The God Culture: The Philippines is the Garden of Eden, the Land of Ophir, and Filipinos are Members of the Lost Tribes of Israel

Who doesn't want to believe they have a destiny? Who doesn't want to believe there is more out there for them than their normal humdrum life? Who doesn't want to believe they belong to a people with a collective special purpose? That even though now they are downtrodden, the scum of the earth, the lowest of the low at some time in the future they will rise up and cast off their chains and boldly rush in to claim their inheritance!

The story of the poor downtrodden nobody who is really a princess or a chosen one is ubiquitous. From Cinderella to Star Wars to the Matrix the story of a poor oppressed person or an unknown neophyte chosen one rising up to riches or leading the people to victory abounds.

What if you were part of a people group who have been essentially colonised for 500 years and have practically lost all real sense of culture from before that time? What if someone came along and said, "You have been lied to all this while and I can give you the answers to who you are?" Don't you think those people would prick up their ears and listen?

I introduce to you The God Culture.

The God Culture is a Youtube channel and website promoting the idea that the Philippines is the location of the garden of Eden, King Solomon's mines (the land of Ophir), and that Filipinos are part of the lost tribes of Israel.  There are 85 videos on the channel and many of them are over an hour long which makes sorting through this series overwhelming. What I hope to do here is give a very brief taste of what is in these videos.

The best place to start is this video which is an animated 6 minute recap of the series about the lost tribes.

This picture shows us that members of the northern nation of Israel settled in Kurdistan (that is the red county) but some members decided to sail far away to the land of Ophir which is the Philippines.

This picture shows us how these lost tribesmen have been dispersed throughout all nations according to Bible prophecy and that is due to the OFW program. Starting at 4:22 we hear:

The lost ten tribes of the northern kingdom in the Philippines through its overseas workers programs have now spread literally into every nation on earth and from Kurdistan the lost tribes have scattered into 66 countries but they retain their Filipino and Kurdish identities mostly.  

That's right the OFW program is Bible prophecy in action.

The yellow in this picture represents the dispersion of the Jews after 70 AD and the fall of Jerusalem. The narrator, his name is Timothy Jay Schwab, has this to say at 4:43

And the three southern kingdom tribes of Africa were scattered all over the Americas, Europe, and even Asia many as slaves in the most brutal and evil of deportations again scattered but they too retained their identity with their homeland. 

Have you spotted what's wrong yet? Let me tell you. The Israelites are Semitic people descended from Shem.  All Middle Eastern people groups are Semitic.  Are Filipinos Semites? Are the black Africans who were enslaved in the Americas Semites? The answer to both questions is NO! As for the Kurds they come from Iran and are wandering nomads with no relation to Israel whatsoever. Right away his whole story falls apart solely based on race.

A Kurd, Filipino, and American slave. Do these people look like they are from the same genetic group?

The second place to go is this video which is a 28 minute long recap of the videos proving that the Philippines is both the garden of Eden and the land of Ophir, Solomon's mines. The Philippines has a surprisingly long history of being identified as Ophir and that claim is not limited to this series of videos. 

At 2:02 Timothy Schwab says:

In the Book of Jubilees which was considered canon scripture and inspired by the ancients John the Baptist and even the early church fathers....  

Here is where a huge crux of Timothy's argument lies. Throughout all of his videos he is constantly referring to the Book of Jubilees as if it is a reliable piece of scripture and history. He even has an entire video dedicated to its defence. For now let's just say unequivocally that the Book of Jubilees was never a part of anyone's canon expect the Ethiopian church and a small Jewish sect. Let's look at two more pictures from this recap video before we explore that.

In this picture we see that Noah's ark landed on Mt. Everest! Did he not read the text he is quoting? The flood waters only rose 15 cubits which is 22 feet! Mt. Everest is 29,000 feet high!! Obviously the ark did not land on Mt. Everest.

In this picture we see one of the most creative aspects of his whole revisionist history. The wisemen from the east who visited the child Jesus bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh all came from the Philippines! Is your mind blown yet? No? Well hold on to your butts!

In his defence of the Book of Jubilees Timothy Jay Schwab cites John the Baptist as holding to its inspiration and canonicity. He does this by asserting the the Dead Sea Scrolls were the personal library of John the Baptist.

At 51:35 in this video we hear: 

So let's address some questions that arise as a result of proving that John the Baptist lived in Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls represent John's library.

