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Joel 2:28, Promise of the Father, Baptism of the Holy Spirit ... ... When you realize that full water immersion (baptism) was widely practiced every Sabbath before entering synagogues as early as 280 BC, it becomes natural for Jesus to employ baptism as a new metaphor for the same supernatural endowment which is ... What we see in John 14,15,16 is the miraculous, what we do not see is the non-miraculous personal indwelling. The fact that Jesus says that the Holy Spirit "will be in you [miraculously]" (John 14:17) merely echoes numerous Old Testament examples ... The Gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38; 10:44-45) which simply cannot be anything BUT miraculous. 6. Stop overcomplicated a simple thing. The first century church was a miraculously "Spirit filled church". Every single Christian from AD 33 to 100 either ... B. Discussion: 1. A pledge is a tangible down payment of more of the same to come in the future as illustrated in Heb 6:4-5. 2. A seal is directly related to ancient document security. a. A seal ring is an inscribed stone pressed into clay. b. A ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Gift-of-the-Holy-Spirit-miraculous-Joel2-28-Promise-of-the-Father-Baptism-Acts2-38.htm

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Matthew was NOT originally written in Hebrew: JW's are false ... ... Or does Papias' statement suggest that this tradition arose in connection with a document other than our gospel? We cannot be sure, but the writers of the early Christian centuries offer us no other candidate for authorship, and a tradition which is both early and unanimous should not be simply assumed to be false ... However, they may have been referring to a writing by Matthew other than his Gospel account. Papias, for example, said Matthew compiled the sayings (logia) of Jesus. Those "sayings" might have been a second, shorter account of the Lord's words, written in Aramaic and sent to a group of Jews for whom it would have ... R. C. H. Lenski, Gospel of Matthew, p 11-19 Introduction 11 The Hebrew Composition of Matthew While the ancient church is absolutely unanimous in ascribing the First Gospel to Matthew, the man who i occupies the seventh or the eighth place in the New Testament lists of the apostles, a number of ancient writers report that Matthew wrote something in Hebrew. The first ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-YHWH-hebrew-matthew.htm

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Geographic variation caused New Testament canon variation from ... If the Orthodox church really is illuminated by the Holy Spirit so that men can trust her as "God's organization", why was she so wrong about something so simple? II. Summary overview of the development of the canon of the New Testament: 33 AD, Pentecost: Jesus initially made the promise of divine inspiration through ... Second and Third Century, p 385, 2002) Thus it is entirely possible to possess scriptures without having a canon, and this was in fact the situation in the first few centuries of the Christian church. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Geoffrey Mark Hahneman, The Muratorian Fragment and the Origins of the New Testament ... However, the process of determining the outer limits of the apostolic writings developed, often in heated debate, until the end of the fourth century at which time both the Eastern and Western branches of the church reached a decision regarding the canon's scope which then generally became normative for the ancient ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-why-varied-geography-30-400AD.htm

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Weigall, Arthur: The Paganism in Our Christianity Problem is, Weigall claims to have found 27 major Bible doctrines to exist in Pagan religions before it was first recorded in the Bible. Such a conclusion is simply invalid and for this reason, it is utter ... "The origin of the [Trinity] is entirely pagan." (The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, as quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) "Historian Arthur Weigall notes: "Jesus Christ never mentioned such a phenomenon, and nowhere in the New Testament does the word 'Trinity' appear. The idea was only adopted by the Church ... The ceremony of eating an incarnate god's body and drinking his blood is, of course, of very ancient, and originally cannibalistic, inception, and there are several sources from which the Christian rite may be ... It was only natural, therefore, that Christianity should also identify its Founder with God; yet though the idea passes through the minds of the Christian writers of the Second and Third Centuries, it was widely ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Weigall.htm

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SUMMARY: PROOF that TRINITY is NOT of PAGAN origin! "The fact that the church fathers never defend trinity against a charge of pagan influence is significant. If the source was so obviously pagan, then there would have been a huge outcry! But as it is, ... believe their doctrine is of Pagan origin, but they also teach, often in the same paragraph, that all these doctrines are of pagan origin: virgin birth, Jesus moral teachings, Jesus resurrection etc. ... But they actually use the quotes in two different ways. First, they will simply selectively quote Trinitarian sources without saying they are Trinitarian in order to give the impression that ... Reason #4: Incomplete research & incompetent conclusions! Anti-trinitarians ignore the larger picture the data paints! In collecting data on ancient paganism and idolatry, there are examples of ... between the twentieth and seventeenth centuries B.C. Yet they all match the outline of Genesis 1-11. GILGAMESH: Following are the main characters from Gilgamesh, an epic of the Sumerian peoples. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-not-pagan-reasons.htm

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The Error of the Catholic Nicene Trinity ... The Tri-unity represents the effort to think out the Trinity, and so to afford it a reasonable basis. The first Christians had with St. Paul a saving experience of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the love of God, and of the communion of the Holy Ghost; and the theologians of the ancient Church sought to set forth the Christian experience in logical terms of reason. In the effort they were led, inevitably, to effect an alliance between the gospel of their salvation and the speculative philosophy, and more especially the Platonism, in which they had been trained, while, in making ... The trinity of God is defined by the Church as the belief that in God are three persons who subsist in one nature. The belief as so defined was reached only in the 4th and 5th centuries AD and hence is not explicitly and formally a biblical belief. The trinity of persons within the unity of nature is defined in terms of "person" and "nature" which are Gk philosophical terms; actually the terms do not ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-catholic-nicene.htm

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Brown, Colin: New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology Selected quotes mislead reader to wrong conclusion & Give false impression that if intimate details of trinity are not in the Bible that Jesus is a creature. Brown, Colin: New International Dictionary of ... There seems to be no precursor of this idea in any significant usage of the numerical concept in the OT, nor may it reasonably be connected with the occurrence of triads of deities in ancient Near Eastern paganism." (New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Colin Brown, 1932, God, vol 2, Three, p687, C. J. Hemer) "As far as we can establish, the NT church did not ... It sets out the action of God in salvation history, placing God, Christ and the Holy Spirit in their right relationship: God first sends the Son and then the Spirit of his Son to continue the work of ... In this connection Matt. 23:8-10 must also be mentioned, where Jesus draws the disciples' attention to the fact that they have one master (himself) and one God in heaven. In all these statements the two ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Brown.htm

