had told Cain of his need to offer the proper blood sacrifice and by the fact that all of the patriarchs had to offer blood sacrifices. They knew and they were waiting for that Ultimate Sacrifice, which they knew that He would be the Seed of a woman. Therefore, most probably, Abraham thought that his God given son could very well be that anticipated Sacrifice. In addition, God asked Abraham to offer his son as an "olah", and this is the second time that this word appears in the Bible, the first being when Noah offered an olah (a burnt offering). With Noah's olah, humanity was again connected with God through a new covenant, so this second olah could be the sacrifice that would again reconcile man with God. If that were the case, it can explain the fact that Abraham seemed to be "prepared" for that sacrifice, and that he did not argue or doubt about the true God who he knew that, unlike the pagan demons, did not ask for human sacrifices. And, to my understanding, that is why God made him the father of Israel, of all the believers and of the Messiah. He was willing to go through the ultimate pain for the restoration/salvation of all men. But then, God showed him that HE would do that sacrifice, HE would go through that pain. And of course, that also explains why Isaac consented to be tied on the altar to be sacrificed. Undoubltly, those early patriarchs knew much more than we do, and much more than what we think they knew. Besides, they were taught by Adam, who prior to the Fall could walk and talk with God and see Him face to face, and know Him much better. And they were also taught by Enoch, who also walked with God and knew about the Messiah/Jesus and had even seen His second coming, as Jude wrote, which also explains why Abraham had faith that he would receive his son from the dead.

At 90 years of age Sarah was still considered to be of beautiful countenance and desired of kings.

Great lecture Bruce. Do you think Abraham spoke Aramean? Deuteronomy 26:5 says he was an Aramean but my research shows that there are no signs of Aramean being spoken before the 11th century, at least that we know of. I tend to side with the Bible however the timing on this one seems way off and I wonder if the people dating artifacts really know what they are doing of if perhaps Aramean was more oral for a long time since they were semi-nomadic. A lack of evidence is often used as an argument from silence, which isn't always fallacious but not always useful either. I was discussing with a friend recently that Abraham most likely spoke Akkadian but now that I see he was living in a time where there was no dominant kingdom in Mesopotamia I'm not sure. I suppose Aramean could have existed in the 19th century BC? Well, then there's the argument that Abraham was only called an Aramean because that was the common term for semi-nomadic people in that region when the book of Deuteronomy was purported to have been written (the 7th century). I'm guessing he was multilingual. He did, after all, have a conversation with the Pharaoh. I read that Egypt and Assyria had close political ties in the ancient near eastern iron age but I don't know about an entire millennium before that.

To be honest, we have to mention that Abraham had 2 wives and 2 concubines and a lot of children. Was not in danger to have no heir. Sarah gave birth to Isaac when she was 90 years old and Abraham was 100 years old. Sarah died at the age of 127 years. According to some historians Isaac was 25 years old when was taken for sacrifice. Abraham got married with Chetura who gave birth 6 sons. It is true that people from Canaan used to practice children sacrifice but Abraham was coming from Ur (Chaldea) where such a habit was not mentioned so far in archeological works. So, in a short period Abraham borrowed some habits from the populations with whom was in contact.

What about the Gobekli Tepe?

Shu-Enlil (also known as Ibarum) was a son of Sargon the Great, first ruler of the Akkadian Empire. He lived in the 23rd century BCE.

Did you delete my question? You could have just stated you would not take questions at this time. I not only love your work but am also an ardent Christian.

Abraham in Historical Context Really? You skipped over this why? 21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which 21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware 21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the *Philistines*. 21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the 21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the *Philistines*' land many days. So what is wrong here?

What about the goddess Maat??

Methinks the gentleman should review modern history.

Harran, the ancient name is Carrhae. In kurdish Car= means # 4, and Rhae = means way, pathways, route. 4 ways.

16:31 - interesting comment with regards to what would be expected and not expected to be the known knowledge as presented. Egypt does not document the story of the King Senusret III with Sarah (Abrahams 'sister') but the belief concept of the bible does. So it could be either or neither yet concludes affirming the bible version. Why?

