Wednesday, March 2, 2022

The God Culture: Noah Landed on Mt. Everest

The God Culture is just awful.  In video after video Timothy Jay Schwab leads his listeners down a rabbit hole of lies. By the end of each video one is either deeply impressed by Tim's profuse knowledge of scriptural arcana and occult history or saddened that so many people are stupid enough to be snookered into believing anything he has to say. 

In this article I want to look at video number 5 in his Flood Series.

https://youtu.be/48-XtI0JAIs

There is so much misinformation in this video it is incredible. In this short space I cannot possibly break it down bit-by-bit and give it the proper attention and justice it deserves. For that I would have to write a book. Instead I will take a look at a few items which are either lies or just plain outrageous or maybe even both.

First it is necessary to understand Tim's cosmogony.  He believes the Earth is flat and that there were no oceans before the flood.  During the flood the great waters of the deep burst forth and the waters in the heavens rained down. The waters from the deep receded into the bowels of the earth and the waters from heaven remained forming the oceans. This is why he believes the undersea trenches are the river system of The Garden of Eden which is now submerged somewhere off the coast of the Philippines. It is also why he does not believe in plate tectonics.
6:19  For those espousing pangaea, or really Pan Gaia, an occult religious belief not science, the hydroplate theory which relies on the false science of moving plates floating on magma smashing to gather understand that at 1,000 miles per hour at the equator such chaotic motion would never lead to a separation of continents but the opposite.  It would lead to there only being one continent and it would be a mountain all the way into space likely.  Accusing Yahuah of creating such chaos is a lack of faith truly and certainly not a Biblical perspective.   
We have but we reject the unproven science of moving plates floating on magma nor liquid. If we have such, a simple scientific test would tell us there would only be 1 continent and it would be a mountain into space with the earth moving at 1000 mph at the equator. No one has ever observed such. Furthermore, Moses speaks of the ancient mountains and lasting hills meaning from before the Flood. Land didn't move, it got carved out by mega tsunamis and rapid erosion. Yahuah God Bless.
The amount of ignorance here is astounding and the person Tim is replying to points that out.  I do not intend to delve into geology as there are plenty of places on the internet that explain plate tectonics and sea floor spreading and much more.  It is certainly not an unproven science.  It is a theory that fits all the observable facts. Tim has no idea what he is talking about. He is not a geologist or a scientist of any kind. Where does he get the idea that if plate tectonics were true there would be one continent reaching into space? On what calculations is he basing that nonsense?  He does not say.

For Tim having a Biblical perspective means something different than what it means for others. Usually to have a Biblical perspective means you believe God is in control, he created the world, Christ is risen, all things work for the good, and things like that.  For Tim it means if something is not explicitly in the Bible then it's not true.
9:22  But here we place scripture above false claims and the claims of man. If it cannot be proven from scripture throw it out.
This sentence is loaded with irony as Tim makes countless false claims and even defends those claims using scripture. Over-literalism of the Bible is going to lead you down a wrong path. I cannot prove from the scripture that Timothy Jay Schwab exists. Does that mean he does not exist?  I cannot prove from scripture many things that are true such as mathematics, Chinese history, and science of all kinds. Does that mean math is false and that the Chinese have no history? No, and the idea is absurd.

Robert Terry, who Tim is replying to in the Youtube comment above, replies with the following comment:
The hydroplate theory is far superior to what you have to offer. For starters- You use a “the Bible must be right” sort of reasoning to “prove” science right or wrong. This is faulty reasoning! You will likely push more people away then convince with logic like this. Frankly, you sound like a brainwashed lunatic! Don’t get me wrong, I personally believe the Bible is right..... However, I favor a more intelligent line of reasoning: what we observe “scientifically”, lines up perfectly with what the Bible says. Therefore “proving” (a term you throw around a little to freely) the Bible correct. 
Robert is correct.  You cannot use the bible to prove if science is right or wrong as it is not a science text book. He is also right that Tim throws the word "proving" around way too freely. Tim makes claims of all kinds and then says he has now proven this or that claim. But he hasn't proven anything except that he is too willing to jump to conclusions that are unwarranted.

15:59 Before the British had the audacity to rename the tallest mountain on earth (The nerve! I mean who thinks they have the right to rename such an icon) it was called in Sanskrit and still is today in Nepal Sagarmatha which has a meaning which just cannot be possible. Can it? It means, get this, head of the ocean or forehead of the sea or sky. What? How can that be? Forehead of the sky? Ok. Certainly. That's fine. Makes sense. But forehead or head of the ocean? Where would that originate? Well that's pretty easy as the Bible just told you twice this was the case. This was where the ark landed.
Practically all of that is a lie. Sagarmatha is not an ancient name for Mt. Everest. It is a name invented by the Nepalese government recently. At least according to Walt Unsworth who is referenced on the Mt. Everest Wikipedia page.

https://www.amazon.com/Everest-Mountaineering-History-Walt-Unsworth/dp/0898866707

Tim's source for his claims is not actually listed on his slide.  Only half of the link is given.  The full link is https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/m/Mount_Everest.htm. Why not just use the regular Wikipedia page instead of the Wiki archive at the above link? It does not make sense. Even that strange page tells us that the name Sagarmatha was invented in the 1960's!
In Nepal, the mountain is called Sagarmatha (सगरमाथा, Sanskrit for "Head of the Ocean"); this name was invented in the early 1960s (by Baburam Acharya) when the Nepalese government realized that Mount Everest had no Nepalese name. This was because the mountain was not known and named in ethnic Nepal (the Kathmandu valley and surrounding areas). The Sherpa/Tibetan name Chomolangma was not acceptable, as it would have been against the idea of unification (Nepalization) of the country. However, the ancient name for the mountain is Devgiri (in Sanskrit, it means "holy mountain") or Devadurga (the English pronounced it as deodungha in the 1800s); please refer to the Harrapan archaeology site for more on the history behind the name. In Tibetan it is Chomolungma or Qomolangma (ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ) ("Mother of the Universe"), or in Chinese: 珠穆朗瑪峰 ( pinyin: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) or 聖母峰 (Shèngmǔ Fēng).
Why is Tim trying to pass off Sagarmatha as being an ancient name for Mt. Everest? His own source shows that he is lying! Did he not read the whole paragraph? This is also the only place I see interpreting Sagarmatha as Head of the Ocean. One website explicitly says "sagar" does not mean ocean.
Sagarmatha is a Sanskrit word, from sagar = "sky" (not to be confused with "sea/ocean") and matha = "forehead" or "head", and is the modern Nepali name for Mount Everest. 
https://www.grida.no/resources/3031
Elsewhere, as on the Wikipedia page for Mt. Everest, the name is interpreted as "Goddess of the Sky" and Encyclopedia Britannica has "Peak of Heaven."
The Sanskrit name Sagarmatha means literally “Peak of Heaven.”
https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Everest
A few minutes after this Tim claims that Google maps proves that Noah landed on Mt. Everest.

