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Ancient Synagogues of 1, 2, 3, 4, Maccabees: 125 BC ... 125 BC) g. "And giving the outcome to the Lord of the universe, he exhorted those with him to fight to the death bravely for the laws, the temple, the city, their native land, and their way of life. ... The great God perfectly performed magnificent things for their deliverance." (victory over Ptolemy IV Philopater 222-204 BC persecution; 3 Maccabees 7:17-22, 75 BC) F. Synagogues called a "Place" ... 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 Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men 9. The Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse 11. Table of 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 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-1st-2nd-3rd-4th-Maccabees-home-Apocryphal-125bc-54ad.htm

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First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Gamla 76 BC ... See also: The bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit b. The bema could also been dual purpose for a table of the Scrolls. c. See also: Table of the Scrolls: Prototype of Communion Table 10. ... 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. Acts 5:37 Judas of Galilee/Gamla ... These men agree in all other things with the Pharisaic notions; but they have an inviolable attachment to liberty; and say that God is to be their only Ruler and Lord. They also do not value dying any kind of death, nor indeed ... thrown themselves down was found to be five thousand: (81) nor did anyone escape except two women, who were the daughters of Philip, and Philip himself was the son of a certain eminent man ... 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 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Gamla-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-ark-scrolls-niche-mikveh-heart-columns-bema-Judas-jewish-war-ballista-coin-76bc.htm

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Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God ... In the Epistle of Barnabas He is the Lord of the whole world and pre-existent with God at the foundation of the world. 2 Clement says we must think of Christ as God. ... and take counsel. Probably no more could be expected at this early stage of theological development when the concepts of person and nature were as yet undefined. ... contributed much less with regard to the Holy Spirit, although Justin and Athenagoras did try to find a place for the Spirit in the theology of the Church. Justin sometimes coordinated the Holy Spirit with the Father and Son in baptismal and eucharistic formulas. Athenagoras regarded the Holy Spirit as 'an effluence of God.' ... 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 ... But he was not an Arian subordinationist for he did not make the Son a creature and an adopted son of God. Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria made a notable, if ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Fortman.htm

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Shem as Melchizedek: A test case for validating or falsifying ... ... However, he was excommunicated [by Christians] since he refused to give up astrology. Out of resentment he underwent circumcision, devoting himself to learning Hebrew in ... The arguments appear strongest for an early date for the Targum of Codex Neofiti 1. To the rabbinic citations already noted we should add an extremely interesting text of ... God glorified them both with names equally imposed by him. He "was made similar to the Son of God" through his priesthood, so that the priesthood of Melchizedek might last forever, not in Melchizedek himself but in the Lord of Melchizedek. And the apostle highly praises the priesthood of all ... And the blessed apostle writing to the Hebrews makes mention of Melchizedek as "without father or mother" and refers him to Christ and, through Christ, to the church of the ... (Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis 14.18-19, 400 AD) 8. 400 AD Epiphanius of Salamis on Cypress Island: a. Epiphanius of Salamis was the Bishop of Salamis in Cyprus. b. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Shem-was-Melchizedek-Masoretic-chronology-Messiah-Jesus-Christ-priesthood.htm

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Flavius Josephus Chronology of the Destruction of Jerusalem's ... Numbered 1-75 It is entirely possible that Josephus was used as a providential agent of God to record his histories, including partial inspiration. On the other hand, ... and Jewish Scholars generally reject Josephus as a corrupted fabrication of Christians and date the burning of the temple to Av 9, one day earlier than Josephus. ... Josephus records the mass suicide event: "Those others were nine hundred and sixty in number, the women and children being withal included in that computation. This ... It is clear that these "commotions before the war started" preceded Passover AD 66 by many months, probably as early as January AD 66. By Passover AD 65, the ... become two major commanders in defence of Jerusalem against the Romans. (Josephus Wars 5.247-250). 21. The Synagogue was the Prototype of the first century Church: a. ... as well as to govern, and could not with any satisfaction own him for his lord who acted so madly, and seized upon the government as if it were absolutely ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/revelation/Bible-Only-Revelation-Commentary-Josephus-Chronology-Destruction-Jerusalem-First-Jewish-War-70AD.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Tosefta 250 AD Tosefta 250 AD The Alexandria Synagogue of 40 AD Destroyed by Hadrian in 117 AD Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources Early collection of Jewish law and lore Companion to the Mishnah Tosephta, Tosepta 250 AD "Out of Egypt did I call my Son" Moses, Jesus, the church via Synagogues that began in Egypt in 280 BC The photo above of the ancient parchment is ... And the Levites with their harps and lyres and cymbals and all manner of musical instruments without number were there, saying, Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord. Some were saying, Lift up your ... Meg. 4:6) 10. Women will die young for these three sins: a. "Our rabbis have taught on Tannaite authority: For three sins women die in childbirth. R. Eleazar says, "Women die young." R. Aha says, "For the sin of ... 3. Ritual 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 Benches: ... ... ...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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Christmas: Separating Bible truth from Myth ... star led the wise men: "When they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth." (Luke 2:39). ... MYTH #9: God wants Christians to remember and celebrate the birthday of Christ! TRUTH: The scriptures do not tell us to celebrate the birth of Christ but to celebrate ... In this way, all shepherds, who as a class had a very low social status, would take a keen and early interest in the Chief Shepherd (Jn 10:11; 1 Pet 5:4). Jesus is the "lamb ... who will be their shepherd" in Rev 7:17. b. It was fitting for many reasons that God designed that shepherds be the first to hear the gospel. All the ... them to their children, and to all their relations, whether they be men or women, which will be of great advantage to them afterward. 3. (155) And with such ... The twelve gathers in upper room waiting for Pentecost: Acts 1:13 Tabitha laid in upper room: Acts 9:36-37 Only recorded church service is in an upper room: Acts 20:8 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/D-Xmas-story.htm