At 52:24:

But was this the library of John the Baptist? I mean really? Can we say that? Yes. We believe we have proven he lived there and even after his death his disciples would have kept an eye on these. All the Dead Sea Scrolls are they inspired? Are they canon? Are they scripture? We get that a lot whenever we use Jubilees or Enoch for that matter. According to John it appears they are indeed inspired. They are canon. But we will go through each one to further test this to be sure. Even if it is determined that some of the writings may not be scripture it does not mean they are not useful which is what really matters. That is the right question. 

You got to hand it to Timothy and his team of researchers, this is an original thesis. The Book of Jubilees was indeed among one of the texts found in the caves at Qumran. Numerous scrolls were hidden away in vases in 11 caves in Qumran and the complete list can be found here. As long as they are useful to prove what he wants to prove then they are all good even if they are not part of the canon. This begs the question about the pagan poets the Apostle Paul quoted in his preaching and letters. Should we now elevate them to the level of scripture? Why not? 

Good luck going through each one of the scrolls which were found and figuring out what is and is not scripture. What measure will Timothy Schwab use to make that determination? Here is what he says at 5:38 in his video defending the Book of Jubilees:

But let's be clear. That canon was chosen by the Catholic Church which has never nor ever will have the authority to censor nor add a single book to the original canon of scripture.

With that statement we know right away we are dealing with a man who does not understand the history of the formation of the canon. The canon took centuries to be defined. It wasn't done at a single council or by the Catholic Church. It was Athanasius who first wrote down the now accepted New Testament canon while his Old Testament canon adds books rejected and excludes books accepted today. Even then there was still debate over certain books like Hebrews, James, and Revelation. Timothy Jay Schwab also appears to have very little understanding of church history whatsoever when he refers to a monolithic Catholic Church. The church, until the schism of 1054, encompassed East and West and the councils were affirmed by all. But what need does he have for the church anyway? This is a man who consistently says we must challenge tradition and who has written:

The God Culture is a group of independent researchers not affiliated with any denomination nor organization.

https://www.thegodculture.com/

Timothy and his crew are not a part of anything. They are totally outside the church. Who is this guy anyway? Just another white saviour! That's right. He is a white guy living in Delray Beach, Florida who is married to a Filipina and through his studies God has enlightened him to knowledge which has been hidden away for centuries and now Timothy is His herald to the Philippines. 

https://youtu.be/ycOWVQ__1ow

Like Prometheus he comes bearing fire to enlighten the minds of the Filipinos as to their true identity. Timothy Jay Schwab is a true gnostic and revealer of the secret fire. Listen to the interview in the link underneath the above picture. What he says in essence is that the facts he is promoting are truths that have been hidden for centuries. Not only have they been hidden but they have been wilfully suppressed by the Jesuits among other people. Now they are coming to light and it is time for Filipinos to RISE up! RISE Up is literally the name of the conferences they just had across the nation.

Why is this white man the one who is bringing the knowledge? When Israel was delivered from Egypt it was Moses, an Israelite, who delivered the people. Why did God not reveal this knowledge to a Filipino, an Israelite?

The fate of the ten northern tribes of Israel have been the subject of speculation for centuries. It seems as if everyone has claimed to be part of the lost tribes. From British Israelites to Black Hebrews to even certain groups in East Africa the lost tribes have been traced all over the world. I wonder what Timothy thinks of the claims of the British Israelites. Does he even know about them? Does he know about the Stone of Scone or the Behistun inscription? How about the prophecies given to Ephraim and Manasseh? I think it's time to end this but I want to leave you with two real gems I found in his videos.

First up is this video at 14:22:

Can you think, by the way, of a more peaceable multitude than the Filipinos? We can't.

Spoken like a man who has never lived in this country! I suppose the peaceableness of Filipinos is why every house is surrounded by a barbed wire topped fence and every business has an armed guard.

The second is from the same video at 34:07:

So check this out! Malacañang ti Amianan..."Bring the messenger of God from Manasseh to protect my people!" Now some may read that as Marcos and maybe it is but we are not saying that because you will find this tribe in more than one place in the Philippines and we don't know whether we can say Marcos was sent from God or not. But you know, even Solomon who was appointed and anointed by YAHUAH God did not prove out to be a very good king in the end.  Yet he was anointed by YAHUAH God. He took many riches for himself and he really taxed the people. The Bible says he was hard on his people. Not justifying but we still wonder if we even know that full story properly. Especially with all the CIA disinformation which usually bears out to have numerous falsehoods in our research. So we'll render no opinion but this palace is the story here. 

