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Pre-tribulation Rapture: The Kingdom is the church Introduction: 1. All the prophecies of the Kingdom have been fulfilled in the church on the day of Pentecost. 2. The kingdom of Old Testament prophecy is the church. 3. All these prophecies ... For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem [fulfilled on Pentecost Acts 2:1]. And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; ... hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus ... And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him. "And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-kingdom-is-church.htm

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The Holy Spirit is not a Personification of God's power! In reference to "59 Thunderbird Coup, "She sure is a beauty" Cupid is personification of love. Expressions like. "The face of the moon" C. The Bible does use personification widely: "Oh earth, earth, earth, write this man down childless." Ps 98:8 "The rivers clap their hands: Let the mountains sing together for ... Similar qualities does not mean two things are the same. Identical twins have many similar qualities but are distinct. There are several qualities the Holy Spirit has that the word does not. Although the Bible is ascribed functionality that might imply person hood, (speak, convicts, leads, justifies, instructs ... God the Father is the God of all comfort (paraklesis) who comforts (parakaleo) us in all our tribulation (2 Corinthians 1:3-4) The Holy Ghost is our Comforter (John 14:26, Greek parakletos) Bible cannot function as a lawyer or comforter All Scripture is given by inspiration of God (II Timothy 3:16), Old Testament prophets were moved by the Holy Ghost (II Peter ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-holy-spirit-personification.htm

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The Personality & Deity of the Holy Spirit proven from the Bible ... To suggest we are to be baptized in the name of (or by the authority of) the Father, the Son and electricity, assaults our common sense. Three persons are clearly implied in this verse. With ... advocate" (Comforter, W. E. Vine) For such a word to be applied to the Holy Spirit demands he is a person. Otherwise it is like taking you "lap top computer" into court instead of your lawyer. D. The Holy Spirit can be fellowshipped: The Holy Spirit can be fellowshipped: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all" 2 Cor 13:14. We are not saying that ... A. The Holy Spirit is outright said to have a mind which energy does not. Rom 8:27 He has a mind. (The Father who searches the heart of man knows the mind of the Holy Spirit who intercedes.) ... G. The Holy Spirit bears witness in a pattern that always involves a person: The "Holy Spirit" is said to speak ("The Holy Spirit Says") , then quotes an Old Testament verse, is a pattern ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-holy-spirit-personality-deity.htm

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C. H. Dodd: New Testament Translation Problems Part II, John ... ... A Greek word whose dictionary meanings occupy over five columns of dose print in Liddell and Scott was likely to raise problems. There is perhaps no term used in the New Testament which more ... As it has seemed to me, the only acceptable answer to that question here is word", for reasons I have given elsewhere. (footnote 1: The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel, Cambridge, University Press, 1953, pp. 2037. The only alternative would be to transliterate LOGOS, and transliteration is not translation.) Granted, then, that LOGOS must be "word", is "The Word was God" an intelligible and appropriate way of ... The same is true of the Greek THEOS. It is likely that John has used the word in this sense in 10.33, [...] where the NEB translates, "You, a mere man, claim to be a god". That it is here a ... 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, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Dodd.htm

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Kung, Hans: Christianity and the World Religions Muslims find it all a word game. . . . Why should anyone want to add anything to the notion of God's oneness and uniqueness that can only dilute or nullify that oneness and uniqueness?" (Christianity and the World Religions, Hans ... 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 person of Jesus Christ ... In other passages of the New Testament the predicate "God" is without a doubt applied to Christ.' ... religion, and say not as to God / but the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, / was only the Messenger of God, and His Word / that He committed to Mary, and a Spirit from / Him. So believe in God and His Messengers, / and say not, 'Three.' Refrain; better is it / for you. God is only One God. Glory be / to Him-that He should have a son!" (sura 4, 169) it might seem that for all the points of agreement in the Muslim and Christian understanding of God and man, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Kung.htm

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Religious attributions pertaining to the causes and cures of ... ... going to believe in evolution. The result is not "cognitive dissonance", but a discarding of the Bible as God's word. This is the goal of the chemical psychiatry industry: to rid the world of Christianity. ... For example in Mark 5 there is an example of demon possession where the man was unable to be bound with any chain man could make and supernatural knowledge that Jesus was the Son of God, before humans had ... This paper focuses primarily on the Christian religion, which is uniquely based upon a religious text called the Bible. The Christian faith centres around God, his son Jesus Christ and the internal work of the Holy Spirit (Favier, O'Brien, & Ingersoll, 2000; Loewenthal, 1996). The historic relationship between psychology and religion has been characterized by conflict and ... approach to healing was considered less important. This resulted in a state of cognitive dissonance, given the demands of their future nursing role in the treatment of patients with a mental illness. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-atheistic-anti-christian-religious-attributions-pertaining-to-causes-cures-mental-illness-hartog-2005ad.htm

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Official creed of the Southern Baptist Church ... He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. His presence in the Christian is the assurance of God to bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ. He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and ... In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was endowed by His Creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. Through the temptation of Satan man transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original innocence; whereby his ... VI. The Church A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local body of baptized believers who are associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel, observing the two ordinances of Christ, committed to His teachings, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. This church is an autonomous body, operating through ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-BaptistSout.htm

