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The Didache Chapter 5 According to the Talmud the Jewish Sages understood the concept of Resurrection before the time of Jesus Christ. Christians believe there exist references to resurrection and the New Kingdom throughout Isaiah. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_eschatology Isaiah 60 Revelation 21 Still people embrace second death with no fear of God. Like Christians, Pharisee Jews in Babylon had similar views about the resurrection of the dead. Those that do not believe who do not believe and follow God's law will not receive His eternal reward. Here we read that all the Sadducee and the Samaritan Jews that denied doctrine of resurrection have been denied a place in the world to come. Terumah, Terumoh, Terimuh, or Trumah is Hebrew for "gift" or “offering. Haberim is Hebrew for temple priests or members of the Jewish community that cultivated the practice of ritual purity. The is a passage in the Talmud states that the origin of resurrection comes from the gift offerings that are made to Moses brother Aaron. Some Tannaim Rabbis in the Gemara considered Aaron an eternal priest similar to Jesus Christ. The Gemara (also transliterated Gemora, Gemarah or, less commonly, Gimarah is the component of the Talmud comprising rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah. After the Mishnah was published by Judah HaNasi (c. 200 CE). Judah the Prince, (Yehudah HaNasi) or Judah I, also known as Rabbi or Rabbenu HaQadosh was a 2nd-century rabbi and chief redactor and editor of the Mishnah. He was a key leader of the Jewish community during the Roman occupation of Judea According to the Talmud he was of the Davidic line, the royal line of King David, hence the title nasi, meaning prince.The title nasi was also used for presidents of the Sanhedrin. Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Sanhedrin Chapter 10 (Some have it at 11) In my opinion, it is important to interject Exodus 29 within the Rabbis' debate on Aaron being an eternal priest or Aaron priesthood bloodline. Exodus 29 God made a covenant that Aaron and his sons were granted now the privilege of being a special mediating instrument between Jewish people and Yahweh, their Lord. According to Jewish tradition, only males from the direct line of Aaron could serve as priests in the holy temple of God. There is a "Y-chromosomal Aaron" theory that shows patrilineal Jewish priestly caste known as Kohanim (singular "Kohen", "Cohen", or Kohane). In the Torah, this ancestor is identified as Aaron, the brother of Moses. Click on the link Cohen Modal Haplotype http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y-chromosomal_Aaron#Cohens_in_other_haplogroups http://www.familytreedna.com/public/R1bCohane/default.aspx Nephrologist Dr. Karl Skorecki decided to analyze the Cohanim to see if they were the descendants of one man, in which case they should have a set of common genetic markers. To test this hypothesis, he contacted Dr. Michael Hammer of the University of Arizona, a researcher in molecular genetics and a pioneer in research on chromosome. Their article, published in Nature in 1997, has had some impact. A set of special markers (called Cohen Modal Haplotype or CMH) was defined as one which is more likely to be present in the Cohanim, defined as contemporary Jews named Cohen or a derivative, and it was proposed that this results from a common descent from the ancient priestly lineage than from the Jewish population in general. But, subsequent studies showed that the number of genetic markers used and the number of samples (of people saying Cohen) were not big enough. The last study, conducted in 2009 by Hammer and Behar et al., says 20 of the 21 Cohen haplogroups have no single common haplogroup; five haplogroups comprise 79.5% of all haplogroups of Cohen. Among these first 5 haplogroups, J-P58 * (or J1E) accounts for 46.1% of Cohen and the second major haplogroup, J-M410 or J2am accounts for 14.4%. Hammer and Behar have redefined an extended MHC haplotype as determined by a set of 12 markers and having as "background" haplogroup determining the most important lines J1E (46.1%). This haplotype is absent among non-Jews in 2099 analyzed in the study. It appeared there would be a 3000 ± 1000 years. This study nevertheless confirms that the current Cohen descended from a small number of paternal ancestors. In the summary of their findings the authors concluded that " Our estimates of the coalescence time also lend support to the hypothesis that the extended CMH represents a unique founding lineage of the ancient Hebrews that has been paternally inherited along with the Jewish priesthood. I wonder if HaShem will gather the tribe of Cohen (descendants of Aaron) when the Temple is rebuilt and reinstate their position? My neighbor told me that Cohen may be the oldest name in the world. Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin 90b Folio 91a Sanhedrin 91b Folio 92a Sanhedrin 92b- 237 replies
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Muhammad al-Ghazālī may have been a great A mujaheddin, but the video you posted sheds light that his reforms stomped out science for the Muslim people. Neil Degrasse Tyson states that scientific innovation for the Middle East has not recovered since. I will have to better understand why Muhammad al-Ghazālī thought "mathematics is the work of the devil." That is why I have written to you that the problem is not with Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Rather the problem lies with with the intelligent scientific approach atheists have learned from Jews, Christians, and Muslims in undoing humanities moral belief in God (Allah, Adonai)and replacing it with a more probable odds approach. Gandhi once tried to figure the best way to protest the British was to follow Jesus Christ's Sermon on the Mount speech and create a successful peaceful protest which made him famous. Martin Luther King and Nelson Mendela followed the same path and were victorious. That is why I believe that we must show those who do not believe tolerance and display good morals for them to follow.
