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The Interactive Bible: Contrary to many religionists today, who praise division or denominationalism the apostles who (by the guidance of the Holy Spirit of God) wrote the New Testament condemned denominationalism. Paul, in I Corinthians 3:3-4, has stated, "For you are yet ... Then, we must ask, to what church did the Christians of the first century belong? It had to have been the Lord's church or body of Christ that Jesus died to save, that only and no other - Acts 20:28. It is both reasonable and logical to ask, "Can ... Read II Timothy 3:17. Additionally, I Corinthians 4:6 warns us against going beyond that which has been written. Other markings of the Lord's church are having Christ as its head rather than some earthly person or office; having its headquarters ... The apostles were told what to write in the Holy Scriptures which are the New Testament, for Jesus promised, "But the comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-non-denominational.htm

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The Interactive Bible: www.bible.ca Important note: As you have seen there are only two ways someone can escape the power of these scriptures they will deny the person described as a sinner was ever a Christian they will deny the Christian is described as lost Click here to see ... the Son of God, and put Him to open shame. once been enlightened tasted of the heavenly gift partakers of the Holy Spirit tasted the good word of God tasted the powers of the age to come then have fallen away impossible to renew them again crucify to themselves the Son ... Acts 20:17,28-30 "And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church." ... "I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves men will arise, ... Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son." Watch yourselves is spoken to Christians who are saved will lose reward does not ... ... https://www.bible.ca/fall-summary.htm

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Teenage Marriage: Weigh it carefully! ... This simply means that while two young people in their middle teenage years have much in common, that in many cases, our ideals and goals change as we pass the teenage years, to such an extent that we may easily find ourselves married for life to a person with ... Marriage is sanctioned by Jehovah God and is to be had in honor among all men as you may observe by reading Genesis 2:18-24. God said: "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him." (Verse 18) Adam then said: "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man" (Verse 23) Moses then added: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his ... It is procreative in design, (Genesis 1:28; 1 Timothy 5:14); patriarchal in government, (I Timothy 2:13; Ephesians 5:23); religious in spirit (Deuteronomy 6:4-9); and is intended to be indissoluble in nature (I Corinthians 7:39 and Matthew 19:6). Three distinct ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-teen-marriage.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 200 AD: Tertullian Since the Lord Jesus Christ sent the apostles to preach, (our rule is) that no others ought to be received as preachers than those whom Christ appointed; for "no man knoweth the Father save the Son, ... by those very churches which the apostles rounded in person, by declaring the gospel to them directly themselves, both viva voce [living voice], as the phrase is, and subsequently by their epistles. ... moulds and original sources of the faith must be reckoned for truth, as undoubtedly containing that which the (said) churches received from the apostles, the apostles from Christ, Christ from God. ... you would have been confuted in this matter by the Gospel of John, when it declares that the Spirit descended in the body of a dove, and sat upon the Lord. (Tertullian, The Flesh of Christ, ch 3) ... Even the apostle Paul gives a similar type of "one paragraph summary" of doctrine in 1 Cor 15:3-8. Of course, we must take issue with Tertullian's "rule of faith" on one key point: While he views this ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-tertullian.htm

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Werner, Martin: The Formation of Christian Dogma ... In the course of the necessary process of de-eschatologising the relationship of the idea of the heavenly Messiah of apocalyptic to Jesus of Nazareth proved itself to be one of a myth to an historical personality. Thus was the task set of understanding the proper import of the person of the historical Jesus, for which the myth ... The Valentinian Gnostic had been, accordingly, so far as the existing sources permit us to know, the first Christian theologian to designate the Father, Son and Spirit specifically as a Trias. (The Formation of Christian Dogma, An Historical Study of its Problems; Martin Werner, p252) Deception Exposed: What they fail to tell the same article ... What appeared as a new factor in the Post-Apostolic conception of the divine sonship of Christ was the interpretation, according to which the 'Son of God', as such, should be the 'Begotten' of God, the Father of all. A misunderstanding of the Messianic doctrine of late Judaism and Primitive Christianity was involved here, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Werner.htm

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What Early Christians believed about USING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ... Thus, it was determined by a single vote, and that the proxy of an absent person who did not hear the reasoning that the Prayer-Book should remain unimproved, that there should he no further reformation, that there should be no relief granted to those whose ... BARCLAY "If God is spirit a man's gifts to God music gifts of the spirit. Animal sacrifices and all manmade things become inadequate. The only gifts that befit the nature of God are the gifts of the spirit - love, loyalty, obedience, devotion" (W. Barclay, The Gospel of John, Vol. 1, p. 161). BARNES "Psallo ... is used, in the New Testament, only in Rom. 15:9 and 1 Cor. 14:15, where it is translated sing; in James 5:13, where it is rendered sing psalms, and ... church by enjoining the singing of psalms, he is one of those smatters in Greek who can believe anything that he wishes to believe. When the wish is father to the thought, correct exegesis is like water on a duck's back" (J. W. McGarvey, Biblical Criticism, p. 116). ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-music.htm

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Teenage Marriage: Weigh it carefully! ... This simply means that while two young people in their middle teenage years have much in common, that in many cases, our ideals and goals change as we pass the teenage years, to such an extent that we may easily find ourselves married for life to a person with ... Marriage is sanctioned by Jehovah God and is to be had in honor among all men as you may observe by reading Genesis 2:18-24. God said: "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him." (Verse 18) Adam then said: "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man" (Verse 23) Moses then added: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his ... It is procreative in design, (Genesis 1:28; 1 Timothy 5:14); patriarchal in government, (I Timothy 2:13; Ephesians 5:23); religious in spirit (Deuteronomy 6:4-9); and is intended to be indissoluble in nature (I Corinthians 7:39 and Matthew 19:6). Three distinct ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-teen-marriage.htm

