The most important basic component of the written New Testament’s tradition is the manuscripts of letters - epistles, authorship of which scientists connect with the names of apostles and the addressees were the first Christian communities - “churches”, - which were situated in different parts of Roman empire. The apostles were like the leaders or teachers of those communities. Different historical events, data about the activity of the first churches and all Acts of the apostles were fixed in the written form. This oral and written material was used as a basis for genre formation of the New Testament Holy Scriptures in I - in the beginning of II century of A.D. in the early Christian society. Later these Holy Scriptures became a basis of the Church Biblical Canon of New Testament.

In 50-60-s the material of apostles’ epistles was formed, in these letters apostles were like the religious and ethical teachers, the first Christian theologians. Some of the “Epistles” (Books) are considered, because of the time of their formation, the New Testament Biblical works. Some of the “Epistles” were written later in 70-90-s of I century. Among these works scientists mark out the most numerous group, the author of which, traditionally, is considered the apostle Paul. Among the most ancient works of Paul - “Galatians”, “Romans”, “Corinthians”.

The apostle Paul was Jewish; according to his education he was a scribe. From the very first days of his existence he was a real oppressor of the Christians, but then he was miraculously converted to Christianity. There are a lot of different opinions according to the authorship of Paul’s Epistles. Some scientists consider that the apostle Paul wrote only four or five Books (Romans, Galatians, Corinthians, Ephesians).

Many of the Christian theologians have doubts as to the presents of God spirit in his works and as to the Paul’s authorship.

Saul was the main participant of beating up Stephen with stones (quite widespread way of execution of robbers, trumps in ancient Jerusalem) and the main inspirer of Christian persecutions, though he was supposed to become one of the most impetuous Jesus Christ’s disciples with a course of time.

Paul (Saul) was born in Tars in 10 or 12 year A. D. As the custom of that time dictated, his name was converted into Latin one “Paul”.
His kin, as every decent and ancient Jewish kin, belonged to Pharisaical party. Paul was brought up in religious way of this sect.

Jewish-pharisees rarely went to secular educational institutes. The most famous and respectful in Tars were rhetoric schools, where classical Greek was taught. It’s unbelievable that Paul, who had taken lessons there, could be able to write in such a poor, incorrect language, so different from Hellenic in its speech patterns. But so all of his “Epistles” were written.
Paul exclusively belongs to Jewish culture. That is why all his works can be compared rather with ancient Jewish religious tradition than with Ancient Greek philosophy. His style is full of sharp moves from one theme to another, which interrupt the thoughts he tries to express. His extracts are separated from each other and they express different ideas. Texts of his works are not solid.

Ephes - is one of the most famous cities of Asia Minor, it is situated on the bank of Caistr River. For a long time Ephes was the adornment and religious center of Asia and it was famous by its very beautiful temple of Diana. In 54 the apostle Paul arrived to the city and began his sermon in the Judaic synagogue. After his sermon many of people began to believe in the principles of Christianity, I mean, they were converted to Christianity. Some people of Ephes were given the Holy gift of prophecy. His sermon in Ephes was continued during three years and it was accompanied with different miracles.

In this period Paul wrote his first epistle (Corinthians). After his sermon many people left their old religion (some cult of Diana) and were converted to Christianity, but there were many unsatisfied people, because some men earned money from the selling of statues of Diana and others things of the cult.

Book (Epistle) of Ephesians consists of the six chapters. It was written by the apostle Paul almost in the same time as the Book of Colossians, when he was arrested in Rome for the first time. This Book (epistle) was sent to the Ephesians with Tikhic, who was very devoted servant of God.

In this Book Paul, with his heart full of love to God, presents Christianity as the greatest wisdom, the source of which is the expiation of sins through believing in Jesus Christ. According to its content, it can be divided into two parts: about dogmas (I - III) and about morals (IV - VI). The content and style of the Book of Ephesians are very exalted and edifying.

The apostle Paul was very unpleasant to those people in Ephes, who believed in ancient gods, but there was a long sermon of Paul about the statement that people did not love their gods, but they loved only money, silver and gold.