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On this Feast Day of the Baptism of our Lord Jesus, through the power of the Holy Spirit my family is now all Catholic. I am so happy that they also my brothers and sisters of God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth. The Sun was shining and everyone was smiling. The gift of eternal life is even greater. My next mission is clear. I must teach my family that love and mercy are more powerful than sin and death. Special thanks to my aunt and uncle. They agreed to be God parents to my children and Joe.- 237 replies
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I am trying to figure whether you are making a racial or religious, or both racial and religious remark here. I would disagree that Greece was Eastern. I would place it the crossroads of Europe, Western Asia, and Africa. Ancient Greece is considered the birthplace of Western civilization. I am sure you know its history with Persia. I do have a fondness for Cyrus the Great. But, he was Zoroastrian (side note. I believe Zoroastrian was the first religion to believe in one God). I have mentioned several times that it appears the Zoroastrians influenced the concept of 'hell' to the Jewish pharisees held in captivity, then on to Christians. If only Alexander did not decimate the Persian capital we would know so much more about this. I would agree that Babylon had the first recorded use of mutual prime integers estimated 1800 BC. Babylonian's were not Islamic. There deities were copies of the Sumerians. Just like Romans copied the Greeks. Arphaxad's family lived in Shinar and Ur. Abraham and Jacob where Arphaxad's descendants. But, Abraham rejected the world of many gods. So, yes the Jews, Christians, and Muslims have a great linage in that sense. As for Europeans. I would state that you need to read your history of the Roman Empire. Just like Sumerian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Mauryan, Ottoman, ect... the Romans had many great achievements. Look up aeolipile as an example. In short whenever you have a large body of people together great scientific and socioeconomic achievements happen. The United States built and used the world's most destructive weapon from the minds of American and European scientists. Read the Einstein–Szilárd letter to President Roosevelt. http://www.dannen.com/ae-fdr.html Today we have world collaborations like CERN and the International Space Station. Meaning we are all in this together. America is a soup pot filled with people from every corner of the globe including: China, Greece, India, Egypt, Near East as well as Islamic countries. These Americans make the USA great. My family is from Spain, a historical hub for Muslims, Christians, and Jews. Europe is full of migrants too. It is ok to have national, cultural, and religious pride. But, do not think one side is mentally superior to the other. That is a losing argument. We are all the creation of God (Allah).
