Any Translators Out There?

This is a great website (http://faithfulwordbaptist.wordpress.com/transcription-library/) that is carrying transcriptions of my sermons, Israel Moments, etc, as well as translations into Spanish and French. This website has made it possible for me to re-record the Israel Moments and Post-trib Moments into Spanish. My wife is also translating them into German for me, and I have already recorded a few of those. 

Does anyone else want to help translate some of these things into other languages? Modern Greek, Hungarian, and Romanian would be best, but any other languages would be good also. Thank you to "Simon Peter" for all his hard work with this!

My Mom is Part Asian!

 My mom's DNA results are in, and the surprising thing about her results is the Asian ancestry. Therefore, on my dad's side I have European and African ancestry, and on my mom's side I have European and Asian ancestry. Between the two of them I am pretty much a mix of everything! Yet if a person looked at me and my parents they would think we were all "pure white." There is no such thing! I have categorized her top 50 nationalities by color code to make them easier to understand. I also put in bold and underlined the 32 that are on my list also.

White - 23
Asian - 13
Hispanic - 9
Middle Eastern - 4
Native American - 1

Shared with me - 32

1. Polish - Podlasie
2. Polish - Northern
3. Polish - Podlasie
4. Moroccan Berbers
5. Filipino
6. Yemeni
7. Singapore - Chinese
8. Japanese - Central
9. Chamorros - Guam
10. Russian
11. Brazilian - Sao Paulo
12. Brazilian - Mato Grosso do Sul
13. Native American - Florida
14. French
15. Spanish - Balearic Islands
16. Spanish - Minorcan
17. White - Virginia
18. Slovac - Presov
19. Egyptian Berbers - Siwa
20. White - Swiss
21. White - U.S.
22. Brazilian - Sao Paulo
23. White - Connecticut
24. White - U.S.
25. Korean
26. Polish
27. Asian - Northern Australian
28. White - Virginia
29. Belgian - Flanders (Dutch)
30. White - California
31. Spanish - Andalusian
32. Bosnian
33. Chinese Hui - Ningxia
34. White - North Carolina
35. India - Vanniyar
36. Austrian - Salzburg Region
37. Japanese
38. Slovenian
39. British
40. Australian - Western
41. Japanese - Eastern U.S.
42. Northern Australian - East Timor
43. Japanese
44. White - New York
45. Korean
46. Brazilian - Amazon
47. Brazilian - Amazonian
48. Belgian - Flemish
49. Brazilian - Cape
50. Moroccan Berber - Bouria

I'm Blacker than I Thought!

So, my dad got his DNA tested, and it turns out he's part black! Hahaha

27 of the 50 nationalities were shared between my dad and me, which makes sense since I would have gotten about half of my genes from my dad, and half from my mom (i.e. about 25 from each, but a lot of them would also probably overlap). I don't seem to have inherited any of the black genes, but there are definitely some blacks in my ancestry.

Here is a color-coded breakdown of the results. The 27 nationalities that I inherited from dad are in bold and underlined.

White - 18
Black - 16 
Hispanic - 12
Other - 4

Shared with Me - 27

1. Black - Alabama 
2. Hispanic - Arizona 
3. Russia - Saratov 
4. Russia - Vody 
5. Polish
6. Black - U.S. 
7. Iranian 
8. South African - Black - Capetown 
9. White - California 
10. Portuguese - Madeira
11. Polish - Central 
12. Egyptian Berbers - Siwa 
13. Brazilian - Sao Paolo
14. Namibia - Windhoek 
15. Equatorial Guinea 
16. Polish - Northern 
17. Rwandan - Tutsi 
18. Russia - Mongol 
19. Polish 
20. Brazilian - Sao Paolo 
21. Polish - Southeastern 
22. Colombian - Bogota 
23. Black - Illinois 
24. Hispanic - Virginia 
25. Spanish - Canary Islands 
26. Belarusian - Northeastern
27. Chamorros - Guam 
28. White - U.S. 
29. Tanzanian 
30. Brazilian - Cape Verde
31. Argentinian - Chaco 
32. Black - U.S. 
33. White - U.S. 
34. Russian
35. Mozambique
36. Guinea-Bissau 
37. Black - U.S. 
38. Iberian Peninsula - Andalusian Spanish 
39. Hispanic - Florida 
40. Moroccan Berber - Asni 
41. Black - Virginia 
42. Polish - Northern
43. Venezuelan - Caracas 
44. Brazilian - Black - Florida 
45. Scottish - Strathclyde
46. Belarusian 
47. German
48. Black - U.S. 
49. Black - Florida 
50. White - Canadian

I Have Jewish DNA!

