The God Culture: "HIJACKED — How the Synagogue of Satan Stole Israel's Identity" Preliminary Book Review

Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God Culture has a released a brand new 200-page book all about the true identity of Israel titled "HIJACKED — How the Synagogue of Satan Stole Israel's Identity." If you are a follower of The God Culture or a reader of this blog then you will know Tim believes the true nation of Israel was dispersed and they became Negroes who were enslaved and taken to the Americas, Kurds, and Filipinos. What Tim absolutely does not believe or teach is that the Church, the Body of Christ, is the Israel of God. He is hyper-focused on bloodlines and genealogies which are of no profit when it comes to identifying the real People of God.  

The description on the back cover is as follows:

HIJACKED: How a Forbidden Priesthood Built the Final Empire — and How the Remnant Breaks Free

For centuries, the world has been told a carefully curated version of history — one where priesthoods never fall, empires never resurrect, and false restorations never masquerade as prophecy. But Scripture, archaeology, and suppressed historical records reveal another story.

A story of corrupted bloodlines,

a stolen priesthood,

a counterfeit kingdom,

and the ancient empire that still rules the modern world.

This is the book no institution wanted written.

HIJACKED uncovers:

• How the Hasmoneans—foreign to the priesthood—seized the Temple and rewrote Judaism from within
• How their Pharisee successors built an international power system that survived Rome’s fall
• How Constantine merged Persian religion, Pharisaic tradition, and Roman imperialism into the greatest singularity the world had seen
• How the Eagle Empire of Ezra’s prophecy became the longest-lasting world empire
• How 1917—not 1948—marked the rise of Gog of Magog’s global system
• Why modern Zionism is a political project, not the biblical return of Israel
• Why the true Tribes were long gone from Judea and remain scattered eastward and in Africa
• How the Final Empire prepares the world for a throne Yahusha Himself will destroy 

Yet the narrative does not end with domination.

It ends with a remnant rising.

The last section unveils The Gideon Generation — the people Yah calls in the final cycle, not because they are mighty, but because they refused to bow. This book restores courage, clarity, and the ancient prophetic map needed to navigate the days now unfolding.

This is prophetic non-fiction written in a fast, sharpened voice — every line intentional, every revelation precise — exposing the hijacked priesthood, indicting the corrupted empire, and awakening the remnant called to rise.

If you are ready to see history, Scripture, and prophecy without the filters of colonial academia, Pharisaic tradition, or modern political Zionism — this is your book.

The deception was global.

The awakening will be greater.

All the themes of The God Culture are present in this description. Infiltration, deception, cover-up, and restoration of the truth in the last days. And don't forget the old canard about Constantine creating Christianity. All of this nonsense has been debunked not only on this blog but by many other men for the past almost 2,000 years now. There is absolutely nothing in this book Tim has not covered before. Therefore in order to review this book I shall have to find something new no matter how small it might be lest this review be a repetition of points already thoroughly debunked. 

The above was written on December 10th at 11:00 am while waiting for the PDF to finally become available. As of this writing the book remains only available in print. However, Amazon has a preview of the book which includes chapter titles and the introduction. Until Tim releases a free PDF this will be a review of the introduction. 

Incredibly, this book is dedicated to Charlie Kirk. 

It seems Tim has done this is for two reasons. 1 - Charlie Kirk was silenced for speaking truth and that makes him a martyr. Yet his legacy lives on. 2 - Tim honestly believes he and the so-called truth he writes about is being silenced. Therefore Tim is a living martyr but his work will ultimately prevail. He has said as much before.

Let's remember the paradigm in which we live as this platform supports and props up agitation and it suppresses the truth. Don't believe me? Then why do our over 80,000 subscribers, when we release a video, many of them never receive a notification? We know this because we are subscribers in at least five email boxes and they're not being notified. Simple as that. Especially during this time of lockdown? Why? Because they have tightened the rules and they just plain stop it before it goes out. But no matter we're not going to stop and they will not stop us.

https://youtu.be/AN4ArvfMR4w?t=255

That is quite disgusting. Tim is no martyr. He is a liar who has been exposed for being so in every single article on this blog. There is no comparison between Timothy Jay Schwab and Charlie Kirk. Finally, to add insult to injury, Tim supplies his own sanctimonious quote about truth never being silenced. 

The chapter titles give a good sense of Tim's subject matter and almost read like titles in his Lost Tribes video series. 

As you can see section 2 is all about the alleged migration of the Lost Tribes of Israel to Africa, Kurdistan, and the Philippines. Section 3 is all about how the Books of Maccabees are a lie and the true priesthood was driven into the desert to become the Dead Sea community while the Pharisees and Saducees hijacked the temple. This fiction has been blown to pieces in several articles on this blog. Here is just one instance:

Unlocking Hidden Truths with The God Culture - Zen Garcia & Tim Schwab

1:07:45 So, they call it the Dead Sea Scrolls. The reality is it's the Bethabara Scrolls. They are found in Bethabara and this was a community where the temple priests lived and continued the temple rituals, the temple sacrifices, all of that continued in this community. Just read their writings and it's very clear they were all about the law they were all about Covenant. They were all about keeping the Commandments and teaching it.

