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151: 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 Sabbath! Click to View Seventh-day Adventists misrepresent history when they say the earliest Christians kept the Sabbath, when in fact they NEVER kept it. The Historical Record! The record of history, from the Resurrection of Christ, Christians have always worshipped on the first day of the week (Sunday) and never on the Sabbath (7th day). 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 ... For His word makes this announcement, saying, "That you may know that I am God who redeemed you." (Dialogue With Trypho the Jew, 150-165 AD, Ante-Nicene Fathers , vol. 1, page 204) 200AD TERTULLIAN: Let him who contends that the Sabbath is still to be observed a balm ... ...
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152: Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 325 AD: Athanasius
of the Fathers, for the Nicene Bishops did not neglect this matter, but stated the doctrine so exactly, that persons reading their words honestly, cannot but be reminded by them of the religion towards Christ, announced in divine Scripture" (Athanasius, de Synodis, Part 1, 6) Click to View Athanasius states that the scriptures are all-sufficient. He also says that the decisions of the councils were identical with divine scripture, or as Athanasius, "you can't tell one from the other". When you read the Nicene Creed, you wonder if you are reading the Bible! No extra-Biblical tradition here in the mind ... For the Prophets say: 'Send out Thy Word and Thy Truth,' and ' Behold the Virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which is being interpreted God with us.' ... We simply point out that until the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches can point out a single place where Athanasius or any early writer tells us: "This is a doctrine not found in scripture, ... ...
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153: The Ignatian Forgeries: They claim to be written by Ignatius ...
... Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. It is not lawful without the bishop either to baptize or to celebrate a love-feast; but whatsoever he shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and valid. (The Epistle of ... purposes, put forth under the name of the celebrated Bishop of Antioch." (Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers, Introductory Note To The Epistle Of Ignatius To The Ephesians) "The whole story of Ignatius is ... In the latter, which contains only three epistles, most of the passages on the episcopate are wanting, indeed; yet the leading features of the institution appear even here" (History of the Christian ... He stands so nearly alone in this respect, that some have been disposed to question the genuineness of the epistles attributed to him. Baur declares it impossible that any writer of so early an age could ... ...
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154: Sola Scriptura: "Paul quoted an early hymn from tradition in ...
Extra-Biblical Oral Tradition Arguments Refuted: Click to View "Paul quoted an early hymn from tradition in Ephesians 5:14, 'Awake O sleeper'" False arguments that Catholics and Orthodox use to prove ... Click to View "Paul quoted an early hymn from tradition in Ephesians 5:14." For this reason it says, "Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you." Ephesians 5:14 Click to ... "no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. (2 Pet 1:20-21) There are several Old Testament passages that seem to directly underpin Eph 5:14 ... There have been speculation that all the following passages are quotes from early Christian hymns, but such is speculative, unsupported by an evidence and inconclusive: Ephesians 5:14, Philippians ... If they did have any inspired songs, they would use them in all their "masses". Yes there were several later hymns and poetry recorded by the Apostolic Fathers, but the Roman Catholic and Orthodox ... ...
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155: Official creed of the Lutheran church; 95 Theses or 95 Articles ...
And the term "person" they use as the Fathers have used it, to signify, not a part or quality in another, but that which subsists of itself. They condemn all heresies which have sprung up against ... one Person, sophistically and impiously argue that the Word and the Holy Ghost are not distinct Persons, but that "Word" signifies a spoken word, and "Spirit" signifies motion created in things. ... that there are two natures, the divine and the human, inseparably enjoined in one Person, one Christ, true God and true man, who was born of the Virgin Mary, truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, ... Therefore inexperienced and profane men judge ill concerning this matter, who dream that Christian righteousness is nothing but civil and philosophical righteousness. Heretofore consciences were ... In the early 1500s, one of the ways the Pope made money for the Catholic church was by selling indulgences. These were pieces of paper that could cancel the sin of the person who purchased them. ... ...
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156: Trinity Proof Texts: Genesis 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Isa 6:8
II. Christ is the identical image of God, angels are not A. Jesus Christ is our co-creator who is the exact image of God. 1. "see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. " 2 Corinthians 4:4 2. "He is the image ... A. Anti-Trinitarians claim that when God said, "Let US make man in OUR image". (Gen 1:26) he was speaking to angels. 1. Angels are not created in the image of God, only man. 2. If angels are included in "Let US make", then angels AND God are equally our creator. 3. ... This passage teaches that if Jesus is the creator, as the Bible says he is, then he cannot be a creature. Jesus cannot be creator and creature at the same time! V. The apostolic Fathers unanimously taught that the "Us" in Gen 1:26, refers to ... For I would not say that the dogma of that heresy which is said to be among you (The Jews had their own heresies which supplied many things to the Christian heresies) is true, or that the teachers of it can prove that [God] spoke to angels, or ... ...
