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Apostate church organization: 451-588AD: The reign of the 5 Patriarchs ... Click to View Bartholomew Orthodox, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch 451-588 AD The Period of the 5 Patriarch and the development of Papal power A. Our comments and observations: At the beginning of this period, we have 5 equal "mother churches". At the end of the period, we have the bishop of Rome claiming to be the "Pope" or "Universal Bishop" who alone controlled the church world wide in the west. Pope Leo, in protesting the fourth ecumenical council, held at Chalcedon in 451, started to make bold claims of Papal power that were ignored by most. In 590 AD, Gregory acted like a Pope, but denounced the title of Universal Bishop. Two popes later in 606 AD, Boniface III is the first Roman bishop to both act like a Pope and take the name Universal Bishop. It was truly a power struggle between west (Rome) and east (Constantinople). Claims of universal power were made first by the bishop of Constantinople calling himself the "Universal Bishop", but were ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-451-588AD.htm

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Organization of the church 33-606 AD" Java interface ORIGIN OF THE ORTHODOX AND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: Graphical representation of the slow apostacy away from the Bible organization of the church! Roll your mouse over the DATE to see how the organization changed from what is in the Bible. The first century church had one level of organizaituon, elders/overseers/shepherds.In AD 381, the final organizational evolution of the ... Time to stop worshipping God with man-made doctrines and organizations and begin following the simple organization of the Apostolic church. Click to View Bible: 33-100AD All elders equal. Bible only for doctrine (elder/bishop one office) 150 AD One elder exalted above the others (elder/bishop still one office) Bible still rules 200 AD One Bishop per church overseeing the eldership (elder/bishop two offices) Bible only 250 AD One diocesan Bishop overseeing other Bishops of other churches. Still bible only 300 AD One Metropolitan Bishop overseeing other diocesan Bishops (Creeds replace Bible) 381 AD One Patriarch ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-mouse-rollover.htm

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Introduction and Overview: The development of the Papal and Patriarcha ... Click to View Bartholomew Orthodox, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch A. Based upon our research, we have divided the development of Papal power into 6 periods of History: Outline: 30-150 AD Click to View 30-150 AD: The original Bible pattern for church government: The period of the Eldership/Presbytery with autonomous local churches: Congregational oligarchy where each local church is independent and self governing. There is a plurality of Bishops ruling each local church and their authority does not extend outside their local church. Outline: 150-250 AD Click to View 150-250 AD: The period of the "Episcopal Presbytery" of ... The Bishop of Rome went on to take total absolute control of western church. Remember Rome was the only Western Patriarch. Constantinople, however, governed the eastern church in the tradition of the period of the 5 Patriarchs (451-588 AD). While Rome proclaimed itself sole monarch with absolute power throughout the western church, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-33-606AD.htm

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Why are most Jehovah's Witnesses former Roman Catholics? The average members are told by the organization that they cannot understand the Bible without the help of the official organization. Both discourage independent thinking from the world organization. Both continue to blindly follow the organization in spite of major doctrinal changes, reversals and flip-flops. Both "explain away" doctrinal changes, reversals and flip-flops by claiming "new light". Both view every other church as heretical and false. No ... For Catholics, there was about 900 year period (Council of Lambeth, Council of Trent, communion under one kind/species) that ended in the 19th century under Vatican II (1970 AD), where only the priests were allowed to have the blood. (This policy was changed and now Catholics are allowed to have the blood) It is interesting that when Jw's were formed 1880-1925 AD, Roman Catholics did not partake of the blood/wine in communion. Click to View FACT: The vast majority of Jehovah's Witnesses were former Catholics. They had very little ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-JW-converting.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The illumination of the creeds by the Holy Spirit ... Sola Scriptura: The illumination of the creeds by the Holy Spirit is false doctrine! Illumination of creeds by the Holy Spirit is a false doctrine and contrary to "sola Scriptura": Too many churches hold to this destructive and deceptive doctrine. If your church has a creed, chances are they teach this false doctrine! Click to View The illumination of the creeds by the Holy Spirit is false doctrine! Sola Scriptura home page Protestant/Reformed: Inward Witness Creedalists falsely believe creeds are "functionally equal" to scripture: The Holy Spirit is the ultimate criterion of truth, but He bears witness to the truth through this reciprocal relationship between ... The only question is what creed one will have. Creeds and confessions are necessary to a proper understanding of scriptural authority. Without the use of creeds, it is impossible to establish objective doctrinal boundaries within the church." (The Shape Of Sola Scriptura, Keith A. Mathison, Reformed Protestant, 2001, p 277) One ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-illumination-holy-spirit-creeds.htm

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Jehovah's Witnesses a replica of the Roman Catholic church! Are Jehovah's Witnesses merely a replica of the Roman Catholic church? Click to View Click to View We speak the truth in Love... Click to View Jehovah's Witnesses share exactly these same qualities with the Roman Catholic Church Centralized World-wide church government from which all official doctrine comes. ... Both discourage independent thinking from the world organization. Both continue to blindly follow the organization in spite of major doctrinal changes, reversals and flip-flops. Both "explain away" doctrinal changes, reversals and flip-flops by claiming "new light". Both view every other church as heretical and false. No salvation outside of their organization. The word of the ... Catholic = monasteries; JW = Bethel Both cover up sexual molestation between men and children. We know that pedophilia can happen anywhere, schools, sports teams and churches. Covering up such acts is wrong. The CBC program, "The Fifth Estate" aired a TV program on Sept 12, 2003 documenting how sexual abuse ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-catholic.htm

