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Hertz, Dr. J. H.: The Pentateuch and Haftorahs In the same way, the Shema excludes the trinity of the Christian creed as a violation of the Unity of God." (The Pentateuch and Haftorahs", J. H. Hertz, 1941, Vol. 1, p. 215, a rabbi, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower ... We could quote a pile of Rabbi's who are honest enough to admit that Ex 3 should be rendered "I am who I am"... "I am" Deception Exposed: For Arians (JW's, Christadelphians) to appeal to Jewish Rabbis to support their false doctrine is nothing short ... the Trinitarian view of God and the Arian (JW's) view of God. Jewish Rabbis, when they hear JW's call Jesus God and divine, would label them as POLYTHEISTS! The Governing Body really blundered when they chose this route! We dare JW's to explain their view of God to this Jewish Rabbi and ask if he would call it polytheism! The fact remains that the title theos, is clearly applied to Christ proving that Jehovah's Witnesses make a deceptive argument as Lohse states: "Speaking first of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Hertz.htm

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Why Be A Christian? It concerns your happiness during your life on earth, and for life after death. Why be a Christian, is a Bible question, and therefore, you can have a Bible answer. We find the name of "Christian" three times in the New Testament. Please write these scriptures down and then read them in your own Bible. First, open your New Testament to the book of "Acts of Apostles" Chapter 11, verse 26. The last part of this verse says: "The ... The name of Christ is the only name we are to wear, and whereby we can be saved. Write down this Scripture: "Acts of Apostles" Chapter 4, verse 12. Please listen while I quote it. "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved." Christians are members of the "Body of Christ" Ephesians 5: 30. In this same chapter Paul speaks of the Church and Christ, husband and wife, and Christians and Christ. Christians are followers of Christ, and he loved us so much, that he gave his life for us. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-why-christian.htm

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500 Flood stories prove Noah's Ark is real history: Epic of Gilgamesh ... It is clear that Berossus copied from these previous works in his book as source materials. 3. We have no extant manuscripts of Berossus book called, "The History of Babylonia". However, several others quote from him in exerts from his book. This is the only evidence we have of Berossus' work. ... This of course is where, in 1830 AD, Joseph Smith got the idea when he wrote the book of Mormon, that the angel Moroni told him to dig up the golden Nephi Tablets with "Reformed Egyptian" (a non-existent language) from upstate New York, which had been buried centuries before by the Nephites. Paralleling several other flood stories and the Bible, Xisuthrus sends out three sets of birds after the flood ... On the tower of Babel: (Georgius Syncellus Chronicle 44. [800 AD] quoting Eusebius [325 AD] Praeparatio Evangelica [preparation for the gospel] 9. -Eusebius Chronicle 13. who quotes from Abydenus [200 BC], who quotes from Berossus 380 BC) "the first inhabitants of the earth, glorying in their own ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/noahs-ark-flood-creation-stories-myths-berossus-xisuthrus-babyloniaca-history-of-babylonia-abydenus-apollodorus-alexander-polyhistor-josephus-eusebius-georgius-syncellus-oannes-280bc.htm

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Why are most Jehovah's Witnesses former Roman Catholics? Both share a similar hermeneutic on how to determine truth: Catholics have a system called, "Doctrine of Development" popularized by Dr. Newman, but anticipated by the German theologian Mohler in his work, Symbolik. This hermeneutic contended that ... 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 organization is unquestionably final. Interpreting the Bible is the sole right of the organization. Both make claims that because of their size, growth, activity, they must have the truth. Both have authoritative writings in addition to the Bible. Creeds, catechisms and the watchtower. Both teach ... Only the governing body (the 144,000) of Jw's are allowed to have communion, the average "publisher" that knocks on your door is not allowed to obey Jesus' command to communion weekly on the first day. For Catholics, there was about 900 year period ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-JW-converting.htm

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The $200 Text: A Written Debate Concerning the Sabbath "Abolish" means "to do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; as to abolish a law or custom, taxes, or folly." (Webster's Collegiate Dictionary) Before I give the $200 text showing WHEN, WHERE, and BY WHOM abolished, let us first notice WHEN, ... Smith a chance to earn back the $200 which should be forthcoming. I'll return the $200 for the text 1. That names the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 2. That commands a Christian to keep the sabbath. P.S. Please send the $200 to: Gene Frost, Minister ... During the service I made a public call for any text to be suggested by the audience that might be considered for the reward money. NO TEXTS WERE OFFERED BY THE AUDIENCE. Three days after the announced time for this meeting had passed a strange claim ... It is a memorial of an event in the PAST -- the creation of this world, as shown above with proof. Hence even though I can quote 2 Col. 2:14-6 by memory, still I am looking for a text that states where and by whom the weekly sabbath was abolished. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sabbath-debate-frost-smith.htm

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Origin of Ancient synagogues: Architectural prototype of the ... ... transition from Temple to Synagogue to Church Although Ptolemy II wanted the Jewish scriptures translated into Greek for his father's (Ptolemy I) famous Library of Alexandra, the local Jews quickly made copies and started to gather to read the "Bible for themselves" and of course pray. ... Copies of the Septuagint were quickly sent to all the major diaspora populations of Jews throughout the world as seen in the Delos synagogue which dates to about 250 BC. From the archeological record of extant synagogue inscriptions, the first formal synagogue buildings were either converted from houses or built from scratch, at the time of Ptolemy III. (246 BC) Indeed, the three oldest synagogue building inscriptions all ... The unanimous Jewish approval of the LXX during the first four centuries of its existence can only be explained if it was a generally accurate translation of the Hebrew text in circulation during that time. What happened in the second century? The Palestinian Jews suddenly began ... ... https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/welcome.htm