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Flavius Josephus Chronology of the Destruction of Jerusalem's ... Started and ended Numbered 1-75 It is entirely possible that Josephus was used as a providential agent of God to record his histories, including partial inspiration. ... Josephus records the mass suicide event: "Those others were nine hundred and sixty in number, the women and children being withal included in that computation. This ... Jewish archeologists, modern Jewish Rabbis and Jewish Scholars generally reject Josephus as a corrupted fabrication of Christians and date the fall of Masada to AD ... It is clear that these "commotions before the war started" preceded Passover AD 66 by many months, probably as early as January AD 66. By Passover AD 65, the ... become two major commanders in defence of Jerusalem against the Romans. (Josephus Wars 5.247-250). 21. The Synagogue was the Prototype of the first century Church: a. ... as well as to govern, and could not with any satisfaction own him for his lord who acted so madly, and seized upon the government as if it were absolutely ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/revelation/Bible%20Only%20Revelation%20Commentary%20Josephus-Chronology%20Destruction%20Jerusalem%20Steven%20Rudd.pdf

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Philo of Alexandria: 38 AD ... What is fascinating about this is that Judean synagogues never used instrumental music. b. The basilica style synagogue dates to the early first century AD (before 40AD) and this is a departure ... 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) 9. Synagogues enjoyed legislative formal protection as refugee/... The "Therapeutae" were a Jewish monastic order in Egypt of self denial and devotion to God that later Christians used as a pattern for Christian monastic orders: Philo describes them: b. "every house [of one of ... Master introduction: Summary overview is the place to start to tie it all together. Providence: God's eternal plan: The providential transition from Temple to Synagogue to Church Origin: ... bema: Prototype of the Church Pulpit 7. Synagogue Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men 9. The Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Philo-of-Alexandria-Judaeus-50ad.htm

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THE PIRATES OF PRIVILEGE: Walter Rea Rocks the Seventh-day Adventist ... ... I had taken several laymen with me and Elder Blacker proceeded to apologize for the spa. It was true, he admitted, that women, wine and song had been rumored to be connected with it, but ... We do not wish to overreact even at this date . . .24 The real question is why would Emmerson write to Calkins in the early part of the year stating that he was against Davenport ... I have wondered if the word he used and erased was questioning.) without checking some facts with me before judging. But this I shall have to leave between you and the Lord. May the Lord bless and guide you as you feed and lead the flock of God ... Even the retirement plan he spoke of gives him a leg up on his colleagues. One of the great lies of Adventism is that all men are treated equal in the work of the church. The special ... Someone has suggested to me since seeing the letter that they sound more like the Mafia than Christians, and I agreed. To believe that the head of a church would be in business with such ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-pirates-of-privilege.htm

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Qubur Bani megaliths: Location of Rachel's tomb, fulfilled prophcy ... ... Young people today cannot settle to marry someone who was "raised in the church". You need to find out if the prospect had genuine faith. Do you want to marry a pretty girl who worships ... (Genesis 48:7) 9. Rachel was an idol worshipper and not a true worshipper of the God of Jacob. a. Rachel grew up worshipping the very "gods beyond river" that Abraham left! i. ... And Laban felt through all the tent but did not find them. She said to her father, "Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the manner of women is upon me." So he searched but did not find the household idols." (Genesis 31:30-35) ... It is fitting she is the one wife of Jacob who is most upset when they are deported or die. B. Archeology of the Qubur Bani megalithic tomb monuments: Early Bronze age: 2000 BC 1. "Jacob ... belongs to Christ." (Colossians 2:14-17) b. The Sabbath is the 7th day of the week or Saturday. 6. Christians meet on the first day of the week under the New Covenant, law of Christ: a. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-Rachels-tomb-burial-died-Benjamin-Ramah-Bethlehem-weeping-children-Herod-great-slaughter-Jesus-Matt2-prophecy-fulfilled-Qubur-Bani-Bni-Israel-2000BC.htm

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The Septuagint, LXX, origin, textual transmission 282 BC ... Gerizim in July. 67 AD: Rebel leader Josephus cheats mass suicide of his 40 Jewish troops at Yodfat, is captured, becomes Roman Historian. 69 AD: Romans capture Ephraim (Kh. Maqatir) and kill 8 women and children hiding in cave ... The prayer of Dan 3 and the stories of Daniel Destroying the idol god Bel (see Isa 46:1 for the only reference to Bel in the Bible) and the idol dragon god, smack of fiction. These additions, however, were read by the early church and included in the first full edition Bible's we know of: Codex ... See: Jacob enters Egypt with 70 or 75 persons. 5. Deut 32:43; Ps 97:7 and Heb 1:6: Angels are commanded to worship Jesus Christ in Heb 1:6. a. Christians mistakenly think the quote came from Ps 97:7 alone, unaware that Deut 32:43 ... Dan 10:14], for you will do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands."" (Deuteronomy 31:29) All this reinforces the last verse of the Song of Moses applied to the worshipping ... ... https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/septuagint.htm

