Jesus Is Coming — and Here’s a Preview
Jesus is coming…tonight at 8 p.m. ET on the History Channel.
The third installment of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s epic “The Bible” series will air Sunday evening. With reenactments of the Old Testament coming to a close, Jesus’ story will begin.
The creators have put together a two-minute preview showcasing what viewers can expect. Get a sneak peak at some of the most riveting scenes featuring Christ:
TheBlaze has extensively covered the series, including on-set miracles said to have taken place, the accompanying Facebook game that’s been released and more (we’ve even had Burnett and Downey on TheBlaze TV to discuss their buzz-worthy project).
So far, the series has had astounding ratings, with week one bringing in 13.1 million viewers in its first airing of the episode. Still impressive, the second week brought in 10.8 million viewers.
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universalphilos
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 6:39pmA prophecy, April 4, 1980: “When greatness of the world and the Lord shall be made mighty, a way shall be prepared. All these things we say unto you, but they cannot be prepared upon lies and deceit. Love one another as ye would love this one…..
We have come not to change the Laws of Moses, or the prophecies of Isaiah, or the coveth [covenant] given unto you from Jesus; yet we have come that a new covenant may be placed upon the earth and in the heavens and universe. We have come to prepare a way for the coming of a messiah….
Take hatred, suspicion from your hearts. Cast it aside. Love one another. Love one another as you would wish to be loved yourself.
Glory be the name of the Lord; glory be the name of His children, forever and ever.
Now is the time of the Cherubim. The Fifth Angel walks upon your earth” [and the Sixth since 1983]. “We say unto you — God pleads unto you — prepare this way. Open the door. Love one another.”
[See The Revelation of John, chapters 4-8 and 19-22.]
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzyT3fgGxb4-MU5ITnJOUHFLQlk/edit?usp=sharing
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22AUTOMATIC
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 7:29pmI highly recommend the following films/docs as a companion to The Bible series – all are fantastic
http://youtu.be/jZn5qo6Q6IY The Mysterious Islands
http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/33826735 The Case for a Creator
http://youtu.be/AUpHyZjm3rU A Question of Origins
http://youtu.be/WNJPJ4JwHeE Real Face of Jesus (science proves resurrection)
Mysterious Islands follows a team that retraces the exact steps Darwin took to the Galapagos.Islands and views it through a 21st century lens to point out all of his errors. The Case for a Creator is Lee Strobel who was an atheist who set out to “disprove” The Bible but ended up converting to Christianity. Question of Origins goes step by step disproving the theory of Evolution. I also suggest A Case for Faith, The Real Face of Jesus, The Darwin Dilemma, Dinosaurs or Dragons, Startling Proofs, & The Privileged Planet.
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brother_ed
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 10:40pm@22AUTOMATIC
‘The Priveleged Planet’ was recommended to me years ago, but I never got around to it…thanks for the reminder.
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jblaze
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 8:51amAnd once and for all PLEASE, Jesus wasn’t a bum in dirty rags with long feminine hair. The Roman soldiers fought over his seamless garment! He was Jewish, not comely in any manner. Was in top physical condition. He worked, he was a carpenter all His life before His ministry. He broke no laws governing eating or drinking. How else did he endure the matchless to this day, beating He took to make it to the cross as prophesied ? Very tired of the non biblical, false Christ, most so called Christian’s portrait of our Lord.
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KEELHAULUM
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 5:26pm@KADSTER01 who wrote “Does that mean if I believe what I’ve been taught instead of what you say, I’m going to Hell?”
Jesus said, ” I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
John 14:6
I have nothing to add.
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Old Vermonter
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 7:42amBoth God and Jesus love me. I have been taught that since childhood. I KNOW I’m going to Heaven, not because I’m part of an organized religion, but because I am a good person.
I know Jews who are good people, Catholics who are good people, Methodists who are good people, and AMISH who are good people. Who among these will not enter Heaven?
And yet there are still religious bigots who claim that if I do not believe as they do, I will not find eternal salvation. And that’s a shame.
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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 9:14am@Keel, you on target!
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 5:13pmThat gave me chills and my heart skipped a beat. How I love my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
And I’m a Mormon. We actually DO believe in Jesus Christ and accept him as our Savior. Go figure!
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LimitedLiabilityUser
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 6:47pmIf Jesus Christ was your Lord and Savior, you would know that “the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables” (2 Timothy 4:3-4). The God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is not the god of the Mormon Church. The Lord is holy; he abhors all sin, and leaving sound doctrine to false prophets and deceptions from demons is part of His judgement against the wickedness of humanity: “For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you” 1 Cor:11:19. I pray you repent of your sin and idolatry against a just and holy God and believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 10:42pm@Limited: You know.. I thought about defending my beliefs. Because I have heard it ALL from people (like you) throughout my life and frankly, it gets really tiresome. I posted about how I love my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and somehow, you deem me not worthy of loving him. You tell me I am sinful and idolatrous… and because I’m a Mormon, I’m not allowed to worship him except in some way that YOU deem fit.
I thought about alot of different things to say to you, and then I realized I don’t have to defend my love for the Savior to anyone, and most especially not to someone like you, who sits in such pious judgement of others. You seem to forget something Jesus Christ himself taught… “Judge not, that ye be not judged” “For with what judgement ye judge: ye shall be judged. And with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you, again.” (Matthew 7:1-2
If you want to argue… find someone else to do it with. Thanks! ;)
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theotherberean
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 11:30pmThe problem is, your religion teaches an entirely different god and an entirely different Jesus than Christians have worshiped for the last 2000 years, and you put your fingers in your ears and say “la la la la we’re Christians because we follow Jesus” when we try to point out that the Jesus you follow is not the same one Christians believe in.