Tim says there was a replica of the temple at Qumran where all the rituals and sacrifices continued. That is a lie. No such temple replica has ever been found and the Dead Sea scrolls say:

When these become members of the Community in Israel according to all these rules, they shall establish the spirit of holiness according to everlasting truth. They shall atone for guilty rebellion and for sins of unfaithfulness, that they may obtain loving-kindness for the Land without the flesh of holocausts and the fat of sacrifice. And prayer rightly offered shall be as an acceptable fragrance of righteousness, and perfection of way as a delectable free-will offering.

Vermes, pg 110

There were no animal sacrifices at Qumran. In fact, Jesus never condemns the priests for being fake priests. Jesus acknowledged their authority as being legitimate. 

Matthew 23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 

Nor did he condemn the Jews for being fake Jews. The Bible says:

John 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received Him not. 

Was Jesus a real Jew and member of the physical nation of Israel? Yes. And those to whom he came were of the same stock. There was NO usurpation of the nation of Israel by non-Israelites. 

The introduction of this book is all over the place. The first two paragraphs are a mass of contradictions.

Restoring the People of Covenant

This work is not written to exalt any ethnicity or political power, for Israel was never a nation defined by bloodline or modern statehood. From the beginning, the People of Covenant were marked by obedience and faith not by race, geography, or lineage. The Exodus included a “mixed multitude.” and the covenant law was given equally to the native-born and the foreigner who sojourned among them (Numbers & 14; 15:26, 29; Exodus 12:19, 18-49; Leviticus 16:29; 17:12; 18:26; 19:34). Israel was, and remains, a people of covenant: gathered by belief, dispersed through disobedience, and redeemed through Messiah—an expectation held by Old and New Testament believers alike.

Our intent is to restore the true entity of the covenant people—those who walked in faith and covenant hope, whether descended from Jacob or grafted in among them—and to expose the errors of those who have HIJACKED that heritage for ethnic or political gain. Such claims ccho the very impostors condemned by the prophets and by Messiah Himself. This restoration is not racial: it is covenantal, prophetic, and spiritual.

Israel was never a nation defined by bloodline or geogprahy? Is he kidding? How about Israel and his twelve sons who are the patriarchs of the nation of Israel? How about the promises of land given to Abraham and reaffirmed to Joshua? Being grafted in like Ruth who was not a Moabite does not change the fact that Israel was indeed a nation defined by lineal bloodline descent from Jacob/Israel and God gave them their own patch of land in which to live. God Himself says he chose the nation of Israel over all the nations on earth. 

Deuteronomy 7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

Next, Tim says the restoration is not racial. Again, what!? Then why go through all the trouble of tracing migration routes into Africa, Kurdistan, and the Philippines? The seeking after the lost tribes, especially as they allegedly pertain to the Philippines, is a major component of Tim's project. Why not acknowledge, as he uncharacteristically does, "Israel was, and remains, a people of covenant...redeemed through Messiah?"

But, make no mistake. Tim does not believe the people of the covenant is the Church. He believes they are those who keep the sabbath.

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. Sorry, we tell the truth here. 

https://youtu.be/qfAybCvlAuM?t=1666

Tim does not actually believe Jesus saves because he says we can lose our salvation. 

59:10  For if God spared not the natural branches, the Israelites, take heed lest he also spare not thee. Wait I thought you couldn't lose your salvation. Hmmm.

Lost Tribes Series: Part 4A: Grafted Into the Kingdom

8:20 There is no such thing as "once saved always saved" because you said a prayer. Forget it, it's not Scripture. Salvation is always in Scripture according to Paul, especially, a lifestyle. Again read Matthew 7, read John 15 the whole chapters and you will find Messiah defines salvation not Paul and Paul agrees with his definition and he has to. Most especially to Paul who just said so in this passage multiple times as he tells us that we should do good works, that we should walk, that we should have relationship. We're talking about action words here, we're talking about us having to do something. He's also saying to keep the law. That's doing something.   

Colossians 2. What Did Paul Say? Not What We Are Told.

It is we who must graft ourselves into Christ, not Christ who grafts us into Himself and sustains us by his life giving power through the Holy Spirit. 

11:39 Abiding is doing something, by the way. It's not sitting back and doing nothing. Abiding is something that you physically have to do in relationship with Him which is never defined in all of scripture as saying a shallow prayer and checking a box on a decision card. 

Lost Tribes Series: Part 4A: Grafted Into the Kingdom

Therefore, according to Tim, the covenant people are not those grafted into Christ by His power and who are kept in Him by faith through grace but rather those who strive to keep the law. Indeed it is the law which ultimately redeems us.

19:30 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

40:11 The law is what redeems us.

The Law of Sin and Death. What is it? NOT The Law of Moses! WHAT DID PAUL SAY?"

Tim's focus is not merely on the purity of blood but also on the purity of works, keeping the Law/Sabbath. The tracing of bloodlines is simply a means to justify who has the right to keep that covenant Law, thus making both the bloodline and the Law equally central to his false gospel.

One last thing to note is Tim believes he is writing prophecy or its equivalent. 

THE PROPHETIC PULSE

Written in a fast, prophetic pulse — every line

intentional, every revelation sharp — this book

dismantles the corrupted empire and awakens the

remnant far the days now unfolding. 

This tone is not aggression - it is urgency.

It confronts systems, not people, and speaks with 

the clarity these times demand.

What is a fast, prophetic pulse? Is that kind of like automatic writing? Tim has said these kinds of things before especially about restoring prophecy.

33:22 But it goes through their filter because it's very dangerous to teach people to keep the Sabbath and to restore His ways dontcha know? That is the ultimate threat to them, oh indeed, as well as restoring the Philippines as Ophir and it's rightful place especially in prophecy. Ooo! Not something ol' Gog the Prince Demon wants to hear because they will condemn him and his ways. 