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beliefs Living Hope Christian Assembly on 1045 Garth St. Hamilton ... The church of the Bible featured a plurality of equal elders, none of which were higher or lower in rank or authority than the other. B. False doctrines taught and practice by Living Hope ... in the Spirit is a non-biblical practice where a leader causes a person to fall backwards and lay paralyzed on the floor. No one in the Bible was ever thrown backwards by the power of God. ... authentic, than those who spoke English only. 4. Mandatory 10% Tithing: Tithing is an Old Testament Jewish practice that is abolished by Christ at the cross. (Col 2:14) Tithing is forbidden in the New Testament: 2 Cor 9:7. The early ... Application for membership in "Ministers Fellowship International" (MFI). As you can see, you must agree with a human, man-made creed even when it contradicts the Bible at several places: 1. ... Theology is essentially identical with the MFI doctrinal statement and several statements are identical word for word. Other statements have been modified to fit the G12 concept. Creed of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/creed-about-statement-of-faith-beliefs-Living-Hope-Christian-Assembly-1045-Garth-St-Hamilton-Ontario.htm

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Pre-tribulation Rapture Refuted: 1948 Israeli nationhood did ... ... A. Reverting back to Mosaic Judaism: "severed from Christ" 1. Premillennialists, at their foundation are condemned, because they teach that God wants the Jews to again practice full Mosaic Old Testament Temple worship, complete with animal sacrifices. a. "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is ... D. Prophecies of restoration from Babylonian captivity in 516 BC: 1. Jeremiah 29:10-14 "For thus says the Lord, 'When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring ... and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit. "I will also plant them on their land, And they will not again be rooted out from their land Which I have given them," Says the Lord your God. " (Amos 9:11-15) a. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-israeli-statehood-became-nation-1948.htm

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Other False Doctrines that originated from inherited sin lost or babies are born as innocent as Adam before his fall (thus inherited sin is false doctrine) By the Bible's own definition, if man is born "spiritually dead" he is lost. ... Alive to God dead in sin/trespasses B. Faith by proxy A. Definition of faith by proxy: Websters: Proxy, "the authority to act for another, a person empowered to act for another ... of Christian Doctrine, Pg 264) "We (Catholics) promised through our Godparents in baptism to renounce the devil and to live according the teachings of Christ and His church." (Catechism of Christian Doctrine) A "Dedication ceremony" is where the child is dedicated to God through the parents. ... They feel that their loved one or relative will "put of good word in for them" or will "hold the doors open for them". This too is faith by proxy. Infant Baptism Most churches ... Although they deny such with their mouth, by their actions, they worship Mary. She has been given the title, "Mother of God" implying wife of the Father...mother of Jesus Again ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-T-spawned-false.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Genesis 19:24 ... "That is a still grander statement [of Christ's deity] which you will find expressly made in the Gospel: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." There was One "who was," and there was another "with whom" He was. ... And again [he confessed a second time our Lord Jesus by saying], "And God said, Let Us make man after our image: and so God made man, after the image of God made He him."" (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians, Chapter II.-The True Doctrine Respecting God and Christ.) 253 AD Cyprian "In the Gospel according to John: "The Father judgeth nothing, but hath given all judgment unto the Son, that all may honour the Son as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son, ... Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant, against Moses?"" To utterly silence all Jehovah's Witnesses on this point, merely quote 1 Timothy 6:16, "who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-genesis19-24.htm

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Sunday: The weekly memorial of the new creation and our deliverance ... The weekly memorial of the new creation and our deliverance from sin. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2 Cor 5:17) A. Tradition of Jews vs. the tradition of Christians: Christians worship on a new day with new meaning! The Sabbath was only for Jews! Only Jews were given the Sabbath, not Gentiles who have never been slaves in Egypt or delivered out of physical slavery by the power of God. Who was commanded ... from bondage and the creation), we can better understand a passage in the New Testament that instructs Christians concerning their relationship to the Sabbath. ... The resurrection of Christ was on the first day of the week. This is the foundation of the Christian religion. The Church began on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2). ... possible. Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE "you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth" Jn 8:40 Click to View Click to View Go To Start: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-memorial-new-creation.htm

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A Review of the creed of The Evangelical Christian Church in ... ... Our aim is to exalt Christ and to keep Him the centre of our faith, and to live by every word that comes out from the mouth of God. Position Statement The Canadian Evangelical Christian Churches` Ministerial Position Statement is based on biblical truth an the biblical standards for which we hold and stand on. We Believe that: Marriage Marriage is a lifelong covenant relationship between one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. It is a lifetime relationship before God. We believe in the covenant faithfulness of each man and women in marriage. Common-law living Living together as a couple ... We believe that untold blessings and rewards are given to those who support and stand with Israel by praying for them. CECC stands by and believes that the holocaust happened to the Jewish people. Bible We believe in the infallibility and inerrancy of all the scriptures as originally given by (verbal) inspiration of God, and it is the sole and final authority on all matters of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-Canadian-Evangelical-Christian-Churches-CECC.htm

