Insurgency: Remnants Arrested

There is a new chief of the Visayas Command. At his installation ceremony he vowed the old promise to crush the NPA. 

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1223368

The new chief of the Visayas Command (Viscom) assured his commitment to continually address insurgency as they prepare for a bigger task in supporting the campaigns in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

Lt. Gen. Fernando Reyeg, who was installed to lead the Armed Forces of the Philippines in three central Philippine regions on Wednesday, said the priority of his administration is to ensure stability and security by addressing internal threats.

"We are currently dealing with the fourth communist terrorist group's guerilla fronts, six horizontal platoons, and 10 regional and sub-regional party units," Reyeg said in his speech during the change of command ceremony.

AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner presided over the ceremony at the Viscom headquarters in Camp Lapulapu here.

Reyeg said the military in the Visayas is also committed to managing humanitarian and disaster relief assistance.

He pledged the Army’s continued support for law enforcement agencies.

Reyeg cited the urgency in defeating rebels so that the military could make a gradual shift in meeting external threats and assist the AFP in its thrust in the West Philippine Sea.

"We will secure the region but we will also continue to assist in the national territorial defense," he added.

Can't the AFP both defeat the NPA and defend the West Philippine Sea at the same time? Viscom is actually in the middle of the archipelago so it's not like they can do anything to defend the WPS. As for defeating the NPA in the Visayas, the Northern Negros Front was said to be dismantled but two remnants of the NNF have recently been arrested.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1223465

A joint military and police team arrested two suspected remnants of the dismantled Northern Negros Front (NFF) of the New People's Army (NPA) in a remote area of Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Thursday morning.

They were found illegally possessing several firearms, according to a report of the Philippine Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion (IB), whose troops were joined by personnel of the 1st Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force Company during the operation.

In an interview, 2nd Lt. Dan Carlo Samoza, civil-military operations officer of 79IB, said the government forces received information on the presence of armed men in Barangay Pinoyawan while conducting joint law enforcement operation in the area.

The two arrested NPA remnants, whose identities were withheld by the authorities for now, are already in the custody of Don Salvador Benedicto Municipal Police Station, he said.

Samoza said the troops recovered from their possession a KG-9 semiautomatic pistol, a caliber .45 pistol, and three 12-gauge shotguns.

Two minors were also found in their company, he said.

“This is still under investigation. We are validating other details with our counterparts,” he added.

Although the Philippine Army has declared the NNF as dismantled, its remnants are still operating in some areas in the northern part of the province.

If the NNF has remnants still operating how can it possibly said to be dismantled? Is it just a propaganda move, a psychological operation against the NPA to prematurely declare they have been defeated? 

The NTF-ELCAC claims the National Democratic Front (NDF) is the top terrorist groomer in the Philippines. 

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1223292

The National Democratic Front (NDF) remains the "foremost terror-groomer" among the various terrorist groups still operating in the country, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has said.

"Even in the CPP’s (Communist Party of the Philippines) 2016 Constitution, under Article 10, it shows that the NDFP (National Democratic Front of the Philippines) is an integral and inseparable part of the CPP-NPA (New People's Army). It is the core and most consolidated group that provides support to the armed and organizational expansion of the CPP," NTF-ELCAC executive director Undersecretary Ernesto Torres Jr. said in a statement Tuesday night.

Torres said the pervasive threat posed by the NDF, established 51 years ago on April 24, 1973, undermines the very fabric of Filipino society.

The NDF's orchestration of worker strikes, student boycotts, and protests aimed at destabilizing the government underscores the imperative to confront their malevolent agenda, he added.

"These duplicitous organizations thrive on the suffering of the Filipino people, deceiving innocent individuals to join their corrupted cause and needlessly perish for it," Torres said.

He added that the CPP-NPA-NDF has methodically recruited innocent Filipinos into their armed components, perpetrating terrorist activities nationwide through its deceptive facade of front organizations.

Torres also said the insurgents' exploitation of vulnerable sectors and their manipulation of social issues have sown seeds of violence and anarchy in marginalized communities.

