Loved this. I want to so bad to take a "footsteps of paul" tour. Maybe 1 day.
@TimothyCarmain3 күн бұрын
Dogma can have religious or secular purposes; the presence of dogma and supporting doctrine defining matters of authority and morality does not in and of itself establish a belief system as a religion, though more often than not it replaces an institutional religion shorn of its supernatural/superstitional aspects. Atheism mean a philosophy without gods and as such can be a substitution for theism, ie religion, but not a religion supplanting another religion.
@videoparables3 күн бұрын
I believe I understand your point, Timothy. I just see things a little differently in that there is always "a god". It may not be a statue or figure to which we give allegiance, but there is always a god even in secular philosophy that denies God's existence. The State can become the object of worship. Socialism can become god. A dictator can become god, as took place in Albania. Money/wealth/sex/power can become our god. The Bible says that greed is idolatry (Colossians 3:5). Anything we put in place of the true God becomes the god of our personal religion, including ourselves and including philosophy. Colossians 2:8 says "See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ." Thank you for your comment.
@BruceWaynes-c4m8 күн бұрын
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@BruceWaynes-c4m8 күн бұрын
THE CASINOS OWNERS PROFIT..HE MAKES SURE HE WINS AND U LOSE ALL THE TIME, HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED 😭😭😭😭 THE MACHINES DO NOT 🚫🚫🚫 PAY🤑💰🤑💰🤑💰🤑🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰YOU LOSE IN THE LONG RUN... IT TURNS INTO A SEVERE ADDICTION... SPORTS BETTING, POKER, BINGO, SCRATCH OFFS ARE ALL GAMBLING 🎰....YES, FAMILY CAN BE FULL OF ADDICTS..... CORRUPTION, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED TOO RIGHT 👍▶️ IN GOOD OLD EAST ST.LOUIS
@BruceWaynes-c4m8 күн бұрын
ADDICTIONS R THREE FOLD ,A THREE HEADED DRAGON 🐲🐉🐲🐉🐲🐉🐲🐉🐲🐉🐲🐉 IS WHAT WE CALL ADDICTION 💊 PILLS CRACK HEROIN FENTANYL COCAINE GAMBLING 🎰 ALL ADDICTION'S LEAD TO DESTRUCTION,DEATHS, SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, LOSSES ,FAMILY,HEALTH PROBLEMS,ETC ... PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING ADDICTIONS CRIMINALS DRUGS ALCOHOL POT FENTANYL COCAINE ADDICTS ALL GO TOGETHER 👍▶️👍▶️👍 RIGHT????
@robertpolanco197311 күн бұрын
Personally, as an atheist, I NEVER will subscribe to the ridiculous notion of so-called "religious freedom" after what I had witnessed in countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia with the poison of religious fundamentalism spreading like wildfire and insects! I regard the spread of religion as a danger to humanity!
@BruceWaynes-c4m11 күн бұрын
IT'S 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯% TRUE...... GAMBLING IS A VERY BAD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 ADDICTION 💊🚓🚨🧠🖤♂️♂️☠️🤯💀🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑☠️ SOCIOPATHS PSYCHO-PATHS POLITICAL LEADERS CASINO OWNER'S HAVE ADDICT'S AS LAWYER'S, ACTIVE ALCOHOLICS AND EMPLOYEES 💀☠️🤯🤮💀 R ALSO OFTEN ALCOHOLICS, WORKAHOLICS, DRUG ADDICTED, DRUG DEALERS AND THEY SELL DRUGS AT CASINO FOR MORE 💰🤑💰🤑💰🤑💰🤑💰🤑💰💰💰💰💰🤑 🤑 🤑 🤑 MONEY TO GAMBLE WITH.....🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂SEE THE TRUTH????? 😜😜😜
@BruceWaynes-c4m11 күн бұрын
