MT 24 Jewish Cultural Setting is necessary to understand this topic Jesus kept the law His presentation De 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty: Becoming of Age Nu 4:23 from thirt... »
1. If God created a fully fertilized egg (this means egg and sperm) then Mary did not participate biologically. she was a Surrogate only. Surrogate: a woman who carries to term an embryo conceived by another couple and transferred it to her uterus. If there were true then Jesus is ONLY divine and could not have been the Son of Man (85 times in the NT), Son of David (16 times) Son of Adam (1 time... »
Christ was not raised from death. He was raised from the grave – burial. He did not raise himself Nope wrong? – I have power to take it up? Read on… This I have received of my father. He died for our sins -that was his death. Is death more than the physical cessation of organs? Did he die a sinner’s death? Did he go to hell? Yes. Burial brings closing to those alive. Gotta be mor... »
Burial: 1. Closure – emotional. For the benefit of others. Some people do it to lessen the pain Abraham and Sarah. Gen 23: And Sarah was a127 years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the son... »
RESURRECTION Ideas abound about afterlife, so what is valid? Where are these ideas produced? What else have these same ideological environments produced? Is there a test of credibility? A test of probability? Are some more likely to be true than others? Hinduism and its reform called Buddism – reincarnation – Credibility? Islam – 6th century religious totalitarianism built aroun... »
PURPOSE OF ASCENSION Psalm 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. A CORONATION yes , he got the scepter back Gen 49 The head that once was crowned with thorns is crowned with glory now. Genesis 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from bet... »
Christ’s Second Coming Parousia – Important arrival/ Royalty/Invading army Epiphania – not to arrive but to appear Apocalipsus – naked, unmasked, appear as actually is Guessed dates of Christ’s return 1843 – Miller 7th Day Adventist 1914 – William Taft Russell Jehovah Witnesses 1636 – Martin Luther 1874 – John Wesley Jesus’ signs of his return 1. worl... »