He noted that the targeted recruitment of vulnerable sectors, such as students and youth for terrorist grooming, is part of the "intricate dynamics" of the Underground Mass Organizations (UGMOs) of the CPP-NPA-NDF and their front organizations.

He emphasized the overarching authority of the NDF across diverse sectors within the CPP-NPA-NDF network nationwide.

Torres said “terrorist-grooming activities” are deliberately carried out by UGMOs through front organizations, such as the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) with the Revolutionary Congress of Trade Union as its underground mass organization; Gabriela/ MAKIBAKA (Makabayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan); ACT/KAGUMA (Katipunan ng mga Gurong Makabayan); and Alliance of Health Workers and HEAD/MASAPA (Makabayang Samahang Pangkalusugan), alongside legal and paralegal organizations.

This is not the first time this claim has been made. But what is the mechanism the leads from student boycotts and worker strikes to picking up a gun and joining the NPA? Moreover how does the NDF being a top terrorist groomer align with the claims that the NPA is dying and almost defeated? 

The BIFF is also on the way to being defeated though they remain dangerous. Recently a clash with the ISIS linked group resulted in the death of two top leaders and 10 followers. 

https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/23/2-top-biff-karialan-faction-leaders-slain-in-maguindanao-clash

Two top leaders of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters-Karialan faction and 10 others were killed in a clash with government forces in Barangay Kitango in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on April 22, the Philippine Army 6th Infantry Division reported.

Seven government soldiers were reported wounded in the firefight.

In a press statement relased by the 6th Infantry Division, Brig. Gen. Jose Vladimir Cagara, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, identified the slain BIFF leaders as Mohiden Animbang, popularly known as Kagui Karialan, the group’s leader, and his brother Saga, the rebel group's operations chief.

Cagara added that 10 of their followers were also killed in the intensified military operations that involved troops from the First Scout Ranger Battalion.  

Government troops recovered 12 high-powered firearms.

In a news report over Cotabato City-based dxMS Radyo Bida, BIFF spokesperson Abu Supyan confirmed the death of their two leaders.

Supyan added that the firefight started around 6 a.m. and lasted until 3 p.m.  

He admitted that they were cornered by government troops and pounded by airstrikes.

Even though the BIFF is dwindling the AFP says they expect retaliatory attacks in the wake of the death of their top leader. 

https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/24/soldiers-brace-for-biff-retaliatory-attacks-after-death-of-top-leader

Military forces in Maguindanao and nearby areas have initiated security measures in anticipation of retaliatory attacks from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) following the death of its top leader and 11 other fighters in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town on Monday, April 22.

Lt. Col. Dennis Almorato, spokesperson of the 6th Infantry Division, said a state of high alert has been implemented after the death of BIFF-Karialan Faction chairman Mohiden Animbang.

“We are expecting that they would retaliate but we are very much ready,” said Almorato.

In fact, Almorato said a small group of armed men harassed a military detachment in Datu Hoffer town several hours after the death of Animbang and 11 of his men on April 24. 

The military detachment attacked was some 20 kilometers away from the encounter site where Animbang was killed.

Almorato said no soldier was hurt during the attack during the 30-second strafing.

If they do retaliate the AFP should have no problem handling them.

Hi, My Name is...47

It's not easy being a student. The stress of having to pass classes in order to secure a future can be a strain on anyone. And if that's not enough it seems certain elements of society are doing all they can to make sure you don't survive to graduate. 

Hi, my name is being withheld because I am a minor. I was in my room working on my Learning Modules. All of a sudden someone walked inside my house, walked into my room, and shot me dead.  

That was the story my dad gave the police but the real story is my drug involved brother accidentally dropped his gun and it went off killing me. Now my father and aunt and brother will be facing charges. 

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/570191/14-year-old-girl-shot-dead-while-answering-school-module-in-talisay-cebu

A 14-year-old girl who was said to be answering her learning modules was shot dead by a still unidentified assailant in Talisay City, Cebu early Friday morning, April 26, 2024.

