Irenaeus, who was bishop of Lyons in the latter half of the second century, tells us that Polycarp was a disciple of the apostle John and indeed knew others who had seen the Lord in the flesh. The witness of Irenaeus is important because he apparently grew up in Smyrna. What...
When we think of the Church we tend to think of it as a building but this is not how the New Testament writers thought of it. The New Testament authors expect us to see that the Church is the community of the people of God. Jesu himself said that the Church would be built on the ...
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One Faith One People Ministries Featured Apostolic Writings–the Movie! Go inside the exclusive and special features of Andrew Gabriel Roth’s new Aramaic to English translation, the Apostolic Writings! Take a deep dive into what makes this translation so critical in these uncertain times. In this...
instability, and reckoning with gender, money, and power. Yet their concerns and imaginations are unlike ours. Their ideas, narratives, and art about Jesus open up paradoxically fresh and ancient ways to approach and adore Christ–and reveal where our own cultural ideals about the Messiah fall ...
Christmas is the celebration of the coming of the Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One. No, “Christ” is not Jesus’ last name. It is who He is–Messiah, the promised Deliverer, and He comes anointed to accomplish a specific assignment. ...
ii.Jesus: The given name of the son of Mary, and adopted son of Joseph, which is the Greek pronunciation ofJoshua. The nameJoshuameans, “Yahweh is salvation.” iii.Christ: This is the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew word forMessiah, or “Anointed One.” This is the One prophes...
The above graphic is a symbol I've used on various occasions since my high school years. The symbol consists of a circle for the everlasting God, Who was, and is, and is to be. The star of David represents the fact that the Messiah, the savior of the world was descended from the ...
He waited 100 years for a son. Then, Abraham was asked to sacrifice him. In doing so, he learned that this blessing would come through the death and resurrection of the Messiah. Much later the prophet Isaiah learned that Christ was to be the perfect sacrifice for our sins.(Isaiah 53:5...
shall call, and a nation who does not know you run to you, because of יהוה your Elohim, and the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl, for He has adorned you.” [THE DESCENDANTS OF ANCIENT ISRAEL /ABRAHAM SCATTERED TO THE 4 CORNERS OF THE EARTH RETURNING TO YAHWEH UNDER MESSIAH]...