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Ancient synagogues of the Bible: Ephesus Synagogue: 43 BC the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 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. "Caius Norbanus Flaccus, proconsul, to the governors of the Ephesians, greeting. "'Caesar has written word to me, that the Jews, wherever they are, are accustomed to assemble [greek: synago] together, in compliance with a peculiar ancient custom of their nation, to contribute money which they send to Jerusalem; and he does ... purity stone Vessels: Stoneware cups and wash basins 4. Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians 5. Artwork: Heart-Shaped Columns 6. The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue ... of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ephesus-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-apostle-Paul-43bc.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Revelation being fulfilled ... What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View The prophecies of Revelation are fulfilled Click to View 71+AD The Jewish Sibylline ... There will come upon men a great war from the West. Blood will flow up to the band of deep-eddying rivers. Wrath will drip in the plains of Macedonia, an alliance to the people horn the West, but destruction for the king." (Oracles 5:361-374; OTP ... He first attempted to abolish the name of Christian, in accordance with the fact that vices are always inimical to virtues, and that all good men are ever regarded by the wicked as casting reproach upon them. For, at that time, our divine religion ... Caesarea (On Revelation 6:12) "There are not wanting those who apply this passage to the siege and destruction of Jerusalem by Titus."(Commentary on Revelation) 450AD Andreas of Cappadocia Caesarea (On Revelation 7:1) "These things are referred ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-revelation-fulfilled.htm

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Door Knocking as a method of Evangelism I believe that one of the most beneficial therapies for a Christian, even surmounting the golf green, is simply walking and knocking doors. The early disciples went "from house to house" (Acts 5:42). This is more a paraphrase than a direct quote, but the thought is there. The ... out from under his feet, having a rope about his neck, when some of our people saved his life by knocking on his door when he was within an inch of his suicide. We never know who is going to come to the door, and the sour notes who do are greatly offset by the good one can do actually trying to reach lost souls for Jesus. We are hunting for "big game" when we are knocking doors for Christ! The Therapy of Winning souls "He that winneth souls is wise," writes the prophet. ... Campaigns were sometimes a source of getting these contacts. Many were led to the Lord through the efforts of these Christians. Their approach at the door was normally not personal in it's message. 1 remember using what we called the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-door-knocking.htm

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Apostate church organization: 150-250AD: The rise of the single ... ... bishops of individual churches. In the larger cities, a number of congregations may have been under a single bishop, but these congregations were regarded as branches of the one city church. Each separate community had, as a rule, its own bishop. ... Thus the basis was laid for the bishop to preside over several assemblies, although in theory all remained one church. The territory presided over by a bishop is now called a diocese." (Everett Ferguson, Early Christians Speak, p 16) "By the close of the ... 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 distinguished by this name from the Christian people or "laity."" (Philip Schaff, History ... C. What the post-apostolic fathers say about the period of 150 - 250 AD: 180 AD (Elder and overseer are the same office): "Such presbyters does the Church nourish, of whom also the prophet says: "I will give thy rulers in peace, and thy bishops in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-150-250AD.htm

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Tongues Ceased in AD 100: Introduction: Cessation of Spiritual ... ... He replies, "this is new revelation!" You are not convinced because you have no way of being sure he really is a prophet from God. But then he takes you down to the hospital and heals everyone inside! ... First Century apostles Miracles confirmed the Word: They would simply perform miracles and then people believed what ever they taught! Pentecostals today The Word confirms miracles: Pentecostals don't ... Mk 16:20 "And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed" c. Acts 14:3 "Therefore they spent a long time there speaking ... The gifts were for a time when Christians saw darkly and knew in part (1 Cor. 13: 12), but by the Word we may see clearly and know fully (Eph. 3:3-5; Rom. 16:25 26; Heb. 4: 12). The miraculous ... IV. No Apostles today: Impossible to Transmit Gifts 1. Spiritual gifts were always transmitted through the laying on of an apostle's hands: Acts 8:14-18 "Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-perfect-come-intro.htm

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Abijah King of Judah 914-911 BC. They're Digging up Bible Stories ... ... was that God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. When the sons of Israel fled before Judah, God gave them into their hand. Abijah and his people defeated them with a great slaughter, so that 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain. ... But Abijah became powerful; and took fourteen wives to himself, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his words are written in the treatise of the prophet Iddo." (2 Chronicles 13:1-22) II. Abijah's challenge to Jeroboam: 1. The only story of Abijah is the war with Jeroboam. a. "He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between ... Although Bethel was given as a tribal inheritance to Benjamin, It was captured by Jeroboam. This likely happened when Jeroboam repelled Rehoboam early in his reign. "Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-abijah-king-of-judah-914-911bc.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Matthew 2:23 "He shall be ... ... This is one thing Pilate got right and the Jews God wrong. iv. "As for the notice itself, its implication that the Jews are a people whose miserable "king" hangs on a cross, offends them, and is made all the worse by being publicly accessible as ... Paul immediately converted to Christianity and was baptized for the remission of his sins three days later. (Acts 22:16) B. JESUS THE HOLY ONE OF GOD: phonic wordplay between Nazarene and Nazarite (LXX) and Jesus "the holy one of God" = Isa 4:1-3 ... Most of these already had long hair and their only battle was not getting caught drinking beer or partaking the Lord's Supper in church. The phonic similarity between Nazarene and Nazarite would cause early Christians to explore messianic passages that ... 2016 AD) The Septuagint (LXX) was the standard text used in every synagogue inside and outside Israel in the first century because nobody could speak Hebrew any more except the Jerusalem temple elites (scribes, priests, Sadducees, Pharisees). ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Matthew-2-23-triple-messianic-prophecy-Jesus-called-Nazarene-branch-from-branchland-holy-despised-Nazareth.htm