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A discourse concerning trouble of mind, and the disease of melancholly ... Melancholly Timothy Rogers 1691 AD Click to View Click to View See also: History of Psychiatry homepage Introduction: In 1691 AD, Timothy Rogers, a minister for a church, describes depression (melancholy) as caused by a sin problem: "A sense of Sin, and great sorrow for it", "a sense of the Wrath of God, and a fear of Hell", ... He describes how the mind can make the body sick: "If a Man, saith he, that is troubled in Conscience, come to a Minister, it may be, he will look all to the Soul, ... dwelling together, it is convenient, that as the Soul should be cured, by the Word, by Prayer, by Fasting, or by Comforting; so the Body must be brought into some ... He who is the Lord of Nature, has healed my Body; and He who is the Father of Mercies, and the God of all Grace, has given rest to my weary Soul. None have any Cause ... You lost a Mother, whom all that knew her, greatly valued for the skill and experience that she had in matters of Religion, and especially for her admirable ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/a-discourse-concerning-trouble-of-mind-and-the-disease-of-melancholly-timothy-rogers-1691ad.htm

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Synagogue prototype master summary chart and introduction: The ... ... B. Temple worship vs. Synagogue worship and the church 1. Synagogue worship has zero Biblical authority for its existence and practice but I derived entirely from ... man-made writings and creeds to the exclusion of the Bible, in functional practice it is absolutely true. 3. Current Jewish law is centrally embodied (but no exclusively) in the Babylonian Talmud which is about 16,530 pages (The earlier Jerusalem Talmud has 9,251 pages.) a. Compare this with the entire old Testament (Tanakh: 39 books) at 1,100 pages. b. Compare this with Torah at 200 pages. c. This why Pharisee Apostle Paul warned: "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep ... 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 ... The Life of Constantine, for instance, related how the Khazars were being urged by Jews and Arabs to adopt another religion around the year 860. Dimashqi similarly ... ... ...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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Ancient synagogues of the Bible: Ephesus Synagogue: 43 BC inerrant NEW TESTAMENT a. Paul's First missionary journey: "They came to Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent, but taking leave of them and saying, "I will return to you again if God wills," he set sail ... Paul's Second missionary journey: "Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. This man ... those who had believed through grace, for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ." (Acts 18:24-28) c. ... This took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks." (Acts 19:8-10) 3. Literary source #2: Philo: 50 AD a. ... from doing this; therefore I have written to you, that you may know that I command that they shall be allowed to do these things.'" (Philo, Embassy 315) 4. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ephesus-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-apostle-Paul-43bc.htm

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Lovesick, a romantic novel. Commentary on Song of Solomon, Canticles ... ... Given his many foreign pagan wives, Solomon eventually built temples to each of the four idol gods of the land: Ashtoreth of Sidon, Milcom and Molech of Ammon, Chemosh of Moab (1 Kings 11:1-13). For ... The proverb does not mean God has chosen one prudent woman "just for you", rather it instructs a man to limit his search for a God-fearing sister in the church who attend all church services of her own free will, is active when she needs to be and holds herself to the high moral standards of Jesus Christ. God does not choose your wife, you do, but be warned, the only prudent wives are the ... in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17) ii. "Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; ... Many three-character interpretations turn the Song into an anti-Solomonic tract." (Word Biblical Commentary, SONG OF SOLOMON, p 78, 2004 AD) c. "But the prevailing view which Jacobi (1771) established, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-song-of-solomon-song-canticles-abishag-shepherd-boy-love-triangle-960bc.htm

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The Bible and the Wife's responsibility to the Husband like Christ loved the church as commanded in Ephesians 5:25. She is to be honored as none other in I Peter 3:7, and she is to be praised by her family, Pro. 31:28. In Titus 2:4 we read, "That (the aged women) may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed". Here is a fine list of the responsibilities of the wife. All of these are important, but let us just dwell on four of these. "To love their husbands" is a command. ... Hers is a non-income producing activity, but it is still vitally important to the overall success of the family. When God created woman, she was taken from the rib of man as is described in Genesis. She ... She is to be loved and is to respond as a part of his body. Husbands and wives are a part of each other. Let me call your attention to the Old Testament in which the writer Solomon describes a worthy ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-wifes-responsibility.htm

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The Historical Development of "Arian style" (Jehovah's Witness ... ... before creation in the manner of word or fire or spring water. "The Father of the Universe has a Son, who also, being the first-born Logos of God, is God." Tatian too has a Logos doctrine but speaks of Christ as "the God who suffered." Similarly, Clement refers to Christ as God. In spite of these points, the Christology of the apologies, like that of the New Testament, is essentially subordinationist. The Son is always subordinate to the Father, who is the one God of the Old Testament. (Gods and the One God, Robert M. Grant, p109) "Thus, the New Testament established the basis for ... Arian subordinationism (ontological hierarchy of persons), Sabellian modalism (no real distinctions "in" God), and Macedonianism (denial of the divinity of the Holy Spirit). (The Encyclopedia of Religion, ... really only one differs from the creatures, an indefinable being who only becomes God in becoming man, and who is neither God nor man." (Outlines of the History of Dogma, Adolf Harnack, p251) By Steve ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-subordination-arian-development.htm