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As Christians, we have to stand firmly and solidly behind the
Jewish people and their state of Israel. When you put all of the
verses together on the original covenant God the Father made
with their first forefather, Abraham, I believe that this
original covenant is still in full force and full effect to this
very day.

God made an original covenant and pact with the Jewish people in
that He would be their God and they would be His chosen people.
This everlasting covenant was made with their first set of
forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He then tops it off by
promising that they would be given the land of Israel as an
everlasting possession.

Though the Jewish people managed to break their end of the
bargain by all of their rebellious and adulterous behavior
towards the Lord during much of the Old Testament, and managed
to get themselves dispersed to the four corners of the world as
punishment and judgment for this kind of unacceptable behavior
towards Him in 70 AD, God still intends on keeping His side of
the bargain.

The covenant God made with Abraham was an everlasting and
permanent covenant, and nothing that the Jewish people would end
up doing against Him, no matter how bad, was going to end up
canceling, revoking, rescinding or breaking this covenant with
Him.

The Jewish people lost temporary possession of the land of
Israel as a result of this dispersion, but because God made this
original covenant with Abraham on a permanent and everlasting
basis, God will stay true to His Word and He will still keep to
His side of the bargain.

As a result, God the Father is still the God of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob and all of the rest of the Jewish people. The Jewish
people are still the chosen people of God the Father and they
are still the apple of His eye. The land of Israel is still
their everlasting possession and the land still belongs to them
and them alone.

God Himself has made a sovereign choice to make this race of
people His chosen people, and neither we as Christians, the
Muslims or any of the rest of the world have any legal right to
be attacking or questioning the Lord on the choice He made to
single out this race and class of people to be His chosen people
that would eventually supply the blood line that His Son Jesus
would eventually be born into our world through. The facts are
the facts. God has spoken out loud and clear on this entire
issue through His Word. This is why God has warned the rest of
the world with the statement that He makes in the following
verse I will now give you.

In this statement, God tells Abraham, when making this original
covenant with him, that He will bless those who will bless him
and that He will curse those that will try and curse him. When
God is telling Abraham that He will bless those that will bless
him and curse those who will try and curse him, I believe that
He is talking about the entire Jewish race as a people and as a
nation. He is not just talking to only Abraham. Here is this
most powerful verse and warning direct from the Lord Himself:

Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from
your kindred and from your father’s house, to a land that I will
show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and
make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless
those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in
you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis
12:1-3)

Per the article we have in the Current Issues section of our
site titled “The Gaza Pullout and Hurricane Katrina,” I do not
think we are dealing with any coincidence in that one week after
president Bush and Prime Minister Sharon arranged to have part
of the Gaza strip handed over to the Palestinians, that we end
up having the worse hurricane and natural disaster that has ever
struck our country strike us after this land deal was completed
with the Palestinians! And to top it all off, 4 months later,
Sharon ends up having a stroke and is completely knocked out of
his position as the Prime Minister of Israel. And then Hamas,
the dreaded terrorist organization and sworn enemy of Israel who
also wants to wipe Israel off the face of the map, ends up
winning the local Palestinian election and as a result, they are
now residing right in Israel’s backyard.

As far as President Bush, his poll numbers have now gone into a
major free fall. At the time that I am writing up this article,
his poll numbers have now dropped down to a very dismal 31%
approval rating. Is all of this just pure coincidental activity,
or are we seeing the wrath and judgment of God hit those persons
responsible for dividing up part of Israel’s land to their sworn
enemy based upon the wording of the above verse? Judge and
discern for yourselves. To sum it all up, I want to highlight
and bullet point what all of the above verses are trying to tell
us:

God makes and establishes an everlasting - unconditional
covenant with Abraham

God promises to give the land of Israel to Abraham and the rest
of his descendants that would follow after him as an everlasting
possession

The apostle Paul states that God has not cast away His chosen
people and that all of Israel will eventually be saved and
accept Jesus Christ as their true Messiah and Savior

God the Father states that He will never cast off the seed of
Israel from His sight

God makes an everlasting covenant with King David in that his
throne and kingdom will be an everlasting throne and kingdom
that will know no end

