tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59637097162450754742024-03-28T07:49:21.828+02:00The Big PictureUnderstanding the Word in the Context of God's Progressive PLAN of Redemption (Dispensational Blog and Bible Study)Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.comBlogger394125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-29758667986421224292024-03-28T07:43:00.002+02:002024-03-28T07:48:49.897+02:00Why is it that those who argue against the simplicity of obtaining righteousness never tend to strive against the simplicity of obtaining unrighteousness!?<style>
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</style><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENrXXw6rIWFBf0VsF0b2qgSVhovBGC6cK_-R6fbnauFaN10CMt7UWOwa59tuvMupmT0Sq_u0FYrixqn3ArKW57rfcvwlTVdk6TsgPA_1BcQ-GpxkHcxZX-8O3gPuug544pURK3i1To9KVFB7ofmq9XFZQp2yBDdJSsdnCFOOCuDNiFjmKP1xzc2h7SGA/s1366/POWERPNT_2024-03-28_07-40-28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENrXXw6rIWFBf0VsF0b2qgSVhovBGC6cK_-R6fbnauFaN10CMt7UWOwa59tuvMupmT0Sq_u0FYrixqn3ArKW57rfcvwlTVdk6TsgPA_1BcQ-GpxkHcxZX-8O3gPuug544pURK3i1To9KVFB7ofmq9XFZQp2yBDdJSsdnCFOOCuDNiFjmKP1xzc2h7SGA/w400-h225/POWERPNT_2024-03-28_07-40-28.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why is it that those who argue against the simplicity of obtaining righteousness never tend to strive against the simplicity of obtaining unrighteousness!</span></h2><p>Have a look at these two verses in Romans 5.</p><p></p><blockquote><p>Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: </p><p>…….</p><p>Rom 5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. </p></blockquote><p></p><p>There are many people who are fully convinced of our guilt before God because of the sin of ONE man which was imputed to all of us and declared us to be sinners and guilty before God. But I find it interesting that there are very few people who are fully convinced of our justification before God because of the righteousness of ONE man which was imputed to us who believe in Him who declares us to be righteous and innocent before God.</p><p>If by one man sin came into the world and death by sin, surely it stands to reason that by one man righteousness came into the world and life by righteousness.</p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Ask yourself. Did you work for that sin nature? Did you endure to the end in order to receive it? Did you strive to earn or deserve the death that was reckoned to you? No! of course not. So why would you think that you can work for, or endure to the end to earn or deserve life and righteousness?<p></p><p>Death is accounted to ONE man. Similarly, life is accounted to ONE man. At the end of our lives, we receive either death or life, and it all comes down to which administration we find ourselves in. If we remain in the administration of the First Adam, we have eternal death. If we choose the administration of the Second Adam, we have eternal life. To be translated into the administration of life, all we do is believe in Christ, that by the power of His death and resurrection, we have died to death and are raised to eternal life.</p><blockquote><p>Col 1:13-14 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: (14) In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: </p></blockquote><p>Adam’s sin made many unrighteous. Likewise, Christ’s righteousness makes many righteous. How is it that God can account me righteous (when I believe in Jesus)? Because Jesus is righteous, and His righteousness is imputed to me, not by working, nor earning, nor enduring to the end for it, but by having faith in Him! It’s as simple as that!</p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtCg48PJGnjO3tSgSjDEoSIaG2DkYdhJn5d0uxw3Eas3tcRTsm6zobOOrxIGjL2VDhKBMf9y7WgOMisvcGYUNQdlrhybT03AMLVGPQBSmSfVxcHqLWTUjLLpxNoHCifOFwmZ880k3-4xo6bjYSm_HHILt-MhdzFb8YZEb4B4ND-3DI2toW5gD8IlbR0A/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-5910536386751790602024-03-26T20:28:00.002+02:002024-03-26T21:55:52.608+02:00Law and Grace cannot be blended into one doctrine<style>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9ZJGB1yAa0NiAlnZWe9K6QKeCnf2upKUurjFT5bV_1k9vHW6avcAOfOCEAWw-PYzLxNZvgFo6LkU_VIKYaqnIy3TMb4y_kWhbvitiW-pQUgrgvcmwwI0foQBiWoFw76qVAngsAX2bTA8tTUs3Sk2_H8R-z4NbQzzLguUKq46p2puhSuyTWHqPaJ33Ck/s1366/POWERPNT_2024-03-26_20-22-42.