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Saul Becomes king. Timeline, maps, chronology, sermons of Judges ... ... David stands so far above all other kings in the Bible, that it is no wonder God described him as a "man after God's own heart". It is generally understood that David was a type of God, the Father and ... Saul wanted to be king so bad that he rejected God's word and in the end it destroyed him. d. Saul fabricated his own delusional world of victimhood by convincing others what a bad person or a threat ... The "evil spirit from the Lord" was the penalty Saul paid for refusing to repent and admit he was an evil sinner, that David was indeed a much better man than he and vacate his throne for David. g. Whereas psychiatrists today would drug Saul into behavior submission, a 10 year old could see that Saul was jealous of David, disobedient to God, was most interested in retaining power and simply needed ... Today, many psychotic people needlessly attack innocent people in order to hide their own sin. In the end, David needed not exert any energy on why the wicked were trying to kill him. Evil psychotic ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-1samuel-16-20-saul-jonathan-david-1019-1012bc.htm

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The Apostolic Fathers viewed oral tradition as a duplicate of ... The Apostolic Fathers in fact viewed oral tradition as a duplicate of scripture. Tradition #2: Verbal inspiration. (Jer 1:9; 1 Cor 11:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 3:6; 2 Tim 2:2) Inspired oral tradition that came from the mouth of the ... Yet for some time these specific words were likely remembered by many who heard them. There are literally thousands of inspired sermons that the Holy Spirit. "They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching". (Acts 2:42) Although we do not know specifically what the apostles taught at ... prescribe, properly be proved in no other way than by those very churches which the apostles rounded in person, by declaring the gospel to them directly themselves, both viva voce [living voice], as the phrase is, and ... with the apostolic churches-those moulds and original sources of the faith must be reckoned for truth, as undoubtedly containing that which the (said) churches received from the apostles, the apostles from Christ, Christ from God. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-2-oral.htm

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The transition from Temple to Synagogue to church: God's eternal ... ... But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison." (Acts 8:1-3) b. During this early period, Christians began using Synagogues on the first day of the week, adopting the ... Jesus is "the founder [archegos] and completer [teleiotes] of our faith." Heb 12:2 c. "Like a wise master builder [archi-tekton] I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. For no man can ... fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit." (Ephesians 2:19-22) C. In 2BC Jesus was born "when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son" (Gal 4:4) ... tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom." (Matthew 21:43) b. "For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Gods-eternal-plan-purpose-providential-transition-from-Temple-to-Synagogue-to-Church-prophecy-fulfilled.htm

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Schools, Education and Literacy of Jews In Synagogues ... It also commands us to bring those children up in learning and to exercise them in the laws, and make them acquainted with the acts of their predecessors, in order to their imitation of them, and that they may be nourished up in the laws from ... He proceeded there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah. He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?" Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is ... sacred money, whether it be out of the synagogue [Sabbath meeting] or public school, he shall be deemed a sacrilegious person, and his goods shall be brought into the public treasury of the Romans." (Josephus Antiquities 16.164) b. "A They kindle ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Schools-ancient-Synagogue-Literacy-of-Jews-education-reading-writing-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-liturgy.htm

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JW: incridible flip-flop of landmark "1914 generation" doctrine meaning of these words is, beyond question, that which takes a "generation" in the ordinary sense, as at Mark 8:12 and Acts 13:36, or for those who are living at the given period." (Watchtower, July 1, 1951, p. 404) "Counting from the end of the ... Click to View Generation revised in 1952 to equal 70-80 years The year after 1951, the organization was forced to revise its definition. God came through just in time and gave them "new light"! "Webster's unabridged dictionary gives, in part, this definition of generation: "The average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child; an age. A generation is usually taken to be about 33 years." But the Bible is not so ... Jehovah's prophetic word through Christ Jesus is: "This generation [of 1914] will by no means pass away until all things occur." (Luke 21:32) And Jehovah, who is the source of inspired and unfailing prophecy, will bring about the fulfillment of his Son's ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-1914-generation.htm

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Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: The case of "Demon ... ... If it did, there would be unanimous agreement that the person was demon possess because all would see with their own eyes the supernatural power and knowledge. Till then, Christians should stop spreading false doctrine that demon possession happens today. For example in Mark 5 there is an example of demon possession where the man was unable to be bound with any chain man could make and supernatural knowledge that Jesus was the Son of God, before humans had comprehended this truth from the teachings of Jesus himself. In Acts 16:16 you have an example of demon possession that was similar to modern fortune telling: "It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by ... In fact, Mary Hall was faking the whole thing (hysteria) for attention because she did not like the way she was being treated by her father. However, Drage correctly notes that this is not a bodily illness, but a spiritual ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-demon.htm