The following are LDS sites and this is what your church teaches about God and Jesus. And it has nothing to do with the Christian God and Jesus of the Bible.
http://tinyurl.com/8o2uzzl
http://tinyurl.com/9e4ec97
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LimitedLiabilityUser
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 11:40pm@Saturday
Listen, this isn’t about me or you. This is about a holy and just God, in whom there is no darkness. The Lord God is first and foremost a holy and just God, who is worthy of all praise and worship. Yet, in your sinful selfishness, decide to call Him a liar by embracing an apostate book and heretical revelation whose authority is found nowhere in Christian Scriptures (OT/NT). If you call Jesus Christ your savior, yet willingly embrace heretical doctrine that has no foundation in Scriptures and explicitly contradicts His holy word, then you have elevated your own desires and beliefs above the testimony of the Lord in the Scriptures, and it amounts to idolatry and adultery. You are no different than Micah, who wanted to serve the Lord in his own temple with his own idols to suit his own needs. I am judgmental? I am the chief of sinners, not worthy of anything but eternal damnation for my iniquity. I do not judge you, I exhort you to repent of your wickedness and transgressions and to serve and love the living God in Jesus Christ who has revealed His will to us through His word, which became flesh. Text doesn’t convey tone, but know there is no malice or anger, only a love for the Lord. Christ did not say to not judge, He said not to judge another for their sins. I do not judge you, I just proclaim to you that Christ is Lord and you are in danger of hellfire.
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brother_ed
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:22am@SATURSDAYWARRIOR
Oooops!
Now look what you started ;)
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ModerationIsBest
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:25am@THEOTHERBEREAN
News flash, you worship a different God then Jewish people worship……yet you claim to worship the same God.
Mormonism stealing Jesus from you is no different then you stealing the Jews God from them. The only difference is, while Mormons may try to convert people to their cause, I don’t see them calling other Christians heretics and saying they aren’t “TRUE” Christians.
Religion fights are the best. It’s all a bunch of self righteous people claiming to have a supernatural being on their side and calling the other side a heretic. What’s even funnier is……they all claim to worship the same God. Instead of the History channel wasting time on this nonsense, they should instead do a series of religion arguing with itself on who is the “true adherent.” They all talk about how they “humble” themselves in front of their “Lord” and how much humility they have and then in the very next sentence they talk about how everything was made with us in mind.
Funny enough, the Mormon in this discussion has the most insane “belief” but is the most likable person of the bunch. Fact is, there are tolerant Christians and intolerant Christians, just like in every other religion. That being said, the Christians on this site pride themselves on being the intolerant ones.
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firearm
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:45amSATURDAYSWARRIOR76 be careful what you say around the self delusional Protestants. They will start making up “facts” to fit their agenda.. Usually the resources they show you are the ones they make up or take out of context.
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firearm
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:06amHaving said that I will not bash your Mormon religion, I just do not agree with all of it. Despite what some Protestants would have you believe, Catholics look to the Bible above all for God’s word. I hope you will consider doing the same.
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jblaze
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 8:26amFirearm
Catholics look to the Bible above all???!!! Think again they make up their own stuff just like their harlot daughters do! Could you name one, just one Church that follows or even tries to follow, every Word of God? The test Commandment is the fourth! Name a church that keeps the Sabbath Holy. Not the first day of the week, but the seventh day, Saturday! Count 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. On the seventh day he rested. Keeping the Sabbath, is a sign between YOU and HIM that YOU are HIS. READ your bible. If you do not keep HIS Commandments you are none of HIS.
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Eastinfection
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 10:33amWhat’s up with all the “Plates” bashing the “Cups” lately?
Pope Envy?
This sounds like the crap you’d hear in Irish pubs a few decades ago.
“My Jesus and Your Jesus were hanging the clothes..
My Jesus punched Your Jesus right in the nose..
What color was his blood?..
R-E-D- and you are IT ”
Grow up or take your arguments to the side of the playground serviced by the short bus.
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LimitedLiabilityUser
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:20pmTo the lost, what I say will sound foolish and intolerant. I understand this, and it’s because you have no conception of your own sin and wickedness, just as I didn’t before I was saved.
Maybe this is throwing my pearls before swine, but honestly, to death with all of your humanism. I believe our sole purpose and the chief end of man is to glorify God. Does He need me? No. Did He have to provide propitiation for my sins through Jesus Christ? No. Then why did He do it? For His own glory and good pleasure. This isn’t about us, an adulterous and wicked generation, this is about the living and holy God.
Because of our sin, the name of the Lord is blasphemed among the Gentiles. You can see this by some people’s comments finding our “intolerance” so revolting. If you weren’t so heavily suppressing knowledge of the Lord in your unrighteousness you would understand. There is only one Mediator, one Intercessor, one way to the Father, and only one Christ. Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of the living God, the Christ, is one with the Father, as believers in the body are one with each other. But there is no unity between lightness and darkness, with heretics who blaspheme the Lord and believers. If I seem judgmental and you feel convicted, it is not I who judges you, but the Lord God.
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RinkyDink34
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:19pmGod is revealed with thoughts not language you dimwits
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qpwillie
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:57pm@RinkyDink34
That’s the very reason why it’s good to know the creator’s name and what it means.
When I hear or THINK the word “strawberry”, my THOUGHTS are of a red fruit and it’s particular texture and taste. When I hear or THINK the word “Yahshua”, my THOUGHTS are of “Yah” and “hoshua”, the “Ayah” and what that means (The “causer” of all things) and the savior (Hoshua).
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TheCalmOne
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 5:14pm@RINKYDINK – So how do you distinguish God from a delusion?
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Blitz
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:50pmJust look how some here attempt to refute Christ and His coming kingdom. Ive read about the name, what He was or wasn’t killed on, intelligent design (yes Our Father is intelligent) ect ect. Someday every knee shall bow, even the trolls.
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qpwillie
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:59pm@Blitz
So you think it refutes the Messiah to call him by the name he was given in the scriptures and anybody who honors that name is a troll?
That’s an interesting point of view.
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Sharon Rose
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:07pmSeems like a lot of God haters here, or should I say TROLLS?
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spirited
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:45pmEither
;^>or both.
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repairsea
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 8:19pmEasy enough. We just ask our Heavenly Father to show love and mercy on them through Christ our Lord. We humbly ask to heal their hearts and souls so they find the grace and love they deserve as children of God. Amen.
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TRUTHandFREEDOM
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 10:38pmI’ve been watching the series and again, I am amazed at the use of artistic license being used to tell the greatest story ever told. The series is very well done, but for some reason it atrays from the Bible story. Since it’s “The greatest Story Ever Told”, why rewrite it?
Also, how can they not read the 10 comandments out loud in a 4 part series called The Bible?
People need to hear that!
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theotherberean
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 11:38pmWell, it shouldn’t surprise you to know that it was produced by New Agers and heretics. Discerning Christians beware.