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The Great Basilica Synagogue of Alexandria Destroyed by Hadrian ... ... Some were saying, Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the Lord. When they parted they said to one another, The Lord bless thee out of Sion, and see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life ; yea, thou shalt see thy children's children."" (Tosefta, Sukkah ... Ritual 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 Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ 8. Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men 9. The Moses' Seat: Metaphor of Pride 10. Niches & Ark of The Scrolls: Prototype of Church Apse 11. Table of 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 Church: 15. Worship prototypes: ... ... ...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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Security of Bulla and Seals Judah Israel. Creation of ancient ... ... In early Egypt the scribe's instrument consisted of a palette with two small containers for black and red ink, a small container for rushes, and a bowl with water. ... and old."" (Matthew 13:52) Something old = expounding and teaching Christians all the things they understood and believed as Jews before their conversion to Jesus. ... Amen." (Romans 16:25-27) "but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory; the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;" (1 Corinthians 2:7-8) "that by revelation there was ... Jesus I the Old Testament to His life, crucifixion, resurrection, kingdom and church. "For whatever was written in earlier times [Old Testament] was written for our ... And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and a number of the leading women. But the Jews, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-bulla-seals-security-creation-manufacture-of-ancient-legal-documents-sealed-papyrus-paper-rolled-folded-tied-string-knots-rosa-Terra-Rossa-clay-soil-israel-judah.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) ... going off into the shut door error, asserting that the Bridegroom had come, and that the time for the salvation of sinners and nominal Christians and apostate Adventists was past. ... Another most interesting phenomenon I have noticed in connection with trance mediums, who, as previously remarked, are in the majority of cases women, is that these trance or ... While the writer would not go so far as to say that she was "mesmerized" by her husband, he [the writer is fully convinced that the content of her early "visions" was almost ... it was God's plan; when he was brought under suspicion m the operation of the printing plant, she was shown that this was not pleasing to God. When he by pen and voice was urging "systematic benevolence" [regular financial giving to the church] she had a "vision" supporting It. ... White in reply to her public statement that she "was directed by the Lord" to invite those with "perplexities . . . regarding the testimonies" to "place upon paper" their ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH11-ethics.htm

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Timeline, maps, chronology, sermons of Othneil, Ehud, Ruth: 1350 ... ... It seems likely that Naomi's two sons had lost their faith to the point of not only marrying Moabite women, but actually joining Eglon's army to fight against Israel. ... When Judah returned, they never again worshipped idols. 2. Christians familiar with this history connect Judah being selected for the battle front and defeated and ... 1290 BC is just too early. 5. The central point of the book of Judges is that history repeats itself and that the wicked can repent and the righteous can fall. a. ... This is a testament to the amazing grace and forgiveness of God who never keeps grudges! 7. Judah and Benjamin were the two most wicked tribes of 1300 BC but they repented and not only survived the cull of 722 BC, but survived the Babylonian captivity of 586 BC, even right down to the church age. Judah produced Jesus Christ who is ... For Your salvation I wait, O Lord." (Genesis 49:16-18) 11. The river "Jordan" means "down from Dan" in Hebrew. Obviously the Jordan was not called "the Jordan" until ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-conquest-timeline-chronology-judges-othniel-ehud-ruth-1350-1204bc.htm

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Textbook of Disturbances of Mental Life, Johann Christian August ... ... He also believes that a doctors qualifications include all the skill and knowledge of a minister of a church. In Heinroth's case, this was certainly true, since his mother wanted him ... myths and traditions, tell us that mania, madness, and melancholia were known at a very early date, but that such conditions were considered to be brought about by divine or demoniac ... Suspicion, envy, anger, and hate brought about the rage in Saul. "But the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him" (I. Sam. 16, 14); "And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an ... The madness of Scythians (Melancholia Scytharum) who, according to legend, thought themselves changed into women, was also an epidemic disease. Examples of rage in antiquity are ... and Platonic ideas, Kabbalah, theosophy and theurgy - gained ground first among Jewish Christians and, through them, among non-Jewish Christians in the Orient and the Occident. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/textbook-of-disturbances-of-mental-life-or-the-disturbances-of-the-soul-and-their-treatment-johann-christian-august-heinroth-1818ad.htm

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The Myth Of Psychotherapy, Thomas Szasz, 1979 AD ... designates the passions as the ultimate causes of mental diseases, more often he rails against "selfishness" as the veritable devil that unhinges men and women. ... his letter to Abraham in 1908-when Freud wants to extol Jews as better fitted for science than Christians, he boasts that "we [Jews] lack the mystical element." ... To my youthful mind Hannibal and Rome symbolized the conflict between the tenacity of Jewry and the organization of the Catholic church. And the increasing importance of the effects of the anti-Semitic movement upon our emotional life helped to fix the thoughts and feelings of those early days. . . . At that point I was ... Vengeance and forgiveness are important themes in all religions, especially in Judaism and Christianity. Jahweh is a vengeful god, punishing remorselessly through the ... It is articulated repeatedly in the Bible: in Deuteronomy, "To me belongeth vengeance" (32:35); in Psalms, "0 Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth, chew thyself" ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/the-myth-of-psychotherapy-thomas-szasz-1979ad.htm

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What Christians Need to Know about Scientology What Christians Need to Know about Scientology by Margery Wakefield (1991) Abstract: When new people are inducted into Scientology, they are often told that there is ... His mother was Dora May Hubbard...." [Corydon, p. 219] So far, everything is true. The biography continues: Ron spent his early childhood years on his grandfather's ... Love is no good; puts you at effect. Sex is the route to power," he says. "Scarlet women! They are the secret to the doorway. Use and consume. Feast. Drink the power ... And it became what is known as Christianity. The man on the cross. There was no Christ! The Roman Catholic Church, through watching the dramatizations of people ... Everywhere you are I can be addressed But in your temples best Address me and you address Lord Buddha And you then address Meitreya. Hubbard writes that Christianity ... For a long while, some people have been cross with me for my lack of cooperation in believing in a Christian Heaven, God and Christ. I have never said I didn't ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/scientology-what-christians-need-to-know.htm

