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YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, DO YOU MR. JONES. PART 10.

  • Three thousand five hundred years ago, Moses climbed Mount Sinai. During his 40-day stay on the mountain, God dictated the Ten Commandments, the Torah, and the Oral Law to Moses. Later on, God dictated the first five books of the Hebrew Bible’s Old Testament (the Torah) to Moses. The Old Testament was written between 1500 BC and 400 BC. It consists of many books by various authors written over the centuries. There are four significant and eight minor old Testament Prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah ( Lamentations), Ezekiel, Daniel, and eight minor prophets. The New Testament was written under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit, who directed laypeople, scholars, commoners, and nobility. After Jesus returned to Earth for a few weeks, most Jews stayed with the Bible’s Old Testament. A few Jews crossed over, but not many. That status quo remains in place today. The End Times is another story. The conversion of Jews to Jesus will become a tidal wave.
  • The New Testament was written under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit by laypeople, scholars, commoners, and nobility. The New Testament was written between 48 to 100 AD. The New Testament began to be written shortly after Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven. The New and Old Testaments contain 66 books that have shaped laws, influenced culture, and inspired billions to faith over three millennia. The New Testament was written under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. Also, the  Holy Spirit guided lay people, scholars, commoners, and nobility. In the Old Testament, God inspired everything that Moses wrote. Ask a Rabbi who wrote the later chapters.
  • Various counsels have met to decide what goes into the New Testament section and what is left out.
  • After a few months back on Earth, Jesus charged His twelve Apostles with converting the world to Christianity. Most could barely read or write. Luke was a Doctor. Later, Saul, who was highly educated, became “Paul, the believer” on the road to Damascus.
  • This band of brothers said, “we got this.” Much of the Roman Empire was converted in record time. The killing floor was littered with Christian bodies and many dead lions. After that, Christianity was spread unevenly across the world. After 1492, the race was on when Western civilization stumbled onto the Americas. The Spanish Inquisition killed those who couldn’t be trusted to remain true Catholics. In the New World, there were many conversions and killings. The counter-reformation was the Catholic Church’s reaction to Luther’s Reformation and the corruption within the Church.
  • The Catholic’s response to Luther’s Reformation and the Church’s wide-ranging corruption was threefold.
  • The founding of the  Jesuit teaching order. 2. The papacy’s reform. 3. The Council of Trent.
  • Lutherism’s beliefs were:
  • 1. Salvation by faith alone. 2. Faith in God was the only way to salvation. (Justification through faith.)  3. The way, the truth, and the light are in the Bible.
  • After the apostles, the early Church was led by the Apostolic Triune Fathers  Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp.
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