JOHN 18-
John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have eternal life.
https://youtu.be/Z_ZA9xlNgyc John 18
ON VIDEO-
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.What is truth?
.And the rooster crowed
.He had to be ‘lifted up’
NEW- [past links- verses below]
Judas comes with the guards to take Jesus.
Jesus asks ‘who are you here for’?
They reply ‘Jesus’.
Jesus ‘I AM he’.
They fall backward to the ground.
John
18:5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And
Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.John 18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Huh?
The get up- and Jesus says-
‘Who are you here for- I told you I’m he- let these go
away’.
As far as I can tell this is the only incident in the
gospels where Jesus used the power he had- to actually cause sinful men to fall
down.
Why?
The bible says ‘this
happened so it might be fulfilled that Jesus lost none’.
Ok- when did Jesus say that?
The last chapter- John 17.
John 17:12
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou
gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that
the scripture might be fulfilled.
I think we see here how Jesus word- which he just prophesied
a chapter before- was going to come to pass- regardless of the intentions of
men.
It seems as if the guards were going to arrest them all-
It made no sense for them to simply come and get Jesus- then
let his followers continue the movement.
No- they figured they would stop the movement in one shot.
But Jesus had something else in mind- and he showed them
that they had no power over him- and he was only allowing them to take him-
because this was the 'cup’ the Father chose for him.
John 18:11
Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my
Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
We read that Peter and ‘the other disciple’ followed Jesus
to the high priest’s court.
That other disciple is John.
Don’t forget- this is John’s gospel- so- he knew what
happened in the court- because he was the only disciple there.
The other gospel writers don’t record this incident.
Now- I read something that seemed a bit interesting.
We all know about the famous denials of Peter-
But how exactly did it occur?
We read that John spoke to the woman at the door- and she
goes and gets Peter.
John
18:15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that
disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace
of the high priest.John 18:16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
John 18:17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
Huh?
Yeah- it seems as in if John was saying ‘ok Peter- you said
you were the big shot of the group- though we all forsake Jesus- you would not.
But look now- I’m in here with Jesus- known to the high priest- and your outside-
at the door’.
Yes- it seems as if John told the lady to go get Peter.
And we all know what happened- Peter swares he is not a
follower- denies the Lord 3 times- and the rooster crows.
And maybe John gets a quick look at Peter- you know- sort of
like ‘Who’s the big shot now?’
Ok- Jesus goes before the high priest- gets questioned- and
then gets sent to Pilate.
Pilate asks him if he is the king of the Jews- if he is
really a king.
John 18:33
Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said
unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
Jesus at the end of the discourse says he is a king- for this
purpose he came- but his kingdom is different.
It’s not ‘of this world’.
John 18:36
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this
world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the
Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Or else his men would have fight.
But his kingdom was not about an armed insurrection- it was
about him dying for the world- and starting a kingdom movement of men who would
follow in his steps.
Who would die to their own desires- and live for the King
who died for them- and rose again.
PAST LINKS [verses below]
JOHNS GOSPEL
LINKS-
https://youtu.be/f8VpxlYM_kU John 8- ‘who the Son sets free’
HEBREWS 7-9
[note- some of the posts are too long to post
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post- thanks].
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WHAT ARE THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS?
OCTAVIAN- A GOD?
CICERO- MARK ANTONY [or Anthony
if you like].
WHO WERE THE ESSENES?
DID THE CHURCH ENGAGE IN A GRAND
CONSPIRACY?
NOTE- On the video I said that
Herod the Great had 4 sons who ruled areas at the time of Christ- actually
there were 3.
Archelaus- Ethnarch of Judea.
Antipas- tetrarch of Galilee [I did get this right] and Philip- tetrarch of
regions east of the Jordan.
CHAPTER 7:
NEW NOTES-
MELCHIZEDEK/JESUS NEVER DIES.
NEW PRIEST- NEW LAW.
‘For this Melchisedek, king of Salem
[Jerusalem], priest of the most high God…to whom Abraham gave a tent part of
all…without father or mother [no record in scripture!] having neither beginning
of days nor end of life [no record of his death or birth] but made like unto
the Son of God, abideth a priest continually’ first, Paul is showing the
superiority of the New covenant over the Old. These verses are often used to
teach tithing to gentile believers, they really teach the opposite! In context
they are showing that the New Covenant is greater than the law, therefore the
law [represented as Levi being in the loins of Abraham] submitted to Grace [The
priesthood of Melchisedek/Jesus] and showing how grace is better than law.
Paul’s point is to once again use the Melchisedek figure as a type of Christ.
Jesus is called a high priest forever after this order, Paul says in essence
‘this order has priests who have no beginning of days or end of life, the
priests in this order have a forever priesthood’. It really is amazing how Paul
gets all this from the few verses of scripture that speak of Melchisedek. Many
theologians today question even the most obvious truths. Some good ones will
say there isn’t enough evidence for certain doctrines. Even though the evidence
is 100 times more than what Paul used in his teaching on Melchisedek! I find it
interesting how Paul continually sees Jesus thru every story! The man was a
true ‘Jesus freak’.