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Cosmic Consciousness, Richard Maurice Bucke, 1901 AD ... Christie, charging that Bucke and Hobbs had been soliciting support from the National Council of Women." Christie replied sympathetically to Clarke but nothing more ... He claimed that 'He never, even as a child, accepted the doctrines of the Christian church; but, as soon as old enough to dwell at all on such themes, conceived that Jesus was a man-great and good no doubt, but a man. That no one would ever be condemned to everlasting pain. That if a conscious God existed he was the supreme master ... He was graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1862. His thesis, 'The Correlation of the Vital and Physical Forces', showing his early interest in the relationship of ... Carpenter is another and even better marked specimen of what some American friends of mine call (not Christians but) "Christ-men". You, I hope, too, are there or on ... Bucke into contact with the leading literary figures of his day. Indirectly, this led to Dr, Bucke's visit to Alfred Lord Tennyson, As far as I knows, this has not ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/cosmic-consciousness-richard-maurice-bucke-1901ad.htm

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Coins of the Maccabean Hasmonean Era 166-37 BC. Messianic Star ... ... It was, as I have already said, of old called the Citadel, but afterwards got the name of Antonia, when Antony was lord [of the east], just as the other cities, Sebaste and Agrippias, had their ... of the promise of a thousand talents, and how Antigonus had devoted the greatest number of the women that were there with them, among the five hundred, to the Parthians; (258) they also perceived ... A new temple had been raised from the dust, just as Jesus said: His body, THE CHURCH. f. Jesus said the kingdom of God and the temple is not physical but within each of us! 2. The Greek kingdom existed from 333 - 31 BC 3. Alexander the Great lived only ten years and ruled the world as a sole monarch from 333-323 BC 4. The early Greek/Macedonian period is 333 - 302 BC as far as classifying coins is ... In fact, Jesus Christ summed up ALL messianic prophecy in himself in the church, His kingdom and Christians his new Israel. See also Messianic symbols in Bar Kokhba coins Why not attend a local ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Jesus-coins-of-the-bible-Maccabean-Hasmonean-166-37BC.htm

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Sinai and Palestine, in connection with their history: Kadesh ... around-innumerable goats and sheep crowded at the water, led by black-veiled Bedouin women. (This Wady must not be confounded with the more celebrated valley of the same name in ... XVI.-ASCENT OF MOUNT HOR. We ascended the pass early in the morning; and leaving the [Isaiah xxi. 11.] He calleth to me out of Seir." camels and tents to go on to Petra, turned to ... - "the Convent,"-implies their belief that it was a Christian church. Crosses are carved within it. The Sinaitic inscriptions are carved on the steps by which it is approached. Ruins lie above, below, and around it. Everything, in short, tends to indicate that this was a specially sacred spot, and that it was regarded so by Christians afterwards. ... with the surrounding rocks of Edom is almost elevated to the rank of a second Sinai : " Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom "[Judg. v. 4.] "God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran." [Habak. iii. 3] " He brought them to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-arthur-penrhyn-stanley-sinai-and-palestine-in-connection-with-their-history-1856ad.htm

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Petra, Jordan: Biblical Kadesh Barnea, Sela, Joktheel, En-mishpat ... ... This indicates that a large continuous flow of water cut the canyon quickly. 8. Archeology has uncovered evidence an occupation of Petra of from the Early Bronze Age ... -reveal a vibrant community well into the seventh century A.D., after which the church and, apparently; most of the city was finally abandoned. (Reconstructing Petra, ... In Hebrew Questions Jerome says "Cades is a place near Petra called the spring of judgment where God judged the people". (The Onomasticon, Eusebius, 325AD) Eusebius ... It was a great city in the 3rd and 4th centuries. The Christians of Petra were persecuted by Diocletian. (The Onomasticon, Eusebius, 325AD) Eusebius writes: "Rekem. ... Eusebius does not indicate its size but it may be inferred that it was a polis. A bishop was present at Nicea. Eusebius uses some army source and the text is useful ... forty years, and you will know My opposition. 'I, the Lord, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra.htm

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Anatomy of an Epidemic, Robert Whitaker, 2010 AD ... in their sixties; and although the women outnumbered the men, this gender disparity might have been expected, given that depression affects more women than men. ... It was all so ordinary that this easily could have been the wrap-up moment to a PTA meeting or a church social, and as I walked to the car, it was that ordinariness ... The problem was that off the drugs, she would "start to decompensate and become disorganized." In early 1994, she was hospitalized for the fifteenth time. She was ... I got better. I could start to plan. I wasn't talking to the devil anymore. Jesus and God weren't battling it out in my head." Her father put it this way: "Cathy is ... Her parents were "extremely conservative Christians," and while she loved them and deeply admired their devotion to social 28 . ANATOMY OF AN EPIDEMIC justice-her ... for fluoxetine.* It needed to hide the suicide data, and in a 1994 civil lawsuit, Nancy Lord, an expert in clinical trial design, explained how the company did it. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/anatomy-of-an-epidemic-robert-whitaker-2010ad1.htm

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Medical Inquiries and Observations Upon the Diseases of the Mind ... ... Where the instances of suicide are more frequent among women than men, it is in those cases only in which the former are exposed to sudden paroxysms of vexation and ... Stewart, the pedestrian traveller, who spent some time in Turkey; also by Dr. Scott, who accompanied lord M'Cartney in his embassy to China; and by Mr. Joseph Roxas, ... There are certain tenets held by several protestant sects of Christians which predispose the mind to derangement. They shall be noticed in another place. I shall ... 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 ... to the Hebrews. " Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word. of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." ... belongs to all those men who prefer tavern, to domestic society . . . 16. The CHURCH PHOBIA. This disease has become epidemic in the city of Philadelphia . . . 17. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/medical-inquiries-and-observations-upon-the-diseases-of-the-mind-benjamin-rush-1812ad.htm