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Official creed of the Lutheran church; 95 Theses or 95 Articles ... LUTHERAN Click here to view: 95 Theses or 95 Articles of Martin Luther, 1517 AD The Augsburg Confession (1530): The Augsburg Confession is the first of the great Protestant Confessions. All orthodox Lutheran church bodies base their teachings upon this treatise because they believe that it is a faithful to Word of God. ARTICLE I: OF GOD. Our Churches, with common consent, do teach that the decree of the Council of Nicaea concerning the Unity of the Divine Essence and concerning the Three Persons, is true and to be believed without any doubting; that is to say, there is one Divine Essence which is called ... Hell, purgatory, and heaven seem to differ as do despair, almost-despair, and the assurance of safety. With souls in purgatory it seems necessary that horror should grow less and love increase. It seems unproved, either by reason or Scripture, that they are outside the state of merit, that is to say, of increasing love. Again, it seems unproved that they, or at least that all of them, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-lutheran.htm

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Doctrinal Flip Flops of Jehovah's Witnesses! Doctrinal Flip Flops of Jehovah's Witnesses! Wow! "I didn't know the organization once taught that to new converts like me!!!" Click to View New Convert: If the "organization" rigidly taught these to new converts 25 years ago as "God's unchanging truth," but reject them today as apostate, how can you trust what they rigidly teach you as "God's unchanging truth" today? 100% All Quotations take directly from Watchtower Publications I didn't know the organization once taught that!!! Blood Transfusions Scientific blunders Scripture and interpretation Moral Issues Nature of God Advice on everyday living Beware of "organization." It is wholly unnecessary. The Bible ... is false, or to tell a lie. (Catholic Encyclopedia, X, 195) More doctrine Jehovah's Witnesses got from the Roman Catholics. ... the unbelieving ... and murderers ... and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire & brimstone ...Revelation 21:8 Click to View Pick another/Go to top . . ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-changes.htm

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"Scientology: From Science Fiction to Space-age Religion" Although the church claims its beliefs are not incompatible with Christian faith, an evaluation of what Scientology teaches in the areas of God, man, the creation, salvation, and death proves this is not so. Scientology is a powerful new religion whose teachings are inconsistent with the beliefs of orthodox Christian faith. Ours is an age of religious cacophony, as was the Roman Empire of Christ's time. From agnosticism to Hegelianism, from devil-worship to scientific rationalism, from theosophical cults to philosophies of process: virtually any world view conceivable is offered to modern man in the pluralistic ... These findings combined with the additional facts that 37 percent of those surveyed had received college degrees and 80 percent were from the middle class indicate that Scientology constitutes an appealing and powerful organization with an educated class of people, most of whom have been recruited from Christian churches. And yet the response of Christianity to this ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-explained-simple-cri.htm

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When the Bible was first viewed as having both an "Old and New ... ... latter is more likely, especially in view of the usage of his predecessors and contemporaries. For him "holy scriptures" included books that we know as Old Testament and New Testament . Cyprian a few years later used the terminology of "old and new," without the word "covenant," in reference to the scriptures: "As you examine more fully the scriptures, old and new, and read through the complete volumes of the spiritual books"" (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Everett Ferguson, Factors Leading to the Selection and Closure of the New Testament Canon, p 308, 2002) II. Roman Catholic and Orthodox get Marcion wrong: Father James ... You see the Orthodox church wants so desperately to avoid the Bible being a central authority so early, and wants you to think the early church relied upon human church tradition. So the Orthodox church tries to deceive you into thinking that the first time in history the term "New Testament" came into existence, could be no ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-old-and-new-testament.htm

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Christians worship on 1st Day: Ats 20:7 & 1 Corinthians 16:1 ... This messianic prophecy is about the new day God would make when Jesus rose from the dead: Sunday! 1st The first day of the week is a weekly memorial of Jesus' Resurrection While the Lord's Supper is a memorial of the Lord's death, the first day of the week is the weekly memorial of Christ's resurrection! We are told, not to remember Christ's birth on Dec 25, but his death every Sunday via Communion. We are told, not to remember ... Some Sabbatarian groups, comprehending the power of this argument, actually teach that Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday and raised on Saturday. 1st Sunday is not the "Christian Sabbath"! Most churches teach that Sunday is the Sabbath and worship on the first day of the week. These churches are doing the right thing for the wrong reason, and Sabbatarians take advantage of the doctrinal confusion! Click to View Click to View Sunday worship is not of pagan origin! Leo Schreven and other Seventh-day Adventists should be spanked for even quoting from these ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-1st-day.htm

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The Interactive Bible: False Doctrine Home page Click to View Search for this: Submit Advanced Click Your Choice For Text only links only click here (Freenets, Lynx, text base browsers, non-graphic navigators) Systems of False Doctrine: Click one of these choices: Do you know what your church teaches: Official teachings of almost every church. Sabbath Keepers Refuted An defense of why Christians worship on Sunday and not Saturday. For Jehovah's Witness New Converts Information every new Jehovah's Witness should know about his new religion. Evolution vs 6 day creation When God created the earth in 6 days He was taking His time! The Roman Catholic church examined Is the Roman Catholic church the original one true church? Mormonism Exposed Are the Book of Mormon and the golden Nephi plates from God or man? Calvinism refuted The famous 5 point T-U-L-I-P doctrinal system refuted by scripture! 20th Century Tongues exposed Are modern day tongue speakers guided by divinity or self-delusion? Neo-Sadduceeism A doctrine that takes all the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/false.htm

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Pope Offers Catholics Time Out Of Purgatory By Y2K Indulgences Roman Catholic Faith Examined! Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE Click to View "Pope Offers Catholics Time Out Of Purgatory By Y2K Indulgences" The above was the headline of a recent article in the HOUSTON CHRONICLE (Nov 28, 1998, p. 26A). The article said: "Pope John Paul II announced Friday that throughout the millennium celebration, penitents who do a charitable deed or give up cigarettes or alcohol for a day can earn an 'indulgence" that will eliminate time in ... "The pope said individual sinners would be granted 'plenary indulgences," a full pardon for sins as opposed to a shortening of the time spent in purgatory...He included personal acts of penitence or local charity as a way of earning an indulgence. "Throughout the period, believers will be offered a wider selection of ways to receive a plenary indulgence. They may follow tradition and attend a Mass in one of several designated churches and perform such devotions as the rosary or the stations of the cross. Or, as an appendix ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-indulgences.htm