‘Now consider how great this man was, unto
whom Abraham gave the tenth…they that are of the sons of Levi have a
commandment to TAKE TITHES OF THE PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW’ Lets settle this
once and for all. To all my friends who teach tithing is for Christians today,
many of them justify it by saying ‘tithing was before the law [true] in the law
and after the law’ I have tried to explain this many times before. This verse
shows tithing to be part of the law, specifically, not just ‘during it’. Also,
the whole point of the argument here is that Grace and the New Covenant are
better than the law. The tithe here is mentioned in a way that shows the
superiority of the new covenant over the Old. ‘Levi also paid tithes in
Abraham, for he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedek met him, if
THEREFORE perfection were under the Levitical priesthood, what further need was
there that a priest should rise after the order of Melchisedek, and not after
Aaron? FOR THE PRIESTHOOD BEING CHANGED, THERE IS A NECESSITY FOR A CHANGE OF
THE LAW’.
The ‘therefore’s’ are real important. They
show you the main reason for the argument. If Paul can prove that God raised up
Jesus from another priesthood, then there must also be ‘another covenant’. For
this reason [therefore] you [Jew] should move on from the Old one and into the
New! ‘For it is evident that out Lord sprang [root out of dry ground!]out of
Judah, of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood…who is made not
after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life,
for he says “thou art a priest FOREVER after the order of Melchisedek”. Again
Paul gets all he can from the ‘Melchisedek verse’. Because this single text of
scripture says ‘Jesus is a priest forever’ therefore God knew all along that he
would raise up a priest with an endless life. Wow, Paul even gets the
resurrection from this verse!
As Paul was learning all these things in a new
way after his conversion, it was blowing his mind. He saw all these ‘hidden’
nuggets of wisdom that Israel had all along in hidden form contained in their
law. Paul is doing his best to present his case from their own ‘bible’ if you
will... ‘For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope
did; by which we draw nigh unto God…and they truly were many priests, because
they were not permitted to continue by reason of death: but this man, because
he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. WHEREFORE he is able to
save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him’. Now, we usually read
this ‘the guttermost’ but it means something a little different. It means
because Jesus has an endless life, he is ‘always’ interceding on our behalf.
His very presence continually before the throne is what ‘keeps saving us
continually all the time’. It is more along the lines of ‘Jesus never will die;
therefore we will continually be saved’.
Paul compares this to the insufficiency of the
priesthood of the law. Those priest’s ‘meant well’ but the poor brothers kept
dying! This showed the total inability of those priests to effectively stand in
on our behalf, even though they did all they could do. Jesus, on the other
hand, will never die. Who would you prefer to have on your prayer team? Someone
who will forget to pray for you down the road, who will last so long? Or
someone who will pray for you forever? I know this is a crude way to look at
it, but for our gentile minds it gets the point across. ‘For such an high
priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and
made higher than the heavens’ Paul describes the character of Jesus as
‘harmless’ as someone who would never ‘get even’ who is always pure, the
perfect intercessor!
There are times
in our lives, as well as all ‘natural priests’ that we are not pure, holy or
harmless. During these days our prayers can’t get thru. If people are depending
on us for true intercession, we let them down. There is never a day where our
‘chief intercessor’ lets us down. There are days when we feel useless, we have
failed. Our own agendas get in the way. Days when we are not ‘harmless’. Thank
God that our ‘prayer warrior’ is always on the job on our behalf. This is
what it means when it says ‘he is able
to save to the uttermost that come to God by him’. All you have to do on those
down days is ‘come’.
‘Who needeth not daily to offer for sins… he
did this once and for all when he offered up himself’ Jesus is the ultimate
sacrifice, there will never be another! ‘For the law maketh men high priests
which have infirmity, but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh
the Son, who is consecrated forevermore’ Paul takes the verse again where it
says ‘thou art a priest forever’ and compares it to the law. He says ‘the oath
that God swore when he made Jesus a priest forever, came after the giving of
the law. Therefore it supersedes the law. The law made priests that were
failing, the oath made a priest who would last forever’ it really is amazing
how much use Paul gets from this one verse. He in essence is saying ‘because
Jesus was made a priest by this later oath, therefore the former making of
priests is no longer in operation. You must leave the Levitical priesthood
[law] and enter into the new one made by the oath’ [New Covenant] all the
arguments that Paul makes in this letter are always pointing to Jesus as the
final word from God. A better covenant with better promises. This is the whole
context of Hebrews, for the people to come out of the law and into Christ!
NEW NOTES-
MELCHIZEDEK/JESUS
NEVER DIES.
NEW PRIEST- NEW
LAW.
Ok- we see the
Melchizedek figure a bit more here-
The writer is
saying ‘look- my Jewish brothers- in Psalms 110- King David- a prophet- spoke
about another Priesthood.
This priesthood
is not from the tribe that priests from the law come from [Levi].
But the
promise/oath made about this priest [Jesus] says ‘you are a priest FOREVER’.
How can this be?
The writer says
this must mean that David was talking about some future priest- who would have
an endless life-
How else could
anyone be a priest FOREVER?
So- David spoke
about another priesthood- outside of the law.
And this priest
is superior to the ‘law’ priests- because those guys died- but this one lives.
He also says
‘there must then be a change of the law [Old Covenant] too- because if we have
a new priest- then there must be a new TESTAMENT/COVENANT as well’.
The whole
argument is showing the superiority of what Jesus has done for us- versus the
requirements of the Old Law.
The writer says
‘see- Abraham our forefather paid tithes to him- and Abraham had the tribe of
Levi ‘still in him’ [Abraham was the father of Isaac- Isaac was the father of
Jacob [named Israel] and he was the father of the 12 tribes].
Levi being one
of those sons/tribes.
The point being
that this example of Abraham paying tithes to Melchisedek- shows that he [and
the priestly line that would follow- Jesus] was superior to the old
law/priesthood- because Abraham was blessed by him- and truly ‘the lesser is
blessed by the greater’.
