what were the 3 choices of the first council of jerusalem?
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they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood
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1) Welcoming Shabbat\n\n2) A Naming\n\n3) Siddur
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john the baptist. he openly re-enacted the exodus and baptised those who would follow. that was a pretty bold move that showed not only his faith, but also successfully struck a political nerve. he demonstrated that he could get mass demonstrations that there were ppl that werent afraid to openly follow someone besides those in political power at the time.
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being king of the jews\n\nMatthew 27:37 And they put up above His head the charge against Him which read, "THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
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Three Fwd=> Wishes: Grace => Mercy => Peace.\n\nOf two Adams compare-i-son in 1Corinthians 15,\nthe first man Adam [was] a living "soul",\nthe second coming [is] a quickening "spirit".\n\nIn (first) Adam (in them: Gen 5) all die.\n("by the u-sing of ordinances all perish)\nIn (last) Adam (in us of us-ward) all live.\n\nOf seven things the word of God (Grace) is in Hebrews,\nmidst thing pierces, divides assunder, soul and spirit.\nhttp://www.godshew.org/Hebrews5.htm\n\nHowbeit? \nFirst the nature-u-all, after-ward the spirit-u-all.\n\nProblem is, law is both natural and spiritual.\nIf we let law be spirit-u-all, then spirit of err-or.\nIf we let law be dead testator of NT, end all-right.\n\nThe "grace" of our Lord Jesus=>Christ with you=>all. Amen.
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Neither. They were both prophets and given a significant assignment. One got to lead the Jews out of slavery and start a personal relationship with God.  The other had the privelege of leading the way before Jesus came and got to baptize him.
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Judaism as it points directly to the coming of Jesus Christ.  I'm Christian.\n\npeace
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God still talks to anyone who will listen. He loves everyone of every race, nationality, religion... In fact, Revelation 14:6 says that just before Jesus comes an angel (messenger) flies in the midst of heaven with the everlasting gospel (good news) to preach to every nation, tribe, language, and people. That doesn't leave ANYONE out!\n\nNow, to your question about the Jewish nation and the tapestry...\n\nGod had chosen the Jews to be His special people, and they were to be a representation to the world of His character. They didn't exactly fill His desires for them throughout the ages. In fact, tthey came to be quite an embarrasement, yet He still loved them. While they were in captivity in Babylon, God gave the prophet Daniel a vision telling him what would happen with the Jewish people.\n\nDaniel 9:24 says that there would be 70 weeks determined (the Greek word means "cut off") for the Jewish people. Verse 25 gives the start date for this time period - the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. There were 3 commands given saying the Jews could go back to Jerusalem (you can read about these in the book of Ezra), but only one authorized the rebuilding of the city, and that was given in 457 BC. \n\nVerse 25 says that from that command to restore and build Jerusalem unto Messiah ("Anointed One") the Prince would be 69 weeks, and then verse 26 says that in the middle of that 70th week, the Messiah would be "cut off" and put an end to the sacrifice and oblation.\n\nBefore going any farther, read Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6, where you see that in prophecy a day equals a year. So, these weeks that we are talking about can be multiplied by seven to give us the days, and then those days are actually years. So, 70 weeks would equal 490 years (70 x 7). And the 69 weeks equal 483 years.\n\nSure enough, if you go to that start date of 457 BC when the command was given to rebuild Jerusalem and go forward 483 years, you land on 27 AD, the exact year that Jesus was baptized and anointed by the Holy Spirit for His ministry. Then, it says that in the middle of that next week Jesus would be "cut off", or killed, but not for Himself. If a week equals 7 years, then the middle of that week would be 3 1/2 years. Sure enough, exactly 3 1/2 years after his fall baptism in 27 AD, Jesus was crucified in the spring of 31 AD. \n\nThis is where the TAPESTRY comes in. At Jesus' death, the curtain, a 4" tapestry, that divided the rooms in the sanctuary was torn top to bottom (Mark 15:37,38). This made it clear to everyone that the sanctuary services pointing forward to the Messiah were no longer necessary, as Jesus had just died and fulfilled every service that happened there. He was the Lamb killed for the sins of the world, and there was no longer a need for sacrifices.\n\nHowever, the Jewish nation as a whole didn't accept that Jesus was the Messiah. Individuals believed on Him, but the leadership rejected Him. 3 1/2 years after Jesus' death, Stephen was preaching to the Jewish leaders about Jesus, and they took him and stoned him to death, making him the first Christian martyr. This happened in 34 AD, exactly 70 weeks, or 490 years, after the command to rebuild Jerusalem. Those 70 weeks given to the Jewish nation to accept Jesus and be God's chosen people had run out, and from that time on the gospel was preached to the Gentile world.\n\nToday, anyone who accepts Jesus becomes a part of spiritual Israel. Paul says that if we are Christs, then we are Abraham's seed (Galatians 3:29). That means Jews as well as us.
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According to noted O.T. scholar J D Pentecost the first two segments ran consecutively with no time between them. Some think the first "7" referred to the time when Jerusalem was rebuilt.
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Matthew 10:23\n23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.\n\nMatthew 11:23\nAnd thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. \n\nMatthew 19:28; \nAnd Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.\n\nMatthew 21:43, 44; 24; 25:31-46; 26:17-35, 46, 64; \nGoodluck ^_^
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Why would Christians want Jerusalem. It doesn't belong to us. Remember our kingdom is not on this earth.
