HOW AND WHY DO WE WORSHIP?

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HOW AND WHY DO WE WORSHIP?

By Brother Tom Wynn Jr.

 

What we count of as valuable is what we worship. We are born to worship, we were all made to worship. We were created to worship. We were created in the image of God. We worship ourselves. A thing or a being or another person. Our worship is our life, our whole life worship something or someone. All mankind are good worshippers and are good at it. But we were all designed to worship only God the Creator, The Lord Jesus Christ(Yeshua Messiah). The true worshippers follow Jesus Christ the Creator of the Universe and they will truly worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth, for they are the kind of worshippers that God the Father, Abba seeks.

God speaks the truth in the Creation and in His Bible. What He wants is True worshippers that believe Him and follow His Way… The truth, the Way and the Life. They live a life in Worship of Him. He seeks us out, He is looking for True believers that will Trust Him and Believe Him as to Be God of the Universe and Creator of the Seen and Unseen Universe. Those that believe that He sent His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ to save the World. He seeks true worshippers that love him with their lives and He loved them from before the beginning of all things.

1. 1.    That worship is the activity of the human soul, not what Christians do but what people all over the world do. Acts 17: 22-28 NIV2. We worship with our lives. The key thing is that we do not say to God our worship, by the way we live. We worship God with our life…Praise God, bow down, you are my God. What we say to God and how we live for God is a game changer for us. Everyone on the planet are worshippers. We all worship. It is what we worship is determined by what we count as valuable to us. Is your new car your most valuable thing? or Your job or your family or yourself, how about your favorite drug or booze?? When we place a value on something or someone we are in effect worship it or them. It could be Michael Jackson or some kind of Idol.Introduction-

 

My wife and I had just walked in the door from taking a friend to the bus station to attend his only son’s wedding.  As we walked in my son and daughter-in-law informed us that Michael Jackson was dead.  I knew he had gone to the hospital with a heart attack today before we left.

The first thing I thought about was this article and how so many people seem to worship him over the years. Michael was just 4 years younger then me and I remember when he and his brothers began to hit the charts in the 60’s.  So many girls and guys just worshipped that man for his singing and dancing.  If only they would worship Jesus Christ their maker, the creator of all things seen and unseen like they did Michael Jackson.

This world is such a mess with its focus on Pop Singers and alike instead of our God and Creator Lord Jesus Christ.  We will all worship something. For some it  will be Elvis or another Michael  Jackson or yet another  the Jonas brothers.  But shouldn’t it be Jesus Christ, the  only begotten Son of the Living God who laid  his very life down on a tree willing for you and me?

Worship and worshippers

If and when we worship God of Heaven and Earth is Glorifies God. All of Heaven, the Angels in Heaven are watching us in amazement as they watch us worship God and love Him and Trust Him and Pray to Him. By our actions the Heavens Glorify God because of us and God is proud of us, His children, His sons and daughters that worship Him. By our actions of worship and love for Him they may know and understand Who their Creator is and they too, will want to Praise Him and Worship Him as well (See Ephesians chapter 1).

As we live our lives we worship something as we were designed to do. Those that follow THE WAY of Jesus Christ, the true worshippers of God the Father, we Glorify God and we are being witnesses to the Universe so they too will Glorify God. They saw Christ die for us and we love Him for it and worship Him and the Father bring Glory to Jesus and our Heavenly Father. Glory and Praise by every creature in the earth, the sea and The Whole Universe sings to the Lord our God. Declare His Glory to all nations.
Rev. 5:12 tour of Heaven by John in a loud voice they sang.

Does Worship Matter?
Worship matters to you, or it should. We need to get a handle on Worship. It should become the driving force, the center of our passion in all the world. It must become the priority of our life. It is not worship that matters, it is the God on the other side of that worship that truly matters. God is worthy of all worship, of all praise and worthy of all and deserve all praise and glory. Is. chapter 6, Rev. peek into God’s Heaven is found in the OT and NT, i.e Rev.

The world of God and the Economy of God is where we should be daily. Our lives need to be focused on the worship of God 24/7. It is an attitude, What we worship is what we most care about in our lives. God is worthy of our worship and Love.  Be his praise and glory and honor and power for ever and ever!

He is worthy of all praise and Glory as He created all seen and unseen as a minimum, He gave His Life for His creation as well, His love was so great that He laid down His life freely and willingly for us, the poor in spirit and lost sheep of His, as well , all the World. John 3:16

Great is the Lord Jesus, His greatest no one can fathom. Rev. 5:12….and on. Psalms 96 We need to bear witness to his glory and his works in our lives and in creation. We need to point out to all that will listen His Glory. Let the Heavens rejoice!

Psalm 145   Everyday I will praise you Lord. Great is the Lord, most worthy of Praise. His Greatness no one can Fathom. The Lord keeps all his promises. He satisfies all the desires of all that he created.

At least there is 4 reasons worship should matter to us….

Did Our Messiah, Our Lord and Savior Pre-Exist before His Earthly Birth?

Did Our Messiah, Our Lord and Savior

Pre-Exist before His Earthly Birth?

Discussion by Brother Tom Wynn Jr.

A Step-by-Step Discussion on Jesus Christ’s (Yeshua Messiah) Existence prior to All Creation and His own Birth in Bethlehem. After you read these verses, you are welcome to bring your own view point before the discussion group, For or Against this topic with bible verses to back up your view points with your text in another color, i.e. blue for easy reference for other readers to see better who wrote what. Please include your email address at the bottom of your viewpoints.

In the verses below we can see that Yeshua (Jesus) came down from Heavenly places, was sent, by The Father, in Heaven. He came to do the Will of the Father, His Father. So he came, he had come, he was sent, and he later, after his work in the flesh was done, returned to Heaven, meaning He came from there.

Lets step right into it with the following verses taken from the NIV bible version:

John 6:38-40
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me; and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

The first verse suggests that Jesus came down from Heaven. This seems to contradict the belief that he first existed as a man when he was born into this world. For if Jesus was first conceived through Mary and had no pre-existence, how could he come down from Heaven. We (Man) come into existence when we are born into this world, but would it be correct to say that we came down from Heaven? If a verse said that we came down from Heaven, would you think that we pre-existed in Heaven too?

John 1:15
15 John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.‘ ”

John the Baptist was 6 months older than Jesus Christ, which we know from scripture. So it is physically impossible for Christ to be before him. Surely this verse shows preexistence, at least before John the Baptist.

Jude 1:25
to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

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Colossians 1:17
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

These 2 verses you just read blatantly say that he is before all things. How clear can it be?

John 1:3
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

So there is nothing that was made that didn’t involve Jesus/The Word being there. This verse alone answers the question because the universe, angels and men were made and Jesus was present when they were created…by himself, Jesus(Yeshua) was doing the work of creating and nothing was before he did that creating. Nothing, not one dot, or one atom.

John 8:58

“I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

Jesus claimed to exist before Abraham. The words I am mean I exist. So Jesus existed before Abraham.