Once again- this
whole argument only makes sense to the 1st century Jew in
transition- it has no real relevance to a new- first century- gentile church.
Notice how much
the writer is ‘getting’ out of this obscure reference in the book of Psalms-
We really don’t
have a whole lot of stuff in the bible about Melchizedek- but what we do have-
is enough.
Hebrews
7:1 For this Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met
Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;Hebrews 7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
[parts]
The Jews had various responses to
the empires that ruled over them during various times.
Alexander the Great instituted
Hellenization- a sort of cultural compromise over the people he conquered.
They could keep their
religious/cultural roots- but would be subservient to Alexander and Greek rule.
Some Jewish people rejected any
compromise- we call them the Essenes- they moved out of town- so to speak, and
lived in what we refer to as the Qumran community.
This was a few centuries before
the time of Christ- and this was where the Dead Seas Scrolls were found in the
20th century.
A Bedouin boy was looking for his
goats- threw a rock in a cave right off the Dead Sea- and that’s how we found
the scrolls.
The scrolls might have been
hidden there by the Essenes-
Now- when my friends asked me
about them- I told them that it’s been a while since I read up on any of this-
but to the best of my memory the thing that made them significant was the fact
that they were very old manuscripts- from the bible- and they backed up what we
had had all along.
I did read up this week- and
basically had it right.
The earliest Hebrew manuscripts
of the Old Testament we had previously dated back to around 900- 1000 A.D.
These manuscripts went back about
1000 years earlier- and they contained portions from almost every book of the
Old testament- and some complete books.
The only book missing was Esther.
So- this was indeed a very
significant find for scholars.
But the Scrolls also contain some
of the writings from the Essenes themselves- things we never had before- so
this too was significant.
There were Jews at the time of
the first century who tried to ‘get along’ with Rome- and with the person in
charge of their region [one of the sons of Herod the Great at the time of
Christ].
These are referred to as
Herodian’s in the bible.
Some wanted a revolution to rid
Rome from Jerusalem- these were the Zealots [one of Jesus disciples was in this
group].
Some thought if they returned to
a legalistic obeisance of the law- that this would bring in a deliverer- like
the stories we read about in the Old testament- these were the Pharisees.
And some took more of a political
compromise- these were the Sadducees.
Eventually a war with Rome would
be fought [By the way- Josephus- the famous 1st century historian- fought on
the side of the Jews in the war- and after Jerusalem was sacked in A.D. 70- he
went to Rome and wrote his great works- thinking he would make a case for the
Jewish people with the Romans. This is why we have his works today- which are
very valuable to scholars].
NOTE- In time I’ll try and cover
how we ‘got our bibles’ [called the Canon- meaning Rule/ Measurement].
Frankly- there is a lot of
confusion in the general public about conspiracies [like the Catholic Church
had some type of plot to keep certain books out].
Or stories about how the Church
taught Mary Magdalene was a prostitute so they could discredit her.
Actually- we read in the gospels
that Jesus cast out ‘spirits’ from a woman who was probably living this type of
life-
And Jesus had a ministry to the
down and out- it is indeed possible that Mary was one of these women-
And if true- it would not demean
her in any way-
That’s how this tradition more
than likely developed- But- we don’t know for sure.
So a few years back the Church
officially said ‘we don’t know’.
Ok- Plot?
No- just being careful.
So there are other misguided
beliefs like this- that sincere people have- and over time I hope to get to
them.
I’ll do one more in keeping with
this post.
I mentioned above that Caesar
Augustus did indeed take the title of ‘son of God’.
And some critics of the Church
say ‘see- there were all types of religions that had Sons of God’.
I watched one show a few years
back- and it stated that these religions had ’12 disciples- a leader named Lord
and Savior- and he healed and claimed to be God’s Son- and rose from the dead’.
Ok- that show was ‘fibbing’ to
put it lightly- they went too far [historically speaking] in trying to diminish
the Christians claim of Christ by doing this.
Now- is there some truth to this
at all?
Yes- like I just mentioned above-
Octavian did indeed claim deity- a ‘son of god’.
So- how do we explain this?
In the book of Galatians the
bible says ‘in the FULLNESS of times God sent forth his Son’.
Jesus came at a set time in
history- in fulfilment of the Jewish Prophets- to be who he was- and to do what
he did.
Now- this is not special pleading
here- but I find it a masterpiece that God’s Son came at a time when the Roman
Empire had one sitting on the throne- who too claimed deity.
Yet Jesus was in a region of the
lower class- his men were not highly educated- and his followers were people
under oppression.
Augustus lived in the wealthy and
influential capital of ‘the world’- he had all you could ever ask for- he was
worshiped as a god.
Yet in 3 short centuries- one of
the heirs of the empire- Constantine- would have an experience – not with a
former Caesar- but with a vison of a Cross-
He would convert to Christianity-
and declare Christianity to be the religion of the realm.
He would then ‘convert’ the pagan
temples- into churches for these followers of Christ.
So I don’t see the fact that
Augustus claimed to be a son of god right before Christ- as some type of
discredit to the claims of Christ.
No- I see it as God’s way of
pulling the rug out from the oppressor- see? [Oh- by the way- only one of them
rose from the dead- can you guess?]