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157: Official creed of Church of God, International (Tyler, TX)
He was then resurrected, and ascended to heaven to become our High Priest. Jesus Christ shall return to establish the Kingdom of God on earth, and rule as King of kings with His saints ... God begets Christians as His sons and daughters through this Spirit. It strengthens a Christian spiritually, converts his mind, and serves as an earnest or guarantee of eternal life. Acts 1:8; 2:38; Romans 8:9, 14; I Corinthians 2:16; Ephesians 1:13-14 5. MANKIND Humans are physical beings with no inherent immortality, but they can receive eternal life as a free gift from God. Man was created by God to be wholly flesh and ... motivations. John 14:15, 21; Romans 712; I John 5:2-3 17. BIBLICAL COVENANTS Both testaments record that God made certain promises in the form of specific contracts or agreements with man. ... The annual holy days were ordained by God, kept by the ancient Israelites, and continued by the early New Testament Christians. These seven annual "appointed feasts" picture God's plan of ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/cr-CoG-Tyler.htm
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158: The Incarnation of God, the Son: Jesus Christ
Incarnation of Christ: God becomes man, Creator becomes creature "Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You have not desired, But a body You have prepared for ... Making man in God's image facilitated a perfect interchangeability between the divine Spirit of God and the created human body and conversely, the created human spirit with the divine body of God. ... physical human body inside Mary's womb. "When Jesus comes into the world he says, 'a body you prepared for me'" (Hebrews 10:5-7) As a man, he had fully released his grasp of being equal in rank with God. ... Image of God (Character) Jesus before incarnation Holy Jesus on earth Holy Jesus after ascension Holy Non-Christian man Sinful Christian man Sinful, forgiven Christians in heaven Holy PRESS THE ... loved Me before the foundation of the world." (John 17:24) 3. 1 Jn 2:13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. 4. 1 Pe 1:20 For He was foreknown before ... ...
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159: The transition from Temple to Synagogue to church: God's eternal ...
Introduction: A. God's eternal purpose in the Christian church: "The manifold wisdom of God is now made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in ... In 36 AD Apostle Paul (Saul) triggered the first great Christian Diaspora of with the stoning of Stephen: "Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And ... During this early period, Christians began using Synagogues on the first day of the week, adopting the same basic pattern of synagogue worship they were familiar as Jews before converting to Jesus Christ as their risen savior from their sins. c. After Paul's conversion during his three missionary journeys, Paul began worshipping ... who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be ... is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through ... ...
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160: What Early Christians believed about Mt 24 & destruction of Jerusalem ...
What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Matthew 24 Fulfilled in 70AD Destruction of ... See: The History Of The Destruction Of Jerusalem] 75AD Flavius Josephus (note: Josephus was not a Christian but a Jewish historian) "A false prophet was the occasion of these people's destruction, who had ... spoken. (Clementine Homilia, 3:15. See Roberts and Donaldson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, 8:241.) 160AD Clement of Alexandria (On the Significance of the A.D.70) "Whence also Peter, in his Preaching, speaking of the apostles, says: 'But we, unrolling the books of the prophets which we possess, who name Jesus Christ, partly in parables, partly in enigmas, partly expressly and in so ... As it is written, That things are all that He behooves to suffer, and what should be after Him. Recognizing them, therefore, we have believed in God in consequence of what is written respecting Him.' " ... ...
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161: Is it OK that My church doesn't have Communion every Sunday?
That the early church under the direct guidance of the inspired apostles observed the Lord's Supper on the first day of every week is the testimony of all biblical scholars and church historians of every denomination. Mosheim, in his celebrated Ecclesiastical History, volume 1, Pages 46 and 85 says: "The first of all the Christian churches ... The Christians of this century assembled for the worship of God and for their advancement in piety on the first day of the week, the day on which Christ reassumed life; for that this day was set apart for religious worship by the apostles themselves, and that after the example of the ... Testimony to this fact comes from Justin Martyr, one of the earliest church fathers. To those who were sick and unable to attend the assembly, the communion was carried to their homes. It was not till the fourth century that the church became careless and began to lose her first love. The Didache records in 90 AD: 90AD DIDACHE: "Christian Assembly on the Lord's ... ...
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162: The Levitical Priesthood
he desires to the place which the LORD chooses, then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD." (Deuteronomy 18:6-7) 4. High priests ... Christ being replaced by the priesthood of believers in Christ. 6. Today, every Christian is a priest and Christ is our high priest. A. Ceramic Pomegranate found at Shiloh archeological excavations in 2018 AD: 1. Two Pomegranates excavated at Shiloh: dating to 1100 BC: a. 2018 AD by Associates for Biblical Research excavation team, Object 900: "The ceramic pomegranate came, as noted ... 21:6) 2. Kohathites: (descendants of Kohath, second son of Levi, Aaron and Moses were Kohathites but had special rank) a. The Kohathites camped on the south side of the tabernacle: Numbers 3:29 b. ... Then he said to them, "Listen to me, O Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out from the holy place. ... Then the ... ...
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163: Seventh Day Adventist Church controversy: The Arrest and Trial ...
... Another reason Dammon parted company with the Whites could be a harsh letter James White wrote to Dammon. In the book Defense of Eld. James White and Wife: Vindication of their Moral and Christian Character on pp. 108-9, the author quotes a letter by an Elder J. B. Goodrich (written early in 1870), that mentions ... White, it is this: A supposed miracle or a vision does not prove a person to be a prophet of God. A prophet of God must pass the Six Biblical Tests of a Prophet. Click to View Mrs. White's Weak and unreliable References in the Israel Dammon ... He ordered us off--we did not go. The woman that lay on the floor relating visions, was called by Elder Dammon and others, Imitation of Christ. Dammon called us hogs and devils, and said if he was the owner of the house ... Whenever these terms occurred in the testimony, they created much merriment....This was especially the case when the acts which these terms expressed were described." 104 The expression "slain upon the floor" or "slain ... ...
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164: Scientology is anti-Christian, Satanic and Neo-Gnostic?
