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Jehovah's Witnesses, Anti-semitism and the Third Reich ... long tradition of philo-Judaism besides simple personal bias. During the late 1920s and early 1930s anti-semitism was becoming rampant in the United States and Canada with the rise of a variety of movements both religious and political.[5] And with the start of the Depression in 1929, it began to appear possible that the violently anti-Jewish Nazis could come to power in Germany - something which happened on January 30, 1933. So it seems clear that Rutherford was anxious to dissociate the Witnesses from the Jewish community as definitively as possible. Yet these facts can in no way excuse what he and his aids were shortly to do during the first year of ... It was distributed widely throughout Germany in 1932. 14 1974 Yearbook, pp. 111-12 15 Ibid., pp. 131-33 16 17 18 Christine Elizabeth King, The Nazi State and the New Religions: Five Case Studies in Non-Conformity (New York & Toronto: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1982), pp. 151, 152 19 Ibid. 20 M. James Penton, Apocalypse Delayed: The ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-penton-3rdreich.htm

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The True Mount Hor, Jebel Maderah. George L. Robinson, The Biblical ... ... > In the year igos, Jebel Maderah was ascended by Professor Nath. Schmidt, of Cornell, and his companions, Messrs. A. T. Olmstead, J. E. Wrench, J. D. Whiting, and L. Larson. THE TRUE MOUNT HOR 91 near the southwest corner of the mountain's roof-like surface. Far-ther to the east there were two elliptical stone circles which suggested the idea of tombs; however, probably of no great antiquity. Now, the top platform or roof of the mountain is divided into two inde-pendent and non-communicable sections, cut off from each other by a narrow tongue or ridge of mountain about 75 feet lower than the level of the top platform proper and about 300 yards long. ... discipline;" in which case the name then furnishes a basis for the Arab tradition which clings to the place, that God disciplined the inhabitants by raining upon them stones from heaven; the explana-tion given by Jerome of the meaning of "Mosera" is also satisfied: "Mosera eruditio uel disciplina eius" (Onomast., Lagarde, p. 5I). ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-true-mount-hor-the-biblical-world-george-l-robinson-1908ad.htm

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Apostate church organization: 250-451AD: The rise of the diocesan ... ... Cyprian also represents an historical marker of the actual transition point. His warnings and complains went unheeded. A rapid change take place between 250 AD and 325 AD. Two important changes occur during this 75 year period: 1. The rise of diocesan bishops who rule a small group of churches in addition to his own local church. ... The high responsibilities of the episcopal office in the great cities tended to bring to such positions men of stamp and reputation. Apart from their personal qualities, their very position would give them a certain authority. Nothing was more natural, then, than to appeal to them in case of dispute. Prerogatives, awarded in the ... In the race for episcopal honor and power, the political importance of the various cities outweighed by far every other factor. Jerusalem, the mother of all churches, was for a long time the seat of a subordinate bishopric. The bishop there was of small account because the city was of small account, and rose to importance only as ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-250-451AD.htm

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History of Temple Mount, Tabernacles of Moses, David and the ... ... The important matter is that the church was God's vessel of salvation from before the creation of the world which replaced the physical temple in Jerusalem. 8. This page is all about the church, the body of Christ, the Temple of God. The final end of a long series of complex antitypes! clilck to view 2091 BC: Abraham: Told to leave ... It was after this, that Moses received the pattern for the Tabernacle. The spent about a year at the foot of Sinai. 2. "You will bring them and plant them in the mountain (Zion, Jerusalem) of Your inheritance, The place, O Lord, which You have made for Your dwelling, The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established. " ... Peter preaches to the crowds and many are healed. (Acts 1ff) c. 3793-3795/ c. 33-35 CE Stephen Martyrdom of Stephen on the Temple Mount, Saul of Tarsus consenting. (Acts 6-7). c. 3822/ c. 62 CE James the Just John (d. 100 CE) Christians driven from Jerusalem by persecution. James, brother of Jesus and leader of the Church in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-history.htm

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Basta, Jordan: Biblical Kadesh Barnea. slaughterhouse, crop storage ... ... The sophisticated, high quality pottery that has been excavated in ancient Eridu (and many other places in Nimrod's kingdom) before the Tower of Babel provides good evidence that "stone age" cultures existed both during and long after the invention of pottery. 5. Professional archeologists use rather crude and simplistic methods of ... B. Basta built from a master archeological plan, designed in advance of construction: 1. "During the course of the excavation we were of the general impression that we were dealing with a series of well outlined building units set next to each other, indicating that in each case they represent the plan of the initial design. This ... The excavators at Basta commented that this low percentage of pig bones was because pigs don't live in hot, dry areas. Yet they go on to note that there is an excellent water supply in the city year-round and diverse vegetation including forests in the nearby wadis. We also know that in the Late Bronze age, that Canaan was full ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-Basta-storage-slaughter-house-city-100000-bones.htm

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Holy Spirit Comforter passages of John 14-15-16 II. In 588 BC Joel promised supernatural power to all mankind on Pentecost AD 33: 1. Joel 2/ Acts 2 "I will pour forth My Spirit UPON ALL MANKIND. And your SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS shall prophesy, and your YOUNG MEN shall see visions, and your OLD MEN shall dream dreams. Even upon My bondslaves BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I will in those ... VII. The case of cornelius A. Cornelius was baptized in the HS: Acts 11:15-17 1. Just like upon the apostles (directly) Acts 11:15 2. Peter was amazed: a. not because the Holy Spirit had fallen directly b. but rather that He HAD FALLEN AT ALL. c. Acts 10:45 "amazed, because the gift of the HS had been poured out upon the Gentiles ... Brethren continue to use this chart not even understanding the entire theological framework rests upon a single bible verse (John 3:34) that says EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE to what the chart suggests. 6. The evidence is overwhelming in favor of discarding the long-embraced teaching of a "special baptismal measure of the HS" given only to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-Comforter-helper-advocate-passages-of-John14-15-16.htm