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Replacement Theology, supersessionism: Christians are God's Jews ... ... 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 fleshly/physical Israel that utterly rejects Christ. ...you believe Jews must believe in Jesus to be saved and are as lost as Muslims and atheists until they do. (Jn 3:16; Jn 14:6) ...you believe the New Testament (second covenant) of Jesus Christ replaced the Old Testament (first covenant) Jer 31:31 + Heb 8:6-13 ...you believe that ... They all must believe and do the same things to be saved. 6. Paul always began his evangelism in a new city by preaching in the Jewish synagogues. When the Jews rejected the gospel, he turned to the gentiles: "But when the ... and insult to associate the national Jews with the descendants of Hagar as Israelites who are themselves the ancient ancestors of modern Arabs. 4. Paul calls the nation of Israel a lot of unbelieving, out of covenant, "cast ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-christians-are-jews-church-is-israel.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Matthew 24 The Olivet Discourse ... Their cardinal error of Full-Preterists applies 21st century hermeneutics to ancient Jewish scripture in a way that ignores the Midrashic interpretive method used by the Holy Spirit in designing messianic prophecy. b. There were plenty of warning signs ... 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 ... Mt 1-2: Genealogy, birth, Nazareth - Unit 1 Mt 3-4: John, baptism, temptation, call of Peter, Andrew, James and John, First teaching in Galilean synagogues Sermon on the Mount: Matt 5-7 Unit 2 Mt 8-9 8:1-7: 3 miracles: leper, centurion's servant, Peter's mother in law 8:18-27: Discipleship tested 8:28-9:6: 3 miracles: Calms sea, Gadarenes demoniac, paralytic 9:9-17 Discipleship: Matthew called, following John vs. Jesus 9:18-34: 3 miracles: Talitha cumi, hemorrhaging woman, mute ... ... ...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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Is the RC church infallible and unable to make errors? ... The written Word produces the faith in the hearts of men which brings life in the name of Jesus (John 20:31). It was given to protect us from sin (1 John 2:1) and to show us how we ought to conduct ourselves in the church (1 Tim. 3:14-15). The church cannot go beyond the written Word and be pleasing to God (1 Cor. 4:6). Consequently, the Word of the New Testament existed before the church (first given orally and then written). The church was born of the Word (Matt. 13:19; Luke 8:11). The Word was ... The existence of the Catholic church today is proof that her founder was divine, for no merely human society could endure throughout the centuries as the Catholic church has done. "Unless the Church was a divine institution she had perished long ... Again, we affirm there is no need to have a church succession back to the original church. We need only to plant the seed of the kingdom once again. Wheat seed found in the ancient pyramids of Egypt though thousands of years old, when planted, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-church-infallible.htm

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Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology JW's project the false impression that ancient Babylonians would not label the Watchtower version of God as a Triad. (Father-true God, Son-a created demi-god and Holy Spirit-the force or energy of God) Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Click to View How the quote appears in "Should you believe in the Trinity", Watchtower, JW's booklet. "'The Triad of the Great Gods': Many centuries before the ... The great primordial principle of fertility and fecundity, at first worshipped by the Sumerians, was quickly dispersed into a crowd of divinities who had no precise connection with each other. Later, ... Just as the lesser Babylonian gods called Anu as their "Father", so too JW's and Trinitarians, even all Christians believe that Jehovah is called "Father" by Jesus. But it gets worse for JW's! Just as ... Like the Greek Zeus he symbolised the forces of nature and again like Zeus he was soon considered to be the master of men's fates. When the people of Babylon took over the gods of Sumer, far from ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Larousse.htm

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Why I left the Roman Catholic church! (personal testimony) ... The Next Reason I Left Is Because The Bible Only Is The All Sufficient Guide To Salvation, But The Catholic Church Teaches That It Is Not. The Catholic Catechism For Adults on page 52 says, "Can you learn to save your soul just by reading the Bible? No, because certain things in the Bible can be misunderstood, and because the Bible does not have everything God taught." Notice that the first part ... be giving are from Catholic translations. 2 Tim. 3:15-17 says, "And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures, which can instruct thee to salvation, by faith which is Christ Jesus. ... Before we pass from the consideration of this subject, let me say that the Catholic Church ordered sprinkling or pouring of water upon one's head as baptism about A.D. 1311. Thirteen centuries after ... The sermon was a plain exposition of the Scriptures with frequent reference thereto and it was master-fully delivered. The young man remained away until the entire sermon had been preached and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-why-I-left.htm