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Sinai Text (SN): Moses, Sinai, 1446 BC Torah: Gen - Deut ... from the dead He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."" (Acts 26:22-23) f. "When they had set a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening." (Acts 28:23) 4. Jesus and Christians used these Messianic verses from the Torah to prove Jesus was the Messiah: a. ... shall have dominion, And will destroy the remnant from the city."" (Numbers 24:17-19) ii. "'I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I ... Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) 623/610 BC Samuel Naioth, Ramah Torah (copy from Josiah) Paleo-Hebrew Quattuordecim (XIV) 458-445 BC Ezra "the 14" Jerusalem Tanakh, (Except Neh., Mal.) Aramaic-Hebrew Septuagint (LXX) 282 BC "the 70" ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Sinai-Text-ST-Moses-Bible-Torah-autograph-manuscripts-Hieroglyphic-Hebrew-1446BC.htm

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Ark of the Scrolls Niche, Torah Shrine: Prototype of the Church ... Prototype of the Church Apse Architectural Similarities between Ancient Synagogues and the Church Christians borrowed from Jewish synagogues, not the other way around. Standardized Architectural ... The fact these early Torah Shrines were wooden is why we don't find them in archeological digs. 2. The forerunner of the Torah Shrine was the Tabernacle Ark of the Covenant: Deut 31:24-26 a. "It came ... And it will not come to mind, nor will they remember it, nor will they miss it, nor will it be made again. "At that time they will call Jerusalem 'The Throne of the Lord,' and all the nations will be ... Others say, "Because they call the holy ark 'chest.' " It has been taught on Tannaite authority: R. Ishmael says, "For two sins ignorant people die, because they call the holy ark 'chest,' and because ... And the book of the prophet Isaiah [Septuagint] was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ark-of-the-Scrolls-Torah-Shrine-Niches-Prototype-Apse-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-copied-similarities-church.htm

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671 BC: Victory Stele of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria ... The standing figure is commonly misidentified as Baal I, King of Tyre and Christians fail to notice that they admit they are guessing!!! a. "The obverse depicts Esarhaddon holding two prisoners with ropes. The ... See: Chicago/Taylor Prisms of Sennacherib (689/691 BC) described the alliance of Hezekiah with Pharaoh Tirhakah in repelling the attack of Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem in 701 BC. b. "This, in turn, settles another ... Using dead reckoning 723/22 BC is the latest possible date for year 6 of Bocchoris." (Ancient Egyptian Chronology, Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, and David A. Warburton, p473, 2006 AD) 2. 685 BC: Manasseh executed Isaiah the prophet by sawing him into two in a tree trunk: Heb 11:37 a. This was recorded in Hebrews: "They were stoned, they were sawn ... in half with a wood saw. 12 And Manasseh, and Belkira, and the false prophets, and the princes, and the people, and all stood by looking on. 13 And to the prophets who (were) with him he said before he was sawed in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-archeology-Victory-Stele-Esarhaddon-King-Assyria-Manasseh-Judah-Taharqa-Tirhakah-Pharaoh-Egypt-ropes-lip-ring-hook-shackled-Zinjirli-671BC.htm

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The Levitical Priesthood The Levitical Priesthood traces through the three sons of Levi, through the Sadducees until it went extinct at the death of Christ, when it was replaced with the Priesthood of Christians which endures until the second coming. click ... Annas was High Priest from 6-15 AD. Then from 16-30 AD Caiaphas was High Priest. In 60-63 AD, Ananias was the high priest who tried Paul in Acts 23:2. 5. The priesthood continued down to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD when it became physically extinct, but it was rendered spiritually extinct ... Moses functioned as a priest on three occasions, all before the priesthood was consecrated to serve "after the order of Aaron." a. Ex 24, when he sprinkled the book and the people at the ratification of the Law b. Ex 40:22f, when he ... Asaph, a Gershonite was a prophet (seer), singer, music composer and he wrote 12 Psalms (50, 73-83): iii. "Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and Asaph ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/archeology-exodus-route-sinai-levitical-priesthood-levi-gershomites-kohathites-merarites-aaronic-zadok-asaph-heman-ethan-abiathar-eli-sadducees-annas-caiaphas-ananias.htm

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1 Corinthians 16:1-2 Weekly giving on Sundays The local brethren would have to get word out on foot to bring their money, or go to each member's home and collect it. It would make all Christians a target for thieves if each Christian had a money ... E. The phrase: "EVERY 1st day" in 1 Cor 16:2 is in the Greek: The Greek word "KATA" is the same in both 1 Cor 16:2 and Acts 14:23. Greek authorities agree that 1 Cor 16:2 says, "every week". 1 Cor ... Here are a couple of quotes from the 2nd and 3rd editions of A Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian Literature (2nd and 3rd editions, respectively): BAGD ("Arndt & ... A simple 2 second calculation you make in the head as you walk away from the boss after he hands you the money? People got paid at the end of the week on Friday. There is plenty of time after the work ... This has to be one of the most far fetched and unlikely arguments we have ever heard! But they make it worse by referring to Romans 15: "but now, I am going to Jerusalem serving the saints. For ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-giving-1-corinthians-16-2.htm

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Gifts ceased: Encyclopedia of Pentecostal objections and their ... Cessationists do not teach this! In fact such a position is ridiculous since Philip was performing miracles and signs in Acts 8. The truth is that ONLY APOSTLES COULD TRANSMIT the gifts through laying ... John Wesley said: "Spiritual gifts are for this day and the only reason for their scarcity is that Christians have become heathen again, with only a dead form left" This is a common slur that ... We therefore expect that the Discipline would be administered, not merely as a legal document, but as a revelation of the Holy Spirit working in and through our people. ... For this reason we wish ... immaturity rather than maturity (3:1; 14:20). (4) Spiritual gifts were needed because the early church was "childish" in its level of knowledge (13:11), not in attitude. (5) Paul was certainly ... At the close of Moses' life the phrase "face to face" is again used to describe not the heavenly bliss into which he had undoubtedly entered, but his position as the great prophet who had clear ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-pentecostal-arguments-refuted.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 1:1 ... 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 of how the ... precedes the verb...this statement cannot be regarded as strange in the prologue of the gospel which reaches its climax in the confession of Thomas. 'My Lord and my God.' - John 20:28" Feinberg: Dr. ... J. Johnson of California State University, Long Beach: "No justification whatsoever for translating THEOS EN HO LOGOS as 'the Word was a god.' 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. Kaufman of Portland, Oregon: "The Jehovah's Witnesses people evidence an ... a translation rejected by all recognized scholars of the Greek language may of whom are not even Christians, and cannot fairly be said to be biased in favor of the orthodox contention." Metzger: Dr. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john1-1.htm