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ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:03pmSo accurate they don’t even have his name right. His name isn’t “Jesus”… it’s Yahshua….. and if none of you have bothered to look it up. God also has a name that we’re all supposed to address him by… Yahweh! YHWH….. it occurs 6823 times in the Hebrew texts that make up the old testament. You know, the book that Yahshua taught and quoted from. Many of you think the old testament is for jews only, but you seem to completely miss most of the real information, and instead concentrate on the pagan idol worship rituals called X-mas and Easter…. look up Mithraism, Eoster and Synchronism.
Yahshua was a Hebrew/Jew…. not a european white guy.
Yahshua (Jesus) also wasn’t crucified on a cross (another Pagan symbol) but on a pole/stake.
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shamar
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:10pmYou have been bamah boozled.
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Tigress1
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:21pmLet me guess, the word “pole” is translated into the word “cross” in English? I find that very difficult to believe considering the fact that for centuries the churches have Him hanging on a cross on their altars. Execution by being nailed to a cross was common in Biblical times. Funny, though, even if a cross was a Pagan symbol, it sure isn’t anymore!
People don’t celebrate Christmas and Easter because of “pagan idol worship” but because those two events are CENTRAL to Christianity. The birth and death of Jesus which lead to the Resurrection which means that believers will NEVER truly die!
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kadster01
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:41pmDoes that mean if I believe what I’ve been taught instead of what you say, I’m going to Hell?
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qpwillie
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:52pm@ZaphodsPlanet
Proverbs 30:4
“What is his name, and what is the name of his son?”
You’re right. He was not named after the false god, Hesus (Latin: Jesus). He was named YAHshua after his father, YAHweh.
Wikipedia:
“Esus or Hesus was a Gaulish god known from two monumental statues and a line in Lucan’s Bellum civile.”
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TRUTHandFREEDOM
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:57pmDO you live by the lessons? Do you honor the commandments? DO you act as taught to act by the Bible? Then does it matter if the English translation/ pronunciation of names differs from untranslated text? I am that I am. Yes?
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qpwillie
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:11pm@TRUTHandFREEDOM
“Hesus” (Jesus) is not a translation or the English pronunciation of the name, Yahshua”.
“Baal” is an ancient Babylonian word which translates to English as “The Lord”, not a translation or the English pronunciation of the name, Yahweh..
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JGraham III
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:26pmThere are many things in the Word that have morphed over time largely to traditions and lousy scholarship concerning the Scriptures by those who were entrusted with their keeping. But since the Word of God is living and powerful even those errors cannot overcome the power they have spoken and believed.
There are many other names of God than just Jehovah…the ten redemptive names of Jehovah, eight of which can be found in Psalm 23 for example. Elohim and El Shaddai to mention some others. All have meaning and all reveal more about Him.
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ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:33pm@SHAMAR – Believe whatever in the hell you want, it’s your choice. Your salvation is solely based on your own actions, not mine. I’d pray you eventually reconsider what I’d guess is your atheism.
@TIRGRESS! – Cross was Egyptian… look up Ankh. I’ve recently finished reading the bible front to back, and nowhere is Christmas or Easter mentioned. We’re supposed to follow the big ten, including SATURDAY Sabbath, and 7 yearly feasts. Look it up. RCC has been mainly to blame for so many different forms of “syncretism”. December 25 was originally Mithras’s birthday…. Not Yahshua’s(who was most likely born in the fall). I agree that Yahshua died for our sins, but I don’t think mere belief guarantees us anything. I believe we must be obedient, repent, and do our best not to sin, which means transgression of the law.
@KADSTER1- I’ve got no idea what you believe nor is it my place to make any such determinations. But I’d encourage you to pick up your bible and read it in leu of taking any preachers word for everything.
@QPWillie- Thanks for the backup brother.
@TRUTHANDFREEDOM – I’m doing my best to live within the law. I observe the Sat. Sabbath, I’m no longer eating unclean foods (barring accidents) and I don’t do X-mas or easter any more, which has ended up getting me pretty much ostracized by the rest of my family. I plan to be baptized again soon, and repent when I screw up. Would your name change if you went to France? No it wouldn’t.
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Advection
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:47pmThe Bible isn’t a spell book! And salvation isn’t attained by the exact invocation of certain names in ancient Hebrew or Aramaic!
Or did the Apostles lay those requirements on the backs of the Gentiles who spoke Greek? I’ve read their letters to the Gentiles, and I don’t recall them instructing everyone the exact pronunciation of certain nouns.
By the way, Yahweh isn’t in the OT, and YHWH is just one TRANSLATION of the name יְהֹוָה, just like Jesus is a TRANSLATION of the Greek form of the name Joshua, which Ἰησοῦς.
And I’d like to hear your explanation of why the pagan Romans could not have possibly uses a pagan cross.
Honestly, you have to do better if you’re going to attack people on the Blaze forums!
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TheCalmOne
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 5:18pmKook fight!
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oudbob
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 6:00pmYou are 100% right.
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kadster01
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 6:16pmPerhaps I should have added “sarcasm” to my original post. My not so subtle point was if there is a god and he/she/it is that uptight and anal-retentive about proper names and terminology, he/she/it needs a hobby. Since we can’t know for certain if he/she/it is that uptight and anal-retentive, I’ll just conclude that humans who are, are the ones who need a hobby.
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TH777
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 7:15pm@Zaphodsplanet: I truly, truly don’t mean this as sarcasm but….Why do you still honor the Sabbath and stay away from eating unclean foods which came from the Old Testament? If you believe in the ways of the Old Testament then you would have to be sacrificing animals for your sins, no? Please don’t misjudge my question. I am seriously interested in knowing your thoughts. From what I have learned from the word of God in the New Testament is that believing that Jesus came to this earth, suffered and died for our sins puts us above the law. Following the “law” will not get you into Heaven. Believing that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and our need to repent is the only way. I think you’re making salvation harder than it needs to be. We are all human and we can never earn our way into Heaven. If that were the case then Jesus suffered for nothing.
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termyt
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 8:42pmThe words are translations from Hebrew and Greek into English. Whether it was a cross or a pole is irrelevant. The day of the week we celebrate is irrelevant. LORD was used as a way to avoid writing a word that would be blasphemous. None of these things matter.
