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21 | Elijah would return | Mal 4:5 | gbennett76 | 95430 | ||
Elijah would return and turn the hearts of the children to the fathers and the fathers to the children. Some people think this was fulfilled by John the Baptist (see Matthew 17:10-13), since the names Elias and Elijah are sometimes interchangeable. But Matthew 17 cannot refer to Malachi 4, because: Matthew 17 refers to a prophecy that Elias who would restore all things, Malachi does not. Malachi refers to an Elijah who would link parents and children. Matthew does not. John himself (John 1:21) said he was not Elias. So presumably there was more at least two Eliases – one referred to in Matthew and one in John, which had not yet returned. The fulfillment of the prophecy in Malachi 4:5-6 occurred when Elijah appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in 1836, and sure enough world-wide interest in keeping records of births and deaths and in tracing genealogy mushroomed from that period. |
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22 | but [a famine] for hearing the words of | Amos 8:11 | gbennett76 | 95429 | ||
A complete famine from the word of God. Think about what this means. If "the word of God" refers to the written scriptures, as the Protestants believe, then this prophecy could never be fulfilled since copies of the scripture have always existed. It must therefore refer to the living prophets – there would come a time when all the prophets would be gone. When Was This Prophecy To Be Fulfilled? Does it refer to the period between the Old and New Testament? No – the context is clearly "last days": verse 9 refers to "in that day" and the sun being darkened, classic "end of the world" language. So, in the last days there would be a total and complete loss of the truth. We know from Revelation 11 that there will be prophets at the very end, so this must refer to a time before that. This prophecy speaks of a great apostasy, and (by implication) an eventual restoration, exactly as taught by the "Mormon" church. |
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23 | surely the Lord God will do nothing | Amos 3:7 | gbennett76 | 95426 | ||
"surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets." How many churches even claim to be led by prophets with new revelation – or do they all claim that God has done nothing since Bible times? One view is that the word translated as "secret" should be translated "council", and this verse indicates that true prophets are shown a vision of the grand council in heaven where they were fore-ordained to their role. If that is the correct translation, then this is a particularly good indication that Joseph Smith (prophet of the "Mormon" church) was the genuine article, as he had just such visions and revelation. |
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24 | revelations through angels | Dan 10:9 | gbennett76 | 95424 | ||
Daniel 7 through 12 – How angels visit prophets. I once knew of a man who did not believe in the Mormon church because he did not believe Joseph Smith's (first "Mormon" prophet in modern times) description of his visit by an angel. Joseph said he was physically exhausted afterwards, but this man said that a true angel would have left a man full of energy. But Joseph's description matches what is in the Bible .Joseph's message was even repeated three times , as in Acts 10:16. Perhaps more important, simply seeing an angel was not enough for Joseph to start a new church. He understood that signs and wonders are one thing, but authority is quite another. Joseph Smith knew first hand the power of God, and he knew what the reformers had forgotten – that unless God gives you the authority to start his church, you cannot do it. How many churches claim revelations through angels, let alone angels following the exact Biblical pattern? |
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25 | In the last days, young men shall see vi | Joel 2:28 | gbennett76 | 95423 | ||
In the last days, young men shall see visions. This was fulfilled very literally by Joseph Smith. As for "old men dreaming dreams," read about the tremendous conversion stories that mark the restoration of the gospel. Some people say that it was completely fulfilled at the day of Pentecost, but that cannot be the case because: the day of Pentecost was not the last days – the world still had 2000 years or more to go. the rest of the prophecy, concerning signs and wonders, was not fulfilled then but is being fulfilled right now. When Peter quoted this prophecy in Acts 2, his purpose was only to demonstrate that such things are authentic signs of the spirit and therefore the Christians were not mad or drunk. There is no reason to suppose that Peter meant anything more than that. |
