[Salvation]

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[Salvation]

Monsignor Pope Ping!

[MrEdd]

Christ did stay with his disciples.
Just not merely the twelve Apostles.

[zeestephen]

With 20-20 hindsight, I think Christ should have created an AC-130 gunship after The Resurrection, shredded anybody who disagreed with him in the Middle East, and made the Saudi Arabian oil fields part of Israel.

[Jim W N]

Well, if after finishing your work on earth, your home and throne was in Heaven with your ever-loving Heavenly Father, would you hang around the earth all the time? I don’t think I would.

[RicocheT]

Thank you for this post. I was a lapsed Christian/Luthern for much of my adult life but have returned to believe Jesus Christ lived, died, returned and rose to join His Father in Heaven.

[Deepeasttx]

Many years ago, 1980s, I was chatting with an Army buddy. He was into Indians and I mentioned that I lived in Indian-named towns in Pennsylvania. One of those was Tuscarora. His eyes lit up and then he pulled out an article from his wallet. It was a story about the Tuscarora tribe.

In the article, was a legend passed down about a great man coming to them and teaching about the Christ, his death, and the forgiveness of sins therefrom. I took it that this event took place during Christ’s resurrection before His assertion into heaven.

So, even though Christ did not stay with His loved ones and disciples perpetually, He was busy at other places on earth.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Downsized pic for FReepers with smaller screens.

[cloudmountain]

John 21:25
There are many more things that Jesus did. If they were all written down, I suppose the whole world could not contain the books.

So many Protestants believe that the Bible, as written, was all there was. I guess they just ignore John's statement that "not all things were written down."

If one tells many Protestants about "Apostolic Tradition" they will ignore it and start quoting the ONLY thing they know...what is written in the Bible.
Jesus' Ministry was more than just what was written in the New Testament. But, it they were Catholic they would know that.

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Protestants believed [thanks to EXCOMMUNICATED CATHOLIC PRIEST FATHER MARTIN LUTHER, 16th century] in only accepting the Old Testament books that were in Hebrew that the JEWS accepted and excluded these:

1. Book of Esdras
2. Book of Tobit (the Vulgate, and Luther call it Tobias
3. Book of Judith.
4. Book of Wisdom.
5. Book of Ecclesiasticus
6. Book of Baruch
7. Book of Susanna
8. and 9. Books of 1st & 2nd Maccabees
NINE BOOKS OF THE WORD OF GOD excluded by Father Luther.
How did he dare deny the written words of His Father in Heaven?

One can only assume that EXCOMMUNICATED CATHOLIC PRIEST FATHER MARTIN LUTHER did not believe in the Word of God, as written by the Apostles.
He believed in the word of EXCOMMUNICATED CATHOLIC PRIEST FATHER MARTIN LUTHER.

I've always thought that Father Luther was, no doubt, a good and holy man, trying to do right. But he BROKE his priestly vow of OBEDIENCE. Not good.

[Jim Noble]

He had to appear to the Lamanites in North America, of course.

[Craftmore]

He was busy appearing to the lost tribes in america.

[annalex]

And another reason: to teach the Christians that we must seek Him before He comes.