God will give His Son Jesus the throne of King David in the
coming Millennium Kingdom where He will rule this entire earth
from the city of Jerusalem for a 1000 years

Jesus was born into our world as a Jew, and then was crucified
as the “King of the Jews”

Though God disperses the Jewish nation to the four corners of
the world in 70 AD, He promises to bring them back and restore
them to their homeland of Israel in the latter days

Jesus will rule this earth from the city of Jerusalem in the
coming 1000 year Millennium Kingdom

After the 1000 year Millennium rule of Jesus from Jerusalem, God
the Father will create a New Heaven and a New Earth. He will
then bring down a “New Jerusalem” from Heaven itself where both
He and Jesus will rule our New Earth from for the rest of all
eternity.

The original covenant that God made with Abraham was an
everlasting and unconditional covenant that would never end. The
land of Israel, which He promised to give to him and his
descendants, was given to him as an everlasting possession.

When God says that this covenant will be an everlasting
covenant, this is now a done deal. And the Bible proves all of
this out when the Jewish people once more regain possession of
their land of Israel back in 1948.

If the Bible was not the infallible and inerrant Word of God,
and God was not meaning what He was saying back in the Old
Testament about re-gathering and restoring the Jewish people
back to their homeland of Israel, then the restoration of the
Jewish people back to their land of Israel in 1948 would have
never occurred. But since it did, just like the Bible predicted
it would, this once more shows us that our Bible is truly the
inspired and infallible Word of our Holy God, and that
everything that proceeds out of the mouth of our God will
eventually come to pass.

I will leave you with one last thought in reference to the
Jewish people, their state of Israel and what our spiritual
relationship should be to them as Christians. When you really
look at what God the Father was doing when He initiated making
contact with this race of people, we are looking at an
incredible, profound reality.

After Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden as a
result of disobeying a direct command from the Lord, all of
mankind became lost with no real way to make it into heaven
after we physically die.

At this point, God could have easily washed His hands of the
entire human race as the Bible tells us that everyone that would
be born after Adam and Eve would also become sinners and fall
way short of the glory of our Lord. But because we are dealing
with an incredible great, loving, merciful and good God, God
made an incredible sovereign choice to have mercy on us. And
when He made this choice to have mercy on us, He had to
implement a plan and a way in order for us to be able to receive
His mercy, forgiveness, pardon, salvation and redemption from
our sinful states and natures.

As we all know now, this plan would be implemented through His
one and only Son Jesus Christ. However, there was only one
little problem with this plan. Jesus would have to leave His
heavenly kingdom and literally come down onto our earth to be
able to save us from our sins. And not only would He have to
literally come down upon our earth, but He would also have to
literally incarnate Himself into a human flesh body like the
rest of us have. Jesus thus would have to become fully man, yet
still stay fully God.

In order for Jesus to come down onto our earth in the flesh, God
the Father was going to have to arrange to have a bloodline that
He would eventually be born through at the time of His birth
into our world. Though Jesus was actually born of the Holy
Spirit, He still had to pass through a female womb. And with
Jesus having to literally pass through a female womb, this means
that God the Father will have to deal with a line of descendants
that would lead up to the virgin Mary being the one to bring
Jesus into our world. Mary was a Jew, and God thus would have to
deal with the generational bloodline that would proceed her.

It is no accident or after thought that God chose a race of
people to be His chosen people back in the Old Testament. For
whatever His personal reasons were on this issue, God
sovereignly chose the Jewish people to be His chosen people, and
through these people’s descendants, the virgin Mary would be
born, and through her physical body, God would have His Son
Jesus birthed into our physical world.

Think of what was really happening with this entire scenario. We
are talking about God Himself, Jesus Christ, the second Person
of the triune Godhead, being willing to come into our world
through a physical birthing process in order to be able to reach
us to save us from our sins.

Bottom line - if Jesus was not willing to come into our earth
through the womb of the virgin Mary, there would be no eternal
salvation for any of us, and we would all physically and
spiritually die in our sinful states, never being able to make
it to heaven or have our spiritual relationship restored back
again with God the Father.