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Songs of Sabbath Sacrifice: Template for book of Revelation The variety of heavenly beings who play a role is dizzying. The apostle Paul wrote of "the tongues of men and of angels" (1 Cor. 13:1), and indeed, our author supplies the angels with different languages, each endowed with its own ... and honor and glory and blessing."" (Revelation 5:12) ii. "He will give thanks to the honoured God se[ven times, with se]v[en wor]ds of wonderful thanksgivings. [Psalm] of exultation) (4Q403 Frag. 1 i:4) 6. Songs of Sabbath Sacrifice was used in Synagogues not the Jerusalem temple. a. "For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all." (Acts 23:8) b. Sadducees would never permit the "Angelic Liturgy" because they do not believe in Angles. c. ... The song accompanying the sacrifice on the] first [Sabbath,] sung on the fourth of the first month. Praise 2[the God of ...,] you godlike beings of utter holiness; [rejoice] in his divine 3[kingdom. For He has established] utter holiness ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-Songs-of-Sabbath-Sacrifice-Angelic-Liturgy-dss-dead-sea-scrolls-Ezekiel-Revelation-70AD-destruction-Jerusalem-prototype-150bc

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A discourse concerning trouble of mind, and the disease of melancholly ... ... Soul: But that God who is Omnipotent, and who heard your Prayers, and the Prayers of many others in my behalf, hath wrought a double Salvation for me. He who is the Lord of Nature, has healed my Body; and He who is the Father of Mercies, and the God of all Grace, has given rest to my weary Soul. ... But I know that you have been in manifold Afflictions, and you have had several very great Losses: You lost some years ago a Father, who was, indeed, in all respects, for his Holiness, his Even temper, and his Publick and Charitable Spirit, worthy to be loved; and I am sure you greatly loved him, as he you, to the very last. You lost a Mother, whom all that knew her, greatly valued for the skill and ... Tenthly, Tell them of others who have been in such Anguish, and under such a terrible Distemper, and yet have been delivered. It is very hard indeed to persuade a person under great pain and anguish, and a sense of the Wrath of God, and a fear of Hell, that ever any has heretofore been so ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/a-discourse-concerning-trouble-of-mind-and-the-disease-of-melancholly-timothy-rogers-1691ad.htm

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The Signs and Causes of Melancholy, Richard Baxter, 1670 AD His cure of insanity was to repent: "repent, to love God and your Neighbour, to live soberly, righteously and godly, to pray at all; here you must strive, and not excuse it by any Backwardness; for it ... Repentance, he believed, would correct the melancholy blood and restore the person to normal. (The Signs and Causes of Melancholy, Richard Baxter, 1670 AD) RICHARD BAXTER (1615-91 The Signs and Causes of Melancholy. With Directions Suited to the Case of those who are Afflicted with it. Collected out of the Works of Mr. Richard Baxter, For the Sake of Those, who are Wounded in Spirit. By Samuel ... If the first tendency serves to address the individuality of the melancholiac, the second, equally important, acts as reassurance against such a sense of universal isolation, of being abandoned by ... we trust God as well as our selves; or as we could trust a faithful Friend, or as a Child can trust his Father, how quiet would our Minds be in the Sense of his Wisdom, All-sufficiency and Love .... ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/the-signs-and-causes-of-melancholy-richard-baxter-1670ad.htm

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Rapture Refuted! Pre-tribulation Rapture and Premillennialism ... 3. Rapture promoters usually claim to have inspiration, are prophets, apostles, "the Elijah", have special illumination from the Holy Spirit and that God has revealed new doctrines not previously known by anyone, including the apostle Paul himself. ... + Heb 8:6-13) click to view Christians are God's true "Jews" today. 1. Christians are the true Jews and true Israel today 2. The church is God's Israel today. 3. Physical Israel is equal to the gentiles today and like the Gentiles, must believe Jesus rose from the dead in order to be saved from punishment. The kingdom is the church 1. The Old Testament Kingdom Prophecy is the church and it came, just as Jesus said, on Pentecost in 33 A.D.! 2. The Kingdom is the church The Kingdom of God was ... The End Times began when Jesus walked the earth. We have been in the last days for 2000 years. Last Days/End Times: Hebrews 1:2; 1 Peter 1:20 Acts 2:15-17; Joel 2:28; James 5:1-3 click to view Matthew 24 fulfilled in 70 AD when the Temple was ... ... https://www.bible.ca/rapture.htm

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100 Sabbath keeper stumper questions. ... (75-500AD) 100% in unanimous agreement that Christians ate the Lord's Supper every Sunday in the tradition of Acts 20:7? 25. Why is the universal record of history (75-500AD) 100% in unanimous agreement that Christians always ... because God cannot change (Mal 3:6) then what about all the other feast days and laws that changed? Heb 7:12. And why did Jesus give a "a new commandment" in John 13:34? 35. If the ten commandments are going to be in heaven, what is the use of "thou shalt not commit adultery", if there is no marriage in heaven? ... Mt 22:35f, Psalms called "The Law" in Jn 10:34,45, Rom 3:10-12; 3:13-14,19, the Prophets called "The Law" in 1 Cor 14:21 and the Ten commandments are called "The Law" that is abolished in Rom 7:4-7? 42. If the term ... Why did God not give Adam a stone copy once for all time? Why is it that Moses was first person in history to not only see the 10 commandments, but the first person to hold the stone tablets upon which the 10 commandments were ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-sabbath-questions.htm

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sola-scriptura-oral-written-final "For we have, as the source of teaching, the Lord, both by the prophets, the Gospel, and the blessed apostles, "in divers manners and at sundry times," [Heb 1:1] leading from the beginning of knowledge to the end. He, then, who of himself believes the Scripture and voice of the Lord, which by the Lord acts to the benefiting of men, is rightly [regarded] ... Since the Lord Jesus Christ sent the apostles to preach, (our rule is) that no others ought to be received as preachers than those whom Christ appointed; for "no man knoweth the Father save the Son, and he to ... way than by those very churches which the apostles rounded in person, by declaring the gospel to them directly themselves, both viva voce [living voice], as the phrase is, and subsequently by their epistles. ... churches-those moulds and original sources of the faith must be reckoned for truth, as undoubtedly containing that which the (said) churches received from the apostles, the apostles from Christ, Christ from God. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-oral-written-final.htm