😂🎉😂🎉😂STATE OF ILLINOIS IS FUNDED BY GAMBLING ADDICTIONS CRIMINALS EAST ST.LOUIS, A EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS...😂🎉😂🎉😂 POVERTY,DRUG ADDICTED CRACK HEROIN FENTANYL COCAINE ADDICTS, ACTIVELY USING DRUG ADDICTED STAFF AND EMPLOYEES 💀😭🤮💀☠️💀☠️ TOO , SOCIOPATHS PSYCHO-PATHS POLITICAL LEADERS CASINO QUEEN 🤯 HAS DRUG DEALERS,SEX TRAFFICKING PIMPS BLACK 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 MALE DRUG DEALERS BLACK 🖤🖤🖤🖤 MALE CRACK HEADS RUNNING AROUND ALL OVER DA CASINO, DRAFT 👑 KINGS AT CASINO QUEEN HAS A REPUTATION FOR DRUGS, AND SEX TRAFFICKING PIMPS, DRUG ADDICTED ALCOHOLIC STAFF AND EMPLOYEES AND BEING A DANGEROUS,UNSAFE, AND DEADLY PLACE FULL OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY DAILY😂🎉😂🎉😂🎉😂👍👍👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 YEP... TRUTH ALWAYS COMES OUT ABOUT CASINOS & IT'S OWNER'S ⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️💀💀☠️🤯🤮🤮💀😭😭🤮😭😭🤮😭🤮👏🤮😭🤮🤮😭🤮⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️
@BruceWaynes-c4m11 күн бұрын
TRUTH 👏👏👏👏👏 HONESTY❤❤❤❤❤ OPEN-MINDED, WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE, GET PROFESSIONAL HELP, GO TO TREATMENT, GET SIGNED OFF🤯☠️💀🤮⚖️🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯U R THE TARGET 🎯🎯💯🎯💯 IF U R LOSING ,LOSING, LOSING ,LIKE DRINKING, DRUGS ALCOHOL GAMBLING POT FENTANYL COCAINE ADDICTS THEY R ALL THE SAME.... TO A ADDICT'S 🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠 BRAIN..... GAMBLING HAS SAME EFFECT AS COCAINE,POT, ALCOHOL 💊 PILLS CRACK HEROIN FENTANYL.... IT'S A DRUG, LIKE :(** ALCOHOL**) DEADLY 🤯☠️💀💀☠️💀☠️💀☠️💀☠️💀☠️💀☠️💀☠️🤯☠️♂️♂️🚓🚨😭👑JAILS, PRISON, INSTITUTIONS, TREATMENT CENTERS, ETC.... A GAMBLING ADDICTION...... IS A VERY BAD ADDICTION 😢😢😢😢 SAD, 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭 SAD . . SAD..... SAD ... ADDICTED TO DRUG'S ALCOHOL 💊 PILLS CRACK HEROIN FENTANYL COCAINE,& GAMBLING ALL A PROFIT FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVEY INVOLVED,DRS,LAWYERS,JUDGES, MAYOR'S, GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL LEADERS ALL FOUND AT YOUR LOCAL CASINO QUEEN 🤯👑☠️💀☠️💀☠️ DRAFT KINGS AT CASINO QUEEN IN ILLINOIS NOW
@travelswithted67321 күн бұрын
Thank you, very interesting video
@dennisricotta4540Ай бұрын
As a former Catholic, this is the best presentation yet... To bad mary is worshiped like Jesus. In some south American countries she has the power to save... Oh what Satan does to detour salvation from our Lord..
@niakoch9390Ай бұрын
As a former Catholic, you should know , that Catholics do not worship Mary, but as the mother of God she is of course honored the way she deserves. Pax Christi!
@ApriFoatАй бұрын
Sucks to go away from the one true apostolic catholic church
@dennisricotta4540Ай бұрын
@@niakoch9390 But they do, She is not the mother of God, she is the mother of Jesus chosen by God to bring Jesus into the world. -- Remember... Jesus was with the Father and indeed created the universe. Here's how they worship -- In several South American countries, they now believe she has the same authority of forgiving sins and she can save your soul. I know you will quote John 1:1 where it says "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ---John 1:14 "and the Word BECAME flesh... Became from were???? As long as we believe it is HE who died for our sins, and ACCEPT it. We will rejoice together in heaven on day.
@niakoch9390Ай бұрын
@@dennisricotta4540 No. Catholic don't worship Mary. They venerate her. And the Bible calls Mary mother of God. See Luke 1,43.
