Who were these elusive Essenes? - The Essenes in the New Testament

Find out where one can see the shadows of Essenes in the New Testament!

Among Pharisees, Sadducees, Zealots, Herodians and others the Essenes are not named by name in any of the New Testament books. But one can argue that despite that fact they are still present and their presence leaves shadows in the New Testament texts.

✔️ Who were these elusive Essenes?
✔️ What did they believe?
✔️ What set them apart from all other Jewish groups in the Second Temple period?
✔️ What did the ancient writers think about Essenes?
✔️ How did they describe themselves?
✔️ Was John the Baptist an Essene from Qumran?

Seeking answers to such questions this course dives into the ancient texts: Pliny the Elder, Philo, Josephus, the works of Qumran Jews and of course the New Testament.

[jontopham]

palm trees for company sounds pretty great... like a vacation

[tonyf]

My friend passed this book onto me. The Essene Law: The Everlasting Agreement by Dr. Shmuel Asher. A must read. New translation with commentaries. I found this on Amazon.

[who]

Baruk Haba Bashem YAHUWAH RAPHA NISSI ELOHAI TSEVA’OTH!!!! Shalom Mishpacha.

[pinkyanacin]

Vegetarianism is the main doctrine of the Essenes. This is the hardest thing that a believer can do, they cant give up eating flesh and blood.

[bhimusarvaiya]

A very interesting lecture. Well done.

[agentneatnick]

Just Published. The Essene Law: The Everlasting Agreement by Dr. Shmuel Asher. A must read. Found on Amazon. Fabulous! New translation with commentaries.

[WhiteDove-]

Messiah has come! Y'shua is his name!

[PJ-isjy]

So I'm not say they were Essenes necessarily but why haven't they done DNA on the 33 male skeletons in Qumran uncovered in 2017 that date back 2000 or more years? What's the deal with that?

[gypsylove]

The essenes were known as therapists. Teaching. Alot of spiritual practice was emphasized. Women and Men were equals. As we are. Created in his image. I'm female so that must mean all females to have spiritual practices

[thecirclelife]

The time of the essenes doesn't make one more capable of seeing them or understanding them. Only to be one and live as one can even begin to help you realize what we are. Even people today cannot understand faith so.ply by reading it.

[warrior-wmvb]

Read the gospel of Phillip
Also I recommend the nature of the rulers and secret book of John
Aka John the Baptist the books were hidden so that this generation would have them to understand the true nature of reality

[seflesslove]

There was two secs of essenes. One was celebate and the other were believers of marriage and changing the dna of children based on how they lived in such a pure educated life.

[emilyhutjes]

Skeletons of women were also found in Qumran (Israel). That is in another video on YT and women and men were equal and they had no slaves or servants. (Netherlands)

[Hypatiaization]

A polemic account of the Essenes by Pliny the Elder I think 🤔

[David-rtlm]

You speak as We are no more. We fled to Arsareth(America). Essenne/Tennesse. We write and read right to left. We are amongst you today. We are the Magi, Sicarii, Essenne. We are The Principle People of YAH. We are the Fire Keepers(The Way), as spoken in the Garden to preserve the Way.

[emilyhutjes]

In one of the first pages of "The Book of Jasher" it is told of a flood in the region of North Africa (Egypt) because man had completely apostatized there. This is long before the Great Flood. Could this land have been Atlantis? Does anyone know? (Netherlands)

[abdullahalrai]

I think Prophet Zechariah (Zakariya) and Prophet John (Yahya) and Mother of Prophet Jesus (‘Essa), Mother Mary (Maryam) of the Qur’an were from this Tribe, a.k.a Family of Imran (Aal ‘Eemran) - Al-Quran - Ch 3: 35-91 and Chapter 19

[adamnordskog]

-SACRED-WISDOM-SCIENCE-=
The Sages will tell you
That two pyramids are eternally bound together
By most whole-ly wedlock.
That one pyramid is white and points upward
And the other pyramid is black and points downward
That the two are only one, not two
They are two, and nevertheless they are one:
Spirit, Soul, and Body.
The white pyramid is Spirit-
"The Mountain,

The black pyramid is Body
-"The Pit."
And the treasure hid within them is the Soul.
He who can lead the Soul from one
Into the other and back again at will
Is called a Master, for he has conquered
The Law of Opposites, is free from poverty,
And has overcome death.
Two engineers tunnel through these pyramids
From opposite sides and meet in the center.
The first engineer is
"Sacred" or
"Religion."
The second engineer is
"Science" or
"Research."
The tunnel is
"The Path to Liberation."
And the treasure they find is "The Philosopher's Stone,
That turns water into wine, base metal into gold,
And humanity into immortality.

[nataliee]

The dead sea scrolls are the word of God, the only difference is the talmud and church hid some of them. The most important ones.
Ancient aramaic is the language of the Levant, the pelesetes of ugarit.
Shamanism, paganism is the word, such as zoroastrianism, buddhism and Hinduism, thus mathraism in India.
Later texts were written in the dominant languages of the era Greek and Egyptian = Coptic.
Hebrew is a dialectica if aramaic.
Jeru Salem.

[sausedo]

Actually they did have woman and family. You were allowed what you desired. Come or go. Plenty were of ascetic life yes yes. And they followed being keepers of secret knowledge and study. There goal was getting back to times of original God when people lived for 100s of years. Read Jesus and Essenes by Dolores Cannon