The shooting took place inside the victim’s house in Sitio Riverside 1, Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City, Cebu.

The victim, whose identity is being withheld since she is a minor, was reportedly answering her modules inside her room before she was killed.

Learning Modules are part of alternative learning modes given to learners across the country to ensure that all learners have access to quality basic education when face-to-face classes are suspended for different reasons like public health issues.

An unidentified assailant, who was able to enter the residence, allegedly shot the unsuspecting minor which resulted in her untimely demise.

Hi, my name is Jenny. I was an eighth grade student walking to class. Suddenly a guy on a motorcycle pulled up beside me and fired one shot to my head killing me instantly. No reason. He just did it. And now I am dead. 

https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/19/grade-8-student-shot-dead-in-batangas

A 13-year-old Grade 8 student was shot dead in Barangay Banyaga here on Wednesday morning, April 17.

Police identified the victim as Jenny.

Investigation said the victim was on her way to the Banyaga National High School alone at around 6 a.m. when a lone gunman appeared and shot her with a 9mm pistol.

She died on the spot from a bullet wound to the head.

The suspect fled on a motorcycle.

Police are conducting follow-up investigation.

Hi, my name is Michael Jan Mangulamas. I was walking along the street when I was shot seven times. I was a hard working student who even sold food to earn money. But now I am dead by an unknown assailant. 

https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/03/11/2339756/college-student-murdered-cotabato-city

A working student was shot dead by a lone gunman while on his way home from the Iglesia Ni Cristo church in Cotabato City on Sunday morning.

Col. Querubin Manalang Jr., Cotabato City police director, told reporters on Monday morning that the 21-year-old Michael Jan Mangulamas, a student of Notre Dame University, was walking along the De Mazenod Avenue at Barangay Rosary Heights 5, Cotabato City from the worship site when he was attacked by a still unidentified man armed with a .45 caliber pistol.

Mangulamas was a working student at the Catholic university, which is near the spot where he was killed.  The victim was shot seven times. 

"Our investigators have collected copies of security camera recordings from establishments around the crime scene showing the image of the culprit," Manalang said.

Relatives and classmates of Mangulamas had told reporters that he was a hard working college scholar and even sold food occasionally to friends to earn extra money that he needed for his schooling and other daily expenditures. 

The pistol-wielding man who killed him managed to escape immediately using a getaway motorcycle.

Hi, I am an unnamed 20-year old student. A drunk watchman followed me into a bathroom and shot me dead because he thought I was being too noisy. 

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/900092/student-in-masbate-shot-dead-allegedly-for-being-noisy/story/

A 20-year-old student in Masbate City died from several gunshot wounds after he was shot by a 27-year-old barangay watchman allegedly for being noisy. 

Investigation revealed that the student was at his classmate's boarding house in Barangay Espinosa when the watchman passed by. 

Because he was loud, the student reportedly caught the attention of the watchman who was allegedly drunk at that time.  

The watchman allegedly got upset and stayed close to the boarding house, watching the movements inside. When he reportedly saw the student go down to the ground floor, he went inside the boarding house and followed him to the restroom. There, he shot the student several times.

"By chance, Sir, when they were inside [the boarding house], this victim went down to do CR or there in the comfort room, just so the suspect was there and he was waiting for him so he followed him there in the comfort room and that's when he was shot," Police Lt. Col. Ariel Neri, the chief of police in Masbate City, said.

The student sustained gunshot wounds in different parts of his body.

The watchman was arrested and authorities recovered the firearm believed to be used in the crime.

The suspect is facing a murder charge.

Hi, my name is Alyssa Manzano Bolasoc. I was a a third-year Pangasinan State University. While walking home one night I was raped and murdered by a solar panel installer. They found my body in a river. 

https://mb.com.ph/2024/3/11/college-student-raped-killed-in-pangasinan

The body of suspected rape victim was found floating on a river in Sitio San Gabriel, Barangay Balangobong, this capital town, on Sunday night, March 10.

