Was Yahweh Defeated By Another god?

2 Kings 3 says divine wrath came upon Israel after the king of Moab, Mesha, sacrificed his firstborn son. Many think this is an example of the god Chemosh defeating the God of Israel but is that what the text really says?

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[praveenbenjaminpiarejee]

Yahweh cannot be defeated. He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.

[TheMaskman]

I am a Nigerian/American in my late teens, and I have been a Christian my whole life but overtime I started being more agnostic/atheistic but videos like yours helped me grow in my faith in a very short time thank you 😊. Oh can you explain why some Christians are saying the end is near because of the euphrates river drying.

[robertbethel]

Can we just have a moment of silence for all the first borns sacrificed in human history. It’s amazing how humans are still around with all the sacrifices our ancestors performed.

[somebodyontheinternet]

I was and still am troubled and doubtfull regarding Christianity, and your videos have really helped me out. The amount of research you put into this videos to defend Christianity and debunk misconceptions is admirable.

[scholarwithasword]

What this video is about, is where the crossroad in my journey to faith was 5 years ago. I was minutes away from totally sealing the coffin of my faith when I read the moabite stone, the English version of the Bible, and took ancient history classes for my social studies degree. I believe God leaned on my heart for a brief moment to dig into this same passage. I did and came to the same conclusion. I decided to revisit all the other things about the bible that I thought were either debunked or just silent in history. I found IP about 4 months later with his 'Man or Rabbit' video. God raised my faith up from death through this passage. God be blessed

[stephenzerbel]

I love this channel. Sadly it is better than any church sermon i have ever heard. I have learned more about God from a utube channel that i have from any preacher. Please dont stop these videos

[nicholasmills]

Since some others are thanking you, I'll tell my littlel story too. I was ignorantly atheist for a long time, thought science conflicted with theism and God didn't make any sense. Learning about my own ignorance and realizing how lost I was in life set me down a pretty bad path of depression and existential crisis'. I decided to face my ignorance and your videos are one of the greatest motivators and help I have had, and has played an important role in me defending what eventually became my new found faith. Or at least seeking of that faith. So sincerely thank you, for everything you've done with this channel. It's positively changed my life for the better and allowed me to put more good into the world by being better educated and not spewing my own beliefs without proper reasoning or defense. Just ignorance.

[antonpayne]

when I was a kid I thought Satan and God were like equal rivals who were arm wrestling. When I came to know Jesus I knew ever since Satan didnt have a chance to begin with since he is a created being while God is not. No one can defeat God, he holds the strings and have all aces. No one is equal to Him

[ungraud]

I once heard a professor of theology bring up this story (I don't remember exactly what the context was). I took it for granted at the time, but this video gave me another perspective. Thank you, I really couldn't be a Christian without your work👍

[isaacpfeiffer]

Before all the angry Christians write an angry comment saying how God can't be defeated, and then click away, WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO! He is not saying that God was defeated, it is simply a controversial title to get people interested, then he presents the theory, and then he debunks it.

[zacharyvance]

Seems like a lesson from this story could be: two wrongs don’t make a right. Great video!

[HamletMan]

Thank you very much for this channel, I'm having spiritual development because of you brother. I even was inspired to complete (and completed )Bible after watching one of your videos like a year ago

[KingNazaru]

From what I read in Scripture, whenever God allowed his people to fall to non believers, it’s because they disobeyed him. But he would always promise to call his people back to Israel. This seems similar.

[Jag]

I've always been curious about this passage and have asked many teachers about it. Thanks you for your work. Many neo-pegans use this passage as an argument against God

[emmanuelflores]

Thanks the Lord this is the next one. I thought about this. Thank you God and Thank you IP 😊

[kingscrave]

It is important to look into the cultural and historical context, which you do really well, thank you for your research and time!

[imakeislamiccontent]

Even though I'm muslim, Christian theology is really interesting

[akmroberts]

Fantastic analysis and treatment of the text, thank you. Love your channel and always watch your videos with great interest. I wish Sundays were as meaty, but sadly it doesn’t seem to thrill most Christians to dig into the Word this deeply.

[elijahb]

That quote from Levenson at 14:00 offers so much depth to the understanding of both Abraham & the binding of Isaac and God the Father & the crucifixion of Jesus

Simply amazing! Need to get that book

[gioarevadze]

God bless you, just found video of man stating that god lost to an other "god" and was really confused until saw your video. Thank you