John 12 In John 12, Jesus is eating dinner in Bethany, and Mary, the sister of Lazarus, anoints Jesus’ feet with an expensive bottle of perfume and wipes them off with her hair. (John 12:1-3) Now, Judas Iscariot is there and witnesses it, but all he is focused on is the money Mary just “wasted” when she did that. He doesn’t ask her why she did that or anything like that but criticizes her for wasting money she could have given to the poor. Often, I get focused on a tiny detail that I miss the bigger
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The Bible plainly explains that Christ is the intermediator between God and man (Heb. 9:15). Likewise the Scripture offers no other alternative to Christ as Savior (John 3:18). This act was only needed to be done once and He will return for those who are waiting on Him (Heb. 9:28). One distinctive of restrictivists is the urgency to preach the Gospel message. Feeling that time is limited, they are convinced they must proclaim a gospel message, as there is no other option for securing their eternity
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Christian Religion. It is divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament. Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament beginning around 1450 BC. (“Who is God?” n.d.) It is a collection of 66 books written over a period of some 1400 to 1800 years by various prophets, kings, disciples, and men that were inspired by the Holy Spirit (which is the third part of the trinity –{God, the Father},{ Jesus, the son},{the Holy Spirit}). The Old Testament contains the history, songs, literary wisdom
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The Illumination is depicting the “Entering into Jerusalem” scene from the Book of Mark 11:7-101. The Background of the scene is a pale pink colour, similar to the pink in a sunset, only shown at the top half of the page. The bottom half is a leafy green colour, shaped like a large bush. This extends all the way to the bottom of the page. In the centre is the Christ figure, who is painted in the boldest colours on the page. He is wearing a dark blue cloak, with light blue highlights to show movement
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The original documents and sources were written by Theopompos in the 4th century BCE. The source was written in origins by Theopompos a Greek historian and then in the 2nd CE the writer Athenaus took the source and added it to his own work. The document was about the Etruscans but, specifically about the Etruscan Women. The author compared the Etruscans to the barbarians of the west because just like the barbarians of the west the Etruscans also shaved their bodies smooth. One argument of the document
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Desiree Martinez 1 November 2015 Gospel Paper In the Gospel of Matthew 5:1-12 Jesus went up on a mountain and began teaching his disciples the Beatitudes. The first beatitude states that the kingdom of God belongs to those who are humble. The second beatitude says that those who mourn will receive comfort. The next beatitude says that those who are peaceful will be given the land. Jesus continues speaking and tells the disciples that those who desire righteousness will be fulfilled. He also says
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heaven! Just as a citizen American doesn’t have to be in America. A nation can have control, dominion or authority of a territory without it being in or a physical part of their mainland, home or dominion! Look at Matt 13:38; in it Christ explains the symbols. He says, “The field is the world” the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, wicked one, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. (v:39) says, “the enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age” and “the reapers
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25 Second, we will explore how the theme of inheritance relates to the response of God’s people in chapters 56:1–63:6. In 56:1-8 the servants are identified as those individuals (including Gentiles and eunuchs) who respond with character (justice and faithfulness) to God. In the following sections (56:9–57:21) two distinctive responses are portrayed: the responses of the wicked and the righteous. Whereas God condemns the wicked in 56:9–57:13a, he justifies the righteous and separates them from the
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There is enough information in this Book or My Bible for any elect person who takes in enough of the information to get saved while they are on the earth if they are intelligent enough to understand. There is enough proof that My Bible is the way I want it. Anyone who is intelligent enough could figure out by reading this Book and checking enough Codes if they were able to that My Bible on the Code Site is the way I want it. Even so, there is plenty of other proof that My Bible is My Word. Ralph
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Hello Billy Joe Bob, I am pleased to hear that your are interested to learn more about Christianity and the God of the Bible, Jesus Christ. You have some excellent questions and I am sure you are not the only one to have such questions. As a Christian, knowing my God and all of his qualities and characteristics I believe to be a crucial aspect of being a Christian. Through this letter I hope to shed some light on your questions about God and Christianity. First, I can help explain some of the
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