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201: Pentecost in Acts 2:1 was on Sunday
Pentecost in Acts 2:1 was the first day of the Week (Sunday) Pentecost always fell on the first day (Sunday) Click to View Proof Pentecost always fell on a Sunday (1st day) "When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place." (Acts 2:1) "You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths. You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall present a new grain ... It is well documented beyond question that the Sadducees controlled the Temple worship and the feast days at the time of Christ. It wasn't until about 70 AD that the Pharisees view came into power and prominence. This means that even ... Pentecost always falls on the first day] and this was also the system deemed correct by all of the ancient Christian assemblies." (Festival and Sacred Days of Yahweh, by Qadesh La Yahweh Press, 1998, p 258) "The Sadducees ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-pentecost.htm
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202: The Samaritans: 720 BC The pagan half-Jews of the Old Testament ...
"Neo-Jeroboamites" 2 Kings 17:7-41 723 BC-70 AD See also: The Samaritan Pentateuch Introduction: 1. The anti-Jerusalem philosophies of the Samaritans originated with Jeroboam. a. This is why we call the Samaritans, "Neo-Jeroboamites". Samaritans carry on the basic traditions that Jeroboam set in order in 931 BC when he set up two pagan worship centers to replace Jerusalem: Bethel and Dan. b. The Samaritan temple on Mt. Gerizim venerated the Altar of ... Ashurbanipal: 668-631 BC) deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the River. Now" (Ezra 4:10) 11. 670-561 BC: ORIGIN OF THE SAMARITAN PEOPLE: Mix of YHWH and Idolatry worship a. Cult center re-established at Bethel and worshipped ... He told her: "You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews." She could have taken offence, instead she went and brought back the whole town to hear more of this. VII. Samaritans convert to Christianity: 1. The city of Shechem ... ...
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203: Acts 20:7 Proof of weekly communion on Sunday
"And on the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread" This verse so clearly proves weekly 1st day (Sunday) communion and worship services that sabbatarians are at a loss what to do with it! The fact remains that there is nothing that would PREVENT this from being a church communion service of exclusively Christians. Click to View Proof of weekly communion on Sunday (1st day) "When he had gone ... We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas within five days; and there we stayed seven days. And on the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul ... And they took away the boy alive, and were greatly comforted. (Acts 20:7-12) A. Sabbatarians would never get the passage wrong if it said: "And on the Sabbath, we were gathered together to break bread" This proves the natural reading of the passage is a communion service within a Christian assembly regardless of what day is mentioned. There is nothing ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/7-sunday-weekly-communion-acts-20-7.htm
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204: Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church
Leaves out the comment that JW's theology is of pagan origin. Boer, Harry R.: A Short History of the Early Church Click to View Harry R. Boer, A Short History of the Early Church quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication Watchtower Deception exposed: But why? Certainly not because of any Biblical conviction. "Constantine had basically no understanding whatsoever of the questions that were being asked in Greek theology," says A Short History of Christian Doctrine. The first ... Further, Anti-trinitarians mislead the reader with the quote they supply about Justin Martyr. Boer, therefore is saying that the faith of Justin Martyr that Jesus is a "created divine being" originated with Greek mythology and not the New ... The church recognized the mystery of the person of Christ, but rather than debating the mystery it adored and revered it. This mystery aspect of the person of our Lord has never been lost in genuine Christianity. However, it has often been pressed ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Boer.htm
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205: Morenz, Siegfried: Egyptian Religion
... Morenz says: "In order to avoid any gross misunderstanding, we must at once emphasize that the substance of the Christian Trinity is of course Biblical". What Morenz is saying is that the Bible itself contains the doctrine of the trinity and that it is of pagan origin. Morenz is trashing the Whole Bible in saying this! It is absolutely unforgivable deception that JW's would quote Morenz at all! In another of the most deceptive examples of selective quoting we have ever seen, is this: The next sentence after the JW's quote: "Alexandrian theology as the intermediary between the Egyptian religious heritage and Christianity." Morenz says "The Trinity is not the only ... Philo's remarkable exegesis points to this, and this may be taken as a hint that we are on the right road. Further encouragement may be drawn from the succession of great Christian thinkers (and their Gnostic forerunners) who originated from Egypt or lived there, starting with Valentine and Basilides(C. A.D. 135), followed ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Morenz.htm
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206: Abbott, Lyman: Dictionary of Religious Knowledge
Example of selective quoting (Blue is Jw quote from booklet, Should you believe the Trinity?) "It is certain, however, that from the apostolic times they paid worship to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, addressed to them their prayers, and included them in their doxologies." ... "Precisely what the doctrine is, or ... Means to me, A spiritual autobiography by Lyman Abbott, about himself, 1922, p20,21) "Christianity converted paganism, but paganism changed Christianity." ... "Christian thought could not affect pagan thought without being in turn affected" ("What Christianity Means to me, A spiritual autobiography by Lyman Abbott, about himself, 1922, p26,27) My ... And love is every-where: a universal presence, a mighty though not resistless power in human life. ("What Christianity Means to me, A spiritual autobiography by Lyman Abbott, about himself, 1922, p139-141) Our comment Abbott not only says that Trinity is of pagan origin, but also most of what Jw's believe, ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Abbott.htm
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207: BEWARE: Arian Biased Translations
Schonfield, an advocate of the "swoon theory" is quoted by the Muslims in support of their view that Jesus didn't actually die on the cross. Jehovah's Witnesses habitually quote faithless men like this to trash the trinity. ("The origin of the [Trinity] is entirely pagan." (The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, quoted in "Should you believe in the Trinity, ... The fact that the word "Christian" is found 32 times in these Bibles, when in fact it is only found three times in the Greek is proof enough that it is unreliable as a literal translation. They not only work against the deity of Christ, but the virgin birth. In Luke 1:34 they mistranslate the Greek, "knew no man-virgin" for "I have no husband." They also mistranslate the Greek "first day of the week" for "Saturday night" in Acts 20:7. (Saturday is the 7th day of the week). They use "Friday" in Luke 23:54, with no supporting Greek at all! They use "Sunday" in 1 Cor 16:2, instead of "first day of the week". They ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-translations.htm
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208: Friday crucifixion three days and three nights Nisan 14 sign ...