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Methuselah's begetting Age of Lamech was 187 not 167 years ... Judaism was no longer variegated, but dominated and controlled by one sect, the Pharisees. Their motive to discredit Jesus has profound New Testament theological support. The rabbis possessed adequate ... LXX, LAB, and Josephus provide a triple textual witness to an exceptionally ancient Hebrew text with the higher begetting ages in Genesis 5, while the LXX, SP, and Josephus provide a triple textual witness to the same Hebrew text's higher begetting ages in Genesis 11. This evidence of the longer chronology from the first century AD and earlier affirms the claim that the begetting ages in the ... "My word will accomplish what I desire and succeed in the purpose for which I sent it." (Isa 55:11) The Septuagint LXX "Scripture Cannot Be Broken" Start Here: Master Introduction and Index Six Bible ... By Steve Rudd: November 2017: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go to: Main Bible Manuscripts Page Go to: Main Ancient Synagogue Start Page Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Book-of-Genesis5-25-Methuselah-begetting-Age-Lamech-187-167-years-Bible-Manuscript-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-Septuagint-LXX-Masoretic-MT-scribal-gloss-error.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Matthew 2:23 "He shall be ... ... Most of these already had long hair and their only battle was not getting caught drinking beer or partaking the Lord's Supper in church. The phonic similarity between Nazarene and Nazarite would cause early Christians to explore messianic passages that predicted Jesus would be a Nazarite who would "vow" not shave his hair or drink wine like Samson. "the designation "Nazarene" might have been intended to ... Luke's infancy narrative shares significant parallels with that of Samuel the Nazirite in 1 Sam 2" (Lexham Bible dictionary, Nazareth, 2016 AD) The Septuagint (LXX) was the standard text used in every synagogue inside and outside Israel in the first century because nobody could speak Hebrew any more except the ... Matthew made the application of these messianic prophecies like a master scholar. 8. This is typical Midrashic style and is useful as a guide in decoding the Olivet Discourse. By Steve Rudd 2020: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click Your Choice Go To ... ... ...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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595 BC: Bulla of Hananiah son of Azariah: False prophet. Bible ... ... years older than the synagogue. The inscription reads : lhnnyhw ' (Belonging) to Hananiah bnlbr son of Achbor' Of particular interest is the name Achbor 'mouse' (2 Kings xxii.I2), names of animals being rare in inscriptions. (Documents from Old Testament Times: Ancient Texts and Translations, D. Winton Thomas, p 225, 2006 AD) I. Nebuchadnezzar's Dream and the golden statue he built: 1. In 602 BC Daniel interprets the dream of Nebuchadnezzar's 5 succeeding world kingdoms statue where he is the head of gold. (Babylon, Medo-persia, Greece, Rome, Church.) 2. In 603 BC Nebuchadnezzar begins ... of his reign. (Now Seraiah was quartermaster.) So Jeremiah wrote in a single scroll all the calamity which would come upon Babylon, that is, all these words which have been written concerning Babylon. ... He brought Zedekiah, along with the other world leaders to witness first hand the miracle and meet in person Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-nego. b. Zedekiah likely shook the hands or hugged or kissed ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-archeology-jeremiah-clay-bullae-seal-inscription-property-of-Belonging-to-Hananiah-son-of-Azariah-Azzur-false-prophet-Jer28-1-17-594bc.htm

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Does God Approve Instrumental Music in church? ... If, indeed, instruments of music were used to summons worshippers or were used within the Jewish ritual, and if, indeed, the apostles and their converts went there to worship, this failed entirely to influence the music of the New Testament church. The scriptures command singing and cannot be interpreted as including the use of instruments of music. Also, clear, well-documented historical evidence shows that the Christians of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth centuries worshipped without using instruments of music. As shown in Part I of this series, the Bible commands singing; therefore, if we are ... Active languages change with time; words change their meaning and the way words are used change. Words often have several different meanings and we can tell which meaning is intended only by seeing how the word is used. This is true of modern English as surely as it was true of ancient languages, including the Greek in which the New Testament was written. Consider, for example, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-instrumental-music.htm

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Encyclopedia of Pentecostal ministries and preachers ... Body Ministry We believe in the ministry of the Holy Spirit to the Church body through the anointing of oil by the elders of the church. We make this ministry available to all at each worship service. Evangelism We believe that evangelism is the obligation of every follower of Jesus Christ. The Lord commands us to go out and make disciples in all of the Earth. We believe that each person is first responsible to evangelism in their own family as the Holy Spirit leads them and gives them the ability. Water ... Possible, 101) While Oral Roberts considered Jack Coe "a man of great faith", many other well-known religious leaders considered Coe a master of gimmicks and fabrications. (Hank Hanegraaff, Counterfeit Revival, 1997, pg. 137) Not much wonder! ... There's nine of them! he told his congregation by revelation knowledge, but probably got the idea from Dake's Annotated Reference Bible, where this ancient heresy was revived on page 55. Hinn taught the same heresy as Hagin and Copeland, that ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-encyclopedia-pentecostal-preachers.htm

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Lesson 19: Baptism Is Immersion Master index of 25 studies: "Determine your salvation" Lesson 19 Click to View Baptism Is Immersion Our word "baptize" is translated from the original Greek word "baptizo", which means to immerse. "Baptizo" does not mean sprinkle or pour. If our Lord had ... Could it be "because there was much water there" in a river? In Mark 1:9-10, we continue to read, "And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And immediately, coming up out of the ... But we then ask the question, where then did sprinkling or pouring come from? The first recorded case in all of early church history was that of Novatian in 251 AD, who lay sick on his bed and water was poured on him. Who made this first exception, man or God? Man did without the authorization of God. God has not approved of it. Sprinkling is just as vain as if it had never been done. This man made exception over the centuries became the man made accepted practice until at the Council ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/salvation-19-baptism-is-immersion.htm

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Peutinger Map: A Translation of Bible Cities and the Exodus Route ... This leads one to the conclusion that the Peutingerian Table, is the result of successive copies and overprints carried out at various times from one or several ancient originals. The oldest information probably goes back to before 79 AD ... Peninsula through a vision and dream. 2. The world church Patriarchal system came into being in 381 AD (see below) and since two of the five are given no special position, it would seem the map was drafted before this period. 3. Red roofed buildings may be Roman outposts or Byzantine churches. a. The Red roof is ceramic tiles. b. Archeology has located Byzantine churches at all of the locations on the Peutinger map. 4. "Suggestions generally range from the first through the fourth or even early fifth centuries c.e. ... Here is a catalogue of over 50 historic exodus route maps. 5. See details of the Exodus route of the Bible. IV. MASTER CITY NAME LIST: Translation list of Cities, churches, capitals and other notations of interest on the Peutinger Map: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-Tabula-Peutingeriana-Peutinger-map-byzantine-cities-towns-list-translation-Israel-mount-sinai-gulf-of-aqaba-1265ad.htm