Timothy Jay Schwab is a Marcos apologist. That's what I get from this brief clip. And if you are wondering what YAHUAH is you will have to watch his name of God video series where he tells us how to pronounce the name of God. Every single lost tribe group, without fail, has their own way to pronounce the name of God and of Jesus. Timothy is not unique in this endeavour.

There is so much more I could bring up here but I don't want to expand beyond the bounds of a simple blog post. I have been an off and on student of the lost tribes for years. Also I have delved into church history and the writings of the fathers and the traditions of the church before the schism and I can say without a doubt Timothy Jay Schwab and the God Culture is more ignorant Protestant nonsense which everyone would do good to stay away from.


Post Script

I sent the following email to God Culture via their website:

Dear Timothy Jay Schwab 

A few days ago I wrote to you at schwabmarketing@gmail.com but have yet to receive a response so I am writing to you again through this website contact form in hopes of getting a quicker response. 

I have composed a response and review of your Youtube videos and claims for my blog https://philippinefails.blogspot.com. However before I publish it I have a few questions I hope you will answer. 

1.  You claim to not be part of a denomination or organization yet according to https://talbotspy.org/the-shore-life-magazine-marks-first-anniversary-with-expansion-plans/ you were once a youth pastor and elsewhere you indicate that you were the worship leader at a few churches https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-schwab-a44173b5/. Are you still part of a church and if so what kind of church? 

2. Are you a trinitarian? Do you believe the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit share one nature and are three separate persons? Or are you a oneness pentecostal who believes that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are manifestations of the same being? 

3. You give a lot of detailed linguistic information in your videos comparing Hebrew with Tagalog asserting that similarity of sound equals similarity of origin. What background in linguistics do you possess? Have you studied Hebrew or Taglog at a collegiate level? 

4. Have you ever lived in the Philippines? Aside from your recent brief trip to the Philippines for the RISE conferences what is your experience with Filipino people and culture? 

5. You claim that Kurds, Filipinos, and West Africans are members of the lost tribes of Israel. Have you heard of other lost tribe theories and claims like those of the British Israelites, Christian Identity, and Black Hebrews? What do you think of their claims?  

6. How can Filipinos and West Africans be members of a Semitic tribe when they are not Semitic peoples? 

7. At 34:07 in your video Lost Tribes 2 G you make some brief comments about Marcos. Are you a Marcos apologist?  Do you think Marcos was ultimately good for the country and all the bad things said about him are CIA disinformation? 

8. You are not a Filipino yet you are claiming to be bringing to Filipinos lost knowledge about who they are. Knowledge which has been suppressed and hidden on purpose. When God delivered Israel out of Egypt he chose Moses, an Israelite, to lead them. Why do you think God has chosen you, a white man, to bring this knowledge rather than a Filipino? What do you think of the claim that to bring such knowledge would make you another white saviour? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_savior 

I hope to hear from you soon.  Thanks.

This was the response I received:

Thank you for your patience. Actually, when I searched for your blog you touted, I found it seemingly was no longer operating, for sale and nothing that made sense so I did not respond. Things like this which were really odd:
 Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Philippinefailblog.com Shuts Down Again!Well it happened again. Philippinefailblog.com has closed it's doors for the 2nd time in just a few months.  Closed in November 2016.  Re-opened in February 2017. Closed once more in August 2017.  For the last time?  Who knows! 

In fact, here are 2 attached.  

Timothy is on vacation after 6 weeks of rigorous touring and will not be responding but you will find we have NO affiliation to any denomination nor organization nor movement nor political force of any sort. Some attempt to pull us into something based on a side note of some sort but that is always just another agitator trying to twist facts. We are researchers period and we say so in every video, every conference, etc. We have all done much in the ministry indeed in the past, yes, but have found we have had to overcome much of that training in order to get to the truth especially regarding Biblical geography prior to the Flood and just after it which is FAR off. Just as Jonah was used as a foreigner in Nineveh, The God Culture is being used to bring repentance to the Philippines and that is already happening. You are very far behind the curve as our track record and fruits already abound and they are abundant.  

Yah Bless, 

The God Culture

Whoever read my email did not even notice that I put the correct URL of this blog in the second sentence! Instead of clicking on that link they actually went searching for my blog and found some "things which were really odd." Whoever read and responded to my email is not a very bright person. If they cannot even read my email and see the link in the text then I have no hope whatsoever for their research skills.