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Archeology of Jewish Head Phylactery, Arm Tefillin, Door Mesusah ... In the most calculated way, Stephen said to the Sanhedrin in the presence of Apostle Paul: "You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did." (Acts 7:51) Many of the Sanhedrin, including Paul, ... without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. ... But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all students. And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father-the one in heaven. Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one instructor, ... See also: Detailed outline on Dead Sea Scrolls ancient Bible manuscripts A. phylacteries from Nahal Se'elim: 1. Tefillin [on person] and Mezuzot [on door] have been excavated at several other Dead Sea Scroll site: a. Nahal Se'elim: 2 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Bible-manuscripts-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Qumran-Nahal-Seelim-Wadi-Murabbaat-head-Phylactery-arm-Tefillin-blue-tassels-garment-Mesusah-Jewish-doors-scripture-Rabbi-Jesus.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Jews persecuting Christians ... So Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. "And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left ... When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened; for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed." (Acts 4:1-3; 18-22) 2. 33 AD: Jailed, threatened, beaten: Two ... exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. "And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him." ... examples: First, he mentions 'Ezra's exegesis of the Passover law' which is found neither in the manuscripts of the books of Ezra nor in the apocrypha and which refers to Christ as the paschal lamb (cf. 1 Cor. 5:7). ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-Judea-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70A-Justin-Martyr-patristic-apostolic-church-father-150ad.htm

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Examples of Mental Illness in the Bible The word "psychiatry" comes from the Greek and literally means, "doctor of the soul", yet psychiatrists and the DSM-V actually mock the idea that man has a soul or a spirit. So psychiatrists are ... Psychologists refuse to get personally involved in any way, devoid of real empathy. d. Psychologists are trained to give no actual advice, but ask reflective questions to have the person find ... (Psychiatrists, Psychologists, social workers, certified councilors etc.) is rotten to the core and stands for the exact opposite to the will of God, Jesus Christ and the message of the Bible: a. ... Unaware they have a loving Father in heaven who created them and robbed of all hope in life, they commit suicide. g. The devil loves the mental health industry. 4. Not all Psychiatrists, ... 4. Nebuchadnezzar: Dan 4:30-33 5. John the Baptist: Mt 11:18 6. Jesus: John 10:20-21 7. Paul: Acts 26:24 learn more Suicide and the Bible: Just because suicide is a sin, does not mean they should ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-bible.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Matthew 2:23 "He shall be ... ... "Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch [Hebrew: nēṣer] from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord." ... Paul immediately converted to Christianity and was baptized for the remission of his sins three days later. (Acts 22:16) B. JESUS THE HOLY ONE OF GOD: phonic wordplay between Nazarene and Nazarite (LXX) and Jesus "the holy one of God" = Isa 4:1-3 Nazarite Vow in the Law of Moses: ... He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long. 'All the days of his separation to the Lord he shall not go near to a dead person. 'He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head. 'All the days of his separation he is holy ... ... ...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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The Canon of the Bible: Various councils, synods and canons ... things we have written to you'?' (32) For in this way he professes [himself] to be not only an eye-witness and hearer, (33) but also a writer of all the marvelous deeds of the Lord, in their order. (34) Moreover, the acts of all the apostles (35) were written in one book. ... only four Gospels, writing somewhat as follows: 3. (4) `Among the four Gospels, which are the only indisputable ones in the Church of God under heaven, I have learned by tradition that first was written that according to Matthew, who was once a tax collector but afterwards ... After them all, that according to John.' (7) And in the fifth book of his Expositions on the Gospel according to John, the same person says this with reference to the Epistles of the apostles: 'But he who was made sufficient to become a minister of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit (cf. 2 Cor. iii. 6), that is, Paul, who "fully preached the gospel from Jerusalem and round about even unto Illyricum" (Rom. xv. tg), did not write to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-councils-synods-canons.htm

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Comparison list of 14 Moses/Constantine the Great Shadows, Types ... ... And in the midst of these, Constantine, who was shortly to become their destroyer, but at that time of tender age, and blooming with the down of early youth, dwelt, as that other servant of God had done, in the very home of the tyrants,3 but young as he was did not share the manner of life of the ungodly: for from that early period his noble nature, under the leading of the Divine Spirit, inclined him to piety and a life acceptable to God. A desire, moreover, to emulate the example of his father had its influence in stimulating the son to a virtuous ... He made a proposal to all the officers of his court, including even those in the highest stations of authority, offering them the following alternative: either that they should offer sacrifice to demons, and thus be permitted to remain with him, and enjoy their usual honors; or, in case of refusal, that they should be shut out from all access to his person, and entirely disqualified from acquaintance and association with him. Accordingly, ... ... ...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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Sola Scriptura: The failure of extra-biblical oral church traditions ... If Mark 7 teaches us anything, it is that the two must not be "synthesized." The written Word of God must remain the unique norm." (The Shape Of Sola Scriptura, Keith A. Mathison, Reformed Protestant, 2001, p 179) Click to View Doctrinal development is condemned! The Apostolic Fathers recognized five different kinds of tradition: Click to View Tradition #1: Scripture. (2 Tim 3:16-17; 2 Thess 2:15; 3:6) Click to View Tradition #2: Verbal inspiration. (Jer 1:9; 1 Cor 11:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:15; ... Click to View Roman Catholic and Orthodox "oral tradition" defenders attack the Bible and we defeat them with the sword of the Spirit! Click to View Anti-Sola Scriptura arguments refuted! Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Extra-Biblical Oral ... Click to View "2 Timothy 2:2 proves apostolic succession and oral tradition." Click to View CLICK HERE Click to View "The saying of Jesus in Acts 20:35 came from oral tradition." Click to View CLICK HERE Click to View "The story of Michael and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition.htm