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Three of the disciples Peter, James & John, were given a closer place than the other disciples (they went with him to the mount of transfiguration & the garden of Gethsemane).\n\nFrom the following passages we can eliminate Peter.\nJohn 21:7 "Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, "It is the Lord," he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water" \n\nJohn 21:20-21 "Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, Lord, who is going to betray you?) When Peter saw him, he asked, Lord, what about him?"\n\nThe incident he referred to is in John 13.\nJohn 13:21-26 "After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me. His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, Ask him which one he means. Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, Lord, who is it? Jesus answered, It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish. Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon." He uses the same expression so this doesn't help much.\n\nWhen He was dying, he asked this disciple to adopt His mother.\nJohn 19:25-27 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.\n\nMost commentators agree that the disciple in question was John, and he used this phrase, as a polite way of referring to himself. This phrase is only used in the gospel by John.
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Read your Bible -- you've got 4 versions to choose from, and the alert reader will notice that they all slightly vary.  Well, witnesses to any great event often vary a bit in the details, especially when some of the witnesses weren't even there.\n\nWhen it comes to the Gospels, I prefer Matthew.  In this instance, however, I'd go with John (simply because he was there).\n\nYes, of the 4 authors of the Gospel both Matthew and John were the only ones who were actually of the 12 Apostles.  But Matthew never claims to have been first at the tomb -- John was (he even brags about how fast he ran !).  That kind of detail impresses me that he recognized the importance of the event, and recorded everything clearly in his mind.
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All three would be from the past. \nThe Prophet Abraham - To maybe gain some truth.\nMahatma Gandhi- To learn some wisdom\nJesus - To see the light.\n\n To eat , Lamb cooked on the grill, alittle bread, cheese\nsome fruit.\nand for dessert. Strawbeery topped cheesecake.\nHey they haven't eat'n in along time and everyone love's cheesecake..
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Twelve chosen by Jesus near the beginning of his ministry, those whom also He named Apostles, were:\n\nSimon called Peter (Grk. petros, petra; Aram. kēf; Engl. rock) by Jesus, also known as Simon bar Jonah and Simon bar Jochanan (Aram.) and earlier (Pauline Epistles were written first) Cephas (Aram.) by Paul of Tarsus and Simon Peter, a fisherman from Bethsaida "of Galilee" (John 1:44; cf. 12:21) \nAndrew brother of Peter, a Bethsaida fisherman and disciple of John the Baptist, and also the First-Called Apostle \nJames ("the Great") and \nJohn, sons of Zebedee, called by Jesus Boanerges (an Aramaic name explained in Mk 3:17 as "Sons of Thunder") \nPhilip from Bethsaida "of Galilee" (John 1:44, 12:21) \nBartholomew, in Aramaic "bar-Talemai?", "son of Talemai" or from Ptolemais \nThomas, also known as Judas Thomas Didymus - Aramaic T'oma' = twin, and Greek Didymous = twin \nJames ("the Less") and \nMatthew the tax collector, sometimes identified with Levi, sons of Alphaeus \nSimon the Canaanite, called in Luke and Acts "Simon the Zealot" \nJudas Iscariot name Iscariot may refer to the Judaean towns of Kerioth or to the sicarii (Jewish nationalist insurrectionists), or to Issachar; he was replaced as an apostle in Acts by Matthias \nThe identity of the other apostle of the twelve varies between the Synoptic Gospels and also between ancient manuscripts of each gospel:\n\nMark names him as Thaddaeus \nSome manuscripts of Matthew also identify him as Thaddeus \nSome manuscripts of Matthew name him as Lebbaeus \nSome manuscripts of Matthew name him as Judas the Zealot \nLuke names him as Judas, son of James \nThe Gospel of John, unlike the Synoptic Gospels, does not offer a formal list of apostles, nor does the author even state their number. However, the following eight apostles are identified in the fourth Gospel account:\n\nPeter \nAndrew (identified as Peter's brother) \nthe sons of Zebedee \nPhilip \nNathanael \nThomas (identified as also being called Judas and Didymus (John 20:24)) \nJudas Iscariot \nThe individual that the Gospel of John names as Nathanael is traditionally identified as the same person that the Synoptic Gospels call Bartholomew, and most would agree that the sons of Zebedee is likely to be a reference to James and John. Noticably missing from the Gospel of John are James "the less", Matthew, and Simon the Canaanite/Zealot. James "the less" was, according to the Book of Acts, the leader of the Jerusalem church, and Matthew is noticably the most Jewish of the Gospels, and it may be the case that the author of John deliberately left out these two figures for a motive opposed to Jewish Christianity. By the second century, the presence of two Simons in the list of the Synoptic Gospels allowed a case to be made for Simon Magus being the other of the Simons, and hence one of the twelve apostles; and it may have been for this reason that John left the other Simon out
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Jerusalem because Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, all consider it the holiest place on Earth. Second to that I guess it would be the Vatican and the Buddhist temples in the Himalayas.
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Moses.\nDeuteronomy 9:9,18 \nhttp://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%209:9,18%20&version=31\n\nDeuteronomy comes before 1 samuel!