Police Col. Jeff Fanged, Pangasinan police chief, identified the victim as Alyssa Manzano Bolasoc, 21, a third-year Pangasinan State University (PSU) student and resident of Barangay Balangobong.

A fisherman, Rowel Suicon Rabino, 27, discovered the victim’s body at around 8 p.m. while checking his fish net.

Sabino informed the police who conducted a follow-up investigation and arrested a suspect, Jessie Aquino Soriano, 32, a solar panel installer. 

Soriano is under the custody of the police and faces appropriate case, said officers-on-case Police Corporals Eric Quimson and Christopher Rey E. Mariano. 

Hi, my name is being withheld because I am a minor. My 19-year old boyfriend becomes jealous of me and pushed me into a blackboard. After he did that another student punched him and they got into a fight. I have been able to return to class and even though my father wanted to initially settle he still wants to press charges.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/539087/jealous-ex-boyfriend-19-pushes-girl-into-blackboard-parents-to-file-charges

A fistfight broke out inside a high school in Mandaue City after a Grade 11 student allegedly pushed his minor ex-girlfriend into a blackboard on Monday, November 6, 2023.

In an interview with local radio station dyHP, the school principal said that the incident took place at around 7:30 a.m. on Monday after the flag ceremony.

The principal, Rene Petancio, said that the fight broke out shortly after the students entered their classroom while the teacher was not in the room yet.

He said that a 19-year-old boy suddenly grabbed his ex-girlfriend, who is 17-years-old, and pushed her head into a blackboard in front of their other classmates.

After this, another male, classmate who was watching by the side, punched the assailant to get back at what he did to the girl. The two students then engaged in a fistfight.

The incident was captured in a video that was posted online.

Petancio said that after they learned of the incident, the students were called into the Senior High Coordinator’s Office where they were interviewed individually. He added that the parents were also called.

According to Petancio, they found out that the cause of the fight was jealousy of the girl’s ex-boyfriend. The other involved student, he clarified, was not aware of the two’s relationship and only wanted to get revenge for his classmate.

Petancio said that as part of their disciplinary action as punishment for the violence committed, they would be scheduling another meeting with the 19-year-old student to talk about his suspension.

He said that the student had not gone back to school since the incident while the female victim continued to attend her classes.

In a seperate interview with the victim’s father, he said that even after he agreed to settle, he still planned to file a police complaint against the male student for what he did to his daughter.

He said that they would be sending the minor for a medical examination to make sure that she did not suffer major internal injuries.

The father also said that his daughter told him that the ex-boyfriend allegedly got jealous after she posted a picture with a boy on the background on her social media.

Hi, my name is being withheld as is the name of my killer. But he is a Nigerian studying here in the Philippines. We were having a drinking session. Suddenly an argument broke out and he stabbed me with an 11-inch kitchen knife. Then he set my bed on fire. 

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/536627/nigerian-student-nabbed-for-allegedly-killing-drinking-buddy-in-cebu-city

A 21-year-old Nigerian student was arrested after he allegedly caused a fire and killed his drinking buddy in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City on Saturday evening, October 28, 2023.

The incident reportedly transpired at around 9:00 p.m. inside a rented room in Sitio Cadahuan in Talamban.

The police report revealed that the suspect was having a drinking session with the victim, a 26-year-old man, inside the latter’s rented room when the incident happened.

The victim reportedly works as a call center agent and is a native of Misamis Occidental.

According to the report, a witness who is also the caretaker, heard a man’s voice asking for help at around 12:30 a.m. 

Because of this, he went out to search where the voice is coming from, which resulted to him noticing the victim’s room on fire. 

The caretaker then began asking for help from other neighbors and allegedly saw the suspect running away from the area.

The caretaker, Ronie Villa, told CDN Digital in an interview that he heard someone saying “Tabang [ku]ya” in the middle of the night.

He said that he waited for someone to come out of the room and saw the student frantically running away.

Villa added that they panicked after seeing the smoke coming out of the room.

Personnel from the Talamban Police Station,  Bureau of Fire Protection, and Barangay Talamban’s Barangay Public Safety Officers (BPSO) responded to the scene, stated the report. 