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Replacement Theology, supersessionism: Christians are God's Jews ... ... men, but from God. ", "for we [Christians] are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, " (Philippians 3:3) ...you believe that Israel is the church: "For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. And those who will walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel [church] of God." (Galatians 6:15-16) The peace in this passage is for those who walk according to Christ so CANNOT refer to ... Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone; THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES'? "Therefore I say to you, the kingdom ... But the son by the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise. This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-christians-are-jews-church-is-israel.htm

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The early use of "nomina sacra" indicates a canon was recognized God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on ... scrolls adopted by the Christians. Dead Sea Scroll (4Q175 or 4QTest) uses "Nomina sacra" and replaces the name of God (tetragrammaton) YHWH for four stars "****". The other DSS below (4Q174-4QFlorilegium) fully spells out the name of God. See full outline on Jewish Messianic expectation The document is in Greek expect for Mosaic Hebrew (Paleo-Hebrew) where they wrote the name of God YHWH in the extinct Hebrew alphabet. Other documents (Like 4Q175) found at the same time would use four stars **** as an early "nomina sacra" substitution. ... course the ultimate substitution was provided by the Holy Spirit himself in the 27 books of the New Testament that consistently substitute KURIOS (Greek for "Lord") for YHWH in all Old Testament quotations in the New Testament. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-nomina-sacra.htm

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Does God Approve Instrumental Music in church? Does God Approve Instrumental Music in church? Click to View Click to View Mechanical instruments of prayer: Buddhist Prayer Wheel: Pictured left are two Buddhist prayer wheels. You put prayers inside and spin them. The prayer wheel is used by spinning the "wheel" around in a clockwise direction while ... C.H. Spurgeon: "We might as well pray by machinery as praise by it." If you think using instrumental music in worship is OK, you might was well also use a "prayer wheel" too! See historical quotes from early Christians on instrumental music in worship Where believers wish to please God, the question of whether to use instruments of music in worship receives serious consideration. ... Col. 3:16 reads, "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with gladness in your hearts to the Lord." Similarly, Ephesians 5:19 instructs, "speaking to yourselves -in psalms and hymns and spiritual ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-instrumental-music.htm

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Early and Latter Rain Theology Refuted The signs of Matthew 24 prophecies the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD not the second coming and certainly not some "Rapture" theology that was invented in 1830 AD by John Darby. When Christians saw the signs, they fled the city and were saved. Go to Rapture Refuted home page Click to View "Early and Latter Rain" Theology Refuted Introduction: 1. Latter Rain theology is based upon Joel 2:23 and James 5:7. A simple reading shows that there is no metaphor intended in either use of early and latter rain. It is simple literal season rains to bring physical blessings of food. a. "So rejoice, O sons of Zion, And be glad in the Lord your God; For He has given you the early rain for your ... essential to a truthful foundation in correct Bible doctrine. 3. We recommend you visit our Sola-Scriptura website for much more detail. 4. Your church does not believe in using the Bible only if: a. your church has a creed, catechism or statement of faith b. your church practices tongues and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-prediction-end-of-the-world-early-and-latter-rains-god-told-me-inspired-illuminated.htm

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What Early Christians believed about SALVATION BY WORKS What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 300 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Salvation By Works? 30-100 AD Clement of Rome "[We] are not justified by ourselves. Nor by our own wisdom, understanding, godliness, or works done in holiness of heart. But by that faith through which Almighty God has justified all men since the beginning." (Clement of Rome Corinthians chap. 32) 69-156 AD Polycarp "Many desire to enter into this joy, knowing that 'by grace you are saved, not of works,' but by the will of God through Jesus Christ [Eph. 2:8]." (Polycarp Philippians chap. 1) 125 AD Barnabas "To this end the Lord delivered up His flesh to corruption, that we might ... As the blood of the passover saved those who were in Egypt, so also the blood of Christ will deliver from death those who have believed." (Justin Trypho chap. 111) 185-255 AD Origen "One of the doctrines included in the teaching of the Church is that there is a just ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Works.htm

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"Sunday keeping" DID NOT originate in the pagan religion of Mithraism ... Click to View When Sabbatarians quote books to prove Sunday originated with Sun worship and Mithraism, these same books also say that the Sabbath was of pagan origin from Babylon! Click to View The truth is, both the Sabbath and Christians worshipping of the first day (Sunday) are of divine origin. The Sabbath was abolished, not changed to Sunday! Actual Sabbatarian false argument: "Christians copied the "Sunday keeping" practices of the pagan religion of Mithraism": "Another influence in the early Christian Church was Mithraism- an ancient Oriental cult of ... to save us is of pagan origin: p106 Jesus decent into Hades is of pagan origin: p113 Jesus "hung on a tree" is of pagan origin: p118 Jesus the "Rock of salvation" is of pagan origin: p129 Jesus the "slain Lamb of God" is of pagan origin: p131,132 "Washed in the Blood of the lamb" is of pagan origin: p132 Baptism and the Lord's Supper are both of pagan origin: p134, p146,147 Phrase "Soldiers of Christ" is of pagan origin: p135 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Mithraism.htm