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Apostate church organization: 250-451AD: The rise of the diocesan ... ... This council does not create the office of Metropolitans, but merely confirms this office that already existed in 325 AD. So Nice acts as another historical marker of the drift towards centralization in church organization. About 60 years ... Eventually five patriarchs were recognized: the bishops of the above three churches and Constantinople and Jerusalem. When the division between the Greek (or Eastern) churches and the Latin (or Western) churches occurred, the Greek Church continued to hold to the patriarchal theory of church organization, whereas the Latin Church had recognized the bishop of Rome as the single pope thus giving it a monarchial organization." (Everett Ferguson, Early Christians Speak, p 16) "Taking the Church at large, the only ... respecting the divinity of Christ; instituted and deposed bishops; and occasionally even delivered sermons to the people; but on the other hand, with genuine tact (though this was in his earlier period, a.d. 314), kept aloof from the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-250-451AD.htm

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Hindu Gurus and Pentecostal preachers are identical!!! ... Acts 10:10 Seeing visions Click to View Click to View Click to View Click to View Click to View Click to View Acts 9:10-12 Mind reading Click to View Click to View Click to View ? ? Click to View Jesus ... His message was his God-consciousness. Drawn by the magnetism of Sri Ramakrishna's divine personality, people flocked to him from far and near -- men and women, young and old, philosophers and theologians, philanthropists and humanists, atheists and agnostics, Hindus and Brahmos, Christians and Muslims, seekers of truth of all races, creeds and castes. His small room in the ... Swami Muktananda (1908-1982) began living as a sadhu, a mendicant in search of spiritual fulfillment, at an unusually early age. Though as a young man he gained renown for his yogic attainments, Swami ... The only thing we do is surrender ourselves completely and only accept and receive whatever God sends or wants us to have. This is indeed what every prophet has said: "Surrender yourself entirely, submit ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-kundalini-shakers-charismastics.htm

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Medical Inquiries and Observations Upon the Diseases of the Mind ... This is the earliest forms of the insanity laws we see today, where everyday sins are called "diseases of the will". [insanity] acts without a motive, by a kind of involuntary power. Exactly the same ... There are certain tenets held by several protestant sects of Christians which predispose the mind to derangement". In a section called, "Remedies of Mania" he spells out his cures and controls for the ... behaviors then regarded as sinful. In 1774, when Rush was only twenty-eight years old, he revealingly declared, "Perhaps hereafter it may be as much the business of a physician as it is now of a divine to reclaim mankind from vice." To distinguish himself from the doctor of divinity, the doctor of medicine could not simply claim that he was protecting people from sin or, as Rush put it, from vice. ... The dread of the eye was early imposed upon every beast of the field. The tiger, the mad bull, and the enraged dog, all fly from it : now a man deprived of his reason partakes so much of the nature of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/medical-inquiries-and-observations-upon-the-diseases-of-the-mind-benjamin-rush-1812ad.htm

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Freewill Weekly Collections for Benevolence In Synagogues: First ... ... Josephus on the Ephesian synagogue and the imperial decree in 43 BC: "When Artemon was prytanis, on the first day of the month Leneon, Dolabella imperator, to the senate and magistrates, and people of the Ephesians, sendeth greeting. (226) ... But there were some Jews from Asia-" (Acts 24:17-18) E. WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS: CHURCH VS. SYNAGOGUE 1. Both first century Synagogues and churches took weekly collections. 2. Synagogues used the money for the local poor Jews and once a year sent ... Yes: Poor Jews only Yes Christian Churches Yes: Poor Christians only No Jews sent money to Jerusalem for the Temple Christians sent money to Jerusalem for the poor Christians The church copied the habit of sending money to Jerusalem but earmarked the funds for ... the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Freewill-Weekly-Collection-ancient-Synagogue-money-Benevolence-First-fruit-gold-Jerusalem-widow-orphan-Jews-Christians-only-Church-worship-patterned-prototype.htm

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597 BC: Arad Ostraca introduction: Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, Nico ... Two inventories of foodstuffs, one in hieratic Egyptian, the other in Hebrew, probably date from this incident (Aharoni 1981: 61-64). Shortly thereafter, probably in 604, when Babylonia was on the ... The excavators of Arad found over a hundred Hebrew inscriptions and ostraca, most of them fragmentary, dating from the ninth century to the early sixth century b.c.e." (Ancient Aramaic and Hebrew ... Two ostraca (Arad #40, #24) record the communications between the city of Arad and Zedekiah, king of Judah at the time Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem 605-587 BC. The Edomites had moved for the ... III. The ostraca are of five general categories: Personal letters (Arad Ostraca #40, #24, #88, #21, #26, #111) Lists of names of people in various groups for various reasons "#49: sons of Besel 3, ... We can also draw some conclusions as to the size of the military unit from the amount of the provision. When Zedekiah imprisoned the prophet Jeremiah, Jeremiah was allotted a ration of one loaf of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ostraca/bible-ostraca-Arad-18-24-40-88-letters-refugee-temple-YHWH-edomite-threat-troops-edom-Ramah-Negev-Ira-Kinah-Horvat-Uza-Neco-II-Egypt-Jehoiakim-Zedekiah-Judah-608-597bc.htm