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Kingdom of David: Fulfills Abraham's land Promise 1003-1001 BC ... ... residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?' "While the word was in the king's mouth, a voice came from heaven, saying, 'King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: sovereignty has been removed from you, and you will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling place will be with the beasts of the field. ... B. God used the Assyrians to destroy Israel in 722 BC because of they had left God: a. Hosea (745-722 BC): "Listen to the word of the LORD, O sons of Israel, For the LORD has a case against the inhabitants of the land, Because there is no faithfulness or kindness Or knowledge of God in the land. There is swearing, deception, ... Decay enters my bones, And in my place I tremble. Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, For the people to arise who will invade us." (Habakkuk 3:16) God has a long history of using wicked world leaders to punish the sinful nations in order to lovingly bring them to repentance and salvation. a. "for if God did not ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-2samuel8-1chronicles18-david-fulfills-abrahams-land-promise-997-995bc.htm

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The Clinical Textbook of Biblical Psychiatry: home page ... Victimhood: EDS-7.4.13 xiv. Epicurean hedonism: EDS-7.4.14 The Clinical Textbook of Biblical Psychiatry Self-Diagnostic System "Psychiatry" is a Greek word meaning "doctor of the soul" Click to View Click to View Click to View © Copywrite 2001-2014 Steven Rudd Author's Introduction: I began this book in 2001 when I read that there ... The Devil loves Evolution because is takes away all personal responsibility and accountability for behaviour choice being genetic robots. The Devil loves Biopsychiatry because every year new diagnoses are invented to excuse criminal activity as "not responsible for reasons of insanity" and removing guilt by turning sinful choices ... A church minister's primary role is to evangelize the lost and edify the saved and it is from these he earns his "wages". However, church ministers need to be prepared to help individuals find solutions to the misery they suffer on a case by case basis as they naturally arise and not put adds in the local newspaper and the internet ... ... https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/welcome.htm

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Divided kingdom and David's Civil war with the House of Saul ... "Then Abner called to Joab and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will you refrain from telling the people to turn back from following their brothers?" (Abner to Joab after Asahel, Joab's brother is killed: 2 Samuel 2:26) "Now all the people took note of it, and it ... In 1082 BC, Saul is born. b. In Jonathan is likely born around 1067 BC since he is Saul's oldest son. c. In 1052 BC, Samuel was 52 years old when he anointed Saul at age 30-year-old as king. 1 Sam 13:1 d. In 1040 BC, David is born when Jonathan is about 27 years old and Saul is 42. e. In 1025 BC, Saul had been king for 27 years but ... It is likely that Saul's mother descended from one of the wives given to the Benjaminites after the tribe was nearly driven to extinction in 1300 BC after they would not repent of the Sodomy at Gibeah. (see Judges 19-20) David's kind words 3. Even though David made wise peace with those closely allied with Saul, trouble was soon to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-2samuel-1-5-king-david-in-hebron-civil-war-1004-997bc.htm

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Lunar Eclipses at birth and death of Christ: 1 BC and 3 April ... ... NASA data shows that the total eclipse of 10 January 1 BC is the best choice in dating the death of Herod based upon the writings of Josephus: Antiquities 17.167. This places the birth of Christ most likely in the spring of that same year of 1 BC. NASA data shows that the partial "blood moon" eclipse of 3 April AD 33 marks the ... For example, D. Davis has recently depicted in color an eclipse sequence as seen by the human eye with the moon low in the sky; the coloration of the umbra in the partial eclipse phase is almost as vivid as when the eclipse is total. For the case of the eclipse of April, A.D. 33, the moon was just above the horizon and was seen ... There is a reasonable correlation between observed fluctuations in the LOD over the past 150 years and core angular momentum fluctuations (Hide et al. 2000). Global sea-level changes, associated with climatic variations, may also produce a significant effect on centennial and longer timescales. An additional long-term mechanism is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/jesus-christ-died-death-cross-eclipse-red-blood-moon-sun-darkness-earthquake-bodies-raised-resurrection-temple-veil-torn-in-two-centurian-son-of-god-3-april-33AD.htm

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Greek Scroll Twelve minor prophets Nahal Hever 50 BC: Septuagint ... ... month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo saying, "The LORD was very angry with your fathers. "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Return to Me," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I may return to you," says the LORD of hosts. "Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds." ' But they did not listen or give heed to Me," declares the LORD." (Zechariah 1:1-4) b. "Then the angel of the LORD said, "O LORD of hosts, how long will You have no ... Some evidence for their dates is external, e.g. quotations from Ǿ in ancient sources, and some internal, e.g. reflections of historical situations or events found in the translation. The post-Pentateuchal books were translated after the translation of the Torah, for most of these translations use its vocabulary, and several ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-Septuagint-twelve-Greek-Minor-prophets-scroll-Nahal-Hever-Bar-Kochba-Cave-of-Horrors-letters-Dodekapropheton-Greek-8HevXIIgr-50BC.htm