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9ZJGB1yAa0NiAlnZWe9K6QKeCnf2upKUurjFT5bV_1k9vHW6avcAOfOCEAWw-PYzLxNZvgFo6LkU_VIKYaqnIy3TMb4y_kWhbvitiW-pQUgrgvcmwwI0foQBiWoFw76qVAngsAX2bTA8tTUs3Sk2_H8R-z4NbQzzLguUKq46p2puhSuyTWHqPaJ33Ck/w400-h225/POWERPNT_2024-03-26_20-22-42.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Law and Grace cannot be blended into one doctrine</span></h2><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />COMMENT:</h4><p><i>Peter and Paul had way more in common than differences. And your wispy doctrine has you all mixed up if you think you only have to follow what Paul says and not the apostle Peter. They are both apostles of this age of the new covenant and both their writings are to be obeyed because they are both divinely inspired.</i></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />ANSWER:</h4><p></p><p>Jesus said the following to his disciples,</p><blockquote><p>Mat 10:5-6 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying,<b> Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:</b> (6) But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.</p></blockquote><p>Furthermore, Jesus himself mentioned about his ministry,</p><blockquote><p>Mat 15:24 But he answered and said, <b>I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.</b></p></blockquote><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Later, Paul confirmed about Jesus and the Kingdom program,<p></p><blockquote><p>Rom 15:8 Now I say that <b>Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision </b>for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:</p></blockquote><p>Moses tells us that Israel shall not be reckoned among the nations, Num 23:9. It is clear to me that the Kingdom doctrine is addressed to Israel ONLY. This is the doctrine connected to law and covenants.</p><p>Comparing this to what Paul teaches, he says,</p><blockquote><p>Rom 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: <b>for ye </b>[members of the Body of Christ] <b>are not under the law, but under grace.</b></p></blockquote><p>He also confirms that we are not under any covenants, which contradicts what you write above,</p><blockquote><p>Eph 2:11-12 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; (12) That at that time ye [members of the Body of Christ] were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, <b>and strangers from the covenants of promise,</b> having no hope, and without God in the world:</p></blockquote><p>If anything, I am not the one mixing up any doctrine, but rather, I’m keeping these two doctrines completely separated, which is what we are actually instructed to do, 2Tim 2:15.</p><p>Lastly, you say that the writings of both Peter and Paul need to be obeyed. If this is the case, then why does Paul say the following,</p><blockquote><p>2Co 5:16-17 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea,<b> though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.</b> (17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.</p></blockquote><p>He tells us not to follow the example and teachings of Jesus according to his earthly ministry. That is a BIG thing to say! But Paul knew what he was writing and plainly told us that the old things (doctrine, practices, ordinances, traditions) have passed away and that we have a completely new doctrine. In actual fact, where Jesus commanded the Jews to follow him, Paul said the opposite and never told us to follow Jesus, but to follow him, as he followed (or set the pattern of grace living, 1Tim 1:16) after Christ in a heavenly ministry,</p><p></p><blockquote><p>1Co 4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, <b>be ye followers of me.</b></p><p>1Co 11:1 <b>Be ye followers of me</b>, even as I also am of Christ.</p><p>Php 3:17 Brethren, <b>be followers together of me,</b> and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>You are correct when you say that both apostles wrote divinely inspired epistles, but as per the scriptures I quote, Peter wrote and addressed his letters to the Israel whereas Paul wrote and addressed his epistles to the Body of Christ. They are two different doctrines for two different audiences who have different roles to play in the greater redemption plan of God for heaven and earth. The distinctions are plainly evident and to combine these two doctrines will only produce false narratives, confusion, and contradictions. They are meant to be kept apart.