Revelation 22:16
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”

Here we see that Jesus is the offspring of David, yet he is also the root of David, which at appears to show existence before King David, Jesus was.

Luke 10:18
He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Compare Luke 10:18 with Revelation 12:1-10 and it appears that Satan and his angels fell to the earth before the birth of Christ as a man. Now we know that Jesus was the Word and was with God in the beginning.

Micah 5:2
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”

Micah 5:2 talks about someone who will rule Israel and who’s origin is from ancient times. Who but Jesus could fit that description?

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was god.

John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,[ 1:14 Or the Only Begotten] who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

So Jesus was with God in the beginning. We also know from certain scriptures that Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath and it is assumed that Jesus gave the Law. We are also told in Acts:7:30-39 that an Angel of the Lord appeared to Moses through whom God spoke and this is the same Angel who spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and passed on the living words (The Torah) to Moses.

30 “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
31 When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord’s voice:
32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. ‘Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
33 “Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals; the place where you are standing is holy ground.
34 I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
35 “This is the same Moses whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 He led them out of Egypt and did wonders and miraculous signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for forty years in the desert.
37 “This is that Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will send you a prophet like me from your own people.’
38 He was in the assembly in the desert, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living words to pass on to us.
39 “But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

We are then told in 1 Corinthians 10:1-4
1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea.
2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
3 They all ate the same spiritual food
4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

So is the Angel of the Lord, Christ? Well I am not sure, but I know that Christ accompanied Moses and the Israelites. Perhaps the correct model to look at is the one mentioned in Revelation 1:1.

The revelation of Jesus Christ (Yeshua Messiah), which God(Yahweh) gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, Here we can see that the order of the Revelation started with the Originator, which is God(Yahweh). He then passed it to Jesus Christ (Yeshua Messiah) who sent it to his Angel and then to John(John the Apostle, one of the original 12). So perhaps it is possible that the Angel mentioned is the same Angel mentioned in Acts:7:30-39. Either way it still suggests that Jesus Christ existed at the time of Moses.

Moving on we read the following in the Book of  Hebrews 1:1-2
1 In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.

Verse 2 is talking about the son and it says that God made the universe through him, (in the context of him being a son). The word universe in this scripture means Age.

aion {ahee-ohn’}
1) for ever, an unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity
2) the worlds, universe
3) period of time, age

We even use the word ‘aion’ (eon or aeon) in English to refer to Age. So if we read the last part of this verse as AGE, we get the following: appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the age.

John 3:17
For God did not send (apostello) his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

apostello {ap-os-tel’-lo}
1) to order (one) to go to a place appointed
2) to send away, dismiss
2a) to allow one to depart, that he may be in a state of liberty
2b) to order one to depart, send off
2c) to drive away

To be sent surely implies existence otherwise you would just say born. In fact this word (sent) is similar in meaning and sound to the word Apostle (apostolos), which means, “one sent forth with orders”.

Philippians 2:5-11
5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death even death on a cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Surely the above verses assume pre-existence, another look at verse 7: but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. This verse points out that Jesus humbled himself to become a (or like a) human and also a servant. So this suggests to me that he pre-existed in a higher state because to humble oneself is to become lower. If he started life in this humbled state, then it would be incorrect to say that he humbled himself.

This verse is often used in support of the “Trinity Doctrine” by Trinitarians because of the word ‘equal’. But if you are equal to something it means that you are not that thing, rather you are like that thing. This scripture is also very clear about the following: The Father is God and Jesus is Lord and that God exalted Jesus to the highest place. I know full well that there are many verses that support the Trinitarian viewpoint, but for now lets stick to the subject matter at hand, the Pre-existence of the Lord.

A closer look at verse 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: Now I am not sure if Jesus was exalted higher than he was before he came to this world or whether he was exalted to the exact position that he had before. But if we look at John 17:5 again we can see that Jesus asked to return to his former glory.

John 17:5
And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

The above verse is clear about Christ’s pre-existence in glory before the world began. The next verse also confirms that Jesus pre-existed in Heaven.

John 3:12-15
12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven, the Son of Man.
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

Next we have verses in Ezekiel and in the Book of Revelation, which seem to describe that our Lord pre-existed before the New Testament time frame, check it out:

Ezekiel 8:1-3
1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign LORD came upon me there.
2 I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man. From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal.
3 He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance to the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood.

This verse is interesting in the sense that the description is very similar to the description of Jesus Christ in Revelation 1:12-18,

12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lamp stands,
13 and among the lamp stands was someone “like a son of man,” dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.
14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.
15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.
16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Have a look at the next verse. 1 Corinthians 11:3 (English-NIV)
Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

Now the word head in the Greek is ‘kephale’ which can mean head, source or master. Now if we notice the order in a time sense, we have to admit that God is the first as he is the only one who has existed for all eternity with no beginning. We also know from scripture that the man came first and the woman came from the man. So that part is correct if we use a timeline. That just leaves Christ. Did he come between God and Man. I think so, as I believe that all things came from him and this opinion does fit perfectly into this model in a time sense at least. Anyway the word Christ here is ‘Christos’ which means “anointed”. So the anointed is the head of Man.  God > Christ > Man > Woman

If God created all things for his Son and his Son was the channel for that creation to come into being, then we can only assume that Christ existed at this point. As Genesis says: Let us make Man in our image. God was talking to Christ at this point and we know that Christ is the image of God and we are the image of Christ. Therefore the image of the image of God (man) is still the image of God. But Christ is the original and first image and we can only assume again that that image existed before the image of the image. A bit like a mirror that reflects a mirror, the original mirror has to exist in order to reflect the second mirror.

So we know that Christ preexisted before creation and now we will look at some more scriptures that show that he was born before creation itself?

Colossians 1:15-16
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.

The above verse is quite clear that ALL things were created by or through Jesus.

John 1:3
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

So again, there is nothing that was made that didn’t involve Jesus/The Word being there. Only the Father and Son were not made. God has always existed and the Son was born(begotten or Cloned) from God before the creation of the universe, before anything was made. I have my own opinion that Yeshua was Begotten of God (or in a modern word…Cloned from his side, like Eve was cloned or taken from the side Adam, thus the two are one, from the beginning and after, the two where one and are still one, The Holy Spirit being the spirit of both, they share the same Spirit, thus the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit-One God in three persons, the body, soul and spirit, as we were created in their image, Body-soul and spirit). The invisible God revealed himself in the form of Yeshua in the Spirit world, then revealed himself to Adam in the Garden, the Creation and onto Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the Israelites on Mount Sinai and finally revealing Himself in the flesh-of mankind, in order to die the death of death in our place, freeing us from Sin, Death and the Grave once and for all time. By the end of the Ages this will all be finished, or as Christ Jesus put it, “it is Done!” in the Book of Revelation.

The next verse describes clearly who/what was the first of God’s works.