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Paul said Mt. Sinai was in Saudi Arabia: Gal 4:25 ... C. K. Barrett ("The Allegory of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar," 163-64) notes that "a decisive consideration in favor of the long text is that the omission of Hagar leaves a bare piece of geographical information of little interest to the readers or relevance to the context." In the Greek text, Hagar is governed by the neuter article ... Secondly, the proof that hagar was ever used to refer to Mt. Sinai is rather uncertain. The evidences that have been cited are Chrysostom in the fourth century and a Bohemian traveler of the year 1598 (Lightfoot 195). Neither is evidence of what was current in Paul's day. The weakness of these two arguments is sufficient reason for ... Pauline manuscript. (P46) and it is supported by several others. Another well attested reading is: "Now Hagar means Mt. Sinai in Arabia." In either case, wishing to emphasize that the slavery the Law introduced was the condition of the rejected son of Abraham, Paul identifies Hagar with the Sinai pact and the "present Jerusalem." ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-mt-sinai-arabia-gal-4-25.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Isaiah 9:1-7 "A child will ... The same year Pekah is killed: 2 Kings 16:5-18; 2 Chron 28:19-27. Ahaz made a model of the pagan altar in Damascus in the temple in Jerusalem and worshipped the Aramean pagan gods. 6. 732 BC: Isaiah writes Isa 9:1-7 when Hezekiah is 21 years old. This is the same year Isa 7:1-14 was partially fulfilled when Rezin and Pekah were ... of names being throne names, similar to the custom in ancient Egypt in which the new pharaoh would receive four royal names at his coronation-something many scholars believe to be the case here. (3) The length of the name for the child seems completely unwieldy, even compared to the name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz in the next chapter. ... Indeed, the eight names that are ascribed to Hezekiah (b. Sanh. 94a) are those ascribed by the prophet Isaiah to the Messiah (Isa 9:5). To be sure, to this clear implication that King Hezekiah was the long-awaited Messiah, his contemporary, Rabbi Joseph, responded, "May God forgive him. And yet there is reason to think that ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Isaiah9-6-child-king-triple-messianic-bible-prophecy-Midrashic-fulfillment-Gideon-Hezekiah-Jesus-John-baptist-Jesus.htm

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Pre-tribulation Rapture Refuted: 1948 Israeli nationhood did ... ... when you search for Me with all your heart. 'I will be found by you,' declares the Lord, 'and I will restore your fortunes and will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,' declares the Lord, 'and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.' " (Jeremiah 29:10-14) a. ... Ezekiel was exiled into Babylon with Daniel and both knew each other personally. c. When Israel came out of Babylon, never again did they worship Idols. This was the new heart he put in Israel. 3. Daniel 9:2 "in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of ... I will rebuild its ruins, And I will restore it, So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,' Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago. "Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles, " (Acts 15:14-19) d. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-israeli-statehood-became-nation-1948.htm

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Ein El-Qudeirat is not Kadesh Barnea: : Wrongly identified as ... ... periods of occupation: a pre-fortress period, containing only hand-made pottery which he dated to the 10th century; the fortress itself with pottery from a very long time-span - the 9th to the 7th centuries; and a post-fortress period of scattered Persian remains." (Kadesh Barnea: Judah's Last Outpost, Carol Meyers, 1976 AD) ... In the Bible, however, Kadesh-barnea is connected with the much earlier epoch of Moses and the 40-year wandering. This is an apparent inconsistency, and it should be asked if the excavations at Kadesh-barnea have contributed, in one way or another, to the understanding of Israel's early traditions. It should be stated clearly at the outset that the answer to this is equivocal. It could be argued that the lack of any evidence for pre-10th-century B.C.E. settlement on the site supports the position of those who maintain that there is no historical basis for the early traditions of the Old Testament-specifically, in this case, for those concerning Moses and the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-fortresses-ein-el-qudeirat.htm

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Inspiration claims of the Watchtower Bible Tract Society ... To it alone God's Sacred Word, the Bible, is not a sealed book. (Watchtower; July 1, 1973; p. 402) 1973 "Direction by God's spirit enables Jehovah's servants to have divine light in a world of spiritual darkness. (2 Cor. 4:4) For instance, long ago they understood that 1914 C.E. would mark the end of the Gentile times or 'appointed times of the nations,' during which the Gentile nations were allowed uninterrupted rulership of the earth. (Luke 21:24) This 2,520 year period began with the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple by Babylonians in the late seventh century B.C.E.. For example, Zion's ... Jehovah has considerately raised up his 'prophet to the nations.' Jehovah has done this during this 'time of the end,' since World War I ended.... the 'prophet' whom Jehovah has raised up has been, not an individual man as in the case of Jeremiah, but a class.... At this late date there is a mere remnant of this 'prophet' class yet on earth.... One thing is now certain: if the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-inspiration.htm

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The Exodus Route: Elim (Nabatean Leuke Kome, Onne, Aynuna) ... The inland trade route through Wadi 'Ifal cut by half the time to reach Petra and was perfectly safe. Decisions in this regard would have been business-driven and safety-oriented for sure. Sailing all the way to Aqaba is another issue to be considered. The Periplus, whether by mere chance or not, speaks of Leuke Kome and not Aqaba/... a surprising generality in the case of Leuke Kome: an approximate distance ("two or three days sailing") and not very exact directions ("to the left of Berenike"). Moreover, there is no mention of the goods that were traded in this port, a component usually present in descriptions of other ports. It has been recently argued that the author of the Periplus had never been in Leuke Kome personally, making his description of the harbor unreliable at best (Bukharin 2012: 110-124). No material indicating Nabatean presence in El Wajh has been recorded so far, while the temple at Wadi Hamd, found by Burton, is too far away ("one long or two short marches", Burton ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-elim.htm

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Ezion-Geber, Nelson Glueck, Excavations at Tell el-Kheleifeh ... ... The Smithsonian Institution — American School of Oriental Research excavations of Tell el-Kheleifeh took place in the spring seasons of 1938-1940. The final report should have been published long ago. Now that the report on the Khirbet Tannur excavation in 1937 has been completed (publication, autumn 1965), we have begun reviewing ... Obviously then, this structure could not have functioned as a smelter, as Rothenberg has correctly contended.4 Examples of this kind of construction of mudbrick walls, which strengthens their bonding, prevents warping and gives them a high degree of elasticity useful in case of earthquakes have been found at Sendschirli, Boghazkoy, ... Ezion-geber I with its central structure and enclosing wall may have been destroyed by Shishak (the Egyptian Pharaoh Sheshonk) in the fifth year of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon (I Kings 14:25-26; II Chron. 12:2-4). At the beginning of Period II, a completely new series of massive forti-fication walls of mudbrick was erected on the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-ezion-geber-nelson-gluecks-tell-el-kheleifeh-1965ad.htm