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26 | a reference to the Book of Mormon and th | Ezek 37:16 | gbennett76 | 95422 | ||
Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions: And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou [meanest] by these? Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes." This is a reference to the Book of Mormon and the Bible being companion books, complimenting each other. This is under the Joseph Smith reference because the two go hand in hand. The Book of Mormon is a true volume of scripture, prophesied in the Bible, and brought forth by God. Therefore, Joseph Smith is a Prophet of God. |
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27 | I am going to send My messenger | Mal 3:1 | gbennett76 | 95421 | ||
" BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts." This is a prophecy to the events that would happen in the Kirtland, Ohio Temple, in 1836. Joseph is the "messenger" spoken of, who will prepare the way of the Lord. The Lord, Jesus Christ, did indeed come to His temple, suddenly. He appeared to Joseph the Prophet and to Sydney Ridgon, on April 3, 1836. An account of this Glorious occasion is recorded in section 110, in the Doctrine and Covenants. |
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28 | I cannot read a sealed book | Is 29:11 | gbennett76 | 95420 | ||
Joseph Smith was never educated beyond the 6th grade. He was essentially an "unlearned man". This verse has reference to the gold plates, or the Book of Mormon, being delivered to Joseph for the purpose of translation. The translation was made possible through the Power of the Priesthood and use of the Urim and Thummim, which were buried with the plates. The verse that speaks of the learned man was a prophecy of an event that happened almost word for word. Martin Harris brought a paper with some of the characters from the gold plates written on it. An expert examined the characters and authenticated them. When Martin Harris told the expert that the writings came from a record of gold plates, that were in part sealed, the "learned man" said, "I cannot read a sealed book." | ||||||
29 | What are urim and thummim? | Ex 28:30 | gbennett76 | 95362 | ||
Heb. term that means Lights and Perfections. An instrument prepared of God to assist man in obtaining revelation from the Lord and in translating languages. See Ex. 28: 30; Lev. 8: 8; Num. 27: 21; Deut. 33: 8; 1 Sam. 28: 6; Ezra 2: 63; Neh. 7: 65; Using a Urim and Thummim is the special prerogative of a seer, and it would seem reasonable that such instruments were used from the time of Adam. There is more than one Urim and Thummim, but we are informed that Joseph Smith had the one used by the brother of Jared (Ether 3: 22-28; DC 10: 1; DC 17: 1). A partial description is given in JSH 1: 35. Joseph Smith used it in translating the Book of Mormon and in obtaining other revelations.This earth in its celestial condition will be a Urim and Thummim, and many within that kingdom will have an additional Urim and Thummim : Revelation 2:17 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it." |
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30 | until you have paid the last penny. | Matthew | gbennett76 | 94861 | ||
and that would be great if you put "once upon a time"... at the beginning of that paragraph LOL | ||||||
31 | until you have paid the last penny. | Matthew | gbennett76 | 94860 | ||
welcome to perfect.... | ||||||
32 | What was Jesus doing in the earth 3 days | Matthew | gbennett76 | 94832 | ||
And what is this Sprit Prison? One "imprisons" himself or herself through unbelief or through willful disobedience of God. It is a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God's grace, are, not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions. In such circumstances, one's opportunities in the afterlife will be limited. Those who willfully rebel against the light and truth of the gospel and do not repent remain in this condition of imprisonment and suffer spiritual death, which is a condition of hell. Furthermore, since a fulness of joy is not possible without the resurrected body, the waiting in the spirit world for the resurrection is a type of imprisonment. However, through the Atonement of Jesus Christ all have a promise of resurrection, and thus of eventual release from this type of spirit prison, although the unrepentant will still be imprisoned by their