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Why I left the Roman Catholic church! (personal testimony) ... They were Benedict XIII, Gregory XII, the French pope, and John XXIII, the Italian pope. Where does all this leave papal lineage and infallibility? The Pope: Ruler Of The World When the pope is declared to be the pope, on his head is placed a three-tiered tiara, or triple crown, which means, according to Romanism, that he is ... As long as pagan Rome was in the ascendancy, her crowned heads claimed divine powers. Sufficient proof of this is seen in the fact that every ecumenical council for the first six centuries was called by an emperor. The cruelty of pagan Rome shows that she derived her power from the dragon, the devil. When the barbarian hordes swept down ... History plainly shows that, as long as pagan Rome was in the ascendancy, papal Rome was held in check. In the fourth century, Emperor Constantine recognized his version of "Christianity" as the true religion; and, by his gifts to the church and at the point of the sword, he gave impetus to that movement which resulted in the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-why-I-left.htm

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Samaritan Pentateuch Textual Variants: Joshua's Altar was on ... ... The Samaritans have maintained the Passover sacrifice without change since the time of the exodus, beginning their calendar in the Spring as specified in the Pentateuch (Exod. 12:2). They have made their pilgrimages for the three main festivals to Mount Gerizim without change since ancient times. They enter their synagogue ... Dates suggested for the breach have varied between the fifth and first centuries B.C.; but the majority opinion has favored the latter part of the fourth century. Fresh light has been shed in recent years on the history of the Samaritan community by excavations at Shechem and by the discovery of fourth-century Aramaic papyri at Wadi ... This textual change most probably occurred between 350 and 300 B.C." (Joshua's Altar-An Iron Age I Watchtower, Aharon Kempinski, BAR 12.01, Feb 1986 AD) 3. "This new discovery from Qumran, and the fact that the same reading for Deut. 27:4-6 occurs also in Vetus Latina as well as in the Samariticon, the Greek translation of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Samaritan-Pentateuch-SP-Bible-Manuscript-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-scribal-gloss-error-Deut27-4-Mt-Gerizim-Ebal-Dead-Sea-Scroll-4Q33-Deuteronomy-f.htm

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Textual Variants Daniel's 70 weeks, Susanna, Prayer of Hananiah ... The alternate text of Daniel 9:24-27 of the messianic prophecy of the 70 weeks. 3. These additions, however, were read by the early church and included in the first full edition Bible's we know of: Codex Vaticanus 350 AD. 4. We find two different prophecies in ... However, it is not that way. Surprisingly, the first story is in Hebrew but the rest are in Aramaic. Likewise, the first of Daniel's visions is in Aramaic but the rest are in Hebrew." (UBCS, Daniel, W. B. Nelson, p 20, 2013) 2. "The Septuagint (LXX) inserted a lengthy apocryphal passage after Daniel 3:23, known as the Song of the Three Young Men. The apocryphal Susanna appeared in the LXX as a thirteenth chapter and the twin narratives Bel and The Dragon as a fourteenth ... This last possible interpretation is entirely compatible with the 3 ½ year ministry of Christ, culminating in His death and resurrection. Long ago, Humphrey Prideaux understood Dan 9:27 in this way. I will quote from Adam Clarke's commentary: "But Dean ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Daniel-Bible-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-Tanakh-70-weeks-Daniel9.24-Messiah-490-years-458BC-33AD-resurrection-Codex-Vaticanus-Susanna-Prayer-Hananiah-Bel-dragon.htm

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Which Old Testament text did Jesus prefer and quote from? A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today! Which Old Testament text did Jesus prefer and quote from? Septuagint or Hebrew Tanakh? Go to: "Canon of the Bible" Home Page How Jesus ... three collections: The Law (Torah) - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy The Prophets (Neviim) - Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel (one volume), 1 & 2 Kings (one volume), Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the 12 Minor Prophets (one volume) The Writings (Kethubim) - Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Ruth, Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Esther, Daniel, Ezra and Nehemiah (one volume), 1 & 2 Chronicles (one volume) II. Jesus and the Old Testament: Jesus, like all the Jews of the first ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-jesus-favored-old-testament-textual-manuscript.htm

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Official creed of the Shakers: Compendium (1859) Mother Ann Lee ... This prophecy had often been spoken of while that country was the theater of Indian wars, and it appeared that its fulfillment was near at hand. Accordingly, the next year, the Church at New Lebanon sent three missionaries to them. 15. Without any previous acquaintance in that country, or any correspondence with any of its inhabitants, these messengers, on the first of January, 1805, set out on a pedestrian journey of more than a thousand miles. They arrived in Kentucky about the first of March. They then went to a number of places where the spirit of the revival had prevailed, and ... They quote Jesus: "Think not that I am come to bring peace on earth [to the earthly procreative relation]; for I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and to make a man's foes those of his own household." 9. Yet the Shakers do not condemn marriage as an institution of "the world," to whom only it ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-shakers.htm

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Tongues Ceased in AD 100: Introduction: Cessation of Spiritual ... Written by direct inspiration Revelation completed. Word copied, transmitted and distributed by natural means, unaided by God. The Church began by miracle on Pentecost Men have started new local churches since the first century without the need or ... The Miracles confirmed the message of the man to be genuine! 3. "Pentecostals" today do the very opposite to what occurred in 1st century First Century apostles Miracles confirmed the Word: They would simply perform miracles and then people believed what ever they taught! Pentecostals today The Word confirms miracles: Pentecostals don't perform miracles today, they only claim to be able to do it! They quote the Bible to prove they can perform miracles! How absurd! The Apostles didn't go around ... what had happened, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord" g. 1 Ki 17:21-24 "Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called to the Lord, and said, "O Lord my God, I pray Thee, let this child's life return to him." 22 And the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-perfect-come-intro.htm