Exodus 19:10-11 See also: Sabbath Keeper Refuted website 1. 150AD JUSTIN: "But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same ... them these things, which we have submitted to you also for your consideration." (First apology of Justin, Weekly Worship of the Christians, Ch 68) 2. 250 AD IGNATIUS: "On the day of the preparation, then, at the third hour, He received ... The entire events of Lk 24 occurred on Sunday, the "first day of the week". Lk 24:13 "And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem." "That very day" = Sunday and ... of Lv. 23:15 to be the weekly sabbath); their reckoning regulated the public observance so long as the Temple stood, and the church is therefore justified in commemorating the first Christian Pentecost on a Sunday (Whit Sunday). ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/d-3-days-and-3-nights.htm
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209: Comparison list of 14 Moses/Constantine the Great Shadows, Types ...
Both raised by Sun-worshipping fathers and believing mothers Pharaoh a Sun worshipper, mother was Hebrew Constantius was a Sun worshipper and Helena was a Christian 2. Both received the top education the world had to offer Egypt Rome: ... Both were among the most righteous and morally pure leaders in history Humble, pure, faithful Constantine was a great restorer among a pagan population like Josiah. 13. Both established the first physical places for worship First Tabernacle First Church buildings in Jerusalem, Mt. of Olives, Bethlehem: Eusebius Life Const. 3.41 14. Both established true religion on a state level Judaism in 1446 BC at Mt. Sinai Christianity was adopted as official state religion when Emperor Theodosius I issued that the Edict of ... their authority, in bondage to the errors of evil demons, while he at the same time originated the profoundest peace throughout his dominions, and secured to his subjects the privilege of celebrating without hindrance the worship of God. ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Messianic-prophecy-Moses-Constantine-the-Great-Jesus-Christ-types-shadows-antitypes-similarities-comparisons-1446BC-AD313.htm
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210: 3 secret reasons why Seventh-day Adventists keep the sabbath
... Catholic and Lutheran churches, that Sunday is the Sabbath, were astonished to read in the Bible that the Sabbath was indeed the 7th day! When they began to teach this, theologians were sent to persuade them to abandon what they called the "Jewish Sabbath." Both of them suffered a martyr death, largely due to their Sabbatarian views. Modern Sabbatarians owe a debt of gratitude to these early Sabbath pioneers whose work later influenced the origin of the Seventh-day Baptist church. The ... Historically, it was in 1844 the first Seventh-day Adventists (known then as Millerites) started keeping the Sabbath, introduced to them by a Joseph Bates, who convinced their Methodist minister that the Bible teaches us to keep the Sabbath. The Christian ... James White was a young insignificant Millerite preacher for the last year or so of the movement. Ellen Harmon (White) was a month away from turning 17 on Oct 22. Miller was a Deist who converted to Christianity. His family was Baptist. His ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/7-White-halo.htm
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211: Exposed and refuted: Falun Dafa, Falun Gong, Zhuan Falun
The dangerous false eastern religion of: A review by a Christian... Click to View Falun Dafa Falun Gong Zhuan Falun Questions and answers: Why is Falun Gong dangerous? Because it is a new "eastern religion" that disguises itself as exercise classes, non-religious relaxation and mediation. These exercises are the ... Unlike Islam, who kills Christians that openly preach Jesus died and rose from the dead, Christians are tolerant. Communism is the fruit of the mystical pagan eastern religions. Democracy is the fruit of Christianity. Persecution, torture and murder are the fruit of the eastern religions from which Falun Gong had its recent origin. From a social point of view, Falun Gong is harmless. If they want to believe some 45 year old Asian guy with a new exercise video is their God... then let them believe it. Leave them alone, let them worship their man made God in peace. But let Falun Gong practitioners thank Christians for granting them freedom on the West. Christians are persecuted, ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/falun-gong-falun-dafa-zhuan-falun.htm
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212: Introduction of New Catholic doctrines not found in the Bible
The Doctrine of Purgatory popularized from the Apocrypha by Gregory the Great 600 AD First use of Latin in worship (Gregory I) Beginning of the Orthodox/Roman Catholic church as we know it today in its present organization. 607 AD Click to View First Pope: Boniface III is the first person to take the title of "universal Bishop" by decree of Emperor Phocas. 608 AD Pope Boniface IV. turns the Pantheon in Rome into a temple of Mary ad martyres: the pagan Olympus into a Christian heaven of gods. 670 AD Instrumental music: first ... Laity no longer offered Lord's cup at communion (Council of Constance) 1439 AD Purgatory a dogma by the Council of Florence (see 593 AD) 1439 AD Doctrine of Seven Sacraments affirmed 1480 AD The Inquisition (of Spain) 1495 AD Papal ... All Catholics should be christened into the church 1930 AD Public Schools condemned by Pope Pius XII (see 1864 AD) 1950 AD Sinners prayer, invented by Billy Sunday and made popular by Billy Graham. (Some Catholics now use this) 1950 AD ... ...
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213: Topical Selection of Early Christian's Beliefs
Topical Selection of Early Christian's Beliefs Click to View Topical Selection Click to View Power Search Click to View Click to View History of Christianity Home Page with Power search Click to View Topical Selection of ... What did early Christians believe? (Before 500AD) Click to View Uninspired ... his writings are subject to grave suspicion of fraudulent interpolation." (History of the Christian Church, Philip Shaff, Vol 2, ch 4) Click to View More on the Ignatian Forgeries Having said all this, we hope you enjoy reading the materials here, for at the very least, they do represent real history. ... Early Christians on the TRINITY Early Christians on DEITY OF CHRIST Early Christians on ETERNAL PRE-EXISTENCE OF CHRIST Early Christians on PERSON & PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Click to View Worship: Early Christians on INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN WORSHIP Early Christians on the LORD'S SUPPER Early Christians on the SABBATH DAY vs. SUNDAY Click to View Church History: A Biblical View The ... ...
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214: Footnoting Policy of Watchtower, and actual footnotes to their ...