I’m a Gentile. My people were never under Jewish law. We never kept Saturday as a Sabbath. The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath (a really wise and smart man said that once.)
Clinging dogmatically to the letter of the law while missing out on the Spirit of the law was the same problem the Pharisees had.
But I do not want to over step my bounds. If you can follow the Bible literally, you are probably doing just fine. The Jews failed miserably at it, but perhaps you are better than they were. I do hope, though, that you read the Bible in its original Hebrew and Greek, though. Reading it in any other language (even the King James version) will not give you a literal understanding.
Out of curiosity, what is Zaphod from? I’m sure there are other meanings, but the only Zaphod I know is Zaphod Beeblebrox from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Beowulf_Agate
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 9:26pmExcellent post.
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Captain Crunch
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 9:30pmKook fight is right. Like the word says “knowledge puffs up…” On the edge of becoming false prophets consumed by there own babbling. Keep it simple idiots….thats what father God did.
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Juniemoon
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 6:57amAmen, crucified on a tree. Jews will tell you it was a tree. We’ve turned Yeshua into an Egyptian like the story of Joseph, his brothers didn’t even recognize and they don’t today because of how we’ve stripped him of of Jewishness. He didn’t have long hair either, Paul preached against that. Yeshua wore his hair short, wore a prayer shawl, wore his tzittzit on his hand and head.
Mormons you will not become a god on a planet, you are not given in marriage in heaven and futhermore you are not a spirit child born in heaven. Sex is considered unclean, priest had to take a mikvah before entering the temple, yet you think a Holy God made of Spirit is having sex with Mary in heaven! Nothing unclean can be in God’s presence or in heaven. The angel of God implanted the seed into Mary, not by sex. Yeshua is the living temple of God, God dwells in him and he is not the devils brother.
If you really believe in the Mormon doctrine and care about your soul then find a good resource of Hebrew, Jewish customs the things that are clean and unclean and see where you beliefs fit. You won’t find them. Yeshua followed God’s Law (Torah) he kept the clean laws, he committed no sin and he said it was finished, nothing else to write, no more books.
The Jews are his chosen people, you are not a Jew or a lost tribe. If you think you are, test your DNA, it shows,
When Judah repents, YESHUA will reveal himself to his brothers and they will weep for him. Like the Joseph story.
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Xyskalla
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 2:58pmThe Book is better.
The series is full of inaccuracies. Some of it is understandable since they’re condensing the entire Bible down to 10 hours (about 7 hours after removing commercial), and they have to combine events (for example, Daniel was taken to Babylon during the 1st deportation under Jehoiakim, not during the 3rd deportation under Zedekiah when Jerusalem was destroyed). But some of it is misleading (why did they even bother saying that Jeremiah went to Egypt if they weren’t going to say that he didn’t go willingly?). And some of it is just plain wrong (the Babylonians did not just open the gates for the Persians–I’m surprised that something supposedly called “The History Channel” would make such a blatant error). Some of it is just plain silly (the angels getting into a sword fight at Sodom). The drama that they removed is actually much better than the stuff that they made up, so I’m puzzled why they did it.
Over all, it’s a mediocre series so far, but not nearly as bad as it could have been. I was expecting a liberal theological agenda to be more blatant than it is. What is there is more subtle (for example, during the temptations of Christ, a casual viewer wouldn’t realize that Jesus fought the temptations with Scripture. It didn’t show Jesus saying “It is written”, but merely “Man shall not live by bread alone.”)
Hopefully the high ratings will be incentive for them to devote more time for a better series in the future.
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cast
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:02pmThank You Glenn for bringing The Bible to our attention. I will be watching tonight as i have the first two weeks. Watching has made me get my Bible down off the shelf and start reading it again.
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CatB
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:11pmAnd that is what I believe is the biggest justification for this series .. not that it covers everything in the Bible .. it can’t .. but it brings people back to the Good Book. I too will be watching tonight as I have the past two weeks.
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theotherberean
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 11:46pmThat’s funny. I’m a Bible believing Christian and I’m very turned off by the series. The problem is all those who will be left with a false understanding of the Scriptures. This was produced by heretics and New Agers. It’s no wonder it is popular, it’s worldly, as is most things which appeal to the masses.
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RinkyDink34
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:50pmAnyone with half a brain knows the universe has intelegent design behind it and mathmatics proves that beyond a shadow of doubt. But I do believe what Thomas Jefferson said about Religion sums it up the best:
“Religions are all alike — founded upon fables and mythologies”
Thomas Jefferson 1762-1826
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valettie
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:42pmYes he is coming soon, but Know what is to happen BEFORE the great n dreadful day of the Lord, so you are ready, it’s all about being ready, Jesus gave us parables like the 5 wise n 5 foolish of which the foolish weren’t ready, tho they were meant to represent believers. He warned that things to come will be so deceptive that even the elect of God could be deceived if it were possible, but it won’t be if their ready.
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Budrow
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:36pmAll of this from The Blaze to advertise a TV Movie for free? The sponsors thank you Blaze, GOOD JOB.
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NewCreationDave
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:14pmYa, you’re so right!!!! This NEVER happens! I have NEVER seen a movie talked about in the media! Especially a movie on a “controversial” subject – there’s ALWAYS dead silence around those! Great catch! Highly perceptive there Budrow!
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spirited
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:55pmCBS Sunday Morning (3/17/13)
“The Bible”: How a hit TV miniseries was born
Roma Downey and Mark Burnett talk of their Biblical saga that’s been a ratings hit for the History Channel.
~>cbsnews.com/sunday-morning/
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TH777
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 7:42pm@Spirited: Good job!
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oneshiner
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 10:40pmThe Lord is my Savior! Sunday 3/17, the scene being tempted by the Devil, did anyone else notice who the Devil looked like? Made me shiver. I’ve loved the series so far. Helps remind me of the basic history of the Bible……..Hope loads of people watch to see what gives us Faith in Jesus.
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SilentReader
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:25pmi wish I could watch it. I cancelled my cable though. A year and a half ago. I was tired of listening to all the lies, and no longer watched it.
And now, because of this horrible economy, I can no longer afford it.
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searching for the Truth
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:33pmNo kidding!
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fastgen1
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:48pmBetter than that I was tired of giving money to the left and the Jewish billionaires that benefit from it.
