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Who is the 12th Apostle? Paul is what the Bible indicated. In whose authority? Jesus Christ.

"And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." Revelation 21:14 KJV

"And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both (1) Peter, and (2) James, and (3) John, and (4) Andrew, (5) Philip, and (6) Thomas, (7) Bartholomew, and (8) Matthew, (9) James the son of Alphaeus, and (10) Simon Zelotes, and (11) Judas the brother of James." Acts 1:13 KJV

The reason I ask this very important question is to prove what truly the Bible said not what men or any religious sect says so. It is also important who is speaking and who has the ultimate authority in the Bible-Jesus Christ- John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Please understand the order of the Book of Acts.

Strong Facts:

"But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:" Acts 9:15 KJV

(12) "Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)" Galatians 1:1 KJV

"Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity." 1 Timothy 2:7 KJV

"Let his days be few; and let another take his office." Psalms 109:8 KJV

Romans 11:13

For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

In my own opinion, I found that all other evidence verses are very weak indeed to call Mathias as the chosen apostle.

Weak Facts:

"And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen," Acts 1:24 KJV

"And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles." Acts 1:26 KJV

Ronnette The scripture you gave answers the question, the one came to fulfill all the law to Israel under John the Baptist,

in the gospel of john 16:13 Jesus christ was instructing them on the future about the gift of holy spirit which would guide them

to the all truth that was given to the Apostle paul of the church of the body of christ jew and gentile baptized by one spirit.

Scripturally water baptism isnt necessary for salvation in the grace administration of pentecost, that being said water won't

hurt anybody.

Mae That is in Gods time table when all other scripture is fulfilled.

I want to speaks on the topic moving forward I need bible portions

If a woman marries and her husband died, and she marries his brother and then he died and again she marries his brother and so on. Up in Heaven which brother would be known as her husband. Or would any of them be

Ronnette,

The truth is out! Do you believe the words of Jesus?

This comes direct from the mouth of Jesus. Mark 16:16 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."

Do you believe the words of Apostle Peter? Peter speaks directly about when we are baptized we receive God's Holy Spirit! Acts 2:38 "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."

So, Jesus tells us we must believe and be baptized to be saved. The Apostle Peter whom Jesus Christ built His Church on told us that when we repent, and get baptized, we receive "the gift of the Holy Ghost". Jesus gets baptized to show us how it is done - with water! Matthew 3:16 "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:" What is the spirt of God? It is the Holy Spirit!

As a Christian (A Christ Follower) doesn't it just make sense to follow Jesus words and his actions?

The difference between the water baptism of John and the Water Baptism of Jesus Christ, is that we now receive the promise of the Holy Spirit - per Jesus Christ, and per Peter! From the very beginning of The Church water baptism was the requirement, and is still the requirement today. Jesus and all of the original Apostles (including Paul) didn't change the water baptism requirement.

So, now when we follow the above scripture it all ties together and we comply with the instruction from Jesus speaking to us here; John 3:5 "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."

If someone thinks that water baptism is no longer required today, they are ignoring the above scripture and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

GBU

2Peter 3:9,

Zephaniah 1:15, Ezekiel 30:3, Amos 5:18-20,

Matthew 24, Mark 13,

Isaiah 11:3-4,

Hopefully these are helpful

The only way to grow strong in knowledge of who the Godhead ( Romans 1:20) is by reading Gods Word. The Bible.

We are to desire the sincere milk of the Word. Grow up some and add in the Bread of the Word. Lastly to eat the meat of the Word and become even stronger in our faith.

I began in the Gospels because I had a burning desire to know who Jesus is. I saw Him in a vision when I was saved. But I didn't know who He was to me. My appetite for more knowledge grew and grew; the more I found out, the more I wanted to know everything He had for me in this life I live.

We need to know what the Armor of God is. How to put it on. Our Sword is made bigger and sharper, as we grow up in Gods Word_ the Bible Scriptures. Ephesians 6.

When Jesus was fasting 40 days in the Judean Desert, Satan came and tempted Jesus. Jesus fought back and prevailed by using Scriptures. Our enemies are invisible but we know their around by their FRUIT: chaos, depression, suicide, murders, thefts, violence of all kinds.

Angels are invisible too. They serve only God. But if we need help quick we can ask God the Father for angelic help. You see this in the Lords Prayer: deliver us from Evil__. The Body of Christ needs to rightly divide the Word of Truth concerning angels.

We are only helpless until we understand how it works, through the principles laid down in the Lords Prayer. It tells us what we have in Jesus Christ.