Well, it turns out I am one of the special chosen ones after all (I'm kidding). Now people can stop saying that I am "anti-Semitic" for simply preaching what the Bible says.

Speaking of what the Bible says, I've been working on recording the Israel Moments into Spanish and German. So far, I have completed a few episodes, but it is slow going.

German:


Spanish:



English:

Revelation 2 - Are the Jews God's Chosen People?

The Book of Revelation – Are the Jews God’s Chosen People? (2 of 22)

ABOUT EPISODE 2:

What does the Bible say about the Jews who live in modern day Israel? This question is answered in Revelation 2 - the second episode of “The Book of Revelation” series. This 22 hour series is directed and produced by Paul Wittenberger (After The Tribulation and New World Order Bible Versions), and Preached by Pastor Steven L. Anderson, Pastor at Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona.

This episode confronts the controversy surrounding the notion today that the Jews of modern day Israel are God’s Chosen People. See for yourself if the Jews today are anything like the Old Testament Jews. Follow along in your King James Bible and see for yourself what the scriptures have to say. Set aside pre-conceived ideas of the world, and let the truth be revealed.

It also covers topics such as:

· The First Works
· Dispensationalism
· The Universal Church
· The Antichrist and other antichrists
· The Feasts of the Lord
· Daniel’s 70th Week
· The Role of Women in the Church
· Ruling and Reigning with Christ

So grab your King James Bible and enjoy chapter 2 of “The Book of Revelation”.

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;” 2 Thessalonians 2:3

KEY TOPICS/KEYWORDS:

7 Churches, False Apostles, Church of Ephesus, First Love, Soul Winning, Dispensations, Universal Church, Overcoming the World, Second Death, Tree of Life, Paradise, The Three Heavens, Synagogue of Satan, Crown of Life, Killed for the Cause of Christ, Cast into Prison for the Cause of Christ, Circumcision, Anti-Christ and Anti-Christs, Judeo-Christianity, Zionism, God’s Wrath, Joseph Smith, The Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price, 10 days Tribulation, The Feasts of The Lord, Hebrew Calender, Blowing of Trumpets, Daniel’s 70th Week, Abomination of Desolation, The Trumpet of Jubilee, The Rapture, The Great Tribulation, White Stone, Women Teaching, Christians repenting of their deeds, Meaning of the word ‘Tribulation’, Depths of Satan, Reigning with Christ, He that hath an ear,

BIBLE VERSES DISCUSSED:

Revelation 2:1-29, Hebrews 2:12, Psalms 22:22, Matthew 24:12, 1 John 5:4-5, Revelation 21:7-8, Revelation 1:5, Genesis 3:22-24, Revelation 22:1-5, 2 Corinthians 12:4, Romans 2:28-29, Philippians 3:3, 1 John 2:18/22, John 1:41, 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16, John 8:44, Revelation 1:9, Revelation 7:14, 2 Timothy 3:12, Leviticus 23:4/24-27/9, Matthew 13:39,

Numbers 10:9, Numbers 31:6, Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15/21, Romans 8:21-23, 1 Corinthians 15:54, Daniel 12:12, Revelation 20:14-15, 1 Timothy 2:12, 1 Corinthians 14:34, Hebrews 12:6, Revelation 22:16, 1 Corinthians 10:11

RUNNING TIME: 113 min

Israel Moments 11-22

 Here are another 12 Israel Moments. Also, check out this great new webpage for the movie Marching to Zion!

http://www.framingtheworld.com/m2z.html

Israel Moment #11 - All Unbelieving Jews have been Cast Off (Jer 31:35-37, Rom 11:1-7)
Israel Moment #12 - The Jews are our Enemies (Romans 11:28)
Israel Moment #13 - When will the Blindness of Israel End? (Rom 11:25-26, Luke 21:24, Rev 11:2)
Israel Moment #14 - The Physical Nation of Israel has been Replaced (Matthew 21:43)
Israel Moment #15 - Jews are Antichrists (1 John 2:22)
Israel Moment #16 - Jews Worship a Different God than Christians (1 John 2:23)
Israel Moment #17 - Taking Part in the Jews' Evil Deeds (2 John 9-11)
Israel Moment #18 - Military Support for Israel (2 Chronicles 19:2)
Israel Moment #19 - Avoid Genealogies (Titus 3:9)
Israel Moment #20 - Jews Don't Believe the Torah (John 5:46-47)
Israel Moment #21 - Unbelieving Jews are under God's Wrath (1 Thess 2:14-16, John 3:36)
Israel Moment #22 - The Jews Killed Jesus (1 Thessalonians 2:14-16, Acts 3:14-17)

I'm North African!