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What Early Christians believed about SALVATION BY FAITH ONLY What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 300 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Salvation by Faith Alone? 30-100 AD Clement of Rome, who was a, wrote, "It is necessary, therefore, that we be prompt in the practice of good works. For He forewarns us, 'Behold, the Lord comes and His reward is before His face, to render to every man according to his work.' ... Let us therefore earnestly strive to be found in the number of those who wait for Him, in order that we may share in His promised reward. But how, beloved ones, shall we do this? By fixing our thoughts on God by faith. By earnestly seeking the things that are pleasing and acceptable to Him. By doing the things that are in harmony with His blameless will. And by following the way of truth, casting away from us all unrighteousness and sin." (Clement of Rome Letter to the Corinthians chaps. 34, 35 [companion of the apostle Paul and overseer of the church in Rome]) ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Faith-Only.htm

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Death is a separation of two things Death as "non-existence" is a member of "Domino Theology" (Refute one element & refute the whole system!) The question of death being an extinction was considered and rejected by virtually all early church fathers, as this quote from 177 AD proves: "Hereafter, that ... it experienced in connection with the soul. (Athenagoras, Chapter 20: Man Must Be Possessed Both of a Body and Soul) READ: More early Christians define death as a separation! Death means separation between two things: Introductory Summary: Physical death Eccl 12:7 body S E P A R A T E D soul spiritual death Isa 59:1-2 man God second death Rev 21:8; 22:14-15 man God dead to sin Rom 6:2,11; Heb 7:26 Christians Sin dead to law Rom 7:4 Christians law marriage ... Adam and eve died spiritually the same day they ate the fruit, being literally separated from the presence of God in the garden by being banished from the garden. Adam died spiritually the very day he disobeyed God. 1 Kings 2:42 "Did I not make you swear by the Lord ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-death=separation.htm

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Religious Melancholy, John Moore, 1692 AD Religious Melancholy John Moore Church Minister 1692 AD Click to View Click to View See also: History of Psychiatry homepage Click to View Introduction: In 1692 AD, John Moore, a church minister, preached a sermon to the queen about sin induced depression among Christians who have a "sincere love of God" and who experience that "which makes them fear". He correctly understands that depression is caused by sin: "dread of those Punishments, which he hath threatened ... This state was the less understandable to Bishop Moore as indeed it still is to those who suffer from 'these perplexing thoughts' since 'they are mostly good People, who are excercised with them. For had men . . . rarely know any thing of these kind of Thoughts'. ... A SERMON Preach'd before the QUEEN A T WHITEHALL, March the VIth 1691 AD By the Right Reverend Father in God, J0HN, Lord Bishop of Norwich. LONDON: Printed for William Rogers at the Sun over-against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet. MDCXCII By Steve Rudd: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/religious-melancholy-john-moore-1692ad.htm

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History proves Christians always met on 1st Day and not the Sabbath ... David W. T. Brattston Irrefutable proof: Click to View Click to View Proof early Christians worshipped on the first day AND NEVER keep the Sabbath! Click to View Seventh-day Adventists misrepresent history when they say the earliest Christians kept the Sabbath, when in fact they NEVER kept it. The Historical Record! The record of history, from the Resurrection of Christ, Christians have always worshipped on the first day of the week (Sunday) and never on the Sabbath (7th day). Sunday is not a Christian Sabbath or a day of rest, or a holy day to be kept. It is the day God requires all Christians to gather together to worship and eat the Lord's Supper (communion, ... Both of them suffered a martyr death, largely due to their Sabbatarian views. Sabbatarians owe a debt of gratitude to these Sabbath pioneers whose work later influenced the origin of the Seventh-day Baptist church. The latter (Joseph Bates) has been instrumental in helping the early Adventists and other Christians to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-history-sabbath.htm

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Welcome to the Hamilton church of Christ, in Ontario Canada It is understandable by the common man by simply reading it. Contained in the pages of the New Testament is a complete record of the first century church. This is the church that Jesus Christ shed his blood for, the Apostles preached about and the early Christians were members of. Wouldn't you like to learn more about this church that was established in 33 A.D.? We feel that the solution to the vast ... Churches are not divided over what is in the Bible, but what is not in the Bible. Jesus likened the Bible to seed in the parable of the sower. We believe that if anyone plants the pure seed of the word of God, that it will produce exactly the same first century church every time. We are ... Emphasizes the spiritual over the social. Engages in fascinating midweek Bible studies instead of merely having a social hour. We praise our divine savior Jesus Christ our Lord. Our organization: We are an independent non-denominational, self-governing local church who earnestly desire to follow ... ... https://www.bible.ca/churches/hamilton-church-of-christ.htm

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About who we are! The Interactive Bible: www.bible.ca Contained in the pages of the New Testament is a complete record of the first century church. This is the church for which Jesus Christ shed his blood, about which the Apostles preached and the church in which the early Christians were members. Wouldn't you like to learn more about this church that was established in 33 A.D.? We feel that the ... Churches are not divided over what is in the Bible, but what is not in the Bible. Jesus likened the Bible to the seed in the parable of the sower. We believe that if anyone plants the pure seed of the word of God, that the seed will produce exactly the same "first century church" every time. We are determined to be simply ... Emphasizes the spiritual over the social. Engages in fascinating midweek Bible studies instead of merely having a social hour. We praise our divine savior Jesus Christ our Lord. Our organization: We are an independent non-denominational, self-governing local church who earnestly desires to follow our divine savior Jesus ... ... https://www.bible.ca/seek-about.htm