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Kadesh Barnea Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol 29, No 1, 1910 ... There can be no question that the picture he afterwards drew of this "oasis of verdure and beauty" was altogether too richly colored. Even when the greatest allowance is made for the season of the year, the contrast to the desert of El Tih, the keen expectancy and the joy of discovery, the later visitor cannot help asking in ... This would then correspond to El Tih (5„,x11), which would consequently be the Arabic translation of 72. In itself " Kadesh of the desert wandering " would not be an altogether improbable name. Campus vagationis in the sense of " a fixed camp in the period of wandering" would also be possible. In either case it would be an ... SCHMIDT : KADESH BARNEA 69 statement that "it is situated in lat. 31° 34' N. and long. 40° 31' E.," which has been extensively copied because of its air of accuracy, would locate it in Arabia Deserta, halfway over to the Persian Gulf. Its real situation is in lat. 30° 37' 30" N. and long. 34° 31' 55" E. Samuel C. Bartlett 25 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-nathan-schmidt-kadesh-barnea-journal-of-biblical-literature-vol-29-no-1-1910ad.htm

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May Women speak in Church? 2 Tim 2:12 + 1 Cor 14:34 ... It was the first to claim to be a national women's rights convention, having delegates from nine states. 3. Except for 1857, conventions were held each year up to 1860. 4. In 1852, Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony joined forces. They remained a team for nearly fifty years, with Anthony managing the business affairs and Stanton doing most of the writing. The Early ... Do they think that all the men who wrote the different books were specially inspired?... It is full of contradictions, absurdities and impossibilities, and bears the strongest evidence in every line of its human origin... We have made a fetich [sic] of the Bible long enough. The time has come to read it as we do all other books, accepting the good and rejecting the evil it teaches." Elizabeth Stanton, The Woman's Bible, I:61, II:213, 8 The final statement in the Woman's Bible: "The real difficulty in woman's case is that the whole foundation of the Christian religion rests on her temptation and man's fall, hence the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-women-speak-in-church.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 8:58 ... Isaiah 45:18 For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, But formed it to be inhabited), "I am [Heb: 'ani hu' - 'ego eimi' in LXX] the Lord, and there is none else. Isaiah 45:21-22 "Declare and set forth your case; Indeed, let them consult together. Who has announced this from of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I [ego eimi], the Lord? And there is no other God besides Me, A righteous God and a Savior; There is none ... The terms "perfect" and "perfect tense indicative" are more common than "the perfect tense indefinite" and have been used in more recent editions of the NWT for the sake of using a more common term, not a more correct one." (Nelson Herle, The Trinity Doctrine, p50, 1983) Totally false! Even first-year students of Greek know that "indicative" is a term describing the mood of the verb, while "indefinite," as used in the 1950 NWT footnote, is a term ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john8-58.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Masada 78 BC ... Several Bible Encyclopedias use the incorrect date of 2nd May AD 73 for the fall of Masada and the mass suicide that Josephus says happened on 15th Xanthicus AD 73. i. "This garrison was soon expelled by the Zealots, who held Masada until 2 May in the year ad 73, when it was finally conquered by the Romans." (The Archaeological ... All books of the Bible were at this point written and transmitted in scroll form. While scrolls-written on parchment-are rare finds, the dry climate of the Judaean Desert allows for the remarkable preservation of organic materials, as was the case with the Dead Sea Scrolls found at Qumran." (Lexham Bible Dictionary, Masada, 2016 ... in the context of the dramatic events that took place there in the reign of Herod and during the revolt, there is no reason to believe that Jews were not present on the mountain also during the long period between the death of Herod in 4 B.C.E. - or, perhaps, the deposition of Archelaos in 6 C.E. - and the outbreak of the revolt. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Masada-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-genizah-Eleazar-ben-yair-manuscripts-papyrus-fragments-Hebrew-masoretic-78bc.htm

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Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity: Dr. David W. T. Brattston ... Tertullian had been a prominent lawyer in the City of Rome before converting and being ordained in Tunisia, where he became the founder of Latin Christian literature. Compiled in Syria, The Didascalia is a long comprehensive manual for church practice from the first three decades of the third century. In contrast to Jewish Sabbath ... His sole contribution as to which is the main weekly day of Christian worship is in Homilies on Isaiah 5.2 (between AD 239 and 242). The best translation is that Christians celebrate the resurrection of the Lord every Sunday, not only once a year or on Saturday. Thus it is plain that the chief day of the Christian week, even before ... information is obtained when ancient authors are writing specifically on the topic of Christian weekly worship rather than brushing against it when discussing an unrelated topic Much has been written, and is still being written, on the authority by which the Sabbath was changed to Sunday, as many authors imagine to be the case. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday-sabbath-and-sunday-in-early-christianity-before-400AD-DavidW.T.Brattston.htm

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Haruskah Anda Percaya Kepada Watchtower??? ... Constantine banished Arius and his partisans, confiscated the Arian churches and banned the cult of recusant schismatics and heretics. Constantine regarded the decisions of Nicaea as divinely inspired. As long as he lived no one dared openly to challenge the creed of Nicaea, but the expected concord did not follow. Those who ... At last, in 335, Constantine summoned a council of bishops at Tyre to investigate various charges against Athanasius and ordered him to appear. The council condemned him; he appealed to Constantine himself, who banished him to Gaul. In the same year at a council at Jerusalem Arius was readmitted to communion. During the last decade ... Even though he had a general antipathy to the controversies, and even though he himself had only a rudimentary "theology," he was still not entirely without sympathy for the problems which arose. In any case, he permitted himself to be more fully instructed about many things by his episcopal counselors. The decisive catchword of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-indonesian-watchtower-booklet-haruskah-anda-percaya.htm

