The God Culture: Who is Hashem?

Timothy Jay Schwab of The God Culture is a hypocrite through and through. Not just a simple hypocrite but an out and out liar. I have claimed that many times and shown several examples. Here are two more. In a recent video about the name Hashem, which the Jews use when addressing God, Tim shows us a live chat he did with a Rabbi on a Jewish website while pretending to be a Messianic Jew in order to get the Rabbi to admit to Tim's thesis. In fact he touts this on the title card!

Who Is Hashem? Not YHWH!!! The Name of God Series: Part 14

A Rabbi's written response admitting this word in Gen. 6:4 is Hashem, the title for their god!

Let's take a look at this exchange between Tim and the Rabbi.

Who Is Hashem? Not YHWH!!! The Name of God Series: Part 14

42:22 So, we gave Aish a chance to explain and in chat Rabbi Keyak responded. Now, he was fine, uh, not mean at all, not confrontational nor were we. Uh, we just asked some questions and he answered and in all fairness he did answer. Though, he usually answered in Talmudic style of course with a question. So, answer a question with a question. But we asked him about Genesis 6:4 and told him it appears Hashem is the origin of the Nephilim, the father of it. Hmm. He answers with a question of course. "Well, what exactly are you asking about the Giants?" Our question was very clear was it not? I mean you can read it there on screen. We framed it even clearer again and repeat it. To that he wanted to know what translation we were using. Okay so we told him we are using the Masoretic text not a translation and the Hebrew says the Giants were the men of Hashem though it is translated renowned in error. Now, of course that's from the KJV. He essentially agreed that's wrong, renown is wrong, asking where we got the word renown in fact and of course we told him the KJV. Uh, we gave him an out though saying well this means the Giants would have come from Hashem which cannot be true, can it? Uh, oh this is good look at his response. 

The rabbi then admits this is the word Hashem, which it is we showed you Genesis 4 is Men Of Hashem. That's what he's saying too. Uh he's not being dishonest in that at all. Uh, of course with a question, uh, "Why wouldn't the Giants come from Hashem?" Again he doesn't have a problem with that. In other words he has no issue because he doesn't believe the sons of God or Benha Elohim are angels. Now, he says they don't translate it that way which is as wrong as a Rabbi can be but no surprise and we know this we've covered this uh in many videos. Uh ,we'll show you some videos at the end where we prove this out. He distances himself from the Christian perspective of course and then we mention Enoch. Oh now he dismisses it immediately. "We did not canonize Enoch." Indeed they did not. That's true. It's not in the Pharisee Canon of Josephus which is what the modern Jewish Canon is and the Churches are following that Pharisee Canon largely in ignoring the original Bible Canon kept by the biblically ordained sons of Zadok who were exiled to Qumran, Bethabara where Yahusua was baptized, where John the Baptist the son of Zadok operated and we found their Library there which is Bible Canon. 

This Rabbi was respectful and the conversation was fine but revealing indeed and that's what we were looking for as he admits it appears that our first passage in Genesis 6:4 most certainly says the Nephilim Giants are the men of Hashem. He affirmed we're reading the Hebrew correctly there. Of course we know we are because it's direct. Hashem is the word used. The name he calls his God but he's okay with that understand that. Are you? See, we aren't. We could have pressed further but he would have figured out we probably weren't good friends. So, anyway we'll leave this at that

There is quite a lot of projection going on here. Tim says this Rabbi was not confrontational as if he was expecting him to be so. He also says he could have pressed further but he did not because the Rabbi would have figured out it was all a ruse. If the situation was reversed Tim would have immediately called the Rabbi a communist agitator and blocked him. And answering a question with a question is NOT Talmudic, it's the Socratic Method and is an invaluable part of learning to think critically something Tim does not know how to do. 

What is the Socratic Method? Developed by the Greek philosopher, Socrates, the Socratic Method is a dialogue between teacher and students, instigated by the continual probing questions of the teacher, in a concerted effort to explore the underlying beliefs that shape the students views and opinions.

https://tilt.colostate.edu/the-socratic-method/

Take a look at how Tim dishonestly presented himself in this chat. 

Aish Fan:  I am confused about something. Looking at Gen. 6:4, the giants were the 'men of renown" or men of Hashem in the Hebrew. Is this not the same God we invoke when trying to replace YHWH with Hashem? Why would we do that?

Rabb Keyak: What exactly are you asking about the giants? 