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2 Esdras 14: 90 AD. Creation date: 5440 BC ... And thereupon was Ezra caught away and taken to the place of such as were like him, after he had written all these things. But he was called the Scribe of the Knowledge of the Most High for ever and ever. Ended is the first discourse of Ezra." (2 Esdras 14:46-48, 90 AD) a. Ezra says his ... out Jesus coming within the messianic window of the "Days of the Messiah" The Septuagint LXX "Scripture Cannot Be Broken" Start Here: Master Introduction and Index Six Bible Manuscripts 1446 BC Sinai Text (ST) 1050 BC Samuel's Text (SNT) 623 BC Samaritan (SP) 458 BC Ezra's Text (XIV) 282 BC Septuagint (LXX) 160 AD Masoretic (MT) Research Tools OT Textual Variants Messianic expectation 300 OT quotes in NT Canon of the Bible Chronology Charts Seder Olam Rabbah Steve Rudd, November 2017 AD: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections By Steve Rudd: November 2017: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go to: Main Bible Manuscripts Page Go to: Main Ancient Synagogue ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/2Esdras14-Chronology-Genesis5-Textual-variants-Bible-manuscripts-Old-Testament-Torah-Tanakh-creation-5564BC-age-earth-90AD.htm

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creed and beliefs of Baha'i Faith: A brief history & notes on ... ... The site is a major national tourist attraction in Israel and is often included in tours of holy places which include ancient Jewish, Christian and Muslim points of interest. Construction of the ... Manifestation An incarnation of specific attributes of God, (i.e. Jesus - the incarnate Word) Who re-affirms the spiritual teachings of a previous Manifestation, fulfils prophecies of the previous ... Baha'i individual obligations Recognition of the Manifestations 1. The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His revelation and the Fountain ... Within 50 years of this prophecy Jerusalem was destroyed and the people of Israel scattered. By the second century AD the Christian church was composed almost entirely of Gentiles. The people of ... In Daniel 12 a vision is recorded concerning "the time of the end". But you Daniel close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end... Then I Daniel looked and there before me stood ... ... https://www.bible.ca/creed-bahai-beliefs.htm

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Archeology of the Oppression, Exodus and Conquest of Israel: ... There are many other evidences not discussed herein. 2. The Oppression and Exodus Story as told by the Sinai Inscriptions a. Starting in 1905 AD, sixteen ancient Hebrew inscriptions from Egypt were discovered by Hilda & William ... KHIRBET EL-MAQATIR: ALAR OF ABRAHAM, AI OF JOSHUA, EPHRAIM OF JESUS: Et Tel is the Ai "ruin" of Abraham located 1 km east of Khirbet el-Maqatir which was the Ai of Joshua, the first conquest city. The city of Ai of Joshua borrowed the name from Et Tel, which was a ruin at the time of Abraham as a kind of echo-morphic name. Although Ai at ... names Ahisamach, a master craftsman at the turquoise mines. His son, Oholiab had learned the skill from his father and was chosen to be filled with the supernatural gift of the Holy Spirit of knowledge and wisdom. Notice the text says that those who were already skilled, would be given supernatural skill, in order to build the tabernacle furniture like the ark of the covenant. Just as the church began with the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-archeological-evidence-of-the-Exodus-Egyptian-Oppression-Hebrew-Conquest-Israel-Sinai-inscriptions-Jacob-in-Egypt-Joseph-Moses-inscription.htm

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Introduction to the history of psychiatry ... Volunteerism always works better than any government program that tries to replace it. "Thus, after a brief flurry of activity in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, the poor, including the insane poor, continued to be dealt with on a local, parish ... Before his action, members of each local church were commanded by the ministers to support the poor with gifts of alms based upon the Gospel of Jesus. Before Roman Catholic priests and monasteries were abolished in England, the church was the central authority in teaching on the basis of the Gospel, that the poor needed to be supported. "The first (largely abortive) efforts to break with medieval precedent in dealing with the poor came in the sixteenth century. ... However, having just destroyed the very church network (Roman Catholic church) and confiscated their land and buildings, these laws were essentially ignored by the church that remained. The decrees that tried to continue the ancient tradition of churches helping the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-introduction.htm

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Pseudo-Philo: 60 AD Creation in 5886 BC, Septuagint Chronology theology of the period and as a repository for motifs and legends that are paralleled or even unique in ancient Jewish literature." (Dictionary of New Testament Background, Craig Evans, Pseudo-Philo, 2000 AD) 3. About ... Conclusion: 1. Although we do not know who the real author of "Pseudo-Philo" is, it provides an important historical window into first century Jewish messianic thinking. 2. What is clear, is the Pseudo-Philo was using ... until around 150 AD that the Jews altered the chronological numbers in their Hebrew Bible to rule out Jesus coming within the messianic window of the "Days of the Messiah" The Septuagint LXX "Scripture Cannot Be Broken" Start Here: Master Introduction and Index Six Bible Manuscripts 1446 BC Sinai Text (ST) 1050 BC Samuel's Text (SNT) 623 BC ... or corrections By Steve Rudd: November 2017: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go to: Main Bible Manuscripts Page Go to: Main Ancient Synagogue Start Page Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Pseudo-Philo-Liber-Antiquitatum-Biblicarum-Chronology-Genesis5-Textual-variants-Bible-manuscripts-Old-Testament-Torah-Tanakh-creation-5886BC-age-earth-60AD

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Scientology's Relationship With Eastern Religious Traditions Much research focuses on key figures in traditions, since these figures formulate the doctrines and beliefs that become the inspirational sources for followers. Researchers on ancient faiths and their ... Ron Hubbard (1911-1986), presents numerous problems for researchers who attempt to identify the sources upon which he drew to devise Dianetics (in 1950) and the Church of Scientology (from late 1953). ... He was never clear about the nature or extent of the alleged influence, using such vague terms as "ancestor", "first cousin" and "spiritual ties" to describe the alleged connections between them and ... Operating Thetan has not before been known as a state of being on Earth. Neither Lord Buddha nor Jesus Christ were O.T.'s according to the evidence. They were just a shade above Clear (Hubbard[?], ... If any doubt remained that Hubbard was proclaiming himself Maitreya, then he removed it when he stated that "Even your own prophesies Centuries Old Said I would appear In the Western World. I ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-eastern-religions-Kent.htm