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Carpenter, Edward: The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Satanic Quote: Christianity Trasher Trashes whole of Christianity Carpenter, Edward: The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs What Anti-Trinitarians quote: The Origins of Pagan and Christian Beliefs Edward Carpenter 1920 1996 "And when at the Council of Nicea (325 AD) it [the ... 7. They descended into Hell or the underworld, 8. They rose again from the dead, and became pioneers of mankind to the heavenly world, 9. They founded communion of saints and churches to which the disciples were received by baptism, 10. They were commemorated by Eucharistic meals" (Edward Carpenter, Quoted by Ehwajah Kamaluddin in The ... Let us take the belief in the coming of a Saviour-god ; and this will be the more suitable as it is a belief which has in the past been commonly held to be distinctive of Christianity. Of course we know now that it is not in any sense distinctive, but, that the long tradition of the Saviour comes down from the remotest ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Carpenter.htm

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Gospel Meetings: The Edification vs. The Evangelistic types ... The clincher comes when we announce the results of the meeting: We had 22 visitors to our meeting last week! Great! But all of them were Christians visiting from other churches! We don't even think in terms of non-Christian visitors any more. Click to View Two Kinds of Meetings The verdict is in! Gospel meetings, as we ... Do no media advertising. Invite friends and community by personal letter. Do no media advertising with exception of first class letter to area denominations. Do not invite area churches of Christ. Topics Meaty, doctrinal, motivational Christ and Him crucified, meeting human needs with Christ. Length One week or longer One Sunday AM only preacher Choice ... I am aware of three churches that have used this method, and the results were the same all records were broken! And remember, we're talking first-time visitors!! Another necessary departure from tradition is that the evangelistic meeting is ideally held on a single Sunday morning during the worship period. Make sure the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-gospel-meet-2-types.htm

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Book of Jeremiah: Bible textual variants analysed Around 225 BC the Septuagint translators used the shorter Hebrew Jeremiah rather than the longer one. The key point is that both the longer and shorter books of Jeremiah not only co-existed, they were considered equally authoritative as inspired scripture. The three scrolls found in the cave had no signs of marginal corrections ... II. Examining the orthodox view that Jeremiah write only one copy: 1. If Jeremiah wrote only one version of Jeremiah, then both the Masoretic and Septuagint both trace their history to this one autograph: a. In this case the LXX is seen as the more authentic and the Masoretic is viewed as adding 2700 words to the original book of ... V. Archeological and literary details about Jeremiah: 1. Dead Sea Scrolls and the manuscript of Jeremiah: 4QJerb a. "The Qumran evidence for the Hebrew text of Jeremiah is relatively slender, comprising four manuscripts. Three of these (2Q Jer, 4Q Jera, 4Q Jerc) represent the standard Hebrew textual tradition that has survived in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Book-of-Jeremiah-Bible-Manuscript-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-Tanakh-Septuagint-LXX-Masoretic-Text-MT-scribal-gloss-copying-error.htm

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The Canon of Marcion the heretic ... IV. Marcion's canon was much less than what was already accepted as scripture by Christians in general. Marcion's concern was to exclude books that he disapproved of from his "canon." He was not assembling a collection of Christian books, but making a (very restricted) selection from the corpus of texts which already existed ... V. Roman Catholic and Orthodox get Marcion wrong: 1. Father James Bernstein, an Orthodox church leader wrote: a. "The first person on record who tried to establish a New Testament canon was the second-century heretic, Marcion. ... Many scholars believe that it was partly in reaction to this distorted canon of Marcion that the early Church ... It is clear from our documentation that most scholars today reject the idea that Marcion had any direct influence on the development of the canon. But the Orthodox church wants to desperately to believe that there was no Bible till the 4th century and that church tradition was the rule of the day. b. The consensus of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-canon-of-marcion.htm

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Bible Authority: Generic & Specific plus 4 methods of authority ... Why We Must Obey God's Silence: Acts 15 The Hermeneutics the Apostles used! Click to View See also: The Hermeneutics of the Bible and United States History! God's Road map on how to determine doctrine from the Bible Click to View The doctrinal dispute in Acts 15 Click to View Examining the four argumentation methods Click to View Generic and specific authority Click to View Introduction: A. Men are not ... Holy Spirit speaks ONLY what He hears: Jn 16:12-13 c. If Jesus and HS had no choice but to be "Strict constructionists" how such less us: 1 Pe:4:11 2. All sufficiency of scripture: Jn 16:13; 2 Pe 1:3; Jude 3 3. Do not add: 2 Jn 9-11; Prov 30:5-6 do not add to words 4. Faith comes by hearing: ... "Moses, Elijah & Jesus transfigured" Peter: "I will make 3 tabernacles" 3. Biblical examples of "necessary inference" Bible Text Event Necessary Inference Acts20:7 Communion on Sun. (only place time mentioned) Communion every Sunday only Mt 22:23-33 "I am the God of Abraham" Abraham lives ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-authority-acts-15-silence.htm

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50 ways Harold Camping's pre-tribulation Rapture contridicts ... ... Given the amount and degree of direct persecution these churches were facing (or soon would be), there was a very pragmatic purpose to reassuring them that this fierce threat would be short-lived and the perpetuity of the church was certain. Were this book to be describing events 19 centuries (or more) into the future, it would seem unlikely that it would be addressed so specifically to the seven churches of Asia. Ask yourself, not what interpretation ... Rather than staying with the day = year methodology, the Premillennial must invent a "parenthesis" of time between the 69th and 70th weeks...a time period of 1900+ years! Daniel also identified that the establishment of Christ's ETERNAL kingdom would come during the time of the Roman empire, Dan. 2. To Premillennial's that did NOT happen and it awaits some mythical resurrection of the old Roman empire, thus requiring a twisting of plain scripture to fit their distorted view. John the Baptist informed that "the kingdom of heaven is AT ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-contrast-truth.htm