@dennisricotta4540Ай бұрын
@@niakoch9390 True, Look at the context... it is telling us He is the second person of the triune God...
@TWOCOWS1Ай бұрын
Was this video made in a Christian church by preacher?? Deocletians would ve had a field day handling the preacher/video maker here. But I am glad we don't those things anymore. So, we lay back and enjoy the nice video
@vernalanier9400Ай бұрын
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@ahmengtan6139Ай бұрын
No No No Chinese religion is taoism, 上帝-昊天上帝in Taoism, 天主、天父is Christian. Chinese worship more than 1 god, christian worship only 1 god. Don't confuse and mislead, be honest spreading western religion.
@SocialCreditManagerАй бұрын
Jinping met Jesus in 1975
@_PhilotheaАй бұрын
Best video about this island on KZfaq! Thank you!
@croat_crusaderАй бұрын
Many things are wrong, palace has 4 emtrances and not 6, and peristil never had a roof
@1978raykingАй бұрын
Seems ,Arabic,white,Chinese, black, all colors of people are dependents of the multi culture one language tower of babble that turned all the babbles tower people and cultures to separate and speak many languages, making multi cultural descendents of the tower of babble.
@user-ru4dn1oi1tАй бұрын
To me, Chinese is one of the twelve tribes of the heavenly father. See, the Chinese put red paper over the main door post to ward off evil spirits. The Passover of Israel
@Info-qw8viАй бұрын
As a Southern Chinese person with Kaifeng Israelite ancestry, I really dislike speculative misinformation about "sin", "sino", or the "land of sin". You are playing phoenitic rhyming games as if Chinese is somehow similar or comparable to English. As a semitic pictographic language it DOES NOT operate like English or any Western European languages... It's closer to Egyptian hieroglyphs in construction! While "land of sin" is true as a biblical reference to areas East of Israel and Persia, this was not a term that people in China used to identify ourselves, at least not anything I have read or come across in Chinese history. Thus, it's super disrespectful and bigoted to insist on calling us this, bringing it up, and make a whole video using that as the premise. Think the word "negro". We have had various identities, from "Zhou" Dynasty People 周人, to "Tang" Dynasty People 唐人, to "Han" Dynasty People 漢人, etc, etc. But the EARLIEST and COMMON identity we all share BEFORE our incestuous infighting and numerous civil wars was the "Wah" People 華人, meaning the "flowery" and "illustrious" people, that is the People of Wah, the same "wah" in Jehovah 耶和華. This is the official name used official Chinese buildings, such as language associations, churches, etc. Especially any place that is not emphasising any political or dynastic affiliation will state this neutral and super ancient title that ALL Chinese people internationally will happily embrace and accept without offence. Even the word "Chinese" is nonsense. Nobody in China or within Asian circles says this word or pronounces anything sounding remotely similar to this Western term. Often we say "Middle Kingdom People" 中國人 jung gwok yan, and that is the NATIONAL identity, originating when the capital was in Luoyang Central China. I suggest learning about "Wah Haa" 華夏 huaxia and the origin of "Heaven's Mandate" 天命 alongside official lists of aristocratic Chinese names on the Hundred Family Names list matching names on the Kaifeng Stele (Kaifeng Jews), that states ancestry from Adam, Eve (Nuwa), Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the 12 Tribes, and Aharon (Aaron), until the ZHOU DYNASTY when we first entered China using the "Mandate of Heaven" to invade the then Shang dynasty who practiced human sacrifice, divination, and witchcraft. David D Pankenier has academic details of the astronomy and cosmological significance. There were waves of arrival coinciding with wars in Israel/Jerusalem but the earliest "Chinese" arrival into the land of China by Zhou people was in 1046 BC, the same year that Northern Kingdom of Israel was established. You will find that many "Kaifeng Jewish" Chinese names are references to territories just outside of Jerusalem. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaxia - zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E5%8D%8E%E4%BA%BA
@AAAAAK5Ай бұрын
Amen Jesus Christ the only way 🙏
@jacobkingamongmen3112Ай бұрын
The only thing more addictive and self-destructive than gambling, organized religion
@valiantcolumnar1992Ай бұрын
history is beautiful, but sadly there are people try to erase, dishonor, disrespect, twisted, wont acknowledge if they are not existed and it won't fitted to their desires., they want history will start to them.