I wonder if Abraham's, Isaac's and Jacob's servants descended into Egypt as well and counted as Hebrews?

God was not testing Abraham's faith but demonstrating to us all the faith of Abraham. Similarly, Job was not being tested but God was demonstrating Job's faith despite all that Satan attempted. We should not forget that God is omniscient and knoweth all things - past, present and future. In fact God provisioned for Man's atonement even before He set out to create anything - that's why the Lamb was slain (God's decree and it's fulfillment at the appointed time).

Isaac was not a child btw and he gave of himself and here is a question -- when Abraham came down the mount where was Isaac? it was 3 days later you will read of him again hmmm its called a type and shadow YOU missed the entire point!

I beg your pardon professor, but I have been studying Cuneiform Tablets since 1990--and I assure you: N.ANNA.R is not a 'lady'. Rather he is the grand'Son' of AN.U, King of Nibiru. His father is: EN.LIL husband of NIN.LIL. Yes. He is also known as SIN, and is associated with the Moon. Nannar whose wise words were later 'copied' into what is more well known as "The Sermon on the Mount" is famously the father of twins: Uto and the brash Woman-Warrior: IN.ANNA. That daughter who was the goddest of earliest Indus Valley is also known as Ishtar, the pre-cursor of whom everyone knows as (Venus de Milo).

Joshua 5:13 & Jeremiah 9:23-24

Acts 7:2-4 states Abram was called by God to leave his father's household etc. while in Ur before he had left for Charran

How can we reconcile the idea of people living so much longer back then with the reality of poor healthcare and nutrition?

I can’t believe that you didn’t know that Isaac was supposedly 37 years old, at the time of the binding upon the alter. He wasn’t “12 or thirteen”, as often depicted in films. You can deduce the age, by the reference to Sarah’s death, since she was 90 when she became pregnant and/or delivered Isaac and was 127 when she died, at the same time that Abraham was offering up their only son, the one they love, Isaac. Isaac was fully aware of his father’s intentions and was fully compliant in asking his father to bind him, in case he might instinctively resist, according to tradition.

I enjoyed the mapping but you have missed many things hmm

Is there any archaeological evidence for the existence of Abraham?

22:56 "Justification by faith alone" This doesn't harmonize with James 2:24 (2:21-24).

Jordan maxwell said he asked a rabbi about whether Abraham ever existed. He says no. Abraham didn't exist. Is there any evidence for either yes or no?

Sin or Shin means Blue. God of Blue pertaining to the sky and moon!

just some extra tidbits: Melehizedek= מלכי-צדק Meleh מלכי - (my) king/lord zedek צדק- justice Salem, will become Jeru-Salem later on

He didnt really become a father at 98 i assume or was it at 93?

Abraham was noticed by Pharaoh because of Sarah's beauty

If you are MUSLIM, you will recognize the sacrifice of Abraham annually at EID al ADHA. The great significance of Eid al AdHa however is usually lost on Muslims. They see it as a single event, rather than a series of blood sacrifices done by all the naby in the Bible. For example, we know from the Law of Moses (Haqm min Musa), that blood was required for atonement for sin (Leviticus 17:11). God required blood for sin, but accepted a substitute. There were many prophesies of a final sacrifice for sin, including ones that it would be God himself. This is why Christians accept Jesus' death on the cross as paying for us. And so, dear Muslim, did you consider where the blood sacrifice for sin is in Islam? Jews and Christians had it, as you might have seen pictures of naby with altars and crosses. If Allah is the same as Jehovah, his character would also require sacrifice. What would happen to the son of Abraham if they did not accept the substitute that Allah provided? The son would perish. What would happen to us if we do not accept the substitute Allah provides, Jesus, the Lamb of God? We too will perish, eternally.

I wonder, if Abraham wanted a heir so bad and already thought Sarah to be way past too old and it was not out of the ordinary for a man to impregnate his concubine, why hadn't he long before ALREADY have impregnated concubine to carry on his lineage?