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Miracles of the Exodus and the Red Sea crossing ... Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble; As the cattle which go down into the valley, The Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. So You led Your people, To make for Yourself a glorious ... unclean; an oven or a stove (tabun) shall be smashed; they are unclean and shall continue as unclean to you." (Leviticus 11:33-35) 8. Miraculous plagues and population culls of the wicked by God: a. ... Many killed by snakes at the Zered River in 1407 BC: Numbers 21:4-9 e. 23-24,000 killed because of the immorality at Peor in 1406 BC: Num 25:9; 1 Cor 10:8 A. It was entirely by God's power that a city ... So they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers. ... The land of Egypt is at your disposal; settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land, let them live ... Christians are saved from the slavery of sin when they are immersed in water in the name of Jesus: Mk 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pet 3:21. Conclusion: God can prepare a table in the wilderness: Ps ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-red-sea-miracles.htm

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Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet ... Here is her statement: "I saw the Father rise from the throne and in a flaming chariot go into the holy of holies within the vale, and sit down. Then Jesus rose up from the throne and the most of those who bowed down arose with Him. Then a cloudy chariot...came to where Jesus was. He stepped into the chariot and was borne to the throne; they did not know that Jesus had left it. Satan appeared to be by the throne, trying to carry on the work of God. I saw them look up to the throne and say, 'Father give us the Spirit.' Satan ... our great High Priest entered the holy of holies, and there appears in the presence of God, to engage in the last acts of His ministration in behalf of man-to perform the work of investigative judgment, and to MAKE ATONEMENT for all ... White says that if anyone rejects her interpretation of the sanctuary service, etc. there is no atonement for that person. Here is her statement: "It is those who by faith follow Jesus in the great work of atonement, who receive the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-prophecy-blunders.htm

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Synagogue Organization and Government: Elders, officials, attendants ... The early church began under the government and spiritual direction of the Apostles in Jerusalem in both the temple and Synagogues on the first day of the week. After the Christian Diaspora of Acts 8:4 and Paul's ... While synagogues, through God's providence, were prototypes of the church in organization, God wanted to ensure an ultra high quality of leadership based upon faith, family history, marriage status, town reputation and morals. c. The Holy Spirit gave two detailed lists in the New testament of the qualifications of church overseers: i. "It is a trustworthy ... The archisynagogos was very influential in the Jewish community. The title was sometimes inherited, being passed on from father to son, probably in important priestly families, and perhaps for life (see the ... in contrast with the pagan priest and the Christian bishop, we know of no one particular person who might have regularly occupied such a seat in a synagogue setting, where leadership was relatively decentralized. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Government-organization-Elders-officials-attendants-Synagogue-Independent-overseer-shepherd-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-prototype-ancient.htm

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Ancient Synagogue Inscription from Jerusalem 18 BC But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke." (Acts 6:9-10) 9. Literary references to may synagogues in Jerusalem: see details at Jerusalem Talmud a. "They did not find me disputing with anyone in the ... By punishing them often in all the synagogues [gr: synagogai - plural: many in Jerusalem] I tried to force them to blaspheme; and since I was so furiously enraged at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities." (Acts 26:9-11) c. "'The ... Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God. And they will do this because they have not known the Father or me." (John 16:2-3) d. "'the elders', appears on the Theodotus inscription from Jerusalem. The elder was probably a ... C. Synagogue of the Freedom connection: 1. "The Roman connection has been suggested by Clermont-Ganneau ("Decouverte," 196-97) on the basis of: (I) gens Vettia or Vectia being associated with that city, and (2) a person by the name of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Jerusalem-synagogue-Greek-inscriptions-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-Theodotos-Vettenos-archisynagogos-Freemen-Ophel-Cistern-18bc.htm

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The ark of the covenant is captured and Shiloh goes extinct. ... ... He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long. 'All the days of his separation to the LORD he shall not go near to a dead person. 'He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head. 'All the days of his separation he is holy ... Hebrew 5 ephahs 3 bushels 110 liters half homer; half sack Kor [Homer]/ Koros Hebrew/Greek 10 ephahs 6 bushels or 200 quarts/14.9 220 liters/525 liters cor; homer; sack; measures; bushels/sacks; measures; bushels or 500 quartsbus LIQUID MEASURE BIBLICAL UNIT LANGUAGE BIBLICAL ... (Joshua 11:19-20) 4. ""But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass through his land; for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to deliver him into your hand, as he is today." (Deuteronomy 2:30) 5. "So then He has mercy on ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-conquest-timeline-chronology-judges-1samuel-eli-samuel-philstines-capture-ark-1088bc.htm

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3 secret reasons why Seventh-day Adventists keep the sabbath Vow #11: I know and understand the fundamental Bible principles as taught by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is my purpose, by the grace of God, to order my life in harmony with these principles ... Official 7th day Adventist Creed: 27 Fundamental beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists: #17 "The gift of Prophecy: One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is prophecy. This gift is an identifying mark of the ... They also make clear that the Bible is the standard by which all teaching and experience must be tested. Support is found in these Bible passages: Joel 2:28,29: Acts 2:14-21: Hebrews 1:1-3: Revelation ... Bates is the only person of any significance of the Millerite movement to become a Seventh-day Adventist. He was not part of the Albany Conference of April 29, 1845, attended by the main groups of ... 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 mother's father and William's uncle were itinerant ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-White-halo.htm