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Petra, Jordan: Biblical Kadesh Barnea, Sela, Joktheel, En-mishpat ... Petra, Jordan (Kadesh Barnea) Click to View 1. Josephus, Eusebius and Jerome all said that Kadesh Barnea was located at Petra. The Treasury at Petra was carved by the Nabataeans in 100 BC and represents a reuse of the Hebrew city. 2. This unusual ... Israel did not spend 38 years in the wilderness in the territory given to Judah. So the current choice of Kadesh at Qudeirat is wrong for three reasons: a. Scripture explicitly places Kadesh Barnea Transjordan, yet Qudeirat is cisjordan. b. Scripture ... People are looking for a single rock that split, when in fact it was more like an earth quake that split an entire mountain in two. More on the rock that split. 6. There is an ancient tradition (Eusebius) of the "River of Moses" (Wadi Musa) that ... As you walk the Siq, there are many fissures where water came out of the rock and joined the main flow. The Roman road that was recently excavated 15 feet below the current surface level which, proves that the Siq is a dead relic canyon that has not ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra.htm

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Interactive Bible Home Page www.bible.ca Click to View https://www.bible.ca/moving-logo.gif Search for this: Submit Advanced Click Your Choice The Interactive Bible: Interactive Bible study series lessons where you learn Bible truths while on line for yourself. Anyone can understand what the Bible says. It is fun!!! The Bible is God's Inspired Book! Do you really believe the Bible is Inspired? Fundamental Bible Doctrines What ... For Jehovah's Witness New Converts Information every new Jehovah's Witness should know about his new religion. Evolution vs 6 day creation When God created the earth in 6 days He was taking His time! The Roman Catholic church examined Is the Roman Catholic church the original one true church? Mormonism Exposed Are the Book of Mormon and the golden Nephi plates from God or man? Calvinism refuted The famous 5 point T-U-L-I-P doctrinal system refuted by scripture! 20th Century Tongues exposed Are modern day tongue speakers guided by divinity or self-delusion? neo-sadduceeism.htm A doctrine that takes ... ... https://www.bible.ca/bible.htm

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Conclusion to the 500 year historical overview: The poor (which included the insane) could seek help from only three sources: 1. family. 2. their feudal lord. 3. their local "parish" church where they attended. Click to View The "poors box" seen in the animated Robin Hood movie, where the church mice gave their last ... The Roman Catholic church was rife with corruption and indulgences triggered the Protestant Reformation with the aid of Martin Luther. When the Pope rightly condemned Henry for divorcing his wife, Henry outlawed the Roman Catholic church in England, ceased all church property and make himself the pope of his new Church of England. This effectively destroyed the ability of the 15,000 "parishes" [local churches] to functioned as a benevolence network to ... The most common behaviours associated with insanity over the last 500 years are selfishness, lack of self control, a desire for dependency and an unwillingness to work. Scripture tells us that if a man will not work, neither let him eat. (2 Thess 3:19) With personal ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-conclusion.htm

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Samuele Bacchiocchi, Seventh-day Adventist Historian Refuted ... If Sunday were a recent substitute for the Jewish Sabbath, we should expect far more discussion of the superiority of Sunday to the Sabbath." Click to View Bacchiocchi's third argument refuted: "(3) Bacchiocchi argues that the successful substitution of Sunday for the Sabbath in the ... Both in the case of the Sunday Easter and in the case of the Sabbath fast, the surviving historical records indicate considerable debate and controversy in the churches." "It therefore seems extremely unlikely that already in the early second century the authority of the Roman see was such that it could impose Sunday worship throughout the church' superseding a universal practice of Sabbath observance ... significance in pagan sun cults, and by adopting this day Christians were able to exploit the symbolism of God or Christ as sun or light, which was already present in their own religious tradition." "Bacchiocchi here underestimates the resistance to pagan customs in second-century Christianity. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi.htm

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Study resources for the Old and New Testament Canon This is a very difficult text to discern because of its corruption, but it does describe three or four vague groupings of sacred writings. Ep. Arist. §308-311 (ca. 110-100 B.C.E.): the origins of the LXX. Only the law of Moses is mentioned in this tradition. Philo, Contempl. 3.25-28 and Mos. 2.37-40: three or ... Also on prophecy, see C. Ap. 1.8.41; Ant. 13, 311-13; B.J. 6, 286; 6, 300-309. Did Josephus believe that all prophecy had ceased from the time of Artaxerxes and therefore all Scripture or prophetic writing ended by ca. 400 B.C.E.? Did he view his writings as "inspired"? 4 Ezra 14.22-48 (ca 90-100 C.E.), describes the divine translation of ninety-four holy ... Nau 7; (8) on Clement of Alexandria's collection of divine names (6.13.4-8; 6.14.1-24); (9) on why Serapion rejected the Gospel of Peter (6.12.1-6); (10) Dionysius's perspective on scripture (7.25.22-27); (11) on Constantine's role in the churches and his ordering of fifty copies of scriptures (VC. 2.2-4, 34-3, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-resource-list-macdonald.htm

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Statistics of Religion in North America Rather, they draw selective beliefs and practices, even if they do not attend services frequently. They are not about to be recruited by other religious groups. Their identification with their religious tradition is fairly solidly fixed, and it is to ... To increase membership roll, Preachers water down gospel which leads to... Weekly attenders begin to view attendance as optional which leads to... Average commitment level drops which leads to... Fewer people, not more, attend church To increase membership roll, Preachers water down gospel even more... and so on ... The social gospel leads to spiritual death Conservative Protestant Church Growth by source 51% Transfers & Other Churches 27% Children of Members 22% "Sinners" (marriage & ... Cultural, geographic, social environment factors converts before & after Corinth Philippi Highly Transient population Retirement city for Roman officers High divorce rate Stable families Morally corrupt Generally Moral Book of Church Problems: ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-stats.htm

