One thing is true, Satan is a spiritual enemy who is very difficult to fight, please pray for me
@bonbon_nextlevel
5 ай бұрын
0:35 Myth 1- Satan is the proper name of a fallen spirit being 2:47 Myth 2 - Satan, The Devil, and the Serpent are all different beings 3:29 Myth 3 - Satan and evil spirits rule hell 5:40 Myth 4 - Satan is the rightful ruler of planet Earth 7:42 Myth 5 - Satan is a seraph 11:19 Myth 6 - Satan is God's equal and opposite 12:52 Myth 7 - Satan is everywhere, knows everything, and is always watching 13:58 Myth 8 - You can sell your soul to Satan 15:18 Myth 9 - Satan doesn't exist
@rockytopbritt
5 ай бұрын
I like that you begin by affirming Satan is defeated. He is Risen Indeed.
@Makaneek5060
5 ай бұрын
Myth 6 is always good to call out, of the three world religions that put good and evil as equal opposites (Zoroastrianism, Taoism, and Manichaeism) only Manichaeism seems to have begun that way. The other two affirmed light's supremacy over darkness at first, but their traditions were shoddy at actually teaching it.
@negativedawahilarious
5 ай бұрын
similar to gnosticism
@Makaneek5060
5 ай бұрын
@@negativedawahilarious Gnonsense is similar to everything since its different flavors borrow from everywhere
@ByronWarfield
5 ай бұрын
Thank you Dr Falk! I look forward to reading your book about the Ark, it is on its way! God Bless, I've learned a lot from your channel!
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for purchasing the book. We really appreciate your support! 😊
@deiansalazar140
5 ай бұрын
Even Evil knows the power of teamwork 🤣
@brycebell122
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for this David Falk, as always such topics are appreciated
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the kind word. ☺
5 ай бұрын
This has been one of my favorite videos in the channel. Very informative. God's voluntary retractment from profane space and the abandoned apartment take-over analogy cleared up things for me.
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad it helped... 😊
@abc_12333
5 ай бұрын
Thanks David. My only critique is the use of the word 'myth'. Myths can be true. It technically means thoughts. Thoughts can also be developed from things that are true. Modern society has come to use this word to mean that something is false - unfortunately. That probably comes from how Paul used the word in 1 Timothy. But that was in a particular context of those who enhanced the myths of the day with changing what was written in the Bible.
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
I agree there is one meaning to the word "myth." Myths can be true, they can be false, or even something in between. But myths are ideas that grow up around other true ideas.
@abc_12333
5 ай бұрын
@@ancientegyptandthebible Well said Dr Falk. Thank you for all your videos and all the insight you provide. I'm George. A fellow Canadian and in Ontario
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
@@abc_12333Hi George! Pleased to meet you!
@titusnagle
5 ай бұрын
Very well done. Demonology is not simple at all, but you nailed it.
@rockytopbritt
5 ай бұрын
Your explanation of Myth 5 was very helpful and fascinating. I myself was a bit confused on that one but what you said makes a lot of sense.
@Jamie-Russell-CME
5 ай бұрын
i loved #4, #8, and #9 in particular. Great insight and explanations!
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
Thanks!!!
@Downhaven
5 ай бұрын
Fantastic video Dr Falk, thank you!
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@paradisecityX0
5 ай бұрын
The thumnail looks kinda like Sorceress Ultimecia's final form in Final Fantasy 8
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
I've never played FF 8. Was it good?
@paradisecityX0
5 ай бұрын
@@ancientegyptandthebible The best
@paradisecityX0
5 ай бұрын
Also the common depiction of the Devil is based on the Greek/Egyptian god Pan
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
Pan was not an Egyptian god. Nevertheless, the association with Pan started to be made in the early modern period. Some people recognized that the gargoyles used to mock demons looked similar to Pan. Perhaps, we will cover this in a Part 2.