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Prism A (Rassam) and Prism C of Ashurbanipal/Osnappar: Alliance ... ... See: Chicago/Taylor Prisms of Sennacherib (689/691 BC) described the alliance of Hezekiah with Pharaoh Tirhakah in repelling the attack of Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem in 701 BC. b. "This, in turn, settles another ... Using dead reckoning 723/22 BC is the latest possible date for year 6 of Bocchoris." (Ancient Egyptian Chronology, Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, and David A. Warburton, p473, 2006 AD) 2. 685 BC: Manasseh executed Isaiah the prophet by sawing him into two in a tree trunk: Heb 11:37 a. This was recorded in Hebrews: "They were stoned, they were sawn ... in half with a wood saw. 12 And Manasseh, and Belkira, and the false prophets, and the princes, and the people, and all stood by looking on. 13 And to the prophets who (were) with him he said before he was sawed in ... seized their mounted messenger(s) along with their Ha-to-ga-un messages and (i 130) (then) they saw their deceitful acts. They seized those kings and clamped (their) hands and feet in iron fetters (and) iron handcuffs. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-archeology-Rassam-Prism-A-C-Ashurbanipal-King-Assyria-Manasseh-Judah-Alliance-Taharqa-Tirhakah-Necho-II-Tanutamon-Psammetichus-I-Pharaoh-Egypt-667BC.htm

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Sacred Meals, Passover, Lord's Supper, Communion: No Common Meals ... ... Several synagogues had ovens: Masada, Ostia room G. Archeological Excavation Top plans and Details for Masada and Ostia 4. Delos 54 BC: "Julius Caius, praetor [consul] of Rome, to the magistrates, senate, and people of the Parians, sendeth greeting. The ... it's a private house not supported from the church treasury. 6. Ancient synagogues were never used for secular purposes and early churches followed this pattern. 7. Secular meals in the church building forbidden: 1 Corinthians 11:20-34 a. "Therefore when ... and Talmud both do not allow common meals eaten in the synagogues. 10. Finally, notice that the very first "church building" was the Jerusalem Temple for very first Christians shortly after the Day of Pentecost in 33 AD, but they ate their common meals separate from the place of worship in homes: a. "Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart," (Acts 2:46) b. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Sacred-Meals-ancient-Synagogue-Passover-mazzot-communion-lords-supper-first-century-early-Christian-Church-Potluck-New-Testament-worship-prototype-ritual-liturgy.htm

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Thutmoses III was Pharaoh of the Exodus in 1446 BC ... It has been known for some time that archeologists have misdated the second burning of Hazor by Deborah too early at 1230 BC because they fail to mark the death of Joshua in 1356 BC who burned Hazor the first time in 1401 ... Acts 13:19 Connecting Solomon's temple to the exodus in 1446 BC: Solomon began building the temple in Jerusalem in the 4th year of his reign. This verse says that 480 years before the 4th year of Solomon's reign Israel left Egypt. That makes the exodus 1446 BC: "Now it came about in the 480th year after the sons of Israel came ... Our approach, therefore, began with the assumption that the exodus happened in the 18th dynasty of Egyptian Pharaoh's. Because historians are "all over the map" in the dates they lived to over 75 years, we considered all ... It was far more humiliating for Thutmoses III to have to travel back to a destroyed Egypt WITHOUT his army to face his people. b. Some rule out Thutmoses III as a candidate for the Pharaoh of the Exodus BECAUSE he died 15 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-date-1440bc.htm

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Is the Catholic church an infallible interpreter of scripture ... ... "What Catholics do believe is that the church, not the individual, must interpret and explain Christ's teaching, including those set forth in the Bible. Christians outside the Catholic fold do not of ... 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 ... Christian to test every teacher by the written Word (1 John 4:1; Acts 17:11; 1 Thess. 5:21). In the following, a Catholic authority affirms that we should do as the Jews of the Old Testament and follow the priests.: "But in those times the faithful did not attempt to interpret scripture for themselves. For the Jewish people in the pre-Christian era, the synagogue was their voice of ... "But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-church-interpreter.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: New Testament Jericho 75 BC ... If the synagogue is oriented towards Jerusalem it is not pre-70 AD but built after 200 AD. 4. See Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem C. Bible and other Literary references: 1. Jesus must have visited the synagogue often: Mt 20:29-34; Mk 10:46-52; Lk 10:30-37; 18:35-43; 19:1-10 2. Good Samaritan: Luke 10:30-37 a. "Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, ... This prophet was familiar with Elijah, and was his successor, (461) who when he once was the guest of the people of Jericho, and the men of the place had treated him very kindly, he both made them amends as well as the country, by a lasting favor; (462) for he went out of the city to this fountain, and threw into the current an ... See also: Synagogue Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 2. Interior columns a. See also: Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians 3. Mikveh: a. See also: Synagogue Mikvah: The Christian Maker b. Two mikvaot (or one Mikveh and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Jericho-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-bema-ark-of-scrolls-niche-mikveh-oven-samaritan-Bartimaeus-Zaccheus-75bc.htm

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The Jewish Synagogue Mikveh was the "Christian Maker" Baptistry Mk 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pe 3:21 Architectural Similarities between Ancient Synagogues and the Church Christians borrowed from Jewish synagogues, not the other way around. Standardized ... we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer [Synagogue]; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled." (Acts 16:13) g. ... Jericho had two Mikvaot: 6. Herodium also had two Mikvaot: 7. This feature is carried over into the church as can be seen that all early churches had full immersion baptistries, like at Shiloh. Col ... Byzantine churches. 11. The recently excavated pool of Shalom in Jerusalem features an Olympic size mikveh with two different sets of stairs (500 meters long) that connect the temple to the pool. a. ... into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ." (Galatians 3:27) d. "'But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Mikvah-Christian-Maker-Baptistry-wash-sins-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-copied-similarities-into-church.htm