[parts]
[1568] ALEXANDRIA- EGYPT. Last night I was watching the news
coverage of the demonstrators in the streets of Egypt- they were protesting the
government’s response [or lack] to the bombing of the church in Alexandria, the
second largest city in Egypt [around 4 million people live in the city]. As I
watched the sad story- in my mind I recalled all the times I have run across
Alexandria in my studies of history. The city was founded by Alexander the
great in the 4th century b.c.e. It had the largest library of the
ancient world and was Egypt's capitol for around 900 years. When the Muslims
took over in the 7th century Cairo became the new capitol [under another name
at the time]. Alexandria was one of the great centers of Christian learning
during the first few centuries of the 1st millennium of
Christianity. I remember reading about the great church father Origen- he lived
in the 3rd century and eventually would head up the school out of Alexandria-
one of the first Christian schools of the day. The famous philosopher Plotinus
also had a lot of influence in the city. It was sad to see the destruction on
the news- so many years later. This morning I read Revelation chapter 13. The
apostle John writes about the persecution of ‘the beast’ against the
Christians- the apostle says he makes war against Gods people and overcomes
them. We often neglect to see this aspect of scripture- I mean how many songs
have you heard that say ‘the beast overcame us and killed us’. We like to sing
stuff like ‘we overcome by the Blood of the Lamb’ [another verse from
Revelation]. Yet the apostle foresees a time of persecution of the church that
will include the deaths of many believers. Those who think the book of
Revelation was written early [before a.d. 70] see Nero as the one who bares the
mark of the beast- yes the popular 666 is in this chapter. Others who date the
book later [around a.d. 90] see the emperor Domitian as the beast- either way
John was speaking about a future ruler who would severely persecute the saints
[and of course the most popular view today among evangelicals is the anti
Christ is yet to come]. In verse 10 of the chapter John says those who kill
with the sword, must die the same way- this is the patience of the saints. John
is communicating to the 7 churches that he is writing to that they should not
retaliate against their oppressors- they should patiently endure- knowing that
the persecutors will eventually ‘hang themselves’ with their own rope. Of
course the great empire of Rome would finally fall- and for those who see Nero
as the 666 guy [my view] he eventually dies a shameful death as well [he killed
himself].
As I watch the various responses from Muslims and Christians
[and Jews] to these types of events- we all have a tendency to view things most
favorably to our own particular viewpoint. While some Muslims are of course
outraged over the church bombing- yet the Christian community is more enraged.
When the recent peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians broke down-
many Christians in the west couldn’t care less- many of them view the entire
conflict thru the lens of end time dispensationalism [an end time view that
sees Gods plan being played out by the displacement of Palestinians from the
land]. I grew up in New Jersey [yes- the state of the great governor Christie!J]. As a good old
Italian boy- I had lots of ethnic friends- Germans, Dutch, Spanish- etc. Many
of these families were immigrants to the U.S. whose families had a history of
living in the country for a hundred years or more [some less]. Now- if I were
to come to your neighborhood, and tell you ‘look, the governments of the world
made a deal [league of nations- later called the U.N.] and you have to leave
this area and another group is going to move in’ how what this make you feel?
Put aside your view of the bible and how you see ‘Gods plan’ being carried out-
I mean just as a human being- how would you feel? You would feel terrible- you
would think ‘geez- my father and his father settled here a hundred years ago-
I’m not an alien!’ Yet the Palestinians were living in their land for 2
thousand years! Okay- just see the other point of view. Some of the
Palestinians are Christians [small %- 2-5]. How do you think they feel when
they have been praying for justice- many lost their homes and family estates
during the displacement- and then they see the parade of American Christians
trod thru the land like their on some Holy Land adventure- taking the kids to
Disney world type thing- and yet in the real world lives are being lost on both
sides of the conflict.
Most American
Christians who hold to these end time scenarios that play into the geopolitical
situation on the ground- they don’t realize that many Jews- and even many in
the Israeli govt. do not completely embrace their enthusiasm for Israel. The
Israeli leaders also know that most of these scenarios see a bloody conflict
that will take place in the Holy Land [does Armageddon ring a bell?] and that
many Jews will be slain- only a small remnant will escape [does the number
144,000 ring another one?]. The Israeli
security forces in the city of Jerusalem actually have a specific profile for a
group/persons that they see as dangerous to the city. Do you know who these
‘dangerous persons’ are? They are the tourists that enter the city every so
often- and they have this wild look in their eyes- they are there to await the
return of Jesus and they believe that they will be a part of the end time army
that will spill much blood and defeat the forces of the enemy- yes- these types
are deemed dangerous to the Israeli’s.
Lets pray for the peace of all people- let’s do our best to
reject all forms of violence as being totally unacceptable- whether it be the
bombing of a church in Egypt- the destruction of the Buddha statues by the
Taliban in Afghanistan [they destroyed these ancient pieces of art when they
rose to power in the early years]. Even the bombing of abortion clinics- or the
shooting of doctors- we need to see what the apostle John saw- those who take
up the sword must in this manner be killed. I think too many of us have signed
our own death warrant.
[1564] DRUNK WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS- Wasn’t sure which
way to go today? It’s strange that I have been thinking about covering the sad
story of the Christians in Iraq; since the war they have been persecuted
severely- a few months back one of their main churches was attacked, many have
fled to the northern region of the country [Kurdish area] and many are seeking
asylum in our country. Saddam Hussein protected the Christian church in Iraq-
he was not considered to be a radical Muslim leader- like the Mullahs in Iran.
So it’s sad to see the Christian church possibly being eliminated from this
ancient country. The church in Iraq dates back to the 1st century-
they still speak Aramaic [some of them] which was the actual language Jesus
spoke. Anyway- the thing that seems strange is I felt like I should read
Revelation chapter 17 this morning- and in the chapter the apostle John has
this vision of Babylon [which is Iraq- geographically. In the chapter it’s a
symbol of the Roman Empire] and as he sees Babylon he says ‘she is drunk with
the blood of the saints’- yes indeed, much Christian blood has been spilt in
Iraq.