18:02 So Noah did not land and stay on the very summit but it slid down. And would you look at this? This is right from Google maps from the satellite view and inset street view.  What the name of this place next to what they call the Hillary Step, which is where they stage climbs of Mt. Everest, well its none other than Arkhale! Wait a minute.  Even Google maps records to this day that the ark landed there. What!?
The Hillary Step is where they stage climbs of Mt. Everest?  No!  That would be base camp.
The Hillary Step was a nearly vertical rock face with a height of around 12 metres (39 ft) located very high on Mount Everest at approximately 8,790 metres (28,839 ft) above sea level, near the summit. It was located on the southeast ridge, halfway between the "South Summit" and the true summit, and it gave climbers the last real challenge before reaching the top of the mountain via the southeast route.
The Hillary Step was destroyed most likely during a massive earthquake that hit the region in 2015
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Step
The Hillary Step was basically near the peak of the mountain. It no longer exists. As for Arkhale it is listed as an area on Everest on Google maps. There is no information on this place as far as I can find so it's not clear what it is exactly. Tim makes way too much ado about this place. If Arkhale is a special name proving that Noah's ark landed on Mt. Everest then why is there a village in Nepal called Arkhale? This small village even has it's own Wikipedia page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkhale,_Khotang

Did he even consider this fact? Again Tim has no idea what he is talking about. But he sure sounds like he does. Rather than telling us the Sanskrit meaning of Arkhale he foolishly attempts to make this name into a Hebrew word meaning Ark Hallelujah! What a cunning linguist!

Next Tim answers questions asked by viewers.


20:01 Now did Noah need an oxygen mask on Mt. Everest? Well, no. The base camp, also known as Arkhale on Google we just showed you is actually 3,500 meters below the summit where the ark would have slid down to as the water level lowered and as you can see from the picture oxygen is not needed like it is in scaling the summit obviously. However once again this is right after the flood and the world ecosystem is not what it is today.   
According to science oxygen levels prior to the flood based on petrified sap bubbles would have been much greater.  Not only does this answer why Noah had no issue with oxygen but also good reason as to why the lifespans of Noah's ancestors were so much longer before the flood.  They had more oxygen.
Again Arkhale is NOT base camp. 


Tim does not answer the question though he thinks he does. First of all in Tim's scheme Noah is floating in a boat ABOVE Mt. Everest for a few months. That is a problem and the issue is not the amount of oxygen in the air but the fact that at higher altitudes the atmosphere gets thinner making it more difficult to breathe. Gravity draws the oxygen towards the surface so there is less oxygen the higher you ascend.
When you travel to a place above about 8,000 feet, your body starts telling you there’s something seriously wrong with the air up there. The “thin” air at high altitudes has considerably less oxygen and pressure. This is because the earth’s gravity holds the oxygen close to the surface — so much so that half of the oxygen in the atmosphere is found below 18,000 feet. 
https://scienceline.org/2015/02/why-do-you-feel-so-awful-at-high-altitudes/
Did Tim forget that Noah and all the animals had been sitting 15 cubits above Mt. Everest for several months? The source for his answer is stunning for all it's hypocrisy.

“One implication is that the atmospheric pressure of the Earth would have been much greater during the Cretaceous era, when the bubbles formed in the resin. A dense atmosphere could also explain how the ungainly pterosaur, with its stubby body and wing span of up to 11 meters, could have stayed airborne, he said. The spread of angiosperms, flowering plants, during the Cretaceous era could have caused the high oxygen levels reported by Berner and Landis, scientists said last week.” (Anderson, Ian, “Dinosaurs Breathed Air Rich in Oxygen,” New Scientist, vol. 116, 1987, p. 25.)
https://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/early-earth/atmosphere/
The Cretaceous era?  Does Tim now believe in long geologic periods of time consisting of millions of years?? Why would he quote a piece from an article based on a science he rejects as false!? That is hypocrisy. He also wrongly attributes that quote to Leah Crane's article "Earth could have more water than we thought while exoplanets have less."

21:31  How did the animals scale Mt. Everest?  Well, just like this little guy perhaps? Actually that would not be necessary at all because again the ark did not stay on the very tip of the summit as some erroneously speculate and they would have had a much easier time from the base camp or Arkhale area going down. 
As showed above Arkhale is NOT base camp so if the ark did land at Arkhale they would certainly have had to scale the mountain. Tim is ignoring the elephant in the room here.  The elephant in the ark actually. How would the elephants have walked down the mountain and to Africa? 