@rockytopbritt
5 ай бұрын
@@ancientegyptandthebibleCould it be argued that the association between Pan and Satan began with Christ in Ceasarea Phillpi with the "on this rock I will build my church and the gates of hades will not withstand it" speech since He said that on a Pan temple called the gates of Hades?
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
@@rockytopbrittIt would be a very difficult argument to make because there is no record of the image of Pan being associated with Satan until the early modern period. You'd likely be making a false cause fallacy with that argument.
@murtjo9873
5 ай бұрын
Great, informative work (as always)!!! A question: In Myth #5 you went into the Revelation material on the locust-type creatures from the abyss. I've always thought their appearance was significant, so I was intrigued with your statement that they are perverted seraphs. How did you figure this out? Is there scholarship on this? I'm not disagreeing. I would just like to learn more. Thanks so much for your time and your content.
@hhstark8663
5 ай бұрын
It is interesting that Satan with horns and long tail is NOT used in the thumbnail! :)
@Yan_Alkovic
5 ай бұрын
Very interesting, I did not know about Satan being a Cherub, instead of a Seraph, or that there were distinct figures that are sometimes conflated into just Satan. Also surprised that you did not bring up the bit about the name Lucifer. Do you think that's too simple a myth to cover?
@jonnyOysters
5 ай бұрын
I was thinking about Lucifer too.
@marvalice3455
5 ай бұрын
It's not really a myth per se. The verse it comes from is very obviously making a typological comparison
@Konxovar0
5 ай бұрын
@@marvalice3455 I think the myth would be that it's actually his name and not just a title "Day Star"/"Morningstar"/"Shining One"
@marvalice3455
5 ай бұрын
@@Konxovar0 i guess that depends on how you parse "name"
@Konxovar0
5 ай бұрын
@@marvalice3455 I guess I mean in the same way "Michael" or "Gabriel" are the names of the angels we refer to as Michael and Gabriel.
@michelferreira9695
5 ай бұрын
That was a very interesting video. On spot explanations, clear, concise, truthful and well made. Awesome work! Thank you for your time! I just realized that there are some very interesting videos about the "biblical lore" in a scholarly presented view. Your channel is a gem. Shame it doesn't have more visibility.
@MJ-ob8vk
3 ай бұрын
That is a very interesting modal argument. I was wondering if there was a formal paper that spelled it out.
@dbuettner8377
5 ай бұрын
I think I can see where perhaps some of the seraphim/cherubim confusion lies. In Isaiah 6, you have at least two seraphs hovering around the throne of Yahweh and then removing the uncleanness from Isaiah so he can speak with Yahweh. It would seem, at least on the surface, that the seraphs here are functioning as throne guardians; seemingly making cherubim and seraphim a distinction without a difference; appearing differently to Isaiah then they did to Ezekiel because the two prophets lived in different historical contexts. What do you feel that some scholars and non-scholars who want to join the two beings may be missing or do you have recommended resources where I can further research? I'm only asking out of curiosity and to learn, I have no personal commitment to either view.
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
Seraphs don't cover. They fly over the cherubim that do cover. If you want to see the relationship between cherubim and seraphim, have a look at the canopic shrine of king Tut. It has both the winged goddesses (cherub analogs) and the uraeus cobras (seraph analogs), and note their relative positions. I can understand how some scholars can confuse this too. But this also shows the importance of having a good grasp on ANE culture and iconography.
@abc_12333
5 ай бұрын
I'm okay with most of these but "Myth #2" is correct. (Myths can be true since it means "thoughts".) Revelation 12 is NOT a reference to Genesis 3. The serpent in Genesis 3 is just a serpent. ANE folklore had talking serpents. Ezekiel 28 is about the King of Tyre. That is about the siege of Tyre that King Nebuchadnezzar made in the late 560s BC.
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
See... kzitem.infoD9aFUQGcam0
@The-DO
5 ай бұрын
Well done. God bless
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
Thank you. God bless you too.
@deiansalazar140
5 ай бұрын
Did you get my 1 dollar superchat at the end btw?