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The Didache (The Teaching) First Christian Catechism
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The Didache Chapter 5 The question I now have was whether the Assembly of Korah were the first humans to enter Gehenna. What I understand is that many in the Jewish faith believed in a conscious life after death before the earthly life of Jesus. Numbers 16 The Hebrew term shakhat "pit" is often used as a title for Sheol. Psalms 103 Here we find a reference of Sheol where Jacob thinks his son, Joesph body has been devoured and says he will mourn for him Sheol. This confirms Sheol is not a resting place for the physical body, but for the spirit. Genesis 37 Is South of Sheol Gehenna? Like a moth to a flame, dark metal captures those governed by their primal instincts. I have mentioned several times that it appears the Zoroastrians influenced the concept of 'hell' to the Jewish pharisees held in captivity, then on to Christians and Jannah Muslims. Gehenna” is sometimes translated as "hell," but the Christian view of hell differs from the Jewish view of Gehenna. Most sinners are said to suffer in Gehenna no longer than twelve months, but those who commit certain sins are punished forever. Pope John Paul wrote about Christ and Gehenna much more profoundly than I can write. Here is an excerpt of IOANNES PAULUS PP. II DIVES IN MISERICORDIA EVANGELIUM SECUNDUM MATTHAEUM The Gospel rendering of the word "Raca" or the latin "Racha" is an Aramaic transliteration for 'rekais' based on Aramaic 'reka', with the change in the first vowel possibly indicating a Syrian influence. Many bible commentators believe "Raca" is an Aramaic transliteration of 'reyqa' or 'reyqah.' Reka means "imbecile," "numbskull," or "blockhead" and those ignorant of God's laws. Some worry that this means God has no place for the mentally disabled. Isaiah answers this question. Isaiah 35 People have argued the true meaning of God's laws. But, it does not mean that we need to insult the belief of another. Barclay, in his Daily Study Bible Series on Matthew (5:22) writes: Fatue is the vocative for fatuus, which means foolish. Psalm 14 Only God has the ability to peer inside a person. So in calling a person a fool in an unrighteous manner is in danger of invoking the wrath of God. Reyqa or Reyqah means “empty one." Both the Sadducees (Manasseh) and the Pharisees (Ephraim) are in contempt of each other. Both groups think the other is ignorant and in violation of the Torah. Mishnah Yadayim 4- 237 replies
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The Didache Chapter 5 Isaiah 26 Ezekiel 37 Ephesians 1 1 John 5 Psalms 88 Proverbs 9 Tractate Shabbath Folio 39a Sanhedrin 109b Korah rebelled against Moses, and was punished for his rebellion when God sent fire from heaven that consumed him and 249 of his fellow coconspirators. His two Reubenite accomplices, Dathan and Abiram, also perished when God caused the ground to split open beneath their feet and swallow them up with their families and everything they owned.- 237 replies
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The Didache Chapter 5 Babylonian Talmud Tractate Shabbath Folio 104a Tractate Shabbath Folio 104a Tractate Sanhedrin Folio 110a Tractate Baba Mezi'a Baba Mezi'a 58b At sunrise, when the sun is in the East, it is red because of the reflection of the fire of Gehenna on the opposite side (West). At sunset, when the sun is in the West, the redness is the result of the reflection of the roses of the Garden of Eden thrown from the East. Tractate Baba Bathra Folio 84a At sunrise, when the sun is in the East, it is red because of the reflection of the fire of Gehenna on the opposite side (West). Tractate Nedarim Folio 40a Proverbs 21 Rephaim are residents of the Netherworld (Sheol in the Hebrew Bible). Possible examples of this usage appear as "shades", "spirits" or "dead" in various translations of the Bible. Isaiah 14 Isaiah 26- 237 replies