If you have followed this series of articles about The God Culture or actually watched their videos you should know that The God Culture does not do archaeology.  A commenter pointed this out on their Youtube page for this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48-XtI0JAIs&lc=UgwJAgYCp764Bne8FuZ4AaABAg.8xlYfIXFSH48xnfSm-ZT_k
@Tribe of Judah shallow claim? The Turkish government thought it was confirmation enough to turn the area into a nation park so they might disagree with you. Not to mention the narrator is using what the internet? Ron wyatt actually went out and tested what he knew to be true like the bible says to do.
This person is correct.  All of Tim's "research" is based on him reading articles on the internet and putting things together like a math problem.  He has not gone into the real world to find support for his claims.  He will never show you the ruins of the palace of the Queen of Sheba. Tim actually thinks those who demand he show archeological proofs for his claims are operating within an occult paradigm.
25:33 But if Noah and his sons landed on Mt. Everest can we find additional support that they actually settled there? Hm? We can find support. Let's go for it. Which frankly this far back is rather miraculous when you think about it given the circumstances. These are extremely ancient and to think they left archaeology to find may not be so simple and to hold one to that standard as a must is really an occult paradigm that assumes that we must find great architecture in order to prove recorded history especially in an era not known for great architecture largely.
Right here Tim disavows archaeology.  He does not need it and to demand such proof from him is evil. That is ridiculous! He will also falsely go on to say this:
41:50 And finally though we could go on and on the ark has never been found nor unearthed nor one ounce of archaeology ever done to prove it sits in any form on top of that mountain in Turkey.  
That is a very stupid thing to say. Sure the ark has never been found but plenty of people including Ron Wyatt have done extensive archeological excavations in Turkey to look for the ark. To this day such research continues. Just a few weeks ago Forbidden History released an episode about the search for Noah's Ark. Tim does not have to agree with the research but to say such research has never occurred is not true. It is only Tim who is making great claims who has done ZERO archeological research.

What about Ararat? What about the alleged finds in Turkey? Tim has an answer for that too.

31:41 Egypt is more likely a Nephilim community in those days, not human. Nephilim may have proceeded them in Mesopotamia as well as they certainly lived there and frankly if there was a ship found on Mt. Ararat in Turkey, or whatever it used to be called when it had a real name not a fake one that was assigned to it that is even wrong, it is far more likely a Nephilim vessel carrying giants over the flood. See they survived somehow. And remember they do not have the breath of life and all with the breath of life perished during the flood at least of those not on the ark. Nephilim do not have the breath of life. 
I do not even know how to respond to that. It's so bizarre and stupid and contrary to the scriptures which say the flood killed all life. Marine life excepted of course. But according to Tim the Nephilim built an ark and survived the flood founding Egypt and Mesopotamia and their boat is what has been mistaken for Noah's! The appropriate response is a hearty belly busting laugh.

This will bring us to the last part of the review and that is Timothy's comments about Josephus.

43:08 Mt. Ararat in Turkey is the wrong mountain. Period. But there did this originate?  In all fairness to mourn scholars not them, they didn't make this up, this comes from Joesphus. An occult legend in fact which he cites. But come on scholars. Test things at least a little.  Don't accept the word of a self admitted Pharisee over the Bible quoting occult legend. Test it. Now we will. 
In Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus propagates this myth based on occult pagan legend and not scripture. Here he quotes whom he even admits to be a Chaldean or better termed magician or sorcerer an enemy of the prophets, the writers of the Bible. So not a likely source to pin doctrine.   
Berosus the Chaldean says, this is Josephus' writing, It is said there is still some part of the ship in Armenia at the mountain of the Cordyaeans (That's Mt. Judi or Mt. Ararat same thing) and that some people carry of pieces of the bitumen which they take away and use chiefly as amulets for the averting of mischiefs or evil spirits. 
What a nice story. Ok so bad enough you quote an occult high priest of satanism basically but you then apply his magic amulet lore? Way to go Joe! You really screwed that one up because the Bible says you are wrong.  
Again this is just ridiculous! Has Tmothy actually read Josephus? It seem the answer is no. Did he even read or understand the quote that is on his slide? He certainty did not read the whole thing in the video! He does not even cite it correctly!  It's not chapter 3 verses 5 and 6! It's Book 1, Chpater 3, SECTIONS 5 and 6.  Those are long paragraphs. Let me cite them for you. All of the quotes will come from Gutenberg.