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How to commit your unwanted, naggy or rich wife to a mental hospital If you want to learn how to commit your unwanted, disobedient, naggy or rich wife to a mental hospital, you have come to the right place. The first thing you need is a time machine set to the date 1725 AD! But it is going to cost you a lot of money! ... It is clear that mad houses were systems of social control: "As Foucault points out in Madness and Civilization, the mental hospital emerged during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as a means of social control." (The distress'd orphan or, ... Parry-Jones, 1972 AD, p 290) Men like Alexander Cruden, the man of God who created "Cruden's concordance", was cast into a mental house three times because he would go around like John the Baptist and condemn the ruling class of sin, corruption and ... Whereas mad houses had been run for altruistic purposes by church ministers, Defoe shows the rise of many new mad houses by non-church ministers for profit by housing the relatives of rich people or their unwanted wives. "the vile practice now so ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-harms-damages-society-false-imprisonment-historic-wives-committed-by-husbands-to-mental-hospitals.htm

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The Exodus Route: Travel times, distances, rates of travel, days ... On day 9 after leaving Goshen, they arrived at Succoth, adjacent to the turquoise mines of Serabit el-Khadim and waited for the Hebrew mining slaves to join the main group. On day 15 they reach the Straits of Tiran and pass the Egyptian Migdol watchtower ... In the morning of day 47 Moses strikes and splits the rock at Mt. Horeb for a massive water supply for 3 million Hebrews. On day 48 Moses ascends Mt. Sinai for the first time and God recites the Ten Commandments orally. Moses descends and tells the people to take an oath to obey the laws of YHWH (Ex 19:3-8). On day 50 (Thursday, Sivan 4), God tells Israel to prepare for three days (Friday - Sunday) at the end of which God will descend upon Mt. Sinai. (Ex 19:10-11). On ... This expression also recalls the time designations on this very day (12:17) and that very day (12:51), expressions almost identical to the one here." (Believers Church Bible Commentary, Waldemar Janzen, Exodus 19:1, 2000 AD) c. "On the third new moon the closer ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-travel-times-distances-days.htm

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A treatise of vapours or hysterick fits, John Purcell, 1707 AD John Purcell was a quack who could have learned much from his local church minister for they were way ahead of him. (A treatise of vapours or hysterick fits, John Purcell, 1707 AD) "The concept of 'Vapours' or 'Hysterick Fits' which was popular in ... in the psychological theories of hysteria in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It seems legitimate from present day knowledge of the epilepsies to speculate to what extent observation of phenomena associated with temporal lobe disturbances such as visceral and olfactory auras and autonomic upsets helped to shape etiological theories which physicians like Purcell built on what they called 'Hysterick Fits'. The first and for long the only book on epilepsy proper was by John Andree ( ... Breast and Lower Belly remain elevated for a long time together, so that they cannot draw their breath all that while; nay, some have layn for three whole days without the least sign of breathing that could be perceived by those that were about them. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/a-treatise-of-vapours-or-hysterick-fits-john-purcell-1707ad.htm

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Trinity: The role of Constantine in the Nicene creed ... relation of Christ to God in the creed issued by the council, "of one substance with the Father" (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1971, Constantine, Vol. 6, p. 386) The first emperor to become a Christian, Constantine had basically no understanding whatsoever of the questions that were being asked in Greek theology. ... ... It is generally agreed that this was a triumph for the views of Alexander, and that the primary architect of it was Athanasius, strongly supported by Amphilocius and Didymus in the East and Ambrose and Hilary in the West. (God in Three Persons, Millard J. Erickson, p82-85) The Church had to face up to the Arian question and go on record for or against the Arian ... The Council firmly rejected Arius' contention that the Son was a creature, not eternal, and made out of nothing. (The Triune God, Edmund J. Fortman, p 66-70) Nicea opposition same as we see in Luther Luther was uneasy with the term trinity, not the idea of Trinity, for Luther most certainly always was a trinitarian. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-constantine.htm

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The New Testament Jewish Sects: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes ... See also: Modern Rabbinical Judaism vs. Mosaic Judaism INTRODUCTION: 1. Paucity of information: We have very little information about the first century Jewish sects historically. Aside from the Bible, Josephus is the only other primary source for the ... Finally they reject nearly all information from the rabbinical writings, leaving them with nothing. Nonetheless they write entire books telling us we know nothing about these groups. However, these three independent sources are largely in agreement in every place where they overlap and I accept the Bible as completely accurate and Josephus as reliable. c) the Rabbinical writings: When considering the later Rabbinical writings, we must remember that these are centuries removed from contact with ... TraditionalistsB believed in the authority of oral tradition: In this respect, we would call the Pharisees A liberals@ and the Sadducees A conservatives.@ Mark 7:5. Like the Catholics adhere to the teachings of the church fathers, the Pharisees held ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-jewish-sects-pharisees-sadducees-essenes-zealots.htm

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Largest Audio/Video library of Pentecostal Manifestation Heresy ... ... Several typically bizarre examples of slain in the spirit In a Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship meeting, John Arnott says, "How many have never been to a church like this in their lives raise your hands." First a woman comes up and John Arnott orders God to "Fill her, fill her, fill her". She falls to the floor ... However anyone can trigger the same thing by laughing loud and historically for an extended period. Give it a try sometime! But then the stage becomes a bombing zone with three bodies hitting the turf like matchsticks. These three lay motionless for about a minute while the first woman does her yearly quota of sit- ups. The final view pans out to the audience ... Kenneth Copeland is speaking in tongues. Rodney Howard-Browne is interpreting the tongues as he hears them. (Copeland says a little then waits for Browne to interpret) Amazingly Browne begins to quote 1 Corinthians 1:14 but completely applies this simple verse in a false way. Browne says, "Don't try to work it out ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-audio-video-documentation.htm

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Watchtower leaders Collaboration with Hitler Covered-Up The following case is somewhat different, in that the cover-up is of an individual Watchtower employee, rather than the corporation as a whole. The man's name is Erich Frost, the chief Watchtower representative in Germany during the war years. First ... Watchtower, 1961 April 15th, p244 "Deliverance from Totalitarian Inquisition Through Faith in God" As told by Erich Frost In June seven thousand Witnesses assembled in Berlin and passed a resolution strongly protesting the highhanded action of the Hitler government. Millions of copies were distributed. In three days the property at Magdeburg was confiscated and the staff of 180 were forced to leave. Our religious foes rejoiced when Hitler declared: "I dissolve the 'Earnest Bible Students' in ... Then I was brought face-to-face with a tall, burly man in soldier's uniform: the traitor Mueller, whom I had met in front of the church. I left the room without saying a word. The Gestapo got nothing from me. These traitors each came to a bad end. As ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-collaboration.htm