</p><p>I’m not here to convince you of anything. I’m not trying to force you to do and think anything. If I can, I’m simply pointing you to review the verses I have quoted above and hope that you consider what they are saying. If you acknowledge scripture as the highest authority, then it should take precedence above what you have been taught, or what you have settled upon.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYh5Lqn_SP9oGmTAErh0jg6f17_2eNeqjt3fT9-5Vz0r2A4VaL8WSjJPdkvDc2oCaJzDr370_mt-mZ6JgZiDHmHxDZ6hda_Z6x3PmVKkinTRjDwUVSFEbo_Tg4ddkwzHZptKYtEGmYdOtac_9PMquNmEuWfo1ah80DJh11mhJSx1FGVoVuGj3vX8hQ_Xc/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-52884702861103402342024-03-25T20:56:00.003+02:002024-03-26T21:56:07.086+02:00What does the account of Cain and Abel teach us about the only acceptable sin offering?<style>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLewXJZQBkqnBwWNK-_379raykWCDyVublrR_wVphGmJV-a30cWPVpgRVtVCAOlKrE03Y_uetj-Wh8WgIBLkAAZsEOoUOo20yvJgnwFI88jyJsTSPctnkflBrdhN88ODwKdoFxZOqjJeYS7Cq_pjm5pxdXutHgid1BEqeM0oycKSALbTyvD7n7_Bba8Pg/s1366/POWERPNT_2024-03-25_21-44-47.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLewXJZQBkqnBwWNK-_379raykWCDyVublrR_wVphGmJV-a30cWPVpgRVtVCAOlKrE03Y_uetj-Wh8WgIBLkAAZsEOoUOo20yvJgnwFI88jyJsTSPctnkflBrdhN88ODwKdoFxZOqjJeYS7Cq_pjm5pxdXutHgid1BEqeM0oycKSALbTyvD7n7_Bba8Pg/w400-h225/POWERPNT_2024-03-25_21-44-47.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What does the account of Cain and Abel teach us about the only acceptable sin offering?</span></h2><blockquote><p>Gen 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.</p></blockquote><p>Shortly after Adam fell into sin, we read the above verse that tells us that the Lord God slew some sort of animal and clothed them with its hide. The covering of Adam and Eve alludes to God covering their sins, and the sacrifice of an animal alludes to the fact that the life (or lifeblood) of another was the price required for that covering.</p><p>Adam, no doubt would have passed this knowledge on to his sons. So, when the time came for both Cain and Abel to offer up a sacrifice, it was Abel’s sacrifice that pleased the Lord.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span><a name='more'></a></span>Lesson #1: Without blood there is no forgiveness.</h4><p>There is purpose and meaning to God’s instructions. Every word that is uttered by God will in some way bring context and glory to His Son, Jesus Christ. Ultimately, the Word of God is the Son of God. Thus, the instructions that the Lord God provided Adam were for the purpose of proclaiming to all humanity of the future sacrifice of Christ for ultimate salvation. The sap from the fruits of Cain’s harvest had no proclamation of Christ’s ultimate sacrifice and was disdainfully rejected. On the other hand, Abel’s offering of a sacrificed lamb was a perfect revelation of the sacrifice of Christ, and it pleased God to receive this offering in respect of His Son, Heb 9:22.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Lesson #2: Our works can never trump God’s word.</h4><p>It made no difference if Cain worked harder than Abel on his offering. To till the ground and harvest the fruits of his labour would have been more painstaking than for Abel to simply take one of the lambs of his flock and kill it, yet Cain’s sacrifice was rejected, and Abels accepted, because Abel respected the word of God, while Cain operated in his own wisdom and according to his own glory and efforts, which was meaningless in the foresight and purpose of God.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">The moral of this event is a lesson for the whole human race and for the individual.</h4><p>All of humanity should understand that their own sacrifices, their own works and efforts, no matter how virtuous or well-intended, mean absolutely nothing in comparison to the perfect blood of the perfect lamb of God. The sap of the fruits of our labour cannot hold a candle over the blood of Jesus Christ. If we want to be forgiven of our sins, we must forgo our own works and offerings as we cannot offer anything less than our faith in the blood of His Son.