The God Culture: "Solomon's Treasure" Preliminary Book Review

Timothy Jay Schwab of The God Culture has recently dropped quite a load indicating that he and they have entered the next stage of their journey. From an unknown Youtube channel to full-blown think tank in the space of three years. Tim's videos have been aimed at teaching Filipinos they are Israelites and that the Philippines is Sheba, Ophir, Tarshish, Haviliah, and the Garden of Eden. Actually the Garden of Eden is submerged in the Sulu Sea along with its only inhabitant Enoch. Does the ocean water quench the flaming sword of the Cherubim who guards it?

Filipinos have a big destiny to fill because they will literally fight the anti-christ face to face and restore the Mosaic Law around the world. The OFW program is Bible prophecy! In fact 144,000 Filipino women will be taken to heaven to give birth in the throne room of God to 144,000 babies who will come back seven years later with Jesus Christ as a heavenly choir.  If one does not understand this restoration of Bible geography which gives the Philippines the most preeminent place in all of history and prophecy then one will never, ever understand the Bible. So says The God Culture founder former puppeteer, Christian rock band member, and ordained Reverend Timothy Jay Schwab.

https://www.ophirinstitute.com

You are about to embark on the most monumental journey of all archaeological discoveries. The mother lode that would make the likes of Indiana Jones salivate. The true land of gold in all of history which leads to the location of the Garden of Eden and Land of Creation identifying the Rivers from Eden en route. Why is this important? You will never understand geography, history nor especially Bible prophecy without this restored knowledge of what many will consider the most illustrious realm on Earth. Without this, one cannot interpret archaeology with mastery, lecture on history with certainty, preach a sermon on the topic with veracity nor even satisfy elementary queries. Though founded in the Bible which is the origin of this saga, examine the history, archaeology, geography, science, linguistics, etc. which all converge to reveal what the world knew and somehow misplaced about a century ago. This is a mystery no longer and now, you will know the whereabouts of the lost isles of gold... 

You can't even preach a truthful sermon without knowing this information! Think of all the sermons preached in the past 2,000 years by Christians of every kind and in every era. Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul, Peter, John, James, St. John Chrysostom, St. Augustine, Athanasius, Basil the Great, Charles Finney, Charles Spurgeon, Charles Stanely they and all the rest were shut up in darkness because no one in the history of the Church had this information until NOW!   

So much for Pentecost and the Church being led of the Holy Spirit into all truth and the gates of Hell not prevailing against the Church. Turns out the Church has been in darkness all this time and God has sent his servant Timothy Jay Schwab to bring us all into the light. The Church owes Timothy a great debt. I am joking of course. Timothy is no servant of God but a heretic who denies the Trinity and preaches "the law is what redeems us." Tim is no way a Christian though he pretends to be one. The thesis of this book is as fictional as Indiana Jones who is alluded to not just on the back cover but also in the introduction on page 19.

I know what's on page 19 of this book without having read it because there is a preview feature on Amazon. Having performed several word searches there is much to say about this book before I have even read it. I would like to take note of just a few things here.

Basically this book will be a rehash of what's in Tim's videos. Just from a perusal of what's available I say with confidence that I have been completely vindicated in all my criticisms of The God Culture. I will list only two.

1. In the video Clue #53 Finding Chryse Tim purports to cite from Dionysius Periegetes. But instead he quotes him secondhand and get's it all wrong. Based on the source he provided I had surmised that he lifted it from "Phoenicians in the Lands of Gold" by J.G. Cheock who cites Dionysius on page 7 and lists the same source as Tim on page 130 of that book.

It turns out that Tim has read "Phoenicians in the Lands of Gold" because Cheock is listed as a source in the index.

We see here Tim's profound scientific method of providing secondhand quotes. Instead of going to Cheock's source, Rebecca Catz, Tim prefers to cite Cheock!

As far as Dionysus goes it was I who did the research to find an English translation by Thomas Twyne in the EEBO database. Tim had no idea it existed until I came along. Tim now claims to be using that translation as his source rather then Cheock. But he does not cite Thomas Twyne as a primary source.  Instead he cites Check's source which is literally a middle school teacher's teaching module!

"Monsoon Winds to the "Land of Gold" is a teaching module for middle schoolers. The teaching module can be accessed here. It will open as a PDF in a new tab.   

This citation is interesting because from what I can gather on page 41 Tim actually quotes the Twyne translation. However Tim conflates the Thomas Twyne translation with this module on which Twyne is never mentioned. The English translations on that module come from two other and different sources as each quote is the same verse from Dionysius translated differently.