This means that it is the single most important anti-trinitarian document that the JW's use in their efforts to teach the public door to door that Trinity is of pagan origin. But it is all deception and lies! Of course, when they use this magazine in ... Here is a bibliography of the quotes from the Watchtower's "Should You Believe in the Trinity?" booklet. (Special thanks to Jim & Sherri Walters) Section 1: Should You Believe It? 1. "The Paganism in Our Christianity," by Arthur Weigall, 1928, (G. ... XV, (The Encyclopedia Press, Inc., NY) p. 47. 5. Heraklion, Crete, Greece, court decision 87/1986, April 7, 1986, pp. 17, 19. 6. "Our Orthodox Christian Faith", by Athanasios S. Frangopoulos, (The Brotherhood of Theologians, Athens, Greece) Third ... Section 9: Worship God on His Terms 131. "The Amplified Bible, 1965, (Zondervan Bible Publishers, Grand Rapids, MI) p. 325. 132. "New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1967, Vol. X, p. 21. 133. " Ibid., Vol. IX, p. 359. 134. "Christianity and the World ... ...
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215: Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: The Tabernacle/Temple Messianic ...
... for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches." (Revelation 1:20) b. "Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path." (Psalm 119:105) c. "This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: "The land of ... 5. ...you believe that keeping both the First and Second covenants at the same time is like a woman married to two men at the same time (Romans 6:1-7) 6. ...you believe the body of the Christian is the temple that God dwells in today not some building made of stone, wood or curtains. (1 Cor 3:16; 6:19-20) 7. ...you believe the Saturday Sabbath was abolished and Christians worship on the first day of the week (Sunday). 8. ...you believe the calendar of 7 Jewish feasts are not to be kept by Christians: Passover (Pesach), Unleavened Bread (Chag Hamotzi), First Fruits (Yom habikkurim), Pentecost (Shavu'ot), ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Tabernacle-church-double-dual-messianic-bible-prophecy-Midrashic-type-antitype-veil-heaven-law-baptism-priests.htm
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216: Welcome to the Hamilton church of Christ, in Ontario Canada
N Hamilton, Ontario Canada Phone: (9-zero-5)- 1-1 23 Evangelist: Steve Rudd This local church has preached the gospel in Hamilton since 1986. Sunday worship in Hamilton, Ontario! Bible Study Meetups in Hamilton, Ontario! Bible study in Hamilton, ... Our assembled worship procedures are simple, spiritual and orderly, keynoted by the words of Jesus, who said, "true worshippers shall worship in spirit and in truth." Jn 4:23. Each element of worship finds its origin in the commands and examples found in the ... The sign on the front of our building says, "Christians Meet Here" on the side it says, "Doing Bible Things In Bible Ways". This shows what you can expect to find when you worship with us. Simple New Testament Christianity. How we are different: ... We emphasize that going back to the Bible does not mean the establishing of another denomination, but rather a return and restoration to the original church of the Bible. You too can be just a Christian and serve God without belonging to any ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/churches/hamilton-church-of-christ.htm
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217: The Septuagint: God approved Translation in every synagogue like ...
... God's master plan to provide the Septuagint to 1000's of synagogues in preparation for the coming of Christianity! Weekly attendance: An established pattern of weekly attendance which did not exist in Mosaic Temple worship or anywhere in the Old Testament scriptures. Being completely optional like Wednesday evening bible study in churches, only the most spiritual remnant of Jews would attend weekly Sabbath worship services. It was this remnant who converted to Christianity immediately! The Septuagint: A text of the Bible in the language of the common people (Greek) A Mikveh: Also known as "The Christian Maker", full immersion water baptism washed away sins in the name of Jesus and be born again! See full outline on ... The day the church was born on Sunday 21 May 33 AD, the apostles baptized 3000 Jews (Acts 2:41) in Jerusalem (likely in the recently discovered Olympic size pool of Siloam, Mikveh) and a few weeks later the men alone numbered 5000 (Acts 4:4). See full outline on the ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-standard-issue-Jerusalem-certified-translation-synagogues-church.htm
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218: The Amarna Letters and tablets 1406 - 1340 BC. Conquest of Joshua ...
... While Bible scoffers and atheists refuse to make the connection of Habiru with Hebrew, they are in blind denial. Of the two spellings, these Bible haters even chose the spelling of Apiru as opposed to Habiru, because it looks and sound UNLIKE Hebrew. Let the Christian be quite reassured with no doubts, that the Amarna ... Both Akhenaten and Muhammad chose one god from many gods that were being worshipped at the time and then elevated that one god to be worshipped to the exclusion of all others. Akhenaten called his god "Aten", Muhammad called his god "Allah". While these religions of monotheism had their origin in pagan idol worship in the day they were invented. ... "Hiram king of Tyre sent David cedar trees, carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David."(2 Samuel 5:11) "Also men of Tyre were living there who imported fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them to the sons of Judah on the sabbath, even in Jerusalem."(Nehemiah 13:16) "I am against you, O Tyre, 'They ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-conquest-amarna-tablets-letters-akhenaten-habiru-abiru-hebrews-1404-1340bc.htm
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219: Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Matthew 24 The Olivet Discourse
... Christians attacked before second coming: Rev 20:7-10 i. Christians surrounded by Satan immediately before the second coming. ii. The only force on earth today that wants to extinguish and stamp out Christianity is Islam. iii. Sunday Church worship stops. iv. Lord's Supper stops. v. Just before Christians are wiped off the face of earth, God presses the ... Mt 13:53-17:29: teaching in Nazareth, John beheaded, 5000 fed, walks on water, condemned by Pharisees, many healings, 4000 fed, Pharisees and Sadducees test, Peter's confession, pick up your cross and follow me, transfiguration, Demoniac, shekel temple tax coin in fish Christian living: Matt 18 Unit 5 Mt 19-23: ... make will endure before Me," declares the Lord, "So your offspring and your name will endure. "And it shall be from new moon to new moon And from sabbath to sabbath, All mankind will come to bow down before Me," says the Lord. "Then they will go forth and look on the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Matthew24-Luke21-Mark13-Triple-Midrashic-prophecy-Olivet-Discourse-Pentecost-AD33-Destruction-Jerusalem-AD70-Second-Coming.htm
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220: The Temple in Jerusalem over the threshing floor which is presently ...