Okay- the other day I was watching some show about a group
of people picked from all over the world who were chosen to participate in a
sort of round table discussion where each person would spend so many months
just sharing in conversation with these other people. Some were from the U.S.,
others from Muslim/Arab countries- some were from Israel. The conversation they
had was really revealing- they were not scholars, but they showed you the point
of view from other perspectives. One of the questions they asked was what
should happen to Iran? Should the U.S. intervene in their desire to obtain
nuclear weapons? One of the Americans said we should- because they might be a
danger to world peace [a common ideology among many Americans] then one of the
students from a Muslim country said ‘then why do you not feel it is also wrong
for the U.S. to have nuclear weapons’ and the American gave some type of simple
answer. Why does the Muslim world have a problem with the U.S. seeming to play
the role of arbiter- who can have- or not have a nuclear arsenal?
Are there any Muslim/Arab countries that have them today?
What about other countries who are also unstable? Let’s see- Pakistan [the most
unstable of the bunch right now] India [Pakistan’s rival, also a major reason
why Pakistan will not eliminate the Taliban from the mountainous region of her
nation- they see the Taliban as playing a major role in the future govt. of
Afghanistan and they need some ties to the Taliban in order to balance out any
power play between India and Afghanistan] Egypt, Israel, North Korea, Saudi
Arabia- well as you can see there are a bunch of nations who already posses
nuclear weapons- or are on the road to getting them. So when the average Muslim
sees our attempt to intervene in who gets nukes, they see it as a hypocritical
game.
What is the world history on nuclear attacks? How many
countries have actually used nukes to attack/respond to other attacks? One. Who
dropped the first Atomic bomb in the history of the world on another country?
We did. Okay- let’s give this another shot. Who dropped the second Atomic bomb?
Okay- us again. One more time- who dropped number 3? No one. So let’s see this
from the perspective of the Muslim student who questioned the reasoning of why
the U.S. has nukes- but doesn’t want other nations to have them. The student
was told that if other nations [Iran] has them- they might use them. Yet they
see us as the only country that has ever actually used them. Look- I know why
we used them- and many have questioned the morality of what we did in WW2. Were
we just in dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? We killed around 200
thousand people- civilians- not military [not counting the many who died in the
following years from radiation sickness]. One of the definitions of terrorism
is the purposeful targeting of civilians for a political/military goal. To the
Muslim world- we targeted these civilian cites [they were not collateral
damage- the civilians were the target] for a political/military goal- to end
the war. The point is we [Americans] have a tendency to view things from one
perspective- we rarely see the end result of our actions. Who would have
thought that our war in ancient Babylon [Iraq] would have contributed to one of
the fulfillments of John’s prophecy ‘Babylon- you are drunk with the blood of
the saints’.
Because our bibles were written in Greek [which shows you
how strong the Greek influence effected the early church- our first New
Testaments were written in Greek- though the Roman Empire was the world Empire
of the day.
But Alexander the Great- the famed Greek conqueror who came
a few centuries before Christ- he instituted what we refer to as Helenization.
A form of conquering where you let the people you conquer
keep their culture- but you also use parts of your culture [in this case the
Greek language] to permeate the vanquished.
So- the Roman Empire of Jesus day [who at one time were
under the rule of the Greek Empire] continued to write in Greek.
It wasn’t until around a few centuries after the time of
Christ that the first Latin bible was written [by Saint Jerome].
But even his bible [the Latin Vulgate] used the Greek Old
Testament [called the Septuagint] instead of the Hebrew- for his Latin
translation.
Ok- the point being- the Greek world did indeed have a
strong influence on the early church.
And the church had to refute the belief that all matter was
evil.
The Christian doctrine of creation [developed under saint
Augustine- the 4th-5th century bishop of Hippo- North
Africa].
Was the teaching that matter was good- that God created the
material realm- so it is not inherently
evil.
But- after the fall of man [Genesis 1-3] a curse did indeed
come upon the earth [some times when the bible says ‘the world’ it is speaking
of the earth- but other times it is speaking of the fallen order- the sinful
realm of man. That’s why there is some confusion- till this day- among
Christians. They might read verses like this- and think the bible is saying the
earth itself- the planet- is wicked. Actually in those verses it is speaking
about the fallen order of sinful men. See? ‘For all that is in THE WORLD- the
lust of the flesh- the lust of the eyes and the pride of life- is not of the
father- but is of the WORLD- and the WORLD is passing away’- this is one
example from the epistle of John- here the World is not saying the planet- but
the world of sinful man- a fallen ‘world’ order.]
So- in conclusion [if I ever get there!] we- as believers-
reject the belief that all matter is evil.
No- man was created in the image of God- and God is the
creator of all things- both visible [earth- man- etc] and invisible [mentioned
in the above chapter].
The evil we see in the ‘world’ today is simply a result of
mans sin- mans choice to live in rebellion against God.
We can’t escape ‘this world of sin’ by simply denying
ourselves [though that is one aspect of the Christian life].
But God sent his Son into the world to redeem man- Christ
died for all men- and this is the Divine act of Salvation.
When we as humans partake of this Salvation- we are then
free- free to enjoy this life- that God gave us- and we don’t have to have the
mindset of a Socrates- who saw this natural life as evil.