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The Didache Chapter 5 Before the Covenant God made through Jesus Christ both Jews and Gentiles were rewarded with long life and prosperity by following Mosaic and Noahide laws. Some of those that openly followed and preached God's Covenant were given supernatural gifts (i.e. resurrection, ascension, healing, prophecy, etc..)As time progressed God has revealed to his sages understanding of original sin, hell, and spiritual death. Enoch reveals that we all have free will one whether we want to follow God's commands or not. After death judgement will be on our decision. The good will be separated from the bad. Enoch further revealed that good would be given dwelling places were they can petition and intercede and pray for the living on Earth. The Book of Enoch Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Tophet or Topheth ("roasting place") where worshipers influenced by the Canaanite Pantheon sacrificed children to the gods Moloch and Baal by burning them alive. 2 Kings 23 Here is a Google map of the location and tour of Valley of Ben Hinnom. https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en-US&ll=31.76915,35.227833&spn=0.001915,0.004128&t=k&mapclient=apiv3&layer=c&cbll=31.76915,35.227833&cbp=12,0,,0,0&photoid=po-2117585&z=19 Gehenna expressed in Modern Black Metal Music. Slipknot performs to a crowd. Babylonian Talmud Tractate Nedarim Nedarim 39b Tractate ‘Abodah Zarah Abodah Zarah 18b Tractate Shabbath Folio 33a Tractate Shabbath Shabbath 33b- 237 replies
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Ennin, I am not arguing that there have been and are now many great inventors and scientist of Islamic faith. I also do not understand your statement that Muslims follow Christ's actions better than Christians. The video you wrote for me to watch is Muhammad Abdul Jabbar scolding Muslims for not keeping the Law of their faith. This happens in Judaism as well. But, you fail to respond directly to my questions: Do you believe our earth was the first to be created before the rest of stars and planets? Can you love a sinner and hate the sin? Instead you cut and paste the same conversation that has been around for at least six years written by a man named Jamaal??? Here are three examples to prove my point. If you are not Jamaal, then please put quotes around the words written by others, so I know what you actually are writing and thinking. Matthew 10 You might like this thought. Both you and I have shared breath. God connects us all. I am sure Mohammed knew this revelation. The Book of the Prophet Enoch (Idris) was written 800 years before he was born. Chapter 40 Chapter 41 As for the Ezekiel. The passage you refer to did not mean that doing good works would atone for past sins eternally. It meant that doing good works could preclude God’s judgment of premature physical death, a judgment promised under the Mosaic Law for those who practiced wickedness. The entire chapter reveals the consequences of good and bad conduct in this physical life under the Mosaic Covenant. It does not deal with the subject of eternal life. Eternal life has always come to a person by faith alone. Christians are personally responsible for our actions, just as the Israelites were. Our personal actions will affect our lives just as was true in Israel. For Christians, who live under the New Covenant, premature death may be God’s judgment for sin. However, under the New Covenant what we do in this life also has eternal consequences, not that we will lose our salvation, but we will suffer the loss of some eternal rewards. The Lord normally gave Old Testament saints the hope that their material reward would come before they died, but He has given Christians the hope that our reward will come mainly after we die. God has always justified people for their trust in Him, and He has always rewarded them for their works. The Prophet Daniel speaks more clearly of death and the glory resurrection. But, it does not define ascension to the new kingdom as mentioned in Enoch and later Jesus. Daniel 12
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This statement alone goes against the teachings of love God and your neighbor by Christ. This is the exact opposite. It has the feeling of the Jewish House of Shammai. http://www.dcmessageboards.com/index.php?/topic/24596-the-didache-the-teaching-first-christian-catechism/?p=54274 Jesus said it best on how Christians would be persecuted for their beliefs. Matthew 10 At least we can agree that one who is sinless with God is far closer to him than one that sins daily. I did watch it. We both believe that morals have been lost. But, you consider a warrior to be the best role model of mankind. I believe Jesus Christ, who teaches Love God first and Love thy neighbor second a better fit. One of the most difficult things is to wash the feet of your enemy and turn the other cheek. John 13 1 John 2 I plan to keep on researching the truth of Islam. Here are simple questions for you. Do you believe our earth was the first to be created before the rest of stars and planets? Can you love a sinner and hate the sin?