From 2 Macc 6, we learn that in 167 BC, Antiochus IV Epiphanes attacked Jerusalem setting up a temple to Jupiter and offering pig sacrifices. He ordered the Jews to worship idols and stop keeping the Sabbath and practicing circumcision. A major ... infants are washed." (The Bordeaux Pilgrim, 333 AD) Click to View In 361 AD, Julian the Apostate tried to reverse Constantine's anti-pagan, pro-Christian influence and he gave permission to the Jews to come and rebuild the Jewish temple on the temple mount. ... became Emperor in 306 A.D.] -the spot which had witnessed the resurrection was occupied by a figure of Jupiter; while on the rock where the cross had stood, a marble statue of Venus was set up by the heathen and became an object of worship. ... According to Eusebius, it would appear that a church already existed on Olivet when Helena visited the city in 326 A.D. According to Epiphanius, seven synagogues were found by Hadrian on Sion, one of which still existed in the fourth century, ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-threshing-floor.htm
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221: Textual Variants Daniel's 70 weeks, Susanna, Prayer of Hananiah ...
The Babylonian captivity of 70 years was computed because Israel had not kept the land sabbath since the destruction of Shiloh in 1094 BC down to the beginning of the captivity in 605 BC (490 years). ... the lxx additions to Daniel are represented in the Qumran texts, and since they were not in the Hebrew/Aramaic mss either it has been assumed that they originated outside Palestine, possibly in Egypt. ... But since, as already shown above, Theodotion-Daniel was produced in Asia Minor or Palestine (or possibly Syria-Mesopotamia) in pre-Christian times, and since both the LXX and Theodotion-Daniel ... Start 1st week at decree: 1 Nisan 458 BC) And after (ie. during messianic window 26-33 AD) seven periods of seven (458-409 BC) and sixty-two periods of seven (409 BC - 26 AD), an anointed place ... And the king revered it, and the king went forth each day and prostrated himself to it. But Daniel prayed to the Lord. And the king said to Daniel, "Why do you not worship Bel?" And Daniel replied to ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Daniel-Bible-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-Tanakh-70-weeks-Daniel9.24-Messiah-490-years-458BC-33AD-resurrection-Codex-Vaticanus-Susanna-Prayer-Hananiah-Bel-dragon.htm
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222: Petra, Jordan: Biblical Kadesh Barnea, Sela, Joktheel, En-mishpat ...
... Yored, flowing down from), Dan (Bechoroth, fol. 55a); or יאור דן the "stream of Dan" (Rabbi Joseph Schwarz, 1850). Obviously if the modern name of the Jordan river owes its origin to the tribe of Dan, it was not called this before they actually began to occupy the land under Joshua in 1406 BC. Yet Genesis applies this ... designedly fixed in view of this, the innermost sanctuary of the Holy Place of " Kadesh ; " that this sanctity was retained through the successive changes of Pagan and Christian worship; and that the pilgrims of the Desert mounted these time-worn steps, and traced their inscriptions upon the rock, on their way to the only spot, whence they ... Since this was a place right on their door step, they obviously understood that this water was not flowing before Moses arrived. It is natural then for them to call the place "Sela", for the blessings of the life sustaining water originated with Moses staff striking the ROCK. The names Sela and Petra both mean "rock". The ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra.htm
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223: Catholic Encyclopedia's and Dictionaries
What they left out to deliberately misrepresent the source and deceive you: "The Trinity is the term employed to signify the of the Christian religion . . . Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: 'the Father ... Yet, notwithstanding this difference as to origin, the Persons are co-eternal and co-equal: all alike are uncreated and omnipotent. This the Church teaches is the revelation regarding 'God's nature which Jesus ... What else The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, says that Jehovah's Witnesses deceptively wouldn't tell you! Attempts have been made recently to apply the more extreme theories of comparative religion [pagan similarities] to the doctrine of the Trinity, and to account for it by an imaginary law of nature compelling men to group the objects of their worship in ... In a famous monograph, Les Premieres confessions de foi chretiennes, 0. Cullmann argued his thesis of Christocentrism as against Trinitarianism in the NT revelation. Seven years later, in a study (Early Christian ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Catholic.htm
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224: Official creed of the Presbyterian Church
... And for their publishing of such opinions, or maintaining of such practices, as are contrary to the light of nature, or to the known principles of Christianity, whether concerning faith, worship, or conversation; or to the power of godliness; or such erroneous opinions or practices as, either in their own nature, or ... As it is of the law of nature that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in his Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual commandment, binding all men in all ages, he hath particularly appointed one day in seven for a Sabbath, to be kept holy unto him: which, from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, was the last day of the week; and, from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week, which in Scripture is called the Lord's Day, and is to be continued to the end of the world as the Christian Sabbath. [6.119] 8. This Sabbath is to be kept holy unto the Lord when men, after a due ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/cr-presby-west.htm
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225: Historical search for Kadesh Barnea from 1000 BC - Present
... designedly fixed in view of this, the innermost sanctuary of the Holy Place of " Kadesh ; " that this sanctity was retained through the successive changes of Pagan and Christian worship; and that the pilgrims of the Desert mounted these time-worn steps, and traced their inscriptions upon the rock, on their way to the only spot, whence they ... H Clay Trumbull, editor of the Sunday-School Times, who in 1881 rediscovered the site, describing his search for it at length in his scholarly work entitled Kadesh-Barnea (1884), but whose actual description of the 'Ain (pp. 272 f.), we regret to say, is more rhetorical than scientific." (Modern Kadesh or Ein Kadis, George ... There we looked down into a pool some twelve to fourteen feet below us; into which a copious stream rushed from out the hillside at the east, with a fall of seven or eight feet. The hillside from which this stream poured was verdure-covered, and the stream seemed to start out from it, at five or six feet below our level. The ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-historical-search.htm
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226: Messianic Re-enactment Rituals of Communion, Lord's Supper
... Elephantine Papyri "Berlin 13464", COS 3.46, 419 BC specifically referenced fermented drinks as prohibited: "Year 5 of Darius II the king. [on Nisan 14th at twilight the Passover, from day 15-21 ... observe seven days unleavened bread. ... ... God allows individual Christians to "forsake" the Lord's Supper for the exact same reasons He allows them to "forsake" the assembly. Nobody faults an individual Christian for missing the church assembly if he is sick, thousands of miles ... The Passover was eaten privately once a year in individual homes, but the Lord's supper is eaten communally while assembled every Sunday. f. The Passover was an annual sabbath and the only exceptions were ceremonial uncleanness and being out of town and away from your home for ... Many local churches have three worship times: 10 AM, 11 AM and 7 PM Sunday. b. A local church can determine to hold one, two or even three different worship services on a single Lord's Day. c. A local church can determine to offer the ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Communion-Lords-supper-Midrashic-messianic-Bible-prophecy-type-antitype-metophors-reenactiment-rituals-Passover-Manna-table-Shewbread.htm
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227: King Jeroboam tel dan high place altar 1340-723 BC. They're Digging ...
