have you ever heard of the giant Angel who almost destroyed Jerusalem in 1 Chronicles 21 have you ever heard of the character who was given super speed by the Holy Spirit or what about the time when the Disciples of Jesus were teleported in John's gospel the last time I did a video like this was over 4 months ago and since then I've leared a number of fascinating stories I never noticed in the biblical narrative today we'll be looking at five stories that you won't believe are actually in the Bible even if you read from cover
to cover I'm certain almost no one will be familiar with all five stories oh by the way this is my new mascot so if you like him or enjoy the video please consider subscribing and I'm also excited to announce that YouTube memberships are now available to anyone who wants to support the ministry if you're subscribed you'll see this join button click it to see the perks available at each tier I'm also planning to start live streaming behind the scene's production and will eventually be starting a live podcast for members as well if you've been uplifted
by this content at all and feel you're in a position to support I encourage you to consider hitting that join button now most of you probably clicked on this video because of the thumbnail and you probably don't believe that this actually took place but I want to assure you that this really did happen and the answers are right here in 1 Chronicles 21 at the start of the chapter Satan incites King David to take a census of Israel joab the military leader told David that it wasn't such a good idea but he was forced to
do it anyway eventually David realizes what he did was evil and repents to the Lord because of David's heart God gives him a choice between three consequences 3 years of famine 3 months of enemy attacks or 3 days of the sword of the Lord David chooses the third option hoping that God himself would show him mercy so God sends a plague on Israel and 70,000 men die but that wasn't all verse 15 says and God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem but as the angel was doing so the Lord saw it and relented concerning the
disaster and said to the angel who was destroying the people enough withdraw your hand it says the angel was standing in the threshing floor of Aruna the jebus side but how do we know it was a giant Angel you might be wondering the passage continues David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between Heaven and Earth with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem there's no doubt based on that verse that this thing is enormous it stands between Heaven and Earth towering over Jerusalem with the sword stretched out across its
buildings David and his El ERS are absolutely terrified but what happens next is very interesting the angel of the Lord speaks to one of David's prophets and tells him to build an altar on the threshing floor which he's standing on remember ARA well the poor guy was busy threshing some wheat when he turned around to see this Titan towering over him and standing on his threshing floor arau was so scared he wanted to give David the land for free but David paid full price and even denied his offer of free animals he wanted to pay
for the sacrifice with his own money after offering the sacrifice God brought fire from heaven and the angel put his sword back in its sheath the chapter Ends by noting that David couldn't go into the high place at gibian to inquire of God because he feared the sword of the Angel of the [Music] lord we often dream of having superpowers as kids but never really consider them when looking at the Bible but did you know there was a moment in the Old Testament where God granted a certain individual super speed for a period of time
it's a small verse tucked just after a major event in the life of Elijah he had just finished his confrontation with the prophets of ball where he called fire from heaven onto a soaking wet altar proving the power of the one true God before the mob of idol worshippers humil humiliating them in the process after slaughtering the false prophets Elijah announces an end to the famine that had gripped the land for more than 3 years because the rain was coming quickly Elijah tells King Ahab to Hitch up his Chariot before the weather stops him and
that he does the sky grows dark and the rain starts to fall then the text says something incredibly fascinating the power of the Lord came upon Elijah and tucking his cloak into his belt he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel Scholars estimate the distance to be over 16 M or 25 km and racing against the king's Chariot a vehicle used in war for its speed and Mobility Elijah would have been running at a ridiculous Pace not only to keep up with but overtake the Chariot which had a sizable Head Start it may
seem a little random but it demonstrates Elijah's devout heart for the Lord he raced to jezrael where the evil King Ahab lived hoping that the events that just took place would spark a religious revival amongst God's people one that Elijah would be immediately ready for the book of First Kings has another unbelievable story that will leave you puzzled I've read the story multiple times and still don't know why it's in the Bible or what it's trying to say I wanted to include it in this video to see what you guys think because I am very