The apostle Paul says in his letter to the Romans;
‘Present your bodies as a living sacrifice- HOLY and
acceptable to God’.
See?
Our bodies- the actual flesh we live in- can be Holy-
sanctified- when submitted to the will of God.
This is from my Romans teaching I did a
few years ago- ROMANS 11-13
[note- there’s much more on the video than the post]
.ROMANS 11
.ROMANS 12
.ROMANS 13
[parts]
VERSES-
This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he
will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Daniel
21 Tell
me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22 For it
is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a
freewoman.
23 But he
who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was
by promise.
24 Which
things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount
Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
25 For
this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is,
and is in bondage with her children.
26 But
Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Gal 4
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and
to love mercy, and to walk humbly with
thy God?
Micah 6:8
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ON VIDEO-
.Corpus Christi- rated 2nd most corrupt in USA
.Will it kill?
.Hidden messenger
.Eyes can’t see- ears can’t hear
.Is it possible for you to stop murdering innocent people-
and covering up that you were ‘drunk off your ass’?
PAST POSTS [verses below]
[parts]
Now- we will read how John gets himself into some hot water.
Not only is he preaching about The Lamb of God- he starts saying ‘Herod [the
Roman ‘king’ figure that was over the Jewish people] you have take your brother
Phillips wife- you can’t have her!’
Herod was the son of Herod the great- we read about ‘the great’
as being the king at the time of Jesus birth- he was the one who had all the
babies killed because he heard that Christ was born and he wanted to wipe out
the competition- this Messiah who would be ‘The King of the Jews’.
[parts]
. The Jews had various responses to
the empires that ruled over them during various times.
Alexander the Great instituted
Hellenization- a sort of cultural compromise over the people he conquered.
They could keep their
religious/cultural roots- but would be subservient to Alexander and Greek rule.
Some Jewish people rejected any
compromise- we call them the Essenes- they moved out of town- so to speak, and
lived in what we refer to as the Qumran community.
This was a few centuries before
the time of Christ- and this was where the Dead Seas Scrolls were found in the
20th century.
A Bedouin boy was looking for his
goats- threw a rock in a cave right off the Dead Sea- and that’s how we found
the scrolls.
The scrolls might have been
hidden there by the Essenes-
Now- when my friends asked me
about them- I told them that it’s been a while since I read up on any of this-
but to the best of my memory the thing that made them significant was the fact
that they were very old manuscripts- from the bible- and they backed up what we
had had all along.
I did read up this week- and
basically had it right.
The earliest Hebrew manuscripts
of the Old Testament we had previously dated back to around 900- 1000 A.D.
These manuscripts went back about
1000 years earlier- and they contained portions from almost every book of the
Old testament- and some complete books.
The only book missing was Esther.
So- this was indeed a very
significant find for scholars.
But the Scrolls also contain some
of the writings from the Essenes themselves- things we never had before- so
this too was significant.
There were Jews at the time of
the first century who tried to ‘get along’ with Rome- and with the person in
charge of their region [one of the sons of Herod the Great at the time of
Christ].
These are referred to as Herodian’s
in the bible.
Some wanted a revolution to rid
Rome from Jerusalem- these were the Zealots [one of Jesus disciples was in this
group].
Some thought if they returned to
a legalistic obeisance of the law- that this would bring in a deliverer- like the
stories we read about in the Old testament- these were the Pharisees.
And some took more of a political
compromise- these were the Sadducees.
Eventually a war with Rome would
be fought [By the way- Josephus- the famous 1st century historian- fought on the
side of the Jews in the war- and after Jerusalem was sacked in A.D. 70- he went
to Rome and wrote his great works- thinking he would make a case for the Jewish
people with the Romans. This is why we have his works today- which are very
valuable to scholars].
NOTE- In time I’ll try and cover
how we ‘got our bibles’ [called the Canon- meaning Rule/ Measurement].
Frankly- there is a lot of
confusion in the general public about conspiracies [like the Catholic Church
had some type of plot to keep certain books out].
Or stories about how the Church
taught Mary Magdalene was a prostitute so they could discredit her.
Actually- we read in the gospels
that Jesus cast out ‘spirits’ from a woman who was probably living this type of
life-
And Jesus had a ministry to the
down and out- it is indeed possible that Mary was one of these women-
And if true- it would not demean
her in any way-
That’s how this tradition more
than likely developed- But- we don’t know for sure.
So a few years back the Church
officially said ‘we don’t know’.
Ok- Plot?
No- just being careful.
So there are other misguided
beliefs like this- that sincere people have- and over time I hope to get to
them.
I’ll do one more in keeping with
this post.
I mentioned above that Caesar
Augustus did indeed take the title of ‘son of God’.
And some critics of the Church
say ‘see- there were all types of religions that had Sons of God’.
I watched one show a few years
back- and it stated that these religions had ’12 disciples- a leader named Lord
and Savior- and he healed and claimed to be God’s Son- and rose from the dead’.
Ok- that show was ‘fibbing’ to
put it lightly- they went too far [historically speaking] in trying to diminish
the Christians claim of Christ by doing this.
Now- is there some truth to this
at all?
Yes- like I just mentioned above-
Octavian did indeed claim deity- a ‘son of god’.
So- how do we explain this?
In the book of Galatians the
bible says ‘in the FULLNESS of times God sent forth his Son’.
Jesus came at a set time in
history- in fulfilment of the Jewish Prophets- to be who he was- and to do what
he did.
Now- this is not special pleading
here- but I find it a masterpiece that God’s Son came at a time when the Roman
Empire had one sitting on the throne- who too claimed deity.