First section 5.
5. When God gave the signal, and it began to rain, the water poured down forty entire days, till it became fifteen cubits higher than the earth; which was the reason why there was no greater number preserved, since they had no place to fly to. When the rain ceased, the water did but just begin to abate after one hundred and fifty days, [that is, on the seventeenth day of the seventh month,] it then ceasing to subside for a little while. After this, the ark rested on the top of a certain mountain in Armenia; which, when Noah understood, he opened it; and seeing a small piece of land about it, he continued quiet, and conceived some cheerful hopes of deliverance. But a few days afterward, when the water was decreased to a greater degree, he sent out a raven, as desirous to learn whether any other part of the earth were left dry by the water, and whether he might go out of the ark with safety; but the raven, finding all the land still overflowed, returned to Noah again. And after seven days he sent out a dove, to know the state of the ground; which came back to him covered with mud, and bringing an olive branch: hereby Noah learned that the earth was become clear of the flood. So after he had staid seven more days, he sent the living creatures out of the ark; and both he and his family went out, when he also sacrificed to God, and feasted with his companions. However, the Armenians call this place, [GREEK] The Place of Descent; for the ark being saved in that place, its remains are shown there by the inhabitants to this day.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2848/2848-h/2848-h.htm#link2HCH0003
That is Josephus' very own testimony about Noah's ark and the flood. It is after this that he cites other barbarian historians to prove that the flood is attested to by the whole world! This intent is shown clearly in sections 6 and 9.
6. Now all the writers of barbarian histories make mention of this flood, and of this ark; among whom is Berosus the Chaldean. For when he is describing the circumstances of the flood, he goes on thus: "It is said there is still some part of this ship in Armenia, at the mountain of the Cordyaeans; and that some people carry off pieces of the bitumen, which they take away, and use chiefly as amulets for the averting of mischiefs." Hieronymus the Egyptian also, who wrote the Phoenician Antiquities, and Mnaseas, and a great many more, make mention of the same. Nay, Nicolaus of Damascus, in his ninety-sixth book, hath a particular relation about them; where he speaks thus: "There is a great mountain in Armenia, over Minyas, called Baris, upon which it is reported that many who fled at the time of the Deluge were saved; and that one who was carried in an ark came on shore upon the top of it; and that the remains of the timber were a great while preserved. This might be the man about whom Moses the legislator of the Jews wrote." 
9. Now when Noah had lived three hundred and fifty years after the Flood, and that all that time happily, he died, having lived the number of nine hundred and fifty years. But let no one, upon comparing the lives of the ancients with our lives, and with the few years which we now live, think that what we have said of them is false; or make the shortness of our lives at present an argument, that neither did they attain to so long a duration of life, for those ancients were beloved of God, and [lately] made by God himself; and because their food was then fitter for the prolongation of life, might well live so great a number of years: and besides, God afforded them a longer time of life on account of their virtue, and the good use they made of it in astronomical and geometrical discoveries, which would not have afforded the time of foretelling [the periods of the stars] unless they had lived six hundred years; for the great year is completed in that interval. Now I have for witnesses to what I have said, all those that have written Antiquities, both among the Greeks and barbarians; for even Manetho, who wrote the Egyptian History, and Berosus, who collected the Chaldean Monuments, and Mochus, and Hestieus, and, besides these, Hieronymus the Egyptian, and those who composed the Phoenician History, agree to what I here say: Hesiod also, and Hecatseus, Hellanicus, and Acusilaus; and, besides these, Ephorus and Nicolaus relate that the ancients lived a thousand years. But as to these matters, let every one look upon them as he thinks fit.
Josephus is not quoting Berosus as if he is telling the truth in all things.  In fact he cites several authors and his intent is to show that the story of Noah is universally attested to! But does Tim tell us that? NO!! Tim's intent is to malign Josephus as he does elsewhere in the Psalm 83 war videos for instance. Josephus makes one more reference to Noah's ark in the last book of the Antiquities. From Book 20 chapter 2, section 2:
2. But when Monobazus was grown old, and saw that he had but a little time to live, he had a mind to come to the sight of his son before he died. So he sent for him, and embraced him after the most affectionate manner, and bestowed on him the country called Carra; it was a soil that bare amomum in great plenty: there are also in it the remains of that ark, wherein it is related that Noah escaped the deluge, and where they are still shown to such as are desirous to see them.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2848/2848-h/2848-h.htm#link202HCH0002
Carra is today known as Harran, Turkey. Josephus and all of tradition is very clear that the ark landed in Turkey! As the Bible says the mountains of Ararat.  Not Mt. Everest.  There are NO traditions of Noah in Nepal.  That is very significant and Tim ignores that except to dismiss it with his Nephilim doctrine.

This article has run on long enough so it is time to end. I am sorry I cannot deal with all the lies in this video but what I have written is enough. I do have one more thing to write about. Did you ever wonder what color Noah was?  Tim knows!

https://youtu.be/jLNDoWunIsk
1:51 Now this is a quick, brief side note. Before completely diving in notice we use a photo of an albino for Noah. That's not a white dude, he's albino. Now why would we do this?  See Noah was not white but a milky white similar to that skin tone of the Nephilim with blue glowing eyes according to the Book of Enoch and Genesis Apocryphon. Noah's father Lamech was concerned by the appearance of his son because he looked smilier to a Nephilim. Now he was no Nephilim. There is no tie there and that's all proven out very well.  Lamech goes to Methuselah who then finds Enoch in the Garden of Eden in this same place the same land we've covered, Parvaim is the language used in Genesis Apocryphon or Sefar, Sefarvaim same word in Hebrew. Known as Havilah in Genesis 2. This is why we depict Noah as an albino. 
Now don't go and look up the vision challenges and other health issues of albinos and say "oh that means Noah had..." no. Those are impertinent. Noah was not that type of albino. He was special because through him all races would be retained and we believe this is how. This is why we see overwhelming evidence from history that Ham, at least his peoples, were black. Shem was dark skinned or medium brown or red. And we will discuss that in the next video. And Japheth was white generally if nothing else. Many try to pull that together but ignore Noah himself may have actually been the one carrying all the genes of what we call races today. Though there is actually only one race. It's called the human race and that's all we actually have.  Everything else is manufactured.
Blue glowing eyes? Are you telling me that Noah was a Fremen? Was he the Kwisatz Haderach?


On a serious note, if this can be called serious, Tim's picture of Noah does not even match the description in the Book of Enoch.
CHAP. 106.—And after some days, my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became pregnant by him, and gave birth to a son. 
2. His body was white as snow and red as the bloom of a rose, and the hair of his head was white as wool, and his eyes beautiful; and when he opened his eyes, they illuminated the whole house like the sun, and the whole house became exceedingly light. 
3. And as he was taken from the hand of the midwife, he opened his mouth, and conversed with the Lord of justice. 
4. And his father Lamech was afraid of him, and fled, and came to his father Methuselah.  
5. And he said to him: “I have begotten a singular son, unlike a man, but similar to the children of the angels of heaven, and his creation is different, and not like ours, and his eyes are like the feet [i.e. rays] of the sun, his face glorious. 
6. And it seems to me he is not from me, but from the angels; and I fear that wonderful things will happen in his days over the earth. 
7. And now, my father, I am here petitioning and asking of thee that thou shouldst go to Enoch, our father, and hear of him the truth, for he has his dwelling-place with the angels.” 
8. And when Methuselah had heard the words of his son, he came to me, at the ends of the earth, for he had heard that I was there, and cried aloud, and I heard his voice and came to him. And I said to him: “Behold, here I am, my son, because thou hast come to me.” 
9. And he answered and said to me: “I have come to thee concerning a great thing, and concerning a disturbing vision it is that I have approached. 
10. And now, my father, hear me, for there has been born to my son Lamech a son, whose similarity and kind is not like the kind of men; his color is whiter than snow, and redder than the bloom of a rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his eyes like the feet [i.e. rays] of the sun; and he opened his eyes, and they illuminated the whole house. 
11. And when he was taken from the hands of the midwife, he opened his mouth, and blessed the Lord of heaven. 
12. And his father Lamech was afraid, and fled to me, and did not believe that he was from him, but that his similarity was from the angels of heaven; and behold I have come to thee that thou shouldst teach me justice [i.e. the truth].” 
https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/The-book-of-Enoch.pdf
According to Enoch the eyes of Noah are not blue and glowing like a spice eater but bright like the rays of the sun. The R.H. Charles translation even says his hair was long. Tim can't even get that right!
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The God Culture: The Law is What Redeems Us