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Hastings, James: Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics ... Ethics, James Hastings, Trinity, p 458) In any case the orthodox doctrine in its developed form is a Trinity of essence rather than of manifestation, as having to do in the first instance with the subjective rather than the objective Being of God. ... The first Christians had with St. Paul a saving experience of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the love of God, and of the communion of the Holy Ghost; and the theologians of the ancient Church sought to set forth the Christian experience in ... In other words, in thinking out the Trinity they arrived at the Triunity. None the less the greatest and most influential of the Christian Fathers, Origen, Athanasius, Basil and the Gregories, Augustine, all acknowledged that, for all the light ... of selective quoting, they fail to tell you that there is a clear parallel between the Egyptian trinity and the Watchtower view of God in that both have a divine family of Father and Son. (Of course the divine family is also similar to the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hastings.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Babylonian Talmud 500 AD ... The traditional view does recognize the fact that traditions were produced after Ashi and Ravina, for even Sherira mentions R. Yose, one of the Seboraim, during whose days the Babylonian Talmud reached its ultimate conclusion (Berkovits EncJud 15: 761). (ABD, Talmud, Volume 6, ... Babli comments and expands upon the second, third, fourth and fifth divisions of the Mishnah, as well as part of the first division. Babli interprets and embellishes the Mishnah, exegetes Scripture, identifies anonymous authorities and discusses a variety of topics that fall outside the subject of the Mishnah. Whereas there is almost no messianic tradition in the Mishnah (see the later insertion at m. Soṭa 9:15), there is ... The Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse 11. Table of the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Babylonian-Talmud-Non-Biblical-Jewish-Law-500ad.htm

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Neither the Pope or Constantine changed the Sabbath from Saturday ... Hadrian persecuted the Jews in Rome incessantly. In an attempt to separate themselves from the Jews and avoid being persecuted with them, these early Roman Christians began keeping Sunday in addition to the Sabbath." "Now That's Clear, Schreven, p97, ... by the time of the Emperor Hadrian, in A. D. 135. This proves once and for all time that Ellen G. White was a false prophet! Click to View Seventh-day Adventists also publicly teach: The Catholics themselves claim they changed the Sabbath! ... A. Catholics make all kinds of false claims! There are lots of things the Catholics claim that Sabbatarians don't accept. Do Adventist believe the Catholic churches claim that Peter was the first Pope? Of course not! Catholics make all kinds of ... not work on Sunday. Read it again! Today, it is not a sin to work on any day of the week! But it is a sin to not partake of the communion and give every first day of the week! Acts 20:7; 1 Cor 16:1-2; Heb 10:24-25 Three wrong guesses, you're out! ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-pope-changed.htm

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Introduction to the history of psychiatry ... The collapse of the feudal system, where landowners were mini-kingdoms unto themselves charged with the care and control of all who lived within their land, created a population of unemployed vagrants. The collapse of the feudal system drove the poor from under the care of feudal lords and off the land to become beggars in the city. Marxist-Leninist, Michel Foucault's view that as leper houses emptied ... A series of "poor laws" were passed where the state stepped in to take over from the work of the church it destroyed. English Royal decrees and "Acts" were passed in 1552, 1563, 1572, 1576 and 1597 which obligated each local church to provide for the poor. However, having just destroyed the very church network (Roman Catholic church) and confiscated their land and buildings, these laws were essentially ignored by the church that remained. The decrees that tried to continue the ancient tradition of churches helping the poor were a failure so the king turned to the general public for ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-introduction.htm

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Review of what the Canadian Christian Missionary Alliance church ... This is also known as the error of "irresistible grace", one of the tenets of Calvinism. It is false doctrine. Article #4: The Christian Missionary Alliance church is one of the few remaining churches that actually believe in the word for word ... All doctrine determined from central point like Roman Catholic faith: "The General Assembly," [world headquarters] "is the ultimate authority under God of The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada." (The Manual, Ordination of ministers section, ... "A candidate shall state on the provided forms, knowledge of Bible doctrine and acceptance of doctrinal distinctives of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Willingness to accept the constituted authority of The Christian and Missionary Alliance ... Thereafter forgiveness is granted to the child of God, by repentance and prayer. Click to View See interactive study on baptism. Article #7: They teach the false doctrine known in some theological circles as "entire sanctification". This is where the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Christian-Missionary-Alliance.htm

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Book of Psalms 151: Chapter 151: Bible textual variants analysed Textual Variants in the Book of Psalms 151 "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, John 10:35) "My word will accomplish what I desire and succeed in the purpose for which I sent it." (Isa 55:11) Steve Rudd November 2017 The Great Psalms Scroll from Cave 11 at ... Psalm 151 is canonical for the Eastern Orthodox, Ethiopian Orthodox, and Syriac traditions. Since Psalm 151 is in ancient Greek Bibles that would have been used by early Christians, but is not part of the Hebrew Bible (and as such is noncanonical for the Jewish tradition), it is understood as apocryphal in the Protestant tradition. When it appears in Protestant Bibles, it is usually placed in a separate "Apocrypha" section." (LBD, Ps 151) b. "PSALM 151. Whereas the Heb. ... Steve Rudd, November 2017 AD: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections By Steve Rudd: November 2017: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go to: Main Bible Manuscripts Page Go to: Main Ancient Synagogue Start Page ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Book-of-Psalms-151-Chapter-151-Bible-Manuscript-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-Tanakh-Septuagint-LXX-Masoretic-Text-MT-scribal-gloss-copying-error.htm