It also said that responding officers saw the lifeless victim inside the room while the bed was partially burned. 

Police then arrested the suspect and recovered from his possession an 11-inch long kitchen knife and the handle that was believed to have been used in the murder.

Scene of the crime operatives also arrived to assess the crime scene, according to the report. 

The victim was declared dead on the spot by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after assessing that he had no pulse and was not breathing. 

The victim’s cadaver was brought to the Cebu Rolling Hills Funeral Homes to be subjected to post-mortem examination.

Charges of murder and arson will likely be filed against the suspect.

Hi, my name is Christian. Me and my friends were trying to start a fire in front of our house. So I tossed a can of paint thinner on a pile of garbage we had lit. It immediately exploded and killed me. 

https://mb.com.ph/2023/10/22/student-hurt-in-paint-thinner-explosion

A 17-year-old student was injured in a paint thinner explosion in Upper Monument, Barangay Malico, this town, on Saturday night, October 21.

Police said victim Christian, 17, with two companions, a 15-year-old and 18-year-old boy, poured a six-liter can of paint thinner on a pile of garbage to start a bonfire in front of their house.

However, the can exploded and injured Christian.

Rescuers took the victim to the Region 2 Trauma Medical Center in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya for treatment of burns.

Hi, my name is Kenth Ashly Ferrer. I was supposed to go on a trip but there was no more room so my teacher offered to let me sleep in her house. For some reason her helper slashed my neck. I ran outside for help but I ended up bleeding to death. 

https://mb.com.ph/2023/9/22/helper-slashes-sleeping-student-s-neck

A 19-year-old student was wounded after his neck was slashed by a helper while he was sleeping at his teacher's house on Thursday, September 21, in Calbayog City, Samar.

The victim was identified as Kenth Ashly Ferrer, a resident of Barangay Beloso in the island-town of Almagro, Samar. 

Initial investigation disclosed that the victim was a student of teacher Nieves Geras who attended a seminar with her in Catbalogan City, Samar. 

Since there was no more trip available to Almagro from Calbayog on Thursday afternoon, Geras, a resident of Barangay Mabuhay also in Almagro, offered his student to stay the night at her house. 

The suspect, Melvin Campong, 27, Geras’ helper, slashed Ferrer’s neck while he was sleeping at about 3:30 a.m. 

The victim ran for help while covering his wound with a cloth. He was taken to the Saint Camillus Hospital and was later referred to Eastern Visayas Medical Center here.

Police arrested Campong. Motive of the incident is yet to be determined. 

Hi, my name is being withheld. I am a Special Education student. I was in the comfort room at the market when another Special Education student approached me and slashed my neck for no reason. Thankfully I survived. 

https://mb.com.ph/2023/8/27/sped-student-nabbed-for-slashing-neck-of-fellow-student

Police arrested a 17-year-old Special Education student for allegedly slashing the neck of a nine-year-old SPED pupil here on Saturday, August 26.

Police Major Marnie Abellanida, Lucban police chief, said the suspect was arrested hours after the incident and turned over to the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) for proper disposition.

Investigation said the victim was inside the comfort room of the Lucban public market in Barangay 4 at about 3:30 p.m. when the suspect approached and slashed him in the neck with a knife.

The victim was initially taken by his mother to a hospital here but he was later transferred to the Quezon Medical Center in Lucena City due to his condition.

Hi, my name is Juana Mae Maslang. My uncle found me dead with blood splattered everywhere after a robber broke inside and killed me.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1706703/couple-nabbed-for-alleged-killing-of-student-in-angeles-city

Policemen arrested on Saturday a man and his live-in partner in Pulungbulu village in this city for the death of an 18-year-old female student.

On Dec. 14, the body of Juana Mae Maslang was found by her uncle inside her family’s residence, also in Pulungbulu.

Police said the teenage student was alone in their house between 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

The victim’s body had several stab wounds.