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Trinity proof texts: John 5:18 ... Excepted without any specific exception clause in the law? How can we argue that the "law itself does not extend to the given case" if there are no specific exception clauses in the law of Moses? Jesus gave us the answer: "I desire mercy and not sacrifice" OR Jesus argued, "sometimes the law of God is set aside, when the ... Yet we have Jesus as proof that such exceptions existed in the mind of God when He argued that lifting an injured son who had fallen into a pit and carrying him to a doctor or home was not a violation of the sabbath. So although there was no provision in the Mosaic system for the "medical exception" it existed in the mind of God ... water him? 16 "And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?" 17 And as He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and the entire multitude was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john5-18.htm

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King Jeroboam tel dan high place altar 1340-723 BC. They're Digging ... ... "So now you intend to resist the kingdom of the Lord through the sons of David, being a great multitude and having with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made for gods for you. "Have you not driven out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? ... sight of the Lord; he did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel sin, but he walked in them." (2 Kings 13:11) Jeroboam II: "In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. ... VII. The Altar of Jeroboam 931 - 870 BC 1 Bamah A (Jeroboam 931 BC): is probably the one built by Jeroboam in the late tenth century B.C. (This Jeroboam is known as Jeroboam I to distinguish him from a later Israelite king of the same name.) Bamah A consists of an open-air platform approximately 22 feet wide and 60 feet long ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-tel-dan-laish-leshem-micah-Jonathan-jeroboams-king-of-israel-high-place-altar-temple-1340-723bc.htm

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May Women speak in Church? 2 Tim 2:12 + 1 Cor 14:34 ... It was the first to claim to be a national women's rights convention, having delegates from nine states. 3. Except for 1857, conventions were held each year up to 1860. 4. In 1852, Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony joined forces. They remained a team for nearly fifty years, with Anthony managing the business affairs and Stanton doing most of the writing. The Early ... Do they think that all the men who wrote the different books were specially inspired?... It is full of contradictions, absurdities and impossibilities, and bears the strongest evidence in every line of its human origin... We have made a fetich [sic] of the Bible long enough. The time has come to read it as we do all other books, accepting the good and rejecting the evil it teaches." Elizabeth Stanton, The Woman's Bible, I:61, II:213, 8 The final statement in the Woman's Bible: "The real difficulty in woman's case is that the whole foundation of the Christian religion rests on her temptation and man's fall, hence the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-women-speak-in-church.htm

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Civil Courts, beating and scourging in Synagogues, Slavery jail ... ... Slaves were valued at 30 shekels of silver: Exodus 21:32. The same price Christ was betrayed by Judas for. b. Financially bankrupt people could be sold as slaves to pay civil debts or criminal fines but went free on the sabbatical (7th) year: Exodus 21:2; Leviticus 22:1-11; Deuteronomy 15:12-15 A thief unable to make restitution ... Public whippings, floggings, birching in the open town square were practiced in the USA and Canada up to 50 years ago. ""If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked, then it shall be if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, the judge ... F A stone is set down behind him, on which the minister of the community stands. G And a strap of cowhide is in his hand, doubled and redoubled, with two straps that rise and fall [fastened] to it. 3:13 A Its handle is a handbreadth long and a handbreadth wide, B and its end must reach to his belly button. C And he hits him with a ... ... ...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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The Septuagint: God approved Translation in every synagogue like ... ... Indeed, Greek-speaking Christians use it so generally that many of them do not even know that the others exist. From the Septuagint a Latin translation has been made, and this is the one which the Latin churches use. This is still the case despite the fact that in our own day the priest Jerome, a great scholar and master of all three tongues, has made a ... And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him." (Acts 8:26-38) Finally, the majority of New Testament quotations of Old Testament prophecies came from the Septuagint. This means the Holy Spirit Himself considered the Greek translation good enough to be considered equal to the long lost autograph Hebrew copy written in Paleo-Hebrew script that went extinct around 550 BC. In a kind of pre-echo of John the Baptist, the Maccabees "prepared the way of the Lord" in making the LXX a universally accepted translation of the Hebrew scriptures during the 103 year ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-standard-issue-Jerusalem-certified-translation-synagogues-church.htm

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50 ways Harold Camping's pre-tribulation Rapture contridicts ... ... But one must find their meaning by considering the time context in which they are used. The addressees would surely think of a time period of 1900 years before their fulfillment as being a LONG time, rather than a short time. Which brings me to my second point...somewhat similar to the first. It renders the meaning of the book as ... Yet, we are told that "of that day and hour no one knows" and it will come "as a thief in the night." 5. It ignores the clear time indicators in other passages. Dan. 9:25-27 speaks of 70 weeks, which most agree refers to a time period of 490 years (70 "weeks of years" where 1 day = 1 year.) That amazing prophecy finds easy and ... apostles were drunk, Peter states "but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel: And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of My Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams" (Acts 2:16-17). ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-contrast-truth.htm

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bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-kuntillet-ajrud-anchor ... Although it seems unlikely, it is furthermore possible that the two structures were not contemporaneous and that the E structure slightly preceded the W one.106 • IV In the N part of structure B was a long room that originally extended to the edge of the plateau (locus 159); its floor and walls were covered with white plaster. The ... Thus it is possible that qop-rd indicates qorbän ("offering"), that yod indicates mace-s& ("tithe"), and that 'alef indicates "first harvest," either in a temporal or superlative sense. In any case, the letters were incised prior to firing. Neutron activation examination of the clay of the pithoi proved that they were made in the ... Most of the artistic parallels are dated to the 9th-7th centuries, generally corroborating the conclusion that the site was occupied around the year 800 B.C.E. D. Conclusion The unusual finds (especially the inscriptions and pictures) testify to the- uniqueness of the site. The subject matter of the inscriptions, the references to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-kuntillet-ajrud-zeev-meshel-anchor-bible-dictionary-1991ad.htm