</p><p>As for us as individuals, we cannot think that we can please God by our own efforts and offerings. There is no glory in who we are. There is no glory in what we can offer God. It was God’s purpose and design to glorify His Son. His Son is the heir of creation, and all that God does and says in His word is to magnify Christ and honour His name. The moment we place ourselves between God’s word and Christ is the moment we fail in our attempts to please Him and align to His will and ways. Get yourself aligned to His word, get yourself in Christ, and you will experience God’s acceptance of your offering.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZlnHQ5i3-sI4Q0UVcfIiy4urLRJLbR-eCeYXSMPxj1eR3GN6wT_VcbQVTO6IukgqgH_ktYRZOfO9qAPaDPO0Cbis61jSTW4D-3ChaQ24Ys-kVhqTd3aafhgLaul0_2F9FsiG34XT-xVSJoeu6lalWuEEevltQN8alfW2haCXCJIKrl6Rfz3vAycZIGc/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-84639321206472666442024-03-22T22:50:00.002+02:002024-03-26T21:56:24.137+02:00Questions on the two kinds of righteousness.<style>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9QtI2dKJ5gXeu5jz8boJswooYil8WlaUugWwhXoWFoT8NCje5bQqCLSXifkaQ6SldQ6y-Hm6X1xF-qP-LlXiLK2oj7Yhe51oyc3Zh0A3A7pZucx8iekc6RNGcFVMxHwDLyNF96xBuwEn1nLsyvlzXRbAjA_qof1o4dWF5NA4B9wDq-B3lVkK6hLkXig/s1366/POWERPNT_2024-03-22_22-42-17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9QtI2dKJ5gXeu5jz8boJswooYil8WlaUugWwhXoWFoT8NCje5bQqCLSXifkaQ6SldQ6y-Hm6X1xF-qP-LlXiLK2oj7Yhe51oyc3Zh0A3A7pZucx8iekc6RNGcFVMxHwDLyNF96xBuwEn1nLsyvlzXRbAjA_qof1o4dWF5NA4B9wDq-B3lVkK6hLkXig/w400-h225/POWERPNT_2024-03-22_22-42-17.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /></div><p><b><i>Comment in response to the following post: <br /><a href="https://thebigpicturelink.blogspot.com/2024/03/two-types-of-righteousness.html">https://thebigpicturelink.blogspot.com/2024/03/two-types-of-righteousness.html</a></i></b></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />COMMENT:</h4>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">So, if it’s two types of righteousness what is Paul
expressing here Romans 10:3-5 and in Deuteronomy 6:25; Romans 7:7 and in 1 John
3:4</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">If you say there are two types of righteousness, one by
law and the other by faith, then how can Paul say one thing in the above verses
and then turn around and say the opposite in those scriptures you put in your
answer? </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Oh yes, Paul is also teaching from the Old Testament! So where in the
Old Testament does it prophecy TWO types of righteousness?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><blockquote><p class="MsoNoSpacing">2 Peter 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our
Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the
wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">2 Peter 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in
them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which
they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other
scriptures, unto their own destruction.</p></blockquote><p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /><span><a name='more'></a></span>ANSWER:</h4>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Thanks for your comment and subsequent question.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">If one looks at your questions through the understanding
of prophecy and mystery, rightly dividing between these two programs, as Paul
instructed Timothy, then the answers become clear.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Let’s take what you quote in Romans 10 to start with.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">First consider the design of the Romans epistle. Chapters
1-4 define God’s righteousness within the grace gospel. Chapters 5-8 define our
justification in Christ as a free gift of God’s grace. Thus, having laid out
the grace gospel, Paul now changes topic, and in Romans chapters 9-11, Paul
writes about why God offers the gospel in this new, and most incredible format.