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804 BC: "Trust Nebo Alone" and praise statue of Adad-Nirari III ... "To the god Nebo who is heroic, exalted, surpassing in wisdom, mighty prince whose command is supreme, master of the arts, guardian of all heaven and earth, all knowing, whose ear is open [ie. to ... in Nimrud, the ancient city of Calah mentioned in Genesis 10:11-12. There were actually a total of four statues of Nebo, but only two were inscribed with poem of praise to Nebo. Calah (Genesis 10:11-12) is one of four major cities founded by Nimrod (Nimrud). This PRAISE inscription on the statues of Nebo, is SHOCKINGLY SIMILAR to how the Bible describes the one true God, YHWH and Jesus Christ. ... According to the text, he dedicated the statues to the life of the king, Adad-narari III, and the king's mother, Semiramis." (Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC, Adad-Nirari III, Trust ... What you read in the book, you find in the ground! Find me a church to attend in my home town this Sunday! 2 Kings 13:5 "YHWH gave Israel King Jehoahaz & Joash (Israel) a deliverer King Adad-nirari ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-inscriptions-archeology-Adad-Nirari-III-Trust-Nebo-Nebu-alone-Isaiah46-1-stones-trees-stupid-foolish-delusional-statue-Calah-Nimrod-804bc.htm

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Is the Catholic church an infallible interpreter of scripture ... ... The doctrine of an "infallible interpreter" is completely false and wholly unworthy of acceptance for the following reasons. First, it implies that the common people are too ignorant to understand. The religious leaders of Jesus's day thought the ... They must follow men rather than God; they must bow their heads to the commandments of men rather than God's holy precepts. The Bible teaches that each individual is responsible for himself and is not to blindly follow religious leaders. Jesus ... "But in those times the faithful did not attempt to interpret scripture for themselves. For the Jewish people in the pre-Christian era, the synagogue was their voice of scriptural authority; and the Old Testament was preached to them by the Rabbis and fathers of their faith. In like manner, the Catholic Church was the custodian of the inspired writings of the New Testament Gospel nearly four centuries before these writings were collected into a single book and formally declared to be inspired. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-church-interpreter.htm

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500 Flood stories prove Noah's Ark is real history: Epic of Gilgamesh ... in New York. 4. Although there are several different tablets written centuries apart, the oldest copy is dated to 1646-1626 BC, pictured above. 5. That dates the story of Atrah-Hasis to 1646-1626 BC during the reign of Ammi-saduqa, king of Babylon. ... The dichotomous nature of man was clearly understood by the ancient Babylonians and they needed some way to explain it. In making man, one of the lower gods was first cleansed with water by full immersion. This an amazing anti-type of both Jewish Mitzvah washings prescribed by Moses and Immersion in the name of Jesus to "wash away your sins" (Acts 22:16) by the apostles. After the immersion, the god was killed and the spirit from the god was used to make man. In this way the Babylonian creation ... He held the lock and watched the gate. Kalkal roused Nusku. They listened to the noise of the Igigi. Then Nusku roused his master, Made him get out of bed: [Enlil is terrified and calls for the other high gods to help] My lord, your house is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/noahs-ark-flood-creation-stories-myths-epic-of-atra-hasis-old-babylonian-akkadian-cuneiform-flood-creation-tablet-1635bc.htm

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Demons and Demon Possession ... It was the unscientific habit of the ancient mind to account for abnormal and uncanny things, such as lunacy and epilepsy, supernaturally. And in such cases, outside of the Bible, we accept the facts, but ascribe them to natural causes. Another serious difficulty is that lunacy and epilepsy are common in the East, as elsewhere, and yet, unless these are cases, we do not find Jesus healing these ... First, "the serious argument" against it is simply supernatural bias. Prejudice proves nothing. Second, demoniacs are distinguished from those afflicted with sickness. 4. Besides this, the phenomena ... Click to View Daughter of Syro-Phoencian woman: Mt 15:22-28; Mk 7:24-30 Click to View Click to View Synagogue demoniac: Mk 1:23; Lk 4:33-36 Click to View Click to View Philippian slave girl: Acts ... Faking demon possessed man convinced everyone the Bible student! Written by Ney Rieber, preacher for the Church of Christ, wrote this in 1995 about this personal experience with a man who faked that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-demons.htm

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Pentecostalism: Worshipping God with your mind in neutral! Read carefully the quotes below and take heed! Montanus 150 AD Click to View Montanus opposed formalism in the church and boldly intimidated Christians by claiming his followers were more spiritual than those who had only the "dead letter" of the Scriptures. (Earle E. Cairns, Christianity Through the Centuries (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1954), 110- 11.) (Charismatic Chaos, John F. MacArthur, ... Click to View Without the presence of the Spirit, they believed there can be no true worship. Emotionalism, ecstasy in ancient pagan religions: Click to View "But perhaps nothing was more characteristic ... Click to View Qigong (Dr. Yan Xin, Qigong Master) Click to View "What happens here is the person must do it and not understand how it works." Click to View "only when the mind becomes calm and serene does one's bioenergy becomes strong enough to produce spontaneous movements. The first appearance of spontaneous movements represents significant progress along the qigong learning curve. One cannot ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-neutral-mind.htm

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One verse refution of Transubstantiation ... The Greek orthodox church violates the Bible pattern by using a "communion spoon" to dip into the cup to retrieve some wine-soaked bread. The Bible pattern for the Lord's Supper is that the bread and ... The Gnostics claimed that Jesus did not have literal flesh and blood, it only appeared that way. The early post-apostolic Christians countered that Jesus indeed had ordinary human flesh and blood and they began to emphasize this in the Lord's Supper. "The early centuries were not exercised with a "moment" of consecration, for they had not become concerned with a conversion in the elements." (Early ... ""Observe" he (Cyprian) says, in presenting the cup, to maintain the custom handed down to us from the Lord, and to do nothing that our Lord has not first done for us: so that the cup which is offered ... This process may be illustrated in the development of the Christological controversies of the ancient period. A similar development may be postulated in regard to the Lord's supper. Hellenistic ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-communion-transubstantiation.htm