unbelief. Another more far-reaching definition of "spirit prison" is hell. In this sense, spirit prison is a temporary abode in the spirit world of those who either were untaught and unrighteous, or were disobedient to the gospel while in mortal life. As part of his redemptive mission, Jesus Christ visited the spirit world during the interlude between his own death and resurrection, and "from among the righteous, he organized his forces and appointed messengers, clothed with power and authority, and commissioned them to go forth and carry the light of the gospel to them that were in darkness"—in other words, to the spirits in prison.Thus, the gulf between paradise and hell that is spoken of in Jesus' parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) was bridged by the Savior's ministry in the spirit world. This bridging allows interaction among the righteous and wicked spirits to the extent that the faithful present the gospel to "those who had died in their sins, without a knowledge of the truth, or in transgression, having rejected the prophets" Repentance of imprisoned spirits opens the doors of the prison, enabling them to loose themselves from the spiritual darkness of unbelief, ignorance, and sin. As they accept the gospel of Jesus Christ and cast off their sins, the repentant are able to break the chains of hell and dwell with the righteous in paradise. If a man depart this life with lighter faults, he is condemned to fire which burns away the lighter materials, and prepares the soul for the kingdom of God, where nothing defiled may enter. "For if on the foundation of Christ you have built not only gold and silver and precious stones (I Cor., 3); but also wood and hay and stubble,what do you expect when the soul shall be separated from the body? Would you enter into heaven with your wood and hay and stubble and thus defile the kingdom of God; or on account of these hindrances would you remain without and receive no reward for your gold and silver and precious stones? Neither is this just. It remains then that you be committed to the fire which will burn the light materials; for our God to those who can comprehend heavenly things is called a cleansing fire. But this fire consumes not the creature, but what the creature has himself built, wood, and hay and stubble. It is manifest that the fire destroys the wood of our transgressions and then returns to us the reward of our great works." (P. G., XIII, col. 445, 448). The Apostolic practice of praying for the dead which passed into the liturgy of the Church, is as clear in the fourth century as it is in the twentieth. St. Cyril of Jerusalem (Catechet. Mystog., V, 9, P.G., XXXIII, col. 1116) describing the liturgy, writes: "Then we pray for the Holy Fathers and Bishops that are dead; and in short for all those who have departed this life in our communion; believing that the souls of those for whom prayers are offered receive very great relief, while this holy and tremendous victim lies upon the altar." St. Gregory of Nyssa (P. G., XLVI, col. 524, 525) states that man's weaknesses are purged in this life by prayer and wisdom, or are expiated in the next by a cleansing fire. "When he has quitted his body and the difference between virtue and vice is known he cannot approach God till the purging fire shall have cleansed the stains with which his soul was infested. That same fire in others will cancel the corruption of matter, and the propensity to evil." About the same time the Apostolic Constitution gives us the formularies used in succouring the dead. "Let us pray for our brethren who sleep in Christ, that God who in his love for men has received the soul of the depart one, may forgive him every fault, and in mercy and clemency receive him into the bosom of Abraham, with those who in this life have pleased God" (P. G. I, col. 1144). |
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33 | Source? | NT general Archive 1 | gbennett76 | 94794 | ||
http://www.adl.org/presrele/ASUS_12/4048_12.asp | ||||||
34 | Where is a 1,260 year apostasy taught? | NT general Archive 1 | gbennett76 | 94793 | ||
No I am not a Mormon | ||||||
35 | Source? | NT general Archive 1 | gbennett76 | 94777 | ||
Look dude Its not my fault that you havent crawled out of your tribulation shelter in awhile. But anybody who watches world affairs knows that quote to be fact. | ||||||
36 | Source? | NT general Archive 1 | gbennett76 | 94774 | ||
i tried to post links but this forum will not accept certain characters. | ||||||
37 | Where is a 1,260 year apostasy taught? | NT general Archive 1 | gbennett76 | 94771 | ||