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Sunday: Weekly memorial of the resurrection of Christ Acts 20:7; 1 Cor 16:1-2 B. The uninspired writings of early Christians unanimously viewed Sunday as a weekly memorial of the resurrection of Christ: 107AD IGNATIUS: let every friend of Christ keep the Lord's Day as a festival, the resurrection-day, the queen and chief of all the days of the week. (Ignatius, Epistle to the Magnesians, chp 9. Ante-Nicene Fathers , vol. 1, pg. 62-63.) 130AD BARNABAS: Moreover God says to the Jews, 'Your new moons and Sabbaths 1 cannot ... the first day of the week our Lord rose from the place of the dead, and on the first day of the week he arose upon the world, and on the first day of the week he ascended up to heaven, and on the first day of the week he will appear at last with the angels of heaven" (Didascalia 2). 300AD EUSEBIUS: [The Ebionites] were accustomed to observe the Sabbath and other Jewish customs but on the Lord's days to celebrate the same practices as we in remembrance of the resurrection of the Savior. (Church History Ill.xxvii.5) 300 AD ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-memorial-of-resurrection.htm

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Christians can eat test tube meat and genetically modified foods It is not a sin for Christians to eat test tube meat and genetically modified foods! Test tube meat production, genetically modified foods, soya beans, corn, chicken, pork, beef, soya oils. click to view EARLY LIGHT ON A MODERN DEVELOPMENT Introduction: This paper will show that there is nothing sinful for Christians to eat genetically modified foods and will explore what the Bible says, and what the earliest post-biblical church said about it. In the twenty-first century, we ... As a result, their prohibitions have been adopted by alleged Christians, who would urge abstinence on others in the name of the will and design of God. But what does God say? Fortunately, ancient Christian literature has much to relate on whether it is ... Matthew 15.11-18 is to the same effect. In Acts 10.10-16, when Peter in a vision refused to eat food Jewish law prohibited, the Lord told him three times: "What God has made clean, do not call common." Post biblical reflections. The church father Origen ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/s-christians-can-eat-genetically-modified-food.htm

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The Lord's Day - Revelation 1:10 ... The First Day! They maintain that Jesus said he was Lord of the Sabbath. However this is a very weak argument and the actual evidence for the first day (Sunday) is MUCH stronger! A. The weight of evidence is stronger for The Lord's Day being the first day (Sunday) Jesus rose on the first day (Sunday) Jesus was crucified on Friday and rose on the first day. The Holy Spirit was given on Pentecost Acts 2:1, which always falls on a Sunday Early Christians from 30-300AD referred to Sunday as the Lord's day BECAUSE it was the day Jesus rose from the ... It is the Lord's [Jehovah's] Passover Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord [Jehovah's] your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female ... but on the Lord's days to celebrate the same practices as we in remembrance of the resurrection of the Savior. (Church History Ill.xxvii.5) 300 AD Eusebius of Caesarea "The day of his [Christ's] light . . . was the day of his ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-lords-day.htm

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Encyclopedia Americana This quote from Encyclopedia Americana, 1956 Vol. XXVII, p. 294L., is deceptive because it projects the false impression that early Christian teaching" was not Trinitarian. "For the early Christian belief that Jesus was divine, the Son of God, and that as the risen, glorified Messiah or Lord, He was now at the right hand of God: required the use of theistic language." (Encyclopedia Americana, Trinity, p116) The correct way to quote this source would be to say that some of the details of Trinitarian theology that 4th century Christians taught, was not as refined as the Trinitarian theology taught in the Bible. However both taught trinity, the uncreated deity of ... At the same time, the Christian church insists that God is One in "sub- stance" (Latin substantia, existence or inner essence), and thus combines in it "mystery" (a formula or conception which really transcends human understanding) the truths set forth in the Holy Scriptures. It is probably a mistake to assume that the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Americana.htm

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Weekly Church Attendance is Essential! Weekly Church Attendance is Essential! A. Christians met every Sunday: 1. The Bible warns against forsaking the assembly: Heb 10:25 a. Acts 20:7 tells us they came together for the purpose of breaking bread b. The book of 1 Corinthians gives us strong evidence Christians met weekly: Christians assembled regularly: 1 Cor 11:17-18,20,33; 14:23,26 1 Cor 16:1,2 giving "EVERY first day" infers habitual weekly assembly 2. Let us show proper commitment and respect for our assemblies B. Look at what the Bible says about attending the assembly of God: "I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the Lord.'" Psalm 122:1 "For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God" Psalm 42:4 "We who had sweet ... Here He is saying, that the church must be first to the Christian, even before seeking food, clothing, and shelter. The zeal of the early Christians was seen in the regularity of their meetings - weekly and often daily. Whenever and wherever ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-weekly-attendance.htm

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The Error of the Catholic Nicene Trinity Vs. 4th century Creedal Trinity Elemental Trinity Doctrine Vs. Developed Trinity doctrine Economic Trinity: The observed activity of God in the World (that is, early Christians perceived and believed God to have directly intervened in history in the persons of the Father, Son and Spirit) Vs. Essential Trinity: A more formal understanding of the essential ... What does the Old Testament tell us of God? It tells us there is one God, a wonderful God of life 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. Spirit, of the ... To study the gradual transition from an unformulated Biblical witness to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit to a dogmatic formulation of a doctrine of the Triune God, we look first to the Eastern Church where most of this development took place. The Apostolic Fathers were witnesses to the Biblical data and the traditional ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-catholic-nicene.htm