Well enjoy your reign Google and Youtube because you will not continue to get away with this much longer especially not in the Philippines. In the meantime we are not stopping but forging forward on even more platforms and with more girth than ever. They will all have to face Yahuah in time and their own customers as well who will turn on them because no one wants their brand of censorship. It is not only illegal it is highly unethical and very evil.  

https://youtu.be/DUoXknu9cno?t=1212 

He has also mentioned that his teachings are new revelations from the Spirit. It's in the title of one of his videos where he pretends to reveal that several of the Apostles were actually Levites. 

Were Some Disciples LEVITES? Part 2 This is a Incredible New Revelation!!! WOW!!!

But, there are no new revelations. There are no new truths waiting to be found. All prophecy has been fulfilled in Jesus Christ and all the promises to Israel are promises to the Church which is the Israel of God. 

Galatians 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

Those who are members of the Israel of God are so based not on bloodlines or on law keeping but on the predestination and election of God. Their salvation is sure because Christ, the Shepherd, seeks out and finds his lost sheep and brings them to Himself. Tim rejects that doctrine and by doing so he rejects the Gospel. This new book Hijacked, despite currently being number one in hot new titles about Israel and Palestine, is simply more heretical and ahistorical nonsense from Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God Culture. 

The God Culture: Defacing Luther's Most Famous Hymn

Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God culture as well as Foundations Echo Collective has released official lyric and sheet music for some of the songs on his new album The Awakening. In my initial review I noted that he rewrote Martin Luther's famous hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God with no attribution to Luther. That oversight has not been corrected. 

https://foundationsrising.org/ws/media-library/b3a553b8261d56604fa74a621a7dc61c/a-mighty-fortress-yahuah-reigns.pdf

As can be seen here only Timothy Schwab is given credit on this sheet music. That is pretty dishonest. But perhaps even worse are some of the changes Tim made to the lyrics. Let's examine these changes verse by verse.

􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋A mighty fortress is 􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋our YAH, A bulwark never failing, Our helper he amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe Does seek to work us woe, His craft and power are great And armed with cruel hate. On earth is not his equal. 

Yahuah regins, let’s praise His name. Mighty is He. I will not profane His holy name. Yahuah is mighty.

Now, that's not too bad. He changed God to YAH and added a chorus section between verses but Luther's words and message remain intact in the first verse. The same cannot be said for the second verse. 

Did we in our own strength confide? Our striving would be losing. We're not the right man on our 􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋side, The man of Yah’s own choosing. You ask who that may be, Yahusha’s sure it is He. Lord of Sabbath, His name from age to age the same And He must win the battle. 

These changes are devastating to Luther's message. Here is the original. 

You ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is he; Lord Sabaoth his name,

Tim changes the name of Christ Jesus to Yahusha. In Luther's version the words tell us very plainly that the man of God's own choosing is Christ Jesus. In Tim's new verse that confidence is gone. Yahusha is sure it is he. What if he is wrong? That weakens the message of Luther that Christ Jesus is our savior. 

The second change of Lord Sabaoth to Lord of Sabbath dilutes Luther's message that God is mighty. Lord Sabaoth means Lord of armies, or Lord of Hosts. This title appears hundreds of times in the Bible. Here Luther applies this name and title to Jesus Christ. By declaring that the Old Testament title "Lord of Hosts" belongs to Jesus Christ, Luther affirms the divinity of Christ. This is a core Trinitarian tenet, that Jesus is co-equal and co-eternal with God the Father. In this context, the hymn is a declaration of Christ's supreme power over all spiritual and earthly enemies.

But Tim has eighty-sixed this name and title for Lord of Sabbath because doing no work on Saturday is the most important doctrine for him. According to Tim it's what defines one as being a Christian. 

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. Sorry, we tell the truth here. 

https://youtu.be/qfAybCvlAuM?t=1666

Tim redirects the hymn’s emphasis toward his own doctrinal priorities and in doing so obscures the deity of Christ. This change fundamentally weakens the message of Luther about Christ Jesus winning the battle because He is God.

Tim skips verse 3 entirely, which is itself a theological reduction of Luther’s original argument. Let's see what Tim has omitted. 

And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us, we will not fear, for God has willed his truth to triumph through us. The prince of darkness grim, we tremble not for him; his rage we can endure, for lo! his doom is sure; one little word shall fell him.

Why would Tim excise this crucial verse about God defeating the prince of darkness?

 Instead he goes straight to verse four which also introduces significant changes to Luther's message. 

Heard above all earthly powers, No thanks to them abides. The Spirit and the gifts are ours, Through Him who with the sights Let goods and kindred go, This mortal life also. The body they may kill, Yah's truth abides still, His kingdom is forever. 

Here is the original. 

That Word above all earthly powers no thanks to them abideth; the Spirit and the gifts are ours through him who with us sideth.

Tim's bastardization of Luther now makes zero sense. Luther says The Word abides above all earthly powers. Tim ditches The Word for heard. Who is being heard? No thanks to them abides is now out of place. 

"The Spirit and the gifts are ours, Through Him who with the sights" is ungrammatical nonsense. However all of this is AI generated so that could be an AI error. But then again these are official lyrics and sheet music which Tim has published on his website. Surely he read them first? 