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
Yes, we received your superchat and thanked you for it. And we also announced that we wouldn't be taking any questions that were received after midnight. Unfortunately, your question came in after midnight. I have to sleep sometime. 🙂
@deiansalazar140
5 ай бұрын
@@ancientegyptandthebible oh yeah just wondering if you'll cover it this week. As I said I didn't mind a delay or anything and it's just curiosity my friend. You and I both needed the sleep lol
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
@@deiansalazar140 Unfortunately, we do have to draw a limit somewhere. This is why we don't normally carry questions over from one stream to the next. If we did that, the queue could build up beyond our ability to handle the load.
@deiansalazar140
5 ай бұрын
@@ancientegyptandthebible Aww aight, mind just telling me then what sort of areas of focus I seem to have in relation to my religious beliefs here then real quick?
@paradisecityX0
5 ай бұрын
So Satan is not really second best so much as the first worst
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
Couldn't have said it better. 😂
@bradbrown2168
5 ай бұрын
Definite article “Ha” satan. The satan.: Job
@marvalice3455
5 ай бұрын
I mean, being limited doesn't necessarily mean you can only be in a single place at a time, that's jumping to a conclusion. While i think your explanation is valid, it's not necessary. It's theoretically possible that a being greater than a human could be in a finite, but greater than one number of places at once, sense spirit is not matter, and to be bound by space is a property of matter.
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
And yet, God says to Satan, "from where do you come?" [Job 1:7]. This indicates that Satan was in a place that was not among the divine council. I'm not saying that spirits are bound to space in the same way as in the physical realm, but that doesn't mean that there isn't some kind of relative space within the spirit realm. To say that there is no sense of space in the spirit realm is also to jump to a conclusion. We know that the spiritual realm has distinct compartments that have relative space: the mountain of God, the fiery stones, Sheol, Abraham's bosom, the Lake of Fire. If there was no delimitation of space, the properties of all these places in the spirit would blend and overlap upon every other place. Without the delimitation of space, there is no place. However, if a spirit could be in more than one place at a time, the driving out of Legion in Matt 8/Mark 5/Luke 8 would not make a lot of sense, that is, why drive the demons out of the Gerasene demoniac and into the herd of swine if the demons were resident in more than one place?
@arodriguez2007
5 ай бұрын
Interesting
@Qohelethful
5 ай бұрын
The Titus…Kennedy.
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
I wonder how many people actually watched to the end. 😂
@ArielManxx
5 ай бұрын
Freudian slip🤭
@shemrufussentones2684
5 ай бұрын
Maybe when Jesus called Peter, Satan, he is referring to a job description,
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
It's quite possible.
@lohikaarmeherra-1753
5 ай бұрын
Yes, but is Satan ”a beast of the field” or the planet Venus, I’m confused. 😅
@maremare1655
5 ай бұрын
He prowls about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
@Jasonasked1233
5 ай бұрын
Aren't you making a jump that the satan viewed in the literature is the same in other books of the hebrew bible and NT? It would make sense theologically but maybe not so through critical lenses
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
That's because I view this through a canonical lens. And viewed through that lens, we can derive the theological position. However, I grave doubts about many of the presuppositions that are popular today in critical scholarship. See... kzitem.info/news/bejne/066q0HmNiHt0qY4
@corygarfield
5 ай бұрын
does ezekiel 28 speak of a spirit being or a mortal (king of tyre)?
@prorocanstva3249
5 ай бұрын
Text is talking about king of Tyre, but also about chief/ruler of Tyre. So Ezekiel 28:1-10 is talking about chief of Tyre, real human being, but from Ezekiel 28:11-19 it talks about some fallen cherub who is 'behind the scenes'
@wannabe_scholar82
5 ай бұрын
It’s using mythic language to describe the fall of a king, as Isaiah did in Isaiah 14.
@marvalice3455
5 ай бұрын
Both. The king is a type of Satan who is the antitype.
@corygarfield
5 ай бұрын
thanks, folks.