Proverbs 8:22-30
22 “The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, {[22] Or ; or } {[22] Or ; or } before his deeds of old;
23 I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began.
24 When there were no oceans, I was given birth, when there were no springs abounding with water;
25 before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,
26 before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world.
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
28 when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
29 when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
30 Then I was the craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,

This verse is talking about Wisdom, whom many believe is Christ. This scripture compliments other scriptures that teach that Jesus was given birth by God and then created all THINGS though him.

So from this verse we can see the following points.

1. Wisdom was brought forth as the first of Gods works.
2. Wisdom was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began.
3. Wisdom was given birth before creation.
4. Wisdom was the craftsman at his side and rejoiced in his presence before creation.

Some say that Wisdom isn’t Christ, rather this is just wisdom in a conceptual sense and it is true that wisdom is being spoken of in that way. But from verse 22 onward it changes tempo. With terms like I was given birth, I was the craftsman at his side and I was filled with delight, we have to admit that it seems to be talking about a person. Now have a look at the following verses and you will hopefully see my point of view here:

1 Corinthians 1:24 (English-NIV)
but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians 1:30 (English-NIV)
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God–that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

Lets look at some other concepts that Jesus personifies:

• Jesus is the Truth. Yet truth is also a concept.
• Jesus is the Way. Yet the way is also a concept.
• Jesus is the Life. Yet life can also be a concept.

Now look at the following mystery:

1 Corinthians 2:6-9
6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
7 No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.
8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 However, as it is written:
“No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him”

Ephesians 3:8-10
8 Although I am less than the least of all God’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
9 and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things (note: so IF Jesus Christ was the Creator like the scripture says in the NT, then God must be He, makes perfect sense to me).
10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

Perhaps another scripture alluding to Jesus (Yeshua) being the Wisdom of God.

Finally I leave you with the following Old Testament scripture that suggests that God had a Son before the birth Of Jesus Christ(Yeshua as the Angel told Mary to name him)on earth.

Proverbs 30:4
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and the name of his son? Tell me if you know!

I do, I know his name…..Yeshua, the Living Son of God of Heaven, our Holy Father, who is Spirit and wants to be worshiped in the Spirit. Christ Jesus came into the world to save it, he has completed half his mission, soon he will come back to rescue us from his and our enemies and restore all things to their FORMER GLORY, completing his work of Redemption.

Source: NIV verses www.biblegateway.net

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EVIL, WHO CREATED IT? DID GOD CREATE EVIL?

By Brother Tom

Many Atheist and Christian’s alike have not really thought out the argument that since God created everything, He is responsible for the creation of evil. So lets take a few minutes here and I will get the ball rolling. Of course this is my own opinion on the subject and you are welcome to give you own as well. So here we go… 

The  word “Evil” is a word that we use to describe certain things, events, or happenings to us (most of which are caused by other people) or to others because we are Evil or someone did an Evil thing to us personally, “they are an evil person.” Why do we say that, because they did something, some kind of action, that warranted the comment?

Who created it? Who invented Evil? What exactly is it? These could be some questions that may come up in discussion with your kids in a bible study or just talking around the office break room at the office. 

In reality, “Evil” is not a physically created thing at all and, therefore, does not fall within the realm of something created by God. Evil is not a created thing like a horse or a fish, that God created in the Beginning. It is not in the list of things that God created in the first week of Creation. So lets take a better look at this, thing or invention or condition or maybe a personality persona or flaw in ones character. Who created it, if God didn’t? Now we have something to work with. We have provided enough questions to work with here. 

Some folks will say that God created Evil because he created everything in the first place. I think their argument is fundamentally flawed, for the following reasons:  

That God Himself Created Evil. This statement I find to be not true or flawed. And here is why. Evil is allowed by God so that free Will Beings can choose between good (i.e., God) or evil (absence of God) in the Beginning. We look back to the Cross, and those before the Cross were looking forward, since Adam, for the Messiah. We all will have an opportunity to choose Christ as our Savior. All mankind will have that choice, and rightly so, thanks to the Work of Christ Jesus. 

Without evil, it is not possible to choose between good and evil, and the universe would have no ultimate purpose. The Tree of the knowledge of the Difference between Good and Evil, gave Adam and Eve the ability of being able to know both fully, making them aware of the Differences. God is Good and Evil is the Absence of God in my opinion. God wanted mankind to know the difference so they would understand who He was or is…Love! He is present with Man, inside Him. He is that warm feeling, that comfort and pleasant joy of completeness man has when God is in him, living in him- a peace comes over a person when God(The Holy Spirit and Jesus also) comes in and makes their Abode within a person. 

A Consideration of the Apostolate of Saint Peter

Below are Ten major New Testament proofs, which completely disprove the claim that Peter was in Rome from the time of Claudius until Nero. These Biblical points speak for themselves and ANY ONE of them is sufficient to prove the ridiculousness of the Catholic claim. Notice what God tells us! The truth IS conclusive!

PROOF ONE:

We should consider Christ’s commission to Peter. This is often very embarrassing to Catholics, because Christ commissioned Peter to become chief minister to the

CIRCUMCISED, not to uncircumcised Gentiles. 

“The gospel of the CIRCUMCISION was unto Peter; (For He that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)” (Gal. 2:7-8). Here we have it in the clearest of language. It was Paul, NOT Peter, who was commissioned to be the chief Apostle to the Gentiles. And who was it that wrote the Epistle to the ROMANS? It certainly WASN’T Peter! “And when James, Cephas [Peter], and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace [i.e., the gift or office] that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision” (Gal. 2:9). Paul further mentioned his special office as the Gentile Apostle in II Timothy 1:11: “Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.”

PETER is NOWHERE called the Apostle to the Gentiles!

 This precludes him from going to Rome to become the head of a Gentile community.

PROOF TWO:
Paul specifically told the Gentile Romans that HE had been chosen to be their Apostle, not Peter. “I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable” (Rom. 15:16). How clear! Paul had the direct charge from Christ in this matter. He even further relates in Romans 15:18 that it was Christ who had chosen him “to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed.” PAUL Established The Only TRUE Church at Rome.

PROOF THREE:
We are told by Paul himself that it was he — not Peter -who was going to officially found the Roman Church. “I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established” (Rom. 1:11). Amazing! The Church at Rome had not been ESTABLISHED officially even by 55 or 56 A.D. However, the Roman Church would have us believe that Peter had done this some ten years before — in the reign of Claudius. What nonsense!

PROOF FOUR:
We find Paul not only wanting to establish the Church at Rome, but he emphatically tells us that his policy was NEVER to build upon another man’s foundation. “Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, LEST I SHOULD BUILD UPON ANOTHER MAN’S FOUNDATION”(Rom. 15:20). If Peter had “founded” the Roman Church some ten years before this statement, this represents a real affront to Peter. This statement alone is proof that Peter had never been in Rome before this time to “found” any church – because Peter was not in Rome.

PROOF FIVE:
At the end of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans he greets no fewer than 28 different individuals, but never mentions Peter once! See Romans 16 –read the whole chapter! Remember, Paul greeted these people in 55 or 56 A.D. Why didn’t he mention Peter? — Peter simply wasn’t there!