... Jeroboam turned the monotheistic worship of YHWH into his own system of polytheism that included the worship of many pagan gods, most notably, the Golden Calf Israel worshipped at Mt. Sinai during the exodus. Jeroboam joins others in history who singlehandedly invented a new religion: i. Akhenaten and Muhammad turned a pagan polytheism into a pagan monotheism through force conversion. ii. Buddha ... Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of what are no gods." (2 Chronicles 13:6-9) Scripture specifically says the religion was something he ... All the while God's true religion was centered in Shiloh where the tabernacle of Moses and the Ark of the Covenant resided. 6. The reader in 700 BC would understand the origin of the idolatry of ... In the parable of the "Tares", Jesus warns of false religions that closely resemble pure New Testament Christianity. Jeroboam did the same thing when he created a new religion for the ten tribes that ... ...
...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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228: List of 300 Old Testament quotes in New Testament
... In fact what we see in the way Christians (who grew up as Jews, worshipping every Sabbath in Synagogues) quoted the Old testament, is exactly how all the Rabbis of the day down to the present connect two seemingly unconnected passages. c. ... it escaped the minor deliberate Jewish changes in text in 160 AD. One of several examples is Hebrew 1:6 that quotes an old testament verse that the "Angels are to worship Jesus" yet none can be found in most Christian Bibles because they are based upon the Jewish Masoretic Text. ... "And you, O Bethlehem of Ephrath, Least among the clans of Judah, From you one shall come forth To rule Israel for Me- One whose origin is from of old, From ancient times." (Micah 5:1) Matthew 2:15 Hosea 11:1 "He stayed there until Herod ... I alone am left, and they are out to take my life."" (1 Kings 19:14) Romans 11:4 I Kings 19:18 "But what was the divine response to him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand people who have not bent the knee to Baal."" (Romans 11:4) ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/List-of-300-Old-Testament-passage-quotes-in-New-Testament-Septuagint-Codex-Vaticanus-LXX-Masoretic-MT-Jewish-Tanakh-Bible.htm
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229: Mental Illness Diagnosis and cures
... A child could answer these simple questions, only someone with a Ph.D. in Psychiatry would find it complex and difficult. Changes in human behaviour have their origin in the free will choice of the ... The only person who can change a person is that person himself. ...being able to help a client set himself free by assuming more, not less, responsibility for his behavior and feelings." (Seven ... How do you bring about a change in will? 1. A major change in outlook or beliefs, like conversion from atheism to Christianity. This is well documented. 2. A structural change or personal commitment: ... Click to View Full discussion of reactions of the person being counseled to your advice Click to View Non-Christian counseling and therapy methods examined counselor Click to View Scientistic language ... Imagine popping a pill in their mouth and they suddenly, for the first time in their lives, have the urge to read the Bible and attend church every Sunday. This is the fictional idea that people have ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-cures.htm
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230: Is the Catholic church an infallible interpreter of scripture ...
... In the following, a Catholic authority affirms that we should do as the Jews of the Old Testament and follow the priests.: "But in those times the faithful did not attempt to interpret scripture for themselves. For the Jewish people in the pre-Christian era, the synagogue ... The Catholic Church is the major cause of division in Christianity, not private interpretation of Scripture. The Catholic Church is truly the mother of division because every major division in Christianity originated and came out of the Catholic Church. Most of the human traditions in Protestantism today originated in Catholicism, e.g,, infant baptism, instrumental music in worship, observance of Christmas and Easter, etc. Nearly all denominations ... The Bible Is A Confusing Book, Knights of Columbus Religious Information Bureau, St. Louis, 1948. The Faith of Millions, John A. O'Brien, Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Ind., 1938. The Faith of Our Fathers, James Cardinal Gibbons, John Murphy Co., Baltimore, Md., 1917. ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-church-interpreter.htm
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231: The Myth Of Psychotherapy, Thomas Szasz, 1979 AD
... Anyone imprisoned by passion is unfree and unhappy."7 Edmund Burke also said this; he said it earlier and without metaphorizing moral unfreedom as medical disease. Johann Christian Heinroth 71 ... Madness is a disease of the reason . .. [which] originated from the passions within the soul. . . . In madness the spirit is fettered and man, just as in passion (both being indissolubly linked), is ... Because I regard psychotherapy as a moral rather than a medical enterprise, it is reasonable to inquire into the religious origin, development, and self-identification of the founder of ... V One of Freud's most powerful motives in life was the desire to inflict vengeance on Christianity for its traditional anti-Semitism. This idea has been suggested by Freud himself, and has been ... dominant religion of the majority, than it decreed that non-Christians were insane, that their places of worship could not be called churches, and that they were fit subjects for the penalty of death. ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/the-myth-of-psychotherapy-thomas-szasz-1979ad.htm
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232: The Book of Jubilees: A fictional Jewish chronology of real world ...