Paul writes concerning Israel’s prophetic program, their unbelief, and how God,
through their obstinance, would turn to the Gentiles and save them without the
means of Israel, which is completely opposite of what the prophetic scriptures
declared; how that Israel will be a light and the salvation of the Gentile
nations. Paul eventually ends this topic concerning Israel by writing that
Israel would be blinded for a season and they through their fall, salvation
would go to the Gentiles,<o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be
ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that
blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be
come in.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">So, the scriptures you quote in Romans 10 cannot be
affixed to the grace program. It is not part of our gospel and our
righteousness.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Now let’s take Romans 7:7.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Anyone can take one verse out of the Bible and plug it
into their argument to make it say what they want. So, if you are trying to
prove that righteousness is by the law, it is easy to take Rom 7:7 and fit it
into your argument. The verse will then appear to support what you say. But
what does the true context of the verse say? As any Bible student should do, we
should read the verses surrounding it and ask what the true context is and what
was the intent of the writer when he wrote this?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Well, if one starts to read from the first verse of the
chapter, the true context begins to reveal itself. From verse 4, Paul tells us
that we have died to the law by the body of Christ. When we were in the flesh
the law stirred our inward corruption, and thus cause the revival of sin. Is
then the law to blame for this? Paul says, “God forbid!”, meaning in simple
terms, “Never, let this thought never even enter your mind!”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">In this verse you quote, Paul is telling us what the
result of the law brings, as opposed to being free from it in order to live in
the Spirit. Paul is not promoting the law, but instructing his readers that God
has utterly freed them from the chains of the law through their death in
Christ.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>The scriptures taken from Deuteronomy 6 and 1 John 3
speak for themselves.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">This is where we must rightly divide prophecy from
mystery. We are not under the prophetic program of Israel. Deuteronomy is under
the Mosaic law. We can learn from it to distinguish our program from it, but
the doctrine it teaches is not for our application. Concerning, 1 John, it is
similar. John is an apostle of the Little Flock of believing Jews under the
prophetic Kingdom program. John’s epistles are not addressed to us, but his
instructions are for Israel. As a matter of fact, the Jewish epistles were
written for the Jews who were living in the “last days”. Since this program is
suspended (through the blinding of the Jews) while our grace dispensation is
active, the “last days” have been pushed out to the future. Thus, Hebrews to
Revelation will actually be applicable for the Jews who will be living through
the 7-year Tribulation and into the Millennial Kingdom. The point is that these
verses cannot be pinned upon the Body of Christ. Paul is ‘the’ apostle of the
Gentiles, Rom 11:13, and it is only his epistles, that make up the mystery
doctrine, that are applicable to us today.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>The verses in 2 Peter 3 are confirmation that Paul’s
doctrine is scripture.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Even Paul tells us the following,<o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote><p class="MsoNoSpacing">1Co 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or
spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the
commandments of the Lord.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Peter never belonged to the mystery program. Although he
would have learned of the grace gospel and mystery doctrine, and the liberty it
had through Christ from the Mosaic law, Peter found many of its attributes
foreign from the faith that he was taught in Christ’s earthly ministry. He
testifies that many who were unlearned in the things Paul preaches would
typically wrestle with these concepts of faith and even misinterpret these
things to their own destruction, and that of their followers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Concerning your question: <b>So where in the Old Testament
does it prophecy TWO types of righteousness?</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Well, what about Abel, Enoch, Noah, and Abraham. These
men all received righteousness BEFORE the law was ever given. They believed in
God and did what He said. The Old Testament never mentions righteousness by the
faith OF Christ as this was a mystery. Paul writes that God kept things secret