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Winedude
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:53pmWeird…because of the economy I was able to increase my DirecTV subscription and get rid of the mortgage. But no matter…
Just because they put it on TV, doesn’t make any of it real. If it gets nominated for Emmy awards, surely one will be best adapted screenplay from a work of fiction. I will say that the production is very well done, not a surprise from this producer.
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skippy6
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:18pmSame here!!! Not much good comes from all the crap on cable today…For example the discovery and TLC used to have quality shows about great inventions and new Technology. Now it’s mostly filled with unreality shows, and at the end of each show they blame America for global warming and/or climate change…The history channel still seems to be Okay although I have canceled also because of my recent underemployment….
@Fastgen1…. Better than that I was tired of giving money to the left and the Jewish billionaires that benefit from it.
I think what you meant was the self hating Jewish billionaires like the George Soros???
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1TrueOne55
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:23pmI hope that God uses this to gather in more of the Harvest before Armageddon comes. Because some will be harvested by death and some by choice. Those that come by death will cry out from under the throne and those that come by choice will rejoice with the Angels at the end of evil.
THE CHOICE IS YOURS!
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mames
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:02pmThis version of the Bible is sadly lacking in accuracy and authenticity. For instance Jesus looks like some northern European rather than the Jew that He is. Gibson did a far better job with the section of scripture he put on film. By all means please read the Bible yourself and forgeg these well intentioned versions.
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Too_Far_Gone
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:24pmhttp://theseason.yolasite.com/
The Truth and You’re Living It ..
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KickinBack
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:26pmConsidering that most people’s perceived image of Jesus comes from the Renaissance paintings, why not carry it into film? Forget the visuals, and just enjoy the stories. If you want absolutely, 100% historical accuracy, then invent a time machine.
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1TrueOne55
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:31pmIt’s always been this way just look at the Catholic Church’s Icons like the Shroud of Turin and many of the paintings that depict Jesus. Nobody knows his real features since he was part of “GOD” and part of Adam (Man) who was born more than 2K years ago.
The part of the trailers that I call into question is that they continue with the fallacy is that that Three Wise Men that came from the east did not get to Jesus until he was around two years old. Even the bible tells you that in plain King James English. They went straight to the existing King (Herod) who knew nothing about a “Royal” birth. They followed the star until they ended up where Jesus was. That sojourn took about 2 years, because the Bible says that Herod proclaimed that all males aged two should be put to death…
But nearly all the “Christmas” pageants say other wise and the sheep believe it…
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JGraham III
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 8:40pm@1trueone55:
It is accurate to portray Jesus as a little boy in Mathew as opposed to the babe in arms he is in Luke. The two records are not identical. In Luke his birth is announced to the shepherds and in Mathew his birth is “announced” to Herod and his court by gentile wise men. The word in the text of Mathew where Jesus is referred to a young child is used of children up to the age of 2 or 3 but never used of a newly born baby.Incidentally, it is a long standing tradition there were only three wise men where the scriptures only say “wise men from the east” giving no mention as to the total in the entourage. Very likely there were hundreds and perhaps thousands as their arrival caused no small stir. Herod was afraid not of three wise guys but an embassage from a foreign power (Persia) that was still feared and respected in the Middle East even though Rome was the ruling power. Herod further feared one who was “born King of the Jews” as he was made king by Rome and was their vassal with no real claim to the throne of David where Jesus did have that claim. There is lots of intrigue going on under the surface of the scripture if you have eyes to see it.
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theotherberean
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:11amIn the trailer Jesus is asked “what are we going to do?” to which he replies “change the world.”
Change the world (to my way of thinking) is typical New Age/intolerant Liberal/Progressive bigot speak.
However, Jesus came to “save” the world.
Yes, this is subtle, but effective. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
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shorelineliz
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:59pmAnd in Other News:
The Son of Man, Son of God, Son of David returned from the East with a bright shining Army all Robed in White. All the Atheists tried to fling their Ape Poo at him but it was to no avail. A Bright and Shiny Sword came out of his mouth and mowed them all down. Funeral Services for all the American Atheists would have been provided by the White House but they were too mowed down by the bright and shiny sword as well. The Christians, the only ones left standing, opted NOT to hold funeral services for the Atheists and the White House all mowed down by the bright shiny Messiah sword. However, they did eat copious amounts of pie found in an underground bunker under the White House kitchen in honor of the return.
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TheCalmOne
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 5:21pmPathetic Christian revenge fantasy. Maybe you should seek professional help.
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God_Is_Not
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 10:14pmSounds like a death cult.
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:52pmSince I don’t have cable or satellite I can only wait for this to be available on dvd. I pray it turns more to read the Holy Scriptures for themselves.
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DexterMorgan
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:24pmApril 2nd it comes to DVD. Picking it up myself.
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CatB
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:00pmI have been watching .. looking forward to tonight …
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momrules
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:50pmYep. Jesus is coming back, sooner than some expect I think.
This time though He will not be coming as a teacher, servant and sacrifice. No,the next time Jesus comes He will come as a Warrior King, cleansing this earth, and every knee will bend and every head will bow to Him.
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G.E.R
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:56pmYou do realize he’s a fictional character
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kickagrandma
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:15pmHi, MOM! I knew that was you before I read your name.
You are so right.
I LOVED the headline: “JESUS IS COMING”.
Oh, yes, HE IS!
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kickagrandma
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:16pm@g.e.r.
Wrong-o, camel breath!
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Jarhead-88
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:25pmGER M, He will be fictional, to you and your kind. Good luck with that.
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civilwarcometh
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:28pmG.E.R Why do you bash people over God? I don’t believe either but that don’t make me 100% correct. We will all find out one way or another when we die. You nor anyone else has solid proof that’s why it’s called faith. Leave those alone who has it and be a better person for doing so. I would love to have MOMRULES for a neighbor and a friend. YOU not at all…..Respect one another….
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HOOT_OWL
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:33pmGER .
Hey, save some that mockery for your judgment fool.
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G.E.R
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:34pmI don’t know where camel breath came from and I’ll ignore it.
I’ll just ask a question instead.
If Jesus did exist. Why in the entire first Christian century is Jesus not mentioned by a single Greek or Roman historian, religious scholar, politician, philosopher, or poet. Or that his name never occurs in a single inscrirption, and is never found in a single piece of private correspondence?