Imagine writing a book that is supposed to be throughly tested, claiming you have a monumental case no one can disprove, that you have a profound scientific method to prove this case, and that what you are writing is not merely a claim but absolute truth and one of your proofs comes from a middle school teacher's module. Imagine further that you have access to the original source, though it be an English translation, and you still decide to use the module as your official source. That is completely laughable. No serious person would do that. I am dumbfounded at this choice as it makes NO sense! But it is in line with Tim's "profound scientific method" of secondhand quoting.

It should be noted that the module purports to teach about Southeast Asian trade in ancient times and nowhere is the Philippines mentioned.

I don't have space here to get into it further. I have written extensively about this faulty citation elsewhere and I encourage you to read it at this link: The God Culture: Finding Chryse: Don't Follow Biased Paradigms.

2. The second instance where I have been vindicated is in Tim's use of Legeza, Peralta, and Villegas as sources proving that the Philippines traded with ancient Egypt and that Philippine gold has been found in Egypt. Again, I have written at length about how Tim had never read those sources and was even citing one of them incorrectly. In my curiosity I actually ordered the documents from Arts of Asia and posted my findings online. 

Timothy Jay Schwab and The God Culture knew NOTHING of what those authors actually wrote until I came along. Naturally they are using my research to further their goals. Take a look at the source list in the index:

Look at how he uses Wikipedia as a source for #22! There are other instances of Wikipedia being used as a source throughout the book.

Note that in this book Peralta is not cited at all. That is because, as I wrote elsewhere he does not discuss trade with Egypt. Only Legeza and Villegas mention Egypt. This citation lists page 137 as being quoted from Legeza but that does not seem to be the case.  Here are the citations as found on page 44.

I am quite confident that this is all my research. There is a sourcebook available that will have all the documents. We shall see if Tim actually ordered the out-of-print Arts of Asia magazine that has this article as surely he will have included the pages in the sourcebook. Either way it was I who finally opened up Legeza, Peralta, and Villegas. Tim and The God Culture had no idea what they actually wrote until I came along. Read more at: The God Culture: Philippine Gold Jewelry Found in 1st Century Egypt.

Based on these two instances it seems I was correct when I wrote the following back in June:

I cannot wait for this book to be published. It looks like it will be big, glossy, and colorful with many pictures. It will be fun to see what exactly is inside. I predict Tim will use my own research which is the English translation of Dionysius Periegetes and the three sources cited to claim Philippine gold was found in 1st century Egypt.  That would be Legeza, Peralta, and Villegas. Tim did not know about any of those resources until I used them in my rebuttals to him. 

The God Culture: Book Cover Review

Of course with Tim taking liberally from other bloggers left and right such as Ancient Philippines as sources for his videos it wasn't that hard of a prediction to make. Funny how they vilify me and yet use my research.

One more thing about what is in the book and that is it appears that Tim makes a passing reference to me on page 45.

"We had one question the "belief" of Adrian Horridge...." 

That is most certainly a reference to me as I wrote about what Horridge wrote and how he does not say what Tim thinks he says. You can read more about that at: The God Culture: Does Timothy Schwab Have A Missionary Visa?

No doubt "Solomon's Treasure" will be an interesting book. Even more interesting will be reading any critical reviews. Surely I cannot be the only person who has dissected Tim's videos. Books have a way of making the rounds more so than videos especially a series of videos that is hundreds of hours long. Hopefully this book makes its way into the hands of real scholars and they can give it a proper thrashing.

Having a sourcebook to go along with Solomon's Treasure is a pretty nifty idea.

However in order to access it you have to buy Solomon's Treasure and then register somehow.  I have scoured all their websites and there is no information on how to register. Maybe that information will come with the book.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/?pid=MTI123387

This SOURCEBOOK is free for those who purchase The Search for King Solomon's Treasure, The Search for King Solomon's Treasure: Instructional Edition and/or Ophir Philippines Coffee Table Book. There is no availability for those wishing to review a Sourcebook without actually reading. You may purchase the books at: Ophirinstitute.com.

Questions? Email us at thegodculture@gmail.com

We reserve the right to reject access to those who cyber libel.

I assume that last sentence is a reference to me as well because Tim and The God Culture have libelously accused me of cyber libel on several occasions. At the bottom of the list of sources there is a rather snarky comment.

(Yeah, we know, we didn't do any research and are just guessing right? What an illiterate position of scoffers who wallow in ignorance.)

https://www.thegodculture.com/source-list

I for one never made such a statement. What I have said repeatedly is that Tim misuses and misinterprets his sources, has not read some of them, and liberally quotes secondhand without referring to the originals. Here is what Tim has to say about his sources especially Thomas Suarez who actually made it into Tim's book as an official source as part of the "Monumental Case For The Philippines No One Can Disprove."