... Fact one: a million years ago is occasionally rigged with Christ and the devil and an angel. It's a fascinating thing, it's an old game. Here on Earth, there was undoubtedly a Christ. One of the reasons he ... Yet, reincarnation was never a fundamental belief of Christianity, but rather a result of Hubbard's poor knowledge in history. Any New Testament scholar can tell you that early manuscripts from 100-500 AD ... and bishops, of whom many came also in the place of absent colleagues." (Hefele, Quoted in Nicene Fathers, "The Seven Ecumenical Councils", p. 299.) Hubbard on the Church Roman Catholicism (11kb Real ... Hubbard may be referring to ancient Jewish prophets ("all over the ancient world"). One of the mechanisms by which the Hebrew prophets received messages from God was in a dream. e.g. Jer 23:28 "The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully." Hubbard on Christian Love Christian love is significantly ... ...
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165: Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology
version of God as a Triad. (Father-true God, Son-a created demi-god and Holy Spirit-the force or energy of God) Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "'The Triad of the Great Gods': Many centuries before the time of Christ, there were triads, or trinities, of gods in ancient Babylonia and Assyria. ... Later, under the influence of national pride, the gods acquired rank, the dignity of which corresponded to the importance in the country as a whole of the city in which they were particularly ... Our comment The very same page that JW's use to say that the Christian Trinity was borrowed from the Babylonians also decribes this triad almost exactly like JW's view Jehovah! "He [Anu] was god in ... In the land of' Sumer, and particularly at Nippur, Enlil, Lord of the Air, had been worshipped from early times. Enlil was the god of the hurricane and his weapon was the amaru, that is, the ... ...
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166: Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: The case of "Candy ...
This practical companion volume to Biblical Psychiatry© includes not only diagnosis, but also in-depth discussions by experienced Christians for Biblical approaches to treatment. This meticulously ... Tammy told the sisters that she crying because she had determined to pray all night but failed when she fell asleep in the early hours of the morning. She had determined to pray all night for her another woman whom she was teaching the gospel of Christ. Like before Tammy told the sisters that she was such a bad Christian because she had failed to pray all night. She had severe depression ... Notice the super-spiritual activity ("super-Christian syndrome") of soul winning etc, was a kind of "balance scale salvation" where if she worked extra hard for God, it would balance out the ... Tammy derived two benefits from her depression: It gave her positive praise to make her feel better about the secret sin. It created a smokescreen for the lesbian sexual affairs. deviant sex is learned ... ...
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167: Synagogue prototype master summary chart and introduction: The ...
... C. Biblical Mosaic Judaism of temple worship is dead and extinct today: 1. Restoration of Biblical Mosaic Judaism of temple worship is impossible: a. Not a Jew alive today know which of the twelve ... Identifying the tribe of sons of Aaron today would require special revelation from God. In other words, GOD WOULD SPEAK. d. Remember that the Encyclopaedia of Judaism confirms that many Jews today ... physical descendants than the light-skinned, blue eyed Jews. 2. Messianic Jews and Christian premillennialists expect that Christ himself will sort the whole mess out at His second coming. a. But if it was impossible for animal sacrifices to forgive sins (Hebrews 10:4,11) AND if Christ died once for all for sins (Heb 10:12), WHY RESTORE ANIMAL SACRIFICES? b. Premillennialism is pure rank heresy. ... E. Synagogues provided both Jews and Christians with a template for their religion: 1. Synagogue worship was adopted by the early church: a. The initial place of worship for the Christians was the ... ...
...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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168: Role of Women preachers, segregation and Children in Synagogues
... and Art: New Discoveries and Current Research, Rachel Hachlili, p280, 2013 AD) b. "In addition, any indications of a separation between men and women were also absent from early synagogues. ... It is unlikely that the builders would have created a space that expressed the community's oneness and then have subdivided it in such a way as to call that sense of oneness into question." ... New Discoveries and Current Research, Rachel Hachlili, p579, 2013 AD) 4. The "Therapeutae" were a Jewish monastic order in Egypt of self-denial and devotion to God that later Christians used as a pattern for Christian monastic orders. a. ... However, in recent decades it has been receiving more attention by vari-ous scholars. The woman's status, in the family, from birth to death, was one of dependence and subordination. Women ... 6. The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men 9. The Moses' Seat: Metaphor of ... ...
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169: One verse refution of Transubstantiation
... Of course the truth is that both the church and Gnostics taught the symbolic view, while employing the same literalistic language. 8. In fact, the logic employed by early church leaders ... "He (the Gnostic) acknowledged the created cup with which he moistens our blood as his own blood, and he confirmed the created bread from which our bodies grow as his own body. Since therefore the cup that has been mixed and the bread that has been made, from which things the substance of our flesh grows and is sustained, receive the word of God and the eucharist becomes the body of Christ, how do they say that the flesh ... and proclaimed in all the types and declarations of Scripture." (Augustine, On Christian Doctrine, book 4, ch 21, quoting Cyprian) The same situation prevails in the writings of ... In fact, since the earliest Christians gathered together for the express purpose of "breaking bread" (Acts 20:7) it obviously proves transubstantiation a non-biblical doctrine, because had ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-transubstantiation.htm
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170: 4 Competing Views of Church Organization
The foundational error of Roman Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants is their acceptance of the Nicene council as authoritative. As soon as you accept the Nicene ... Let us get back to the simple organization that God ordained in scripture! The Catholic position: Peter was designated by Christ be the "universal bishop" and God ... three stage evolution of church government first, with the simple Biblical arrangement of autonomous local churches, then the trends towards centralization at produced the Patriarchal system of the 4th and 5th centuries and finally the Papal monarchy. Orthodox believers want the "god directed evolution" to stop in the 5th century. ... as the latter for a certain time and a certain stage in the progress of the Christian world." (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, book 3, ch 5) "The ... Here the Greek church stopped, and is governed to this day by a hierarchical oligarchy of patriarchs equal in rank and jurisdiction; while the Latin church went a ... ...