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The Didache Chapter 5 The Wise King Solomon described the breath of the soul. Ecclesiastes 12 Isaiah prophesied the coming of Jesus Christ. The Chaldee Paraphrase of Isaiah also explained the concept of second death (spiritual death) Isaiah 53 The targumim (singular: "targum", Hebrew: תרגום), were spoken paraphrases, explanations, and expansions of the Jewish scriptures that a Rabbi would give in the common language of the listeners, which during the time of this practice was commonly, but not exclusively, Aramaic. This had become necessary near the end of the last century before the Christian era, as the common language was in transition and Hebrew was used for little more than schooling and worship. Jonathan Ben Uziel, the author of the Chaldee Paraphrases on the major and minor Prophets lived thirty years before the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. He was a disciple of Hillel. He is also the author of Targum Jonathan and a book of kabbalah known as Megadnim. THE CHALDEE PARAPHRASE ON ISAIAH Chapter XXII. Chapter LXV By the second death, the Jewish and Christian writers mean an everlasting destruction both of body and soul in hell, a gnawing sense of the wrath of God in everlasting darkness, separated from the all-glorious God, and his saints in light. Proverbs 24 Ezekiel 18 This did not mean that doing good works would atone for past sins eternally. It meant that doing good works could preclude God’s judgment of premature physical death, a judgment promised under the Mosaic Law for those who practiced wickedness. This whole chapter deals with the consequences of good and bad conduct in this life under the Mosaic Covenant. It does not deal with the subject of eternal life. Eternal life has always come to a person by faith alone. As Christians we are personally responsible for our actions, just as the Israelites were. Our personal actions will affect our lives just as was true in Israel. For Christians, who live under the New Covenant, premature death may be God’s judgment for sin. However, under the New Covenant what we do in this life also has eternal consequences, not that we will lose our salvation, but we will suffer the loss of some eternal rewards. The Lord normally gave Old Testament saints the hope that their reward would come before they died, but He has given Christians the hope that our reward will come mainly after we die. God has always justified people for their trust in Him, and He has always rewarded them for their works. The Prophet Daniel speaks more clearly of life after death and the World to Come. Daniel 12 Matthew 10- 237 replies
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The Didache Chapter 5 I start this New Year of Lord 2014 with a resolution of better understanding and avoiding the way of death to our spirit. In the way of life of the Didache I have found the voice of Jesus reinforces the ideal morals of his prophetic and rabbinic predecessors that we can strive to imitate. Some writers claim that Jesus was a Rabbi of the House of Hillel that preached against the House of Shammai. Before continuing I plant to spend a great of time researching and sharing the thoughts on Idolatry. There are people of faith who consider Jesus and the Holy Spirit to be blasphemy. My assumption is that the words of the New Testament and Didache are misunderstood by many, including myself. It is with humility and the Grace of God that I find Truth to share with all. Shimon ben Hillel, son of Hillel the Elder (brother of Judah II) continued the mantle of Nasi (Prince (of the Sanhedrin). Some Christian writers identify Shimon ben Hillel with the Simeon who blessed the infant Jesus. Luke 2 Shimon's son, Gamaliel presented an argument to the Sanhedrin and senate against killing the apostles. In any case, Gamaliel the Elder should be considered the first Jewish leader that protected the Apostles and help perpetuate Christianity. Acts 5 Acts 22 According to Photius I (810 - 893 AD), the most powerful and influential Patriarch of Constantinople since John Chrysostom, and as the most important intellectual of his time, "the leading light of the ninth-century renaissance" Gamaliel was baptized by Saint Peter and Saint John, together with his son and Nicodemus. The Clementine Literature suggested that Shimon ben Hillel maintained secrecy about the conversion and continued to be a member of the Sanhedrin for the purpose of covertly assisting his fellow Christians. Gamaliel the Elder's son, Nicodemus according to the Gospel of John, showed favor to Jesus. He appears three times in Gospel of John. In this passage Nicodemus visits Jesus one night to discuss his teachings with him. Rabbi Yechiel ben Joseph of Paris, a major Talmudic scholar and Tosafist from northern France. Yechiel concluded that one of the Yeshu stories in the Talmud referred to Jesus of Nazareth. Tractate Sanhedrin Folio 43a John 3 The second time Nicodemus of the House of Hillel is mentioned, is when he debates the law concerning whether the arrest of Jesus is valid. Nicodemus is the first Jewish leader to defend Jesus. John 7 The last time Nicodemus appears in the Bible is Crucifixion, when he assists Joseph of Arimathea in preparing the corpse of Jesus for burial. John 19 The Sadducees held a majority among the High Priests, but the Pharisees were most popular. The Pharisees were divided into two major groups, the democratic school of Hillel, which was under the leadership of Gamaliel, and the republican Shammite school, which interpreted the Torah and Oral Law legalistically. Smaller movements such as the Essenes, Zealots and Herodians added to the divisiveness. For more information on the classic Torah arguments of Hillel and Shammai please go to this url. http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1451634/jewish/Classic-Arguments-of-the-Talmud-Part-1.htm- 237 replies
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Just so you understand, I also know that Jesus was not born on December 25. It possibly was around the end of September. These two authors already wrote about the subject: The Bible does not command anyone to celebrate the birth of Christ. Just as the Quran does not force its believers to celebrate the birth of Mohammed. We do this of our own free will. The date is not important. Men put churches and mosques over temples. Where you worship is not important. It is how you worship that is important. Yet, endless amounts of blood spill over the ownership of these material structures. It reminds me of when I was a boy playing king of the hill with my friends. Christians and Islam replaced pagan and Jewish dates with their own form of celebration to prevent future conflict. I celebrate the birth of the only sinless man this planet has known who preached the power of forgiveness.