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Trinity: "Plural of Majesty", "pluralis majestaticus", "singular ... ... They do not say we, but I, command; as in Gen. xli. 41; Dan. iii. 29; Ezra i. 2, etc." (Rabbi Tzvi Nassi, Oxford University professor, The Great Mystery, 1970, p6, ) "This first person plural can hardly be a mere editorial or royal plural that refers to the speaker alone, for no such usage is demonstrable anywhere ... God--the same God who spoke of Himself in the plural--now states that He created man in His image. In other words, the plural equals the singular. This can only be understood in terms of the Trinitarian nature of God. The one true God subsists in three Persons, Persons who are able to confer with one another and carry their plans into action together--without ... The "plural of Majesty" (royal we) is never used in the Bible. Arians (Jehovah's Witnesses, Anti-Trinitarians (Christadelphians), Unitarians and Modalists (UPCI United Pentecostal church international), will appeal to the following Bible texts as proof of "plural of Majesty". These texts clearly are not examples ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-plural-of-majesty-pluralis-majestaticus-royal-we.htm

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Mad-Doctors: William Battie: 1703-1776 AD ... To begin with, Battle was the first teacher of psychiatry in England; some authorities go so far as to say "in the world."" ("A Treatise on Madness", William Battie, Introduction by James Brussel, 1968, p v) D. Psychiatry: No progress in 250 years! Bedlam, Monro and Battie Psychiatry today Monro claimed he had no idea what ... The science of psychiatry today, is in fact identical to the mad doctors of Bedlam in 1750 AD. Today's psychiatrists have no more idea about the etiology or cure of mental illness then their mad doctor colleagues three centuries before them. Neither have any idea what causes mental illness and neither have any cures to offer. In Bedlam ... So these two mad doctors practiced "vomits" to cure mental illness, but one to remove humoral phlegm and the other to physically shake of the nerves! Like modern psychiatrists, Monro and Battie were quacks! Click to View E. Church preachers are the true heroes! So modern psychiatry wants to award Battie with ushering us into the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-mad-doctors-william-battie-1703-1776ad.htm

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Rapture Doctrine invented by John Darby in 1830 AD Introduction: See our main Rapture page here. 1. Rapture doctrine is one of the most recent "new doctrines" in the history of the Church. The only doctrine more recent is the invention of the sinner's prayer for salvation by Billy Sunday in 1930, ... single exception: Morgan Edwards wrote a short essay as a college paper for Bristol Baptist College in Bristol England in 1744 where he confused the second coming with the first resurrection of Revelation 20 and described a "pre-tribulation" rapture. ... Truth: God made three promises to Abraham and all three were fulfilled at the time of Joshua - Solomon. "And the LORD gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood before ... Up until about 1996, JW's taught that the world would end within one generation after 1914 AD. Even the May 15, 1984 Watchtower magazine echoed this false prediction. Like all cults and date setters, they quietly stopped making the prediction based ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-origin-john-nelson-darby-1830ad.htm

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Christianity Wasn't Influenced by Pagan Religions! ... While a tendency toward eclecticism or synthesis developed after A.D. 300, each of the mystery cults was a separate and distinct religion during the century that saw the birth of the Christian church. Moreover, each mystery cult assumed different forms in different cultural ... Ptolemy introduced these changes in order to synthesize Egyptian and Greek concerns in his kingdom, thus hastening the Hellenization of Egypt. From Egypt, the cult of Isis gradually made its way to Rome. While Rome was at first repelled by the cult, the religion finally entered the city during the reign of Caligula (A.D. 37-41). Its influence spread gradually during the next two centuries, and in some locales it became a major rival of ... This biased and sloppy use of language suggests three misleading analogies between Osiris and Christ: (1) a savior god dies and (2) then experiences a resurrection accompanied by (3) water baptism. But the alleged similarities, as well as the language used to describe them, turn ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan-christianity.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers believed in expedient, optional tradition ... is exactly 77 degrees; holding the person being baptized under water for exactly three second, one for the Father, one for the Son and one for the Holy Spirit. So this very passage by Tertullian that Roman Catholic and Orthodox anti-sola Scriptura advocates quote to disprove sola Scriptura, in fact refutes them! This passage also clearly shows the category of "tradition" that all the "Apostolic Fathers" viewed was not found in scripture. Unlike "classical reformers" like Keith A. Matheson, who stated in his book, "The shape of sola Scriptura", that it is important to maintain the oral traditions of the post-apostolic church, we reject this completely because there was a clear and steady drift away from ... If no passage of Scripture has prescribed it, assuredly custom, which without doubt flowed from tradition, has confirmed it. For how can anything come into use, if it has not first been handed down? Even in pleading tradition, written authority, you say, must be demanded. Let us ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-3-expedient.htm

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The Anatomy Of Melancholy, Robert Burton, 1621 AD ... He thinks they laugh or point at him, or doe it in disgrace of him, circumvent him, condemn him" It is easy to see why Burton's book was a standard text that was widely distributed over two centuries. (The Anatomy Of Melancholy, Robert Burton, 1621 AD) This great book was destined to become the most frequently reprinted psychiatric text. It may properly be called the first psychiatric cyclopaedia for nearly one thousand authors are cited, about half of them medical. It was so popular that five editions appeared in Burton's lifetime and three more in the seventeenth century. It then fell into oblivion together with the all embracing Elizabethan concept of melancholy, ... ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY The Anatomy Of Melancholy, Robert Burton, 1621 AD Robert Burton (1577-1640) BD Oxon, divine of Christ Church, Oxford The anatomy of melancholy, what it is. With all the kinds, causes, sympti prognostickes, and severall cures of it . . . by Democritusjunior, 1621 OA Cripps (pp. lxxxciii +784 +viii) pp. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/the-anatomy-of-melancholy-robert-burton-1621ad.htm