It seems Timothy Jay Schwab of The God Culture is finished telling his version of Philippine history and has now moved on to reveal his more explicitly theological doctrines. The gist of his history about the Philippines is that Filipinos are Israelites and the Philippines is one of the two witnesses who will rise up in the last days and condemn the nations. The other witness is the Kurds who Tim teaches are also Israelites. The condemnation of the nations by the Philippines in the last days will consist in the restoration of the Mosaic law in all its fullness. It was crucial that Tim lay down his historical foundation because now he can teach what the restoration of the law means.

In several recent videos he has given his teaching about the sabbath and about what the Apostle Paul "really said" regarding the law. According to Tim Paul had to actually relearn how to keep the Mosaic law. You see Paul was a Pharisee which means he only knew the Pharisaical way to keep the law which is not the correct way.

https://youtu.be/9Id0VB5fM5M?t=1821
30:22 However Paul kept the Pharisee law in his teachings back then but Pharisee teachings. Ok? Those do not attribute to him keeping the actual law because the Pharisee law is not the law. Therefore having been a Pharisee it did not mean Paul understood the law or the Bible any better than anyone else. He would have to relearn, really unlearn first, and then relearn the entire law because they had leavened pretty much all of it and turned it against, so Paul was learning really a new law when you think about it.
Who taught Paul the correct way to keep the law? The implication is Jesus Christ did when Paul went to Arabia for three years. Tim says that after relearning how to keep the law the Apostle Paul then taught Gentile Christians to do the same. From circumcision to sacrifices to the dietary commands all 613 laws are still in effect. Keeping them is necessary to one's salvation and to being grafted into the kingdom. If you don't keep the law then you are not in relationship with Yahuah. If you are not in relationship with Yahuah then you are not saved.

The following video is a brief presentation of how Timothy Jay Schwab of The God Culture teaches men are saved.  In short it is not faith in Christ which redeems us. The law of Moses is what redeems us.


While this video is a mash up of three God Culture videos, it accurately depicts the teaching of Timothy Jay Schwab of The God Culture regarding salvation. The transcript with sources is as follows:
We are The God Culture, a group of independent researchers with no affiliation to any denomination nor organization whatsoever.
The Law of Sin and Death. What is it? NOT The Law of Moses! WHAT DID PAUL SAY? at 0:28
People ask at times how do we know we are saved? Well, are you keeping the sabbath? That is the sign of one who is saved and in relationship with Him. 
So this is another example that we aren't to just have faith in Yahusha. That’s not enough. That’s not it.  No, no, no, no. We are to keep His commandments.
Sabbath Series: Part 5: The End Times Sabbath at 19:30
For we know that the law is spiritual.  Which law is he talking about? He's talking about the law of Moses. Operating in the Spirit is operating in the law of Moses.
The law written by the very finger of Yahuah Himself.  The law is what redeems us.
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The Law of Sin and Death. What is it? NOT The Law of Moses! WHAT DID PAUL SAY? at 1:02:29
The text shown on screen is a list of all 613 laws of the Law of Moses which can be found at the following link:

613 Laws of the Old Testament

I posted this video a few weeks ago to see how it would fare. The God Culture saw it and responded in two ways. First it appears Tim had this to say: 
10:02 Now, in other words, when you die to the law of sin and death you keep the law of Moses. That's what he's saying. And he said that in Romans 7 and 8. And we made that clear in those videos yet our words taken out of context and someone attempted to try to frame that we were saying that salvation through the law which is ridiculous and pretty stupid frankly. To not keep the law of Moses is to live in the law of sin and death that's it because they're opposites, you're in one or you're in the other. There's no gray area in between. Paul doesn't leave any gray area. You're in one or you're in the other.  He says there are only two laws in this respect. 
Again, is there salvation through the law? No. One is not saved by keeping the law.  That is Pharisee doctrine, not what Paul says. Paul is clear there is only salvation through Yahushah Hamashiach. 
It may sound confusing but it's actually very simple. It has become confusing because Pharisees have gotten their hands in it and mixed it up.  We receive Him in making a decision to make Him our Lord. I mean a real decision not just saying a prayer and in fact a prayer is not even required. However we are saved if we continue in that relationship and this where the law comes in because if you claim Messiah is your lord you cannot serve the law of sin and death any longer. If you serve the law of sin and death He is not your Lord. Sorry but He's not. He can't be. You cannot serve two masters, right? He said that. And there is no reconciling the two opposite laws as somehow the same. 
https://youtu.be/8AT2mw2nHoY?t=602
What Tim is saying can be visualized like this:

Silly Tim. Grace and law do not mix!

Tim is attempting to shove grace inside the law hole. It does not work that way. Only law fits in the law hole. Grace goes elsewhere. You cannot combine the two. They cancel each other out.
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
The confusion stems from Tim saying several contradictory things including faith in Christ is not enough, the law is what redeems us, the law does not save us, we are saved by relationship with Christ, that relationship entails keeping the Mosaic law, to walk in newness of life is to keep the Mosaic law, salvation is sure, and salvation can be lost.  All those statements contradict each other. Despite his rejection of the idea a close look at his doctrine reveals that for Tim salvation does come through keeping the law. But law keeping must be coupled with faith in Christ or else it is in vain. They are synergistic and go together. Like love and marriage you can't have one without the other.  For Tim to say all he says about the law and then tell his audience salvation does not come from the law is disingenuous. His doctrine is entirely legalistic. He hardly ever mentions the grace of Jesus Christ. Timothy Jay Schwab is a graceless law hole.