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False Doctrine of Modalism: As taught by the United Pentecostal ... ... Now in heaven Jesus is at the Right Hand Of Himself. Acts 7:55, Stephen looked up into heaven while being stoned to death and "saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God." God does not literally have hands. This is obviously figurative. ... The early Christians were quick to spot new heresies. In the third century, Sabellius, a Libyan priest staying at Rome, invented a new one. He claimed there is only one Person in the Godhead, so that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all one Person with different "offices," rather than three Persons who are one Being in the Godhead, as the orthodox position holds. Of course, people immediately recognized that Sabellius's teaching contradicted the historic ... Montanism was an apocalyptic and prophetic movement within Christianity that started around the late second century. Called the "Phrygian heresy" it was named after its first prophet Montanus, who was accompanied by prophetesses, Priscilla and Maximimilla. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-modalism.htm

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bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rami-g-khouri-petra ... ... Herod was installed by Rome as King of Judaea, and returned triumphantly to evict the Parthians from Jerusalem in 39 BC, subsequently forcing Malichus and others who had supported the Parthians to ... The Roman writer Strabo, writing in the early 1st century AD about events around the end of the 1st century BC, left a detailed account of Nabataean culture at that time. He writes of 'Nabataea, a country with a large population and well supplied with pasturage ... The Nabataeans are a sensible people, and are so much inclined to acquire possessions that they publicly fine anyone who has ... One of the first acts of the first governor of the Province of Arabia, Claudius Severus, was to build the Via Nova Traiana, or Trajan s New Road, between 111 and 114. This was an impressive paved road ... Nabataean inscriptions on both the Saudi Arabian and Egyptian coasts of the Red Sea show that Nabataean traders were still active in northern Arabia, the Sinai and Egypt several hundred years after ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rami-g-khouri-petra-a-guide-to-the-capital-of-the-nabataeans-1986ad.htm

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Pots and Polities: Material Remains of Late Iron Age Judah in ... ... His "early state module" (ESM) defines civilization as composed of organiza-tional units, and is used mainly to define the early phases of the creation of civilization in Mesopota-mia and Mesoamerica. ... Museum); 5. Jerusalem (Holland 1975: fig. 9:4); 6. Tel Beer Sheba (unpublished, courtesy of I. Beit Arieh and Z. Herzog). focused primarily on prehistoric phases and on cul-tural changes, and neglects historical cases. At least in its more dogmatic forms, it failed to discuss polit-ical borders in a satisfactory way, since it created a sharp dichotomy between pots and people—as if pots were ... To mark his control over this area, the king of Umma changed the names of the local settlements there (Cooper 1983: 23-24). Border monuments are mentioned in Egyptian sources, and Akhenaten marked the ... Almost all the scholars who dealt with them were interested mainly in finding meanings for them, and in recent decades HRF were regarded as cultic or religious objects. They were usually interpreted ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-pots-and-polities-material-remains-of-late-iron-age-judah-in-relation-to-its-political-borders-raz-kletter-1999ad.htm

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Why I left the Pentecostal church ... A. Pentecostalism traces itself back no further that, New Years Eve, 1899. (Topeka, KS.) This is when a small group of people supposedly received a "Divine Revelation" for the first time ever recorded. 1. The Lord's church dates back to 33 AD when the 12 disciples received the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit." (Acts 2:4) 2. This was a result of the fulfillment of the promise Jesus gave to his ... E. We find that in the early half of this century (1900 - 1944)... several Pentecostal groups were established: Two being ...Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ, Inc. and the Pentecostal church, Inc. ... Jesus will judge us in the Last Day. (John 12:48) 2. Vocal music was repeatedly specified as the kind of worship God wants from Christians. (Col 3:16) (Eph 5:19) 3. Christians are to abide in the ... His maid said to her mistress that her Lord would recover him of his leprosy. Naaman came to the prophet Elisha for healing. Elisha sends a messenger to tell Naaman to wash in Jordan seven times and his ... ... https://www.bible.ca/t-why-I-left-pentecostalism.htm

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Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries ... B. Old Testament.-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. Many of them ... we find any indication of the Watchtower organization" or that Christians called themselves "Jehovah's Witnesses." "Nowhere in the Old Testament do we find any clear indication of the second coming. ... Moreover, since the names God and Holy Ghost are alike Divine names, it follows that Jesus Christ is also regarded as a Divine Person. (The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, Vol. 15, p 47-49) In the ... Thus He reveals His commands to the Church's ministers: " As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting the Holy Ghost said to them: Separate me Saul and Barnabas" (Acts, xiii, 2). He directs the ... Trinity was not revealed to the Chosen People of the OT. On account of the polytheistic religions of Israel's pagan neighbors it was necessary for the teachers of Israel to stress the oneness of God. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Magdala, Taricheae 50 BC Josephus 90 BC 4. SOD computation system details: Excavation date + Inscriptional date + Literary date = SOD. B. Synagogue Compass Orientation: 1. Orientation East or towards Jerusalem: No. 2. Compass ... If the synagogue is oriented towards Jerusalem it is not pre-70 AD but built after 200 AD. 4. See Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem C. Bible and other Literary references: 1. ... And He allowed no one to accompany Him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James. They came to the house of the synagogue official; and He saw a commotion, and people loudly weeping and ... 2. Freestanding columns: open air auditorium with no roof. a. See also: Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians and the church b. The bottom portion of the "drum" columns were found in situ. c. ... STORY! 3. "For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath."" (Acts 15:21) God said it, I BELIEVE IT, THAT SETTLES IT!!! ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Magdala-Taracheae-Migdal-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-Mary-Magdelene-heart-table-4-freestanding-columns-50bc.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Book of Susanna: 100 BC Court ... Then all the congregation cheered". (Susanna 28-29, 49-50, 59-60. LXX, 100 BC) b. "Susanna is the [pseudepigraphal] story of Daniel's [the Biblical prophet 605 BC] rescue of a young and beautiful woman, condemned to death for adultery as a ... The story concludes with Susanna's parents and husband praising God and the note that this case first established Daniel's reputation among the Jewish people (vv. 63-64)." (Harper's Bible Dictionary, Susanna) B. Fully functioning ... the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the ... Proseuche 23. Food: Sacred Passover Meals, No Common Meals In Synagogues 24. Sermon Topics in Synagogues: How Christians used the Tanakh to convert Jews 25. Singing in Synagogues: Non-Instrumental Acapella Responsive Singing 26. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Susanna-apocryphal-judgment-court-trial-100bc.htm