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Discussion: Eternal torment or annihilation? ... These verses were not written as a dissertation on eternal punishment. We have a book full of pictures teaching truths dealing with the distress of the church in the early days of its life. Those pictures set forth ... We'll pick this up later the Annihilationist argues that death is death, so the second death must be like the first so lets consider the first death. Click to View 3. Sheol and the First Death 1 Thess 4:13-18; lets consider 'those who are asleep.' Whatever Paul means by asleep, his point is that they will not miss the second coming of Jesus. Robertson (p. 31) tells us that: "Greeks and Romans used this figure of sleep for death as Jesus does (Jn 11:11) and N.T. generally..." Sleep was used as an euphemism for death in the ancient world. Ancient cultures that ... "The real import of the figure may be easily gathered by any one at all interested in knowing the teaching of the Master: 1. It is not possible to serve two masters (13,14) 2. After death, the conditions cannot be ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-annihilation-refuted-discussion.htm

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Nebuchadnezzar: Prideful king who went mad. Mental illness in ... ... but not completed it (and that) Shulgi his son had completed its work, now that ziggurat had become old and on the ancient foundations which Ur-Nammu and Shulgi his son had built, that ziggurat, as in former times, with bitumen and baked bricks I ... Text: I R, plate 68, no.1 (master copy); Langdon 1912:250-253; As-Siwani 1964; Berger 1973:355-359; Translations: Seux 1976:521; Beaulieu 1989:35-37, 61-62; Foster 1993 2:756.) (Context of Scripture, Paul-Alain Beaulieu, 2.123B, 2000 AD) ... the work to be older than Daniel, but a late second or early first century bce. dating seems to be less adventurous (cf. 'Prière de Nabonide et autres écrits d'un cycle de Daniel', RB 63 (1956), 407-11). Cf. also G. Vermes, Jesus the Jew, London, 1973, 67-8. Text of the 3 fragments of the Dead Sea Scroll: The words of the prayer uttered by Nabunai king of the l[and of Ba]bylon, [the great] king, [when he was afflicted] with an evil ulcer in Teiman by decree of the [Most High God]. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-bible-nebuchadnezzar-god-struck-insanity-sin-pride.htm

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Terah's begetting age of Abram: Terah was 130 not 70 years old ... Abraham was the youngest of three brothers not the oldest! (Terah was 130 not 70 years old when Abraham was born) Chronological Interpretation Variants in the Bible "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus... Historically, the Jews living from 300 BC down to 70 AD generally all misinterpreted the age to be 70 years old. In spite of Acts 7:4, several ancient Christian sources also got it wrong. Presently ... to uses wisdom and deduction to solve the actual birth order. 2. Abraham is NOT firstborn even though he is listed first in Gen 11:26: a. Herein lies the fatal assumption made by many in the past. b. ... From there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living." (Acts 7:4) e. "My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the ... By Steve Rudd: November 2017: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go to: Main Bible Manuscripts Page Go to: Main Ancient Synagogue Start Page Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Bible-Chronology-variants-theological-interpretation-Old-Testament-Book-of-Genesis-11-32-Terah-70-beget-abraham-born-130-years-textual.htm

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Mosaic Legal system, no jails or prisons vs. slavery comparison The Criminal Code of Ancient Israel Slavery in the Bible vs. Jails and prisons: A comparison of two systems No Jails in the law of Moses No Jails in Judaism. God's perfect justice system had no jails! ... stones outside the camp."" (Numbers 15:33-35) Samson was cast in a Philistine prison in Gaza in 1050 BC. The first time anyone is cast into an Israeli/Hebrew prison was Ahab in 853 BC (1 Kings 22:27). ... We should abolish jails and the welfare system then re-institute slavery according to the Law of Moses as a substitute solution for both. Master summary chart: Huge social, economic and personal ... Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt." (Genesis 37:28) Jesus was betrayed for 30 pieces of silver: 1. "I said to them, "If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not, never mind!" So they ... today: ""But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and scourge you in their synagogues; and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sin-no-jails-prisons-in-judaism-old-testament-law-of-moses-slavery-welfare-jewish-comparison.htm

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Scientology is Neo-Gnosticism: Paying to learn secret knowledge ... A religion where you pay to learn secret knowledge that saves you!!! This article will contain material which was written by early Church Fathers to refute the Gnostics; Scientology critics will recognize many of the expressions and methods ... In like manner, the Scientologists show many similarities to these early heresies and mystery religions from the first and second centuries. Compare the references to 'religious values' and 'Scientific research' and that you can be 'Christian and Scientologist at ... All in all it seems very foreign to Scientology to have any 'simplicity' in the 'Advanced Tech'. Of course it's obvious that Jesus Christ did not teach any 'Advanced Tech' to his disciples, who were simple fishermen. "Let then, the serpent hide ... Readers of a.r.s. could think of Hubbard's alleged connections to strange Occult groups and persons. Yet it is in reality both old and useless, since these very opinions have been sweed together out of ancient dogmas redolent of ignorance and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-gnostic-roots.htm

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Jordan River source, headwater, tel Dan Paneas, Caesarea philipi ... Money began in about 400 BC. "for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold" Darics coins were first minted in the Persian period. Coins did not exist in ... was cleansed of leprosy: 2 Ki 5 Place of John the Baptist and Jesus was baptized: John 1:28 Today we speak of crossing the Jordan as a symbol of physical death and entering into heaven with Jesus. ... Bethany beyond the Jordan: Jordanian side of Jordan river with Byzantine church 325 AD. b. Bethany beyond the Jordan: Israeli side of Jordan river directly across from the Jordanian site opened in ... Then the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that the Lord will take away your master from over you today?" And he said, "Yes, I know; be still." ... However Origin connected the baptism site of Bethabara with the modern baptism site on the Israeli side and the ancient byzantine site directly across the river from the Israeli site. b. Origin's ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jordan-river-down-from-dan-headwaters-source-mt-herrmon-tel-dan-caesarea-philipi-paneas-temple-of-pan-salt-dead-sea-1340bc.htm