Aish Fan: It says they were the "men of renown." The word renown in Hebrew is "Hashem." I have someone telling me that I am invoking the wrong God when using Hashem. How do I answer this. 

They continue to tell me Hashem is never found in Torah as a name or title for G-d. 

We?? Tim attempts to pass himself off as a Jew! How ridiculous. Further in the conversation Tim attempts to pass himself off as a Messianic Jew!

I am Messianic....

This whole video is a ridiculous and dishonest attempt to prove that the Nephilim were men of Hashem meaning men who came from the god Hashem or Ashima. That is all bunk. The Hebrew does not say they were men of Hashem. The phrase is "ish Shem." It's two words. "Ish" meaning men and "Shem" meaning renown. 

Inspired by Tim I had a live chat with this very same Rabbi Keyak and he explained to me that the proper name Hashem is not to be found in this text.

Me: But when Hashem is used that is a proper name is it not? Are you saying that in both Genesis 6:4 and Numbers 16:2 this very same exact proper name which is used to address God is in the text?

Rabbi Keyak: No, but it refers to the same Hashem

Me: Ok yes I understand that. I understand there is a milliniea long debate about the identity of the Nefilim but I am not asking about them. I am asking about that very last phrase. Is it Hashem as in the name used when praying to God or is it a phrase with a different meaning?

Rabbi Keyak: Yes, anshei Sheim, for more about that you can look at Yoma 67b

Anshei Sheim is not Hashem

these were people

There you go. It is not Hashem but "anshei Sheim." Lest Tim cavil here the word "anshei" means men the same as "ish." 

The bottom line is Hashem as a proper name is NOT in the text of Genesis 6:4. If he had taken the time to actually ask questions instead of doing some kind of hit and run to get a soundbite then perhaps Tim would have learned that. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKwv8fNopIo&lc=Ugzvas2XpkPA_XCTWIx4AaABAg

Jax: My translation from the Cepher says men of the name in English. Thanks Dr.P. Glad y'all are addressing this too. Yah Bless

The God Culture: Good to see they got that right except Hashem is a name and they should have left it rather than just using another interpretation in our opinion. Yah Bless.

Not only is the proper name Hashem not to be found in Genesis 6:4 but that is not the meaning of the text. The text is not saying the Nephilim came from anyone but they they were noteworthy or famous men. The phrase translated "men of renown" is found elsewhere in the scriptures translated in the same manner as it is in Genesis 6:4. 

Numbers 16:2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:

Funny that Tim ignores that verse. The entire video is built on Tim's imagination. 

The second lie is also found in this video:

1:00:27 We have issues with Facebook fairly regularly. In fact we were banned recently from using our own channel. Very nice.

If you listen to Tim enough you get a sense that he is being actively persecuted by Facebook and Youtube for his beliefs. But that is not the case. In a speech given on November 27th Tim divulged the exact reason Facebook recently "banned" him.

https://www.facebook.com/sabbathbc.congregation/videos/696650595063441

0:14 We recently, uh, heightened our security and when we heighten our security do you know Facebook banned us again?  Just because we heightened our security and they can't tell exactly where we're located. Well, it's none of their business where we're located. They think we're in South Africa and India and it's bouncing all over the world which is a wonderful thing but at the same time it's also caused issues. 

Is Timothy Jay Schwab so stupid as to not know that Facebook has protocols in place to detect suspicious activity? If Facebook cannot get a lock on your true location alarm bells are going to go off. If one day your IP address is in South Africa and the next day it's in India that will get their attention. From the sound of it Tim is using a VPN and that will definitely cause trouble for anyone using Facebook.

The reason Facebook sometimes blocks accounts using VPN is because it also keep lists of IP address ranges that are for know for VPN usage. Facebook checks your IP address every time you log in. It's one of the ways they confirm that you really are who you say you are. Another reason Facebook is so stringent about security is because a percentage of their accounts are always under attack by hackers. When you sign into your account using VPN, your IP address suddenly may not fall into the range Facebook has associated with your location. Facebook often treats this scenario as though someone's trying to hack your account.

https://securevpn.com/learn_more/How_To_Remove_a_Facebook_Account_Block_Caused_By_Using_VPN

The cold hard fact is Facebook does not care if Timothy Jay Schwab teaches about the Sabbath or the Philippines being the Garden of Eden. But they do care if he is exhibiting the behavior of a hacker.