Suarez is wrong. We do not quote his conclusions because they are ignorant and loaded with propaganda as well and we do not consider him a true scholar as he tows the Rothschild line inheriting such from the likes of Samuel Purchas who was employed by the East India Company specifically to hack up this topic as a matter of record and confuse people with propaganda.

https://philippinefails.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-god-culture-philippine-gold-jewelry.html?showComment=1584195525058#c7011209112326719045

Why even bother with sources when Tim says outright he does not believe them? Why cite them as authorities? 

The real problem with these sources is that they form Tim's entire case. He has done ZERO archeological work. Instead he has taken texts both ancient and modern and deduced from them the solution to the ancient mystery of the identity of Ophir. He is an armchair researcher and not a real archaeologist like Ron Wyatt who, whether you agree with his findings or not, actually went into the field to prove his claims. Same with Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy by leaving his study and going into the field to dig. Even the fictional Indiana Jones Tim references goes into the field to find an artifact wether it be the Cross of Coronado, the Ark of the Covenant, or the Holy Grail. Tim has no artifacts to prove his case. He only has these texts and his deductions many of which, such as his identification of the Chersonesus Aurea as the Philippines, are wrong.  

Another thing Tim gets wrong is trade between the Philippines and Israel via the southern tip of Africa. On page 136 Tim writes the following:

Therefore, Ophir had to bring goods to Israel instead which we see in Jonah's story. The ships of Tarshish were certainly trading in Israel again traveling the long way around Africa to the port at Joppa (Jn. 1:1-3) as did the Three Kings after Messiah's birth in about 6 B.C. or so.

While Herodotus does record a single instance of Africa being circumnavigated by the Phoenicians his account is doubted by some. In any case ancient Greek maps do not show much of sub-Saharan Africa, certainly not the southern tip of Africa, and it was Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias who made the first documented voyage around Africa in 1488. The fact is that until modern times this route was rarely taken if ever. Yet Tim expects us all to believe that there was a robust trade between the Philippines and Israel with the route circumnavigating Africa over 2,000 years ago. Such prattle is obvious nonsense not supported by any facts except the ones Tim fabricates by grossly misinterpreting Horridge, Legeza, and Villegas.

As I said there is so much I can write about this book already without having read it. For instance Timothy Jay Schwab's "Monumental Case For The Philippines No One Can Disprove" includes such authoritative sources as Wikipedia and some dude's blog.

Two of the many citations from Wikipedia 

http://genesavoy.blogspot.com

Yes, that is really in the list of sources in the index. Why!?

I will leave just one more tidbit indicative of the kind of deception that will be in this book as it is in The God Culture's videos. It comes from Chapter 3 page 33.

That is not Greece but the Acropolis ruins in Fortune Island of Nagsugbu, Batangas, Philippines.

Wrong! Those are not the ruins of a Greek Acropolis at all. Rather it's the ruins of a resort for the very rich.

The island only later in time got the name it has today. A few decades ago it used to serve as a very exclusive luxury resort designed to serve the upper class of society. By that time it was actually called 'Little Paradise' according to the locals. 

Because it was designed for the upper class, the creators thought it was fitting to make the resort in ancient Greek style. They built a replica of the Greek Acropolis of Athens on top of a lime stone cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In today's time, the structure still serves as the island's main landmark.

https://travelthroughparadise.com/destinations/articles/Nasugbu_Fortune_Island.php

Surely Tim knows that those aren't actual Greek ruins right? He cannot be that dumb. After all his biography, which is spread across several pages, makes mention of a profound scientific method used by The God Culture in doing their research. 

It's just pure deception as the uncritical reader will think that there are actually Grecian ruins in the Philippines. It's the same tactic he pulled with Greek armor allegedly being found in Mindanao. You can read more about that here:  The God Culture: Ancient Greek Armor Found In Mindanao. 

When I receive this book I will not be reviewing it by ripping it to shreds source-by-source. I have already proven that Tim's claims are nonsense and that he is totally dishonest with his sources. Never forget Timothy Jay Schwab is also a heretic who denies the Trinity and is on record saying "the law is what redeems us." Instead I want to compare "Solomon's Treasure" to a book titled "My Country's Godly Heritage: The History of the Philippines In Biblical Perspective" by Ferdinand V. Melendres. 