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Synagogue Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride: Mt 23:2-3; Jas 2:1 ... ... Although the original location of the chair is not clear, Rahmani (1990:193-4) proposes that it probably stood with its back to the southern Jerusalem-oriented wall, parallel to the Torah Shrine, to the left of a large ... - Archaeology and Art: New Discoveries and Current Research, Rachel Hachlili, p218, 2013 AD) 12. The early church violated Jesus prohibition of special seating through the clergy-laity distinction. a. Byzantine Christians went beyond the first century Jews by creating special areas b. "Special cathedra-like seats are known ... Nehemiah stood on a special elevated platform the same way preachers do today at the pulpit as a kind of special area. b. Often in our churches, the front pews are designated for special people participating in readings, ... tradition. 15. The Chair of Moses replaced by the Throne of Christ: Deut 18:18-19 a. "'I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Moses-Seat-Metaphor-Pride-reader-leader-judge-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-adopted-similarities-into-church.htm

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Synagogue allusions in the New Testament Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves." (John 11:54-55) b. "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. ... gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds." (Titus 2:12-14) d. ""Therefore do this that we tell you. ... completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered for each one of them." (Acts 21:23-26) e. ""You are already clean because of the word [not through a mikveh] which I have ... purity stone Vessels: Stoneware cups and wash basins 4. Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Christians 5. Artwork: Heart-Shaped Columns 6. The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue ... of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/synagogue-worship-New-Testament-allusions-symbolism-antitypes-church-moses-seat-baptism-mikveh-foot-washing.htm

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What Early Christians believed about deviant sex What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View What Christians believed about deviant sex! Click to View 151 AD Justin Martyr "[W]e have ... Novatian "[God forbid the Jews to eat certain foods for symbolic reasons:] For that in fishes the roughness of scales is regarded as constituting their cleanness; rough, and rugged, and unpolished, and substantial, and grave manners are approved in ... by immodest persons which no chaste eye could look upon; you would see what even to see is a crime; you would see what people embruted with the madness of vice deny that they have done, and yet hasten to do--men with frenzied lusts rushing upon ... For even if there were no hell, and no punishment had been threatened, this would be worse than any punishment" (Homilies on Romans 4). 400AD Augustine "[T]hose shameful acts against nature, such as were committed in Sodom, ought everywhere and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-deviant-sex.htm

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RaPseudo-Ephraem does not teach the Rapture! ... And we think that the earth exists with blind infidelity, arriving at its downfall early. Commotions are brought forth, wars of diverse peoples and battles and incursions of the barbarians threaten, ... the empire of the Christians is handed down by God and Peter; and then the consummation comes, when the kingdom of the Romans begins to be fulfilled, and all dominions and powers have been fulfilled. ... The one who gathers together to himself a partridge the children of confusion, also shall call them, whom he has not brought forth, just as Jeremiah the prophet says. Also in the last day they shall ... Because he will be craftily gentle to all people, not receiving gifts, not placed before another person, loving to all people, quiet to everyone, not desiring gifts, appearing friendly among close ... Therefore, when he receives the kingdom, he orders the temple of God to be rebuilt for himself, which is in Jerusalem; who, after coming into it, he shall sit as God and order that he be adored by all ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-pseudo-ephraem-latin-syraic-texts.htm

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Sabbath Vs. 1st Day Debate: Samuele Bacchiocchi ... They simply became "BELIEVING JEWS" who are described by James (almost 30 years after the death of Jesus) as "all zealous for the law" (Acts 21:20). It is hard to believe that if they were zealous in the observance of the ... Sabbath teachings and ministry of Jesus, is indicative of the importance of Sabbathkeeping in the apostolic church. The sayings of Jesus reflect the on-going debate between the church and the synagogue. Christians appealed to Christ's teachings to argue with the Jews that the Sabbath is not merely rules to obey, but people to love. ... Summing up, the text proposes a valuable weekly plan to ensure a substantial and orderly contribution on behalf of the poor in Jerusalem, but to extract more meaning from the text would distort it. May I close, John, by ... The symposium, which is largely a response to my research, is edited by D. A. Carson and was published by Zondervan in 1982. This book is regarded by far the most scholarly defence of Sundaykeeping in recent times.If you ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Bacchiocchi-lewis-debate.htm

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Reglan, Lord: The Hero Ghost, and so (5) he is regarded as the Son of God (6) soon after his birth king Herod makes an attempt to kill him, but (7) he is spirited away, and (8) reared by Mary and foster father Joseph in the far-off country of Egypt. (9) We are told nothing of his childhood in the Gospels, but (10) on reaching manhood he comes out as a public preacher and finally enters Jerusalem riding on a colt and is ... Page 50 "The Life of Muhammad," by Muhammad Husayn Hykal. On another occasion, some "Monks" "recognized in Muhammad the signs of prophet-hood as told in Christian books." Page 54 "The Life of ... YES 8. Reared by foster-parents in a far country . Muhammad became an orphan when his mother died when he was about five or six. Raised early on in the desert by the wet nurse and later by ... Similarities do not mean something is wrong. Lord Reglan is not a Christian and does not speak for Christians. Lord Reglan's material was not intended to decide which hero is true or mythical, just ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Reglan.htm