PROOF SIX:
Some four years after Paul wrote Romans, he was conveyed as a prisoner to Rome in order to stand trial before Caesar. When the Christian community in Rome heard of Paul’s arrival, they all went to meet him. “When THE brethren [of Rome] heard of us, they came to meet us” (Acts 28:15). Again, there is not a single mention of Peter among them. This would have been extraordinary had Peter been in Rome, for Luke always mentions by name important Apostles in his narration of Acts. But he says nothing of Peter’s meeting with Paul. Why? Because Peter was not in Rome!

PROOF SEVEN:
When Paul finally arrived at Rome, the first thing he did was to summon “the chief of the Jews together” (Acts 28:17) to whom he “expounded and testified the kingdom of God” (Verse 23). But what is amazing is that these chief Jewish elders claimed they knew very little even about the basic teachings of Christ. All they knew was that “as concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against” (Verse 22). Then Paul began to explain to them the basic teachings of Christ on the Kingdom of God. Some believed — the majority didn’t. Now, what does all this mean? It means that if Peter, who was himself a strongly partisan Jew, had been preaching constantly in Rome for 14 long years before this time, AND WAS STILL THERE — how could these Jewish leaders have known so little about even the basic truths of Christianity? This again is clear proof Peter had not been in Rome prior to 59 A.D. There is no mention of Peter in Paul’s Letters.

PROOF EIGHT:
After the rejection of the Jewish elders, Paul remained in his own hired house for two years. During that time he wrote Epistles to the Ephesians, the Philippians, the Colossians, Philemon, and to the Hebrews. And while Paul mentions others as being in Rome during that period, he nowhere mentions Peter. The obvious reason is — the Apostle to the circumcision wasn’t there!

PROOF NINE:
With the expiration of Paul’s two year’s imprisonment, he was released. But about four years later (near 65 A.D.), he was again sent back a prisoner to Rome. This time he had to appear before the throne of Caesar and was sentenced to die. Paul describes these circumstances at length in II Timothy. In regard to his trial, notice what Paul said in II Timothy 4:16. “At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men [in Rome] forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.” This means, if we believe the Romanist Church, that Peter forsook Paul, for they tell us Peter was very much present at Rome during this time! Peter thrice denied Christ, but that was before he was indwelt by the Spirit at Pentecost. To believe that Peter was in Rome during Paul’s trial, and FORSOOK Paul as he forsook Christ, is absolutely untenable. Peter did not forsake Paul; PETER WAS NOT IN ROME.

PROOF TEN:
The Apostle Paul distinctly informs us that Peter was not in Rome in 65 A.D. — even though The Romanist Church says he was. Paul said: “Only Luke is with me” (II Tim. 4:11). The truth becomes very plain. Paul wrote TO Rome; he had been IN Rome; and at the end wrote at least six epistles FROM Rome; and not only does he NEVER mention Peter, but at the last moment says: “Only Luke is with me.” Peter, therefore, was never Bishop of Rome!

Near 45 A.D., we find Peter being cast into prison at Jerusalem (Acts 12:3, 4). In 49 A.D., he was still in Jerusalem, this time attending the Jerusalem Council. About 51 A.D., he was in Antioch of Syria where he got into differences with Paul because he wouldn’t sit or eat with Gentiles. Strange that the “Roman bishop” would have nothing to do with Gentiles in 51 A.D.! Later in about 66 A.D., we find him in the city of Babylon among the Jews (I Pet. 5:13). Remember that Peter was the Apostle to the CIRCUMCISED. Why was he in Babylon? Because history shows that there were as many Jews in the Mesopotamian areas in Christ’s time as there were in Palestine. It is no wonder we find him in the East…. scholars say Peter’s writings are strongly Aramaic in flavor, the type of Aramaic spoken in Babylon. Peter was accustomed to their Eastern dialect.

At the times the Romanists believe Peter was in Rome, The Bible clearly shows he was elsewhere. There are, of course, many supposed historical accounts of Peter in Rome — but none of them are first-hand accounts, and none of them should be put above the many accounts of The Bible.

The Sword of the Spirit: On the Apostles Peter and Paul

THE VATICANUS — Keller ought to have better logic to know that this Peter buried in this cemetery, of all places, could NOT be the Apostle Peter. In the first place, Peter was a Jew, and they had to be buried in their own cemeteries. This is quite a big step from not even being able to eat with gentiles to be buried is the special cemeteries reserved for the chief pagans and self-proclaimed Gods or “Pators”. And even if by a happen-chance a Jew could be buried in a Roman cemetery, it is most unlikely that a Jew — especially one who attacked the Roman religion as the Apostle Peter did — would ever have been allowed into the most holy of pagan cemeteries! This cemetery was reserved for prophets, soothsayers and the great ones of pagan Rome. I personally think that the apostle Peter would not be caught dead in a pagan cemetery.

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“There is a hundred times more evidence that Peter was buried in Jerusalem than in Rome.” ~~ Rev. Father J.T. Milik, Roman Catholic Priest and archaeologist

“Well, we will have to make some changes… but for the time being, keep this thing quiet.” ~~ Pope Pius XII, the Bishop of Rome

Law vs. The Efforts of Jesus Christ

By Brother Tom

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament says, 

 

 …”Now that the coming of God’s kingdom is proclaimed, then, the measure by which God measures is no longer the Law or the achievement of legal works (cf. the metaphors of the old coat and wine skins in Mark 2:21 f.).  But this changed situation and age is wholly bound up with the word and person of Him who brings it. Mark 2:21 itself shows this, for the occasion of the sayings is the contrast between the disciples of Jesus and those of John. Inasmuch as the disciples belong to Jesus they belong to the new age. This means that in the Synoptists the freedom of Jesus vis-a”-vis the Law is Messianically and Christologically grounded (cf. Luke 2:41 ff.). In Matt 17:24 ff. Jesus, as the Son, is free from the Law even though He keeps it.

 

Jesus, then, bases the relation of men to God on their relation to Himself and to the lordship of God which comes in Him. His specific invitation as the One who pardons is to sinners. This means that He firmly negates the Law in so far as it stands as a mediator between God and man. He firmly negates the righteousness of the Law. The Law is forced out of its key position by the person of Jesus Himself.”

 

(from Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Copyright © 1972-1989 By Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. All rights reserved.)”

 

Source:  Dictionary quote from a portion of an Email by Bro Don Childs, Park Church, Blountstown Fl.  A Discussion on the Law of Moses. May2011.

 

     Now that the Great Theologians have had their way and their say. Here is my take on the subject…

 

” Since the Cross, Mankind can Stand before God Almighty and Be Judged, or we can fall down on our knees before Him and be forgiven, crying out Abba Father save me.” Bro Tom 

 

I think sometimes that some of our modern Theologian’s, Denominations and Churches have lost the simple things of what Christ did for us on that Faithful day on the Cross nearly 2000 years ago. The power of his effort, the strength of his determination to do his Father’s Will, obey to the point of laying down his own life for you and me, has been lost along the way for some. Christ Jesus, the Passover Lamb, the Savior of the World, gave us one thing that no one could before, give each man or woman the ability to reject the offer of that piece of fruit in the Garden.