Mary was a Jew and through her womb, we received our Lord and
Savior. Had there not been a Jewish lineage and a Jewish
heritage that she had come from, there would have been no Mary.
As a result, all Christians owe an incredible debt of gratitude
to the entire Jewish race as a result of Jesus being birthed
into our world through their bloodline.

When God purposely isolates and sovereignly chooses and elects a
special race of people to be His chosen people, and from the
descendants of this chosen people come the virgin Mary, and
through the virgin Mary our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is born
into our world - we are talking about a very special class and
race of people.

This is why the very first Gospel account goes to the trouble to
list the lineage that Jesus would be coming from. This is why
God went the extra length to state that His Son would also be
called the Son of Abraham and the Son of David in addition to
being called the Son of God.

Jesus had to be physically born into our world and in order for
Him to be able to do so, He had to be incarnated into a human
flesh body in order for our salvation to be able to occur
through His physical death on the cross.

Though the Jewish people missed who Jesus really was when He
came down to our earth, and are still in darkness to this very
day on this issue, the facts still have not changed. God made
the Jewish race His chosen people, and from their descendants
Jesus would eventually be born into our world.

As such, all Christians owe a major debt of gratitude to the
entire Jewish race for being the chosen people that God would
eventually have His Son born into this world through.

The best way to look at this is like looking at a two sided
coin. On the one side of the coin are the Jewish people and
their covenant relationship with God the Father. Though they are
not saved at this time, they are still God’s chosen people and
eventually God will save all of Israel as the above verses are
telling us. On the other side of the coin are all born again
Christians saved under the shed Blood of Jesus Christ.

Though we are now living under a new and better covenant than
what the Jews presently have with God the Father because we have
accepted who Jesus really is, this still does not negate the
Jewish people and their original Abrahamic covenant that they
still have with God the Father.

As such, we should consider all of our Jewish brethren as our
brothers and friends of the faith since we both serve and follow
the same God the Father.

Remember, the day will come when the Jewish people will accept
Jesus as their true Messiah and Savior. But until that day
comes, and these people see the real light, we should accept
them, love them and solidly support, protect and defend them
from the demonic forces that would like to try and totally
annihilate them. As I stated at the top of this article, now,
more than ever, the Jewish people and their state of Israel need
our continuing support. With another Hitler now rising out of
Iran who is trying to develop the nuclear weapons to be able to
attack and annihilate Israel, our country, along with the UN and
some of our Western allies have got to stay on top of this
building crisis. Remember what the above verse from God the
Father has told us - He will bless those who bless Israel and
curse those who will try and curse her.

I rest my case for the Jewish people and their holy land of
Israel.