Jesus gave us Power and Authority by going to the Cross for us. His Blood is as Holy and powerful as the day he suffered and died for our sins.

We are blood bought children of the Most High God. We need to find out what it means, and use it against Satan and his principalities, powers and evil spirits.

They should fear every day we wake up. The Word in our mouths will make them flee. If we practice sin, they just smirk at us.

Tip: the Holy Spirit likes that Johnny Cash ding: I walk The Line. He sings it with me.

Streetpreacher

Matthew 4:1, Mark 14:38, Luke 8:55, Luke 11:13, Luke 23:46, Luke 24:39, John 3:5,6, John 4:23,24, John 6:63, John 14:17, 1Corinthians 12:3, 1Corinthians 15:45, Galatians 5:16,17, Galatians 5:22-25, Galatians 6:8, Ephesians 1:17, 1Thessalonians 5:23, James 2:26,

Romans 8, Hebrews 4:12,

Warning, 1Timothy 4:1,

1John 4:1-11, 1John 4,

Hopefully these are helpful in your study of your spirit & flesh; (body)

Why should Jesus have to wait for too long before coming back.. Can somebody answer me please...

Hi Micaiah.

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The bible consists of several books as you know. Revelation is just one of 66.

I am not sure you can take Revelation 22:19 and use it as a warning for all the other books.

This warning seems to apply to The prophecy of Revelation.

"And if any man shall take away from the WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in "THIS BOOK."

Personally I'm not interested in any of the Apocryphal books because I believe the Lord is capable and did preserve his truth/word in these 66 books line upon line, precept upon precept.

However I have researched as you've asked. Here's what I have been able to find.

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What are the books of 1 Esdras and 2 Esdras?

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The books of 1 and 2 Esdras are not part of the biblical canon. First Esdras is part of what is considered the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical scripture. Second Esdras is an apocalyptic work and is considered pseudepigraphal. Except for some Greek Orthodox, Episcopal, or Lutheran Bibles, 1 and 2 Esdras do not appear in most Bibles. Authorship and dating of 1 and 2 Esdras are somewhat problematic, and some scholars place the writing of certain portions of 2 Esdras as late as the 2nd century AD. "Esdras" is another form of the name Ezra, which means "help."

The Roman Catholic Council of Trent in 1546, which officially recognized several books of the Apocrypha, listed "the first book of Esdras, and the second" as part of the biblical canon. However, these are the books we normally call "Ezra" and "Nehemiah" today and are not to be confused with the pseudepigraphal 1 and 2 Esdras (which appeared in the Vulgate as 3 and 4 Esdras).

Please see part 2.

I went through Genesis 1-2 and circled the words of what God was doing at that time: moulded, formed, etc. The rib God took from Adam (he closed Adam up) and made the woman. I was told that in Hebrew, the word WOMAN, means, MAN with a womb.

If you look at male vs female skeletons, you'll see that mens pelvis's are narrower, their legs are double boned-females having single bones, and the bones of the females pelvis, open in childbearing, so the infant can pass through her body.

It's really interesting. God made us perfect. That's why I don't believe God made mistakes as the transsexual say. If you think of the structural differences: leg bones, one less rib, a skeleton that opens during labor.

It's just my observance. I read pretty much everything, look at pictures. It's cool.

Streetpreacher

Micaiah I choose to believe that the scriptures we have now are what God wanted to be preserved for man to know Him and His son Jesus christ and His gift of holy spirit. The actual main subject matter of Gods word is Jesus Christ and everything God did for

man to make sure His Son would be born to redeem us from the power of the adversary. In psalm 138:2 god said He magnified his Word above all His name. I.E. of all of Gods Creation nothing is greater then his word thats because his word spoke all of

creation into existance. So what we have now is what He God wanted.

Acts 1:11 I was always told that the twelve disciples witnessed Jesus Christ ascend to heaven. Then I read this verse carefully

The angels that were there addressed the disciples and said ye men of galilee, judas was not a galilean he was native to the town

kerioth. Another point of interest is judas hanging himself but it wasn't a tree or rope he suicided by sword which is why Gods

word says Acts 1:18 he fell headlong and his bowels gushed out, thats how they suicided in eastern culture. Gods word is alway

right.