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Will you pass the Self-Evaluation test for Christians? This is because our true spiritual condition is not something that can be seen with human eyes. God has said, "man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart". (1 Samuel 16:7 ) We ... Weekly attendance We are commanded by God to attend with the church every Sunday. "Let us not forsake the assembling of ourselves together as is the habit of some" (Hebrews 10:24). Our weekly ... Poor Your weekly attendance ? ? ? PERSONAL BIBLE STUDY Romans 10:17 says, "Faith comes by hearing the word of Christ". Faith is not the product of some mysterious process. Rather it comes from the Bible as ... The time you spend with the Bible is an external indication of how much faith you have. EVALUATE YOURSELF Committed Average Poor Your Bible study time ? ? ? PRIVATE PRAYER The New Testament ... The reason people do not give to the church as God expects is found in 2 Cor 8:5. "They gave themselves first to the Lord then to us in keeping with God's will." If you have "given yourself" to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-commit-test.htm

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Must I keep the Ten Commandments today? ... The 1959 National Catholic Almanac, in listing the ten commandments, leaves out the second and makes two commandments of the last in order to total ten. Their reason is obvious: their practice of worshipping images is clearly prohibited; and thus, they audaciously change God's Holy Word to ... To "covet" is, therefore, to long for something we cannot get in a legal or proper manner. The New Testament warns time and again about this . insidious sin. In Ephesians 5:5, the writer says: "For this you know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God." Therefore from what we have studied concerning the Ten Commandments, we can see that nine of those ten are still laws that we live by. All, except the fourth "Remember the Sabbath day", . have been right from the beginning and always will be. They have been restated in the New Covenant and given even a more extended meaning. Click Your Choice Back ... ... https://www.bible.ca/s-10-commandments.htm

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Our Sanctification comes from faith in Christ, not Sabbath Keeping ... Closer examination proves that there is really nothing special about this kind of statement and that many other things share the identical quality. When we get to the New Testament not only is the concept ... of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord." "that you may know" Ex 8:10 Then he said, "Tomorrow." So he said, "May it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God. ... Mt 9:6 "But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"-then He *said to the paralytic-"Rise, take up your bed, and go home." Jn 10:38 but if I do them, though you do not ... Jos 3:10 And Joshua said, "By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will assuredly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite. Heb 10:10 By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. "a sign" Passover ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbath-by-this-you-know.htm

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The Bible and the Wife's responsibility to the Husband like Christ loved the church as commanded in Ephesians 5:25. She is to be honored as none other in I Peter 3:7, and she is to be praised by her family, Pro. 31:28. In Titus 2:4 we read, "That (the aged women) may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed". Here is a fine list of the responsibilities of the wife. All of these are important, but let us just dwell on four of these. "To love their husbands" is a command. ... Hers is a non-income producing activity, but it is still vitally important to the overall success of the family. When God created woman, she was taken from the rib of man as is described in Genesis. She ... She is to be loved and is to respond as a part of his body. Husbands and wives are a part of each other. Let me call your attention to the Old Testament in which the writer Solomon describes a worthy ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-wifes-responsibility.htm

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Rapture Refuted! Israel's 1948 nationhood does not fulfill Bible ... The only hope of Israel is to accept Jesus Blood for their sins and be saved though faith, repentance, confession of Christ and water baptism. 2. Pre-tribulation Rapture and dispensationalists ... one word of all the good words which the Lord your God spoke concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed. "It shall come about that just as all the good words which the Lord your God spoke to you have come upon you, so the Lord will bring upon you all the threats, until He has destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you. " ... Israel got all the land promised, then they would have six cities of refuge. 2. "Therefore, I command you, saying, 'You shall set aside three cities for yourself.' "If the LORD your God enlarges ... Steve Rudd click to vidw We Speak truth in LOVE "you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth" John 8:40 tell us if we have misrepresented anything click to view Click to View ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-three-promises-abraham-fulfilled-israel-god-land-joshua-solomon.htm

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Christianity Wasn't Influenced by Pagan Religions! Was the New Testament influenced by the pagan religions of the first century A.D.? Even though I surveyed this matter in a 1992 book,[1] the issues are so important -- especially for Christian ... Each mystery religion also passed on a "secret" to the initiate that included information about the life of the cult's god or goddess and how humans might achieve unity with that deity. This ... The Christian faith was exclusivistic in the sense that it recognized only one legitimate path to God and salvation, Jesus Christ. The mysteries were inclusivistic in the sense that nothing prevented a believer in one ... The careless use of language could lead one to speak of a "Last Supper" in Mithraism or a "baptism" in the cult of Isis. It is inexcusable nonsense to take the word "savior" with all of its New ... As J. Machen explains, the mystery cults were nonexclusive. "A man could become initiated into the mysteries of Isis or Mithras without at all giving up his former beliefs; but if he were to be ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan-christianity.htm

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Hebrew, Jewish, Yehuda, Bible coins of the Persian Empire ... Hence the term takes on a decidedly religious connotation, referring to adherents of the Hebrew religion (see Judaism), though there often remains a close connection with the land of Judah. (ISBE, Jew, 1988 AD) Abraham was first to be called a ... In the New Testament, it appears that "Christian" (Acts 12:26; 26:28) like "Jew" were names given the people of God by unbelievers! There are no inscriptions on coins with JEW on them, but YHD came to represent both the people (Jews, yehudim) and the province (Judah, Yehud). IV. "Yehud" (land of Judah) is a unique Persian origin word for the territory of the province of Judah "YHD" inscriptions on coins represent primarily the three letter symbol for the Persian PROVINCE of Judah and secondarily as the ... "Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel before the king and said to him: "I have found among the exiles from Judah [Persian: "Yehud"] a man who can tell the king the interpretation."" (Daniel 2:25) v. "Then Daniel was brought in before the king. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Jesus-coins-of-the-bible-Persian-Empire-539-333BC.htm