from the prophets of old. Read Rom 16:25–26,<o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Rom 16:25-26 Now to him that is of power to stablish you
according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, <b>according to
the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
(26) But now is made manifest,</b> and by the scriptures of the prophets,
according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations
for the obedience of faith:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The mystery of righteousness through the faith OF Christ
was only revealed when Paul came about. It was kept secret from all the
prophets of old and given to Paul to reveal to the Body of Christ. The Old
Testament is based primarily of righteousness through the law, but before the
law, God proclaimed men righteous by their faith in Him and their obedience to
His instructions. As for us, we are proclaimed righteous not by our faith or
works, but by that of Christ. That is why God tells us it is a FREE GIFT in
Christ. <i>Glory be to God!!!</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Conclusion</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">It is of critical importance that we study the Bible so
that we can learn to interpret it correctly. Paul tells Timothy in 2Tim.2:15
that study will ultimately, and inevitable, result in having to exercise right
division in the scripture. When one discovers that the prophetic program for
Israel is so different from that of the mystery program of the Body of Christ,
it will lead to the necessity to divide these two programs. Keeping them
completely separate will result in clear and easy doctrine. However, if the two
programs are mixed, or blended together, then it produces a false narrative,
resulting in contradictions and confusion. We study all of scripture so that we
can understand the difference between the two programs, but, when it comes to
application of faith and principles, we get then from Paul’s epistles only, and
never from the Old Testament, the Gospels, nor from Hebrews to Revelation,
which is all addressed to Israel and their prophetic program.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">I trust the above clarifies my original post and helps to
provide answers to the questions in your comment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Kind regards.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVXsN_4JH8qpio_RyLS7jle2fbPBI4EG5bKwev-XrKlY5fsAOP6G7B23xvFumTNlCF3f_CO2lWxXjvoCdk3YAhRRrAwRNzxu84I6UKlzcp8jO3N1ErEU9rjyN4VefIdtEnZt-Qd5wRXwHYyfYO7BldQe9Vkb8-J5Vuz8qQ0pFHLVnEhN2DiLa6NTCpdE/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-9756885811714029572024-03-21T14:05:00.002+02:002024-03-26T21:56:38.007+02:00It is SAD but also DESTRUCTIVE how people mix doctrines up and get the gospels so confused.<style>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdlUa8aUHjVJbhEcWT9i7a01iL12QCzpwKIb1l4GsmMzkvpyiKgNFxQoe6VZibNy3po2YSEtLIjH_M1tnj800q8ekEcGtS7XpUUuv2dPi9g5FQvZkG-MZUkThHKgNXDyVrLDAR21919PPyBqvXJ9RNZQAITpmgjmxwzuEQcMqo0N1oZ55zBWC_fAuTk8/s1366/POWERPNT_2024-03-21_11-22-38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdlUa8aUHjVJbhEcWT9i7a01iL12QCzpwKIb1l4GsmMzkvpyiKgNFxQoe6VZibNy3po2YSEtLIjH_M1tnj800q8ekEcGtS7XpUUuv2dPi9g5FQvZkG-MZUkThHKgNXDyVrLDAR21919PPyBqvXJ9RNZQAITpmgjmxwzuEQcMqo0N1oZ55zBWC_fAuTk8/w400-h225/POWERPNT_2024-03-21_11-22-38.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is SAD but also DESTRUCTIVE how people mix doctrines up and get the gospels so confused.</span></h2><p>Below is a comment by someone trying to 'correct' the presentation of the grace gospel. Even if they were well-meaning in their intent, their ignorance is dangerous and can lead people down a path of lies. It is sad that this happens so often today in this world of social media where everyone wants to have their say. Information is rampant and much of it is not in align with the truth that comes plain and clear when one studies the Word of God. To study the Word and get clarity on the rightly divided truth, being able to distinguish between the prophetic and mystery programs, is a rare quality and of great value today. </p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Paul uses the phrase, <i>"mark them",</i> twice in his epistles. Once to identify people to avoid, and the other to align with people who walk as per the example of Paul.<p></p><p></p><blockquote><p>Rom 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, <b><i>mark them</i></b> which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.</p><p>Php 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and <b><i>mark them</i></b> which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.</p></blockquote><p>Make sure that you set your mark on the people who teach the right doctrine and follow their example. The rest should be avoided who do not recognize and teach the rightly divided truth, as exampled in the false statement below.