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chucksue351
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:01pmGER the name jesus is not in any early historical references because that was not his name, He is an Isrealite and as such had a Hebew name which IS found in historical references do some research in that area and you might have your answer
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txannie
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:10pm@ger…I don’t get it. Why is it so hard to just go with the old saying about not having anything good to say shut up thing? No one can prove or disprove the divinity of Jesus, but why would it be so bad to live as He guides and accept the Truth? Does He run around partying in a drunken stupor? Does He run around cheating and living an amoral life? Why not just try it, give Him a chance and see how it feels? Who could it hurt to live a good life not hurting anyone? I just cannot see the problem with the Word and the Message of Christ and I cannot see any good with folks making comments like yours that want to actively deny someone a pathway to paradise. Don’t get it…
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Crosswalk777
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:10pmGER: It took me about 60 seconds to find information that contradicted your claim. I really don’t mean this to be insulting, but it is true. There is a difference between being ignorant about something and just being stupid. You are obviously ignorant about the historical references to Jesus. I’m going to give you some, so that you can no longer claim ignorance. If you choose to reject them, then … well I won’t write what I’m think, but you get the idea. Here they are, be wise:
Roman historian Tacitus:……
Nero fastened the guilt . . . on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of . . . Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome. . .
ran out of room, more coming………..
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Crosswalk777
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:12pmGER – here is more
Pliny the Younger relates some of the information he has learned about these Christians: …….
They were in the habit of meeting on a certain fixed day before it was light, when they sang in alternate verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food–but food of an ordinary and innocent kind.{10}
Josephus:
About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he . . . wrought surprising feats. . . . He was the Christ. When Pilate . . .condemned him to be crucified, those who had . . . come to love him did not give up their affection for him. On the third day he appeared . . . restored to life. . . . And the tribe of Christians . . . has . . . not disappeared.
Babylonian Talmud
On the eve of the Passover Yeshu was hanged. For forty days before the execution took place, a herald . . . cried, “He is going forth to be stoned because he has practiced sorcery and enticed Israel to apostasy.”
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4223639/k.567/Ancient_Evidence_for_Jesus_from_NonChristian_Sources.htm
I hope God changes your heart :-)
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G.E.R
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:22pmThere is no historical evidence of a Rabbi Yehoshua. The claim that Jesus was a rabbi named Yehoshua and the claim that his body was probably stolen both have turned out to be pure conjecture. The rest of the story was nothing more than a watered down version of the story which Christians believe as part of the Christian religion but which is not supported by any legitimate historical source. There is absolutely no historical evidence that Jesus, Joseph or Mary ever existed, let alone that Joseph was a carpenter or that Jesus was born in Bethlehem and lived in Nazareth.
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momrules
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:29pmHi KICK……So good to see you back. I hope all is well with you and yours. I’ve missed you!
Thanks for the kind words CIVIL………I would love having you for a neighbor and friend as well.
G.E.R………..I really wish you had what we that believe and trust in God have. It is not too late for you either. Open your heart, your mind and your soul up to Him. There is nothing more freeing than a belief in our Lord.
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kalli
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:01pm@G.E.R., the New Testament was written first century by prophets through Divine Inspiration from the Lord G-d. These writings have survived for over 2000 years because the words are G-d breathed. There are no further writings necessary for me to believe on our Creator, our Sustainer and lover of mankind. Every prophecy of the Old Testament has come to pass, and the only prophecies left to be fulfilled are in the making as we see the events unfold in the Middle East and throughout the world that is deteriorating into lawlessness. Once the restrainer is removed, lawlessness will run rampant, and it will be hell on earth. No matter what you believe, it is coming, and, sooner than we think. Time is running out for non-believers to come to Christ, believe and receive salvation. Our hope in is Him, and not man.
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G.E.R
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:15pmThe Talmud has two components the Mishnah 200 CE, the first written compendium of Judaism’s Oral Law, and the Gemara 500 CE.
As for Josephus and Tacitus, they were born after Jesus supposed death. They can not be considered contemporary historians.
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Crosswalk777
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 6:46pmGER: Jesus’ contemporaries were people like Peter, John, Paul, Matthew that wrote about him. But I am going to take a wild guess that you will discount their testimony becuase it does not fit your narrative too. Consider this:
The followers of Jesus claimed to have seen him after he arose from the dead. All of these men sealed their testimony with their blood! They claimed to be eye witnesses to the Resurrected Jesus and as a result they died a horrible deaths!
People have come up with a variety of theories to try to discount the resurrection. One is that the apostles fabricated the story. It is true that plenty of people have died as a result of a lie that they believed was true. But no one would die for a lie that they knew was a lie.
So this theory suggests that all of these men not only died for a lie – but that they knew it was a lie and willingly died for it anyway! Does that sound reasonable to you? Would you do that?
They would not have died as martyrs for preaching about Jesus resurrection if it they knew that what they were preaching was a lie. They tell us that they knew the resurrection was true because they actually witnessed it. They wrote that they spoke and ate with Jesus after his resurrection.
You can choose to discount their testimony. We all are betting one way or the other. I believe them I’m betting you’re are going to be on the wrong side of history. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong. But if you are wrong it is a real
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ModerationIsBest
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 8:10pm@CROSSWALK777
Wait, you people all say that men are fallible. I get told that men are motivated by greed, fame, fortune, legacy…..you then say, “So this theory suggests that all of these men not only died for a lie – but that they knew it was a lie and willingly died for it anyway! Does that sound reasonable to you? Would you do that?”
Yes, it’s completely reasonable for me to see a human being, dying for something that they know is a lie if they think it means their name will live on throughout time.
I think it’s obvious that religion has created a system where they can never be proven incorrect, therefore they never have to truthfully answer any question.
As I said, we get told men are fallible, open to deception, misunderstandings and lies. Well, men wrote the Bible. We then get told, “oh well they had the holy spirit speaking through them, so everything is 100% accurate.”
Once you take out the assumption that the Bible is correct, it’s easy to see how man made it is.
I notice that most of the discussions I have with people regarding the authenticity of the Bible, they end up saying something along the lines of, “once you accept that the Bible is true, you’ll realize that the Bible is true.”