So you don't mention that Abraham and Sara were brother and sister and in the video were you talk about Hatshepsut marrying her brother you mention how offended your audience may be. Noice

Mesopotamia, wow

@8:27 it is not pronounced Koran; the correct pronunciation is Huh ron.

26:42

He mentioned that Abraham's father made the decision to move to Harran due to the large migration of the time and Harran being a center of commerce. This is in direct contradiction to Acts 7:2-4, that says Abraham left Ur due to receiving a visitation from God(Stephen's speech). He claims 3 angels appeared to Abraham in Genesis 18, this seems to directly contradict the scripture that clearly states one of those 3 beings was YHWH Himself. Lastly he claimed Sarah was within child bearing age but had not had children up to that point due to barrenness which directly contradicts Hebrews 11:11 ("By faith Sarah, who was past childbearing age".)

Us mormons have inside knowledge on this subject. More than you would expect.

Name of Babylonian Sun God was Shamas? In modern day persian/urdu, Shams is another word for Sun!

Abraham was being tested by God. Anyone consider that he failed that test, by his willingness to follow orders, regardless of how horrible? God had to bail him out in the end.

What is the meaning of Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac after waiting so long for him to be born? Here’s the answer: 1. Abraham by conqueror rights claimed the borders of Israel. The Hittites said he was a great prince among them. 2. The long wait for Isaac to be born indicated the long wait for Jesus to come. 3. God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac to prove his faith, but also to display an acted out event that would occur in future. 4. Abraham was the actor representing God. Isaac was the actor representing Jesus. God said now I know you would sacrifice your son, your only son, just as God would sacrifice his only son, Jesus. Moses wrote this about 1600 years before it happened. 5. When Isaac got up off the altar alive, it pictured the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 6. This play was acted out 3 days away on top of Mt Moriah. Just as Jesus would be resurrected 3 days after his death on Mt Moriah, the place where Jerusalem was built. 7. God told Abimelech that Abraham was a prophet. He foretold the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Genesis 20:7. The ram caught in the thicket was a young male and wore the crown of thorns, the typology of the Messiah, all the animal sacrifices from that point represented, until the Son of God could come.

Was Abraham from India? I've heard of such.

No... Abraham was from Ur of the Chaldeans. The archeology suggest he was NOT from the southern City of Ur but was from the Hurran city of URkesh which was in the north. Following this, it makes more sense of him traveling to Hurran on his way to Canaan instead of from southern Ur to Hurran in the north only to travel south again to Canaan

Why do you find it hard that God asked Avraham to sacrifice his son? Didnt your God do it to his only begotten son?!

Very well presented, no doubt. But, I am quite suspicious that there's been a whole lot of contrivance going on. Not only by this professor, who may have added a layer or two, but by the accumulation of 4000 years of theologians contriving and contriving to their hearts' content. It is, however, good to hear the pervasive inclusion of descriptions of societal and cultural context for the various events and ancient attitudes presented. That is so much more than typical believers see any need to do. Further it represents a significant step toward recognizing that the whole of religion is nothing more than a man-made construct. Carry on!

Weren't the Chaldeans rather an advanced culture ?

James disagrees with paul on the issue by faith alone you are saved. Read the book of jasher. Abraham had the deeds to prove his faith..it correlates with what Jesus say.

10:44 completely misunderstands this point. The priest stands between me and the Almighty like the waiter stands between me and my dinner. As if one were to say "you don't have to deal with the airline to go from New York to LA, you can walk. You don't have to deal with the butcher to get meat, you can raise and slaughter cows. You don't have to pay the baker to get bread, you can plant wheat, harvest, thresh, winnow, grind and bake your own." How can anyone so smart be so obtuse?

Nice try. Justifying infant "baptism" by associating it with circumcision is what scientists call, "weak sauce". God COMMANDED Abraham to circumcise infants (after 8-days of age). God didn't command anybody to baptize someone who is either unknowing or unwilling. In fact, Paul asks the Romans, "Know ye not that so many of you as have been baptized into Christ were baptized into His death?" Christians are to be aware of the contract in which they are being united together with God.