You know Chris, I really do appreciate your response. This controversial topic may or may not be solved in our lifetime but at least we can try to discuss in a Godly way. It just open my eyes in another realm of thinking. Some People read all comments to find answers for their own understanding and edifications. I am challenge to find the truth as well and not because history tells us or some prominent men says so or even the Highest Authority on earth says so or even the Law of the land says so. I am here to find what is God telling us based on what is already written only in the KJV of the Bible. I was suspicious to even use this site as my reading Bible site because it appears more of a Catholic site based on the reading materials. Don't get me wrong I have nothing against any people of any religion, for I am against any Religion who shy away or perverted God's truth. Satan is a very skillful deceiver. We do not even know we are deceived because we used our feelings, corruptible filthy fleshy body to respond to any attack from the truth of God. We all need to become aware that we walk and talk in the Spirit of God, the conversation will be pleasing to all, especially God. The weapon we all have in finding truth is Jesus Christ life, death, and resurrection; and that a person is truly saved and indeed received the Holy Spirit. So we let the facts present itself, and we all stand corrected for the sake of many truth seekers, for surely many also will be lead in God's way of truth, not of men words but of God's magnificent words. Then this site truly created to show the gift of grace and bless God's hope of glory. Not any of ourselves, not of works, nothing that any man should boast, but pure gift of God; so many will be saved through faith. I already know that the creator of this site surely will get as many crowns in heaven because this site brought joy/peace, And I will be so happy for that person (or maybe many people created this site). Agape.

No. The Nephilim were of the created by God, but Satan led a rebellion against God. Michael the Archangel, hurled satan to earth and also the angels that rebelled also. Satan and evil angels ARE NOT HUMAN. Earth was created for humans. Invisible Demon spirits got inside of

Humans by possession or invitation.

Second Peter 2:5 states that all of the ungodly were wiped out in Noah's flood. Genesis 7 in multiple verses confirms that indeed all of humanity and all soulish creatures associated with humanity, except for those on board the ark, were killed. Thus, the Nephilim did not survive the flood catastrophe.

The explanation for the post-flood Nephilim is that sons of God, distinct from those who went to the daughters of humans before the flood, went to the daughters of humans born after the flood. If these sons of God were fallen angels, then these fallen angels are in addition to the ones who were locked up in the abyss as a result of their having sexual relations with human females before the flood. Thus, the abyss would contain two sets of fallen angels: those who had violated human women before the flood and those who had violated human women after the flood. If the sons of God were human males, this interpretation would imply that God had commanded the sons of Shem and/or Japheth not to have sexual relations with the daughters of Ham and/or Canaan. The violation of this command would have produced a second generation of Nephilim.

the second appearance of the Nephilim seems much more limited than the first. Thanks to a small Hebrew nation, and especially to David and his mighty men, the few post-flood Nephilim were completely exterminated. Search lists the Scripture passages mentioning: sons of God sons of men,children of God, and children of men. Those texts will help you see how the entire Bible treats this subject.

Jesus came to earth to be born HUMAN. Satan had no idea. Jesus took back power, authority and dominion on the CROSS. Gen 3:15

This site has an Exhaustive Concordance included. It's a breakdown of this English translation from the documents used for original translation. It even says the words origination like "Hebrew". When you're on a scripture like Genesis 1:1, 'created' you can tap the scripture verse it'll bring you to another page. At the bottom of that page it has words broken down. Hover over or click the word "created". You'll see the word: bara', meaning (absolutely) to create, with other short definitions, click the red like into Strongs Concordance, you'll also see the meaning "to shape"

Genesis 1:16, "made" = asah, definition; 1. to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application, further down "to bring to come to pass"

Also Genesis 1:26,27, "make" and "created"

Even Genesis 2:7, "formed" =yatsar, = to mould into a form

These are great tools, when we want to study deeper into scripture.

Hopefully you'll find these helpful

In the Book Of Matthew chap.5 In the Beatitudes it says Blessed is the pure in heart for they shall see God. Do they mean that for real? Would you actually see God?

This verse begins a new section of Peter's letter. The letter is written to Christians in general. Earlier passages focused on issues unique to various groups, such as slaves, wives, and husbands. Here, Peter writes to "all of you." Every Christian believer is called to obey these five commands as we live in relationship with each other. Each command requires a certain level of mutual submission and/or selflessness toward other Christians.

First, we are to be "harmonious," or like-minded. God means for the community of Christians to be unified around one way of thinking: the way of Jesus.

Next, Christians are to be sympathetic. We should be emotionally moved by, and sincerely interested in, the feelings of other believers.

Then, Peter commands us to love, as brothers love each other. In other words, a "family" kind of love. Of course, siblings don't always like each other. But, for the most part, they are committed to each other above those outside of the family. Christians should carry that commitment for other Christians.