Police quoted the victim’s uncle as saying that he was about to ask for food from the victim’s family when he noticed that the backdoor was open. He then went back to his residence and told the victim’s mother about it.

When the mother entered the house, she was shocked to find Maslang lying on the floor inside the bedroom, and blood was splattered everywhere.

The family rushed the victim to the hospital, but doctors pronounced her dead.

Police believed that robbery was the suspects’ motive because a mobile phone and a wristwatch were missing.

A follow-up operation based on the testimonies of residents in the area led to the arrest of Val Cahanding, 22, and Japanie Torbeles, of legal age, who live in the same village.

The Angeles City police said they found two t-shirts with blood stains and a kitchen inside the couple’s residence. It has requested that the crime laboratory subject the blood to a DNA examination to determine if it matches that of the victim.

Colonel Juritz Rara, city police director, said they had already brought the suspects to the city prosecutor’s office for an inquest. He said the prosecutor had recommended the couple’s continued detention.

On Sunday, Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr offered a P50,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of those responsible for Maslang’s death.

Hi, my name is being withheld because I am a grade 9 student. I went out to gather some vegetables from the farm we live on. It was then that two men who were farmers saw me. They raped me and killed me. 

https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/10/grade-9-student-raped-killed-in-north-cotabato-2-suspects-fall

Authorities arrested two suspects who allegedly raped and killed a 15-year-old girl in Barangay Lepaga here.

Police Lt. Col. Realan Mamon, municipal police chief, identified the perpetrators as farmers Rogie Articonas Magallanes, 43, of Barangay Lepaga; and Nilo Belarmente Fortunato, 42, of the adjacent Barangay Bagontapay.

The victim, a Grade 9 student, was a resident of Barangay Gaunan, which borders the barangays where the suspects live.

"Based on the initial investigation, the victim went out to gather vegetables some 200 meters away from their residence around 5 p.m. Monday and was not able to return home," Mamon said in an interview.

He said the victim was found dead by residents of Barangay Lepaga at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9.

Witnesses said before the discovery of the victim's body, they saw two persons near the crime scene which gave way to a pursuit operation against the suspects who were positively identified by the same witnesses.

"With the help of the barangay leaders, both were arrested in their respective villages," Mamon said.

The victim was buried immediately according to Muslim rites.

The suspects are detained at the police custodial facility here while charges are being readied against them.

The God Culture: What Happened to the Levites?

Timothy Jay Schwab who is The God Culture is obsessed with the Levites and the Levitical priesthood. He has an an entire project called The Levite Bible in which he is going to augment and edit the KJV with the Dead Sea Scrolls. Tim's contention is that the inhabitants of Qumran were actually exiled temple priests and not Essenes. Way out in the desert they carried on the TRUE temple practice including sacrifices because the Hasmoneans defiled the temple during the time of the Maccabees. 

According to magazine publisher and Dead Sea Scrolls non-expert Timothy Jay Schwab these Levites were in the wilderness busily preparing the way for Jesus Christ with John the Baptist as their leader. Thus all of John's disciples were Levites. That is the foundation which Tim lays down in the first video. 

What Happened to the Levite Priest? Part 1 This is a WOW!!!

40:26 So, the temple priests, the Sons of Zadook and Levites, were exiled from the temple to Qumran about 165 B.C. They were preparing the way in the wilderness for the coming Messiah, Yahusha, as John would become their leader and the embodiment of that especially. 

It should be noted that the inhabitants of Qumran called themselves Levites, Priests, and Sons of Zadok SYMBOLICALLY. 

The Priests are the converts of Israel who departed from the land of Judah, and (the Levites are) those who joined them. The sons of Zadok are the elect of Israel, the men called by name who shall stand at the end of days. Behold the exact list of their names according to their generations, and the time when they lived, and the number of their trials, and the years of their sojourn, and the exact list of their deeds...(They were the first men) of holiness whom God forgave, and who justified the righteous and condemned the wicked. And until the age is completed, according to the number of those years, all who enter after them shall do according to that interpretation of the Law in which the first (men) were instructed. According to the Covenant which God made with the forefathers, forgiving their sins, so shall He forgive their sins also. But when the age is completed, according to the number of those years, there shall be no more joining the house of Judah, but each man shall stand on his watch-tower: The wall is built, the boundary far removed(Mic. vii, II).