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pre-earthquakes-history-data ... Multiplied thousands more will perish in greater earth spasms ahead. Never since the days of Noah has the world been so badly battered. Again God is speaking to us - He is seeking to tell us that our time is short. His Son, Jesus Christ, will return ... Seismology is a very young branch of science. "Not . . . until the early 1850s did the first true seismologist, as we would recognize the term, appear on the scene. He was an Irishman, Robert Mallet."1 After him came John Milne, called "the father of ... The Encyclopedia Americana tells us that: Roughly 80 percent of the seismic energy of the world is released in a belt which girdles the Pacific Ocean. A secondary belt, starting in the Mediterranean area and running easterly across Asia, is the scene ... However, the two earthquakes described as "great" at Matthew chapter twenty-eight, verse two, and Acts chapter sixteen, verse twenty-six, are not shown to have caused any appreciable damage, let alone any loss of life. Yet the Society accepts both of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-earthquakes-history-data.htm

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Absalom's insurrection, Rape of Tamar, Satan child: 990-979 BC ... ... the only person in the Bible described as a "man after God's own heart" by Samuel: "But now your [Saul's] kingdom shall not endure. The Lord has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you." (1 Samuel 13:14). c. Solomon is clearly the antitype of Christ. Solomon built a physical temple his father David prepared for and Jesus built the temple (the church) which His heavenly Father designed: ... Absalom is an antitype of Satan as the "beautiful prince who usurped his father's throne". 1. "in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince [Satan] of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience." (Ephesians 2:2). 2. Jesus is the true prince of peace and life: "but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses." (Acts 3:15) 3. Jesus gave up ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-timeline-chronology-2samuel13-22-tamars-rape-absaloms-mutiny-984-973bc.htm

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Apostate church organization: 588 - 606 AD: The final dog fight ... ... These three, therefore, are but one see, and on that one see sit three bishops, who are but one in Him Who said, I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you." But when Eulogius in a second letter styled the bishop of Rome universal ... Which as soon as my said predecessor [Pelagius] knew, he despatched letters annulling by the authority of the holy apostle Peter the acts of the said synod; of which letters I have taken care to send copies to your Holiness. ... wherein by a new act of pride [John claiming title of Universal Bishop], all the bowels of the Universal Church are disturbed. But, if he [John] should altogether refuse to be bent from the stiffness of his elation, then, with the succour of Almighty God, we may consider more particularly ... But Gregory the Great, pope and saint at the end of the ancient church period, said that such a teaching came from the spirit of Antichrist ('I confidently affirm that whosoever calls himself -sacerdos universalis- [universal priest or ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-588-606AD.htm

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The Catholic Church did not Give the world The Bible! God delivered it by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and declared that it would abide forever. "All scripture is inspired of God..." (2 Tim. 3:16). "...Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." (2 Pet. 1:21). "Heaven and ... Paul said, "What advantage then remains to the Jew, or what is the use of circumcision? Much in every respect. First, indeed, because the oracles of God were entrusted to them." (Rom. 3:1-2; see also Rom. 9:4-5; Acts 7:38). The Old Testament books were gathered into one volume and were translated from ... the observance of special days? (Gal. 4:9-11). 5. Why does it teach that all Christians are saints? (1 Cor. 1:2). 6. Why does it condemn the making and adoration of images? (Ex. 20:4-5). 7. Why does it teach that baptism is immersion instead of pouring? (Col. 2:12). 8. Why does it forbid us to address religious leaders as "father"? (Matt. 23:9). 9. Why does it teach that Christ is the only foundation and not the apostle Peter? (1 Cor. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-bible-origin.htm

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Apostate church organization: 451-588AD: The reign of the 5 Patriarchs ... ... He tells the Romans, that the true celebration of the anniversary of his accession is, to recognize, honor, and obey, in his lowly person, Peter himself, who still cares for shepherd and flock, and whose dignity is not lacking even to his ... Listen to this passage: "Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi with the bishops and deacons." Do you wish for another instance? In the Acts of the Apostles Paul thus speaks to the priests of a single church: "Take heed unto yourselves and to all the flock, in the which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed the church of God which He purchased with His own blood." And lest any should in a spirit of contention argue that there must ... "The victorious Justinian... to John, the most holy archbishop of the fostering city of Rome... we have hastened to make subject to the See of your Holiness, and to unite with it, all the priests of the whole Eastern district...your ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-451-588AD.htm

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History of Temple Mount, Tabernacles of Moses, David and the ... ... in the Bible is in Gen 14:13. Just as Abraham is first called a "Hebrew" in Gen 14:13, so also the disciples first called Christians in Acts 11:26. The etymological origin of "Hebrew" is uncertain. ... of Abram. 2077 BC: Melchizedek (Shem) 1st king of "Salem" (peace) Priest of the Most High God 1. Melchizedek brings refreshments for Abram's men to the Valley of Shaveh (Genesis 14:17; 2 ... Hebrews 6:19-20 3. Melchizedek was king of Salem, which later became Jerusalem. [Heb: Jeru = possession; Salem = peace: "possession of peace"]. Psalm 76:2 calls Jerusalem "Salem". 4. Melchizedek king ... Genesis 23:19-20 1446 BC: Cloud in the wilderness: Symbol of the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. (Christ was the Rock of Living water) 1. As they left Egypt, there only visible connection with God was ... "Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-history.htm