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Synagogue prototype master summary chart and introduction: The ... ... The Herodium Synagogue had freestanding columns that were symbolic not structural Christians are the freestanding columns and the church is the pillar of truth. 1 Tim 3:15; Rev 3:12. The first church buildings had columns. Refugee sanctuary Yes ... is as foreign from Biblical mosaic temple worship as the Roman Catholic church is foreign from New Testament Christianity. a. Both Rabbinic Judaism and Catholicism have huge volumes of the exact type of man-made rules that Rabbi Jesus of Nazareth condemned. b. The modern practice of Judaism places priority on manmade and inherently self-contradictory Talmudic writings over the Tanakh the same way that Jehovah's witnesses priorize their Watchtower and Awake magazines over the New Testament. ... the early Christians worship God?, Howard Marshall, The Churchman: Volume 99, Nos. 1-4, p216, 1985 AD) b. "There can be no doubt that the appearance of the synagogue centuries earlier had been of cardinal significance in the development of Judaism. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Worship-Introduction-master-Summary-chart-Synagogue-First-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-patterned-copied-ancient-prototype-ritual-liturgy.htm

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Aramaic: Native language of Jesus ... At the time of Jesus, the Greek Septuagint (LXX) was accepted by the Jews in their Synagogues as "equivalent to" the Hebrew Tanakh. (Old Testament). b. The Greek Septuagint Old Testament was the standard text of Apostle Paul and the entire first century church. c. Christians today view the English KJV or NASB as "equal to" the ... in 1962 by Tamireh bedouin north of Jericho (see "Bedouin Find Papyri Three Centuries Older Than Dead Sea Scrolls," BAR 04:01, by Paul Lapp), the official documents, written during the second half of the fourth century B.C. (350-300 B.C.), are in the Aramaic script and language, as we might expect of legal-administrative texts. ... It was Rabbi Judah the Prince who compiled the Mishnah (oral tradition of Moses) in 189 AD who said of the Targum "He who translates a biblical verse literally is a liar, but he who elaborates on it is a blasphemer." (Rabbi Judah the Prince, 135 AD) b. Aramaic not Hebrew in Matthew 5:18: Jot and tittle: "But by the first century ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-default-working-language-Jesus-first-century-Aramaic-Greek-Hebrew-Latin.htm

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The Septuagint: God approved Translation in every synagogue like ... Augustine in 400 AD makes this timeless observation true of Jews in 100 BC and Christians today: "Nevertheless, the Church has adopted the Septuagint as if it were the only translation. Indeed, Greek-speaking Christians use it so generally that many of ... They read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading." (Nehemiah 8:4-8) b. "The first archeological evidence for a synagogue appears in Schedia, near Alexandria in Egypt, in the third century bce. Although no synagogues are clearly attested during the period of Ezra and Nehemiah (late fifth and early fourth centuries bce), the tradition traces the practice of translating Scripture from Hebrew into Aramaic during a public ... Jesus, Matthew, Paul and the Hebrews writer were trilingual and translated Hebrew directly into Greek. i. Jesus astonished the Temple teachers in part, because he spoke the extinct true Hebrew at age 12: "Then, after three days they found Him in the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-standard-issue-Jerusalem-certified-translation-synagogues-church.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) In the preface of volume two (1877) of its forerunner, The Spirit of Prophecy, it was said: When the Publishers issued the first volume of this work, they felt that it supplied a want long realized by the Christian world, in illuminating a subject ... In the late 1970s Robert W. Olson, for the White Estate (which is always pushed to keep its readers and the church members up to date on such things), issued a rather late concession that Ellen had indeed been peeking at the work of other authors ... It is also evident that she borrowed from some works not named by W. C. White or Miss Davis, such as John Harris's The Great Teacher.... Ellen White's literary borrowing was not limited to the three books discussed above.... Ellen White can hardly be ... This explanation forces the people to conclude that EGW's integrity cannot be assumed. 35 Edward Heppenstall, a long-time Adventist theologian, is likewise quoted by Veltman: Walter's material will have a shattering effect upon the church membership ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH6-Ellens-sources.htm

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Nuweiba Beach Red Sea crossing: Rejected, debunked, refuted ... A 47-day journey is foundational to the prophetic messianic synchronism of both the Law of Moses in 1446 BC and the Law of Christ in AD 33 being revealed on the day of Pentecost fulfilling Isa 2:1-4 and Acts 2:1. In three different places Augustine not only calculated a 47 day journey, he highlighted the messianic prophetic ... Those who say the Greek Septuagint mistranslated "yam suph" as Red Sea are at variance with the 70 translators who were the top Hebrew scholars from Jerusalem in the world in 282 BC. The Greek Septuagint was the standard synagogue "pulpit Bible" and only Old Testament used by the first century church. Those who say the common Hebrew word ... Such a journey which would take at least 5 days on horseback. Fritz's training as a geographer leads him to misdefining "migdol" as a mountain range instead of an archaeological Egyptian military watchtower on the Gulf of Aqaba. This error eliminates the possibility of using messenger pigeons to get a message from the fortress ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-ruling-out-candiates-excluding-red-sea-crossing-points-kadesh-barnea.htm

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Did the New Testament Church have a world headquarters? ... After 150 AD a trend started where one of the men who made up the presbytery, became elevated within the local church. He began to exclusively wear the title of Bishop, and the rest of the men were called "the Presbytery". Now we have the first stage ... each local church. Church buildings are owned by the central world headquarters. (Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Jehovah's Witness, Episcopalian, Anglican, Methodist) D. Presbyterian: Presbyterian is a transliteration of the Greek word for "elder or presbyter". The "eldership" or "presbytery" are a group of men chosen from within the congregation to rule the congregation in all matters. There are different types of Presbyterian governments in denominations. Some have a three tier organization ... The Catholic church and Jehovah's Witnesses claim to be Theocratic in that they believe God directly communicates with the Pope, and the writers of the Watchtower Magazine. Both religions, if given the opportunity through a large enough majority of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-church-headquarters.htm