Scrpiture Hunt part 2 - The True Church will be a restored Church, (and was restored by Heavenly messengers in 1829!): (Acts 3:19-24) - Apostasy was already happening in New Testament times: (Revelation 2:4-5 AND 14-20) (1st Corinthians 1:11-13) - An angel will announce the Restoration of the Church to the world, in latter days: (Revelation 14:6-7) - His Church has His Name: (Church of Jesus Christ!): (Isaiah 43:6-7) (Acts 4:10-12) - Members are called Saints: (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!): (1st Corinthians 1:1-2) - There is only ONE true, authorized Church: (Ephesians 4:5) - The True Church has a Prophet, and God does NOTHING so far as Church doctrine or establishment or Church-wide administrative decree, except through His Prophet: (Amos 3:7) - The True Church has living Apostles: (Ephesians 4:11-12) - The True Church has ongoing revelation: (1st Thessalonians 5:19-21) (Ephesians 1:17-18) - The True Church has a lay (non-professional) clergy: (Matthew 10:8) (Ephesians 4:11-14) - True ministers can only be called by God's Prophet, within the True Church, in order to have any real priesthood authority to speak or act for God or Christ! : (Hebrews 5:4-5) - Paul would re-baptize people he met, if he learned that they had been baptized by someone without the true priesthood, (which must be passed on by those in authority, by the laying on of hands): (Acts 19:2-5) THE DANGER OF PEOPLE CLAIMING PRIESTHOOD AUTHORITY, WHEN THEY HAVE NONE: (Acts 19:13-20) ETERNAL FAMILIES: (1st Corinthians 11:11) (Mark 10:9) (Genesis 25:8) WHOLE FAMILY IN HEAVEN: (Ephesians 3:14-15) THERE ARE "GODS MANY, BUT ONLY ONE GOD FOR THIS WORLD" : (Psalms 82:6) (1st Corinthians 8:5-7) (Deuteronomy 10:17) HEAVENLY PARENTAGE... (Made in "Their" Image!) : (Genesis 1:26) THE CHURCH WILL EXPERIENCE AT LEAST SOME (if not all) OF THE TRIBULATION! PREPARE NOW, TO BE SHIELDED BY RIGHTEOUSNESS, (As "The righteous need not fear...") DO NOT BE MISLED BY WELL-INTENTIONED PROCLAIMERS OF "THE RAPTURE," WHEREIN THEY CLAIM THE BELIEVERS WILL BE LIFTED OUT OF THE WORLD ENTIRELY BEFORE THE TRIBULATION! (Matthew 24:1-26) THERE WILL BE TWO HOLY CITIES OF GOD ON EARTH: (Isaiah 64:10) (Also Isaiah 4:2-4 and 2:2-3) THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-Day SAINTS (nicknamed The Mormons, after one of Christ's prophets who wrote part of the Book of Mormon,) IS THE TRUE AND AUTHORIZED CHURCH OF JESUS. IT WAS RESTORED AS HE SAID IT WOULD BE, IN LATTER DAYS, TO A LAND OF GENTILES, WITH VISITATIONS BY CHRIST, RESURRECTED APOSTLES, AND ANGELS WHO CONFERRED THE PRIESTHOOD KEYS UPON A CHOICE YOUNG MAN NAMED JOSEPH SMITH IN NY STATE, (1820's.) THE CHURCH IS CONDUCTED WITH ONGOING REVELATION AND PROPHECY. THOSE WHO LIVE ITS PRECEPTS ENJOY A RIGHTEOUS AND FULFILLED LIFE. MANY PLAIN AND PRECIOUS TRUTHS, PREVIOUSLY CORUPTED OR HIDDEN AWAY BY FALSE CHURCHES AND TYRANTS, HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US AGAIN! 17 BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE, BUT WHICH WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE MODERN BIBLE (AS WAS COMPILED BY THE EMPOROR CONSTANTINE AND HIS APPOINTED POLITICAL "PRIESTS"): - Book of the Covenant: (Exodus 24:7) - Book of the Wars of the Lord: (Numbers 21:14) - Book of Jasher: (Joshua 10:13) - Book of the Acts of Solomon: (1st Kings 11:41) - Book of Nathan, AND Book of Gad: (1st Chronicles 29:29) - Prophecy of Ahijah AND Visions of Iddo: (2nd Chronicles 9:29) - Book of Shemaiah: (2nd Chronicles 12:15) - Book of Jehu: (2nd Chronicles 20:34) - Acts of Uzziah, (Written by Isaiah): (2nd Chronicles 26:22) - Sayings of the Seers: (2nd Chronicles 33:19) - An Earlier Epistle of Paul, To The Corinthians: (1st Corinthians 5:9) - An Earlier Epistle of Paul, To The Ephesians: (Ephesians 3:3-5) - The Epistle of Paul, From Laodicea, To The Colossians: (Colossians 4:16) - A Former Epistle of Jude: (Jude 3) - Enoch's Ancient Prophecies of the Coming of Christ: (Jude 14) |
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38 | Where is a 1,260 year apostasy taught? | NT general Archive 1 | gbennett76 | 94770 | ||