Oddly enough the correct lyrics for verses two and three are written in a word document Tim has linked on his website. 

https://foundationsrising.org/original-praise-songs/

You ask who that may be? Yahusha, it is He;

That Word above all earthly powers No thanks to them abides; 

The Spirit and the gifts are ours Through Him who with us sides.

Why the discrepancy? Because the sheet music and lyrics were generated by Klangio! It's AI slop and full of errors Tim did not correct. And as of this moment they remain the official lyrics to this song. However, listening to the song one can hear that Tim's Word document lyrics are what is being sung. 

These errors might seem small and inconsequential but they are not. Tim has defaced Luther's hymn by inserting sabbath keeping and hiding the fact the God is the Lord of hosts. Its bad enough that he has not given credit to Luther where it's due but frankly Luther would want nothing to do with Timothy Jay Schwab. Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God culture as well as Foundations Rising has released official lyric and sheet music for some of the songs on his new album The Awakening. In my initial review I noted that he rewrote Martin Luther's famous hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God with no attribution to Luther. That oversight has not been corrected. 

https://foundationsrising.org/ws/media-library/b3a553b8261d56604fa74a621a7dc61c/a-mighty-fortress-yahuah-reigns.pdf

As can be seen here only Timothy Schwab is given credit on this sheet music. That is pretty dishonest. But perhaps even worse are some of the changes Tim made to the lyrics. Let's examine these changes verse by verse.

􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋A mighty fortress is 􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋our YAH, A bulwark never failing, Our helper he amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe Does seek to work us woe, His craft and power are great And armed with cruel hate. On earth is not his equal. 

Yahuah regins, let’s praise His name. Mighty is He. I will not profane His holy name. Yahuah is mighty.

Now, that's not too bad. He changed God to YAH and added a chorus section between verses but Luther's words and message remain intact in the first verse. The same cannot be said for the second verse. 

Did we in our own strength confide? Our striving would be losing. We're not the right man on our 􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋side, The man of Yah’s own choosing. You ask who that may be, Yahusha’s sure it is He. Lord of Sabbath, His name from age to age the same And He must win the battle. 

These changes are devastating to Luther's message. Here is the original. 

You ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is he; Lord Sabaoth his name,

Tim changes the name of Christ Jesus to Yahusha. In Luther's version the words tell us very plainly that the man of God's own choosing is Christ Jesus. In Tim's new verse that confidence is gone. Yahusha is sure it is he. What if he is wrong? That weakens the message of Luther that Christ Jesus is our savior. 

The second change of Lord Sabaoth to Lord of Sabbath dilutes Luther's message that God is mighty. Lord Sabaoth means Lord of armies, or Lord of Hosts. This title appears hundreds of times in the Bible. But Tim has eighty-sixed this name and title for Lord of Sabbath because doing no work on Saturday is the most important doctrine for him. According to Tim it's what defines one as being a Christian. 

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. Sorry, we tell the truth here. 

https://youtu.be/qfAybCvlAuM?t=1666

Tim redirects the hymn’s emphasis toward his own doctrinal priorities. This change weakens the message of Luther about Christ Jesus winning the battle.

Tim skips verse 3 entirely, which is itself a theological reduction of Luther’s original argument. Let's see what Tim has omitted. 

And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us, we will not fear, for God has willed his truth to triumph through us. The prince of darkness grim, we tremble not for him; his rage we can endure, for lo! his doom is sure; one little word shall fell him.

Why would Tim excise this crucial verse about God defeating the prince of darkness?

 Instead he goes straight to verse four which also introduces significant changes to Luther's message. 

Heard above all earthly powers, No thanks to them abides. The Spirit and the gifts are ours, Through Him who with the sights Let goods and kindred go, This mortal life also. The body they may kill, Yah's truth abides still, His kingdom is forever. 

Here is the original. 

That Word above all earthly powers no thanks to them abideth; the Spirit and the gifts are ours through him who with us sideth.

Tim's bastardization of Luther now makes zero sense. Luther says The Word abides above all earthly powers. Tim ditches The Word for heard. Who is being heard? No thanks to them abides is now out of place. 

"The Spirit and the gifts are ours, Through Him who with the sights" is ungrammatical nonsense. However all of this is AI generated so that could be an AI error. But then again these are official lyrics and sheet music which Tim has published on his website. Surely he read them first? 

Oddly enough the correct lyrics for verses two and three are written in a word document Tim has linked on his website. 

https://foundationsrising.org/original-praise-songs/

You ask who that may be? Yahusha, it is He;

That Word above all earthly powers No thanks to them abides; 

The Spirit and the gifts are ours Through Him who with us sides.

Why the discrepancy? Because the sheet music and lyrics were generated by Klangio! It's AI slop and full of errors Tim did not correct. And as of this moment they remain the official lyrics to this song. However, listening to the song one can hear that Tim's Word document lyrics are what is being sung. 

These errors might seem small and inconsequential but they are not. Tim has defaced Luther's hymn by inserting sabbath keeping and hiding the fact the God is the Lord of hosts. Its bad enough that he has not given credit to Luther where it's due but frankly Luther would want nothing to do with Timothy Jay Schwab. Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God culture as well as Foundations Rising has released official lyric and sheet music for some of the songs on his new album The Awakening. In my initial review I noted that he rewrote Martin Luther's famous hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God with no attribution to Luther. That oversight has not been corrected. 

https://foundationsrising.org/ws/media-library/b3a553b8261d56604fa74a621a7dc61c/a-mighty-fortress-yahuah-reigns.pdf

As can be seen here only Timothy Schwab is given credit on this sheet music. That is pretty dishonest. But perhaps even worse are some of the changes Tim made to the lyrics. Let's examine these changes verse by verse.

􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋A mighty fortress is 􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋our YAH, A bulwark never failing, Our helper he amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe Does seek to work us woe, His craft and power are great And armed with cruel hate. On earth is not his equal. 

Yahuah regins, let’s praise His name. Mighty is He. I will not profane His holy name. Yahuah is mighty.

Now, that's not too bad. He changed God to YAH and added a chorus section between verses but Luther's words and message remain intact in the first verse. The same cannot be said for the second verse. 

Did we in our own strength confide? Our striving would be losing. We're not the right man on our 􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋􏰋side, The man of Yah’s own choosing. You ask who that may be, Yahusha’s sure it is He. Lord of Sabbath, His name from age to age the same And He must win the battle. 

These changes are devastating to Luther's message. Here is the original. 

You ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is he; Lord Sabaoth his name,

Tim changes the name of Christ Jesus to Yahusha. In Luther's version the words tell us very plainly that the man of God's own choosing is Christ Jesus. In Tim's new verse that confidence is gone. Yahusha is sure it is he. What if he is wrong? That weakens the message of Luther that Christ Jesus is our savior. 

The second change of Lord Sabaoth to Lord of Sabbath dilutes Luther's message that God is mighty. Lord Sabaoth means Lord of armies, or Lord of Hosts. This title appears hundreds of times in the Bible. But Tim has eighty-sixed this name and title for Lord of Sabbath because doing no work on Saturday is the most important doctrine for him. According to Tim it's what defines one as being a Christian. 

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. Sorry, we tell the truth here. 

https://youtu.be/qfAybCvlAuM?t=1666

Tim redirects the hymn’s emphasis toward his own doctrinal priorities. This change weakens the message of Luther about Christ Jesus winning the battle.

Tim skips verse 3 entirely, which is itself a theological reduction of Luther’s original argument. Let's see what Tim has omitted. 

And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us, we will not fear, for God has willed his truth to triumph through us. The prince of darkness grim, we tremble not for him; his rage we can endure, for lo! his doom is sure; one little word shall fell him.

Why would Tim excise this crucial verse about God defeating the prince of darkness?

 Instead he goes straight to verse four which also introduces significant changes to Luther's message. 

Heard above all earthly powers, No thanks to them abides. The Spirit and the gifts are ours, Through Him who with the sights Let goods and kindred go, This mortal life also. The body they may kill, Yah's truth abides still, His kingdom is forever. 

Here is the original. 

That Word above all earthly powers no thanks to them abideth; the Spirit and the gifts are ours through him who with us sideth.

Tim's bastardization of Luther now makes zero sense. Luther says The Word abides above all earthly powers. Tim ditches The Word for heard. Who is being heard? No thanks to them abides is now out of place. 

"The Spirit and the gifts are ours, Through Him who with the sights" is ungrammatical nonsense. However all of this is AI generated so that could be an AI error. But then again these are official lyrics and sheet music which Tim has published on his website. Surely he read them first? 

Oddly enough the correct lyrics for verses two and three are written in a word document Tim has linked on his website. 

https://foundationsrising.org/original-praise-songs/

You ask who that may be? Yahusha, it is He;

That Word above all earthly powers No thanks to them abides; 

The Spirit and the gifts are ours Through Him who with us sides.

Why the discrepancy? Because the sheet music and lyrics were generated by Klangio! It's AI slop and full of errors Tim did not correct. And as of this moment they remain the official lyrics to this song. However, listening to the song one can hear that Tim's Word document lyrics are what is being sung. 

These errors might seem small and inconsequential but they are not. Tim has defaced Luther's hymn by inserting sabbath keeping and hiding the fact the God is the Lord of hosts. Its bad enough that he has not given credit to Luther where it's due but frankly Luther would want nothing to do with Timothy Jay Schwab. 

The God Culture: The Ginés De Mafra Deception Proves The Poor Research Skills of "The God Culture Research Team"

For a number of years I have voiced my doubts about the existence of "The God Culture Research Team." From all appearances it is only Timothy Jay Schwab who is "The God Culture Research Team." The research Tim presents to the public is so poor that it's implausible it could be the work of an expert team of researchers. However, if there is a team they are extremely incompetent. 

Case in point, the testimony of Ginés De Mafra. Tim said this document was only two pages long while in reality it's 29 pages long. I wrote a whole article about it linking to the source and calling out Tim for discussing a primary source while knowing nothing about it. Here is his response. 

When we first released our Smoking Quill article highlighting Spanish Document #98, we made the bold claim that the Lequios Isles—the true destination of Magellan's voyage—were not the Ryukyus, but the Philippines. At the time, the Ginés de Mafra testimony was unavailable in full, that our researchers had found. We only had partial access and honest summaries.  

Ironically, a critic attempting to discredit our incomplete access ended up sharing the full document—one that confirms our case more clearly than ever before.

And so, we thank him.

https://thegodculturephilippines.com/spanish-government-document-98-confirmed-lequios-is-the-philippines/

Tim says when he wrote his original article Mafra's testimony was "unavailable in full" to "The God Culture Research Team." The truth is the book containing Mafra's testimony has been on the Internet Archive since 2018!

https://archive.org/details/AX072/page/n5/mode/2up

After reading Tim's original article it took me maybe five minutes to find this book. There is absolutely no excuse for Tim not to have found it as well. The fact that he proceeded to discuss a book to which he admitted he did not have access only worsens the situation. 