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What makes an apostle The Gift of the Holy Spirit ... in several Roman Catholic groups in Europe (Cevenols and Jansenists) and among the Shakers in New England. The nineteenth century lrvingites of London were marked by unbiblical claims of revelations and by "tongues-speak." For over 1800 years the gift of tongues, along with the other miracle gifts, was unknown in the life and doctrine of orthodox Christianity. Then, around the turn of the twentieth century, tongues became a major emphasis within the holiness movement, a large section of which developed into modern Pentecostalism. The charismatic movement, which began in 1960, carried the practice of tongues beyond traditional Pentecostalism into many other denominations, churches, and groups, both Catholic and Protestant, filling the ... There is nothing in the promise of the Holy Spirit as a comforter in Jn 14-16 that is in any way distinct from other non-apostles Christians who had spiritual gifts. b. Non-apostles are seen writing scripture, having the words of Jesus brought back ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Qualifications-of-an-apostle.htm

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History proves Christians always met on 1st Day and not the Sabbath ... New book on Sabbath vs. 1st day worship history: read now Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity by Dr. David W. T. Brattston Irrefutable proof: Click to View Click to View Proof early Christians worshipped on the first day AND NEVER keep the ... Sunday is not a Christian Sabbath or a day of rest, or a holy day to be kept. It is the day God requires all Christians to gather together to worship and eat the Lord's Supper (communion, break bread) Acts 20:7. Christians do not keep the ten ... Glait and Fischer, who had been taught the false doctrine of the Catholic and Lutheran churches, that Sunday is the Sabbath, were astonished to read in the Bible that the Sabbath was indeed the 7th day! When they began to teach this, theologians were ... Click to View Guess #1: the Pope introduced Sunday worship. Click to View The Roman Catholic Pope DID NOT change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday as Sabbath keepers falsely teach. Yes Catholics do claim they changed the Sabbath, but they also ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-history-sabbath.htm

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Development from the trinity as taught in the Bible and the trinity ... Development of Trinity Doctrine: 100-325 AD Post-Biblical development of Trinity Doctrine: 100 AD - 325 AD Nicene era Click to View Also see outline on: Progressive revelation between the Old and New Testaments. Watchtower Hypocrisy: Doctrinal development of Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses, like Catholics firmly believe in the false doctrine called "doctrinal development". Both groups promote ... The key word is "explicit", for it means: "trinity, as defined in the Nicene or Athanasius creeds is not taught in the Bible.". Explicit implies "ontology". But the Biblical trinity (uncreated deity of Christ and personality of the Holy Spirit) are taught in the scripture. The Watchtower will ... It was prompted chiefly by belief in the divinity of Christ and later in the divinity of the Holy Spirit, but even earlier by the consistent worship of God in a trinitarian pattern and the practice of baptism into the threefold name of God. By the close of the fourth century the orthodox ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development.htm

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Cosmic Consciousness, Richard Maurice Bucke, 1901 AD ... Being widely respected and very influential, he is responsible for setting the type of care all Canadians have experienced including insulin shock injections up to 1960 and ECT to the present. In Canada, chemical psychiatry has been the dominant view ever since. ... In contact with the flux of cosmic consciousness all religions known and named today will be melted down. The human soul will be revolutionized. Religion will absolutely dominate the race. It will not depend on tradition. It will not be believed and disbelieved. It will not be a part of life, belonging to certain hours, times, occasions. It will not be in sacred books nor in the mouths of priests. It will not dwell in churches and meetings and forms and days. Its life ... Constant encouragement backed up by a system of fines was imposed on those who did not come to the concerts.") The third prong of the therapeutic trident was religion. Though Bucke himself was always anti-clerical and, as an adult, had never embraced orthodox ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/cosmic-consciousness-richard-maurice-bucke-1901ad.htm

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Official creed of the Unity/Unitarian Church ... of the facts of life from the highest point of view, then prayer can be a constant personal activity. One can also use the "arms" of prayer by mentally embracing some other individual as the target of a prayer or the "wings" of prayer by directing one's prayer at all those who are receptive. Worship: It is not limited to Sunday church services. Worship can be pursued at any time and location when one feels adoration and devotion for God. Ideally, it can be experienced continually through the day. Baptism: Within Christendom, some faith groups follow the tradition started by John the Baptist; they totally immerse the ... The individual emerges purified, having experienced a religious conversion of great intensity. Communion: There has been much controversy over the meaning, details, and purpose of the rite of Holy Communion (the Lord's Supper) within Christian Churches. Most Unity ministers do not have a formal ritual. We recall the words of St. Paul "The Kingdom of God is not ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Unity.htm

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Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet However, now that is it an absolute proven fact that White plagiarized 80-90% of her "inspired writings, including almost all her visions, modern SDA leaders, are quickly watering down the churches historic stand on White's inspiration. The current official is actually identical to what it has always been, as ... Follett was quoting from official Glacier View document: "The Relation of Ellen White's Writings in Doctrinal Studies" SDA BOOK: "Elder I. H. Evans, the General Conference representative at the conference declared: 'When the statement from Sister White is read, I am sure that the majority of our brethren will feel as we feel tonight - that THE LORD HAS SPOKEN, AND WE WILL OBEY."'-Quoted in "The Invisible Irishman", p. 484, by Merlin Neff ALDEN THOMPSON: "Second, I began to realize how creative ELLEN WHITE HAD BEEN IN INTERPRETING THE OLD TESTAMENT. AS I COMPARED HER INTERPRETATIONS in Patriarchs and Prophets with Scripture, I FOUND THEM MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDABLE THAN THE BARE OLD ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WhiteInspire.htm

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Political, Civic and Town Hall Meetings in Synagogues that these civic meetings were not the same as when a church today holds a purely secular "all candidates political" meeting where the general public get to hear the views with a view to voting. a. Non-Jews were forbidden from entering synagogues. b. ... against Roman control and oversight. f. In the context of Josephus, the Jewish population in the city of Tiberias were about to be attacked by the Romans in 66 AD. g. This "civic meeting" therefore was not open to the general public but to the Jews alone. h. Synagogues enjoyed a type of "sanctuary status" and "asylum" that were "no-go" zones for non-Jews. Meeting in the Synagogue therefore under the circumstances was proper and predicable. B. Town hall type civic meetings in churches: Acts 6 ... Synagogue Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men 9. The Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse 11. Table of the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Political-Civic-assemblies-ancient-Synagogue-Town-Hall-Meetingsfirst-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototyperitual-liturgy.htm