Next, we are to be compassionate or kind-hearted. This is similar to being sympathetic, but it implies that we are ready to show each other kindness, with a desire for the good of the other person.

Finally, Christians are to be humble in spirit or have a "humble mind." We should be ready to set ourselves aside. We should make others the focus of our attention. Christians are to lift up one another, to disappear in our efforts to support each other.

I don't read them because is speaks much on the Chaldeans of ancient culture. God did not want Israel to intermarry with them.

I read about the Giants, Judith; but it is not about our Savior Jesus Christ. The Canonized Bible is about Jesus from Genesis to Revelation. His story is the Power of God into Salvation. That's good enough for me.

We all make choices every day.

For the whole Bethel fellowship which reaches out globally, hope, encouragement, comfort, direction & peace to the believers in Christ, our brothers & sisters in the faith.

1. Oh God arise and show me mercy and favor in ministry, business, marriage, financed, in Jesus name!

2. As you clothe the children of Israel with favor in Egypt clothe me with favor so heathens can bless me in the name of Jesus!

3. Give me favor in the sight of men, give my ministry favor in the sight of men, give my business favor in the sight of customers in Jesus name!

4. Satisfy me Lord with favor and fill me with blessing in the name of Jesus!

5. I receive favor with God and with man in everything I do in the name of Jesus!

6. My father, give me favor with kings and great men of this world in Jesus name!

7. Oh God arise and encompass me with favor as with a shield in the name of Jesus!

8. O Lord, give me the spirit of favor in all my business transactions in Jesus' name!

9. In the mighty name of Jesus, I claim

- divine favor

- abundant prosperity

- divine wisdom

- increased sales and expanded markets

- new product ideas

- new service delivery concepts

- divine helpers

- the release of finances

10. O' LORD, by all the power for which you are known to be God, let my prosperity appear in the name of Jesus!

11. My Father and my LORD, I thank you for answering these prayers in Jesus name. I receive it.

12. Help me so I can help others less fortunate.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me; Bless His holy name.

Tracy,

My favorite part of the whole Bible is the Gospel accounts of Jesus. In these we hear of our Savior's advent, life, death, and resurrection. We hear His words for us. We read of the acknowledgment of Him by the Father and the Spirit. We hear of His miracles and righteous deeds. We come to know who He was, what He said, what He did. Jesus is the basis of our faith and the source. I believe the whole Bible is for everyone and that one who discounts any of it as not "being for them" will suffer a deficiency in their knowledge of Him and the Truth of God.

what is the stand of the Bible on circumcision

Thank You, Giannis.

Does anyone have any info on King David's Tower of Armour. Was it for storage or a tower of victory for the battles won?

Jeffery,

It means to be tenderhearted. Have a soft heart for people.

"For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence." Acts 1:5 KJV

Another controversial topic. Do we need to be baptized by water today, I mean the Church age? There may be some discussions about this somewhere. I hope the truth will come to ALL. Agape.

I see Jesus Coming down the mountain, I must wait as He is fast and their are many following Him. I will only have a minute. I will ask Him as I look into eyes and I know He sees my heart through my leprosy, and ask Him "if He will, can He heal Me "?

This is the condition needed for us to be healed!

We need His healing every moment of everyday!

In the midst of people who want to get close, but are not in His way, we wait and watch predicting His next move! Oh, that my heart would be ready when I finally see Him face to face! As I hear Him say, "yes be thou healed!" Remember me Lord when you enter into thy kingdom!

Hi bro Giannis,

I enjoyed your comments on this Holy Sabbath Day, and thanks for sharing!

I also observe many people in the world choosing to ignore Jesus Christ and His Gospel of the Kingdom. It is very sad to see the rejection, but it coincides with much of the scripture which tells us so many times that "few people will enter into God's Kingdom".

Matthew 22:14

"For many are called, but few are chosen."

Luke 13:23-24

"Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them," "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able."

Matthew 7:14

"Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."

The emphasis coming directly from the mouth of Jesus saying "few there be that find it". If these bible verses don't move a Christian to "take notice" of themselves, nothing well.

Are we truly picking up our crosses and following Christ? Are we living our lives as part of this world? Jesus tells us that we can't do both!

Matthew 16:25

"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."

People need to take the bible to heart and NOT be lulled into thinking/believing they are (forever saved) while at the same time living their worldly lives.

Matthew 16:26

"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

There are many false teachers, and preachers out there telling others that you can still live a worldly life and still have a "free ticket to heaven".

Any wonder why Jesus tells us over and over that FEW will be saved!

GB You