I have yet to read this book but the author appears to have a similar thesis to Timothy Schwab and The God Culture. It will be interesting to see where the two converge and diverge. This author and book do not show up in a search of Tim's book nor have I heard him mention it in any of his videos. I wonder if he knows it exists.

The God Culture: We Are Researchers Who Ask Questions To Affirm Things We Already Know

Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God Culture makes a big to do about being a researcher. He claims to have done more research than anyone else and that is why no one can disprove him. But what exactly is his research method? Let's hear Tim in his own words.

What Territory Belongs to HAM? Answers In Jubilees: Part 3

20:30 The fact that Atel is Bengali is a bonus which connection we do not require but it is neat that it is there and we are researchers who ask such questions to affirm things we already know. We do not say this is the Indian Ocean because Atel is Bengali. That's stupid. We say it is the Indian ocean because that is the sea to the west of Indonesia where we were in the directions. That's it. And it's nice to know that it comes back full circle and ties that Atel is in fact a word in Bengali. Wow!

Funnily enough in this tirade Tim reveals his ethos as a researcher: "...we are researchers who ask such questions to affirm things we already know." Researchers do not ask questions to affirm what they already know. They ask questions to find out the truth of a matter. 

https://library.untdallas.edu/HIST/historicalresearch

• To learn from past successes and failures.
• Learn how things were done in the past and apply them to current or future events.
• To assist in prediction.
• Lead to the confirmation or rejection of relational hypotheses.
• Understand the present practices and policies by understanding the history surrounding them.

If Tim is doing research to affirm what he already knows that is called confirmation bias.

Confirmation bias (also confirmatory bias, myside bias, or congeniality bias) is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. People display this bias when they select information that supports their views, ignoring contrary information, or when they interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing attitudes. The effect is strongest for desired outcomes, for emotionally charged issues, and for deeply entrenched beliefs. Confirmation bias is insuperable for most people, but they can manage it, for example, by education and training in critical thinking skills.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

Again Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God Culture shows us all he is not a real researcher engaged in honest research. He is a parviscient fraud and a hack who admits he is only looking to affirm what he already knows.

The God Culture: Your Spirit Can't Die

Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God Culture has some outright heretical teachings about sin and its effects on man. He says our spirits cannot die because we sin. Instead he teaches the heretical and unbiblical of annihilationism which means our spirits will be burned up once and for all on judgement day to exist no more for ever. 

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13:27 Your spirit can't die because you sin. Now, you can eternally set your position that you will be in hell, that you will die, yes, but that's not what the Bible does here. It's not playing these word games of dumb scholars that just don't get it. It doesn't do it. So, spirits don't die not unless they are consumed with eternal fire period. That is the only measure in scripture for so-called spiritual death. We do not die spiritually when we sin. Our spirits can't die. It can set it up sure but the Bible doesn't do that there and that is not what Yahuah is saying to Adam. They have rephrased Yahuah's words changing the Bible. It is a lie.

There are problems with that interpretation. First of all the Bible does say Adam would die in "the day" he ate from the tree."  

Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

But it is only in Jubilees that we read an interpretation about dying in the day you eat from the tree.  Any story that comes from Jubilees is apocryphal nonsense that is rightfully ignored though Timothy Jay Schwab eats it up like a pile of tasty dung. That book is not and never will be scripture.  But even so Jubilees says this:

4:29 And at the close of the nineteenth jubilee, in the seventh week in the sixth year thereof, Adam died, and all his sons buried him in the land of his creation, and he was the first to be buried in the earth. 

30  And he lacked seventy years of one thousand years; for one thousand years are as one day in the testimony of the heavens and therefore was it written concerning the tree of knowledge: 'On the day that ye eat thereof ye shall die.' For this reason he did not complete the years of this day; for he died during it.

Are we really supposed to believe that when God said you will die the day you eat from the tree he really meant you will die within a thousand years? What kind of threat or punishment is that? How does it apply to the rest of humanity who fell in Adam and are subject to the same penalty? The punishment happened then and there. Adam died. He became spiritually dead and separated from communion with God and so are we.

Secondly, the Bible says we are all spiritually dead in numerous passages. I will only list a few.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Obviously our soul is not dead as in lifeless. We are alive. But as the Bible says, we are dead in our sins while we live until Jesus Christ quickens us by the Holy Spirit. What exactly about us is dead? What did Jesus mean when he said let the dead bury their dead?

Matthew 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

How can someone dead do anything? Because Jesus means they are spiritually dead and are walking after the things of this world rather than seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. To say that our spirits cannot die because we sin is more heretical nonsense from Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God Culture.