Yet Jesus was in a region of the
lower class- his men were not highly educated- and his followers were people
under oppression.
Augustus lived in the wealthy and
influential capital of ‘the world’- he had all you could ever ask for- he was
worshiped as a god.
Yet in 3 short centuries- one of the
heirs of the empire- Constantine- would have an experience – not
[parts]
END NOTES [I posted the video for
this portion a few days ago- it goes along with Hebrews 7-9 video/post] The
past few weeks I had a few friends ask me about the Dead Sea Scrolls- and a few
other questions about the ‘lost books of the bible’ and some other common- and
mistaken ideas [like the original sin being Eve had sex with the serpent].
So- I figured I would cover a
little Jewish history- which would help in this study of Hebrews-
And also hit on a few of these
subjects.
As we read Hebrews- it helps to
also understand some of the history that we don’t have in our bibles [though
the Catholic bibles do have some of it in the Apocrypha].
Ok- the ruling empire at the time
of Christ was Rome- just prior to the appearance of Jesus- the Roman Emperor-
Caesar Augustus- consolidated the Roman Empire under his rule-
Rome was ruled by a senate- some
famous names from history were in it- Cicero being one.
Caesar Augustus was the nephew of
Julius Caesar- his real name was Octavian [Octavius].
After the death of Julius Caesar-
there were some power struggles that took place- between some other famous
people.
Marc Antony being one of them
[Cleopatra too- he was in love with the girl for sure].
Now- we read about Augustus in
the New Testament- and we read in the book of Revelation about the Mark of the
Beast- and that those who don't worship- give homage to the Beast- they will be
killed.
So- Many Christians would be
killed because they would refuse to give homage to Caesar Augustus [meaning son
of the Divine].
‘Wow- how did he get a name like
that’ [there was more than one Caesar by the way- as well as more than one
Herod- who did play a part in these power struggles- it can get confusing- even
to me].
When Octavian defeated Marc
Antony at Actium [32 BC].
Herod [The Great] had a problem-
he had previously sided with Antony and found himself on the losing side.
Yet he was smart- did some ‘brown
nosing’ as we say-and patched things up.
Herod had 3 sons- who would
eventually take positions of authority in the Roman government at the time of
Christ.
Herod Antipas was over the region
that we read about in the New Testament where Jesus did most of his ministry-
Galilee.
Ok- Octavian claimed deity
because of a heavenly sign associated with his rise to power- and this is how
he became called ‘Caesar Augustus’.
He sort of saw himself as a ‘re-incarnate’- of his great uncle Julius
Caesar.
‘John- what in the heck does this
have to do with the Dead Sea Scrolls’.
Ok- good question.
The Jews had various responses to
the empires that ruled over them during various times.
Alexander the Great instituted
Hellenization- a sort of cultural compromise over the people he conquered.
They could keep their
religious/cultural roots- but would be subservient to Alexander and Greek rule.
Some Jewish people rejected any
compromise- we call them the Essenes- they moved out of town- so to speak, and
lived in what we refer to as the Qumran community.
This was a few centuries before
the time of Christ- and this was where the Dead Seas Scrolls were found in the
20th century.
A Bedouin boy was looking for his
goats- threw a rock in a cave right off the Dead Sea- and that’s how we found
the scrolls.
The scrolls might have been
hidden there by the Essenes-
Now- when my friends asked me
about them- I told them that it’s been a while since I read up on any of this-
but to the best of my memory the thing that made them significant was the fact
that they were very old manuscripts- from the bible- and they backed up what we
had had all along.
I did read up this week- and
basically had it right.
The earliest Hebrew manuscripts
of the Old Testament we had previously dated back to around 900- 1000 A.D.
These manuscripts went back about
1000 years earlier- and they contained portions from almost every book of the
Old testament- and some complete books.
The only book missing was Esther.
So- this was indeed a very
significant find for scholars.
But the Scrolls also contain some
of the writings from the Essenes themselves- things we never had before- so
this too was significant.
There were Jews at the time of
the first century who tried to ‘get along’ with Rome- and with the person in
charge of their region [one of the sons of Herod the Great at the time of
Christ].
These are referred to as
Herodian’s in the bible.
Some wanted a revolution to rid
Rome from Jerusalem- these were the Zealots [one of Jesus disciples was in this
group].
Some thought if they returned to
a legalistic obeisance of the law- that this would bring in a deliverer- like
the stories we read about in the Old testament- these were the Pharisees.
And some took more of a political
compromise- these were the Sadducees.
Eventually a war with Rome would
be fought [By the way- Josephus- the famous 1st century historian- fought on
the side of the Jews in the war- and after Jerusalem was sacked in A.D. 70- he
went to Rome and wrote his great works- thinking he would make a case for the
Jewish people with the Romans. This is why we have his works today- which are
very valuable to scholars].
NOTE- In time I’ll try and cover
how we ‘got our bibles’ [called the Canon- meaning Rule/ Measurement].
Frankly- there is a lot of
confusion in the general public about conspiracies [like the Catholic Church
had some type of plot to keep certain books out].
Or stories about how the Church
taught Mary Magdalene was a prostitute so they could discredit her.
Actually- we read in the gospels
that Jesus cast out ‘spirits’ from a woman who was probably living this type of
life-
And Jesus had a ministry to the
down and out- it is indeed possible that Mary was one of these women-
And if true- it would not demean
her in any way-
That’s how this tradition more
than likely developed- But- we don’t know for sure.
So a few years back the Church
officially said ‘we don’t know’.
Ok- Plot?