@negativedawahilarious
5 ай бұрын
both
@josephbrown6906
5 ай бұрын
The King of Tyre/Melqart is not necessarily Satan. Satan was not the only fallen heavenly being. It is an assumption that Satan is anywhere in Ezekiel 28. The Garden in Eden was a sacred mountain. There were other heavenly beings there. Could the King of Tyre be Satan? Yes. Does he have to be Satan? No.
@ancientegyptandthebible
5 ай бұрын
2 Cor 11 equates the serpent in the garden with Satan (cf. v.3 with v.14). Furthermore, Rev 20 called Satan "the serpent of old," and there is only one "serpent of old."
@josephbrown6906
5 ай бұрын
@ancientegyptandthebible I agree Satan and the Serpent in the Garden are one and the same being. However, that still doesn't mean he is the King of Tyre in Ezekiel 28. The Serpent isn't the only heavenly being that has rebelled against Yahweh, and he wasn't the only heavenly being in the Garden. It is an assumption that the King of Tyre has to be Satan/the Serpent. It's not a bad assumption, but it's still an assumption nonetheless. Considering that Satan is the Serpent, the Dragon, and Leviathan and that seraphim are serpentine, it's likely that Satan is a seraph. If the Masoretic is correct, then this would mean Satan couldn't be the King of Tyre in Ezekiel 28. However, if the LXX is correct, it is still possible that he could be the King of Tyre since the LXX says the King of Tyre was with the cherubim, not that he was one.
@rocketmanshawn
5 ай бұрын
Ezekiel 28 doesn't mention the devil at all.
@marvalice3455
5 ай бұрын
It definitely does
@hhstark8663
5 ай бұрын
"So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, / and *I expelled you, guardian cherub,* / from among the fiery stones." (Ezekiel 28:16, NIV, emphasis added).
@Konxovar0
5 ай бұрын
Dr. Falk is not the type to stick with an interpretation just because it's traditional. There's seems to be a genuine allusion to a divine rebel in that passage.
@paradisecityX0
5 ай бұрын
@@Konxovar0 Some think it refers to Adam
@davidjanbaz7728
5 ай бұрын
@@paradisecityX0what refers to Adam??? and who R these some???
@godlysidekick
2 ай бұрын
Missed one myth: Satan’s name is Lucifer!
@ancientegyptandthebible
2 ай бұрын
The name Lucifer has a complex history, which requires its own separate treatment. That's why it was not included. It's not really a myth as much as it is a later translational/theological development.
@godlysidekick
2 ай бұрын
@@ancientegyptandthebible Isaiah refers to the King of Babylon as “Lucifer.” Peter refers to Jesus as “Lucifer.” Where does the Bible refer to Satan as Lucifer tho?
@ancientegyptandthebible
2 ай бұрын
@@godlysidekick Which part of "it is a later translational/theological development" that "requires its own separate treatment" did you not understand? It's a theological development that post-dates the Bible. Lucifer not a part of Biblical revelation per se. The name is not found in either the Hebrew or the Greek. All this requires teasing out a development in the translation of the Vulgate and historical theology. So, to say that "it is a myth that Satan's name is Lucifer" is an over-simplification of the issues at hand. Strictly speaking, the Bible does not claim Satan's name is Lucifer. However, the Latin Vulgate translation of the Isaiah 14, which is identified as an amphibolous passage that simultaneously references Satan and the King of Babylon (but that is an exegetical matter beyond the scope of the topic--hence the need for separate treatment), takes what modern translations render as "shining morning star" as a name "Lucifer." And as the Latin Vulgate became the primary Bible translation in Western Christianity, the name Lucifer became synonymous with Satan. So, it is not so much a myth as it is a theological development that stemmed from a translation into the Latin.
@godlysidekick
2 ай бұрын
@@ancientegyptandthebible do you ever wonder if Satan, the “enemy,” is just a mirror? Both Satan and Jesus are the son of God, both are compared to lions, both are called Lucifer, the Morningstar. Sounds like Jesus was fighting a mirror 🪞
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