This meant that annual festivals would fall on the same day of the week each year but never on a Sabbath. While the first century Jews were familiar with the Jubilee calendar, they used a 365 day ... The truth is this, when a Rabbi gives any date for world history, ignore his answer and ask a Christian for the correct date. d. Without Christians, Jews today would be lost in both history and ... calendar of 364 days on the Jewish people toward the end of the second century B.C. The year was made up of 364 days and was divisible by seven, so that every feast fell on the same day of the week. ... And each of them will worship his own (idol) so as to go astray. And they will sacrifice their children to the demons and to every work of the error of their heart. The murder of prophets, the ... And he took one bone from the midst of his bones for the woman. And that rib was the origin of the woman from the midst of his bones. And he built up the flesh in place of it, and he constructed a ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/book-of-Jubilees-full-text-PDF-Free-Online-Chronology-ancient-Jewish-calendar-Textual-variants-Bible-Old-Testament-Torah-Tanakh-Rabbinical-Judaism-170BC.htm
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233: Sin was viewed as the cause (etiology) of mental illness
... This means that Robinson's actual observations were correct. What he could not observe (somatic origin) was not correct. The same is true with modern psychiatry. In summary, Nicholas Robinson believed that mental illness was caused by bad ... From their Apostacy [falling away from Christianity] we may derive all our miseries; both the pains and sicknesses that afflict our Bodies, and the fears and terrors that overwhelm our Souls." (A Discourse Concerning Trouble of Mind and ... Like a preachers wife who is secretly committing adultery with a man against her husband during the week, then showing up at church every Sunday and presenting herself as the model Christian! This has the power to literally tear the mind in two. It is also well documented! "ANOTHER ... Not at all, she appeared incapable, the mind appeared gone very much; she was about thirty years of age; and it appeared, I think, that about seven years before she was a very respectable maid-servant, who lived in various reputable ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-causes-etiology-historic-pre-1858ad.htm
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234: Mental Illness cures: (EDS-7) Etiological Diagnostic Snapsheet
For example, the etiology (origin) of lung cancer is smoking. b. The etiology (cause) of financial loss is getting convicted of drunk driving. c. The etiology of most of our current problems is a ... Eccl 4:1; 7:7 Discover what personal benefit is derived from insanity. Super Spiritualism, Super-Christian Syndrome Excessive singing, praising, prayer, fasting, talking about Jesus, evangelism, Bible ... High self-esteem, Selfish, revenge, fame, attention, escape Call anyone and ask their help with your problem. Religious commitment I attend church every Sunday Click to View at this church: ... This is because biopsychiatrists are really atheistic evolutionary humanists who hate the Bible, Christianity and God. The hypocrisy in their atheism is that they have appointed themselves gods and ... his acts being seven ages." (William Shakespeare) These "coded messages" sent through psychotic behaviour are manipulative because they are a vehicle to achieve a specific personal selfish benefit. ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-cures-EDS-7-etiological-diagnostic-snapsheet.htm
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235: Josh McDowell's Powerful Evidience for Resurrection
... Gamaliel, who was a member of the Jewish high court, the Sanhedrin, put forth the suggestion that the rise of the Christian movement was God's doing; he could not have done that if the tomb were still ... And no shred of evidence has yet been discovered in literary sources, epigraphy, or archaeology that would disprove this statement." FACT #3: LARGE STONE MOVED On that Sunday morning the first thing ... There exists no document from the ancient world, witnessed by so excellent a set of textual and historical testimonies . . . Skepticism regarding the historical credentials of Christianity is based ... them in life and in death, at the most could only have given it an elegiac voice, but could by no possibility have changed their sorrow into enthusiasm, have elevated their reverence into worship." ... Josh McDowell, according to a recent survey, is one of the most popular speakers among university students today. He has spoken on more than 650 university and college campuses to more than seven ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/d-resurrection-evidence-Josh-McDowell.htm
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236: The Founding of Aelia Capitolina and the Chronology of the Jewish ...
The Jewish war under Hadrian rather than the more familiar struggle of 74 A.D. was the dying agony of Jewish nationalism; it was the later war which effected the final separation between Christianity and Mosaic Judaism and determined the ... where he founded Aelia .4 All this according to Epiphanius happened "forty-seven years after the destruction of Jerusalem," i.e., in 117 A.D. Of the founding Epiphanius says: "ALapWrat oup d `Adptapds rip xb)4p Krlaat, ou fAJP ra iep&." ... But as time went on the Jews gradually became aware that Hadrian, so far from reviving the glories of the ancient capital, was in reality building in place of it a Roman camp-city, pagan in character, specifically dedicated to the worship of the emperor as the earthly manifestation of ... Whatever may be thought of this reconstruction, it will be admitted, I think, that the new evidence favors the view that the Jewish and Christian traditions deserve more respect than they have received of late, that the building of Aelia ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-founding-of-aelia-capitolina-chronology-jewish-war-under-hadrian-william-d-gray-1923ad.htm
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237: The Iron Age Fortresses at En Haseva, Rudolph Cohen, 1995 AD
... At Horvat Qitmit, only a few objects were complete even after restoration. The assemblage included sixty-seven day objects and sevenUnearthed in the final stratum of (En Haseva's Iron Age life, this ... Manasseh is charged by the biblical record with engag-ing in idol worship (2 Kgs 21:1-16; 2 Chr 33:1-19), setting up once again the high places, and installing a sculpted image in the holy Temple (2 ... god; altars to astral deities, probably of Mesopotamian origin were erected in the Temple itself. But Manasseh's actions went much farther than this and constituted a thorough-going repudiation of the reform party and all its works. The local shrines of Yahweh, which Hezekiah had attempted to suppress, were restored. Pagan cults and practices of both native and foreign were allowed to ... Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supple-ment Series 146. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. Albright, W. F. 1940 From the Stone Age to Christianity: Monotheism and the Historical Process ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-iron-age-fortresses-negev-ein-haseva-rudolph-cohen-1995ad.htm
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238: The Septuagint, LXX: 10 Archeological proofs the Septuagint Tanakh ...