Rather than delete his wholly erroneous original article Tim has left an update.

📝 Update Added May 2, 2025:
After this blog was published, the full Ginés de Mafra manuscript resurfaced. We have now reviewed it thoroughly and found that it not only supports our position—it explicitly confirms Leyquios as the endpoint of the voyage. We have published an updated analysis here: [LINK to new blog]. We leave this original post up as part of the transparent research journey. Mafra was not silent after all, and now we know he supports our position, not the blogger's.

https://thegodculturephilippines.com/the-silence-of-mafra--magellan-s-inner-circle-and-the-missing-lequios/

Unbelievable! The manuscript didn’t RESURFACE. It's not an obscure missing relic of the past. It’s been publicly available for seven years. Tim and his so-called research team were simply too incompetent to find it. Rather than admit to making the embarrassing mistake of discussing a primary source he hadn’t actually read and then apologising, Tim spins the correction as some kind of vindication. It’s as if I handed him the rope, and he thinks he’s the executioner, not the condemned. Tim's ability to twist his most glaring errors into imagined triumphs is astounding. This is not the behavior of an honest researcher. It’s the reflex of someone with no shame, no humility, and no capacity to admit when he’s wrong. This is pathological behavior. 

Timothy Jay Schwab’s handling of the Ginés de Mafra testimony is not an isolated error, it is a case study in his method: make grand claims based on partial evidence, ignore what contradicts him, then twist corrections into triumphs. Whether the so-called "God Culture Research Team" is real or not, the incompetence is real and the public should be aware that what they’re being sold as “research” is often little more than bluster propped up by Google-proof arrogance.

Let's have ChatGPT elaborate.

they say " At the time, the Ginés de Mafra testimony was unavailable in full, that our researchers had found." yet it has been on the internet archive since 2018 https://archive.org/details/AX072/page/n5/mode/2up

ChatGPT said:

That's a key contradiction—and it speaks directly to the reliability and diligence of The Smoking Quill's research process.

They write:

“At the time, the Ginés de Mafra testimony was unavailable in full, that our researchers had found.”

But the full Mafra testimony has been available on the Internet Archive since 2018—in the Colección de documentos inéditos relativos al descubrimiento, conquista y organización de las antiguas posesiones españolas de ultramar, Volume 5 (specifically starting on page 5). It's a well-known, public-domain, digitized Spanish colonial source frequently cited in academic and historical research.

This raises several issues:

1. Failure of Basic Source Discovery

If their "researchers" failed to locate a digitized, indexed, and widely accessible primary source that's been online for at least seven years, it calls their research competency into question. Even a basic keyword search of "Ginés de Mafra" on Internet Archive or Google brings up this document.

2. Undermines Their Narrative

The entire "ironic twist" they construct—that a critic handed them something they couldn’t find—crumbles. What actually happened is that their team either didn't look carefully, didn’t know where to look, or ignored the full source in favor of summaries that fit their theory. When a critic (you) supplied the actual source for proper context, they spun this correction as an accidental confirmation of their view.

3. Lack of Transparency

They don’t tell readers where the full Mafra testimony came from, nor do they link to the Internet Archive version—something any responsible researcher would do when citing a primary document. Why? Likely because doing so would reveal that it’s been publicly accessible all along, contradicting their claim of past unavailability.

4. Post Hoc Rationalization

Instead of admitting that they built their earlier claims on incomplete evidence, they now pretend that the discovery of the full text somehow retroactively justifies their earlier conclusions. That’s not how historical methodology works. Responsible scholars revise or withdraw premature conclusions when confronted with fuller data—not claim vindication through narrative sleight-of-hand.

This detail is not minor—it’s central. It exposes a pattern: they assert bold claims on shaky research, and when challenged with evidence, they reframe the correction as vindication while hiding the weakness of their original method.

The God Culture: 100 Lies About the Philippines: Lie#44: An Augustinian Friar Called Filipinos Savages

Welcome back to 100 lies The God Culture teaches about the Philippines. Today's lie concerns Timothy Jay Schwab's claim that an Augustinian friar wrote a letter wherein he called Filipinos savages and barbarians. As we shall see that claim is not true in the slightest. 

Tim makes this claim in part 10 of his Lost Isles of Gold LIVE Series. 

 

Lost Isles of Gold LIVE Series - Part 10: History & Archaeology. We Three Kings of the Philippines?

14:43 This is a letter first from, uh, Fray Rada. And Fray Rada had, uh, attacked Filipinos. He said they were savages, they were barbarians, they didn't have manners. Right. Have you met a Filipino? That we already know is a lie, uh, cuz, because Filipinos have the most manners of probably any culture on Earth. So, the guy was a liar and he was called out by the captain generals of Spain who were in the Philippines like Guido de Lavezaris who led them. And in 1574 he wrote a letter from him and all the captain generals together responding to this Fray Rada and here's what he said. "There are some Chiefs in this island who have on their persons 10 or 12,000 ducats worth of gold in jewels." 

This claim also shows up in his book The Search for King Solomon's Treasure. 