In a discussion, I had a friend say, “Everything that I stand by will seem foolish by earthly standards.”
How is that an argument in your sides favor?
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Crosswalk777
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 9:28pmModerationIsBest: All of Jesus followers were scared out of their wits and went into hiding after Jesus was crucified. Then suddenly they were emboldened. What do you think accounts for that? They say it was because they saw Jesus risen from the dead and you say what? I can’t imagine anyone willing submitting to a horrible death for a lie, but lets say you are correct. What are the odds that all of the disciple would go along with it and willing spead this “lie”. I don’t think so and I doubt that you really do either.
1. Matthew killed by a sword wound in Ethiopia.
2. Mark was dragged by horses through the streets of Alexandria, Egypt.
3. Luke was hanged in Greece
4. Peter was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross.
5. James the leader of the church in Jerusalem was thrown down over a hundred feet from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple when he refused to deny his faith in Christ.
6. James the Great Son of Zebedee, was beheaded at Jerusalem. The Roman officer who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith at his trial. Later, the officer walked beside James to the place of execution. Overcome by conviction, he declared his new faith to the judge and knelt beside James to accept beheading as a Christian.
7. Bartholomew Also known as Nathaniel, was a missionary to Asia. Bartholomew was martyred for his preaching in Armenia, present day Turkey, where he was flayed to death by a whip.
more to come…
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Crosswalk777
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 9:33pmModerationIsBest:
9. Thomas was stabbed with a spear in India
10. Jude was shot through with arrows when he refused to deny his faith in Christ.
11. Matthias the apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot, was stoned and then beheaded.
Then there is the apostle Paul, as Jewish Rabbi who hated Christians. What accounts for his conversion in you mind. He says he met the risen Lord, and you say? Why would he convert and then submit to beheading for Christ. What do you think he had to gain that would cause him to do that besides what he claimed. Think what you will. The evidence is pretty compelling to me.
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ModerationIsBest
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 9:52pm@CROSSWALK777
There are many people from many different religions who have died for their cause.
You even later admit that just because they claim to see something and “believed” it, doesn’t make what they saw true or provide any evidence toward their claims.
I’d say it’s almost human nature to want to be a martyr for a cause…..which is why everyone is so cautious about creating a martyr for Islam.
Secondly, I think it’s common wisdom now that the gospels weren’t eye witness accounts, and weren’t written by the supposed authors, but were instead written by followers of the supposed authors after hearsay accounts of the supposed events.
My thinking is, like most things throughout history, there is a small kernel of truth that continually got built upon and is nowhere near the actual events.
It’s how you can go from what was likely a regional flood, to a GLOBAL flood, that was sent by a supernatural being that wiped out EVERY living creature that wasn’t on a boat. Anybody that takes a literal interpretation of the flood is either mentally deficient, or doesn’t honestly question/examine their interpretation of the Bible.
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Crosswalk777
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 10:09pmModerationIsBest:
I tried.. Brushing the dust off my shoes and moving on. Good luck!
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theotherberean
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:02amMany have tried. But not all are saved, so I thank people like MOD and others who refuse to humble themselves before their Lord and God, and “proudly” step up to spend an eternity in the lake of fire so the rest of us don’t have to.
Salute!
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ModerationIsBest
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:14am@Cross
At least you know you’re spouting nonsense and give up. At least you’re honest with yourself.
@Berean
I’m glad the eternal suffering of others pleases you so. It explains a lot about you. Unlike you, I don’t delight in the eternal suffering of others and wouldn’t worship a supernatural being that created a system where such things happen simply for not “believing” in said supernatural being. Your religion has stripped you of your humanity.
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Crosswalk777
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 10:46amMod: You are way worse off than I originally imagined. It doesn’t seem that you can even come to reasonable or logical conclusion on ver simple matters. What gave you any idea that I was giving up on you because I know I’m “spouting nonsense”.
Allow me to clear up any confusion for you.
I am giving up on you because you are beyond my reach to help. I tried throwing you a couple of life lines, but you just ignored them and let them float right past you.
If I thought you were sincere, I would continue, but you are just being unreasonable. So I can only hope that God will be gracious to you.
Like I said, good luck.
By the way, I just looked at a few of your other posts and you seem to twist just about everything you respond too. For instance you accused Berean of taking pleasure in your eternal condition. He/she didn’t say that at all. You added that. I’m not sure if you are just messing with people for fun/enjoyment/entertainment/vindictiveness or if you are really delusional. I don’t claim to know which, but I can’t think of another motive for your writings.
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ModerationIsBest
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 11:57am@Cross
Look at what Berean said, “who refuse to humble themselves before their Lord and God, and “proudly” step up to spend an eternity in the lake of fire so the rest of us don’t have to.”
What does me burning in a “lake of fire” have to do with them? Me being saved or unsaved has ZERO to do with their salvation. Me going to “hell” doesn’t mean berean is saved.
As I said, I’m glad you’re giving up because your delusions are illogical to me. I don’t want or need your “life lines” and you don’t seem to argue with what I said before that just because they “believed” in something and died for it, doesn’t mean they were right. There have been many people willing to die for a cause and you even said we’re all “betting” one way or another. You are also incorrect in your assessment that, “They tell us that they knew the resurrection was true because they actually witnessed it. They wrote that they spoke and ate with Jesus after his resurrection.”
As I said, it’s pretty common wisdom now that the gospels weren’t written by the people who witnessed the supposed events. Heck even the name of the book gives it away, “The Gospel according to……..”
You are betting on supernatural and superstition, no different then any other religion. I choose to think that they are all untrue and will eventually be looked at like the God’s of Zeus, Odin, Thor, etc.
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BehindBlueEyes
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:48pmI’ve never been religious at anytime in my life but as I get older my doubts about whether there is a creator have changed. I still don’t practice religion but I do think about intelligent design. I just can’t accept the whole life/evolution thing being the result of gene mutation and survival of the fittest.
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hi
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:00pmCAse for Christ by lee Strobl “proves ” Bible is true. He is a Yale Law grad who was an atheist who set out to disprove.Bible. But the evidence was so overwhelming he converted. He also has a website.
He wrote a scientific book too but I think the life science section of WAlt brown PhD book is easy and spot on. It is free online and called compelling evidence for creation and flood. He graduated from MIT.
