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The Tel Dan Stele is a black basalt stele erected by an Aramaean king in northernmost Israel, containing an Aramaic inscription to commemorate his victory over the ancient Hebrews (8th or 9th century BCE). George Athas (the leading authority on the Tel Dan inscription) along with other scholars, Knauf, Romer and de Pury have demonstrated [...]
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Ezekiel 18: 27 – 28 “And when a wicked man repents of his wickedness that he has done, and does justice and righteousness, he will keep his soul alive. He will see and repent of all his transgressions that he has committed-he shall surely live; he shall not die.” Isaiah 45:22, 2 Samuel 12:13, Jonah [...]
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In Matthew 5:20, Jesus clearly says, “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
If you research the Jewish roots of Jesus then this statement makes perfect sense.
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I copied this from a conversation online.
The roots of Christianity can be traced back directly to ancient Samaria, and there is no religion known that is older than theirs. The beauty of this line of religion is its ability to adapt and change, and it has changed and adapted numerous times through out history. [...]
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The Gospels are not ‘eyewitness testimony,’ because an eyewitness is one who was actually there and the Gospels were not writing by persons who were actually there and relating first-hand accounts: they are hearsay, written down decades after the death of Jesus, after being transmitted by word of mouth. The Gospels we have today are [...]
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The Greek Scriptures provide many verses that tell of the ‘end times.’ What does Jesus (supposedly) have to say about the ‘end times’?
Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Jesus describes his ‘second [...]
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Jeremiah 10:2-5, “Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen…For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with [...]
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The Tanakh [Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim] is the foundation of the Greek Scriptures [New Testament]; if the Greek Scriptures add or subtract from the Tanakh then they are not legitimate (this can also be applied to the Hebrew Scriptures). Deuteronomy 13:1 All this word which I command you, that shall ye observe to do; thou [...]
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The Hebrew term is Moshiach (mashiyach) meaning ‘anointed one,’ anointed kings, priests, prophets, and the altar in the Temple. Each time the text talks about an anointed king, priest, prophet, etc it will use the term Moshiach. For example; Isaiah 45:1 Thus saith the LORD to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have [...]
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[1] Numbers 22:22: “And God’s anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of the LORD placed himself in the way for an adversary against him.–Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.”
The Hebrew term for adversary is ‘Satan’ and is not a separate being in this verse.
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