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What Did Christians Close to John the Apostle Believe about the Millennium?
Theological Studies ^ | Michael J. Vlach, Ph.D.

Posted on 06/13/2012 1:12:26 PM PDT by wmfights

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s>Using Old Testaments words to preach Protestantism is a part of Messianic Judaism. This sect and believe it or not there are breakaways, was started by a Baptist minister a very short time ago. He wanted to convert those who believe in Judaism to Protestantism.

U-2012> I believe your tale is in error.

Messianic Judaism is YHvH’s remnant as spoken of in the WORD.

I disagree and not to be mean. Yes, it is known, the origin of Messianic Judaism and their splits. You can’t make history up.

If you believe a lie, you can.

It’s like stating Scripture came complete. Not true. Someone of authority had to decide which writings were divinely inspired and those writings had to be translated. It happened. Pope Damasaus and St. Jerome. The Bible is a Catholic book.

blessings to you,

Yah'shua was/is and will always be a Jew.

He did not create a gentile corporation.

He came for the Jew first.

The Apostles were all Messianic Jews.

The WORD of YHvH is not something created by man.

Most of the WORD of YHvH existed before the advent of Yah'shua.

Later Rav Sha'ul was sent to the Gentiles to bring YHvH's Good News.

The Good News of calling on Yah'shua's NAME : YHvH is/be my Salvation.

The "New" testament existed hundreds of years before Damasus & Jerome

Sorry to say you are looking through the wrong end of the telescope.

Seek YHvH in His WORD.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
41 posted on 06/15/2012 10:11:23 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: stpio
s>Using Old Testaments words to preach Protestantism is a part of Messianic Judaism. This sect and believe it or not there are breakaways, was started by a Baptist minister a very short time ago. He wanted to convert those who believe in Judaism to Protestantism.

U-2012> I believe your tale is in error.

Messianic Judaism is YHvH’s remnant as spoken of in the WORD.

I disagree and not to be mean. Yes, it is known, the origin of Messianic Judaism and their splits. You can’t make history up.

If you believe a lie, you can.

It’s like stating Scripture came complete. Not true. Someone of authority had to decide which writings were divinely inspired and those writings had to be translated. It happened. Pope Damasaus and St. Jerome. The Bible is a Catholic book.

blessings to you,

Yah'shua was/is and will always be a Jew.

He did not create a gentile corporation.

He came for the Jew first.

The Apostles were all Messianic Jews.

The WORD of YHvH is not something created by man.

Most of the WORD of YHvH existed before the advent of Yah'shua.

Later Rav Sha'ul was sent to the Gentiles to bring YHvH's Good News.

The Good News of calling on Yah'shua's NAME : YHvH is/be my Salvation.

The "New" testament existed hundreds of years before Damasus & Jerome

Sorry to say you are looking through the wrong end of the telescope.

Seek YHvH in His WORD.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
42 posted on 06/15/2012 10:32:48 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

“Yah’shua was/is and will always be a Jew.

He did not create a gentile corporation.

He came for the Jew first.

The Apostles were all Messianic Jews.”

~ ~ ~
Messianic Judaism is Protestantism cloaked in pretend Judaism using a few Old Testament words. Messianic Judaism professes Sola Scriptura. Sola Scriptura is not Jewish or found in Scripture.

How can you be Jewish and a Protestant Christian? Jews reject Jesus is the Messiah.
How can you be Jewish and a Protestant Christian? Jews reject Jesus is God.
How can you be Protestant? Jesus is mankind’s “One Lord”, Jesus established “One faith”, Roman Catholicism of which Protestantism broke away in 1517.

Messianic Jews do not use the term Old Testament or New Testament for obvious reasons.

Luke 5:36-39
[36] And he spoke also a similitude to them: That no man putteth a piece from a new garment upon an old garment; otherwise he both rendeth the new, and the piece taken from the new agreeth not with the old. [Luke 5:36] [Latin] [37] And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the new wine will break the bottles, and it will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost. [38] But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. [39] And no man drinking old, hath presently a mind to new: for he saith, The old is better.