I stand by this video 100%. It accurately depicts Tim's heretical doctrine. Faith in Christ is not enough. The law is what redeems us. There are 613 laws which must be kept in order to maintain our relationship with Christ and be grafted into the kingdom. Of all those laws Tim harps on the sabbath the most. Listen to his videos on Colossians 2 and 3 as well as Grafted Into the Kingdom for further confirmation.

The second response of The God Culture to this video was to have it removed for allegedly violating their copyright.



The hypocrisy here is unbelievable. All I did was take some audio, splice it up, and make a video that is protected under fair use laws. The whole point is to show the stupidity of Timothy's salvation doctrine which is, "We aren't to just have faith in Yahusha, That's not enough" and "The law is what redeems us." No one who saw this video could ever be fooled into thinking The God Culture made it nor is it designed to fool people into thinking such.

I submitted the proper counter notification and was given this notice:


The God Culture were given 10 days to show proof that they had begun "court action against" me or the video would be restored. They failed to provide such proof and the video has now been restored.

Contrast my experience to a channel called Youtube Flare who has reposted The God Culture's videos IN FULL and with his own added intro and outro since 2017. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp3deY6yUfQ

He has even monetized these videos!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp3deY6yUfQ

This channel has modified and monetized The God Culture's videos since 2017 and they don't know about it? Or they don't care? For a group so allegedly protective of their copyrights that doesn't smell right at all.

But it gets even worse. The God Culture has tried to shut me down because I use screenshots of their videos when I write about them. They claim that it is a copyright violation to do so. But in their video "Was the Apostle Paul the Son of Perdition" they do this very same thing using screenshots from a video to illustrate what they are talking about!

https://youtu.be/Vb_i--GeRNU?t=2702
The text says:
Ophirian Heritage Conservatory
"Son of Perdition Part 1"
Uploaded April 15, 2020
Screenshot May 25, 2020
Used in accordance with the Fair Use Act
What a bunch of hypocrites. The issue here is not my use of screenshots or parodying their logo or anything having to do with alleged libel or copyright violations, neither of which am I guilty. The real issue is that I have stepped up to expose The God Culture for the frauds that they are. I have proven several times how their research about the Philippines is erroneous and amounts to copy/pasting from blogs and Wikipedia as well as manipulating and misinterpreting other sources like the Periplus of the Erythean Sea.  And they are very, very, very angry that the truth about them has come out. They want me and my blog gone and to that end they will do whatever it takes including threatening, or perhaps even actually bringing, legal action.

http://philippinefails.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-god-culture-noah-landed-on-mt.html?showComment=1591165801324#c5678370493820712538
Stop Cyber Criminal. This blog as all of this fraud's material are filled with Cyber Libel, Negligence, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Copyright Infringement, etc. He has been reported to the authorities and this will be dealt with. In the meantime, understand this is outrageous fraud in misrepresentation. We are no longer addressing this sheer stupidity and childish, criminal behavior. Watch our videos which are not represented here, test them and prove all things for yourself because David Roxas is a criminal whose time to reap his reward is very near.
What an empty, stupid, malicious threat and accusation. Are they really going to waste their time and money suing me in court over this blog because I have exposed Timothy Jay Schwab for the absolute fraud he is? If they ever do sue me you can be sure it will be posted here for all to see what morons this group of fake researchers actually is. 
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The God Culture: Revelation 12 Series, Part 3: We Represent the Moon Cult Guild

This is the last part in my review of The God Culture's Revelation 12 series. Part 1 can be found here and part 2 can be found here. To recap the woman is both the nation of Israel and 144,000 women who give birth to 144,000 children in the throne room of God. The man-child is the 144,000 children whom the woman births. The land to which the woman flees is the Philippines. In this post Tim will examine the moon and star symbology which further identifies the woman and then he will tell us exactly who the dragon is.

I hope you have noticed that all my titles in this series are adapted from songs in the Wizard of Oz. That's because I thought it was funny but really when dealing with Timothy Jay Schwab and The God Culture you aren't in Kansas anymore. You aren't even in the Philippines. You are in a world of Pure Imagination.


As was said this next video, part 13 D, deals with the moon and star symbology which further identifies the woman.  What is the moon under her feet? What are the stars on her head?  First of all one has to understand that, according to Timothy Jay Schwab, the Philippine archipelago forms the shape of a woman.

https://youtu.be/LmGWoEMi3XQ?t=1284

Do you see it?  Do you see the woman? I do not and it is here that Tim's interpretation breaks down. He is going to base everything that follows on his SUBJECTIVE assertion that the Philippines is shaped like a woman.  I see a sleeping dog.


I wrote in a previous post that Tim suffers from apophenia which is the tendency to make connections between unrelated things. Now we see that he is also suffering from Pareidolia.
Pareidolia (/pærɪˈdoʊliə/ parr-i-DOH-lee-ə) is the tendency for incorrect perception of a stimulus as an object, pattern or meaning known to the observer, such as seeing shapes in clouds, seeing faces in inanimate objects or abstract patterns, or hearing hidden messages in music. Pareidolia can be considered a subcategory of apophenia. 
Common examples are perceived images of animals, faces, or objects in cloud formations, the Man in the Moon, the Moon rabbit, and other lunar pareidolia. The concept of pareidolia may extend to include hidden messages in recorded music played in reverse or at higher- or lower-than-normal speeds, and hearing indistinct voices in random noise such as that produced by air conditioners or fans.[1] 
Pareidolia was at one time considered a symptom of human psychosis, but it is now seen as a normal human tendency.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
While it is normal to see shapes in things this is no way to interpret the Bible. Especially as Tim had previously said the constellations are just a subjective connecting of the dots. I say seeing a woman in the Philippines is a subjective connecting of the dots. It also contradicts his assertion that there is no allegory in Revelation 12 as well as his previous interpretations of the woman. Now the woman in heaven is not just Israel and 144,000 pregnant women but the actual land of the Philippines on the earth! The woman in heaven and the wilderness to which she is sent in Revelation 12 are now bizarrely conflated into one and the same thing.