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171: Trinity proof texts: John 1:1
personal reference to the Father as in Eph 4:4. The use of "God" as a class of being in John 1:1, mirrors Gen 1:1 where "God" as a class of being created and made "man in our image". ... Many of the supporting authorities in the footnotes of the early versions of the NWT have been deleted as proof of this. Several of these Greek authorities have written formal repudiations ... Bowman, Robert Bowman, All scholars agree that in John 1:1 "logos" is the subject and "theos" is the predicate. This sets the translation of John 1:1c as, (The Word was God" not "God was the Word". Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Christ, and ... There is no syntactical parallel to Acts 28:6 where there is a statement in indirect discourse; John 1:1 is direct....I am neither a Christian nor a Trinitarian." Kaufman: Dr. Paul L. ... They must admit that "the Word was God" is also a possibility. E.C Colwell suggested in the Journal of Biblical Literature in 1933, that the reason for dropping the definite article in John ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john1-1.htm
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172: What Early Christians believed about USING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
... God withal, that she may seem not to Judaize.'" (McClintock and Strong, Encyclopedia of Biblical Literature, Vol. 6, Harper and Brothers, New York, 1894, pg. 762.) MCCLINTOCK "The Greek word ... music. The instrument was a bass viol and caused considerable commotion. This occurred early in the nineteenth century.(Albert Henry Newman, A History of the Baptist Churches in the United ... Fathers as being incompatible with the pure, solemn, spiritual character of the religion of Christ. The Fathers of the church, in accordance with the example of psalmodizing of our Savior and the ho ly ... B. Posey, Baptist, The Baptist Church In The Lower Mississippi Valley). PRESBYTERIAN "Question 6. Is there any authority for instrumental music in the worship of God under the present ... PRATT "The, First Christian Songs. - Singing in public and private worship was a matter of course for the early Christians. For Jewish converts this was a continuance of synagogue customs, but ... ...
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173: Earliest evidence for the New Testament canon
The Earliest evidence for the New Testament canon 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 ... division of opinion...was not over the core, but over the 'fringe.'" (The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon, Lee M. MacDonald, 1995, p 132) c. Basilides was a Gnostic heretic who lived about 117-138 AD. Basilides, however, quoted from 1 Corinthians prefacing the quote with: "the scripture says". I. Evidence to support the early canon: 1. The use of "Nomina Sacra": a. ... But with the uniform manuscript evidence in mind, the critical remarks of the church fathers can be better interpreted as a historical critical reaction to an existing publication. Their debate as to the ... "The second big surprise came when I realized that the first complete listing of New Testament books as we have them today did not appear until over 300 years after the death and resurrection of Christ. ... ...
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174: Official creed of Assemblies of God
The phraseology employed in this Statement is not inspired nor contended for, but the truth set forth is held to be essential to a full-gospel ministry. No claim is made that it covers all Biblical truth, only that it covers our ... Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is ... This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4, 8; 1 Cor ... With the baptism in the Holy Ghost come such experiences as an overflowing fullness of the Spirit (John 7: 37-39; Acts 4:8), a deepened reverence for God (Acts 2:43; Heb. 12: 28), an intensified consecration to God and dedication to His work (Acts 2:42), and a more active love for Christ, for His ... ...
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175: Have Crucified Jesus today by your actions?
Have You Crucified Jesus? Next Sunday, is the traditional date of the Resurrection of Christ. "Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene." ... One finding is a graffito1 dating to shortly after 200 A.D., taken from the walls of the Roman Palatine. It is a drawing of a crucified ass; a mockery of a Christian prisoner who worships Christ. The Romans were no doubt ... Tzaferis wrote an article in the Jan/Feb. 1985 issue of the secular magazine Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR), and here are some of his comments regarding crucifixion in Jesus' time: At the ... The Crucifixion Of Christ 2000 years ago, the sinless blood of Jesus Christ dripped to the ground as He hung on the cross. Some 1000 years even earlier, the prophets of Jehovah God foretold of ... But the facts of history are undeniable and Stephen charged the same leaders in Acts 7:52-53 "Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who had previously ... ...
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176: C. H. Dodd: New Testament Translation Problems Part II, John ...
The UBS publishes "The Bible Translator" magazine that Dodd wrote in. The issue in question here, that is, the translation of this key Biblical text, is obviously a very important one. It is, as a matter of fact, a text ... If translation were a matter of substituting words, a possible translation of [...] would be, "The Word was a god". As a word-for-word translation it cannot be faulted, and to pagan Greeks who heard early Christian language, [...] might have seemed a perfectly sensible statement, in that sense. ([...], said the ... We return to John 1:1. In this gospel HO THEOS is (in succession to Jewish usage) both the personal God of Abraham and the Father of Christ and of those who are united to Christ. The clause, [...] is quite straightforward: ... That this is the [...] (the personal God of Abraham, the Father goes without saying. In fact, the Nicene [...] is a perfect paraphrase. How is it to be translated? In English it is natural enough to use the term "spirit" for ... ...