No- just being careful.
So there are other misguided
beliefs like this- that sincere people have- and over time I hope to get to
them.
I’ll do one more in keeping with
this post.
I mentioned above that Caesar
Augustus did indeed take the title of ‘son of God’.
And some critics of the Church
say ‘see- there were all types of religions that had Sons of God’.
I watched one show a few years
back- and it stated that these religions had ’12 disciples- a leader named Lord
and Savior- and he healed and claimed to be God’s Son- and rose from the dead’.
Ok- that show was ‘fibbing’ to
put it lightly- they went too far [historically speaking] in trying to diminish
the Christians claim of Christ by doing this.
Now- is there some truth to this
at all?
Yes- like I just mentioned above-
Octavian did indeed claim deity- a ‘son of god’.
So- how do we explain this?
In the book of Galatians the
bible says ‘in the FULLNESS of times God sent forth his Son’.
Jesus came at a set time in
history- in fulfilment of the Jewish Prophets- to be who he was- and to do what
he did.
Now- this is not special pleading
here- but I find it a masterpiece that God’s Son came at a time when the Roman
Empire had one sitting on the throne- who too claimed deity.
Yet Jesus was in a region of the
lower class- his men were not highly educated- and his followers were people
under oppression.
Augustus lived in the wealthy and
influential capital of ‘the world’- he had all you could ever ask for- he was
worshiped as a god.
Yet in 3 short centuries- one of
the heirs of the empire- Constantine- would have an experience – not with a
former Caesar- but with a vison of a Cross-
He would convert to Christianity-
and declare Christianity to be the religion of the realm.
[parts]
Alexander died young and his kingdom was divided between 4
generals- one of them- Ptolemy- would himself make it into the history books
because of his keen intellect.
The system of cosmology developed under him would last [and
work!] until some 17-18 hundred years later when it was overthrown by the
Copernican revolution during the time of Copernicus and Galileo.
Alexander’s generals would do their best to carry on the
system of Hellenization- and other nation’s generals would keep the system
going even after Greece fell. One of them- Octavian [Roman general] makes it
into the history books by another famous name- Julius Caesar.
Alexander established a great library in the Egyptian city
of Alexandria [named after him] and many of the great writings were preserved
during this time.
The writings of Aristotle would be discovered again during
the time of Thomas Aquinas [13th century Catholic genius/scholar]
and this would lead to Scholasticism [a peculiar school of thought
developed/revived under Aquinas] and give rise to the Renaissance.
Okay- before the birth of Christ- the Jewish people resisted
the imposing of Greek culture upon them- you had the very famous resistance
under the Jewish Maccabean revolt- where the Jews rose up and fought the wicked
ruler Antiochus Epiphanies- and till this day the Jewish people celebrate this
victory at Hanukah.
Eventually Rome would conquer the Greek kingdom and the
Jewish people were allowed to keep their culture and temple- yet they were
still a people oppressed. Hassidism [getting back to the beginning] developed
during this attempt to not lose their Jewish roots- the Pharisees of Jesus day
came from this movement.
Alexander was pretty successful in his attempt to unify language-
even though the bible [New Testament] was written by Jewish writers- living
under Roman rule- yet the original bible is written in the Greek language.
Bible scholars till this day study the Greek language to
find the truest meaning of the actual words in the bible [I have a Greek
Lexicon sitting right in front of me].
It would take a few centuries before a Latin version
appeared on the scene [the great church father- Jerome- would produce the Latin
Vulgate].
Yet it would be the re- discovery and learning of the Greek
texts [under men like Erasmus- and the Protestant Reformers] that would lead to
the Reformation [16th century] and other movements in church
history.
The
Jews had various responses to the empires that ruled over them during various
times.
Alexander the Great instituted
Hellenization- a sort of cultural compromise over the people he conquered.
They could keep their
religious/cultural roots- but would be subservient to Alexander and Greek rule.
Some Jewish people rejected any
compromise- we call them the Essenes- they moved out of town- so to speak, and
lived in what we refer to as the Qumran community.
This was a few centuries before
the time of Christ- and this was where the Dead Seas Scrolls were found in the
20th century.
A Bedouin boy was looking for his
goats- threw a rock in a cave right off the Dead Sea- and that’s how we found
the scrolls.
The scrolls might have been
hidden there by the Essenes-
Now- when my friends asked me
about them- I told them that it’s been a while since I read up on any of this-
but to the best of my memory the thing that made them significant was the fact
that they were very old manuscripts- from the bible- and they backed up what we
had had all along.
VERSES-
John
18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over
the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his
disciples.John 18:2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
John 18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
John 18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
John 18:5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
John 18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
John 18:7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
John 18:8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
John 18:9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
John 18:10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
John 18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
John 18:12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
John 18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
John 18:14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
John 18:15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.
John 18:16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
John 18:17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
John 18:18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.
John 18:19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
John 18:20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
John 18:21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
John 18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
John 18:23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
John 18:24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
John 18:25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
John 18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
John 18:27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
John 18:28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
John 18:29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
John 18:30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
John 18:31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
John 18:32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
John 18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
John 18:34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
John 18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
John 18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
John 18:39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
John 18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
13 And
Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall
say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall
say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
14 And God
said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus
shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.
Ex.
John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have eternal life.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the
world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of
the only begotten Son of God.
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re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read them on. I deal with
issues at times that it would be beneficial for some of you to download and
save the file from the Word Press link. This creates a permanent record. The
on-line videos are only good if sites are not hacked- which has happened in the
past. Thanks- John.#
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