You don’t have to check you brain at the door to believe.
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kalli
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:17pmBoth “The Case for Christ” and “The Case for Faith” by Strobel are wonderful testimonies for both non-believers and believers. Strobel was an avowed atheist, a journalist for the Chicago Times, I believe. His testimony and indepth investigation as to the truth he found on our Creator is beautifully written.
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BehindBlueEyes
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 6:10pm@HI & KALLI
Thanks of the info I will check it out.
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ModerationIsBest
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 8:29pmThere are many “believers” who then become atheists.
There are Jews who become Muslims, Muslims who become Christians, Christians who becomes Mormons.
Who’s right? Who’s wrong?
Someone changing from something to another doesn’t prove the authenticity of anything.
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theotherberean
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:25amNo, but history and archeology do.
Believers who become atheists, could never have been true believers to begin with.
John 10:26 But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
Eph 1:9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him 10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him; 11 in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will; 12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.
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ModerationIsBest
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:10am@THEOTHERBEREAN
“Believers who become atheists, could never have been true believers to begin with.”
Funny, the other religions say the same thing about their adherents as well.
It’s all well and good until they come to their senses and reject your claims, then it’s, “oh well they were never a TRUE Christian.”
and to your other post
Kids can still pray in school, they can still bring a Bible and read it during before school, at lunch and after school.
The only thing that has been stopped is it being lead by instructors and being forced on children.
Are you say you’re FOR forcing your religion on people?
People are fine, as long as it’s their God that is being pushed on people. Let me ask you, how would you feel if a child of yours came home and said, “My teacher told me about Allah today and how great he is!” Would you be for putting religion back in public schools?
Stop thinking at a child’s level and realize the only way to have freedom of religion is by keeping it private and in your homes and not having State subsidized/organized religion.
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spirited
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:45pmL@@King forward to it –tonite.
Vickings (after, The Bible) has also been enjoyable.
Last Sunday –appropriately– they senselessly slaughtered pert near all the Monks
> and plundered the Monestary and Chapel’s treasures.
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circleDwagons
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:15pmSpirited. I was disappointed that some of the Monks did not have greater faith, and stand or kneel like man praying while being slaughtered.
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spirited
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:03pmG.E.R.
Is it Joseph, Joseph’s carpentry skills, Mary, Mary the mother of a son named “Jesus”, God
Or,
the ignorance –or indifference of Romans, Greeks, etc you noted?
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spirited
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:09pmHello CIRCLEDWAGONS,
Yes, especially the one who hid in the manure bin –whoa.
—-But, ohhhhh…..How about the one Monk who hid the sacred book? ;^)
The plot + thickens.
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KickinBack
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:25pmYes Vikings is excellent as well. It’s good to see that the History Channel is branching off into some orignal/dramatic programming…The reality shows get tiresome.
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G.E.R
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:41pmViewership dropped 18% by the 2nd episode. I knew I wasn’t missing anything special
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GuruMeditation
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:53pmIt sounds like you may in the long run.
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hi
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:01pmI bet it goes up with Jesus in it.
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CatB
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:05pmIt is available throughout the week .. if you are taking the one night rating .. that isn’t telling the whole story .. and I do think more will tune in tonight .. for the birth of Christ. I will. Last weeks was informative 10 Commandments and all .. but not as good as night one .. but to those who don’t know or remember their Bible … leads up to tonight.
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G.E.R
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:12pmThis needs to be on the syfy channel not the history channel
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papachuck
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:38pmIt is a real shame that the major networks don’t take note of the ratings and realize that THIS is the type of programing America wants to see not garbage like real housewives of where ever and so called reality shows. A bigger majority of America believes in God then want to kick Him out of our lives. When Jesus comes back for real, won’t those that disavow Him be in for a shock?
I have watched all the past shows and am reading their book on it. What a great refresher on both Old and New Testament.
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denkat56
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:24pmMaybe if people would open their hearts, they’d realize god has always been here, just waiting patiently for us to ask him for help and guidance.
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jman-6
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:37pmNot trying to be critical but we serve a BIG ‘G’ GOD and therefore should acknowledge HIM in a reverent manner when writing HIS name. GOD SPEED my friend!
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chucksue351
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:49pmHis name is YHVH (Father Yaywey) not god whether is has a capital or not sorry
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ModerationIsBest
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 8:31pmYou can worship your god anyway you want in your private life. Stop trying to “invite” him into public schools unless you want Muslims “inviting” their God.
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theotherberean
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 11:18pmHe started out in the schools, until you intolerant bigots had him kicked out through legislation.
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Sargeking
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:22pmHE is. I know HE is. Thanks for the update!
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Jennifer_D
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:22pmLooking forward to it!
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:20pmAll the Atheists will be watching the Walking Dead…
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JohnofOregon
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:41pmFrom the White House theater room.
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:10pmLol….
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circleDwagons
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:19pmHey Time2. So what are the big bad neocons watching? Jesus preached loving thy neighbor as yourself. He was not big into throwing stones.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:39pmI watch both. I record the Bible, for my daughter, while watching it, then record The Walking Dead and watch it later.
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:46pmCIRCLEDRADIOFLYERS. I’ll be at the American Legion in Madeira Beach in about 2 hours. Don’t plan on watching any TV. Neo-cons? You mean Jews? Of course you mean Jews. That word’s all the rage with you Liberals and Liberal-lites.
C’mon down to the Legion. I’ll get you in as a guest… but remember.. no green beer for you due to your age. But I will teach you a thing or two about a thing or two while you drink a Shirley Temple.
Oh, and leave the T-shirt with your personal Jesus emblazoned on it at home. This particular place is a No Ron Paul (or coward) zone. He hasn’t any fans there or in any other place where America’s warriors tend to hang out.
There are a few former SEALS that hang there that would like to share a knuckle sandwich with your dear leader.. or anyone that subscribes to his cowardly nonsense. That would be you… so stay home on second thought for your own protection CIRCLEDRADIOFLYERS.
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:04pmAT.I… enjoy The Bible.
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circleDwagons
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 5:28pmLol!! Time2. I would love to share a pitcher or two with you. Cowards? Being a christian is not for the faint hearted. Have not had the pleasure to know any Seals but I do know a few marines and navy personal. One of my best friends in college was an ex- marine drill srgt.
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