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Mental Illness and Brain imaging systems: fMRI, CT, MRI, SPECT ... They can also pinpoint where the current is flowing in the different parts of the brain. What and fMRI cannot do, for example, is tell you anything about what is the person is actually thinking. Brain imagery is ... Emotions have their origin in the human spirit. The brain is merely the physical interface between the spirit and the body. All thoughts and emotions trigger large areas of the brain in many different areas. "Our findings demonstrate that there is no single "God spot" in the brain located in the temporal lobes. Rather our objective and subjective data suggest that ... The father of modern psychology, William James, was aware of observations relating regional brain pulsation to mental activity (James 1890). Paul Broca, known primarily for his observations on the effects of ... It is easy to see the link in terms of an increased metabolic demand. The activation of a neural circuit is a complex net-work of electrochemical processes that requires energy. The most demanding processes, in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-brain-mind-imaging-CT-MRI-SPECT-PET-EEG-QEEG-fMRI.htm

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Assassination of Gedaliah July-Sept 587 BC: Bulla ... But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the entire remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had been driven away, in order to reside in the land of Judah- the men, the women, the children, the king's daughters and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the ... This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you both see and hear. For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool." ' Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified."" (Acts 2:29-36) f. Nebuchadnezzar also deported him to Babylon: "Jehoiachin [Coniah] the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-archeology-jeremiah-clay-bullae-seal-inscription-property-of-belonging-to-Gedaliah-who-is-over-the-house-Lachish-2-Kings-25-22-587bc.htm

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What Early Christians believed about Mt 24 & destruction of Jerusalem ... ... And when you hear that we look for a kingdom, you suppose, without making any inquiry, that we speak of a human kingdom; whereas we speak of that which is with God, as appears also from the confession of their faith made by those who ... That the land of the Jews, then, was to be laid waste, hear what was said by the Spirit of prophecy. And the words were spoken as if from the person of the people wondering at what had happened. They are these: "Sion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. The house of our sanctuary has become ... ye refuse and hear me not, the sword shall devour you," has proved that it was Christ, for rebellion against whom they have perished. In the fifty-eighth Psalm He demands of the Father their dispersion: "Scatter them in Thy power." ... Under him the world was visited with a famine,[2] which writers that are entire strangers to our religion have recorded in their histories.[3] And thus the prediction of Agabus recorded in the Acts of the Apostles,[4] according to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-Mt-24-destruction-jerusalem-70AD.htm

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Seventh Day Adventist Church controversy: The Arrest and Trial ... ... If there is one lesson we can learn from Israel Dammon's rejection of Mrs. White, it is this: A supposed miracle or a vision does not prove a person to be a prophet of God. A prophet of God must pass the Six Biblical Tests of a Prophet. Click to View Mrs. White's Weak ... Two others were deceased before 1859 or 1860 when the lists probably were compiled. One of those, Uriah Smith's father-in-law, Cyprian Stevens, died on September 6, 1858, five days after being bitten by a rattlesnake. It seems surprising that ... The next day, which was the first day of the week, while I was speaking, two men looked into the window. We were satisfied of their object. They entered and rushed past me to Elder Damman [sic]. The Spirit of the Lord rested upon him, and his ... Whenever these terms occurred in the testimony, they created much merriment....This was especially the case when the acts which these terms expressed were described." 104 The expression "slain upon the floor" or "slain by the Spirit" was used ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-arrest-trial-israel-dammon.htm

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Pre-tribulation Rapture Refuted: 1948 Israeli nationhood did ... ... The grain offering is spiritualized in the church where Christians as priests (Rev 1:6) offer their own bodies as a spiritual sacrifice (Rom 12:1-2) or monetary gifts to the church ministry (Phil 4:17-18) or through prayers and songs and alms (Heb 13:15-16) i. "and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father-to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ... Joel lived in 830 BC, which is before both the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities. b. However, Joel 2:28ff is clearly a prophecy of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost in Acts 2 c. Therefore it is clear that this restoration is in the church in 30 AD. 4. Amos 9:11-15 "In that day I will raise up the fallen ... and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit. "I will also plant them on their land, And they will not again be rooted out from their land Which I have given them," Says the Lord your God. " (Amos 9:11-15) a. Amos lived in 750 BC before both the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities. b. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-israeli-statehood-became-nation-1948.htm

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Scriptures were more important than tradition to Apostolic Fathers ... Yet they teach many very different things, have different liturgy, cast innumerable anathema's upon the other's "saints", severed communion with each other over "filioque", (whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son ). Orthodox ... But the point remains, that Roman Catholics claim they are the apostolic church based upon tradition and Orthodox claim they are the apostolic church based upon tradition. Let me quote an Orthodox Father named Raymond L. Zell, in his booklet called, ... for nullifying the commandments of God through their phony traditions, and then goes on to castigate them by quoting Isaiah's prophecy, "These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. ... Mariolatry, Christmas, Easter, celibacy of bishops directly contradicts 1 Tim 3, sprinkling in place of immersion contradicts the very meaning of the Greek word Baptism, which means immersion and the example of Jesus and the Eunuch in Acts 8 being ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-scriptures-tradition-apostolic-fathers.htm