 

Before the efforts of Christ Jesus, we were all doomed to the works of Adam and Eve on the Faithful day of death. The day they made a free will choice to eat of that Tree, which gave them the knowledge of the Difference between Good and Evil, but at the same time, destroyed their relationship with their Creator, putting all of us in slavery to sin. Jesus Christ, Yeshua Messiah by dying on the Cross paid the fee, the every life of every man, woman and child. He came to restore our ability to just say, “NO! Thank you Serpent.” And By doing so restoring us to our former relationship with our Creator plus a whole lot more.

 

We stand before Him dead in our Sins, but we are made Alive, or Given a Whole new chance to ask for forgiveness and no longer be an enemy with God and our fellow brothers and sisters hidden in Christ, being kept safe by Him. Praise the Lord Almighty for His Plan B. We once again have been given a Free Will or Free choice in the matter of our own personal relationship with our Creator and not tied to the death sentence that Adam and Eve gave us as an inheritance. Presently, those that are unsaved, not having the saving grace of Christ-are doomed to Sin and Death and Slavery to both, because of one man’s deed. Now because of another man’s deed, Jesus Christ, we can be restored to our Heavenly Father, Adopted into His Royal and Priestly family. If we will take on the Righteousness of Christ Jesus and die to our old sin nature from Adam, which keeps us in slavery and death, by faith we are lifted up out of the tomb of darkness and brought into the light of the living. By way of the Cross and Christ whom died on it in our stead, it has been given to us to make a free will choice like Adam had but was lost to us, his children of the flesh. We can become children of the light, children of the Spirit. No longer locked into the Sin nature of Adam, lost by his Will and not of our own. Even though we too would of acted in the same way as he did, if we were in his place. it is called “Federalism” in Theology circles. Christ freed us so we can now reject or except God. We can stand in sin or we can be set free of the slavery of sin. We have been given the freedom of choice like Adam gave up for all mankind. Christ came to give us freedom, not just freedom he said, but “Abundant Freedom.”

 

In order to qualify to become children of God, we have to be like Christ, born of the Flesh and be born of the Spirit(Holy Spirit). He transforms us into Children of God by washing away our sins, and calling us out from among the lost sheep of Adam, the Children of the Lost fold, the ones that were lost in the wilderness. He found us wanting and torn and broken. He called out to us, and we respond to his call, “here we are Lord, here we are(in a weak and sad voice).” He ears out cries and lifts us up! Feeds us by way of his Word, The Word of God, giving us Living Water and His Word for Bread. Now we can grow in Him and be Restored to our former Glory with Him on the Very Throne of God of our Abba Father. A God of Perfect Judgment and of Peace and Joy and Mercy and Grace and most of all…Love!

 

In some Churches today their life has grown cold and icy toward the efforts of our Savior that faithful day. I strongly feel that we will soon see a “Great Falling Away” from the true faith by those that are so busy “Guarding” or Keeping the Law. They forget its purpose and the remedy for it. We can not keep any law of God, nor any covenant (which is what the Mosaic Law is) with God as He requires, perfectly, without his Help, plain and simple folks. We are much too weak to do that. That is what the Law was designed to do, show us we are not able to keep any law, and our failure is up front and personal. We need Christ Jesus! That is why He came. And besides all that, the Gentiles have or had no law. We were given 4 rules to appease the Jews at the time of the Apostles so as not to offend our Jewish brothers and sisters in Christ. No laws were given to the Gentiles. If we were given Laws, we too could not keep them perfectly and were be failures as well. So be it, we need Christ Jesus too. Praise the Lord! For that. Cleanse me Lord. Cleanse me. Wash away my deadly sins.

THE NEW DEALS-NT-GRACE!

By Brother Tom Jr.

1. Christ (Yeshua Messiah) completed the Law of Moses and the prophets he was living under before his death on the Cross. He says on the Cross, just before He died the death of death. “It is Finished!” (see John 19:28-30; Romans 7:1; II Corinthians 3:1ff as well as Hebrews 8:13-9:4 and others). Israel was trying to keep (Guard) the Letter of the Law, which was not working for them. The Law could never save anyone. It was a failure. Not by God, but by the Israelites as a Nation. Also they were to go and teach the Gentile Nations who the Creator was and His love for them too (see book of Exodus-Mount Sinai). They refuse to do it. Christ kept the Spirit of the Law, which they Hated Him for it, so they killed Him (The Israelites and the Gentiles both had a hand it his death).

2. AFTER the Resurrection. A NEW deal was in effect. HE had set up a NEW DEAL with Israel just prior to the Cross, the Last Supper (it was not the Passover meal as some surmise, it was Preparation Day, the day before Passover, He was the Passover Lamb, remember?). They, Israel, did not keep it (see Acts 3:19), if they had he, their Messiah, would of Returned right then and “times of refreshing would begin.”  Just didn’t happen! They rejected the offer and locked up Peter and John in jail instead.  Also see Acts 28:28. He was finished with them and wiped them off the face of the map and made their lands a desert, no tree, no bush, no Jews, no more Temple or Law of Moses-they can not keep the Law of Moses without a Temple folks. He outlawed them living there, Via the Roman Empire. (See Josephus. 70 AD the Destruction of the city of Jerusalem). The Temple and all of Israel and the Israelites all over the Roman Empire were killed and or destroyed. Also see Eusebius, Church Historian writing about 320AD, the Ecclesiastical history of the Church( by Cruse). God was Finished with them at that point in History. 

Hard(Physical) Evidence of the Biblical History In The Dirt

Dear friends and family,

As I continue to “Dig” up information and articles on the Hard (Physical) Evidence of the Biblical History in the dirt, I will share my finds with you. Each time I find more evidence, I noted that the bible is being used by those Archaeologist who are successful in their digs. They are using the Bible as as a road map to find artifacts and ancient cities. It is as if God documented land marks and “X marked the spot” for them to find or he placed bread crumbs for them to follow. From Genesis to Revelation God put his mark on Nature and in his Land, showing the world He will not be Mocked! His word is true.

I watched a new video to me called, Jesus, The Great Debate by Grant Jeffery. It had a lot of good information in it with top notch Theologians and Archaeologists. It was well done.

Bro Tom : )

http://www.numademan.org or http://www.numademan.com

This Information below was gathered by Steve Rudd

http://www.bible.ca/

 

Archaeologists are digging up bible stories!!

Archaeology is an important science that confirms the historical accuracy of the Bible. Since the Bible makes reference to hundreds of cities, kings, and places, we would expect to find evidence from on-site excavations. If we did not find any such evidence, we would highly question the Bible’s claim of inspiration and tend to view it as myth and folklore. We would regard the Bible as the product of human imagination rather than a divinely inspired record about real historical events, about real people living in real cities.