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Difficult Questions for Mormons to answer The Mormon Church The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Click to View Difficult Questions for Mormons Click to View Click to View Close-up of the golden Nephi Plates that were allegedly written in "Reformed Egyptian" General questions: Why did the angel take Nephi Plates back to heaven? Do they not belong with man? Would not their existence prove once for all that Mormonism is truth? God allowed the Jews to carry the 10 commandments for several centuries in their original physical ... When Christ died, did darkness cover the land for three days or for three hours? (Luke 23:44 and 3 Nephi 8:19, 23). Joseph Smith said that there are men living on the moon who dress like Quakers and live to be nearly 1000 years old. Since he was ... In the Bible, the Old Covenant is taken away to establish the New according to Paul and his followers (Heb. 10:9). The Book of Mormon intermingles the covenants. Paul was the man who first tried to reconcile the Old to the New convenant--not anyone ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-questions.htm

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Midianite Pottery: The designer import of the ancient world. ... to View "On the other hand, recent surveys of Midian have produced surprising discoveries of a developed civilization in precisely the period in question, the end of the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age, the 13th to 12th centuries. ... 1992) "Scholars associate the pottery (shown here, compare with image of landscape at Qurayyah) from Qurayyah with the Midianites, the very people that Moses was said to dwell among when he first fled Egypt—and from whom he chose his wife, Zipporah. ... Sinai." (Mt. Sinai—in Arabia?, Bible Review, Apr 2000, Allen Kerkeslager) When reading the quote below, remember Midianite pottery was once incorrectly called "Edomite ware": "Another type of pottery with stylistic features similar to those of ... This hand- and wheelmade pottery was also found at various copper smelting sites at Timna of which three are particularly well dated, that is smelting sites 2 and 3, and a group of undisturbed smelting sites on top of a plateau, Slaves Hill, which is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-midianite-pottery.htm

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The White Lie: Walter Rea: Chapter 1: How To Change History ... in the here and in the hereafter? It didn't take long for one group to buy up the franchise. What the Catholics and Protestants had been fighting about for centuries in Europe a group of leftovers from the Millerite movement decided to market in America. They had no thought initially of a worldwide movement. ... With no thought of failure, the Adventists assigned this awesome task to the person they liked to call the "weakest of the weak," Ellen Gould Harmon. Ellen was born a twin at Gorham, Maine, November 26, 1827, to Robert and Eunice Harmon, practicing members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and she would marry James White on August 30, 1846, three months short of her ... And last, the group or organization must tackle that final question: At death where do we go-and when (before, during, or after)? No one yet has come up with a satisfying answer to this one. Since it's much harder to get back here once you leave than to get here in the first place, not too many have come back to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH1-save-history.htm

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East orientation of Jewish temples and altars ... 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 AD) were oriented opposite to the Hebrew tabernacle and Temple: a. While the Hebrews worshipped YHWH with their backs to the rising sun, the earliest church buildings faced the rising sun in the east, perhaps in anticipation to the second coming of Christ "from the east". b. "In early centuries, churches were built with the pulpit on the east end. The sun rises in the east, and believers were supposed to look to the east for ... Stated alternately, if you were standing on the Al Kas Fountain on Passover, and this gnomen would eclipse the rising sun. So by far the most logical choice of the magnetic compass heading orientation of the tabernacle of Moses and the Temple of Solomon was exactly magnetic east for three reasons: It was the mid point of the winter ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-east-orientation-jewish-temples-altars.htm

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Mormonism: God had sex with Mary to conceive Jesus The Mormon Church The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Click to View God had sex with Mary to conceive Jesus Click to View Mormons deny the virgin birth. God is considered the literal biological Father of Jesus in the same way that Mary is ... Mormons feel that they can still use the phrase "virgin birth" because God was an IMMORTAL being who had sex with Mary, not a mere mortal man. And this is exactly what Bruce McConkie, (top LSD theologian, and one of the Mormon 12 Apostles, died in ... D. Joseph was Her Second Husband Inasmuch as God was the first husband to her, it may be that He only gave her to be the wife of Joseph while in the mortal state, and that He intended after the resurrection to again take her as one of his own wives ... Jesus is the Son of God in at least three ways. First, he is the firstborn spirit child of God the Father and thereby the elder brother of the spirits of all men and women as God the Father, known also by the exalted name-title Elohim, is the father ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-god-had-sex-with-mary.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 200 AD: Tertullian ... Hereupon we are thrice immersed, making a somewhat ampler pledge than the Lord has appointed in the Gospel. Then when we are taken up (as new-born children), we taste first of all a mixture of milk and honey, and from that day we refrain from the daily bath for a whole week. We take ... is exactly 77 degrees; holding the person being baptized under water for exactly three second, one for the Father, one for the Son and one for the Holy Spirit. So this very passage by Tertullian that Roman Catholic and Orthodox anti-sola Scriptura advocates quote to disprove sola Scriptura, in fact refutes them! This passage also clearly shows the category of "tradition" that all the "Apostolic Fathers" viewed was not found in scripture. Unlike "classical reformers" like Keith A. Matheson, who stated in his book, "The shape of sola Scriptura", that it is important to maintain the oral traditions of the post-apostolic church, we reject this completely because there was a clear and steady drift away from ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-tertullian.htm