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177: Creeds: The ancient "rule of faith" (regula fidei) was not a ...
The Reform church boasts loudly that their doctrines are not only scriptural, but echo the apostolic fathers. Yet even the Nicene creed of 325, which they view as authoritative, states that baptism is for the remission of sins. Even Irenaeus clearly taught ... the ancient tradition, believing in one God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and all things therein, by means of Christ Jesus, the Son of God; who, because of His surpassing love towards His creation, condescended to be born of the virgin, He Himself uniting ... Even the apostle Paul gives a similar type of "one paragraph summary" of doctrine in 1 Cor 15:3-8. Of course, we must take issue with Tertullian's "rule of faith" on one key point: While he views this extra-biblical, man-made document ... From what and through whom, and when, and to whom, has been handed down that rule, by which men become Christians?" For wherever it shall be manifest that the true Christian rule and faith shall be, there will likewise be the true ... ...
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178: Origin of Ancient synagogues: Architectural prototype of the ...
... New Testament 50 AD Philo 38 AD Josephus 70 AD Justin Martyr 150 AD Ancient Jewish Literary Sources Non-Biblical, Non-Mosaic first century oral tradition codified into modern Jewish law Mishnah ... Luke 7:5) added these verses, thus they do not provide compelling evidence of the synagogue as a building; Luke might be presenting a later Diaspora practice rather than early 1st c. CE Galilean ... trashes the inspiration and historicity of the Christian Bible. Let me guide you with the spirit of Christ into the truth about the origin and purpose of Synagogues. As Jesus the messiah frequently said to his listeners, "He who has ears, let him hear". Welcome to my Museum of 56 Second Temple synagogues that existed before 70 AD. From the Garden of Eden, God purposed to send his Son Jesus Christ the ... But apparently in this period many Jews did not flinch from this labour. This series of new translations, which created an entirely new literary corpus, was an intellectual accomplishment of the ... ...
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179: Anti-Trinity Proof Texts Refuted: Galatians 4:14
... Heb 1:13, on the other hand clearly states that Jesus IS NOT an angel. Even if Gal 4:14 directly called Jesus an angel, WHICH IT DOES NOT, it wouldn't help prove Jesus is a created angel anyway! Humans are also called DIVINE MESSENGERS (angels) throughout the Bible and they are not ANGELS are they! We cannot emphasize enough ... The meaning of the verse is UNCHANGED if we substitute God for Jesus: "but you received me as an angel of God, as God Himself". Making another substitution we get the same identical thought, "but you received me as Jesus Christ, as God Himself". Having Removed the angel altogether, from the text the meaning is both clear and unchanged ... The BAGD Greek Lexicon states of the word HOS (HOS looks like "WS" in Greek alphabet), "introduces the characteristic quality of a pers., thing, or action, etc., referred to in the context." BAGD uses 1 Cor 3:1 as an example parallel in use to Gal 4:14. (BAGD; A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian ... ...
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180: High self esteem is atheistic paganism! Psychiatry promotes Self ...
Biblical low self esteem means that we deny ourselves, die to self, and view everyone else in a higher esteem than ourselves. People confuse low self esteem as being ... Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus," Philippians 2:3-5 The self-image, positive self-esteem movement has its origin in the "doctrines of demons", atheism, humanism and paganism. It is entirely anti-Christian! 1 Tim 4:1-4. The psychiatry industry believes low self esteem causes mental illness, when in ... from a Sinful Love of some bodily Interest, and from want of sufficient Submission to the will of God, and Trust in him, and taking Heaven for a satisfying Portion. ... High self esteem is when the brain surgeon demands respect of the "mere taxi driver" because of their relative rank differences in worldly terms. God doesn't see ... Deuteronomy 7:6-8 "When your fathers tested Me, They tried Me, though they had seen My work. "For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people ... ...
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181: Prerequisites Qualifications & Requirements of the councilor
The Biblical pattern of counseling Click to View Prerequisites Qualifications & Requirements of the councilor Introduction: Historically, elders of a local church are the most qualified ... Psychologists often do more harm than good when working with the mentally ill. Christians make the best counselors in the world, but not every Christian! There are indeed special qualifications. ... The councilor must have a good working knowledge of the Bible which is able to equip him for even mental illness: "equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 "Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God ... Romans 12:2 A renewed, new self, putting off old self: "and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness ... court: marturomai] each one of you as a father would his own children" 1 Thessalonians 2:11 "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline [long term ... ...
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182: Using the local newspaper to save souls!
... To learn what it means to be a true Christian write for eight free lessons by correspondence." The ad should catch the attention of truth seekers. It should emphasize truths which are neglected in most churches. The Bible is the best source of material for ads. All ideas presented in the ad should be an expression of biblical teaching. In many cases it is good to use quotations from the Bible as attention getters. For example: "What is your life?", "You must be born again!", "Christ died for the ungodly.", "The end of all things is at hand!" Don't forget to pray. When preparing the ad pray that God will bless your efforts. When the ad is published ... The view of the believer, and the view of the infidel. The believer's position is simple: God created man in his own image (Gen. 1:27). Man is the offspring of God and is ... Was this the way the early saints viewed it? No, of course not. The early saints were evangelistic; that is, they carried the "good news" of salvation to every creature ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-newspaper.htm
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183: Catholic doctrine contradicts the Bible!!!