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Sacred Meals, Passover, Lord's Supper, Communion: No Common Meals ... ... Many churches have church owned manses. 3. Its ok for the church to have storage buildings for scripture, books, bible libraries but its not ok to start a public "U-Store It" business. Most churches have libraries and storage rooms. 4. Its ok for the church to have civic style meetings for non-spiritual ... at it is used exclusively to bake the communion unleavened bread and keep the grape juice cold so it doesn't spoil. Most churches have a fridge to store the Lord's supper elements. 7. Its ok for money from the church treasury to be given to for occasional "one time needs" of any Christian anywhere, but it never ok to give a single dollar to any non-Christian from the church treasury. ... 2000 years ago when they believed in Jesus the Nazarene (the branch) as their messiah. It's time to come home! Click here to find a church near you. By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go to: Main Ancient Synagogue Start Page Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Sacred-Meals-ancient-Synagogue-Passover-mazzot-communion-lords-supper-first-century-early-Christian-Church-Potluck-New-Testament-worship-prototype-ritual-liturgy.htm

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Official Creed of: The Independent Fundamental Churches of America ... ... Three of these -- the age of Law, the age of Church, and the age of the Millennial Kingdom -- are the subjects of detailed revelation in Scripture (John 1:17; 1 Corinthians 9:17; 2 Corinthians 3:9-18; Galatians 3:13-25; Ephesians 1:10; 3:2-10; ... Ecumenism is that movement which seeks the organizational unity of all Christianity and ultimately of all religions. Its principal advocates are the World Council of Churches and the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. b. Ecumenical Evangelism Ecumenical Evangelism is that effort to promote the gospel by bringing fundamentalists into an unequal yoke with theological liberals and/or Roman Catholics and other divergent groups. c. Neo-Orthodoxy Neo-Orthodoxy ... In subscribing to these articles of faith, we by no means set aside, or undervalue, any of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; but we deem the knowledge, belief and acceptance of the truth as set forth in our doctrinal statement, to be ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-independant-fundamental-(IFCA).htm

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Early Christians always met on the First day (Sunday) and never ... Sunday is not a Christian Sabbath or a day of rest, or a holy day to be kept. It is the day God requires all Christians to gather together to worship and eat the Lord's Supper (communion, break bread) Acts 20:7. Christians do not keep the ten ... Glait and Fischer, who had been taught the false doctrine of the Catholic and Lutheran churches, that Sunday is the Sabbath, were astonished to read in the Bible that the Sabbath was indeed the 7th day! When they began to teach this, theologians were ... See the extensive historical quotes below. Click to View While Sabbatarians will quote 20th century authors who guess about what happened 1900 years earlier, we quote Christians whose writings are 1900 years old! (Date of the writing given first) ... custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of good food-but food of an ordinary and innocent kind. (About three years after the death of Ignatius in 250, an important official communication was sent from one Pliny to Trajan the Roman emperor. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday.htm

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Weekly Sabbath Assemblies in Synagogues absent from the Tanakh ... Weekly attendance with other Christians to partake of the Lord's supper, sing, pray, read scripture and make freewill offerings is the great separator on Judgement day between the lost and the saved. b. It boils down to commitment or quoting Jesus: ... Weekly communion: "On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight." (Acts 20:7) c. Weekly freewill offerings: "Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also. On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come." (1 Corinthians ... (the branch) as their messiah. It's time to come home! Click here to find a church near you. By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go to: Main Ancient Synagogue Start Page Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Weekly-Sabbath-Synagogue-assemblies-first-day-Sunday-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-ancient-ritual-liturgy.htm

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Oldest Old Testament Bible manuscripts: Qumran | Wadi Murabba ... Harmonizations" seen in DSS 5. 154 Dead Sea Scroll variants identical to SP & LXX The Greek Tanakh Septuagint LXX "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, John 10:35) Steve Rudd 2017 Abstract: The Dead Sea scrolls are the Oldest Old Testament Greek ... a. "Nevertheless, with all these new nuances and different readings, this [LXX] became the Bible of Greek-speaking Jews throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and was even used in Israel, which remained part of the Greek and the Hellenized Roman world. ... No less important is the discovery of readings that are different from the textus receptus but that agree with LXX readings; before Qumran these were usually explained as the result of a different exegetical tradition and not as belonging to a ... of the SP." (The Samaritan Pentateuch, Robert T. Anderson, Terry Giles, SBL 72, p 45, 2012 AD) 3. Discussion: a. "In the view of the recent finds in Qumran it is now believed that at the base of the Samaritan Pentateuch lies a non-sectarian ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-oldest-manuscripts-Bible-Ancient-copies-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Qumran-Masada-Nahal-Hever-Nahal-Seelim-Wadi-Murabbaat-Masoretic-Greek-Hebrew-Aramaic.htm

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10 False distinctions between the 10 Commandments and the ceremonial ... ... Reproduced below is a chart every Sabbath keeper is familiar with. Problem is that it is completely unprovable with scripture. The only place this distinction exists is in the minds of Sabbatarians. How Sabbatarians try to establish the false ... silent in the churches must be one of the 10 commandments since every time they see "Lord's Commandments" they automatically call it the ten commandments!) Interchangeability of terms in Nehemiah 9:13-14 proves there is no distinction found in the Old Testament laws of God and Moses! Nehemiah 9:13-14 Tablets of the covenant Book of the covenant God gave Thy holy Sabbath ordinances; true laws, good statutes and commandments Moses Gave Commandments statutes, and law Click to View False ... V. A distinction between the tables and the book cannot be established merely because a few different things said about them! A. Two Paul's because opposite things said about them? Paul said he was a Jew and a Roman: Acts 21:39; 22:35 B. Two Christ's ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-2laws.htm