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Everything You Ever Needed To Know About Raising God-Fearing ... ... Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." Ephesians 6:1-4 "Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that ... grape juice on the white rug (2) Getting crayon on the table when they missed the page, paint faces (3) Not having a deep, quiet conversation with the neighbors 4 year old! 2. Giving too much or too little responsibility or freedom: a) The process from cradle to adulthood is a series of small increases of responsibility b) Too ... Because they have their own thoughts; You may house their bodies, But not their souls; Their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, Which you cannot enter, Not even in your dreams; You may strive to be like them But seek not to make them like you; For life goes not backwards Nor tarries with yesterday; Your are the bow from which ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-parenting-raising-kids.htm

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10 Supposed extinction proof texts refuted! ... Ps 88:5. Does God literally forget who the dead are? Is God unable to remember the thoughts that the dead man had? No! The man is still conscious after he dies, but is unable to continue "building his dreams on earth". His "great invention" is lost forever! Know one will ever know what it was! He, being a departed spirit still ... darkness. "If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness; If I call to the pit, 'You are my father' James 4:13-14 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow, we shall go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. ... And there the weary are at rest. "The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. "The small and the great are there, And the slave is free from his master. "Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul; Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-extinction-refuted.htm

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The New World Translation: A corrupt sectarian paraphrase. 1666 ... If you notice the very significant Watchtower quote below, they do not claim the translators knew Greek and Hebrew, only that they were "experienced" and "anointed". By experienced, they mean that they had been JW's for a long time and would tow the party line. By "anointed", they mean inspired by the Holy Spirit. So not only do ... They had only a high school education. Franz studied Greek for two years at the University of Cincinnati, but dropped out after his sophomore year. When asked in a Scotland courtroom if he could translate Genesis 2:4 into Hebrew, Franz replied that he could not. The truth is that Franz was unable to translate Hebrew or Greek. What ... This revision tries to conceal his eternal nature with a more figurative interpretation of "the Rock." 1 Corinthians 12:11 "As he determines" changed to "as it wills." The NWT finds many ways to disguise the personality of the Holy Spirit. In this case the third person pronoun exercising individual conscience and will is replaced ... ... https://www.bible.ca/Jw-NWT.htm

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Jehovah's Witness leaders sympathized with Hitler SO PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND OUR POINT! But the real issue here is not whether Jw's died at the hands of Hitler, for indeed they did, but rather how the current Watchtower leadership is covering up THEIR OWN SYMPATHIZING with Hitler. This is a case of "do what I say, not what I do". Can the Watchtower leaders be trusted? ... "The Scriptures plainly state that the chief opposer of Jehovah God and the greatest enemy of mankind is Satan the Devil whose name is also that of Serpent and Dragon. It is written in the Scriptures that Satan, who has long been the invisible ruler of this world, deceives and blinds the people to the truth in order that the light ... "RESOLVED, That copies of this Declaration be respectfully delivered to high officials of the government and that the same be given wide publication to the people, that the name of Jehovah may be further known." Click to View The Declaration of Facts - Yearbook of JW 1934 Click to View Year Book 1934 Pages 127-140... GERMANY. For ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-hitler.htm

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Beidha, Jordan: Biblical Kadesh Barnea: mass food production ... ... B. About the excavations: 1. Excavations and publications: a. Diana Kirkbride was director of the Beidha excavations for 7 seasons between 1958-1967. Brian Byrd joined her in the final season in 1983. b. Diana Kirkbride's 5-year report (1966) and Brian Byrd's 2005 book on the excavations at Beidha both lack object lists and object ... These secondary houses were long rectangles with entrances in the centre of one short side from where three stone steps led down to the semi-basement floors. No trace of curving walls or rounded comers is seen in these strictly angular buildings each of which comprised a central corridor and six small cubicles (1 x 1.50 m.) arranged three on each side. Strongly built stone baulks, some wider than the rooms, separated the cubicles. From the objects found in these buildings it seems they were workshops rather than dwell-ings and so it is probable that the heavy baulks were interior buttresses upholding some lightly built upper storey. In this case the cubicles ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-beidha.htm

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enclosed-settlements-negeb-wilderness-beer-sheba-zeev-herzog ... ... Stratum IX. This was a pit settlement accom-modating a semisedentary population of about 20 families who used the pits partly for dwelling and partly (the deeper ones) for storage. The pot-tery repertoire ranges from ca. 1150-1050 B.c. This long occupation is also attested by considerable accumulations of occupational debris in the ... It is therefore very likely that at Horvat Rahba and Mesad Refed these are belts of interconnected dwellings and not free-standing case-mate walls. This structural difference between the large enclosed settlements and the small casemate fortresses reflects different functions: the multi-roomed dwelling units of the enclosed ... The earliest settlement in the late 13th century B.C. at Tel Masos (Stratum MB) is characterized by storage pits and huts. This settlement could have been occupied by an early Israelite population, driven out and replaced by the Amalekites in the early 12th century (Strata IIIA, II). This conflict is apparently reflected in the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-enclosed-settlements-negeb-wilderness-beer-sheba-zeev-herzog-1983ad.htm