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Finding God is more difficult that understanding His creation. But, you relegate those that have the gift of foresight with what truly is prophecy. What about Baudhāyana? A Hindu man who lived 1600 years before Mohammed who understood and gave a value of pi. Is he a prophet? What about Charaka? This Hindu lived 900 years before Mohammed. He was the first physician to present the concept of digestion, metabolism and immunity. What about Pingala? A Hindu man who lived 800 years before Mohammed. He understood the binary numeral system. Is he a prophet? Manusmriti was written 700 years before Mohammed. Does this make the writer a prophet to you? The first germ of life was developed by water and heat.' (Manusmriti - Book I, sloka 8,9) Water ascends towards the sky in vapors; from the sun it descends in rain, from the rains are born the plants, and from the plants, animals. (Manusmriti - Book III, sloka 76) Or maybe the author of the Brahmana should be considered a prophet to your thinking. He was around 1200 years before Mohammed. “The sun never sets or rises. When people think the sun is setting, he only changes about after reaching the end of the day and makes night below and day to what is on the other side. Then, when people think he rises in the morning, he only shifts himself about after reaching the end of the day night, and makes day below and night to what is on the other side. In truth, he does not see at all.” - Brahmanas I am also sure you are aware of the Rigveda that was written 2600 years before Mohammed that claimed one cycle of existence is around 311 trillion years and the life of one universe around 8 billion years. This Universal cycle is preceded by an infinite number of universes and to be followed by another infinite number of universes. Includes an infinite number of universes at one given time. I close my eyes and think of this profound thinker who searched, but never found the true Creator. Nasadiya Sukta Then even nothingness was not, nor existence, There was no air then, nor the heavens beyond it. What covered it? Where was it? In whose keeping Was there then cosmic water, in depths unfathomed? Then there was neither death nor immortality nor was there then the torch of night and day. The One breathed windlessly and self-sustaining. There was that One then, and there was no other. At first there was only darkness wrapped in darkness. All this was only unillumined water. That One which came to be, enclosed in nothing, arose at last, born of the power of heat. In the beginning desire descended on it - that was the primal seed, born of the mind. The sages who have searched their hearts with wisdom know that which is is kin to that which is not. And they have stretched their cord across the void, and know what was above, and what below. Seminal powers made fertile mighty forces. Below was strength, and over it was impulse. But, after all, who knows, and who can say Whence it all came, and how creation happened? the gods themselves are later than creation, so who knows truly whence it has arisen? Whence all creation had its origin, he, whether he fashioned it or whether he did not, he, who surveys it all from highest heaven, he knows - or maybe even he does not know. I wonder why Mohammed wrote the Earth was created first?
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Read from the scroll that was dated thirteen hundred years before Mohammed. How could he know the earth was round? You must then follow the words of the Prophet Isaiah if you believe that scientific observations make one a prophet. What does that make Democritus, Epicurus, Linus Pauling, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, Jacques Monod, Alan Mathison Turing, Francis Harry Compton Crick, Claude Elwood Shannon, Peter Higgs, Carl Sagan, and Stephen Hawking. Under your way of thinking these atheists should be considered prophets. These visionaries were perfectly clear in their thoughts on the unknown. But, they did not predict future events. It takes more than proving a theory of the unknown to make one a prophet with Allah. Isaiah 40 To be bound by real world observation is to not understand the dynamic change of scientific thought and what is later called myth.