Hebrews 8:8
For finding fault with them, he saith: Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord: and I will perfect unto the house of Israel, and unto the house of Juda, a new testament:


43 posted on 06/15/2012 3:36:12 PM PDT by stpio
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No one yet has shown their ‘Bible Alone’ belief supports
Jesus is returning to reign on earth in His Person during the 7th Day. The reason, it’s not true, the Church rejects this belief. And how...

Inconsistent, the author in the OP wishes to show the first Christians believed in millenarianism, naming some of them stating they knew and were taught by the Apostles while totally ignoring these same men Polycarp and Irenaeus believed in Our Lord’s presence in the Holy Eucharist!

Polycarp was/is a Roman Catholic priest.


44 posted on 06/15/2012 4:16:11 PM PDT by stpio
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Many, many Protestants, especially Protestant ministers convert when they read history, discover the beliefs of the first Christians.

“Polycarp was/is a Roman Catholic priest.”

~ ~ ~

Anacletus (Cletus), the 3rd Pope (76-88)

Polycarp became bishop of Smyrna and held the see for about 70 years. He was a staunch defender of orthodoxy and an energetic opponent of heresy, especially Marcionism and Valentinianism (the most influential of the Gnostic sects). Toward the end of his life he visited Pope St. Anacletus in Rome. To testify his respect and ensure that the bonds of charity were unbroken, Anacletus invited Polycarp TO CELEBRATE the Eucharist in the papal chapel on this occasion. Polycarp suffered martyrdom with 12 others of his flock around the year 156.

Among the select few from apostolic times about whom we have some historical information is Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna and one of the most glorious martyrs of Christian antiquity. His life and death are attested by the authentic “Acts” of his martyrdom (no similar account is older), as well as by other contemporary writings. It moves us deeply when, for example, we find in St. Irenaeus, a disciple of Polycarp, the passage in which he reminisces:

“The memory of that time when as a youth I was with Polycarp in Asia Minor is as fresh in my mind as the present. Even now I could point to the place where he sat and taught, and describe his coming and going, his every action, his outward appearance, and his manner of discourse to the people. It seems as though I still heard him tell of his association with the Apostle John and with others who saw the Lord, and as though he were still relating to me their words and what he heard from them about the Lord and His miracles. . . .”

...with deep reverence:

“At Smyrna, the death of St. Polycarp. He was a disciple of the holy apostle John, who consecrated him bishop of that city; and there he acted as the primate of all Asia Minor. Later, under Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus, he was brought before the tribunal of the proconsul; and when all the people in the amphitheater cried out against him, he was handed over to be burned to death. But since the fire caused him no harm, he was put to death by the sword. Thus he gained the crown of martyrdom. With him, twelve other Christians, who came from Philadelphia, met death by martyrdom in the same city.”


45 posted on 06/15/2012 4:45:01 PM PDT by stpio
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To: UriÂ’el-2012
Thank you so much for that beautiful Scripture, dear Uri’el-2012, and thank you for sharing your insights!
46 posted on 06/15/2012 9:20:45 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: stpio
Thank you for sharing your insights, dear stpio, and for those excerpts!

They appear to be from this book. I have read just a few paragraphs but will try to read the whole book shortly.

Has the Catholic Church authenticated or approved of Cletus Schefers' prophecies?

47 posted on 06/15/2012 9:26:18 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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“Thank you for sharing your insights, dear stpio, and for those excerpts!

They appear to be from this book. I have read just a few paragraphs but will try to read the whole book shortly.

Has the Catholic Church authenticated or approved of Cletus Schefers’ prophecies?”

~ ~ ~

Thank you for sharing the link. It’s one you can copy
from if you like.

Actually, most all of the current messages from Heaven are yet to be approved by the Church. The Church is prudent
and the “soon” divine events prophesied in these private
revelations haven’t happened. We are in that period of time. I believe them, God wouldn’t remain silent or wait for approval AND I was converted by one of them, one of
Mary’s apparitions here in our country.

Cletus’ messages line up with other messages from Heaven,
you will like them because there is much Scripture reference
to help understand and confirm if your devotion is Scripture.


48 posted on 06/15/2012 11:04:32 PM PDT by stpio
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To: stpio
I thank you for the referral. His is one I had not yet heard about.