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The Exodus Route: Red Sea Camp at the Straits of Tiran ... Even if chariot wheels did sink in one of these "deeps" it would be buried under several meters of sediment after 3400 years. It is also absurd to suggest that shallow water coral formations photographed today, which vaguely look like a chariot wheel, had originally formed around the wooden chariot wheel which has long since decayed leaving a coral outline. Coral is a living animal that constantly changes shape over time with growth rates of 2-10 cm per year. Coral formations today will look quite different even 10 years in the future. 8. Both wheels and the ... Ron Wyatt's famous slope chart of Nuweiba which was distorted in the horizontal to vertical scales in the ration of 10:1 which means the vertical scale was 10 times the size of the horizontal scale. His horizontal scale was 1 km, but his vertical scale was 100 meters. Wyatt's chart is from "The Exodus Case" p190, by Lennart Moller and "The exodus Conspiracy" movie. Glen Fritz follows in Wyatt's footsteps by publishing ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-straits-of-tiran.htm

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Psychiatry views faith in God as a brain trick! "At that point it may become obvious to everyone that all we are looking at is a piece of machinery, an analog chemical computer, that processes information from the environment. "All," since you can look and look and you will not find any ghostly self inside, or any mind, or any soul. Thereupon, in the year 2006 or 2026, some new ... If that's the case, it's an equally strong indication that there are very good reasons it's there." (Time, Is God in Our Genes?, Oct. 25, 2004) The idea of the God Spot "refers to the fact that humans inherit a predisposition to be spiritual-to reach out and look for a higher being." (Laura Sheahen, The Brain Chemistry of the ... Such comic diversions aside, there is no escaping the nonmaterialism of the human mind." (The Spiritual Brain, Mario Beauregard Ph.D., Neuroscientist, 2007, p xiv) D. Biopsychiatrists view man as a meat robot computer driven by soups and sparks: 1. "The human mind is a computer made out of meat." (Marvin Minsky, Artificial ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-atheistic-anti-christian-god-spirit-soul-brain-trick.htm

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Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet ... Then she describes, "What a fullness I enjoyed through believing that the Lord was coming. Inexpressible love for Jesus filled my soul. Wave after wave of glory rolled over me, until my body grew stiff...I remained in this state of body and mind a long time" (p.12). NOTE: Her joy was based upon the belief that Jesus was coming back ... And in this way their minds have been led from present truth...I saw the time for Jesus to be in the most holy place WAS NEARLY FINISHED and that time can last but very little longer. The sealing time is very short and will soon be over" (E.W.,p.58). In the year 1850 Bible scholars were teaching of the return of the Jews to ... Beginning, no doubt with Abel, the first to die, one by one the names of all are called and the destiny of each decided...From that decision there will be no appeal. We know not what hour the Lord will come to our name and decide our case forever. It may be today, it may be tomorrow" (p. 283). On page 481 of 'Great Controversy' ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-prophecy-blunders.htm

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Jehovah's Witnesses abuse the divine name YHWH of my God ... No scholar who views the Bible as the unalterable and inspired word of God will ever believe in a Hebrew Matthew original. So the Watchtower organization is "in bed with" those who try to ultimately destroy anyone's faith in the Bible. But the Watchtower has a long history of doing just this. For example, in the "Should you believe ... Therefore, it has been consistently translated Lord. The only exception to this translation of YHWH is when it occurs in immediate proximity to the word Lord, that is, Adonai. In that case it is regularly translated God in order to avoid confusion. It is known that for many years YHWH has been transliterated as Yahweh, however no ... It even got removed from copies and translations of the Bible! (The Divine Name That Will Endure Forever, Watchtower publication, Jehovah's Witnesses, 2001, p16) Jehovah's Witnesses argue for the divine name in the New Testament based upon wishful thinking, driven by false doctrine and call into question the reliability of the text ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-YHWH.htm

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The Burdick Track: Evidence that Dinosaurs and Humans co-existed ... "The alleged subsurface pressure lines are actually algal structures which often truncate abruptly at the print depression, demonstrating that the print was carved." If the laminations were consistently truncated, carving would be a possible explanation. Some of the algal structures do appear somewhat truncated. That is the case ... The width to length ratio is exactly what Tuttle was talking about and it answers the unsubstantiated objection that The Burdick Track is too wide. The ratios of Tuttle's example and the Burdick Track match. Too Long? The Burdick Track is large (13 1/4") but not outside the range of variation that we see today. Barry's, a major ... Jerry Simmons was doing work on his master's thesis at the University of New Mexico School of Mining and Technology when he performed a number of experiments to determine the shapes human feet made in wet concrete. He used junior high school students to make standing, walking and running tracks. #27, 12 year old girl Click to View ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tracks/burdick-track.htm

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The $200 Text: A Written Debate Concerning the Sabbath ... All that this long scripture plainly claims abolished is the glory of Moses' face. This was to be done away. He covered it with a vail so that the people could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished. Some who are anxious to read into this that the law is done away, apparently would have us believe that because the passage ends with the word "abolished" therefore everything mentioned in the texts foregoing is abolished. But the scripture DOES NOT SAY SO. If we took this extreme view then the ministration of condemnation is abolished, in which case no one will be lost, everyone will be saved, John 3:16 is meaningless. Paul's missionary ... Matt. 27:50,51. This veil separated the holy from the "most holy" place in the temple. Only the high priest could go into this most holy place, and then only once a year on the day of atonement. The rending of the veil indicated that these things all pointed forward to the true sacrifice of Christ on the cross, and that at the time ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sabbath-debate-frost-smith.htm

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The true Bible story of Noah's Ark The corrupt Masoretic chronology says Noah died in 2168 BC, 58 years after Abraham was born in 2166 BC. In other words. Abraham was 58 years old when Noah died but this is certifiably wrong. Jewish tradition, based upon the corrupt Masoretic chronology, has long viewed Shem as Melchizedek, who died when Jacob was 50. The correct ... Jonah remembered the Lord: 2:8 End of 40 days ... 8:6 In 40 days ... 3:4 Cain's anger and Tôb in causative stem: 4:7, 94 Jonah's anger and Tôb in causative stem:4:4 Driven out of God's face: 4:1 Driven out before God: 2:5 Abel = hebel: 4:2 Hebel = Abel: 2:9 Cain wants to live: 4:13-14 Jonah wants to die: 4:4 Cain yšb east of ... twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. 10. It came about after the seven days, that the water of the flood came upon the earth. 11. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/the-true-bible-story-of-noahs-ark.htm