... Yes there are denominations within the Roman Catholic "communion" where some RC sects actually offer the juice, but most Mass attending Catholics know they rarely drink the cup of wine. Historical note: Two early popes ... Question #2: Did Paul write the book of Ephesians to dead saints? Answer: Ephesians 1:1 o YES NO o "Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus" Ephesians 1:1 Question #3: Was the average Christian in the church at Philippi called a saint, in distinction to ... which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 8. Peter was married FACT: Most Catholics believe that Apostle Peter was the first Pope and was not married. ... FACT: The Roman Catholic church has invented an entire yearly calendar of non Biblical holy Days like Lent, Easter, Christmas. Click to View Historical note: No one prior to 335 AD celebrated the birthday of Jesus. The ... ...
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184: Is the Catholic church an infallible interpreter of scripture ...
... But this crowd, which does not know the Law, is accursed." (John 7:48-49). They thought the people were too ignorant of the Law to be able to decide if Jesus was the Christ. Nevertheless, the ... of Catholic Morals, p. 35) "In matters of faith and morals pertaining to the building up of Christian doctrine, that is to be held as the true sense of the Sacred Scriptures which the Holy Mother ... The "unanimous consent of the Fathers" is as much a non-entity as Paul Bunyan and Babe, the immense Blue Ox! Even if one could find something on which the early church fathers unanimously agreed, it still ... Thus, like the wicked priests and false prophets of the Old Testament era, the Catholic Church has taken the Word of God from the people. It does not want its people to have the Word of God for it ... This Church has had an unbroken line of succession from Peter himself; these legitimate pontiffs are the heirs and defenders of the same teaching, rank, office and power. And the Church is where ... ...
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185: The polytheistic "henotheism" of Jehovah's Witnesses and Christadelphi ...
Jesus is not "the God", but "a god". This is rank heresy and is false! The Jehovah's Witness are rank polytheists and they don't even know it... would deny it if you asked them! They teach that ... In fact you will be shocked by what you will read on this page about what Jehovah's Witnesses believe about their vast universe of created gods, and it is all true! For starters look very closely ... B. Categorical summary of abused texts used by Jehovah's Witnesses to teach Henotheism: Jesus Christ is God: Jn 1:1; 20:28; Heb 1:6,8 Angels are gods: Ps 97:7 + Heb 1:6; Ps 8:5 + Heb 2:7; Job 20:15 in LXX; ... Defined as: "belly, the viscera of the body, including entire digestive and expulsion system." (J. Swanson, Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Greek, 1997) But it even gets ... who were not God, To gods whom they have not known, New gods who came lately, Whom your fathers did not dread. " (Deuteronomy 32:17) "'They have made Me jealous with what is not God; They ... ...
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186: Origin of Synagogues: 10 Reasons why Synagogues began in Alexandria ...
... tombs in the E necropolis of Ibrahimiya dating to the time of Ptolemy II, or perhaps as early as Ptolemy I (323-285 b.c.e.)." (ABD, Alexandria) b. "We are best informed about the ... I. Ten reasons why Synagogues began Alexandria, Egypt in 280 BC as part of God's master plan for the Christian church. There are many important historical and archeological markers that point to the origin of Synagogues at Alexandrian in Egypt at 280 BC. 1. In preparation for the Greek New Testament, Alexander the Great makes Greek the universal language of the world in 333 BC because Hebrew would be extinct at the time of Christ. a. God ... as in Alexandria, and had already lost fluency in the Hebrew language." (Guide to Biblical Coins, David Hendin, 5th edition, p139, 2010 AD) b. "It is generally agreed that the ... The need for a new setting for the abovementioned activities eventually created the synagogue; the lack of data makes it difficult to indicate a precise date for this transition or to ... ...
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187: mormon church: Critical Essay written in 1832 AD
... They are for a common stock, and rank marriage among the works of the flesh, - they are plain in their apparel, and assume the aspect of the friars and nuns of Catholic superstition.' The ... to them, and on these plates be marked their peregrinations and adventures, and all the prophecies which God gave to him concerning the future destinies of his people, and the human race. ... The Nephites, like their father, for many generations were good christians, believers in the doctrines of the Calvinists and Methodists, and preaching baptism and other christian usages hundreds of years before Jesus Christ was born! ... King Benjamin had three sons, Mosiah, Helorum, and Helaman, whom he educated in all the learning of his fathers. To Mosiah he delivered up the plates of Nephi, the ball which guided them ... of our sins, and our hearts may be purified; for we believe in Jesus Christ the son of God, who created heaven and earth and all things, who shall come down upon the children of men.' ... ...
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188: Official creed of United Pentecostal Church International
... "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). CREATION OF MAN AND HIS FALL In the beginning God created man innocent, pure and holy; but ... not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" (1 Peter 1:15-19). ... "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:17). A Christian, to keep saved, must walk with God and keep himself in the love of God (Jude 21) and in the grace of God. The word "grace" means "favor." When a person transgresses and sins against God, he loses ... That Jesus is coming again the second time in person, just as He went away, is clearly set forth by the Lord Jesus Himself, and was preached and taught in the early Christian church by the apostles; hence, the children of God today ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/cr-United-Pentecostal-(upci).htm
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189: Neo-Montanism: Pentecostalism is the ancient heresy of Montanism ...