Complete Dead Sea Scrolls, Geza Vermes, pg 131-132

Tim has nothing to say about that particular section of the Community Rule. At least nothing truthful.  He cites this passage in the second video at about 9:20 without informing his audience of its symbolic nature.

In the second video Tim will build on this foundation to erect the claim that 6 of The Apostles were Levites. 

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

Tim's proof for this claim is not well reasoned in the slightest but is based on guilt by association and etymology of names. 

Andrew and Peter were Levites because Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist's Levite community and Peter was his brother.

8:46 Understand, and there are two examples on screen, the hierarchy of the Qumran community were the Sons of Zadok as the leaders, uh, specifically John the Baptist in his era. Uh, that was the case. Um, he, he was, he was a leader if not the leader. It appears he was the leader because it calls him Master, uh, in the prophecy. Yeah, pretty clear. And their disciples were whom? Ah! Their disciples were the Levites. So, Sons of Zadok leadership just like the temple and their disciples their followers were Levites. That's well documented in this community many times but again here are two examples on screen. Uh, so, these two disciples are Levites but what are their names? Who are they? Who are these two disciples? This is awesome. 

Now, here we go. The first one was Andrew, Peter's brother. This Andrew was a Levite from a Levite family. That's a bloodline thing which means so was Peter. Boom one two right there. Peter was a Levite y'all. Wow!

John and James were Levites because their father was named after a Levite and they too were disciples of John the Baptist's Levite community

15:16 But is that a Levite name there, uh, Zabdi? Actually it is found for Israelites, uh, basically multiple tribes. Uh, but most certainly is a Levite name as the son of Asaph the famous Levite singer David wrote about, right, that has even the the passage there, uh, in Psalms. So, this guy is likely named for a prominent Levite in fact and regardless his sons, especially John it appears, were disciples in Qumran, Bethabara, of John the Baptist thus Levites. Boom!

Matthew's other name was Levi which makes both he and his brother James Levites 

18:51 In Mark 2:14 the Publican or tax collector whom yahusha called who followed him is most certainly Matthew. there's no doubting that. Uh, everyone knows this. But here, wait, wait, uh, his name is called by his other name which is Levi. Huh. Could Levi be a Levite? And he is son of who? Oh, Alphaeus same as James. These guys were brothers. Uh pretty clear same father and Matthew's name is Levi, a Levite. Yes someone else could call their son Levi but you will find many of those in scripture were actually Levites embedded in that tribe not actually from it. Think about that. Every tribe had Levites embedded. It stands to reason both Matthew actually bearing the name Levi and Mattiyahu, gift of Yahu, uh, Yahua's name is in his, uh, very Hebrew, very biblical Priestly names, uh, and his brother James called the Lesser, uh, were Levites as well. How about that?

Tim sounds very sure about his claims but oddly enough he says they only APPEAR to be Levites.

20:00 There's six. so that is six disciples out of 12 that appear to have been Levites. Four of them we can find incredibly strong, uh, in connection and the other a little less but still strong in possibility. Add to that the Qumran, Bethabara, the community of Levites exiled Temple priests, uh, in leadership like John the Baptist and his disciples being Levites and this my friends is a home run. The Levites became part of the New Testament Ecclesia even into the apostles. How about that?

Look at how Tim says they APPEAR to have been Levites with his evidence for two of them to be "strong in possibility" and then he says it is a home run. Which one is it? Merely possible or a home run? 

But what exactly does it mean that the Apostles were Levites and the Levite community at Qumran followed Jesus Christ?  It means they became priests under Jesus who, as Hebrews says, is a priest after the Order of Melchizedek which goes back to the time of Abraham.

21:23 What does it mean their order was replaced by Yahusha Melchizedek? Uh, they didn't disappear. only as an order. the order disappeared. they continued under him operating under Melchizedek as their high priest under the New Order which was really a rest, you know restoration of the old, they became the New Testament. Generally. How about that?