The Search For King Solomon's Treasure, pg. 145

In 1574, Guido de Lavezaris, second Spanish Governor General of the Philippines, responds to a Jesuit-style attempt to marginalize the Philippines as you will find becomes the narrative a hundred years later unfortunately. That is what we are taught today and it is erroneous. Fray Martin de Rada of the order of St. Augustine attempts to mischaracterize Filipinos so blatantly and drastically, it yielded a strong response from Lavezaris and others when they consider his writings “harsh, harmful to this whole community, and very prejudicial” as Rada is “misled,” “ill informed” and “erroneous” in their words. 

Finally it is also forms part of the teaching in his Small Group Study Guide which is based upon his Lost Isles of Gold LIVE Series. 

Lost Isles of Gold Small Group Study Guide, pg. 23

3. When answering Fray Rada's "ill-informed" characterization of Filipinos as barbarians, how much godl did the average person in the upper-class wear on their persons in public?

This lie simply compounds itself from book to video to study guide. The fact is Fray Martin Rada did not write a letter disparaging the character of Filipinos. The subject of his letter was the unjust taxation of the natives by the Spaniards. Here is his letter in full.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, vol. 3, pgs. 253-259

Most Illustrious Lord:

Your Lordship asks me to give, in writing, my opinion of affairs in this land; and to invent a remedy which shall result more to the service of God, our Lord, and of his Majesty, and to the security of the consciences of those who live in this land. I say the same that I said lately in conversation with your Lordship, when your Lordship asked me in the autumn whether it would be right that the Indians should give tribute. I told your Lordship that I had determined to call an assembly of all the religious that were in this land, so that all of us in common could discuss the affairs of the country. Until then, it did not seem to me that any change should be made, except that the Spaniards should raise tribute by similar methods to those employed farther down on the coast—namely, a small amount of rice, equivalent to seventy gantas, and a piece of cloth, for each Indian giving tribute. Having assented to this—although some religious, and that rightly, have found fault with the tribute, both in the pulpit and in the confessional, and in other and private discussions—I waited until all should come here, and the conference should be called as I desired, in order that everything might be better reasoned out. Seeing now the great delay of some, and that we would have to leave this town—some alone, and others in company—have taken the opinion of all the fathers who were to be found here. They unanimously affirm that none among all these islands have come into the power of the Spaniards with just title. For, although there are many and just causes for making war on some nations or towns, no governor or captain can do so without an express mandate for it from his Majesty, excepting only that war which is waged in defense of their persons and property, others being unjustly undertaken; since neither in the first instructions that we received, nor in later ones, has his Majesty ordered us to make war on the natives of these islands. Rather did he order the contrary, in a letter that Juan de la Isla brought from his Majesty, written from the Escorial to the governor (who is now in glory), and which I saw. That letter declared that any conquest made in these islands by force of arms, would be unjust, even if there were cause for doing so. All the more unjust are these conquests that in none, or almost none, of them has there been any cause. For as your Lordship knows, we have gone everywhere with the mailed hand; and we have required the people to be friends, and then to give us tribute. At times war has been declared against them, because they did not give as much as was demanded. And if they would not give tribute, but defended themselves, then they have been attacked, and war has been carried on with fire and sword; and even on some occasions, after the people have been killed and destroyed, and their village taken, the Spaniards have sent men to summon them to make peace. And when the Indians, in order not to be destroyed, came to say that they would like to be friends, the Spaniards have immediately asked them for tribute, as they have done but recently in all the villages of Los Camarines. And wherever the Indians, through fear of the Spaniards, have left their houses and fled to the mountains, our people have burned the houses or inflicted other great injuries. I omit mention of the villages that are robbed without awaiting peace, or those assaulted in the night-time. Pretexts have been seized to subjugate all these villages, and levy tribute on them, to such amount as can be secured. With what conscience has a future tribute been asked from them, before they knew us, or before they have received any benefit from us? With what right have three extortions, of large amounts of gold, been made on the Ylocos, without holding any other communication or intercourse with them, beyond going there, and demanding gold of them, and then returning? And I say the same of Los Camarines and of Acuyo, and the other villages that are somewhat separated from the Spanish settlements. In all this is it not clear that tribute is unjustly raised? Likewise he who sends them for it or orders it, as also the captain in the first place, next the soldiers and those taking part in it, and those who advise it; and those who, being able to, do not prevent it; and those who, being able to make restitution, do not do so—all these together, and each person individually, are entirely responsible for all injury. And it is the same in the villages in the neighborhood of the Spanish settlements; because, although they may have some religious instruction, and under the shelter of the Spanish are safe from their enemies, and some injuries which have been done them have been redressed, they do not fail to receive great molestation and injury through the continual presence of the Spaniards, and never-ending embarcations. Finally, they were free, and, to speak openly, not reduced to vassalage. And when base and foundation fail, all that is built thereon is defective—all the more as the Indians are not protected from their enemies, nor maintained in justice, as they should be. Many piracies go on as before, and those most thoroughly subdued suffer the worst, because, being robbed by others who are not so subject, they are given neither any satisfaction nor allowed to secure it for themselves. And there is not sufficient reason for his Majesty to have ordered that the land shall be allotted and divided into encomiendas; because his Majesty was ill informed, as appears by his own letter, since he had been assured that, without any war, they had of their own accord become his Majesty's vassals. Therefore it seems to have been entirely against his Majesty's will. If at any time we have been of opinion that the land should be allotted, as indeed it now seems to us, or likewise if the land is to be maintained, it was and is to avoid greater injury and robberies, which are committed without any remedy, when there are no repartimientos. Therefore, only one thing now works injury. We are trying to render the land orderly, and not turbulent as it was before, when no one knew anything about it. Even now some of the Spaniards treat the natives very ill. More than all, the tribute which is now raised (three maez [mace] for each Indian) is excessive, in our opinion, considering what we saw from the beginning among them and our intercourse with them, and our knowledge of their labors, and of the tools with which they cultivate the ground, and their great difficulty in supporting themselves—for they even live a part of the year on roots; and the common people can scarcely obtain a robe with which to clothe themselves. Whence it happens that, at the time of collecting the tribute, some of them demolish their houses—which at the least would be worth as much as the tribute itself, if they should be sold—and go into hiding, in order not to pay the tribute. They say that afterward they will return to build, with the labor of a month or two, another house. From others it is necessary to demand the tribute with arquebuses and other weapons, and men, in order to make them give it; and most of them it is necessary to imprison to make them provide the tribute. Therefore most of the owners of encomiendas maintain stocks, in which they keep as prisoners the chiefs or timaguas [freemen] who do not supply the amount of the tribute from their slaves when they themselves cannot obtain it from the latter. Thus, considering all this and other inconveniences, that, in order not to go into greater details, I do not set down, it was the opinion of the majority of the fathers, that—even if the whole affair were justified, and the Indians maintained in peace, justice, and religious instruction—for the present, and until the Indians have other opportunities, and other and better tools to cultivate the land, and until the land is more fertile, all that is taken from each Indian, in general, above the value of one maez, in food and raiment, is cruelty, and oppresses them too heavily.