After studying the Book of Acts he began to teach that what the early church experienced was to be normative for the church in his day. He was excommunicated from the Presbyterian Church over his ... He was originally a Congregational Pastor, who subsequently left his denomination and formed his own called the "Christian Catholic Church." (Burgess, McGee, Alexander, Dictionary of Pentecostal ... Four of these organizations exist today: The Church of God in Christ (black Pentecostal's) formed 1907 The Assemblies of God (white Pentecostal's) formed 1914 The United Pentecostal Church (both black and ... Their belief in the current gift of prophecy as divine revelation Their acceptance of women in authority Belief in extra-Biblical revelations Unwillingness to submit to other recognized Church ... E.W. Kenyon 1886-1948 Father of the Word of Faith Movement Franklin Hall, William Branham, George Warnock Fathers of the Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God/Kingdom Now Movements 1946 Frankin Hall ... ...
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190: The theme of the rejected blessing of the firstborn given to ...
... The firstborn men had to be redeemed: ""Now when the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanite, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you, you shall devote to the Lord the first offspring of every womb, and the ... However the Septuagint translators in 282 BC did not have access to Acts 7:4. g. "Furthermore, there are some warnings in the biblical text that if we add up these numbers, there will be distortions and errors. Take, for example, ... Lexicon of the NT and Other Early Christian Literature). It literally means "only one of its kind," and with reference to an individual it signifies that person to be a unique and one-of-a-kind being. Hugo McCord defines it as "a lone being, a unique existence, the only one of its kind, that which has no duplicate" (Gospel Advocate, 3/20/86). Jesus Christ is the unique, only one of His kind, Son of God. "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the ... ...
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191: Is the RC church infallible and unable to make errors?
... They will forbid marriage, and will enjoin abstinence from foods, which God has created to be partaken of with thanksgiving by the faithful and by those who know the truth." (1 Tim. 4:1-3). In ... The Word of God given orally was the guide and standard of authority in that early period. If Christians in any given locality wished to be pleasing to God, they had to receive the Word of the ... "Jesus Christ promised to preserve the Church from error. If His prediction and promises were false, then he would not be God, since God cannot lie. Christ said: 'Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build ... Christ makes here a solemn prediction that no error shall ever invade His Church, and if she fell into error the gates of hell certainly prevailed against her." (The Faith of Our Fathers, p. 55). ... This shows conclusively that the church is not infallible. The relationship that the church sustains to Christ is the same as that of the individual Christian. As long as the individual abides in ... ...
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192: 300 BC: The Death of Hebrew Language, rise of The Septuagint ...
... The First Jewish War of 66-73 AD: c. The Bar Kokhba rebellion of 132-135 AD I. Death and Extinction of Biblical Hebrew as a language: 1. Extent of Jewish Hellenism [ie. Greek culture] and the use ... them." (An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek, H. B. Swete, p8, 1914 AD) "The Public and Their Language: We do not know much about the public for which the translation [LXX] was created. ... This is certainly the case when one turns to the members of the early Christian church for whom the LXX became their canonical writings. The LXX was also used by the Jews in Palestine. The scrolls found in ... Hebrew went extinct as a working language inside Judea around 200 BC. c. The only Jews who spoke Hebrew at the time of Christ were the Temple elites (high priests and the Sadducees) who were wiped ... In 587 BC a single Temple housed a copy of the inspired Tanakh in Hebrew. b. God foresaw that at the time of the coming of the Messiah in 30 AD, that Hebrew would be extinct. c. God providentially ... ...
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193: Official creed of Associated Gospel Churches (AGC)
... We also believe that God is the sole Creator of the universe. V. The Fall of Man We believe that man, originally created in the image and after the likeness of God, fell from his high and holy estate through ... The Holy Spirit also fills or empowers the believer, in response to confession of sin and yieldedness, then He teaches and guides the believer for effective Christian service. X. The Believer's security and Assurance We believe in the Eternal Security of all who are actually born again by the Spirit of God through faith in Christ as revealed in the Scriptures, and that ... We believe that speaking in tongues and the working of miracles were sign gifts demonstrated in the early church to authenticate God's revelation through the apostles, and to authenticate the baptism of the ... In this constitution the term Associated Gospel Churches shall here-in-after be referred to as the A.G.C. PREAMBLE WHEREAS in the year 1922, when a serious declension from Biblical teaching and preaching ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/cr-AGC.htm
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194: "Scientology: From Science Fiction to Space-age Religion"
... The Eternal Indestructible Self (Atman) of the Hindu Upanishads early foreshadowed the Scientology concept of the Thetan.... The Thetan is also considered to be the innate source of his own projected universe, which overlaps the ... In a rational universe two contrary religions might be false, but both cannot be true. Thus, if the Christian world view is true (and I have shown elsewhere how this may be reasonably established on revelational-empirical ... Obviously, if there is no thetan as Hubbard defines it, the practices of Scientology are without justification. Consider the biblical view. There is only one eternal God in the universe (Isa. 43:10-11). He created man (body and spirit) as a finite creature at a point in time (Gen. 2:7). Hence it is ... Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matt. 16:26) And, "This is eternal life, to know Thee, the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom Thou has sent." (John 17:3) NOTES 1 John Warwick Montgomery, _Faith Founded on ... ...
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195: 242 Dates for the End of the world!!! Date Setters!