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Did you choose your church this way??? Would it not be wonderful if the millions of Americans who will choose a church in the next fifteen years would choose a church in this ancient, God-given way of becoming a Christian? There is no way but God's way to be saved (Matthew 7:21). Would it not be wonderful also if these millions would worship in the same simple way that the early Christians did? It was a genuine way that the early Christians were taught to worship: simple, yet profound. There were only five avenues of worship in the early church - singing of hymns, offering of prayers, giving of their financial means, eating the Lord's supper and hearing the apostles' teaching, which we now have ... The idea of going back and following the pattern of becoming a Christian, of worshipping and of living in the approved apostolic manner is solid ground upon which all of us can and should stand. Since disunity is wrong and displeasing to our Lord, let each one of us pray more fervently for unity of all sincere believers in Christ ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-choose-church.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage What did early Christians believe about...? (Before 400 AD) Uninspired records of how early Christians worshipped and what doctrine they believed! Click to View Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage (MDR) Click to View 151 AD Justin Martyr "In regard to chastity, [Jesus] has-this to say: 'If anyone look with lust at a woman, he has already before God committed adultery in his heart.' And, 'Whoever marries a woman who has been divorced from another husband, commits ... 300 AD Council of Elvira "Likewise, women who have left their husbands for no prior cause and have joined themselves with others, may not even at death receive communion" (canon 8). 387 AD Ambrose of Milan "No one is permitted to know a woman other than his wife. ... Anyone who obeys men ought to stand in awe of God. Hear the law of the Lord, which even they who propose our laws must obey: 'What God has joined together let no man put asunder"' (Commentary on Luke 8:5). 398 AD Jerome "Wherever there is fornication and a suspicion ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-divorce-remarriage.htm

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Is it OK that My church doesn't have Communion every Sunday? It is also clear that this was on the first day of the week, which had become the regular time for the meeting of Christians, and which John, in Chapter 1, verse 10 of Revelations, calls "the Lord's Day". That the early church under the direct guidance of the inspired apostles observed the Lord's Supper on the first day of every week is the testimony of all biblical scholars and church historians of ... The Christians of this century assembled for the worship of God and for their advancement in piety on the first day of the week, the day on which Christ reassumed life; for that this day was set apart for religious worship by the apostles themselves, and that after the example of the Church at ... spoken by the Lord: In every place and time offer to me a pure sacrifice; for I am a great King, saith the Lord, and my name is wonderful among the nations." (Didache: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, Chapter XIV) But how important is it that Christians observe the Lord's Supper every Sunday? ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-frequency.htm

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Sola Scriptura: The Heretics even quoted scripture! Perhaps there is more truth to this than what first appears! Perhaps only Catholic cannot refute heretics with the scriptures... Christians, on the other hand, have not problem refuting heretics with the scriptures. Sola Scriptura: The Heretics ... This view completely misrepresents history and the facts. Click here to learn why. "Proponents of sola Scriptura often point out that the early Church Fathers appealed to the Scriptures for authority during the doctrinal controversies of the early ... Yet it is certainly by these same words of God that we must come to understand the things of God." (Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity, Book IV, 14) Click to View An amazing text that refutes the Roman Catholic and Orthodox apologists claim that ... as we understand it, in harmony with the conclusions of ordinary reason, the two agreeing that equality is incompatible either with diversity or with isolation, yet we must seek a fresh support for Our contention from actual words of our Lord. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-heretics-used-scripture.htm

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Pre-tribulation Rapture Gap Theory refuted. The church age When Christians saw the signs, they fled the city and were saved. Go to Rapture Refuted home page Click to View The Gap Theory refuted: Prophetic clocks can't stop! The church is part of God's eternal purpose not an after-thought Introduction: 1. The Gap Theory is a false doctrine taught by pre-tribulation Rapture advocates. 2. It is rooted in the 70 weeks of Daniel where the clock stops at week 69, because God did not expect the Jews to reject as their earthly King, and it starts again when Israel became a nation again in 1948 AD... at least that is how the story ... This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, " (Ephesians 3:9-11) 4. The church will exist after the second coming and for all eternity. The idea that the church ... an "after thought" when the Jews (to the complete surprise of God) rejected Jesus as their early king and instead crucified Him. 4. The church was part of the Old Testament plan from ages past hidden ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/pre-tribulation-rapture-gap-theory-church-age-parentheses-dispensationalists-premillenarians.htm

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Apostate church organization: 451-588AD: The reign of the 5 Patriarchs ... ... of them" (Leo I, Letter XIV. To Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica, XII. In Case of Difference of Opinion Between the Vicar and the Bishops, the Bishop of Rome Must Be Consulted. The Subordination of Authorities in the Church Expounded.) "the Lord wished to be indeed the concern of all the apostles, but in such a way that He has placed the principal charge on the blessed Peter, chief of all ... Here, therefore, we already have that characteristic combination of humility and arrogance, which has stereotyped itself in the expressions: "Servant of the servants of God," "vicar of Christ," and even "God upon earth." In this double consciousness of his personal unworthiness and his official ... And lest any should in a spirit of contention argue that there must then have been more bishops than one in a single church, there is the following passage which clearly proves a bishop and a presbyter to be the same. Writing to Titus the apostle says: "For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-451-588AD.htm

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Official creed of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) It was (the) use of creeds as 'tests of fellowship' that the Disciples' founding fathers fingered as the major cause of division among Christians...(So) unlike most other churches, we Disciples do not have an official doctrinal statement we can refer to when someone asks, 'What does the Christian Church believe?'" Kenneth Teegarden The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a community of believers who through baptism into Jesus Christ are bound by covenant to God and to one another. Disciples draw their inspiration from Scripture and the Holy ... "As members of the Christian Church, we confess that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and proclaim him Lord and Savior of the world. In Christ's name and by his grace we accept our mission of witness and ... In recent years (1970s following), the Disciples of Christ denomination has sought to broaden its "liberality" and has endorsed the following anti-Biblical positions: ordained women ministers ordained women elders denied ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Disciples-C.htm

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