@alphaomega19692 ай бұрын
The Chinese never forgotten the significance of the past hence why china is the safest country in the world. The genesis from bible is encoded in the chinese characters and confucianism teaching is about god.
@roziegitang31802 ай бұрын
Wow...i feel like i"m watching a film history based of the china being the follower of Abrahamic God.
@michaelhaywood82622 ай бұрын
Are Albanian Christians mainly Catholic or Greek Orthodox?
@videoparables2 ай бұрын
They are mainly Muslim but with a Catholic minority.. Thanks for the question.
@lameguduzaku377214 күн бұрын
Catholic in the North, Orthodox in the south.
@nor74352 ай бұрын
Shaadai and shangdi hmmmm🤔
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
@videoparables To be honest... What the Jews had that the Chinese didn't have was the written Word of God. The prophecies and the prophets... Was it a guarantee to salvation when you posses God's Word? It depends... But you're already at the front door... John chapter 3 mentions Moses and the Israelites in the wilderness... And just by the fact that Jesus Himself quoted John 3, it speaks volumes. God expects the Old Testament saints after Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, the united and divided kingdom to be saved in the same way... Now, you might argue that the accounts of the serpent being lifted up in Numbers, as was quoted by Jesus, only refers to physical salvation... But... Not entirely correct... Jesus' biblical interpretation would state otherwise... John chapter 3 also includes spiritual salvation... Eternal life... The context of John chapter 3 is regeneration... So, there you go... God's written Word or revelation is also a necessity...
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
God is a talking being... He reveals Himself through the Words of Scriptures... Remember? I mentioned that there was a reason why He reveals Himself through the Bible and not through culture?
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
Liberal scholarship has a tendency to be agnostic and not precise or unsure... When you listen to a liberal scholar preach... You'd get more of an agnostic talking nonsense... Not addressing or tackling the text per se... Thet have a tendency to beat around the bush and as you reach the end, you'd only get to nowhere... Just a waste of time... God is still lying hidden within the text... You have not really encountered God personally... Waste of time...
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
So... Both event and Word... That is revelation...
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
To be more precise... I leave with this statement... When we talk about revelation, to which do we attribute this? To the event in history? Or, to the words that comments along with the event? When you focus on the events only... You get liberal scholarship... When you focus on the words that comments along the events in Scriptures, you get - fundamentalism. I am not using "fundamentalist" as derogatory... In fact, they are heroes in Christendom because at a time when the virgin birth or resurrection were unpopular, it was the fundamentalists who championed these doctrines... Not so with "liberalism" or Christian liberals... That is for all its denotation, a deviation and a derogation... So... In order to be orthodox... You take the Word-Event-Word model of revelation. Because God is the Author... Of course, we could also touch "inspiration" and human authorship... But if you look closely in the events in the Bible... Whenever there is an event, God gives a commentary prior and after the event...
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
Man, the moment you realize what makes the Bible unique... And how it was preserved... Through thousands of years... You'll be appreciative of the history that goes along with it...
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
And that is why... The church is just the recepient of the canon of Scripture, not its arbiter... That is also a source of humility... In hermeneutics or exegesis...
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
That is why the gospel of Judas... The gospel of Thomas... The apocrypha of the Roman Catholic church did not make the cut.
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
And there are criterias followed by Jews and Christians alike to determine what books are going to be included in the Jewish and Christian canon of Scriptures... All of those can be traced back to the Old Testament's test of a prophet... In the New Testament, partly, it was the writer's association with Jesus Christ and the apostles... Were they referred by them in the apostles' writings?
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
And in the heart of that reason is the "doctrine of total depravity". Total depravity is the condition of man that enables him not to know or obey God due to the original Sin. (capital "s")
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
There is a reason why Jesus Christ reveals Himself through the Bible and not through culture primarily...
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
Again... I am not against the idea that there were believers in ancient China 2500 years before Christ. Just to clarify... What I am saying is the difference between natural and special revelation... Between saving faith and not.