The God Culture: Apologist is the Dumbest Term Ever Used

Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God Culture employs Greek and Hebrew etymologies for many of his arguments. But as Tim admits, he is no linguist. This fact is shown in a hilarious manner when he says "apologist" is the dumbest term ever used.

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1:01:14 Lisa George: Hey Tim real quick, uh, there's a question in chat. I'm not sure if you're taking these in chat but this kind of goes along with the same topic that we're talking about with the flood and it's a little bit off, um, slightly off topic. I'm curious to see your information on this too. Uh, Sue says, "What do you think about the ark encounter? Is it a fair assessment?" Now, we were just there a couple years ago. I have my own opinion about that. I don't know if you've actually been there.

Timothy Jay Schwab: I haven't because honestly I never had enough interest and I love the whole flood narrative. Uh, but the stuff that I see coming out of those guys, uh, because they, they, they're, they're stuck in, you know, this creation science, uh, genre which is, unfortunately, just as bad as modern science. Maybe worse because a lot of times what they're doing is they're placating modern scientism a religion an occult religion and they're infusing that into the Bible they're trying to make it fit they're trying to make it work. You don't have to do that. You don't have to apologize for the Bible. I don't know why we have that term apologist I think that's the dumbest term ever used. You don't have to apologize for the Bible. You have to apologize for modern science when it disagrees with the most credible source in all of history. Because the Bible's roots don't just go back to man and this is the fallacy that we hear from many, oh man wrote the Bible you can't trust it. Wait a minute didn't man write that science journal? So you can't trust that either, right? Hello?

See what Tim is doing here? He is saying apologetics means saying, "I'm sorry." But that is not the case. The English word apology and the Greek word apologia, from which the word apologetics is derived, do not mean the same thing.

The term apologetics derives from the Ancient Greek word apologia (ἀπολογία). In the Classical Greek legal system, the prosecution delivered the kategoria (κατηγορία), the accusation or charge, and the defendant replied with an apologia, the defence. The apologia was a formal speech or explanation to reply to and rebut the charges. A famous example is Socrates' Apologia defense, as chronicled in Plato's Apology.

In the Koine Greek of the New Testament, the Apostle Paul employs the term apologia in his trial speech to Festus and Agrippa when he says "I make my defense" in Acts 26:2. A cognate form appears in Paul's Letter to the Philippians as he is "defending the gospel" in Philippians 1:7, and in "giving an answer" in 1 Peter 3:15.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetics

Apologia means a verbal defense and is in the New Testament 8 times.

https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g627/kjv/tr/0-1/

Acts 22:1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.

Philippians 1:7 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

Those are just two of the eight times "apologia" is used in the Bible. And what do you call one who makes an "apologia?" An apologist!

It's these little things that reveal the utter ignorance of Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God Culture. 

The God Culture: There Is No Bodily Resurrection

What happens during the resurrection? According to Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God Culture only our spirits are resurrected. Our body is gone and turned to dust because we don't need it. We will get new bodies.

50:20 Now, it's time for the Feast of Tabernacles, okay? Also known as booths or tents which really are just interpretation of the same word, uh, Tabernacles but in Hebrew it's the word Sukkot. Again, tent. Foreshadowing of the day in which believers receive our new glorified bodies instead of our temporary temple. See, the body we're in right now is temporary. That's why it returns to dust and it never gets what, what's resurrected on the day of judgment for the dead is your spirit not your body. Body's gone. Don't need it because you'll get a new one on this day.

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What verse does Tim cite to prove that our bodies are not resurrected? He cites none. But here are several verses telling us that the our bodies are raised. Of course they are changed and glorified but they are still the same bodies in which we lived.

The first thing to understand is that the body Jesus Christ died and was resurrected in a glorified manner.  It even retained the same wounds.

John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

Paul says Christ is the pattern for us in the resurrection.

Philippians 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

In Romans Paul says we are waiting for the redemption of our body.

Romans 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Job says he will see God with the same body in which he is currently living. 

Job 19:26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

Daniel says the dead shall rise out of the dust of the earth.

Daniel 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

What does it mean to sleep in the dust of the earth than our decomposed bodies, the very bodies we lived in, shall be raised to newness of life?

But Tim says our body is turned to dust and gone and we don't need it. Contrary to Paul we are not waiting for the redemption of our body because we will get a new one. The Bible says testifies otherwise. That there is no bodily resurrection is another unbiblical doctrine taught by Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God Culture.