I must confess that I find prophecies written in "first person" outside of Scripture to be a little off-putting regardless of the source. We have (I believe) a Pentecostal here who does that a lot - and even though his prophecies are mostly generic, it is still a little off-putting to read them. LOLOL!


49 posted on 06/16/2012 8:24:20 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

“I thank you for the referral.”

~ ~ ~

You are welcome.

All the Scripture reference included, as you read a long, are a great help. I recall, the Great Warning, non-Catholic Christians know it as the “awakening” spoken of, the very words in Revelation 6:16-17 are used. A confirmation.

Here’s the other link, you can’t print this one off, it’s a
PDF.

http://www.godspeakswillyoulisten.org


50 posted on 06/17/2012 12:16:53 PM PDT by stpio
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To: stpio
U-2012>Yah’shua was/is and will always be a Jew.

He did not create a gentile corporation.

He came for the Jew first.

The Apostles were all Messianic Jews.

Messianic Judaism is Protestantism cloaked in pretend Judaism using a few Old Testament words. Messianic Judaism professes Sola Scriptura. Sola Scriptura is not Jewish or found in Scripture.

How can you be Jewish and a Protestant Christian? Jews reject Jesus is the Messiah. How can you be Jewish and a Protestant Christian? Jews reject Jesus is God. How can you be Protestant? Jesus is mankind’s “One Lord”, Jesus established “One faith”, Roman Catholicism of which Protestantism broke away in 1517.

Messianic Jews do not use the term Old Testament or New Testament for obvious reasons.

Luke 5:36-39

Hebrews 8:8

Your understanding of Messianic Judaism is a LIE.
An intelligent person would not repeat a lie,
but inform themselves.

I would recommend:
Messianic Judaism: A Modern Movement With an Ancient Past:
(A Revision of Messianic Jewish Manifesto) [Paperback]

s> Jews reject Jesus is the Messiah.
All of the apostles became Messianic Jews.

s> Jews reject Jesus is God
Not those who see Yah'shua as YHvH's Shekinah.

s> Jesus is mankind’s “One Lord”, Jesus established “One faith”,
Roman Catholicism of which Protestantism broke away in 1517.

Yah'shua did not create an earthly Empire.
The earthly Empire was created by the Roman Pontiff Constantine.

You are absolutely correct the term: Old Testament is pejorative.
It is the Tanach, named for the Torah, the prophets and the writings.

The Brit Hadashah, the New Covenant with the Tanach
completes the Complete Jewish Bible.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
51 posted on 06/17/2012 1:19:26 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

“Your understanding of Messianic Judaism is a LIE.
An intelligent person would not repeat a lie,
but inform themselves.”

~ ~ ~

Uri’el,

Is this the “nice” way of calling me a liar? Be careful at
FR how you word it and it is allowed. I am not smart, I realize but it’s not kind for you to say it.

The link shared in your post:

“Messianic Judaism: A MODERN MOVEMENT With an Ancient Past:
(A Revision of Messianic Jewish Manifesto) [Paperback]”

True, a very modern Protestant sect, the 1960s. A Baptist minster’s attempt to convert Judaism.

Messianic Judaism and their breakaways agree on Martin Luther’s Bible Alone while throwing in some Old Testament terms. Who would want to base their eternal life on a modern movement? Run far away.

Understand authority, it’s important, by whose authority do you believe what you do? And please...

Read the quotes of the first Christians.


52 posted on 06/17/2012 2:18:36 PM PDT by stpio
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To: stpio

Thanks for the link, dear stpio!


53 posted on 06/17/2012 8:21:17 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: stpio
U-2012> Your understanding of Messianic Judaism is a LIE.
An intelligent person would not repeat a lie,
but inform themselves.

Uri’el,

Is this the “nice” way of calling me a liar? Be careful at
FR how you word it and it is allowed. I am not smart, I realize but it’s not kind for you to say it.

The link shared in your post:

“Messianic Judaism: A MODERN MOVEMENT With an Ancient Past:
(A Revision of Messianic Jewish Manifesto) [Paperback]”

True, a very modern Protestant sect, the 1960s. A Baptist minster’s attempt to convert Judaism.