I've been doing a lot of research about genealogies and DNA lately while working with Paul Wittenberger on a new documentary film "Marching to Zion," so I decided to get my DNA checked for ethnicity. In the past, when I had studied my genealogy, the only nationalities I had ever been able to come up with were English, Irish, Swedish, Danish, and Swiss, as I reported in a previous blog post. The results of my DNA testing, which are reported to be 99.99% accurate, showed how little I know about my ancestry, even having done a lot of research. Many people think they know exactly what nationality they are, but things are much more complicated than that. I thought of myself as being 100% white European, but it turns out that more than anything, I am ethnically a Moroccan Berber from Northwest Africa and a Spaniard!

Why do we know so little about our ancestry? First of all, just because a person is from a certain country or has a certain last name, that doesn't mean that they have that ethnicity. For example, just because your ancestors are from England, that doesn't mean they are Anglo-Saxons. Spain and England are very close together, and most Spanish people are white, so people from Spain could easily end up in England and vice-versa. The reason we think of Hispanic people as being brown is that we are thinking of Mexicans who are a mixture of Spanish and American Indian. Also, Morocco is very close to Spain, and all of these countries were very heavily involved in sea trade, which would involve a lot of people moving back and forth from place to place.

Not only that, but looking at your family tree does not take things like adoption and adultery into account. How in the world could you know if your ancestors from 200 years ago were adopted or were the product of an adulterous affair by your great great great great great great grandmother? Stranger things have happened.

My DNA was tested against 400 people groups, and I was given a list of the top 50 matches in order of prominence. The reason that certain people groups are repeated (for example, I am a Moroccan Berber 7 different ways) is that there are different subgroups within each ethnicity, and I had genetic ties with various types of Moroccan Berbers. Not only was Moroccan Berber listed 7 times in my results, 5 of them were in my top 10!

My #2 most prominent ethnicity came out as Spanish. Not only that, but Spanish was repeated a total of 7 times. Polish showed up a little lower on the list (#5) but was repeated 8 times. 9 of my ethnicities are simply labeled as "white," meaning a homogenous mixture of white people from the U.S. and Canada (this would encompass a lot of English, Irish, Swedish, Danish, etc., basically, everything I thought I was!). Some of the other things on the list that were interesting are Romani (Gypsy), Arab (I'm a son of Ishmael! haha No wonder I defended him in a sermon recently!), Egyptian, Native American, etc.

Once you learn about this, it become silly to be so hung up about "race." We are all mixed! I guess I can start calling myself an "African American" now! The Bible was right when it said that all nations are of one blood. If anyone hasn't heard it already, I would strongly recommend my recent sermon that proved that all of us are direct descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, one way or another.

Here is the full listing of my results followed by my "Certificate of Ethnicity:"

1. Moroccan Berbers
2. Iberian Peninsula - Andalusian Spanish
3. Moroccan Berbers
4. Romani - Presov, Slovak Republic
5. Polish - Northern
6. Polish - Podlasie
7. Spanish - Balearic Islands
8. Moroccan Berbers
9. North African - Maghreb
10. Arab - Moroccan
11. Polish - Podlasie
12. White - U.S.
13. Belgian - Flemish
14. Spanish - Majorcan
15. White - Canadian
16. Spanish - Valencian
17. Moroccan Berber - Asni
18. Russia - Pskov
19. Egptian Copts - Adaima
20. Belarusian - Northeastern Poland
21. Portuguese - Azores
22. Portuguese - White
23. Bosnian
24. White - Canadian
25. White - North Carolina
26. Slovenian
27. Polish
28. Polish
29. White - Swiss
30. Serbian - Serbia/Vojvodina/Montenegro
31. White - U.S.
32. White - Virginia
33. Belgian - Flanders (Dutch)
34. Serbian
35. Polish - Central
36. Spanish - Andalusian
37. Polish
38. White - Virginia
39. Brazilian - Sao Paolo
40. White - California
41. Polish - Southeastern
42. Slovac - Presov
43. Spanish - Canary Islands
44. Spanish - Minorcan
45. Native American - Michigan
46. Moroccan Berber - Bouhria
47. Portuguese - Northern
48. Portuguese - Azores Archipelago
49. Belarusian
50. Portuguese - Northern

In case anyone is interested, the company that tested my DNA is at dnaspectrum.com.