Tim takes his time to prove his case and concludes with the following:
52:40 The moon is Rachel or mother of the tribes of Israel which fits the mother of all living and all mankind. Both are the Philippines. Now what's really fascinating additionally if you want to go a little further with that specifically the moon is Rachel and again we said we've already located the Lost Tribes in the Philippines landing in the territory of the Ilocano's and we do even go further in our Lost Tribe series and we tie Ilocano's to the tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh is Joseph’s son. Joseph is the son of who? Rachel! An interesting tie. Awesome! 
And under her feet is a reference to Islam the Moon cult of which the largest population on earth is right there at her feet. No we are not saying Rachel is Islam any sense. We're saying it is yet another very distinct reference to the moon under her feet. That is all. And the crown of twelve stars are 12 tribes of Israel indeed but also found geographically on and literally as the twelve burning Islands the Babuyan islands. The gateway the portal in the east perhaps just above the figure of the woman forming a circle as a crown even. 
It all fits and it really is unthinkable that Yahuah would not include this land with all of its history, the most history of any land in all of earth, and that he wouldn’t include that in prophecy is unthinkable to us and we find he does in this case.
"The moon is Rachel" is a reference to Joseph's dream in Genesis 37 which Tim says refers to this passage in Revelation though without explaining exactly why except they share the same symbology. Just as Jacob, Israel, is the Sun, Rachel is the moon. Thus, as Jacob is the Sun and also the Philippines, so is Rachel both the moon and the Philippines. But the moon also represents Islam which Tim refers to as a moon cult after proving that Allah is the moon god. That he has to tell us that he is not saying Rachel is Islam goes to show he acknowledges that he is mixing his metaphors. Rachel is the moon which is the Philippines but the moon is also Islam. Make up your mind Tim!

The largest Muslim nation, moon cult, in the world is Indonesia which is under the feet of the woman. Ergo Indonesia, specifically Islam, is the moon under her feet. That is if you can see the womanly shape in the Philippines' outline.


The stars are a group of 12 islands north of Luzon which form a crown to the horribly misshapen and squat woman that is the Philippine archipelago.

Revelation 12: The Land That Protects The Woman. Moon & Stars. Solomon's Gold Series 13E

These are the Babuyan Islands. Tim assigns this name a Hebrew interpretation meaning gateway or portal and links these islands to the 12 portals in the east mentioned in the book of Enoch but gives no proof that Babuyan is actually composed of two Hebrew words. He relies only on similarity of sound and not actual linguistic analysis.
44:48 But let's look first at the word Babuyan. Bab, in the upper left of this screen, means gate or gateway. You mean portal? And uyan in Hebrew means it was studied. A portal being studied. Hmm. Now that's odd in light of what we saw in Enoch in the last video. First from the scripture we shared earlier which says thy seed, Abraham’s seed, shall possess the gate of his enemies. Look at this location. Think about it. At the very top of the Philippines and the enemy is very close to there. Interesting. But Enoch says at the ends of the earth he saw 12 portals to heaven basically. Is there some association to a portal to heaven in the Babuyan Islands? Well we can't prove that but very odd that the name means a studied gateway in Hebrew. Hmm.
He also goes on to interpret the word as it is in Tagalog. Specifically he uses the interpretation as found on Filipiknow.net. As usual he does not properly attribute his source. He does not give the full URL from Filipiknow.net nor does he try to find the source Filipinknow.net used for their claims. His poor research skills are once more on full display. The original source is a book titled, "The Batanes Islands," and the relevant section can be found at this link though not in full.

Revelation 12: The Land That Protects The Woman. Moon & Stars. Solomon's Gold Series 13E
47:38 According to a book by Dominican priest Julio Gonzalez, who had the patience to explore the history of the northernmost islands of the Philippines. Babuyan Islands got its name from one of its own. In other words, neither Miss Piggy nor Piglet had nothing to do with the name origin. Now that's because baboy is the word in, I guess Ilocano, but in Filipino languages for pig. So it's an assumed association but a wrong one. So let's keep reading. 
Among these islands Caruga Babuyan is the highest and northernmost island. It is also the most visible from Luzon and Batanes are the islands even further north just before Taiwan. Where it is known by the natives as Mabalbal. Probably said that wrong sorry. Or, in English, burning island. Interesting. Now this is assuming that's in reference to its semi-extinct volcano. Maybe. And that explains why the island had was named as such Curog or claro in Spanish which means clear while Babuyan is said to have evolved from "mabuy" or "mabuyan" which means "to see; a place which is seeing." Eventually the island group adopted the name of Caruga-Babuyan and became known as Babuyanes which literally means "the places which are seen." It is simply known today as Babuyan Group of Islands
Pick an etymology, Tim! Is it a Hebrew word or a local Filipino word?  It cannot be both. There are also actually 24 islands and not 12 so that messes up Tim's interpretation.
Babuyan Islands, island group of the Philippines that is a northerly extension of the Philippine archipelago. The Babuyan Islands lie in the Luzon Strait, south of the Batan Islands and Balintang Channel. They lie 20 miles (32 km) north of Luzon across the Babuyan Channel. With a total area of 230 square miles (600 square km), they comprise 24 volcanic-coralline islands, the chief of which are Babuyan, Camiguin, Calayan, Fuga, and Dalupiri.  
https://www.britannica.com/place/Babuyan-Islands
Funny how on the slide for these islands he lists Wikipedia as his source and ignores that Wikipedia states there are 24 islands and not 12.

This is all total nonsense. The woman IN HEAVEN is wearing a crown of 12 stars. But Tim tells us these stars are 12 islands north of Luzon. So the woman in heaven is the Philippine archipelago?? Likewise the woman IN HEAVEN is clothed with the sun and has the moon under her feet but Tim applies all of that symbology not to a real woman but to the geographic Philippines which is on earth. His fanciful interpretation does not take into account the actual text of Revelation 12.