confused the entire chapter of First Kings 13 follows an unnamed man of God known in some translations as the young Prophet the chapter starts with a crazy series of events I suggest you read the first 10 verses yourself but basically the king tries to seize this young Prophet after hearing quite a negative prophecy but as he reached es out his hand it starts to wither so he changes tact and asks the man to pray for his hand and it's miraculously restored thrilled with this outcome the King asks the young Prophet to stay with him and
he declines saying even if you were to give me half of your possessions I would not go with you nor would I eat bread or drink water here for I was commanded by the word of the Lord you must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came now this is the start of our story and from here things start to get weird the story introduces an old Prophet who heard what the young Prophet had done with the King he requested that his sons saddle him a donkey and he goes on
the road and meets the young Prophet sitting under a tree the old Prophet invites the young Prophet to his house for dinner but the young man declines once again saying that he must return home according to the word of God seems pretty ordinary so far but it gets much much stranger The Old Man reveals that he too is a prophet and that God told him to bring the young Prophet back to his house for a meal then the text says but he was lying to him this all seemed legit to the young Prophet so he
returned with the old man and ate with him the text then says while they were sitting at the table the word of the Lord came to the old prophet he exclaimed to the young Prophet that he defied the word of God and broke his command by stopping to eat then the old man prophesies that the young man won't be buried with his ancestors an eerie last line after the meal the old Prophet saddled a donkey for the young and he headed home now if that's not weird enough it gets even worse as the man travels
home a lion meets him on the road and kills him throwing his body on the roadside both The Lion and the donkey he rod on stood together next to his corpse Travelers passing by saw the unusual sight with the donkey and lion and reported it to the town the old Prophet heard of the tragedy so for the third time he saddled his donkey and investigated the body he then takes the body home and Mourns for the young Prophet saying oh my brother burying his bones in his own tomb and telling his sons to bury his
bones next to the young Prophets The text concludes with the old Prophet affirming the prophecy that the young Prophet first told the king at the very beginning not only is the old Prophet a false prophet in his first prophecy but he ends up being used by God to be a real prophet in the second if you have any idea what it means please leave a comment and let have a discussion this next one is something I never noticed while reading Genesis after the famine in Egypt Joseph Reveals His identity to his starving family and they're
saved by the brother they sold into slavery years prior Joseph introduces five of his brothers to pharaoh and after learning that they were shepherds Pharaoh suggests they be put in charge of his very own sheep then Joseph introduces the pharaoh to his father I never noticed this when reading before but the text says twice that Jacob the father of Joseph blessed Pharaoh after each reference there is a footnote saying the word blessed could also mean greeted or said farewell but if it is true that Jacob blessed Pharaoh there are some interesting implications Hebrews 7:7 says
that without a doubt the Lesser is blessed by the greater so it's possible that this passage is claiming that Jacob later known as Israel is greater than Pharaoh foreshadowing The Exodus and Judgment of God on the Egyptians the final story may surprise you but there is in fact multiple accounts of teleportation in the New Testament many of you will know that Jesus seemed to teleport at will in his resurrected body he teleported through locked doors to meet his disciples twice and he teleported in front of his disciples during dinner who were on the road to
EMAs there's also an interesting story in Acts where Philip after baptizing the Ethiopian unic was taken away by the spirit of the Lord to aotus an estimated 38 km away from where he was many believe this to be another account of teleportation but there's a third story that many people skim over one night the disciples were stuck in a terrible storm on the sea when they spotted a figure walking on the water they discovered this figure to be Jesus and we soon get to see even Simon Peter walking on the water as well but this
miraculous sign often takes the spotlight away from the next miracle that happens as soon as Jesus steps foot in the boat John 6:21 says then they were willing to take him into the boat and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading the text doesn't explicitly say it was teleportation but whether it was a rapid increase in speed or something else this is certainly an astounding Miracle most people miss out on reading it's glimpses like this that demonstrate jesus' ultimate authority over time space and matter proving just how awesome the God we serve
truly [Music] is did you know all five of these unbelievable stories if you did be sure to laugh at me in the comments and if you have any deeper meanings of your own please let me know down below this channel is run by one person who is also working and studying fulltime so it mean the world if you'd consider supporting me financially on patreon or becoming a member on YouTube the link is in the description