36:17 Listen to this. This is important. Their priesthood has been disannulled. That's the word that Hebrew 7 uses. meaning thoroughly and completely canceled. It's gone. Does that mean the law was cancelled? Well Yahusha said no in Matthew 5:17 through 20. Why? Because the law of Melchizedek is the same as the law of Moses, see? Yahusha Yahweh wrote part with his finger. Yeah. That's pretty firm. Uh, Paul said no in Romans 7 by the way and other places. Oops. Yes Paul preached and kept the law, the Sabbath, The Feast and he tithed. All of those are there in scripture and we found them and we've shown you. 

What law? But we're no longer under Levites levitical law or the levitical order we are under the Ancient Order that's older than that. The order of Melchizedek who is Messiah. It was him in the spirit back in the day of Abraham and it's him in the flesh since 2,000 years ago.

Hear that? Timothy Jay Schwab says 

"the law of Melchizedek is the same as the law of Moses"

Yet at the same time we are not under the Levitical law but under Christ who is a priest after the order of Melchizedek. But if the law of Melchizedek is the law of Moses then there is NO DIFFERENCE between it and the Levitical law because the Levitical law IS THE LAW OF MOSES!!! 

How is Tim so stupid to miss this???

Hebrews says VERY CLEARLY:

Hebrews 7:12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

Therefore the law of Melchizedek CANNOT be the law of Moses. Especially seeing as Melchizedek PREDATES MOSES!

Tim says Paul preached and kept the law but this is manifestly NOT the case as he calls the law of Moses the MINISTRATION OF DEATH in 2 Corinthians 3.

6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 

7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 

8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 

9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. 

10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. 

11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

Paul also compares the Law of Moses to Hagar and calls it bondage.

Galatians 4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

The main and most important thing for Tim is NOT that we have faith in Christ but that we keep the law because by the law, not faith in Christ, comes righteousness.

41:11 The Bible has never said there is no more righteousness thus no more law. That's ridiculous. Of course we're to still be righteous and you can't be right without law. It is never said there is only sin now and so no more law. That that's a really dumb way of reading fragments from Paul which the church does out of context and Paul taught and kept the law. He said is Holy, good, and just. Do we abolish the law? Paul said heaven forbid? Do we bother to read what he said?

Certainly Paul called the law holy, good, and just. But he also said the law is a schoolmaster to lead us to Christ and now Christ has come we are no longer under it. 

Galatians 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Paul is also very clear that our righteousness comes from Jesus Christ and not by keeping the law. If that were not the case then Christ is dead in vain. 

Galatians 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

What can be said about this new two part series about the Levites? It is simply more ahistorical and unbiblical garbage. Tim contradicts himself throughout when he says the Mosaic law and the law of Melchizedek are the same yet we are not under the Levitical law because the Levitical law is the law of Moses. That makes the law of Melchizedek also the Levitical law. But the Bible is very clear that the purpose of the law of Moses was to lead us to Christ. 

Tim also says Jesus did not initiate a NEW convent but restored the Old Covenant:

operating under Melchizedek as their high priest under the New Order which was really a rest, you know restoration of the old

That is totally wrong. Christ did not come to restore the Old Covenant but to inaugurate a New Covenant. We read about it in Jeremiah. 

Christ explicitly tells the Apostles the New Covenant will be inaugurated by the shedding of His blood. 

It is rather bewildering that Tim is so blind he cannot see these things which are clearly spelled out in the New Testament. Tim is like a dog going back to his vomit as he attempts to go back to the Mosaic law. This is not a light matter. To say that one cannot be righteous without the law is to repudiate the necessity of faith in Christ and to deny Him completely. 

It does not matter how many followers Tim has or how much adulation he receives from them. The fact is Timothy Jay Schwab continues to preach a false gospel, a bizarre false history, and is leading his cult, especially Filipinos to whom his ministry is most directed, down to the fiery pit of hell.