Your Lordship should consider that in Nueva España, the Indians at first gave nothing but food (then worth a great deal) and service. And all times are not alike, for now they can give little, but in course of time, the earth growing more fertile, they can give more; so that what is collected of all this that the Indians now, in strict justice, do not owe, and that which until now has been raised, has been unjustly raised, on account of the evil way in which these Indians have been conquered, and because his Majesty's orders regarding them have not been obeyed.

And because your Lordship asks my opinion as to what ought to be done, I say that, considering that the land is already subjugated and divided into repartimientos—and for many reasons which, in order not to be prolix, I omit—there is no reason to abandon it, since it is very necessary that those who reside here should be supported. Your Lordship ought, in the opinion of the majority of the captains, to send his Majesty a true, simple, and clear report, without dissimulations, of the methods that have been adopted in all this conquest; and of its present condition, and the methods adopted in collecting the tributes, so that his Majesty, as a thorough Christian, may decree what is to be done in the matter. In the meanwhile, the least amount of tribute possible should be taken for the support of all, considering that it is not owed; and those who have repartimientos should support those who have not. It seems to me that if the tributes should be regulated to the one maez of food and raiment for each Indian, which I spoke of above, there will be sufficient for both classes if our people aid themselves with other profits that may be obtained. In order that this may be collected with some tribute, your Lordship should in every way try to protect these natives, and to do them justice; and to abolish abuses and punish pirates, etc. We on our part, shall do what we can to aid them, instructing them in our holy faith. Since this is my opinion I sign it with my name. Done at San Pablo of Manila, on the twenty-first of June, one thousand five hundred and seventy-four.

Fray Martin de Rada

As can be seen Fray Rada never calls the natives barbarians or savages and he never says they are ill-mannered. That claim is a fiction born from Timothy Jay Schwab's brain. Likewise Tim misrepresents the response to Rada's letter by writing, "it yielded a strong response from Lavezaris and others when they consider his writings 'harsh, harmful to this whole community, and very prejudicial.'" That is a half quote meant to make it appear Rada was negatively affecting the Filipino community by writing nasty things. 

What Lavezaris actually wrote was, "we shall not fail to point out in the “Opinion,” certain things which we consider harsh, harmful to this whole community, and very prejudicial to the development of this land." 

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, vol. 3, pgs. 260

Replying to the opinion that was given by the father provincial, Fray Martin de Rada, of the order of St. Augustine, on affairs in this land, and on the raising of tribute from its natives, we confess that it was zealously done, in the service of God, our Lord, and for the security of our consciences. In this estimation we hold and repute him. But, as sometimes the very wise are misled—now through too great zeal, and again by their ignorance of some things, which if they had understood fully, they would not have been misled—we shall not fail to point out in the “Opinion,” certain things which we consider harsh, harmful to this whole community, and very prejudicial to the development of this land. 

The issue is NOT the Filipino natives but the taxation of the natives. Speaking against this taxation is what is "harsh, harmful to this whole community, and very prejudicial." And it so "to the development of this land," not the Filipino people. It is taxes which develop the land. 

Ironically enough in the comments of his video someone says they did research that finds Rada was actually an advocate for Filipinos. Tim scoffs at the notion, calling it propaganda. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x7ZhjPS6D4&lc=UgwbI4vlK6Up6k_c-CF4AaABAg

@BrideOfYahusha I did my research and it says that father Rada is actually an advocate for Filipinos.

@TheGodCulture Yet he wrote they were savages and was directly corrected and rebuked by Captain General Levaazaris also signed by ALL the other Captains. In other words, you did not research but found a piece of propaganda and then, repeated it. We cover this in our book. Don't fall for propaganda when you do not have to. Yah Bless.

What gall for Tim to accuse someone of doing no research. It is Tim who has done no research. If he had actually read Rada's letter he would know that he did not speak ill of Filipinos but of the Spanish. As it is the claim that Fray Rada wrote disparagingly of Filipinos is simply one more lie being taught about the Philippines by Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God Culture.