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Officail creed of Dutch/Christian/Canadian Reformed Churches ... The Father was never without his Son, nor without his Holy Spirit, since all these are equal from eternity, in one and the same essence. There is neither a first nor a last, for all three are one in truth ... church, from the time of the apostles until the present, against Jews, Muslims, and certain false Christians and heretics, such as Marcion, Mani, Praxeas, Sabellius, Paul of Samosata, Arius, and others like them, who were rightly condemned by the holy fathers. And so, in this matter we willingly accept the three ecumenical creeds-- the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian-- as well as what the ancient fathers decided in agreement with them. Gen. 1:26-27 Gen. 3:22 Matt. 3:17 Matt. 28:19 Luke 1:35 2 Cor. 13:14 1 John 5:7 (KJV) ARTICLE 10: THE DEITY OF CHRIST We believe that Jesus ... to establish and set up a certain order among themselves for maintaining the body of the church, they ought always to guard against deviating from what Christ, our only Master, has ordained for us. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-CRef-Belgic.htm

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Birth order of Shem and Japheth: Shem second born: Chronology ... ... Those who inquire into the literal nature of the divine writings think thus of the order in which these men are mentioned, looking upon him who is the first named, that is Shem, as the younger; and upon him who is named the last, that is Japhet, as the elder. ... Ten people who had their blessing stolen: Able, Shem, Abram, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Perez, Rachel, Shimri, Christians In the final analysis, we can be certain that we possess the word of God! This is what Jesus meant, when He said: "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, John 10:35) "My word will accomplish what I desire and succeed in the purpose for which I sent it." (Isa 55:11) The Septuagint LXX "Scripture Cannot Be Broken" Start Here: Master Introduction and ... Steve Rudd, November 2017 AD: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections By Steve Rudd: November 2017: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go to: Main Bible Manuscripts Page Go to: Main Ancient Synagogue Start Page Go To ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Bible-Chronology-variants-theological-interpretation-Old-Testament-Book-of-Genesis-10-21-Shem-Japheth-inverted-reversed-birth-order-textual.htm

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Official creed and Baptismal vows of Seventh-day Adventist church Through Him all things were created, the character of God is revealed, the salvation of humanity is accomplished, and the world is judged. Forever truly God, He became also truly man, Jesus the ... Sent by the Father and the Son to be always with His children, He extends spiritual gifts to the church, empowers it to bear witness to Christ, and in harmony with the Scriptures leads it into all ... In six days the Lord made "the heaven and the earth" and all living things upon the earth, and rested on the seventh day of that first week. Thus He established the Sabbath as a perpetual memorial of ... As we partake, we joyfully proclaim the Lord's death until He comes again. Preparation for the Supper includes self-examination, repentance, and confession. The Master ordained the service of foot ... It is a work of investigative judgment which is part of the ultimate disposition of all sin, typified by the cleansing of the ancient Hebrew sanctuary on the Day of Atonement. In that typical service ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-SDA.htm

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History of Biblical coins, how they were made, money weight system ... We with our land will become slaves to Pharaoh; just give us seed, so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate."" (Genesis 47:16-19) "If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give his or her master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be ... The inscription is "YHWDH" for the province of Judah (YHD) Notice the duck has its head tucked behind its back just like ducks sleep and EXACTLY like the ancient Sumerian duck weight stones! Denominations of coins in the Ptolemaic empire (Egypt) There were hundreds of coins produced during ... Diobol: (24 grams, 30mm) One Eagle standing wings closed. Obol: (12 grams, 24mm) One Eagle standing wings open. II. Denominations of biblical coins in the first century: We have created a valuation chart based on the value of coins at the time of Jesus, the apostles and the church. Throughout the history of Israel, there have been references to various weight standards: commercial standard, king's weight ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/bible-coins-history-money-weight-system.htm

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Absalom's insurrection, Rape of Tamar, Satan child: 990-979 BC ... Here we have a great spiritual king who, like some preachers, gets so focused on "spiritual things" that they neglect and lose their own families. David was building the Temple, Preachers are "building the church". e. "Daddy, tuck me in": To ... If the woman was not a virgin, the marriage was invalid. iii. This ancient tradition continued into the first century when Joseph wanted to put away Mary when she became pregnant. d. Tamar never married because of her rape, but lived in Absalom's house because she was not a ... They shall fine him one hundred pieces of silver which they shall give to the father of the girl, because he (the husband) has tried to ruin the reputation of an Israelite virgin." (Dead Sea Scrolls: The Temple Scroll, 11QT = 11Q19) iv. ... John gladly accepted his role as a friend of the bridegroom. Just as he had earlier willingly turned over his disciples to Jesus in a self-giving act (1:35-37), here he expressed his genuine joy that Jesus was being accepted by the people. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-2samuel13-22-tamars-rape-absaloms-mutiny-984-973bc.htm

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Misidentified: "Belonging to Jotham" and "Belonging to Eliakim ... ... The seal itself, enclosed in a copper casing. had incised on it in retrograde. in the clearest possible ancient Hebrew characters, the following inscription: LYTM. "belonging to Jotham." Below the ... J in Hebrew, Greek or English before 1700. (The 1611 KJV has no J, Jesus = Iesus) b. Jotham was king 750-731 BC but the Edomite ring is now correctly dated to 675 BC making it impossible for YTM to be King Jotham. 2. "In 1978, by examining the seal's paleographic traits, Larry G. Herr identified it as Edomite, from the first half of the seventh century, rather than mid-eighth century and Hebrew. ... Using these three elements-Eliakim the servant, Yokan his master, and the royal stamps-Albright unhesitantly related Yokan to King Jehoiachin, the penultimate king of Judah." (The Eliakim Na˓ar Yokan ... As a result, a mysterious gap between the tenth and seventh centuries seemed to appear at most of the excavated sites in Judah. In this way a distorted picture emerged, not only of the archaeology of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-archeology-jeremiah-clay-bullae-seal-inscription-Belonging-to-Eliakim-servant-of-Jehoiachin-belonging-to-Jotham-misidentified.htm