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The Epic of Gilgamesh 1150 BC: 500 Flood stories prove Noah's ... ... a human harlot that Gilgamesh sends to seduce Enkidu to change him into a man 25. Shuruppak is the name of the pre-flood town where Ut-anapishtim lived. 26. Siduri: tavern-keeper who lives by the seashore at the end of the tunnel in Mt. ... After being influenced by monotheistic Christians and Jews, Muhammad converted to monotheism and smashed the idol of Hubal that was on the roof of the Kabah. Jesus Christ, in his providence, has made sure that a powerful symbol of the ... In tablet 11, Ut-napištim is commanded to make the ark to prepare for the flood. However we know that all three sons of Noah were alive when the command was given by God to build the ark in Genesis. Therefore all four men helped each other in building Noah's Ark ... "You are young yet, Gilgamesh, your mother gave birth to you, and you are the offspring of Rimat-Ninsun (?) ... (It was) at the word of Shamash, Lord of the Mountain, that you were roused (to this expedition). O scion of the heart of Uruk, King ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/noahs-ark-flood-creation-stories-myths-epic-of-gilgamesh-neo-babylonian-akkadian-cuneiform-ut-napistim-tablet11-1150bc.htm

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Commentary on what the early Christians believed about the Trinity ... Harry R. Boer, p108-110) The early Fathers were persuaded that indications of the doctrine of the Trinity must exist in the Old Testament and they found such indications in not a few passages. ... For Justin, the Godhead was very clearly a Triad, though it was Theophilus (Ad Autol. 2.15) who first introduced this expression. ... Justin pictures the preexistent Word as the Father's rational ... Apologists The Apologists were, in a sense, the Church's first theologians ... They identified Christ with God, with the Logos, with the Son of God, but they seemed to count His Sonship not from eternity but ... Because of its emphasis on the 'economy', this type of thought has been given the label 'economic Trinitarianism'. The description is apt and convenient so long as it is not assumed that Irenaeus's ... The whole point of the great illustrative image which he, like his predecessors, employed, that of a man with his intellectual and spiritual functions, was to bring out, however inadequately, the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-apostolic-fathers.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 200 AD: Hippolytus "There is, brethren, one God, the knowledge of whom we gain from the Holy Scriptures, and from no other source. For just as a man, if he wishes to be skilled in the wisdom of this world, will find himself unable to get at it ... those things which are given by God, but even as He has chosen to teach them by the Holy Scriptures, so let us discern them." (Hippolytus, Against Noetus, ch 9) Click to View This is a powerful contradiction and refutation to the modern Roman Catholic and Orthodox view of tradition. Although Hippolytus was fully aware that the gospel was first preached 100% orally through the apostles and prophets even before the first book of the New Testament was written, in 200 AD, he recognized that scripture was the only source of authority. ... Yearly Easter celebrations are found neither in scripture or the apostolic fathers. What we do find in the apostolic fathers, was that every Sunday was a celebration of the resurrection of Christ. "We keep the eighth day ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-hippolytus.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Moses' Seat is not an antitype of the Papal authority ... Only through oral tradition do we learn of the succession of authority of Moses' seat from Joshua down to the current Sanhedrin. They are wrong on both counts, no prize! We point out ... What we do have is a direct reference in Exodus 18:13-27. Here is Moses' Seat in the Old Testament: "It came about the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood ... Why do you alone sit as judge and all the people stand about you from morning until evening?" Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God. "When they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his ... It is also important that while Moses was the actual law giver, those who "succeeded him" had no power to make new Laws. Christ and his apostles and prophets revealed new laws. Contrary ... church would be the elders/bishops/shepherds who rule the local churches and the various teachers and evangelists and preachers who teach God's word to the congregations each assembly. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-moses-seat-matthew-23-2.htm

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10 Commandments for HUSBANDS Pushes and manipulates, one man rules in a ridged over-under position Leads, attracts, persuades personal relationships in side-by-side identification Says, "You do, you must do", or "Yours is not to wonder why, yours is but to do or die"! Says, "Come, let's do, we might have done, can we try" Depends on external authority to ... Leads by command and threat Leads by example, understanding and kindness Asks others to do things he would not Asks others to do only those things he has already done (like Jesus) Click to View COMMANDMENT #2: Thy highest allegiance, except God, shall be to thy wife, not thy relatives or friends. (Gen 2:24) How often does the ... COMMANDMENT #5: Thou shalt actively establish family discipline with thy wife's help. (2 Timothy 3:15; Ephesians 6:4; Deuteronomy 6:6-9) Few would argue that the wife ... He said to her, "What is troubling you, Queen Esther? And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it will be given to you." Esther 5:3 Now in modern ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-10com-husb.htm