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Why I left the Roman Catholic church! (personal testimony) ... Because Jesus promised to be always with His Church to protect it from error." The book, "My Catholic Faith" which is based heavily on materials from the Baltimore Catechism, was given to me by my father not long after I was converted. I think his intentions were that somehow it would cause me to return to the Catholic Church. It ... John, one of the writers of the New Testament, wrote, "Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, 'Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on' " (Revelation 14:13). That is either an inspired statement or John was dishonest and, in either case, the Catholic Church would be in error. Paul, another one of the ... She is now employed in a vital capacity with the American Bible Society, a non-profit organization which has as its purpose the distribution of Bibles and Testaments. Last year, that institution in the pursuit of its noble course distributed throughout the world some twelve million Bibles and twenty-nine million New Testaments, and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-why-I-left.htm

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The Great Basilica Synagogue of Alexandria Destroyed by Hadrian ... A. Philo Dates the origin of synagogues to 262 BC through the Alexandrian persecution of Jews in 38 AD: See: Philo 38 AD For many more details on the Great Basilica Synagogue of Alexandria 380 BC - 177 AD 1. Its size and architectural wealth are evidence of a long and important history and pre-eminence as the first synagogue every ... but because in this way they exhausted every possible means of insulting and injuring our nation. (138) And one may find undeniable and notorious proofs of this having been the case. For, in the first place, one may derive them from about ten kings or more who reigned in order, one after another, for three hundred years [ie. ... Since 280 BC when they began in Alexandria, synagogues were considered sanctuary's that were out of bounds for non-Jews based upon formal proclamations by Ptolemy II, III, IV and Julias Caesar. b. This three hundred year old sanctuary status that dates back to the genesis of synagogues (280 BC) was violated for the first time ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Alexandria-Great-Basilica-Colonnaded-Egypt-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-top-plan-double-columns-71-gold-chairs-Philo-Talmud-280bc

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Tosefta 250 AD ... Since 280 BC when they began in Alexandria, synagogues were considered sanctuary's that were out of bounds for non-Jews based upon formal proclamations by Ptolemy II, III, IV and Julias Caesar. b. This three hundred year old sanctuary status that dates back to the genesis of synagogues (280 BC) was violated for the first time ... though there were many of their relations and kinsmen whom they considered, and registered as, and spoke of as gods. (139) And what would they not have done in the case of those whom they looked upon as men? a people who look upon dogs, and wolves, and lions, and crocodiles, and numerous other beasts, both terrestrial and aquatic, ... F A stone is set down behind him, on which the minister of the community stands. G And a strap of cowhide is in his hand, doubled and redoubled, with two straps that rise and fall [fastened] to it. 3:13 A Its handle is a handbreadth long and a handbreadth wide, B and its end must reach to his belly button. C And he hits him with a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Tosephta-Tosepta-Tosefta-Sukkah-250ad.htm

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Scientific Age of the Earth ... DAUGHTER/PARENT/LOSE/GAIN, Steven M. Stanley, Johns Hopkins, "In accepting a date, even with a plus-or-minus figure, we are assuming that a dated rock has remained a closed system - i.e., that it has neither lost nor received parent or daughter atoms from some other source. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Rocks can, in ... In cases where the daughter product is a gas, as in the decay of potassium (K40) to the gas argon (Ar 40) it is essential that none of the gas escapes from the rock over long periods of time...It is obvious that radiometric technique may not be the absolute dating methods that they are claimed to be. Age estimates on a given ... Discover Magazine, 4/6/2006p.46 Cave Formations Police Speleotherms, "Hanging from a ceiling beam in the 40-year-old building's basement are several rows of formations not usually seen so close to ground level. Stalactites. Yep, stalactites - more than 100 of the squiggly, slippery rock formations that thousands of people pay to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tracks/dp-age-science.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: New Testament Jericho 75 BC ... Like all of the surviving walls, the exposed remains of the pillars consisted of fieldstones and cobblestones, though their upper parts might have been built of mud bricks. The distance between the pillars was 2.25 cm in the long colonnades and 2.75 m in the short ones. A 50-cm-thick wall was exposed between the pillars, 50 cm ... In the last phase in the synagogue's development, the above-mentioned triclinium was added to the synagogue hall. We believe that the builders' initial intention was to locate the triclinium along the central axis of the hall; however, in such a case the central pillar would have been a visual obstacle. The builders, therefore, ... Josephus Flavius wrote about this powerful quake (Ant. XV, Chapter 5): "At this time it was that the fight happened at Actium [BW: 31 BC], between Octavius Caesar and Antony, in the seventh year of the reign of Herod and then it was also that there was an earthquake in Judea, such a one as had not happened at any other time, 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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Quattuordecim (XIV): Ezra Translated the Paleo-Hebrew manuscripts ... ... because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful." (Deuteronomy 16:15) o. "Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed." (Deuteronomy 16:16) p. "If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of ... After all the prophecy that Jesus would crush Satan's head in Genesis 3 foresaw the church as the holy place of God that wears his name "Christian". 9. In the end Jesus is right, "Scripture cannot be broken" John 10:35 a. For a long list of reasons above, the change by the Jews was meaningless and unnecessary. b. Today neither Jerusalem or Mt. Gerizim are the holy ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Quattuordecim-Ezra-translates-Bible-manuscripts-Paleo-Hebrew-Masoretic-Aramaic-square-corrupted-deliberate-anti-Samaritan-Mt-Gerizim-Ebal-Joshuas-Altar-458BC.htm

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