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I am finding the teachings of Jesus and Paul conflict. Here Jesus states that we have no Father except God. Matthew 23 Here Paul says he has become our Father in Christ Jesus. 1 Corinthians 4 Here Jesus tells us to keep our keep our good works to ourselves. Matthew 6 Here Paul tells his works to everyone around him and in his gospel message. 1 Corinthians 15 2 Corinthians 11 Here Paul states that loving our neighbor is the most important law. Galatians 5 Here Jesus states that loving God is the most important law. Matthew 22 Here Jesus states that God's commands must be still followed. Matthew 5 Here Paul states that through faith we no longer need to follow God's command to be circumcised. Romans 3
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I do not know of any Blue Christmas Services. I always loved the Elvis song If you cannot find anyone to celebrate Christ's Mass, you are more than welcome to join our family. Remember that God wants us to endure. Jesus suffered an unjust death, so we all can live. If you have time read the Didache I have been writing for the past five months. It has helped me get thru my loss. God bless you.
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The Didache For the past five months I have devoted myself to the apostles’ teaching [Didache] and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. I have learned that we must love the Lord our God with our whole mind, our whole being, and all our strength. We must love our neighbors and enemies as ourselves. We must not take vengeance or bear a grudge with those those that hate, exclude, persecute, and strike at us. Instead we must forgive, pray and hope they will see their transgression and God to have mercy on their souls. We must be obedient to to lawful authority and remember God will judge those that govern us accordingly. We should be cheerful givers to the widows, orphans, and poor without letting everyone know about it. Give to your church so they can fairly distribute to those that need. God will compensate us that keep our giving secret with treasure in heaven. Those in need should be willing to work for their food and shelter. God does not look with favor those living an undisciplined life living off others. This implies to especially providing for our own family. Love of God and our neighbor must be without hypocrisy. For lies lead to thievery and denies Jesus is the Christ. We must rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer without an evil conscious. To love Father, we must seek to know God. To love Jesus, we must seek to know God's only begotten Son. To love the Holy Spirit, we must seek to know the Truth. The first wisdom of Truth is to fear God. We must turn away and flee from evil.- 237 replies
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I think you would agree Prophecy is greater than scientific observations of the planet. Please list the prophecies of Mohammed.
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Didache Chapter 4 The Tanakh mentions King Hezekiah of Judah entrusting Eliakim with the finances of his kingdom. Isaiah 22 The Gospel of Matthew mentions our Lord Jesus Christ entrusting Peter with the the keys to Heaven. Matthew 16 1 Peter 3 Acts 10 God's acceptance of Cornelius the centurion opened the gates so everyone has invitation to become part of His kingdom. Romans 1 Romans 2 Luke 18 Luke 23 Matthew 6- 237 replies
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Didache Chapter 4 Genesis 6 Leviticus 5 Leviticus 26 Numbers 29 Psalms 32 For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David’s affair with Bathsheba. Psalms 51 1 John 1 1 John 2 Matthew 9 http://youtu.be/BIZzOc8vMqE- 237 replies
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Didache Chapter 4 John 15 Matthew 10 Matthew 28 Luke 6 Acts 1 Acts 2 Acts 11 1 Timothy 2 1 Timothy 5- 237 replies
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The Didache (The Teaching) First Christian Catechism
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Didache Chapter 4 Leviticus 16 Leviticus 28 Deuteronomy 17 Deuteronomy 19 The word "church," which is derived from kuriakos, "of or belonging to the Lord," represents in the English Versions of the Bible of the New Testament the Greek word ekklesia; Latin, ecclesia. Matthew 18 1 Timothy 6 John 20 James 5 1 John 1- 237 replies
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The Didache (The Teaching) First Christian Catechism
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The Didache Chapter 4 Leviticus 19 Deuteronomy 4 Deuteronomy 12 Matthew 5 Matthew 7 Matthew 22 John 13 John 14 John 15- 237 replies
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