God didn't take Jesus life first of all. Secondly Abraham offering Isaac is what gave God the opening to begin the events of our eventual reconciliation. It's much more involved than you realize.

At the end of this video Mr Gore makes a strange opposing parallel about how Prophet Abraham's seed would be spared 'sacrifice' yet Prophet Jesus as God's 'Own Son' would be not be, so as to 'spare mankind of sin' presumably by God's Son assuming all of it!! And yet, Mary is described as being of Abraham's lineage, so Jesus was no less Abraham's seed than Issac(chosen for sacrifice by according to the Bible) was, even though several generations later down the line. That concept comes across as illogical and irrational for the innumerable contradictions that creates! Where is the intelligence in it it?!! Does that mean all those humans who preceded Jesus are then not spared the burden of Sin but those subsequent to him are? If so, why? What is the justification? Why would God 'love humans' more than his Own Son? And to such an extreme extent that their evil should be excused by a cruel execution of ' His Own Son'/Image? Would that not be a failure of God? And if God is a failure in not having man take responsibility for his own sins i.e his very creation then is he really a God? An Omipotent , All-Powerful Being, All-in- Perfect Control Being? Or actually a Devil Pervert? If a human father 'sacrificed' their son, even for just anyone else let alone 'all of mankind' ,ordinarily , he would be seized by national security authorities and be placed in a maximum security (psychiatric) prison for a life term and/or state executed. That 'sacrifice' WOULD NORMALLY be considered psychotic behaviour and yet....... this Christian belief 'makes a God' out of such a psychopath?! Did not Jesus treat Mary as his mother? For she certainly gave birth to him and reared him as her own son? Does she then have no rights then to protect her child from 'sacrifice' , especially as he is innocent of the Sins of others that he is otherwise forced to assume by his God Father? Does that, by extension, then mean, that in the Christian faith, mothers have no right as to the welfare of their own children should their husbands wish to harm them or that children have no right to protect themselves against a father that may choose to harm them? By this concept , there is no distinction between good and evil deeds and thus whatever wrongs Jesus railed against were entirely futile because they would be forgiven. In other words Jesus and other vassals of God(Prophets) warnings were an entirely pointless exercise because the concept means that man can do whatever he pleases including being an atheist/agonsitc/polytheist without consequence, because God provided a 'sacrificial' Son-goat for the sins of man.

No Sarah sets this up with Abraham through Hagar -- again man as in Adam listened not to God but a woman -- go back re-read the passage!!! One son of flesh one son by a promise

I think Abraham(AvRam) is Ram.and he born in India.AvRam have Two sons and also have Two Sons.AvRam leave Home by God Order Also Ram leave His Home by Destiny and Father promise.

context context all I can say ---

Abraham and Isaac saw from afar hmm there is a clue!