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10 Commandments for HUSBANDS Pushes and manipulates, one man rules in a ridged over-under position Leads, attracts, persuades personal relationships in side-by-side identification Says, "You do, you must do", or "Yours is not to wonder why, yours is but to do or die"! Says, "Come, let's do, we might have done, can we try" Depends on external authority to ... Leads by command and threat Leads by example, understanding and kindness Asks others to do things he would not Asks others to do only those things he has already done (like Jesus) Click to View COMMANDMENT #2: Thy highest allegiance, except God, shall be to thy wife, not thy relatives or friends. (Gen 2:24) How often does the ... COMMANDMENT #5: Thou shalt actively establish family discipline with thy wife's help. (2 Timothy 3:15; Ephesians 6:4; Deuteronomy 6:6-9) Few would argue that the wife ... He said to her, "What is troubling you, Queen Esther? And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it will be given to you." Esther 5:3 Now in modern ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-10com-husb.htm

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Is Scientology A Religion? YES! Alan Black These range all the way from that of W. G. Runciman,1 who uses the term as synonymous with "ideology," to that of Werner Cohn,2 who argues that the English word ... Survival (1951) Advanced Procedure and Axioms (1951) Scientology: A History of Man (1952) Scientology 8-80 (1952) Scientology 8-8008 (1952) The Phoenix Lectures ... not wholly authored by Hubbard draw heavily on his work. Quotations or references given below are to the latest available edition in English. Table of Contents 1. W. G. Runciman, "The Sociological Explanation of 'Religious' Beliefs," Archives Européennes de Sociologie 10 (1969): 149-191. 2. Werner Cohn, "Is Religion Universal? ... In very many religions, there are narratives. These narratives may be about the activities of God, gods or other spiritual entities, about the career of a sacred ... the state of Clear are as effusive as the accounts given by evangelical Christians of the transformation of their lives as a result of an encounter with Christ. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-is-a-religion-black.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers viewed oral tradition as a duplicate of ... taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us." 2 Thessalonians 2:15. Both oral and scripture are called traditions. "Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us." 2 Thessalonians 3:6. This verse likely includes both oral and scripture tradition as a summary of 2 Thess 2:15. The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 2 Timothy 2:2. Here we have ... Christ from God. Whereas all doctrine must be prejudged as false which savours of contrariety to the truth of the churches and apostles of Christ and God. It remains, then, that we demonstrate whether this doctrine of ours, of which we have now given the rule, has its origin in the tradition of the apostles, and whether all other doctrines do not ipso facto proceed from falsehood. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-2-oral.htm

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Schools, Education and Literacy of Jews In Synagogues ... The figurative use of the word supports the preacher's school being a place for country sheep to learn the Law of Moses. 6. IN 931 BC JEWS COULD ALL READ AND WRITE BOOKS: "But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is ... of Oxyrhynchus in 1882 AD by Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt in the city dump evidence the high level of literacy among the general population. a. 10% of the papyri were Greek fragments of almost every book of both the Old and new Testament and other important classical writings. b. ... Every church is to be a school! a. "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17) b. "I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Schools-ancient-Synagogue-Literacy-of-Jews-education-reading-writing-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-liturgy.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The prophecy in Matthew 2:23, that Jesus would ... but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. (2 Pet 1:20-21) Catholic and Orthodox defenders must contradict the traditional interpretation of the Fathers (Jerome) of Mt 2:23 and their own theologians. They are therefore violating the very principle of oral tradition and the "authority of the church" to interpret scripture, that they are trying to prove. ... Instead of Jerome replying, "Hey its from oral tradition", he actually replied in exactly the same way we would and actually pointed out the Old Testament passage! Jerome calls these men, "word fanciers and nice critics of all ... a "shoot" or "sprout."" (Easton's Bible dictionary, Nazareth) "Thus the word "Nazarene" carries with it an allusion to those prophecies which speak of Christ as "despised of men" (Isa. 53:3). ... Psa. 22:6-8; 69:8; Isa 49:7 Here is a prophecy of the Branch who was Jesus: "Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of the Lord." ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-nazarene-matthew-2-23.htm

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Official creed of Church of the Nazarene Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary, so that two whole and perfect natures, that is to say the Godhood and manhood, are thus united in one Person very God and very man, the God-man. ... We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Triune Godhead, that He is ever present and efficiently active in and with the Church of Christ, convincing the world of sin, ... We believe in the plenary inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, by which we understand the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, given by divine inspiration, inerrantly revealing the will of God concerning us in all things necessary to our ... in the Church, the community that confesses Jesus Christ as Lord, the covenant people of God made new in Christ, the Body of Christ called together by the Holy Spirit through the Word. ... We believe that the Memorial and Communion Supper instituted by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is essentially a New Testament sacrament, declarative of His sacrificial death, through ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Nazarene.htm

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$10,000 for one Bible verse!!! Testament.) Give us a single Bible verse after the resurrection of Christ, that says Christians should keep the Sabbath day. (Heb 4:9 is not the weekly Sabbath, but the eternal Sabbath rest in heaven. Looking carefully at the text, you will see four rests in Hebrews 4: 1. Eternal rest in heaven. 2. The creation rest of God in ... Hebrews 4 shows that the weekly Sabbath was merely one of three anti-types of our eternal Sabbath rest in heaven! It certainly cannot be a command to keep the weekly Sabbath!) Give us a single Bible verse where exclusively Christians came together on the Sabbath day as a church or prayer meeting after the resurrection of Christ. ... into a Jewish worship service.) Give us a single Bible verse where the Hebrew word for the weekly Sabbath found in the ten commandments, is found in the book of ... Lord's Day? Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE "you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth" Jn 8:40 Click to View Click to View Go To Start: ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-$10,000.htm