 

At the turn of the century, skeptics viewed the Bible as myth rather than real world history. For example, the Bible makes over 40 references to the great Hittite Empire. You see, 100 years ago, no archaeological evidence had ever been found to prove it really did exist. “Just another Bible myth!” skeptics charged in an attempt to destroy our faith in the Bible. This, however, cannot be said today, for in 1906, Hugo Winckler uncovered a library of 10,000 clay tablets. These ancient records fully documented the long lost Hittite Empire and confirmed the reliability of the Bible. Later excavations uncovered Boghazkoy, the capital city of this so called, “mythical” empire.

 

These discoveries not only authenticate Scripture, but also illuminate many aspects of biblical culture. Abraham’s purchase of Ephron’s field records the following: “So Ephron’s field, which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, the field and cave which was in it, and all the trees which were in the field, that were within all the confines of its border, were deeded over to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth.” (Genesis 23:17), This reflects the standard Hittite real estate procedure of counting the trees involved in any purchase or sale of land. Note also that the witnesses to Abraham’s purchase were the “son’s of Heth” -i.e. the Hittites.

 

Today, so many Bible cities, names and events have been unearthed through archaeology that the Bible is considered the single most important historical document in existence. Many lost cities have been located using the Bible as a road map. So startling and impressive are some of the finds that one archaeologist was compelled to say, “They are digging up Bible stories!”

The shovel and spade have confirmed that the historical information of the Bible is both accurate and reliable.

Skeptics once rejected the Bible’s claim that the Hittite Empire existed until they saw the evidence with their own eyes. Today, skeptics reject the Bible’s claim that God himself exists or that the Bible is a divinely written book. Perhaps the only way they will believe in God is after they have seen him with their own eyes when they stand before Him in the judgment day. Only, then it will be too late!

 

For many centuries, the Old Testament stood as the lone historical record of numerous events, places and people of the ancient world. Many of these records were once publicly ridiculed by skeptics of the Bible as being inauthentic and incorrect. It was reasoned that since no mention of them had been found in any other historical writing that this proved once and for all that the Bible was incorrect. Recent archeological discoveries, however, have proven the Bible to be correct in great detail and those who opposed it to be false.

 

If only more would realize that the Bible is not only a guide to the fallen ruins of ancient cities, but also a road map to the glorious city of Heaven! If only more would trust their Bible as being God’s inspired message for mankind. Since archaeology has proven the historical trustworthiness of the Bible we had better take note about what the Bible says will happen in the future before it too, becomes a true footnote in history.

“We constantly thank God that when you received from us the word of God’s message, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God” (1 Thessalonians 2:13).

Abraham’s city of Ur:

1. In Genesis 11:31, for instance, Abraham (Abram) is said to have lived in the city of Ur.
2. The existence of this great city was often scorned until, recent archeological diggings uncovered its ancient ruins.
3. Temples, houses, and even the king’s and queen’s tombs have been discovered.

Egyptian city of Pithom:

 

The ancient Egyptian city of Pithom has been uncovered and storehouses fitting the description of those built by the Israelites have been found, the lower portion containing brick with straw and the upper portion containing brick without straw. (See Exodus 1:11; 5:7). The mummy of Neneptah II, widely believed to be the Pharaoh of the exodus, has been discovered. A hymn to him mentions Israel and the inscription tells of the death of his young son, possibly the one mentioned in the last plague (Exodus 12:29).

 

Joshua’s Altar:

1. In a personal discussion with Adam Zertal, he said that this archeological site has made a Bible believer out of him. Amen!
2. Adam Zertal has undergone a transformation of faith that is truly remarkable. Like most of his fellow Israeli archeologists, he did not believe the Bible stories of the exodus to be true.He told me directly that the most anti-Biblical forces in archeology are the professors in the various Universities in Israel. Many Christians and Jews are surprised that this would be the case. Palestinian Muslims quote these Israeli archeologists in Tel Aviv as proof that the idea of a Jewish homeland that dates back to 1400 BC is a myth. Zertal was one of these Bible trashing archeologists. But that all changed in 1983, three years after Zertal first stumbled on the site while doing a formal archeological survey of the area. After studying the structure for three years with no idea what is was used for, he suddenly realized that it was the site of Joshua’s Altar. We agree with him and now he believes the Bible. “They are digging up Bible stories!”

1. Adam Zertal commented: “We discovered this place, all covered with stones, in April 1980. At that time I never dreamt that we were dealing with the altar, because I was taught in Tel Aviv University – the center of anti-Biblical tendencies, where I learned that Biblical theories are untrue, and that Biblical accounts were written later, and the like. I didn’t even know of the story of the Joshua’s altar. But we surveyed every meter of the site, and in the course of nine years of excavation, we discovered a very old structure with no parallels to anything we had seen before. It was 9 by 7 meters, and 4 meters high, with two stone ramps, and a kind of veranda, known as the sovev, around.”
2. More on Joshua’s Altar.

Tomb of Solomon and David:

1. Acts 2: “his tomb is with us to this day”
2. “Fifty of their most important outposts and nine hundred and eighty-five of their most famous villages were razed to the ground. Five hundred and eighty thousand men were slain in the various raids and battles, and the number of those that perished by famine, disease and fire was past finding out. 2 Thus nearly the whole of Judaea was made desolate, a result of which the people had had forewarning before the war. For the tomb of Solomon, which the Jews regard as an object of veneration, fell to pieces of itself and collapsed, and many wolves and hyenas rushed howling into their cities.” (Roman History, Cassius Dio, Book 69:14, 229 AD, Translation by Earnest Cary p 425-467)

Tel Dan: Jeroboam’s Altar discovered

1. 1 Kings 12:28-29, “king made two calves of gold”

Inscription: “House of David”

2. At Tel Dan

Oldest Hebrew Text

3. Found in burial cave in outskirts of Jerusalem.
4. Silver Amulet, Deut.6:24-26
5. 300+ years older than Dead Sea Scrolls

Old Testament verified by Archeology:

Genesis 10:10-12	These cities, the earliest that are mentioned in the Bible were uncovered by archaeologists over a century ago and have been positively identified. So also the ancient Canaanite and Egyptian civilizations are known. Thus the setting for the Genesis narrative, the call of Abraham and his journey of faith has a historical basis to it that cannot be denied.
Numbers 6:22-27	A Silver Scroll dating to 600 B.C. quotes this passage, showing that this Scripture existed before the date admitted by critics.
Numbers 22 to 24	An inscription found in 1967 and published in 1976 refers to “Balaam Son of Beor” and records a prophecy similar to that found in Scripture.
Numbers 33	Egyptian maps found at Karnak confirm the geography of the exodus route taken by the children of Israel as recorded in the Bible.
Judges 10:6-9	The earliest known reference to Israelites says that they were “laid waste”. It appears on the Merneptah Stele dating to 1209 B.C.
1 kings 6	An inscription discovered by archaeologists refers to “the House of Yahweh”—i.e. Solomon’s Temple at Jerusalem
1 kings 12:19,20	An inscription found at Tel Dan in 1993, refers to “The House of David” and thus shows that David is a real historical character.
1 kings 12:20	A seal bearing the inscription “Shema servant of Jereboam” is but one confirmation of this king’s existence in history.
1 kings 12:28-31	Jereboam’s “High Place” was discovered at Dan in 1979.
1 kings 14:25,26 & 2 chronicles 12:2-9	Victory relief of Shishak discovered at Karnak in 1799 shows him with prisoners from Palestine.
1 kings 16:23-24 & 1 kings 22:39	The Royal buildings of Omri and Ahab were found by archaeologists in 1933.
2 kings 3:4-5	The black basalt “Moabite Stone” discovered in 1868 describes the battle between Mesha King of Moab and Ahab son of Omri.
2 kings 10:31,32	An Assyrian “Black Obelisk” discovered in 1846 depicts king Jehu
2 kings 10:35	A Hebrew seal found bearing the inscription: “belonging to JEHOAHAZ son of the king”
2 kings 15:29-30; 16:7-9	Cuniform text discovered in approx. 1850 are the records of Tiglath Pilesar and mentions kings Pekah and
2 kings 17:3	An inscription of Shalmanezer 11, known as “the Kurkh Monolith” mentions “Ahab the Israelite”
2 kings 18:13-16; isaiah 36:1	Taylor’s Prism, also known as the Sennacherib Prism discovered about 1850 records Sennacherib’s invasion of Judah, and mentions king Hezekiah.
2 kings 20:20; 2 chronicles 32:3-4, 30	An inscription discovered in 1880 describes the construction of “Hezekiah’s tunnel”.
2 kings 24:10, 15, 17	In 1955 a tablet was deciphered which records the captivity of king Jehoiachin and the appointment of Zedekiah.
2 kings 24:10-17; 2 chronicles 36:9-10	A Babylonian tablet describes the capture of Jerusalem by king Nebuchadnezzar.
2 kings 24:17	The “Lachish Letters” discovered in the 1930’s mention several Biblical characters, including Mattaniah (Zedekiah).
2 kings 25:27-30	The “Yaukin Tablet” found at Babylon (1932/3) mentions king Jehoiachin and the rations allowed to him.
2 chronicles 32:9	A Relief discovered at Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh (about 1850) depicts the seige of Lachish—a contemporary snapshot of a Bible event!
Ezra 1:1-4	The famous “Cyrus Cylinder”—a clay cylinder of king Cyrus describes the return of captives after the “liberation” of Babylon
Nehemiah 4:1,2	A reference to SANBALLAT, the governor of Jerusalem has been found.
Isaiah 20:1	In about 1850, the records of Sargon were discovered.
Isaiah 30:8	In 1947 the now famous DEAD SEA SCROLLS were discovered in caves. They demonstrate the accuracy and reliability of the Biblical text.
Jeremiah 35:3; 36:10; and 38:1-4	The Lachish Letters also mention GEMARIAH the scribe, JAAZENIAH and speak of a “prophet” who demoralized the people and urged surrender to the Babylonians
Jeremiah 36:4	In 1986 a seal was found dating to 587 B.C. It was inscribed: “Belonging to Baruch the son of Neriah” This is without doubt Jeremiah’s scribe.
Jeremiah 36:9-12	Bullae found at Jerusalem (1982/3) bears the inscription “Belonging to Gemariah son of Shaphan”
Jeremiah 43:9-11; 44:13	Excavations in 1881-1891 by Flinders Petrie uncovered the actual pavement mentioned in this Scripture.
Daniel 4:30	Bricks discovered at Babylon (1880) bearing the name Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel 5:1	Clay Cylinder found at Babylon in 1854 refers to BELSHAZZAR.
Amos 1:1	Evidence of the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah found at Gezer and other locations.
Nahum 3:7, 15	Reliefs found at Nineveh in the 1850’s, and which can be viewed in the British Museum are burnt black by the fires of destruction.
Matthew 26:5, 7	The tomb of the Caiaphas family was discovered in Jerusalem in 1990. Scholars believe that the tomb of Caiaphas himself is among them.
Matthew 27:2	Two separate inscriptions have been found mentioning the name of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate.
Mark 1:21	The foundations of Jesus’ synagogue at Capernaum were identified in 1983, it lay underneath a later construction built by Jews around the third century.
Luke 21:5	The huge platform upon which the temple was built in the time of Herod is there for all to see in Jerusalem today. Archaeologists have also uncovered amazing evidence of the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, fulfilling the prophecy of Jesus in this chapter.
John 18:38	A small piece of papyrus known as the “John Ryland Fragment” was discovered in 1934. This fragment is the earliest known New Testament document and has demonstrated that it was in curculation by A.D. 100. The words on the fragment are significant. They are from John 18 including the question “What is Truth?”.
Acts of the apostles	Many sites where events took place are known to us incl. amphitheatres, roads etc.

 

The Gentiles and the Jews, How The Church Became One

By Bro Ken W. of  Texas

The Gentile Tabitha/Dorcas (Acts 9:36).  She died and Peter went to visit the town she lived in.  The Christians cried because they lost one of their best crafts people who donated her goods to the poor.  That touched Peter. It wasn’t about what she knew.  It doesn’t say she understood her doctrines (which can lead to pride), but she was doing the right thing.  Her works (debt that she owed God) put into action (crafts, making garments to help others) showed Peter that here was someone who knew God.  He went and prayed over her body and she was raised from the dead.

Jesus told a story, too.  Matthew 21:28-32

What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ ‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go. Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.” (NIV).

Jesus told us what to do, but many Christians argue over doctrines and create names for themselves.  Jesus is looking for workers to go out and reap his harvest, but we are either in the social club churches or arguing between denominations about which is the Sabbath and whether God is One or Three. Jesus wants us to do his Will.

What is his will?  To keep his commandments? Sure, but what commandments? Many say the commandments are Old Testament. I would say he definitely wants us to be holy. He wants us to avoid sexual sins, lying and drunkenness, anything that would destroy our witness with the world in other words. But he wants us to go out and DO his will, not just talk about it.

If we are doing his will he said he would 1) give us the words to say to the people to whom we minister. 2) He would provide signs to go with us showing that we are his people. All else is just details, isn’t it?

Before I close this email I want to share some things with you that I think will encourage your own walk as your eyes have been opened even more than they were.

Consider Acts 15 again.  I shared this with you once before concerning the Law.  Paul and Barnabas reached Jerusalem and a council was held. ⁵But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

Note what that says.  To keep the law of Moses.  Why is this wrong?  Because The Holy Ghost had been poured out on the Gentiles already.  They had spoken in tongues and it astonished the Jews because it meant a veil like in the temple had been torn down.  No longer were they the special ones.  Now, the Gentiles were equal.
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⁷And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

⁸And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

⁹And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

 

Peter even says he hopes that the Jews can be saved in the faith that the Gentiles are. (v.11)  This is important because it shows the Gentiles are living in more faith than the Jews.