Genesis 13:1-4 1 And Abram went up OUT of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, INTO THE SOUTH. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the SOUTH even to BETHEL, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; 4 Unto the place of the ALTAR, which HE HAD MAKE THERE AT FIRST: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. Why INTO THE SOUTH (the keyword), not to the North, to Canaan/DeadSea... ??? What and where is this ALTAR he'd made previously in Bethel...??? And where is this place called BETHEL (means House/Place of God)....???? Into the South....to Bethel, SaudiArabia... Bethel...Mecca. Altar...Kaaba. Hai...modern day Ha'il...??? Between Ha'il and Bethel....is Medina..??? Abraham and Lot, peace be upon them, doing the Hajj Pilgrimage. Try guess where did Nabonidus (like Lot, having a lineage to Abraham), the LAST king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from 556 BC went to...??? Its Tayma, in SaudiArabia very near to Medina and Mecca. AlQuran 6:74-82 And when Abraham said to his father Azar (NABOCHADNEZZAR..??? More likely NABONASSAR...??? ), 'Takest thou idols for gods? I see thee, and thy people, in manifest error.' So We were showing Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and earth, that he might be of those having sure faith. When night outspread over him he saw a STAR and said, 'This is my Lord.' But when it set he said, 'I love not the setters.' When he saw the MOON rising, he said, 'This is my Lord.' But when it set he said, 'If my Lord does not guide me I shall surely be of the people gone astray.' When he saw the SUN rising, he said, 'This is my Lord; this is greater!' But when it set he said, 'O my people, surely I am quit of that you associate. I have turned my face to Him who originated the heavens and the earth, a man of pure faith; I am not of the idolaters.' ....... What about the SNAKE (Sumerian Enki, father of Marduk, father of Nabo) like symbol....its Iblis/Satan in all the Judaism/Christianity/Islamic traditions despicting the Devil. Both Abraham and Nabonidus rejected them all. (Enlil & Enki families. This is pure speculation on my part. Only God Knows). Now you know what Nabonidus, like Abraham, was trying to say about the Star, Moon, Sun (Sumerian/Akkadian/Babylonian 3 Pantheons) from the stone carving....( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ot2ph66fzcqWZpc.htmlsi=fyLWQA39qgb4r0TH ) And Nabonidus too, like Abraham and Lot, was doing the Hajj Pilgrimage. Mecca and Kaaba must be one great awesome sacred Holy Place since ancient time. Note: 1. Abraham must have lived and come from this NeoBabylonian Family Tree long before Nabonidus. 2. Pharoah respected Abraham, gave him gifts and dare not mess with him because he is the son of the NeoBabylonian king. 3. Only Muslims the world over revered and gave blessing to Abraham, pbuh, a total of 17times in their 5 daily prayers. 4. Enlil, father of Sin (Moon), father of the twin Ishtar (Star) and Shamash (Sun). 5. Enki (Snake), father of Marduk, father of Nabo.

The story of Isaac and his dad had a profound effect upon me as a child. It taught me that parents could kill their own children. Well. I had two parents so clearly they were a huge danger to me. For years of my childhood I was considered to be the most polite of children because I always waited for the adults at table to take the first bites before I would dig in. Yes, I clearly remember doing that. My parents were my TASTERS because I knew I could not trust them. Of course it became a great family story that Mary believed her parents would poison her, but I had every reason to believe it possible. After all, my Bible had the picture of Isaac on the altar and Abraham raising the knife to slaughter him - never mind the ram in the bushes. I was evident from that picture that being an animal was even more dangerous than being a human child.

Sara Abram = cerebrum Klaustrum (next to the pineal) = Santa Claus

Assuming "child that was promised" refers to the son Abraham was going to sacrifice, the Qur'an doesn't say it was Ishmael. The son isn't named. Many muslim scholars interpret it as Ishmael, but some say it's Isaac.

So this idea of the so called men of God wanting their followers to go to them for prayers is as pagan as it comes?

Göbekli Tepe

The Genesis 22 account of the sacrifice of Isaac has a "midrashuc" flavor to it that suggests that it may have happened in Abraham's dream rather than in actuality. The Lord often spoke to Abraham in dreams. Too many anomalies for historic narrative..

oh btw the three aka one Messiah --- and are fed a non Kosher meal and Lot fed the messengers a kosher one hmmm

excellent ,but Mr Gore has a terrible weak point when it comes to the old testament due to the fact that the translation of the bible is often falseas the words are not exactly translated because sometimes the equivalent old hebrew/ aramaic words are not understood and those wrongly translated....furthermore Abraham didn’t leave with his father...God orders him clearly “ to leave the house of his father” and go towards the land of israel...as for Sarah being passed as the and so on..i would advice Mr Gore to study the old testament withe a real scholar dsister of Avram...again wrong interpretation the text says Sarah was so beautiful that pharaoh would have wanted her and so would kill her husband to take her.......

Love the video, but had to snicker at “that is called justification by faith alone.” James 2 makes it clear that justification by faith alone is not correct .

Great lessons, very well educated, i did laugh when you tried to defend pagan infant baptism, there is no resemblance between baptism and circumcision.

Moses got the laws straight outta Egypt where he was schooled. Those laws of the 10 commandments existed in Egypt hundreds to maybe a thousand years before Moses existed Biblically.

Audience made up of Grey Hairs.

above all, polytheistic is not atheistic 😉