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trinity-theophanies ... G. Samuel: Samuel: "And the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, because the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the Lord." 1 Samuel 3:21 H. Manoah: Manoah: "Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "Please let us ... L. Jesus Christ on earth: "And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as ... Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA Theophanies United Pentecostals use this to prove that Jesus is the Father. They say: "One way that God revealed Himself in the Old Testament and dealt with man on man's level was through the use of theophanies. A theophany is a visible manifestation of God, and we ... John 1:18 "[Jesus] who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen. " 1 Timothy 6:16 ""Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-theophanies.htm

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Role of the Wife in the Bible subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored." Titus 2:4-5 "get married, bear children, keep house" 1 Timothy 5:14 "But women will be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint." 1 Timothy 2:15 Click to View Click to View See also: ... Result is tragic beyond imagination. Effect will be see for generations. 6. God ordained rules are not ambiguous. Wiser than human wisdom, II Peter 1:3. 7. Will begin ... C. Peter addresses problem for various submissive relationships. 1. Slaves, I Pet.2:18-19, 20. 2. Christ, the pattern for both, I Pet.2:21, 23. 3. Wives, "in the same way", I Pet.3:1, 5-6. II. "SUBMIT" Ephesians 5:22 (Cf. Col.3:18; Tit.2:5; I Pet 3:1). III. "HELPER" Genesis 2:18 . A. Yes, Man Needs Help, "It is not good that man ... Consider instructions of I Corinthians 7. v.2, Help husband avoid fornication. Are you really helping? v.4, No authority over own body. (Exception to husbands ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/wives.htm

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The 10 Commandments are called "Statutes, Ordinances and Decrees ... Click to View The phrases "commandments", "The commandments" "my commandments", "the Lord commanded", "what Moses commanded" are uses so many times in the Old Testament in ... Proof #1:Deuteronomy 5:1 Moses introduces the 10 commandments with "Statutes & Ordinances", but doesn't use the word commandment. This verse is most powerful, because the ... they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour ... without any differentiation. This is powerful because the ten commandments given at Sinai, specifically the weekly Sabbath, are called "right judgments, true laws, ... fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. " ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-10-commandments-called-statutes-ordinances.htm

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Just because the 10 commandments are abolished, we still can ... John 12:48 "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day." BIBLE: John 12:48 ... Moses commanded something that no Sabbatarian obeys: Acts 3:22-24 "Moses said, 'The Lord God shall raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you ... We can find a new testament passage for 9 of the ten commandments. But not only is the Sabbath law ever quoted in the New Testament, it is outright stated to be abolished! The Old Covenant The Ten Commandments: Exodus 20:1-17 (Done Away, Nailed to Cross, Obsolete) The New Covenant The Law of Christ (Sealed with Christ's blood: Heb ... Still nailed to the cross, never brought forward: Col 2:14-17 No command to keep the sabbath in the entire New Testament! #5 Honor your father and mother. Brought ... Brought forward into the new covenant in Eph 5:5 Click to View We Speak truth in LOVE "you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth" Jn 8:40 Click to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-gone=steal.htm

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Six trials of Jesus: 3 Jewish found guilty. 3 Roman found innocent B. Three Jewish religious trials where he was proclaimed a sinner: 1. First Religious Trial (Jewish): Annas, Jn.18:12-14... Decision: Go signal given to execute Jesus. 2. Second Religious Trial: ... Annas was the father in law of Caiaphas. 1. "the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas" Lk 3:2 2. Caiaphas was the High Priest through whom God prophesied that a man should die for the people. Jn ... Mk 2. I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days Mt 3. tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God." Jesus said to him, "You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, ... Peter then denied it again, Rooster Crows And immediately a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, "Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." And he went ... Lk 23:7-12 - 6. Pilate Matt 27:15-26 Mk 15:6-15 Lk 23:13-25 Jn 18:39-19:16 VI. The 7 Trials of Jesus Time Type Authority Scripture Accusations Legality Results 1 2:00 AM Jewish Preliminary ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/doctrine-six-trials-of-jesus-3-jewish-guilty-3-roman-innocent.htm

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Book of Jeremiah: Bible textual variants analysed ... It also means we need to revise our view of the two versions. Instead of two variant copies, we need to view them both a two independent inspired copies of equal authority the same way we view the four Gospels of ... Text in the MT but lacking in the LXX: Jer 33:14-26; 39:4-13; 51:44b-49a; 52:27b-30 b. We find exactly the same phenomena in the books of Kings and Chronicles and the New Testament gospels. 2. There is nothing in all the missing text in the LXX that is not found elsewhere in the word of God outside Jeremiah in other Bible books. a. ... Jeremiah 39:4-13: The same story of Zedekiah fleeing, getting captured and killed, and the release of Jeremiah is found in 2 Kings 25. Not surprising, given Jeremiah wrote both the books of Jeremiah AND first and second ... she will be called: the Lord is our righteousness.' "For thus says the Lord, 'David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel; and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Book-of-Jeremiah-Bible-Manuscript-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-Tanakh-Septuagint-LXX-Masoretic-Text-MT-scribal-gloss-copying-error.htm