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Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God and love and righteousness and power and glory and mystery, who is the creator and lord of the whole universe, who is intensely concerned with the tiny people of Israel. It tells us of His Word, Wisdom. ... They gave solid evidence of a belief in three pre-existent 'beings,' but they furnished no trinitarian doctrine, no awareness of a trinitarian problem. "The Jews never regarded the spirit as a person; nor is there any solid evidence that any Old Testament writer held this view. . . . The Holy Spirit is usually presented in the Synoptics [Gospels] and in Acts as a divine force or power." ... To some extent they did, for they viewed the eternal Logos as Someone with whom the Father could commune and take counsel. Probably no more could be expected at this early stage of theological ... Four times Justin gives the formula, 'In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,' but elsewhere he says Christians, honor Jesus Christ in the second place after God and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Fortman.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Mishnah 200 AD First century oral tradition codified into law 200 AD "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm [as Christians] and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery." (Galatians 5:1) "thus invalidating ... Dictionary of the Bible, Mishnah, Vol 4, p110, 2009 AD) 4. "MISHNAH. An early 3d-century c.e. compendium, largely legal, containing regulations and beliefs foundational of rabbinic Judaism and thus of all later Jewish thought. ... H [If he rubbed his hand] on his head or on the wall, it is clean. I They pour out [water on the hands of] four or five people side by side, or above one another, J on condition that they [the hands] lie loosely so that the water will flow among them." (Mishnah m. Yadayim 2:3) 3. Sabbath Day's Journey: 2000 cubits or 915 meters a. "Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away." (Acts 1:12) b. "A He who went forth [beyond the Sabbath line] on a permissible mission, B ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Mishnah-shanah-Rabbi-Judah-Akiba-oral-law-200ad.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Matthew 24 The Olivet Discourse ... A good example is the two accounts by Luke in Acts 10 and Acts 11 of the same event. Only in Acts 11:4 are we told Luke follows a precise chronological order. c. The chronological order of the four ... "cookie cutter", "one size fits all" interpretive system was wrong but they ignored them and the result is they have gutted the content of the Bible that is relevant for Christians living today. c. ... the answers accordingly. a. "Tell us, when will these things happen": The destruction of the Jerusalem Temple and the ushering in of a new religious order in place of the temple. b. "and what will ... C. In Luke 17:20-37 Jesus divided his discussion into two eschatological events: 1. Jesus discusses two different events in Luke 17:20-37 to two different sets of people at two different times. Jesus ... Temple liberated and sacrifices restored: 14th December 164 BC: "And they rose early in the morning of the 25th of the 9th month, this is the month Chislev, the 148th year, and they offered up ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Matthew24-Luke21-Mark13-Triple-Midrashic-prophecy-Olivet-Discourse-Pentecost-AD33-Destruction-Jerusalem-AD70-Second-Coming.htm

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Officail creed of Dutch/Christian/Canadian Reformed Churches ... In the New Testament, the four gospels-- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles; the fourteen letters of Paul-- to the Romans; the two letters to the Corinthians; to the Galatians, ... So, in the baptism of all believers this form was prescribed by Christ: "Baptize all people in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." In the Gospel according to Luke the ... This doctrine of the holy Trinity has always been maintained in the true church, from the time of the apostles until the present, against Jews, Muslims, and certain false Christians and heretics, such ... And so it must follow that he who is called God, the Word, the Son, and Jesus Christ already existed when all things were created by him. Therefore the prophet Micah says that his origin is "from ... ARTICLE 18: THE INCARNATION So then we confess that God fulfilled the promise which he had made to the early fathers by the mouth of his holy prophets when he sent his only and eternal Son into the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-CRef-Belgic.htm

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Solomon's Fortress at Elat, Aqaba: Tell el-Kheleifeh and Jezirat ... ... He is of course wrong in suggesting that Jezirat Faraun is Ezion-geber since, it is located on the Egyptian not Edomite side of the Red Sea: "If Solomonic Eloth is not at Tell el-Kheleifeh, it probably lies buried somewhere beneath ... A detachment of the Tenth Roman Legion is stationed there. Properly called Aila today (it was formerly pronounced Ailath) from whence the ancient people the Ailamites whose king was Chodollagomor [who is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles]. Another Ailam of the foreigners (of Palestine) is noted in ... Iron Age I (1200-930 B.C.) Rothenberg's excavation of the Hathor (Khat-KHOR) Temple at Timmah,16 north of Eilat, has produced evidence of an Egyptian mining operation in the Late Bronze/Early Iron Age I (14th-12th centuries B.C.). ... In 1217 a Christian pilgrim named Thietmar visited the island and reported that he found it inhabited by both Saracens and Christians, as well as "French, English and Latin slaves who fished here for the profit of the Sudan."11 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-ezion-geber-elat-aqaba.htm

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Difficult Questions for Mormons to answer Click to View Click to View Close-up of the golden Nephi Plates that were allegedly written in "Reformed Egyptian" General questions: Why did the angel take Nephi Plates back to heaven? Do they not ... the practice of polygamy? (Doc. & Cov. 132; and History of the Church Vol. 6, page 46, or Teachings of the Prophet, page 324). God rejected the fig leaf aprons which Adam and Eve made (Gen. 3:21). ... Why are these people not mentioned? The Book of Mormon seems to indicate that the continent was empty at the time. 2 Nephi 1:8 One wonders if 'knowledge' of the land had been kept from the natives who had already been there for thousands of years? Why didn't Nephi compare and contrast the New World with Jerusalem? These were two vastly different places. Book of Mormon Metallurgy Why does the Book ... Why is the anti-Masonic excitement that arose near Smith's home in 1827 reflected? (Gadianton Robbers / Secret Combos) Why is infant baptism (a much discussed issue in the early 19th century) ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-questions.htm