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Pre-tribulation Rapture: The Kingdom is the church ... Acts 20:7 shows that the early church had communion every Sunday. c. Communion means a sharing with one another and with Christ. d. Every time we break bread on the first day of the week, we are fulfilling Jesus' words: "I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it ... John was a partaker in the Kingdom. The word "partake" means "sharer" meaning that both he and the seven churches of Revelation (which were real churches in Asia in the first century) were in the kingdom and enjoyed its privileges. click to view D. Summary of Time sensitive prophecies: 1. Time sensitive prophecies must be fulfilled according to the time clock. You cannot stop a time prophecy ... This is a crystal clear time prophecy that God's kingdom would be established sometime during the Roman empire! Is it just random chance that Pentecost in Acts 2 was during the Roman empire? (Luke 2:1) No way! God is able to bring his will to pass! God established the kingdom on the day of Pentecost! ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-kingdom-is-church.htm

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Oldest Old Testament Bible manuscripts: Qumran | Wadi Murabba ... Harmonizations" seen in DSS 5. 154 Dead Sea Scroll variants identical to SP & LXX The Greek Tanakh Septuagint LXX "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, John 10:35) Steve Rudd 2017 Abstract: The Dead Sea scrolls are the Oldest Old Testament Greek ... a. "Nevertheless, with all these new nuances and different readings, this [LXX] became the Bible of Greek-speaking Jews throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and was even used in Israel, which remained part of the Greek and the Hellenized Roman world. ... No less important is the discovery of readings that are different from the textus receptus but that agree with LXX readings; before Qumran these were usually explained as the result of a different exegetical tradition and not as belonging to a ... of the SP." (The Samaritan Pentateuch, Robert T. Anderson, Terry Giles, SBL 72, p 45, 2012 AD) 3. Discussion: a. "In the view of the recent finds in Qumran it is now believed that at the base of the Samaritan Pentateuch lies a non-sectarian ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-oldest-manuscripts-Bible-Ancient-copies-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Qumran-Masada-Nahal-Hever-Nahal-Seelim-Wadi-Murabbaat-Masoretic-Greek-Hebrew-Aramaic

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East orientation of Jewish temples and altars We believe that for this reason, magnetic east is in the correct compass setting that the temple of Solomon was aimed at. Detailed study of how the Holy of Holies of the Temple of Solomon was located directly over the Al-Kas fountain. A. Scripture tells us the tabernacle of Moses faced east: 1. It is interesting that ... Photos need to be taken at the winter and summer equinox (Dec 21 and June 21) as well as Passover (April 5) and Pentecost (May 31). Our calculations show that the sun rose almost at the magnetic east, at Passover (April 5). Click to View D. Western orientation of Christian churches: (opposite to Hebrew Temple) 1. The first Byzantine church buildings (after 327 ... So, then, in expectation of His coming we worship towards the East. But this tradition of the apostles is unwritten. For much that has been handed down to us by tradition is unwritten." (Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus. Chapter 12, 81, 315-367 AD) 4. Today Mt 24:27 is misused by premillenialists to teach that ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-east-orientation-jewish-temples-altars.htm

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Hindu Gurus and Pentecostal preachers are identical!!! Click to View Click to View Click to View There is an EXACT correlation between: All Pentecostal/Charismatic churches today AND The Serpent Power of the Awakening Kundalini Sathya Sai gurus Subud worship manifestations Qigong healing manifestations Shakers manifestations African Kung Bushmen of the Kalahair Stage Hypnotists We ... Each wheel has a colour of the rainbow and vibrates to a musical note... ." (Inner Star Magazine) Kundalini is at least 1000 years old occult practice. It involves bodily manifestations as a consequence for the "awakening of an individual's Kundalini'' and is related to, for example, Qigong (a Chinese occultic tradition). Kundalini ... Historically, the Shakers got their roots from the Quakers, and were known originally as the Shaking Quakers. The Quakers trace their roots back to a heretical group known as the French Prophets. "Shaker dissent from orthodox beliefs and practices was so extreme as to be heretical: hence the prejudice, alarm, and violent ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-kundalini-shakers-charismastics.htm

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Metzger, Bruce M. and Coogan, Michael D., Editors; Daniel N. ... Click to View Click to View Decepto-Meter Satanic Quote: Trinitarian Anti-trinitarians selective quote in such a way to mislead to reader into a conclusion that is opposite to what the text is saying! Metzger, Bruce M. and Coogan, Michael D., ... Since the Christians have come to worship Jesus as a god (Pliny, Epistles 967), how can they claim to be continuing the rnonotheistic tradition of the God of Israel) Various answers are suggested, debated, and rejected as heretical, but the idea of a ... The earliest New Testament evidence for a tripartite formula comes in 2 Corinthians 13.13, where Paul wishes that "the grace of the Lord Jesus, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit" be with the people of Corinth. It is possible that ... A more familiar formulation is found in Matthew 28.19, where Jesus commands the disciples to go out and baptize "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." The phrasing probably reflects baptismal practice in churches at ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Metzger.htm

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Bible Quiz: 100's of questions for Outdoor Fairs & Home Shows ... is optional. Click to View Fair questions at Outdoor festival 2001 Here are the 46 questions we used (including two extra multiple choice we rotated in.) in the summer of 2001 Written by Steve Rudd What is the Biblical definition of death: (Eccl 9:7; Isa 59:1-2; 1 Cor 7:9; Rev 21:8) Death is the opposite of life. Death is unconscious, non-existence. Death is a separation between two things. What is the most dangerous false teaching today? (Jn 17:21; 1 Cor 1:10; Mt 7:15) That: "God doesn't care about the different teachings in different churches." That: "Jesus never rose from the dead." That: "Jesus was JUST a man like you and I." How often should Christians partake of communion? ( Acts 20:7) Once a ... Not everyone who says unto me Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. Faith without works is dead. Here is part of a verse, see if you can complete the line. "All scripture... ... is hard to be understood." ... is given by inspiration of God." ... is changing to keep up with ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-fairs-home-shows.htm

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