Let's do a quick rundown and try to sort this all out.
The woman in heaven clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and wearing a crown of 12 stars is Israel. 
She is also 144,000 women who give birth to the man-child. 
The man-child is 144,000 newborn babies who are offered up as a first-fruit offering to God. 
The woman in heaven clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and wearing a crown of 12 stars flees heaven on the wings of the Philippine eagle and is brought to the Philippines which is the wilderness prepared for her.
The wilderness prepared for the woman in heaven is also the woman in heaven who is clothed with the sun, has the moon under her feet, and is wearing a crown of 12 stars as evidenced by the Babuyan Islands, Islamic Indonesia, the sun symbology in the flag and national anthem, and that the Philippine archipelago is shaped like a woman.
The woman in heaven clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and wearing a crown of 12 stars is thus the nation of Israel, 144,000 women who give brith, and the Philippine archipelago which is on earth and is the wilderness prepared for her by God.
Try to make sense of that if you can. Timothy Jay Schwab has given this woman three different identities. And he has the nerve to say there is no allegory in this passage when that is exactly how he interprets the whole thing. He does not even follow proper allegorical interpretation as each character in this chapter has been assigned multiple identities which all contradict each other. How can the woman in heaven also be the wilderness prepared for her by God? How can the woman in heaven be human beings and an archipelago on the earth? The woman in heaven flees to the woman in heaven on the earth? What incoherent nonsense!


While there are two more videos in the Revelation 12 series this is basically the end. In the final two videos Tim tells us who the dragon is. He claims it is China and goes through all the same sorts of fanciful explanations he does elsewhere to prove his claim. He even mentions a large particle collider the Chinese are planning to build and claims they want to open portals to other dimensions.


Revelation 12: The Dragon & The Beast That Rises Out of the Sea. Solomon's Gold Series 13F
31:21 Remember Enoch which we shared before says there are 12 portals in the East? We identified what could be one location in the crown of stars over the head of the Philippines, the Babuyan Islands meaning gateway or portal even. Again even if we go there doubt we are going to be able to enter that portal even so. So not going to be able to prove that out but it is an interesting connection as is this. Could the Scarborough Shoal or somewhere around that area have some sort of markers to better identify this? 
For those who are familiar with CERN, an operation on the border of France and Switzerland which purpose is to open a portal in fact, the project is expanding but guess who just so happens to be planning to build the very largest particle collider to open a portal in history? Well, China of course! Now they haven't announced where they would build it but we sure do wonder if that is not a connection here as it's really intended to open a portal to another dimension to send things through or receive something or someone at least in the words of those who run the CERN project. It's an interesting thought we cannot prove out nor have we seen this operate but odd that in lieu of everything else China of all places is planning on building the largest portal at that. Now we can't say this for sure on this but we are telling you keep your eye on this one
If Tim cannot prove any of this then why mention it? It's all worthless conjecture.

In the end times China, which Tim claims is shaped like a dragon, will lead the attack against God's people who are being sequestered and protected by Him in the Philippines!

Revelation 12: The Dragon & The Beast That Rises Out of the Sea. Solomon's Gold Series 13G
1:40:00 One last observation which also supports this. Remember we’ve looked at the Philippines map and it literally looks like the figure of a woman with legs and a crown. But what about China? When you take a look at that map what do you see? Talk about odd, are we the only ones that see the very head of a demon or dragon at the top of the map of China? We can even see the form of a goatee a face and horns and it is looking down at the land that protects the woman in fact the Philippines. Very odd indeed. 
Tim is nuts. China is very clearly shaped like fighting cock with his neck outstretched, his chest puffed, and his wings flapping.


That China is shaped like a rooster is a fact taught to Chinese school children.

In conclusion the great red dragon where Satan falls to earth will be China and Revelation 12 from that point on earth plays out in the Philippines which protects the woman and the South China Sea which China is attempting to take over perhaps prophetically. The Beast will rise out of that sea perhaps even in the area of Scarborough Shoal and the complete progression of the beast as demonstrated in his figure of the leopard Germany bear Russia and lion Britain tell the exact story of the migration of communism which ends in China the land of the great red dragon and the beast. Wow! 
This is fascinating. Again we know this is prophecy and some may not agree with our full interpretation and that's okay but we have certainly fully proven this out as far as we can at this point and we feel very comfortable with these conclusions. We firmly believe this is ground zero for the end times playing out and we fully identified it from Revelation 12 and the first part of 13. But as always test everything and prove this out for yourself.
Once again these imaginative explanations are all a bunch of nonsense. Revelation 12:9 clearly identifies the dragon as Satan, the devil! Not a nation. To interpret that any other way is for Tim to contradict the plain words of scripture.
Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Saying that China is the dragon is exegetically wrong. Interchange "Satan" with the phrase "great red dragon" and see how stupid this interpretation is.
"In conclusion the great red dragon where the great red dragon falls to earth will be China"
"In conclusion the Satan where Satan falls to earth will be China"
Tim ignores what the Bible actually says in order to push his own doctrines. He has not proved anything in these seven videos about Revelation 12 except that he is a cunning deceiver. I leave it to you to watch the last two videos as well as the other five. As always there is so much balderdash, claptrap, baloney, hooey, hogwash, blather, tripe, and gobbledygook in these videos that there is no way to properly deconstruct each laughable absurdity. The main points have been adequately covered.

I want to end on a different note.  All throughout his videos Tim makes the most unfounded, fanciful connections and then claims, "It fits, therefore it's true!" So I want to try an experiment. Using Tim's techniques I want to answer the question, "Are Timothy Schwab and David Koresh the same person?"  I think you will be surprised.

Both are men. Both wear glasses. Both keep the sabbath. Both live in special places. David Koresh lived in Waco and Tim lives in the Philippines which he claims is the land of creation. Both have fanciful interpretations of Revelation. Both have been persecuted.  David was killed by the FBI while Tim claims he is being censored by Google.

Let's chart this out.



Hmm. Interesting. How odd. Now, I'm not saying Timothy Jay Schwab is David Koresh but it certainly fits!
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