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The poor and famous Hollywood Scientologists ... He grilled me for two hours. At the end, he handed me a Declare." The charges listed in Bowers's "Suppressive Person Declare"--essentially an order of excommunication--included "writing ... more than 40 lawsuits against CAN, which counts among its members the wife of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas and Patricia Ryan, whose father, Representative Leo J. Ryan, was killed by Jim Jones's followers in Guyana. CAN officials say their only service is to provide information, and they adamantly deny Scientology's charges that they are involved in kidnapping or any other illegal acts. ... Then there's the Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education (FASE), which used funds from the U.S. departments of Energy, Education, and Labor--as well as IBM, ARCO, and the National Science ... "We all felt a little cheaper for having cut the line," Mankiewicz says now. "It was such an innocuous little joke--a tiny pinprick. God help you if the Catholic church felt like that and you made ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-poor-famous-members.htm

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Christianity Wasn't Influenced by Pagan Religions! The major benefit of these practices was thought to be some kind of salvation. The mystery religions were not, of course, the only manifestations of the religious spirit in the eastern Roman Empire. One could also find public cults not ... The cults used many different means to affect the emotions and imaginations of initiates and hence bring about "union with the god": processions, fasting, a play, acts of purification, blazing lights, and esoteric liturgies. This lack of any emphasis on correct belief marked ... Sacred meals in such post-Christian mysteries as Mithraism come too late. Unlike the initiation rites of the mystery cults, Christian baptism looks back to what a real, historical person -- Jesus Christ -- did in history. Advocates of the ... The sort of death that they died is quite different (hunting accident, self-emasculation, etc.)."[14] (3) Jesus died once and for all (Heb. 7:27; 9:25-28; 10:10-14). In contrast, the mystery gods were vegetation deities whose repeated deaths ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-pagan-christianity.htm

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Synagogue prototype master summary chart and introduction: The ... The Synagogue was the prototype of the Christian Church for Worship and Function Prototype Jerusalem Temple Synagogue Church Who controlled Sadducees: Acts 5:17 Not initially, but by 100 BC Pharisees took over control. Lk 11:43, Jn 12:42 Christians: Jew and Gentile Weekly attendance No (3 times a year) Yes: every Sabbath Yes: every first day, Sunday. Acts 20:7; 1 Cor 16:2 Government Levitical High priest Sole top authority (like Catholic Pope) Democracy: Body of equal ... Identifying the tribe of sons of Aaron today would require special revelation from God. In other words, GOD WOULD SPEAK. d. Remember that the Encyclopaedia of Judaism confirms that many Jews today are descendants of gentile proselytes (Khazars) with no historic ... But if it was impossible for animal sacrifices to forgive sins (Hebrews 10:4,11) AND if Christ died once for all for sins (Heb 10:12), WHY RESTORE ANIMAL SACRIFICES? b. Premillennialism is pure rank heresy. The next event is the last event: THE END: Second ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Worship-Introduction-master-Summary-chart-Synagogue-First-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-patterned-copied-ancient-prototype-ritual-liturgy.htm

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Hebrew, Jewish, Yehuda, Bible coins of the Persian Empire ... But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God." (Nehemiah ... Yehudim = Literally=one of the tribe Judah = usage is "Jew" as today, one who ascribes to Judaism and the law of Moses. "Although Heb. yehûḏî means "person belonging to [the tribe of] Judah," it is never used this way in the OT. It comes into prominence only after ... In the New Testament, it appears that "Christian" (Acts 12:26; 26:28) like "Jew" were names given the people of God by unbelievers! There are no inscriptions on coins with JEW on them, but YHD came to represent both the people (Jews, yehudim) ... The king said to Daniel, "So you are Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah [Persian: "Yehud"], whom my father the king brought from Judah?" (Daniel 5:13) vi. "Then they responded to the king, "Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah [Persian: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Jesus-coins-of-the-bible-Persian-Empire-539-333BC.htm

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Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) ... Gradually the prophet developed into a different type of messenger, however, and the Conflict Series mark the production of the mature EGW. In fact the evolution is so great that It IS somewhat surprising to know that the same person wrote the two kinds of books. Even the different stages in the same ... Now, however, new authors were found to fill in the gaps to make it all readable! 17 The brethren were not shy about heralding the virtues of the first volume of The Spirit of Prophecy.' 18 Even the name of the series suggests that it had the special approval of God and should be in the homes of all believers. Although the new volume was an improvement over the old Spiritual Gifts (another book ... A facsimile reproduction was issued in 1969 by the Review and Herald Publishing Association....The Conflict of the Ages Series, last, was to include five books The Great Controversy (1888), Patriarchs and Prophets (1890), The Desire of Ages (1898), The Acts of the Apostles ( 1911), and Prophets and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH5-high-shelf.htm

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bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rolalyn-maqsood-petra ... ... Dushrat was also commonly associated with the seasonal aspect of nature because plant life depended on the warmth and light of the sun, and was either urged into growth or - especially in the desert - destroyed by it. The solar deity was therefore closely linked with the spirit of ... If you deserved punishment, on the other hand, then that in justice would be your lot, The cult of Al-Uzza/Atargatis was one of the chief examples of these religious systems. The Divine Son The third person in each divine Triad was the saviour-hero, the virgin-born son of God, metaphysically impossible to distinguish from the Father since he was an incarnation of Himself. Mystical and intuitive knowledge of this ... Traces of their essential virtue would cling to their 125 mortal leavings even though their spirits had passed to another and better world. Holiness was seen as a kind of invisible substance, which clung to whatever it touched. So the virtues (the Latin word virtu means "power'") of saints ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-petra-rosalyn-maqsood-petra-a-travelers-guide-1994ad.htm

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