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Interactive Bible Home Page www.bible.ca Trinity proven from the bible: 1. Start here: Introduction 2. Trinity and the definition of God 3. Trinity Christology and Jesus Christ 4. Incarnation of Jesus 5. Trinity history 6. Trinity and ... defenders can't answer 5. Creeds violate sola Scriptura because they compete with the authority of the Bible! 6. Sola Scriptura defended from the Bible and the Apostolic Fathers! 7. The 27 ... Witness New Converts Information every new Jehovah's Witness should know about his new religion. 5. Evolution vs 6 day creation When God created the earth in 6 days He was taking His time! ... A doctrine that takes all the supernatural out of the Bible! (Jesus is a creature saviour, man is wholly physical, Heaven on earth, the Holy Spirit is energy not a person) 10. Rapture and Pre-millenialism A system that teaches our God couldn't make it happen the first time! 11. Searching for New Testament Christianity Seek and you will find! 12. Anti-Sola Scriptura Those who try to destroy the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/

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Only The Truth Shall Make You Free!!! Jesus says we come to know the truth by continuing in His teachings, and truth is that which will liberate us or make us free. The problem we are faced with has been expressed by the Pop Artist who chanted: "Put your hand in the hand of the man ... Only the truth of God can make us free. The truth leads to our sanctification, that is, the setting our ourselves apart to God and His service. Jesus prayed: "Sanctify them in Thy truth; Thy word is truth." (John 17:17) Christ Himself is the personification of truth, and He spoke of Himself as "the Way, The Truth, and the Life." (John 14:6) ... The very fact that God has given us the Bible is evidence that He wants us to study it, learn its truth, and abide in it. Jesus has promised that those who follow Him, walking in His word, shall know the truth and thereby be made free from sin. In Deuteronomy 4:2 God commanded His people by Moses: "Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish ought from it. that you may ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-truth-set-free.htm

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Start here: Introduction and Overview to Sola Scriptura ... Each of these three relates to the other two in a unique way. The Scripture is the Spirit-inspired Word of God that bears witness to the truth of the regula fidei and bears witness to the identity of the Church. (The ... can open unless he has the key of David, which is the illumination of the Spirit." ... "Foolish Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome, Gregory-of whom not one even knew the Lord, so help me God, nor was sent by God to teach. ... 2 Corinthians 1:13 "from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." 2 Timothy 3:15 This is the truth. The scriptures, being written by the Holy Spirit, are understandable by every man on the planet in the same way a common newspaper is. ... We use no man-made creeds, catechisms, statements of faith. Reject all councils and canons not because they contain error, but because they compete with the authority of the Bible. We reject the "apostles creed" even ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-start.htm

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Jacob enters Egypt with 70 or 75 persons: Exodus 1:5: Textual ... ... your fathers went down into Egypt, but now the Lord your God made you as the stars of heaven in number."" (Deut 10:22, LXX) 5. Stephen in the New Testament reads 75 persons: Acts 7:14 a. "Then Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all." (Acts 7:14) b. "Finally, we turn to Stephen's speech before the Sanhedrin, one which is supposedly riddled with historical error. How could this be possible for this Jewish man who, according to Acts, was "full of faith and of the ... God beckons him, hands over his regalia to Moses, descends from his throne, and orders Moses to sit upon it, whereupon all heavenly powers prostrate before him. Moses has been given all power in heaven and on earth (cf. Matt ... Conclusion: 1. We find direct evidence through the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q1 and 4Q13) for two different Hebrew manuscripts in use at the same time long before the time of Christ that read 75 persons: a. This proves that the Greek ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Book-of-Exodus-1-5-Jacob-enters-Egypt-70-75-persons-Bible-Manuscript-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-Tanakh-Septuagint-LXX-Masoretic-Text-MT-scribal-gloss-error.htm

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Apostate church organization: 150-250AD: The rise of the single ... ... This is seen both in scripture and the witness of the post apostolic writers. Even Roman Catholic and Orthodox scholars agree with us: "In the New Testament, the ... Second, these men would start being called "the overseer" by taking a leading role, but still be seen as a man of equal rank with the other elders/overseers "on ... It was not until about 250 AD that a single bishop ruled his own local church where he worshipped, but even then, his authority was limited to his own local church. ... the other Apostles even as Christ; but the writings that go falsely by their names we, in our experience, reject, knowing that such things as these we never received. ... But now that I have learned from information given me that their mind was lurking in some hole of heresy, I will make a point of coming to you again: so, brethren, ... In the same manner the whole ministry, and it alone, was called "clergy," with a double reference to its presidency and its peculiar relation to God. It was ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-150-250AD.htm

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A Short History of the Watchtower Organization ... In fact, their book Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose asserts that "Jehovah's witnesses have a history almost 6,000 years long, beginning while the first man, Adam, was still alive," that Adam's ... He had begun to doubt not only church creeds and doctrines, but also God and the Bible itself. At this critical juncture a chance encounter restored his faith and placed him under the influence of Second ... a basis for reinterpreting the Second Coming as an invisible event: In Benjamin Wilson's Emphatic Diaglott translation of the New Testament the word rendered coming in the King James Version at Matthew 24:27, 37, 39 is translated presence instead. This served as the basis for Barbour's group to advocate, in addition to their time calculations, an invisible presence of Christ. ... But vice president Joseph Franklin ("Judge") Rutherford soon set about concentrating all organizational authority in his own hands. A skilled lawyer who had served as Russell's chief legal advisor, he ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-history.htm

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