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How We Vet the Fringe: Revelation, Research, and the Ethiopian Canon
Don't take our word for any of this. This is the foundations episode where we walk you through how we research, vet, and decide what makes it to the microphone. In this episode we take you through our process. Scripture first. Source-level study across the Ethiopian Bible, second temple writings, and the early church fathers. Prayer, godly counsel, and discernment on when something received through revelation is ready to share publicly and when it stays in the prayer closet. We trace King Solomon's signet ring to Aleister Crowley and the modern occult. We open up the Ethiopian Bible's eighty-one books and the question of why Ethiopia kept what Rome and the Reformers cut. We anchor it all in Hosea 4:6, because God's people are destroyed for lack of knowledge and the kingdom of darkness has been studying the full curriculum the whole time. Extra-biblical does not mean unbiblical, and the Ethiopian church kept what the Western canon cut. If you've been told the Protestant 66 are the only safe books, this is the episode for you. "Our prayer for you is that you are not destroyed, but you are empowered, that you are equipped, that you step into the warrior anointing that the Lord has for you at this hour." -Malaine Lea Butler Key Takeaways In this episode: What's in the Ethiopian Bible's eighty-one books and what the Protestant canon cut How canonization actually happened (and why the Council of Nicaea is not the answer most people think it is) Solomon's signet ring, his fall, and the line straight to Aleister Crowley and the modern occult Why the Book of Enoch was removed and why Jude quoted it anyway Where to start reading extra-biblical books for yourself without going off the deep end Featured Scripture Hosea 4:6 (NASB) "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children." Application: Lack of knowledge brings destruction. Extra-biblical does not mean unbiblical. The Ethiopian Bible, the books removed from the Septuagint when the Protestant canon was narrowed, second temple writings, and the texts the early church read alongside Scripture fill in the framework most American pulpits never teach. Studying them is recovery of what the early church already had. Timestamps [00:00] Introduction to Faith on the Fringe [00:48] The Second Temple Lens: How We Research Scripture [06:52] The Book of Enoch, Jubilees, and What Didn't Make the Bible [12:01] Gary Wayne and the Quran [14:38] Bride Ministries and Dan Duval [15:01] Understanding the Ethiopian Bible [19:56] The Ark of the Covenant and Ethiopia's Preserved Scripture [25:13] Exploring Nag Hammadi and Other Texts [25:48] Seeking Deeper Understanding [32:55] The Legacy of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba [39:08] Solomon, Nephilim, and Aleister Crowley's Occult Connection [46:51] Hosea 4:6, Spiritual Warfare, and How to Start Your Research Resources and Connect Faith on the Fringe: Substack: https://faithonthefringe.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com Leah Steele Barnett: Amazon Storefront: https://amzn.to/3WscgNe The Culture Cast Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-culture-cast/id1797035500 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theleahsteele A House of Health: https://www.instagram.com/ahouseofhealth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leahsteeleofficial X: https://x.com/theleahsteele Malaine Lea Butler: Kingdom Talk Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kingdom-talk-podcast-with-malaine/id1813854951 Eden House: https://www.theedenhouse.co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malaine_lea_butler Eden House IG: https://www.instagram.com/xoedenhouse Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/15kz1zU1XL/?mibextid=wwXIfr Historical and Theological References: The Ethiopian Bible. Eighty-one book canon preserved by Ethiopian Orthodox monks for over fifteen hundred years. Includes the Book of Enoch, the Book of Jubilees, Maccabees, Judith, Wisdom, and full versions of Esther and Daniel cut from the Protestant canon. The Septuagint. Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures used by the early church and quoted by New Testament writers. Contained the deuterocanonical books later removed by Protestant Reformers: Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, 1 and 2 Maccabees, plus additions to Esther and Daniel. The Book of Judith. Recommended entry point into extra-biblical reading. Available as audiobook on Spotify Premium. The Testament of Solomon. Pseudepigraphical text describing Solomon's interactions with spirits, his signet ring from Yahweh, and his use of Nephilim labor in temple construction. The Nag Hammadi Library. Collection of early Christian texts discovered in Egypt in 1945. Genesis 6 Conspiracy by Gary Wayne. Available on Leah's Amazon storefront. Bride Ministries (Dan Duval). Research source on advanced deliverance and supernatural theology. https://church.bridemovement.com Scriptures for Further Study Acts 8:26-40. The Ethiopian eunuch's encounter with Philip. The arrival of the gospel in Ethiopia in the first century. 2 Chronicles 9. The Queen of Sheba visits Solomon. The hinge to the Ethiopian narrative connecting back to the Ark of the Covenant. 1 Kings 11. Solomon's wives turn his heart to other gods. The biblical record of his fall. Jude 14-15. Jude directly quotes the Book of Enoch as prophetic authority, establishing the place of extra-biblical texts in the early church. Ecclesiastes. Solomon's reflections on vanity and torment after his fall from God's favor. 2 Timothy 1:7. God did not give us a spirit of fear. The verse Malaine cites for why believers should not be afraid to study harder texts. This is episode three. Next up: our testimonies, how we came out of the New Age and the occult, and what changed on the other side. Subscribe now so you don't miss what's next. Sign up for the Substack at https://faithonthefringe.substack.com/ for extended show notes and research deep dives. Share this episode with the friend who needs permission to study what their pastor never assigned. #FaithOnTheFringe #EthiopianCanon #BookOfEnoch #BookOfJubilees #ExtraBiblicalTexts #SecondTemple #ProtestantCanon #CouncilOfNicaea #EarlyChurchFathers #SupernaturalBible #KingdomTheology See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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