... R.B.C. Huygens, "Un témoin" [n.11], p.231, lines 94-106; letter from the bishop of Auxerre to the bishop of Verdun (commentary by Huygens, p.236f). Dated variously early ... Southern charters begin to date AD, with Christ reigning, a traditional interregnal formula with apocalyptic antecedants (Kantarowicz, The King's Two Bodies, p. ). 989, ... Quedl. ad an. 993, MGH SS III, 69; Annales Augustani, ibid. p.124). 994-1000: Outbreaks of sacer ignis throughout France, associated in Limoges with the Peace of God. 994-5: various signs (including a monstrous child), famines, plagues and mortality in Saxony, referred to as the biblical "tria ... Spirit" would begin in A.D. 1260. This prophecy, mixed with German social unrest, created a myth surrounding Frederick II. Having ruled from 1220 to 1250, many believed that ... Click to View 1970's: The late Moses David (formerly David Berg) was the founder of the Christian religious group, The Children of God. He predicted that a comet would hit the ... ...
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196: 3 secret reasons why Seventh-day Adventists keep the sabbath
Click to View They must vow Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet at their baptism! Official SDA Baptismal Vows: Vow #8: "I accept the Biblical teaching of spiritual ... Said the angel, 'It is the only one of the ten which defines the living God who created the heavens and the earth and all things that are there-in."' (Pages 95 and ... at liberty to break them all as well as to break the fourth. I saw that God had not changed the Sabbath, for he never changes. But the pope had changed it from the seventh day to the first day of the week; for he was to change times and laws." ("Early Writings of Ellen G. White," page 33.) Again on page 65 of the same book Mrs. ... The Christian Connextion Church was part of the Christian Church (Stone/Campbell movement), but had their own ideas regarding the Trinity and the state of the dead. I ... Australia with here books, Desire of Ages, Thoughts From the Mount of Blessings, Steps to Christ, Christ Object Lessons and the first chapters of Ministry of Healing. ... ...
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197: What Early Christians believed about Hades: where conscious dead ...
What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Hades, the temporary two part ... But he who shall reject it, and prove himself ungrateful to his Maker, inasmuch as he has been created, and has not recognised Him who bestowed [the gift upon him], deprives himself of [the ... and the comfort are retributions of the Creator reserved in the next life for those who have obeyed the law and the prophets; whilst he defines the heavenly bosom and harbour to belong to Christ and his own god. ... Josephus' Discourse To The Greeks Concerning Hades. Note: Josephus was not a Christian, but a Jewish historian who wrote in about 75AD. Also note that Hades and Hell are two different things. ... in effect punished thereby: and not only so, but where they see the place [or choir] of the fathers and of the just, even hereby are they punished; for a chaos deep and large is fixed between ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/H-hades.htm
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198: Jehovah's Witness leaders sympathized with Hitler
Click to View While rank and file Jehovah's Witnesses were executed by Hitler, Watchtower leaders supported Hitler and the Nazi regime. This material from "The Watchtower ... In several parts of the country, actions were taken against a corporation of serious Christian men and women who are standing on the foundation of positive Christianity. Such ... with a document of the fact that the Bible Re searchers of Germany only have one goal in their work, namely to lead people back to God and to be witnesses of the Name of Jehovah, the most high, the father of our Lord and redeemer Jesus Christ. We are convinced that you, Mr. ... ideals which also the national government of the German Reich proclaimed respecting the relationship of humans to God, namels: honesty of the created being towards its creator. ... Early in April 1933, the police of Germany, under order, occupied the Society's property at Magdeburg and forbade the operation of the plant, closed it and scaled the machines, ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/jw-hitler.htm
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199: Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet
Official SDA Baptismal Vows (13) Don't believe it? Check it out: Official SDA Creed Vow #8: "I accept the Biblical teaching of spiritual gifts, and believe that the gift of prophecy is one of the ... From time to time I have been permitted to behold the working, in different ages, of the great controversy between Christ ... and satan." p. 13 "As the Spirit of God has opened my mind the great ... soft halo of light encircling it. Said the angel, 'It is the only one of the ten which defines the living God who created the heavens and the earth and all things that are there-in."' (Pages 95 and 96.) Mrs. ... But the pope had changed it from the seventh day to the first day of the week; for he was to change times and laws." ("Early Writings of Ellen G. White," page 33.) Again on page 65 of the same book ... MRS. WHITE'S WRITINGS ARE THE WORLD'S Only Inspired Bible Commentary. They Constitute the most serious challenge to Christian Living That Has Come To The Church Since John's Patmos Revelation..." ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/7-WhiteInspire.htm
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200: Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Haggai 2:2-23
... Sinai but Haggai 2:3-9 prophesied that God's voice would shake both heaven and earth at Pentecost AD 33. Paul applies the prophecy of Haggai 2 to the founding of the kingdom of God on Pentecost. "'I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and ... Paul applies Haggai 2 to the second coming of Christ when he will "remove created things" by uncreating the 118 elements of the periodic table. This exactly agrees with what Paul said in Hebrews 1:10-12 where that which Christ created in 5554 BC as per Gen ... Jews today never read the New Testament much less study it and are therefore unaware of the Midrashic interpretive style of the Mishna and Talmud is the same as the Christian Bible. b. When anti-Christian Jewish Rabbis protest that nothing in the ... If Full-Preterists were truly consistent in how they interpret scripture, they would join with the Jews in rejecting Mt 2:23; 2 Sam 7:14; Dan 8:9-14; Isa 7:14 and Haggai 2:6-9 as having any first century application. 7. This ancient Biblical ... ...
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