The Apocalypse

Revelation 6:2-6:8

The Apocalypse ; I will bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Something disclosed, especially something not previously known
or realized: disclosure, exposé, exposure, and revelation.
Apocalyptic eschatology is marked by the conviction that God
will intervene decisively in the present evil age and vindicate
his suffering elect over their oppressors, raising the dead,
consigning the wicked to eternal destruction, and establishing a
new creation. In the Bible, apocalyptic elements are present in
the books of Ezekiel, Isaiah, Joel, Zechariah, and Daniel. The
collection known as the Pseudepigrapha [1. Spurious writings,
especially writings falsely attributed to biblical characters or
times. 2. A body of texts written between 200 b.c. and a.d. 200
and spuriously ascribed to various prophets and kings of Hebrew
Scriptures. ETYMOLOGY: Greek, from neuter pl. of
pseudepigraphos, falsely ascribed: pseud s, false; see pseudo-+
epigraphein, to inscribe (epi-, epi- + graphein, to write]
Contains a number of early Jewish apocalypses, including 1
Enoch, 4 Ezra, and 2 Baruch. In the New Testament the book of
Revelation is often called the Apocalypse. ( pŏk’
lĭps), allegorical figures in the Book of Revelation in the
Bible. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; the rider on the
white horse has many interpretations-one is that he represents
Christ; [This view has its skeptics thou, for the rider on the
white horse was Given a Crown, meaning that He had no power
until after it was given to Him, as with the other three
horsemen, the second point here is that whenever Jesus is
mentioned, He is always mentioned having a Sword and never a
bow. This is my interpretation of this.], the rider on the red
horse is war; on the black horse is famine; and on the pale
horse, death. The Apocalyptic nature of man has come from years
of indecisiveness in the worshiping of the creature instead of
the creator. The spiritual battle ground is Israel and
especially Jerusalem, lets read; Tuesday, July 27, 2004 TEHRAN
(AFP) - Iran will wipe Israel “off the face of the earth” if it
dared to attack the Islamic republic’s nuclear facilities, a
spokesman for Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards was quoted as
saying. “The United States is showing off by threatening to use
its wild dog, Israel,” the public relations head of the
Revolutionary Guards, Commander Seyed Masood Jazayeri, was
quoted as saying by the Iranian student news agency ISNA. Rev
6:2-8; And I saw, and behold a white Horse: and he that sat on
him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth
conquering, and to conquer. And when he had opened the second
seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went
out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that
sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should
kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Here we see that the writer John, stated that he saw a Great
Sword, not just a sword. A great sword is to signify, great
death was inevitable. And when he had opened the third seal, I
heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a
black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in
his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of
barley for a penny (An average daily wage, penny, not to be
misunderstood, At this time a days wages will be needed to
sustain food for the people); and see thou hurt not the oil and
the wine. Olive Oil (trees) and Grape wine (Vineyards), two main
commercial staples of Israel. And when he had opened the fourth
seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on
him was Death, and Hell followed with him. (Death was the rider
but after the rider came Hell, speaking of the destination of
those who met Death.) And power was given unto them over the
fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger,
and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. If you notice
in Revelations 6:2-8 , there are the words ; power or crown was
given unto, them, him, and orders of see thou hurt not the oil
and the wine, who was giving these things power, crown and
stipulations of what to leave unhurt? God. Because of the
totality unrighteousness of man, God will have His day of
Vengeance. Rev 6:16-17 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall
on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the
throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: [God is the one on the
Throne and Jesus is the Lamb] { But Jesus is not returning here
in the tenderness of a Lamb but as a roaring Lion and Vengeful
King of Kings.} For the great day of his wrath is come; and who
shall be able to stand? Fire and smoke, mingled with blood, none
will be able to stand, all of mans posturing and great swelling
words will fall on deaf ears as the Son of God breaks thru the
eastern sky. And the elements shall melt with a fervent heat.
Many still today are saying that a righteous God would never
destroy men, because He loves us. This is a misconception on
their behalf. Gods’ word is true and not a lie. His prophecies
will come to pass and His judgments on man are righteous
judgments. Blood will flow to the bridle of the horse for 200
miles, this is fact and a promise from the Almighty. Death, Hell
and the Grave are never satisfied, they always hunger for more
and more, and only thru Jesus can we escape the torment that is
to come upon a lost and unrighteous world. Hell enlarges its
boarders daily, and is never satisfied and never complete. Idle
threats from man have never nor will ever concern our Lord and
savior, but man is headed for the Apocalypse with swift feet and
greed in His heart. The blood will flow and the beasts of the
fields and the fowls of the air will devour the bodies of many.
An Eagle is a bird of prey as are the vulture and others. They
shall be filled with their flesh. The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse are the representation of the four plagues that will
consume the enemies of Israel and the Israeli people. This is an
international plague that will touch the lives of all people on
the earth and none shall escape. Oba 1:4 Though thou exalt
thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the
stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. This
prophecy is against Edom. Its destruction seems to have been
typical, as their father Esau’s rejection; and to refer to the
destruction of the enemies of the gospel church. All the enemies
of God’s church shall be disappointed in the things they stay
themselves on. God can easily lay those low who magnify and
exalt themselves; and will do it. Carnal security ripens men for
ruin, and makes the ruin worse when it comes. Mans laws and mans
statutes will come to no avail when the Great Day of the Lord
comes, and it will come. So ,is there hope yet for man? Isa
40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their
strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall
run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. For
the saved yes, and about the lost, yes, we as Christians must do
as Christ has demanded; ” John 9:4, I must work the works of him
that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can
work.” We all must work while we still have the light. Those
whom are lost must come to Jesus while there is still a light
shining otherwise the night will come upon you to everlasting
darkness.