Matthew: Playing With Prophecy! | Secular Bible Study (Episode 40)

Today's episode is on the biblical book of Matthew!
I cover the following:
-Book Overview
-Authorship And Date
-Historical Background/Accuracy
-Literary Analysis
-Main Themes
-Reception And Influence
-Context Issues
-Contradictions, Errors, & Misconceptions
-Problematic Verses

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:30 Setting The Stage For The Gospels
6:18 Book Overview
14:27 Authorship And Date
22:00 Historical Accuracy
26:10 Literary Analysis
28:39 Main Themes
31:11 Reception And Influence
31:45 Contradictions
43:20 Problematic Passages
53:24 Final Thoughts
19:40 Patron Thanks

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[judyheiser]

Where have you been all my life? I’m a 73 year old, daughter of a 96 yr old Christian fundamentalist baptist preacher. My mom, at 91, is still strong in the faith. You’re saying things I have thought my many years. I have never been able to break the hearts of my sincere, believing parents. Thanks for your secular Bible study and for putting into words what really makes sense to me.

[Hitoshura]

Even as a kid "Father why have you forsaken me?!" didn't exactly ring of a victory over sin and death, to put it mildly.

[alanhardee]

54 minutes of Brandon talking about the book of Matthew- now this is heaven

[aroaminggoliath]

Just chiming in here that I don't mind a longer video.
You be spittin' son, so don't feel pressure to cut it too short!

[Badficwriter]

Your remark on Thought Crime was striking. Thousands of years of people being told a perfect being created them imperfect so they were evil because they had evil thoughts. Or else the Devil was so powerful to utterly corrupt everything the perfect being created.

The excuse is that you can overcome the evil if you have faith, but a perfect being decided to leave all that evil in there to make it possible you might have your soul destroyed in the perfect being's perfect hell.

Historically, people seem to like the idea of a vengeful God destroying people they don't like. They like being told they are 'better' because of whatever reason.

[L.WolfMoidell-isvz]

I like your new logo. 👍
I have steered a couple of theists over to your channel.
You are calm, logical & not aggressively confrontational. I think you're about the best YouTube option to allow Christians to begin questioning some deeply ingrained beliefs in a polite & friendly manner that is not threatening. That make you an incredibly valuable atheist asset.

[hermionemuller]

Thank you for taking up the story of the woman having to call herself a dog to be finally heard. That is my life. That is how i have been treated by church, family, school, workplace etc. Except for not getting anything in the end despite the self humiliation. I am at the pint that i cannot self humiliate constantly any longer with them punishing me even harder. Not for you. You are not worthy. Therefore you dont get anything. That is the constant reason for any government agency, family, employerr, health insurance etc towards me for not giving me anything and demanding more self humiliation. This is one of the stories that is being used to perpetuate such injustice and cruelty, expecially towards people suffering from disabilities like myself, we are not wanted, we are not chosen, we are not worthy, we are dogs,

[thingthingthemediamaniac]

I find Secular Bible Study to be far more entertaining than Traditional Bible Study Brandon YOU'RE AWESOME

[aaacool]

Your ability to communicate the swirls that are our shared thoughts is enviable- bravo

[JDrocksever]

Yes! The New Testament study has begun!

[agustinthierry]

1 hour watching a video of yours feels like 10 minutes. Thank you for your work.

[lilyrose]

Commenting for the algorithm!
Keep it up Brandon!

[Drstrings]

Yes! The eclipse has foretold that the New Testament can now begin lol! Love this. I liked the vid and am on my second pass now!
🤘😎🤘

[aaronlsuton]

Your channel is such a gift! So grateful for you! You helped me deconvert man… please keep doing what you’re doing!

[nicolasandre]

Can't wait for the last episode on the revelations, trippy as hell!

[theCommentDevil]

The errors by and issues with the author of Matthew should be enough to make anyone question the bible.

[DoctorZisIN]

If Satan is our enemy and we're supposed to love our enemy...

[jmparker]

This is where true "excuse-agetics" begins. I love that you pointed out various excuses that have been used over the years about why all these "eyewitness accounts" cannot be reconciled with each other. I don't know how many times I've heard "oh, one genealogy is Mary's and the other is Joseph's, which it's right there in the Bible that it's the line of Joseph both times. Or how Judas "bought the field, with the money he was given, which is why it's later said they bought it, hung himself in the field and the branch broke and he fell and burst open." These just don't work.

[PapaOfKissTheGoat]

Whether you agree with me or not, it feels like you’re still trying to “save” people.
However, this is truly a noble cause!
Looking forward to the series.
Much love and respect!
🤟🏼😎👍🏼

[msskaggs]

I've come to refer to Matthew as the 'check box Gospel' because when you step back, it's so apparent the author generated a list of prophecies he thought the messiah must fulfill and he revised the gospel of Mark so that Jesus checked all the boxes.

I haven't looked into it, but I know Christian's claim the number of prophecies that Jesus fulfills is some very large (and very bogus) number, and I wonder how many of those prophecies rely solely on Matthew.