 

What was the result of the meeting?  This is what is required to be a Christian in our day.  This is all that is required:

 

²⁸For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

²⁹That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. (three of the four items is about food that Israel was displeased about the Gentile eating habits, but even Paul had no real problem with eating meat offered to Idols, just if it made you weak brother stumble).

³⁰So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

³¹Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

 

Consolation.  What was the consolation?  The argument was settled. The division within the Body was healed. In other words, you believe in Jesus, you have the Holy Ghost as witness, now you are free to do God’s Will, which is to win souls for Christ, so much more important then worrying over what you eat or keeping the Law of Moses, which was a covenant with the House of Israel and Judah, not the rest of the World. They were the keepers of the Temple. It is gone with the requirements that were a shadow picture of the coming Christ. He came, He fulfilled the Law and the Prophets, It is FINISHED! and he left so he could send down a NEW DEAL, THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU, like it was in HIM. Not leaving and coming, but day and night with us, our comforter, our mark that we belong to God the Father and Christ Jesus, Yeshua Messiah.

 

If we add the early creed of 1 Corinthians 15, a statement of faith concerning the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, and we add to it these few rules, then we have the complete necessary belief of the New Testament church.  If we believe we are part of that same church no matter our background or denomination.

 

My own messages concerning Scripture since I started preaching the resurrection of Christ has been more concerned with explaining the epistles and comforting my brothers and sisters in Christ, encouraging them about what it means to live in this wicked world, and calling them to holy living. To the sinner the message is to repent, change your ways and live in God’s Will.  That is what it means to disciple others.
The gospel is indeed a very simple thing and woe unto us or anyone who tries to make it hard.

In Christ’s Hands,

Brother Ken W.

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People Talk About God’s Grace, But Never Want It

By Bro Tom

People talk about God’s Grace, but never want it.  As was with Israel and the Gentiles/Pagans, they all want to work for the Lord or for their false gods, but he wants them and us today to trust him and He will do the work in us, by us, through us, and for us. By doing so will transform us into a new man, a new creature made in the very image of Christ, Yeshua Messiah.  They are looking back to the very thing that killed them in the first place. Works! We can not work for our salvation, our work for anything that truly matters. If we do, it follows the second law of thermodynamics, it corrupts and dies. Because it is of the natural man, of the flesh.

The minute we try, The Creator says, not so fast buddy, you owe me all your labor as it is. Adam was fired in the Beginning and so he owes God his labor, since he is our father we owe our labor too. He was removed from the Garden of Eden, God’s Resting place. So easy was the labor for Adam and Eve. If you get hungry just pick the fruit from the tree, no real labor in that. Just do the Will of God Adam and all will be so easy. But it was not in the Plan. That is another discussion.

The minute you start to work, you owe the full debt to Him. His plan is to get you to stop working and smell the Roses so to speak, Take a “Rest” a Sabbath, come enter His Rest. He could be saying something like this:   “Take a minute son or daughter and listen to me. I will do the workload for you, but you have to listen to me.” he Said.  “IF you will listen, I will forgive the debt and give you a new home, a place of rest so we can be together again and work together for a higher purpose as one…Just stop working and listen. Let me give you my Grace, my mercy, my love, my only begotten Son to do the work for you and pay the redeeming price for your debt owed to me (His very life’s blood is the cost, I am afraid to say). Obey my voice and do a new labor for me, start loving me and trusting me and love others as your labor. A labor of Love.” This he will count, this labor of Love, as a new work that is worthy of full payment to you from Heavenly places. It is given by GRACE, His Mercy that you do not deserve. If you try to work, keep laws etc. All you are doing is digging the whole deeper for your grave, you are now telling me that you want to pay the debt and lose your own life in the process. I have offered your brother as the final payment for what you owe me, your life. He has paid the price of your works, keeping laws and walking the line. He has restored all things so you can now be with me again. Live in my sight, love me fully and I will love you. His shed blood will remove or wash away the rotten smell of dead flesh full of sin. So you can now work a new way, Love. Love takes energy, it takes sacrice, it takes a part of you and gives it to another. It takes away your need to labor in vein. Our works are dead. Yahweh(God) does not want our physical labors that glorifies us. It wants us to work at loving Him and others, that he will count for a reward that is laid up in Heavenly Places for us.

We must listen to God or we will die the death of death as was told to Adam in the Beginning. No manner of works was going to get Adam and Eve back in that Garden but BELIEVING GOD and making babies so the Messiah could come and restore all things, Plus some. Yeshua, Jesus could not be born to save the world unless they obey God this time. So they put faith in His words, and so be it, we are here and He came and saved us from permanent death.

Let Grace abound in your life. Listen to our Father in Heavenly Places. He gave us the Holy Spirit as a guide and comforter. Take the Gift that He offered, His only Begotten Son, Our Lord and Savior Yeshua(the Lord Jesus Christ). He is our savior, our Elder Brother, our family of God, our Redeemer. Give your labors to Him in love, and practice his ways. Love one another, Love your enemies, Love God(Yahweh) with all your heart, soul, mind and Strength. Trust in Him that He will keep his promises and give your life totally to him so you will see His blessings up front and personal. He wants to bless you and give you peace in heart and mind. His goal is to see you face to face, Like a King with his own child, adopted we maybe, but none the less, we are his and his alone. Satan can only tempt us, he can not make us do anything. We must over come our own sin nature. By His power and Love we can overcome our sin nature, bring life back in to our dead body. Restoring our relationship with Him. Amen!!

In Christ, Bro Tom

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Desires Of The Flesh

Desires of the Flesh

By Bro Tom

Romans 8:4 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh (desires)

–           Desire rules over all of us

The flesh will seek to satisfy our desires outside of God

The flesh will sin in attempt to fulfill those desires

It is impossible to fulfill our desires apart from God

God designed the human machine to run on himself

There is no other fuel than God

God cannot give us peace & happiness apart from himself because it does not exist

With out God we will fail to satisfy longing in ourselves

The love of flesh pleasing is the cause of all sin.

All sin begins with your desires

Sanctify means to make you completely Holy (begins in your spirit)

If you are not a Christian, spiritually you are dead.

If you fulfill your lust or desire you are sinning

If you fulfill your natural desires you will sin

Your soul is your sense of personality

–           The two components of your soul are, one your heart

The heart – is the seat of our affection

Two your mind – the seat of your will (this determines your actions)

Before sin infected you, your heart’s affection was focused on God.

When sin infects you, your affection for God is replaced with affection for             yourself

Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes

Proverbs 21:2     Every way of a man is right in his own eyes

The flesh is not only the common idol, but also the most devouring idol in the world.

Flesh is a wicked idol; it consumes our mind, heart, and our all

Ephesians 5: 29 For no one ever hateth his own flesh, but nourishes & cherishes it

Romans 8:4 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh (desires)

The only difference between lust & desire is intensity

The amount of time spent in church indicates nothing about your true spiritual condition

The spirit lust against the flesh & vice-versa

Your flesh & God do not get along

Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

We were created by God & created for God

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