... Tanakh was a Jewish translation before Christ, then they might as well convert to Christianity because the word "Virgin" in LXX Isa 7:14 was chosen by Jews in 200 BC not Christians in 400 AD. b. ... This scroll was corrected by Jewish scribes to make it agree with the Hebrew manuscript of the day. The book order and text closely follows the Masoretic. If this was a Christian production in 300 AD, ... the fact that an entire series of apocalyptic documents (not to mention the Qumran documents) originated in precisely the period that interests us, from the third century bce to the second century ce. ... and also strengthened the political self-consciousness of Jews in Egypt; at a few points the Ptolemaic-Egyptian milieu and the historical situation of its origin becomes evident (cf. Isa. 19:18-21). ... Accordingly, the Jewish people never use the Septuagint in their worship or religious studies because it is recognized as a corrupt text." (Let's Get Biblical, Tovia Singer, The Virgin Birth: A ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-entire-Tanakh-39-books-translated-complete-by-150BC.htm
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239: Is Scientology A Religion? YES! Alan Black
... Religions typically have particular practices in which people engage. The form of these practices varies greatly and may include such activities as worship, preaching, prayer, meditation, confession, ... In Christianity, Jesus summed up his ethical teaching in the commandment "love your neighbour as yourself." At least in some measure, the ethical dimension of a religion may tie in with parts of its doctrinal and mythic dimensions. For example, the Buddha's injunction to refrain from intoxicants is consistent with his perception that such substances would obstruct self-awareness. The Christian ... The practical and ritual dimension of Scientology also contains other elements similar in some respects to those found in other religions. In a Sunday service within the Church of Scientology, one ... Corresponding section II.VII. Table of Contents IV. CONCLUSION The above analysis shows that the seven dimensions of religion identified by Smart are all present in Scientology. It also shows that ... ...
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240: Rapture Doctrine invented by John Darby in 1830 AD
The origin of Rapture False doctrine: John Darby 1830 AD See our main Rapture page here. click to view Rapture doctrine did not exist before John Darby invented it in 1830 AD. Before it "popped into ... The only doctrine more recent is the invention of the sinner's prayer for salvation by Billy Sunday in 1930, which was made popular by Billy Graham in 1935. 2. The fact that John Nelson Darby invented ... Each of the first 69 weeks was a period of seven years, but he last week has already been almost 2000 years. The prophetic clock starts ticking again at the "Rapture" which is the beginning of the ... This means that they do not even need any Biblical passages to prove their new doctrine. They, as prophets, believe God has revealed it to them as a brand new Christian doctrine, that the first ... to for Van Impe to glue the viewers to the TV given the changing of the Millennium and the Y2K hysteria that set in on 1999 and the popular prediction of the pagan cultist Nostradamus (d. 1566 AD). i. ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-origin-john-nelson-darby-1830ad.htm
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241: Seventh Day Adventist Church controversy: The Arrest and Trial ...
... I think one was just as true as the other, and that God never told her any such thing. (An Examination of Mrs. Ellen White's Visions, Miles Grant, Boston: Published by the Advent Christian Publication ... James Ayer, Jr., owned the home in which Dammon's arrest took place and he did testify at the trial. But it is his father who was seventy-two at the time of the incident, and eighty-seven when ... Following is an article that was published by the Piscataquis Farmer that gives a picture of the type of worship that Ellen White was involved in during the 1840's. Israel Dammon was a preacher that ... Know Elder Dammon--I went to attend their meeting once: they told me there would be none--I asked them where it would be on the next Sabbath? They told me they know not where; but they did not admit ... WITNESSES FOR STATE. EBENEZER LAMBERT, Esq., sworn. Last Sunday evening Loton Lambert told me the story of the meeting the evening before--he related as he testified yesterday almost verbatim. JOHN ... ...
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242: Trinity proof texts: John 8:58
... Again He says, "I am the truth; " and surely none of us is so simple as to suppose that truth did not exist before the time when Christ appeared. We worship, therefore, the Father of truth, and the Son, who is the truth; and these, while they are two, considered as persons or subsistences, are one in unity of ... Schonfield, an advocate of the "swoon theory" is quoted by the Muslims in support of their view that Jesus didn't actually die on the cross. Jehovah's Witnesses habitually quote faithless men like this to trash the trinity. ("The origin of the [Trinity] is entirely pagan." (The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, quoted in "Should you believe in the Trinity, ... In light of the apparent meaning of the name "Yahweh" and the expression EHYEH ASHER EHYEH, it would seem that the Old Testament itself laid the foundation for the eventual obsolescence of the name "Yahweh" in Christian piety. This is confirmed by the fact YHWH or anything like it, is not used even once ... ...
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243: Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Matthew 2:23 "He shall be ...
... No wonder they said, "But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed." (John 7:49) The etymological origin of the name Nazareth is unknown, but archeological excavation indicate it was an ... (John 6:69) Peter's first and second sermons that resulted in over 5000 Jews converting to Christianity contained direct references to Jesus being the Holy One of God: "You will not allow Your Holy ... The Christians then connected the allusion that Jesus would be holy like a Nazarite in a metaphoric sense: The name of the "messiah branch" is HOLY: "For seven women will take hold of one man in that ... C. JESUS THE DESPISED: Jesus was associated with a town of bad reputation: "Nazareth" Towns you don't want to say you are from today if you are a Christian: Sin city: Las Vegas Immoral/crazy city: San ... was already calling "Jesus the Nazarene". It is the most common way he was referred to in the first century. Even the pagan Roman soldier asked Jesus at his arrest, "Are you Jesus the Nazarene?". ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Matthew-2-23-triple-messianic-prophecy-Jesus-called-Nazarene-branch-from-branchland-holy-despised-Nazareth.htm
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244: Prophecy Blunders! 100 Years of Failed Watchtower prophecies
... If any of you ever find anything better, we hope you will tell us." (Watchtower, Dec 15, 1914, p. 376.) 1914 "Studying God's Word, we have measured the 2520 years, the seven symbolic times, from that ... And though the Bible contains no direct statement that the seventh thousand will be the epoch of Christ's reign, the great Sabbath Day of restitution to the world, yet the venerable tradition is not ... It was the desire of the eyes of the people, that which all Christians loved. Nevertheless, God was to make manifest the profanation which ecclesiasticism had made of the Christian Church, and to ... that escape shall come to the works of Pastor Russell to learn the meaning of the downfall of Christianity. (The Finished Mystery, 1917 edition, p. 485) 1917 As the fleshly-minded apostates from ... Being of divine origin and divinely corroborated, present-truth chronology stands in a class by itself, absolutely and unqualifiedly correct...." (Watchtower, July 15, 1922 p. 217) 1922 '1914 ended ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/Jw-Prophecy.htm
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245: Lovesick, a romantic novel. Commentary on Song of Solomon, Canticles ...