Messianic Judaism and their breakaways agree on Martin Luther’s Bible Alone while throwing in some Old Testament terms. Who would want to base their eternal life on a modern movement? Run far away.

Understand authority, it’s important, by whose authority do you believe what you do? And please...

Read the quotes of the first Christians.

No one called you a liar !

For a N00bie(Since Mar 24, 2012) to throw around FR rules is silly.

If YHvH wants to regather His Remnant in these End Times,
it is the prerogative of the creator of the universe.

Let me repeat again: All of the Apostles were Messianic Jews.

Later the Pagan Pontiff Constantine created the Roman "church"

You seem to be believing based on a Pagan "church" which at it's core
is anti-semitic from it's inception, believing in a Mother of "god",
believing in three gods, believing that there is a Magic Show where
the Roman "church"'s lord can be called down and become a
stale matzoh from a passover seder, believing in Pagan Tradition
as more valid than the Holy WORD of G-d.

The only authority we need is YHvH, the creator of the universe
and His WORD: Yah'shua.

Yah'shua did not create a Pagan Roman "church"

Yah'shua only preached His WORD: the Tanach.

Seek YHvH in His WORD.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
54 posted on 06/18/2012 10:09:08 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: stpio; UriÂ’el-2012
Both of you, accusing another Freeper of telling a lie is a form of "making it personal" because it attributes motive, the intent to deceive.

Words such as "false", "wrong" and "error" do not attribute motive.

Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.

55 posted on 06/18/2012 10:23:09 AM PDT by Religion Moderator
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

“Your understanding of Messianic Judaism is a LIE.
An intelligent person would not repeat a lie,
but inform themselves.”

“No one called you a liar !”

~ ~ ~

So what if a person is new or been at FR a long time, be
loving in the present moment as Our Lord wishes.

Messianic Judaism IS a new sect in Protestantism, the
link posted the other day in your reply, called MJ a “modern movement”, a way to say it without being specific.

Sorry, the comments about the faith have been answered a thousand times, all Protestant objections and the mention of Protestants famous fella, Constantine. He is the only person every mentioned in Protestants account of early Church history. Protestants have to name someone, to make their account look legitimate, they think one name and two paragraphs for all the first centuries of Christianity are convincing.

Jesus established His Church giving Peter the keys, naming
Peter head of His Church. God has always named leaders. It’s very important when God changes a person’s name, Simon became Peter which means rock. The objection to argue, little or big rock, Peter still means rock.

It’s going to take the Great Warning, seeing the faith
in God’s light.

Matthew 16:18
And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.


56 posted on 06/18/2012 11:02:42 PM PDT by stpio
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To: stpio

Jesus Christ is the Chief Cornerstone upon which the Church is built and the rock upon which it is built is faith. Read Romans, then reconsider the context of Christ’s communique with Peter.


57 posted on 06/18/2012 11:49:40 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: stpio
It’s not true. God’s reign will be spiritual.

So your assertion that God will no longer reign from the physical throne of David nor will exert His volition by his mind in his soul, but only execute a spiritual kingdom, would also imply that what God created in the physical and soulish domains is in essence good for nothingness that He need to never reign over it?

He made man in body, soul, and spirit, not simply spirit.

Consider Romans Chapter 3 to understand there still is discernment in His Plan for the Hebrew nation.

58 posted on 06/19/2012 12:04:28 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Cvengr

stpio: “It’s not true. God’s reign will be spiritual.”

Cvenger: “He made man in body, soul, and spirit, not simply spirit.”

~ ~ ~

Your words are true and so are mine.

And one day, everyone’s soul and body will be united at the
Final Judgment.

This thread is not about the Final Judgment but about
the Millennium, some call it the Era Peace, God’s 7th Day.

When I said “God’s reign will be spiritual”, I am meaning,
Jesus is NOT returning to the earth in His person during
the 7th Day. It is a “spiritual” reign. All will
believe the same finally. Prophesied, it will be the
Eucharistic reign of our Lord Jesus Christ.


59 posted on 06/19/2012 12:46:35 AM PDT by stpio
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To: Cvengr

What is the significance? Why did Our Lord change Simon’s
name to Peter which means “rock?”


60 posted on 06/19/2012 12:50:01 AM PDT by stpio
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