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The Madaba map (mosaic floor) 542 AD St. George's Orthodox church ... ... Sinai was located at Mt. Musa in the modern Sinai peninsula. The Madaba Map is located deep into Eastern/Greek (Constantinople/Orthodox) territory of the church. It is entirely possible that there was a rift between east and west as to the real location of Mt. Sinai. Perhaps the Madaba map located Mt. Sinai ... Psalm 29:8 The fort at Zoar is exactly where we would expect to find it: just above the right end of the Dead sea. The series of three forts directly to the right of the Dead sea are known locations. First is Praesidium thought to be at al-Fayfa. Second is Thamara is mentioned in the Onomasticon and is located at Tamara. The third is Moa, perhaps located at near Nahal 'Omer. In ... Mo'a was clearly an important way-station on the road from Petra to Gaza, and consisted of a number of building units. Agricultural terraces were surveyed over a wide area in its neighborhood. The finds indicate that it was founded in the third-second centuries B.C.E., reached its zenith during the reign of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-madaba-map.htm

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Holy Spirit Comforter passages of John 14-15-16 The Baptism of the Holy Spirit promised to all Christians of the first century not just the apostles. c. The four "comforter Passages" of John 14, 15 & 16 were made to all first century Christians not just the apostles. d. Spiritual gifts were regulated and controlled directly by ... Why would Jesus say, "whoever believes" when he only meant apostles? b. There is no way to limit this to the apostles. 4. Personal indwelling advocates often quote Acts 5:32 or Jn 7:39 as proof texts. The argument goes like this: God promised to give the Holy Spirit to all who believed and obeyed. There are three serious problems with this interpretation: a. The Holy Spirit was given miraculously in the text, a non-miraculous ... to the Jews they could be baptized and saved. 3. The only difference between the apostles and non-apostle Christians was not in the miraculous power each possessed, but the authority of the apostles over the church. a. Only the apostles had the ability to impart Spiritual gifts b. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Comforter-helper-advocate-passages-of-John14-15-16.htm

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50 ways Harold Camping's pre-tribulation Rapture contridicts ... ... Truth: God made three promises to Abraham and all three were fulfilled at the time of Joshua - Solomon. "And the LORD gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood before ... So God had to think up the church age as a stop gap measure until God could try a second time to get the Jews to accept Jesus as king during the millennium. Notice that the "prophetic clock stops" when the Jews crucified Jesus and it starts at the Rapture. The reason the clock had to stop, is because of all the time prophecies were supposed to be fulfilled at the first advent of Christ, but the Jews thwarted God's plan. Notice the clock stops at the 69th week of Daniel 9 which was happily ... 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 best "fits" OUR interests or OUR ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-contrast-truth.htm

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Scientology is Neo-Gnosticism: Paying to learn secret knowledge ... "Scientology is the science of knowing how to know answers." (Hubbard) A religion where you pay to learn secret knowledge that saves you!!! This article will contain material which was written by early Church Fathers to refute the Gnostics; Scientology critics will recognize many of the expressions and methods used. The ... Short notes about relevant connections to a.r.s. are given. Quote from Tertullian Commentary "The Valentinians, who are no doubt a very large body of heretics - comprising as they do so many apostates from the truth, who have a propensity for fables, and no discipline to deter them (therefrom) care nothing so much as to ... In like manner, the Scientologists show many similarities to these early heresies and mystery religions from the first and second centuries. Compare the references to 'religious values' and 'Scientific research' and that you can be 'Christian and Scientologist at the same time'. If you propose to them inquiries sincere and honest, they answer ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-gnostic-roots.htm

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The polytheistic "henotheism" of Jehovah's Witnesses and Christadelphi ... These and other Arians are desperately looking for a way to reconcile the fact that Jesus, on one hand, is called "God", yet want to make Jesus into a creature, on the other hand. Instead of outright rejecting the Watchtower organization as a satanic ... For starters look very closely at the quote at the top of the page. The key to grasping Henotheism, is not to think in terms of whether a god is "true or false god", but in terms of whether YHWH has approved the use of the title "god" for the individual. For example, YHWH is called the "only true God", but that doesn't phase Henotheists because they will say YHWH is the only true God, and still call Jesus, angels and Moses "Gods". The Trinitarian must focus on the apostate concept that God ... I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-definition-god-watchtower-JW-henotheism.htm

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How To Build an Evangelistic Bible Quiz Booth ... If true, the green light turns on. If false, the red light turns on. Below is the "identify the sin" question that was very powerful. Click to View Below is the fabulous "Is it a Bible quote" question. This question sends the "Billy Graham crowd" spinning away in confusion because they get almost every one wrong based upon the false ... Click to View Running the booth: As people come into the booth we say, "would you like to take the Bible quiz?" If they say yes, we hand them a flyer as we say, "The first question is at this end." We explain that it is a question with three possible answers and that when they press the buttons it will tell them if it is right or wrong from the lights that turn on. I usually do a question with them, then back off. A while later I will come back and ask two questions: "Do you attend church every week?" and "Which church". I want to know if they are committed and their religious affiliation. As they finish, we ask them if they are interested in Bible ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-how-to-build-bible-quiz-booth.htm

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Joel 2:28, Promise of the Father, Baptism of the Holy Spirit ... ... The gift of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2:38 is not an automatic consequence of repentance of Baptism for the remission of sins. f. The Greek word for and (kai) has "has three chief meanings, "and," "also," "even."" (Vine) and is used in the Bible in two different ways: Conjunctive and narrative. i. Conjunctive: Binding two things ... This doctrine of limiting the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" to the apostles ONLY was a false theology developed last century to refute modern day Pentecostals and Charismatics who claim to have miraculous power of the Holy Spirit like the first century church. c. It was never successful in countering charismatics, but it distorted the ... Personal Indwelling of the Holy Spirit advocates who quote Jn 7:39 or Acts 5:32 as proof texts that the Holy Spirit is always given at Baptism/salvation, are inconsistent in their logic because they then go on to criticize a Baptist preacher who quotes John 3:16 as proof that water baptism is not essential to salvation. b. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Gift-of-the-Holy-Spirit-miraculous-Joel2-28-Promise-of-the-Father-Baptism-Acts2-38.htm