... Given his many foreign pagan wives, Solomon eventually built temples to each of the four idol gods of the land: Ashtoreth of Sidon, Milcom and Molech of Ammon, Chemosh of Moab (1 Kings 11:1-13). For ... Rather it means that she is a woman of faith who obeys the laws revealed in the Bible. Every woman who is an obedient, faithful Christian is "prudent". The proverb does not mean God has chosen one ... Islam has no trust that women can keep themselves virgins so puts them into bondage and will not tolerate the female form in public. Christianity trusts women and puts the full responsibility of a ... "He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005." (1 Kings 4:32) From whose point of view it is considered "best" is in question. This is a song about carnal love, not spiritual worship. God ... Solomon held fast to these in love. He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-song-of-solomon-song-canticles-abishag-shepherd-boy-love-triangle-960bc.htm
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246: Biblical Evangelism: Biblical Guidelines to Effective Evangelism ...
... Most conservative churches do most of these well. There are two or three of these that we must wisely work on! Here are seven things that are essential to growth today! 1. Strong Bible Teaching All of the groups that are growing today are groups ... A Southern Baptist preacher calculated that it took $12,058.00 in just facilities cost in 1989 for every new Southern Baptist member which they added. (Christianity Today, March 5, 1990; page 24) Look at your financial report. Deduct money sent ... In an inter-city group or in a decreasing congregation with many empty pews, it is critical that the message of too much space and distance be recognized and read. The wise response removes pews down to 3 feet of pew per person in average Sunday morning worship. ... They should not live with students with either a strong denominational or a strong immoral turn. It is best for a freshman to be in with a second, third, or fourth year student who is an active Christian. The second most important factor in that ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-harold-comer-biblical-evangelism.htm
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247: The Exodus Route: Red Sea Camp at the Straits of Tiran
... Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (John 3:3-5) 2. The Red Sea crossing proves that Christian water baptism is by full immersion not ... Saturday - Friday 220 km Red Sea Camp: 484 km Exodus 14:1-4 17-24 Saturday-Saturday 24 km Cross Red sea: 500 km Exodus 14:13-31 25 Sunday 16 km Total 2. Daily rates of travel from Goshen to Tiran: Calculating rates of travel from Goshen ... Red Sea Crossing at Tiran (16 km included in Goshen to Red Sea 500 km) 16 km 1 - 1 16 km/day 10 miles/day Red Sea to Sinai (Camp days: 7 days in wilderness of Sin including 1st sabbath, 3 days at Rephidim, 2nd sabbath) 200 km 22 11 11 18 ... Pi-Hahiroth looking towards the Migdol Click to View Pi-Hahiroth looking towards Etham Click to View looking from Baal-Zephon, the pagan cult mountain that was a center for Baal worship Click to View After they crossed the Red Sea they entered the wilderness of Shur Click to View How ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-straits-of-tiran.htm
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248: Shem as Melchizedek: A test case for validating or falsifying ...
... of the spir[it] as Dan[iel] said [about him: Dan 9:25 «Until an anointed, a prince, it is seven weeks.» And the messenger of] good who announ[ces salvation] is the one about whom it is written ... Although several ancient Targums have been discovered, no fragments of Genesis chapters 5, 11, 14 have been found. b. If a Targum was found that dates to before Christianity it would validated the ... early times. 11QtargJob may have originated as early as 200 B.C.E., and may have been the same as the Targum of Job known to Rabbi Gamaliel I ( 25-50 c.E.) and his grandson Gamaliel II (90-110 C.E.). ... [Melchizedek]."" (Seder Olam Rabbah 21:77, 160 AD) c. Seder Olam equates Shem with Melchizedek to counter the Christian Doctrine that Jesus Christ alone was the type of Melchizedek's priesthood: i. ... (Targum Neofiti to the Pentateuch, Hebrew Union College, Genesis 14:18, 2005 AD) c. "AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE PALESTINIAN PENTATEUCH TARGUMS: In this introduction we are dealing with the Palestinian ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Shem-was-Melchizedek-Masoretic-chronology-Messiah-Jesus-Christ-priesthood.htm
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249: Historical overview of Psychiatry: 1550 BC - 2010 AD
... Apart from being stupid, it is a deliberate misrepresentation of what Descartes said. Further, since Christian know that the spirit uses the brain as a way of connecting with the body, perhaps ... Descartes was in fact, voicing the majority view for his time. It was not until the 1900's that psychiatry rejected Christianity for the idea that man is nothing but a pile of chemicals. (The passions ... Hearing the voice of God or an angel was known right up to the 19th century as "Enthusiasm" "For Enthusiasm is nothing else but a misconceit of being inspired ... The Origin of such peremptory ... Those living in passion and madness merely fail to conduct their lives according to the rule of good (are godless), but those living actively in vice worship evil (are sons of Satan)." Heinroth ... Amazingly, Datura stramonium, which is a poison that acts as a hallucination, was also claimed to cure insanity when given over days or weeks in increasing doses. "Seven were cured, and three ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-overview.htm
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250: bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rolalyn-maqsood-petra ...
... The dominant belief current in the Middle East at that period was the depressing one that under the earth lay the infernal dwelling-place, the land of no return. To enter it you had to penetrate seven ... refers to Christianity, but it was the mythology that lay behind the Dushrat/Al-Uzza cult, the Baal cults and fertility religions of the old Testament, the mystery cults of Isis, Osiris, Dionysus, Attis, Tammuz, Demeter and Persephone, and - above all - Mithras, the most popular elitist cult favoured by the 53 Roman military. It was precisely this seductive mythology of Triad worship that the ... "They make the jinn equal with God, though God did create the jinn; and they falsely attribute to Him sons and daughters ... To Him is the primal origin of the heavens and the earth; how can He have a ... Until the C13 CE the shrine was in the care of Greek Christian monks. In the C7 CE the guardian of this tomb was a certain Bahira. The Prophet Muhammad - then aged about ten - was travelling to ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rosalyn-maqsood-petra-a-travelers-guide-1994ad.htm
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