@videoparables2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your thoughtful comments, Rucelle. Every one of your comments is correct, to my understanding. And you are correct that Christ Jesus is the only Way, Truth, and Light for us today. Were there people saved before Christ came and became the perfect sacrifice. Yes, of course. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the Old Testament saints looked "forward" to the perfect sacrifice, not knowing all the details, but trusting by faith. Can we be certain that there were Chinese who were saved prior to the gospel being fulfilled? I'm not sure, but I would hope so. It all depends upon what they believed and acted upon according to the light they were given. The generation after the flood of Noah's day certainly had enough knowledge of God and how he saved them from the flood. The animal sacrifices would have rightly been offered to Him. But over time, as always happens, the light is distorted by Satan. The early Chinese seem to have held onto the proper meaning of the sacrifices and the God they were honoring for the longest time, though their meaning too has become lost to the Chinese people. Our hope for the video is that the Chinese people will once again recognize the Supreme God of their earliest history who is now calling them to salvation through the perfect sacrifice of his One and Only Son. Thank you again for your thoughtful comments.
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
@videoparables To be honest... What the Jews had that the Chinese didn't have was the written Word of God. The prophecies and the prophets... Was it a guarantee to salvation when you posses God's Word? It depends... But you're already at the front door... John chapter 3 mentions Moses and the Israelites in the wilderness... And by just by the fact that Jesus Himself quoted John 3, it speaks volumes. God expects the Old Testament saints after Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, the united and divided kingdom to be saved in the same way... Now, you might argue that the accounts of the serpent being lifted up in Numbers, as was quoted by Jesus, only refers to physical salvation... But... Not entirely correct... Jesus' biblical interpretation would state otherwise... John chapter 3 also includes spiritual salvation... Eternal life... The context of John chapter is regeneration... So, there you go... God's written Word or revelation is also a necessity...
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
By the way, according to William Lane Craig... The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the "Achilles Heel" of Islam because it teaches that Jesus had not died, much less - resurrected... Going against critical scholarship by liberal and conservative scholars.
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
And historical figures like chairman Mao is still in their graves...
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
Three ingredients of true faith: #1 Knowledge #2 Assent or Belief #3 Trust Comment: Numbers 1 and 2, you may use on any historical figures... But when it comes to number 3, it can not be used on anyone other than Jesus Christ because of the fact that - He rose from the grave. He is alive as we speak.
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
True faith has three ingredients... The first two of these ingredients, we use on common historical figures like chairman Mao. #1 Knowledge of a historical fact or facts. Example: Chairman Mao was communist China's first leader after the civil war with the Kuomintang. #2 Assent of that historical fact... Example: "I believe that it is true that chairman Mao was China's first political leader after the civil war with the Kuomintang." (But here is where chairman Mao falls short of Shangi Di or Jesus Christ...) #3 "I put my trust on the person of Jesus Christ as Shang Di." Clarification: To further elaborate on "trust", imagine that Jesus Christ as Shang Di is a chair... Trusting in Jesus Christ means putting all your life and weight on sitting on that chair without even asking if by sitting, you will fall or not.
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
Question: Were there believers in China 2500 years before Christ? My answer: Could be... I don't know... I am not God... Also me: But the Bible is clear... The possessor of true faith are the ones who are saved. Not by membership in Roman Catholicism or Protestant church. But... A possessor of true faith...
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
It is generally known by all Christians that the origin or demarcation of salvation is Jesus Christ. By demarcation, what I take to mean is the point in time that separates the Old Testament saints from the New Testament saints. So, can someone who was born during the 2500 BC be saved? Yes, can be... But it is not the confession of true faith that can one be saved. Rather, it is through the possession of true faith.
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
What do I mean about "through true faith"? By faith, I am not referring to religion as the usage of the word could also mean "of different faiths".
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
Knowledge of God alone can't save someone... It is only though true faith can one be saved...
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
Special revelation is through Jesus Christ...
@rucellegarciano41052 ай бұрын
At most... What this video is pointing to is what we call "natural revelation". Meaning, through creation, man as endowed with "common grace" can deduce that there is a start... A Creator... And that He is above, He is one and He is holy. The only problem with "natural revelation" is that, it could not save someone from his or her sins...