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What Early Christians believed about PROPHETS OUTSIDE THE APOSTOLIC ... I have cited just a few of these references below. Admittedly some of this language is difficult to follow but some interesting facts are easily seen. First, the early church had to combat people who said they were prophets or prophetesses and were ... But the signs and wonders did not deceive these leaders of Christ's church. They looked beyond the glitter and the ecstasy and saw their teaching did not agree with that of the church and so they were disqualified. Today the pattern remains the same. ... Page quote from early fathers pg. 44 THE DRUIDS; PROGENITORS OF THEIR SYSTEM. And the Celtic Druids investigated to the very highest point the Pythagorean philosophy, after Zamolxis, by birth a Thracian, a servant of Pythagoras, became to them the ... And (he says that Christ), on receiving in this body cosmical powers, lived for the time he did in (this) world. But (he held that Jesus) was subsequently crucified by the Jews, and expired, and that, being raised Up after three days, he appeared to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-prophets.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Migdal, Taracheae 50 BC ... It was provided with interior columnation around three sides and a set of five benches against the N wall. "Heart-shaped" or double columns stood at the corners of the lines of columnation. The excavators believe that the building was converted to a fish pond after A.D. 70, or after the First Revolt. This would suggest that the Jewish population that originally used it was gone. This small building with thick walls stood at the SE corner of two well-paved streets. The street passing in ... On the S side of the Franciscan property of Magdala and extending outside the property lie the ruins of a monastery of the 5th and 6th centuries. It was furnished with fine mosaics in geometric designs." (ABD, Magdala, 1992 AD) 6. "Meanwhile, Italian ... Master introduction: Summary overview is the place to start to tie it all together. Providence: God's eternal plan: The providential transition from Temple to Synagogue to Church Origin: Synagogues originated at Alexandria Egypt in 280 BC spawned by the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Migdal-Taracheae-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-heart-shaped-columns-Roman-springhouse-ceramic-tile-roof-50bc.htm

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495-399 BC: The Judean Elephantine Egyptian Papyrus letters to ... ... When the cured Aramean leper Naaman wanted to worship YHWH in his homeland, he took with him two mule-loads of Israelite earth (2 Kings 5:15ff)." (Did the Ark Stop at Elephantine?, Bezalel Porten, BAR, BAR 21:03, May/June, 1995 AD) 5. We have chosen to feature three spectacular historically important papyrus ... had settled at Elephantine in the far south of Upper Egypt some time before the conquest of Egypt by the Persians." (The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Elephantine Papyri, 2005 AD) 5. "The first group of papyri was purchased from dealers in 1893, but was not published until 1953. A larger collection was purchased after 1900, in stages, and published ... According to correspondence with the priests in Jerusalem, the destruction was caused by priests of the Egyptian ram god Khnum-to whom a temple was built on Elephantine during the 18th-19th centuries bc (or the 16th-13th centuries bc). The Jewish community responded by praying, fasting, and putting on sackcloth, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-archeology-Elephantine-papyrus-Egypt-Aswan-Syene-Darius-persian-Jewish-colony-temple-burned-Bagohi-Sanballat-passover-wine-fortress-Ezek29-10-495-399BC.htm

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Adad-Nirari III(810-783) The "Unknown Deliverer" of 2 Kings 13 ... ... God's two stage fulfillment of 2 Kings 13:5 over three years (799-796 BC): "The Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of the Arameans; and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as formerly." a. "Several events converged at the beginning of the eighth century to catapult Israel and Judah into prominence. The defeat of Aram-Damascus by Adad-nirari III about 796 bce liberated Israel from Aramean oppression." (The Eighth, the Greatest of Centuries? P. J. King, Journal of Biblical Literature, 108, p3, 1989 AD) b. First stage: the prayer and humbling of Jehoahaz king of Israel (814-798 BC) was after Hazael died in 800 BC, so the prayer occurred in 799 and the ... The Rimah Joash conquest stele and the Saba'a conquest stele and the Omri-land conquest stele tells the exact story found in the Bible: 2 Kings 13:1-5; 24-25 What you read in the book, you find in the ground! Find me a church to attend in my home town this Sunday! By Steve Rudd: Contact the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-archeology-Adad-Nirari-III-king-of-Assyria-stele-inscriptions-statues-810-783bc.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Mistakes made by the Apostolic Fathers based ... The controversy began with his interpretation of Proverbs 8:22ff., where Solomon speaks of Wisdom: The Lord created Me at the beginning of His work, the first of His acts of old (RSV). Everyone, both Orthodox and Arian, understood Wisdom to be Christ. The question ... The vast majority of Christians today, in fact, agree that Justin and the early church got it wrong. And this is exactly what this reference says they did: "In the long-recognized scriptural testimony for the Logos-doctrine provided by Prov. viii, 22ff. the exegetes of the second and third centuries had found the creation of the pre-existent Logos-Christ set forth without dispute and equivocation. But now, when the Arians also interpreted the passage in this way, the interpretation was suddenly reckoned as false." (The Formation Of Christian Dogma, Martin Werner, p158. Note: Werner is a liberal modernist whom Catholics and Orthodox frequently quote from) This all proves that tradition did not catch the error. What Clark ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-fathers-mistakes.htm

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Official creed of The United Church of Canada Creed of... The United Church of Canada Click to View Bill Phipps Head of United church denies Resurrection of Christ! Interview with Bill Phipps, current moderator of the United church of Canada in October 1997, shows him to be an infidel and enemy ... We worship Him in the unity of the Godhead and the mystery of the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, three persons of the same substance, equal in power and glory. 2.2 Article II. Of Revelation. We believe that God has revealed ... We believe that our first parents, being tempted, chose evil, and so fell away from God and came under the power of sin, the penalty of which is eternal death; and that, by reason of this disobedience, all men are born with a sinful nature, that we ... with the editorial board of the Ottawa Citizen, Phipps said Jesus was more interested in life on Earth than the afterlife and had more to say about economics than any other subject. "I don't believe Jesus was God, but I'm no theologian," Phipps said. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-united-Can.htm

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