Scripture hunt part 1 WE LIVED BEFORE, AS SPIRIT-CHILDREN OF HEAVENLY FATHER, FORESAW OUR EARTHLY LIFE: (Jeremiah 1:5) (John 3:13) (Job 38:4-7) JESUS PREACHED TO THE DEAD WHILE AWAITING HIS RESURRECTION, to the spirits of those who had died without having heard the Gospel, or had not heard the full and true Gospel (1st Peter 3:18-20 AND 4:6) THE ORIGINAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH PERFORMED PROXY BAPTISMS FOR THE DEAD, who had died without hearing the Gospel; since baptism is a physical ordinance which must be performed on earth:) (1st Corinthians 15:29) JESUS HAD "OTHER SHEEP" TO SEE, NOT IN ISRAEL (And all the peoples and tribes of the Western Hemisphere passed on stories of Christ's ministry among them after His Resurrection): (John 10:16) TWO SCRIPTURES WOULD BE KEPT, CALLED "STICKS" (MEANING SCROLLS, OR SCRIPTURE ROLL-UP STICKS...) ONE FOR THE HOUSE OF JUDAH, (The Holy Bible,) AND ONE FOR THE SCATTERED SEED OF JOSEPH, (Recorded in the Book of Mormon, a sacred record of a remnant of Israel led by a prophet to the Western Hemisphere): (Ezekiel 37:15-28) "DON'T ADD TO THIS BOOK"(Rev.22:18) MEANS DON'T ADD TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION! IT DOES NOT MEAN THERE ARE NO MORE SCRIPTURES! THE EMPOROR CONSTANTINE "APPROVED" A COMPILATION OF BOOKS OF SCRIPTURE, CENTURIES AFTER THEY WERE WRITTEN, (AND HE HAD NO PRIESTHOOD AUTHORITY. HE WAS A NOTORIOUS MURDERER AND A SUN WORSHIPER!) MANY BOOKS WERE INTENTIONALLY LEFT OUT OF THIS BIBLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH DID NOT CONFORM TO POLITICAL VIEWS OF HIS TIME. (NOTE: "DON'T ADD TO THIS BOOK" ALSO APPEARS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, which led many of the orthodox not to accept books after Deuteronomy!): (Deuteronomy 4:2) ALSO: THE BIBLE MENTIONS 17 BOOKS OF SCRIPTURE, WHICH WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE MODERN BIBLE, (WHICH IS ONLY A COLLECTION, OR PORTABLE LIBRARY, OF BOOKS OF SCRIPTURE WRITTEN CENTURIES APART!) (A list of these missing books appears at the end of this page) YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD: (Romans 8:16-17) (Psalms 82:6) (Acts 17:24-29) VARIOUS DEGREES OF GLORY IN THE RESURRECTION: (1st Corinthians 15:40-42) (2nd Corinthians 12:2-4) NEW NATIONS TO COME FORTH FROM THE SEED OF JOSEPH... (American natives, Polynesians, etc., lately confirmed by anthropologists and archeologists, but already confirmed by God's Word and Spirit!): (Genesis 48:15-19 and 49:22-26) SAVED BY GRACE... BUT NOT EXALTED TO OUR HIGHEST POTENTIAL WITHOUT MANIFESTING GOOD WORKS: (Romans 6:1-2 PLUS 14-18) NO PAID MINISTRY! (1st Peter 5:2) (1st Corinthians 9:18) HUSBAND and WIFE: MUTUAL HONOR: (Ephesians 5:21-25) (1st Corinthians 7:3) GOD AND JESUS ARE DISTINCT - (Separate Personages, but One in Spirit): (Acts 7:55-56) (John 20:17) THE TRUE CHURCH WAS TO BE TAKEN FROM THE EARTH, (and it was,) BUT TO BE RESTORED, IN A LAND OF GENTILES, BEFORE CHRIST RETURNS, (and it was!) THE LAST REMNANT OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, WHICH WAS KILLED OFF OR CORRUPTED, WAS RADICALLY ALTERED AND PASSED ON BY TYRANTS WHO CONTINUED TO CALL IT THE TRUE CHURCH. BUT JESUS AND THE WRITERS OF THE BIBLE FORWARNED US DIFFERENTLY! ... - True Ordinances Corrupted: (Hebrews 13:9) (Isaiah 24:5) Jerimiah 2:13) - Gospel Corrupted Into Fables: (2nd Timothy 4:3-4) - Famine Of The Word... (Church and revelation to be taken from the earth): (Amos 8:11-12) - The Gospel Corrupted Into Business: (2nd Peter 2:1-3) - An Apostasy (Or falling away of the True Church) would come, before a restoration of the Church: (2nd Thessalonians 2:1-4) - People teach own ways, ignoring true doctrine: (Mark 7:6) |
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39 | Source? | NT general Archive 1 | gbennett76 | 94769 | ||
Just do a search.. it was widely reported on cnn, abc, cbs, and numerous other sources. | ||||||
40 | Where is a 1,260 year apostasy taught? | NT general Archive 1 | gbennett76 | 94766 | ||
Considering that the bible is incomplete than Yes a restoration was needed: 17 BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE, BUT WHICH WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE MODERN BIBLE (AS WAS COMPILED BY THE EMPOROR CONSTANTINE AND HIS APPOINTED POLITICAL "PRIESTS"): - Book of the Covenant: (Exodus 24:7) - Book of the Wars of the Lord: (Numbers 21:14) - Book of Jasher: (Joshua 10:13) - Book of the Acts of Solomon: (1st Kings 11:41) - Book of Nathan, AND Book of Gad: (1st Chronicles 29:29) - Prophecy of Ahijah AND Visions of Iddo: (2nd Chronicles 9:29) - Book of Shemaiah: (2nd Chronicles 12:15) - Book of Jehu: (2nd Chronicles 20:34) - Acts of Uzziah, (Written by Isaiah): (2nd Chronicles 26:22) - Sayings of the Seers: (2nd Chronicles 33:19) - An Earlier Epistle of Paul, To The Corinthians: (1st Corinthians 5:9) - An Earlier Epistle of Paul, To The Ephesians: (Ephesians 3:3-5) - The Epistle of Paul, From Laodicea, To The Colossians: (Colossians 4:16) - A Former Epistle of Jude: (Jude 3) - Enoch's Ancient Prophecies of the Coming of Christ: (Jude 14) |
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