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The Catholic Church did not Give the world The Bible! Faith of Millions, p. 145) "It is only by the divine authority of the Catholic Church that Christians know that the scripture is the word of God, and what books certainly belong to the Bible." ... cannot claim that it gave us the Old Testament Scriptures. The Old Testament came through the Jews (God's chosen people of old) who had the holy oracles entrusted to them. Paul said, "What advantage then remains to the Jew, or what is the use of circumcision? Much in every respect. First, indeed, because the oracles of God were entrusted to them." (Rom. 3:1-2; see also Rom. 9:4-5; Acts 7:38). ... Please notice further quotes from Catholic sources: "During those early times parts of the Bible were scattered among the various churches, no one of which had the complete Bible as we have it now. ... bishop at Alexandria, mentions all of the New Testament books. 315-386. Cyril, bishop at Jerusalem, gives a list of all New Testament books except Revelation. 270. Eusebius, bishop at Caesarea, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-origin.htm

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Civil Courts, beating and scourging in Synagogues, Slavery jail ... ... Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep." (2 Corinthians 11:23-25) Christians today: ""But beware of men, for they will ... to city," (Matthew 23:34) b. ""And I said, 'Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You." (Acts 22:19) c. Sardis imperial decree of 49 BC: "Lucius Antonius, the son of Marcus, vice-quaestor, and vice-pretor, to the magistrates, senate, and people of the Sardians, sendeth greeting. ... Babylonian Talmud on first century synagogue courts: "Three judges of civil law were in Jerusalem, Admon, Hanan, and Nahum. Said R. Pappa, "Who is the Tannaite authority who repeats, 'Nahum'? It is R. Nathan, in ... of Communion Table 12. Byzantine Church Architecture: Octagonal and Basilica 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Courts-ancient-Synagogue-Civil-judgment-Slavery-jail-beating-scourging-Columns-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype.htm

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Rapture Refuted: Harold Campinng's numerology date setting end ... Join Live Reports from Jerusalem! We will be on location in Jerusalem to expose Rapture theology as false and anti-biblical. Follow our live reporting from Jerusalem on Between May 21 and Pentecost ... Camping saw God had placed, in Scripture, many important signs and proofs. These proofs alert believers that May 21st of 2011 is the date Christ will return for His people and begin a period of the ... Like the Jehovah's Witnesses, he says that 1994 wasn't the wrong date. We just have to add seven years to it! 6. Like Russell, he is now telling Christians to leave their churches. All the churches ... Camping believes in continuous revelation and believes he is a prophet of God who directly communicates with him. He is a deluded agent of Satan to destroy faith in the Bible. The world is mocking the ... really believe the Bible, instead he believes he is directly guided by God into truth though his Early and Latter Rain false doctrine. 5. It escapes Camping that Rapture doctrine itself did not exist ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-harold-camping-2011-official-end-of-the-world-time-rapture-chart-numerology-date-setter-may-21-2011.htm

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The Exodus Route: 22 Stops: Mt Sinai to 38 years at Kadesh Barnea ... The section that follows discusses a few important things that happened before Kadesh (grumbling for meat at Taberah/Kibroth-hattaavah [ch 11]; Miriam's and Aaron's challenge to Moses Egyptian wife at Hazeroth [ch 12]) and events that happened at Kadesh: i. spying out the land ii. The man ... In the same way the high priest at the time of Jesus mislead his people into crucifying him. (Matthew 26:57). It is interesting that the only Levite mentioned in the new testament was "Barnabas, which translated means Son of Encouragement" (Acts 4:36). Just as the Levites were a positive force for good with Moses, so too was Barnabas, the Levite, for the early Christians. a. Solution: After they left Sinai, we ... This ties into the larger context of the passage where Moses is recounting the sins of the people in connection with the golden calf. Verse 1 begins with God restoring fellowship with Israel by replacing the two tablets of the ten commandments that Moses had broken when Aaron had made the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-sinai-kadesh-barnea.htm

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Trinity: The role of Constantine in the Nicene creed ... years, yet in the end, Arius was refuted! Detailed documentation: When Constantine came upon the temple mount in Jerusalem, he destroyed the temple of Jupiter that had been built in 135 AD by Hadrian. ... series of letters, extending from 313 to the early 320s, concerning the Donatist schism in North Africa. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Constantine the Great, Vol. 5, p.71) The reasons for Constantine's conversion to Christianity have been much debated. Some believe that it was an astute stroke of policy, designed to win the support of the Christians, or a wise act of statesmanship aimed at ... It is not hard to see why Eusebius regarded his reign as the fulfillment of divine providence nor to concede the force of Constantine's assessment of his own role as that of the thirteenth Apostle. ... Five or six came from the West, among these Hosius of Cordova and the priests Vitus and Vincent, who represented Pope Sylvester. There is no record of the acts of the Council. Only its Creed, 20 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-constantine.htm

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500 Flood stories prove Noah's Ark is real history: Epic of Gilgamesh ... One was on three tablets during the reign of king Ammi-saduqa of Babylonia (1647-1626 BC). 3. Tablets one and three are housed at the British Museum Room 56, Early Mesopotamia, case 25. Tablet two is in New ... While Jews and Christians understand this was a direct curse from Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, the Babylonian pagans had no explanation. They just understood these two facts as ... First we see parallels to the historic place that water baptism that "washes away sins" (Acts 2:38; 22:16) and the recently excavated pool of Siloam and the hundreds of Jewish Mikvah's (water immersion baths) at the south wall the temple in Jerusalem that have been excavated. Second, we are struck with the direct parallel to the Genesis creation story where man ... Atra-Hasis tells the town people that he must leave town because his god Enki, is at war with Enlil. The townsfolk all gather together to help Atra-Hasis build the boat. Parallel to God providing Manna in the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/noahs-ark-flood-creation-stories-myths-epic-of-atra-hasis-old-babylonian-akkadian-cuneiform-flood-creation-tablet-1635bc.htm

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