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Trinity proof texts: Philippians 2:5-8 ... But Jesus certainly saw and likely even talked with the thief on the cross during Jesus' three days in paradise (Luke 23:43). On the first day of the week, by Jesus' own divine power, along with the ... Jesus did not give up deity by wearing a man-body on earth, and man does not become God by wearing a God-body in heaven. Jesus is ever-divine, and humans are ever-creatures who worship the Father and the Son, as seen in Revelation 4 & 5. (Mt 2:2,8; 11; 14:33; 28:9, 17; Luke 24:52; John 9:38; Rom 1:25; Heb 1:6 + Deut 32:43 LXX + Dead Sea Scroll 4Q44 + Justin Martyr, Dialogue 130)" Now we wait for ... Wiersbe's Expository Outlines on the New Testament · There is the suggestion in this passage of disunity in the Philippian church (see also 4:1-3). Paul appeals to them on the basis of their ... Grayston, Galatians and Philippians). · the use of verb kenosis in Phil 2:7 that gave rise to and provided the name for the Kenotic theory of the incarnation. This ancient theory, as recently ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-philippians2-6.htm

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The White Lie: Walter Rea: Chapter 1: How To Change History The expansion of the American West brought great change in values. Land and individualism became important considerations in the lives of people. Property was available to many for the first time. Things became desirable, many things. Life and ... It didn't take long for one group to buy up the franchise. What the Catholics and Protestants had been fighting about for centuries in Europe a group of leftovers from the Millerite movement decided to market in America. They had no thought initially ... The ancient Hebrews had promoted the idea that they were the keepers of the oracles of God (and there are those who still believe they are). The Catholics in the New Testament times, and after, worked to perfect that Jewish idea to make Catholicism ... Ellen was born a twin at Gorham, Maine, November 26, 1827, to Robert and Eunice Harmon, practicing members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and she would marry James White on August 30, 1846, three months short of her ninteenth birthday. There were ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH1-save-history.htm

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The Temple in Jerusalem over the threshing floor which is presently ... ... Perhaps someone brought back the statue from where the Jews removed it after 363 AD, as a message to the Jews their temple would never be rebuilt and that they should believe in Jesus. In spite of these conflicting problems ... 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, according to the Bordeaux Pilgrim. Epiphanius also speaks of the Sion Church (the later ... The hexagon shaped "forecourt" was of less importance. They really had no idea where the Temple once stood, but built the Dome first, on what appeared to be the Temple. The Dome of the Rock is unique in all the Islamic ... The altar also was filled with profane things, which the law forbiddeth. Neither was it lawful for a man to keep sabbath days or ancient fasts, or to profess himself at all to be a Jew. And in the day of the king's birth ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-threshing-floor.htm

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495-399 BC: The Judean Elephantine Egyptian Papyrus letters to ... ... A collection of Aramaic documents from the reigns of Xerxes, Artaxerxes I, and Darius II (485-404 bc), found in 1904-8 on the site of an ancient Jewish military colony which had settled at Elephantine in the far south of Upper Egypt some time before the conquest of Egypt by the Persians." (The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Elephantine Papyri, 2005 AD) 5. "The first group of papyri was purchased from dealers in 1893, but was not published until 1953. A larger collection was ... According to correspondence with the priests in Jerusalem, the destruction was caused by priests of the Egyptian ram god Khnum-to whom a temple was built on Elephantine during the 18th-19th centuries bc (or the 16th-13th centuries bc). The Jewish ... B. Lord's supper: unleavened grape juice and bread: Elephantine Passover Papyri: The Lord's Supper is an antitype of the Jewish Passover. Communion bread represents the body of Jesus Christ and corresponds to the Passover lamb. Communion grape juice ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-archeology-Elephantine-papyrus-Egypt-Aswan-Syene-Darius-persian-Jewish-colony-temple-burned-Bagohi-Sanballat-passover-wine-fortress-Ezek29-10-495-399BC.htm

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Lovesick, a romantic novel. Commentary on Song of Solomon, Canticles ... What woman would not jump at the chance to snag such a man? At first, she swoons for Solomon and is stunned in her good fortune of marrying dreamy "Mr. Perfect" but is unsettled when her heart keeps thinking about ... The proverb does not mean God has chosen one prudent woman "just for you", rather it instructs a man to limit his search for a God-fearing sister in the church who attend all church services of her own free will, is active when she needs to be and holds herself to the high moral standards of Jesus Christ. God does not choose your wife, you do, but be ... Originally, there was an inscription above the small door to the tomb, but a Byzantine (350-500 AD) hermit heightened the door, destroying all but two letters of this ancient Hebrew inscription. From the two ... about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. "It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his ... ... ...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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Anglo/British Israelism Herbert W. Armstrong REFUTED! ... "And the nations will see your righteousness, And all kings your glory; And you will be called by a new name, Which the mouth of the Lord will designate." Isa 62:2 Fulfilled: The new name is CHRISTIAN! Praise God! "and the disciples were first ... Ezek 17:22 Of course all this is pure fantasy and very anti-scriptural! The "tender twig" in Ezek 17:22 is not a female, but JESUS CHRIST! This is a messianic prophecy! Isa 53:2 "For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out ... Read this name either way - and it still is "lia-fial" p100 Click to View The Hill of TARA in the Royal County of Meath was for centuries in ancient times the seat of the High King of Ireland, the Ard Ri. This monolith is called the Lia Fial, The Stone of Fal ... In fact he was a deluded false teacher claiming direct revelation from God when God had not spoken to him. 4. Ronald Weinland, is the creator of an Armstrong splinter group called, Church of God, Preparing for the Kingdom of God (CG-PKG). With ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/pre-british-israelism-herbert-armstrong.htm

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Jesus Echoes the "I AM" statements of Jehovah in the Gospel of ... ... What is more interesting for the above study is the fact that Qumran provides an example in which the 'way of the LORD' as expressed in Isaiah can be abbreviated to 'the way' and can be applied to a specific ... Such dominance is due to the different perspective from which Jesus operates. Because he knows that this is his hour of glory, he goes to the cross willingly. Because Peter does not know this, he vainly tries to defend his master. Finally, it could be said that the words 'ego eimi' actually function as a theme in these verses. Their threefold repetition at such a crucial stage of the Gospel and the mysterious reaction on the part of the narrative audience, forces the reader to ask whether the previous occurrences of the term were quite as straightforward as they first ... Psalm 104:3 He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind; Psalm 68:33 To Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times; Behold, He speaks forth with His voice, a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-i-am.htm

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