</p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">FALSE STATEMENT:</h4><p data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2c2f31; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #b30000; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #b30000; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #b30000; --darkreader-inline-border-top: #b30000; background-color: gainsboro; border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 0, 0); padding: 1em;">Salvation is conditional. We must fully abide in Jesus Christ to the end of life if we are to be Saved. That is where the promise lies. To say that some books in the bible don't apply to the Gentiles is a lie from Satan, the Jews were cut off so that we could be grafted into the vine, there is no difference between a Jewish believer and a Gentile believer, they are one in Christ. Salvation is conditional with a promise that He who endures to the end will be saved. See Heb 10:26-29.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />ANSWER:</h4><p>The scriptures you quote from Hebrews are from the prophetic scriptures which belong to the Kingdom program for Israel. As the Body of Christ, we are NOT under the prophetic program, but under the Grace program which has a completely different doctrine. You cannot take scripture belonging to Israel and apply it to us. That is precisely where all the confusion and contradiction come from in the denominational churches today.</p><p>Furthermore, you are mixing up doctrine from the two programs when you quote that “there is no difference between a Jewish believer and a Gentile believer, they are one in Christ.” This is true for our mystery program today, but if there was no difference between Jew and Gentile in the prophetic program, then why did God ONLY work with Jews through the Old Testament, and why did Jesus ONLY minister to Jews in the Gospels, Mat 15:24?</p><p>What Paul quotes (Rom 10:12) is true in the ‘Grace program’. Since Israel’s prophetic program is suspended and not in operation today, salvation through the cross of Christ goes out to ALL nations, Jew, and Gentile. In this regard, and under Paul’s mystery doctrine, ALL men are equal. However, in the prophetic doctrine for Israel, Jews were preeminent and chosen as God’s special nation, Ex 19:5–6; Rom 9:3–5, while the Gentiles were lost and without God in this world, Eph 2:11–13.</p><p>Concerning salvation being conditional; you are correct IF you were a Jew in the prophetic Kingdom program. If one did not repent, get water baptized and receive the Holy Spirit, you would not enter the Kingdom (Jn 3:5). How about forgiveness. If one did not first forgive one's brother, God would not forgive you, Matt 6:14–15. In the Kingdom gospel, there are conditions to do before one can be saved. You mention enduring to the end. A Jew in the Kingdom program had to endure in their faith to the end. This was a condition for salvation. Jesus taught them that if they put their hand to the plough and looked back, they were not fit for the kingdom, Luke 9:62. He also said that they needed to pick up their cross and follow Him. BUT, as for the mystery program, we believe in the cross work of Christ alone without works, Rom 4:5; Rom 3:28. There is no ‘work’ that we need to do for salvation because the work has already been done by Jesus and is imputed to us. We do not need to ‘endure’ to the end to qualify for salvation because Jesus already endured the cross and death FOR us. If He completed the work necessary for salvation, then that debt is paid. God receives us simply by our trust in His Son. That is why it is a FREE gift, Rom 5:15-16. Mixing the two gospels caused great confusion and false narratives. One can NEVER mix or blend things up else it will never make sense.</p><p>Concerning, “some books in the bible don't apply to the Gentiles is a lie from Satan;” Sorry, but what you quote as “a lie from Satan”, is written plainly for our edification in the scriptures. There are TWO bodies of doctrine,</p><p></p><blockquote><p>Act 3:20-21 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: (21) Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.</p><p>Rom 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26 But now is made manifest, …</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Paul says many times that the doctrine revealed to him are mysteries that were NEVER revealed to the prophets. He says that his doctrine is ‘unsearchable’ in the prophetic scriptures, Eph 3:8. There is no way that that which is spoken by the prophets since the world began, and that which was kept secret since the world began, are the same thing. Even the words prophecy and mystery are opposite meanings which cannot be consolidated.</p><p>So, to conclude. We have TWO doctrines. Each are unique and distinctly different. Each contradict each other because they are for different people groups, different purposes, and different destinations. The prophetic doctrine is specific to Israel and for the redemption of the earth, hence the earthly, physical nature of their doctrine, and the mystery doctrine is specific to the Body of Christ, hence the spiritual, heavenly nature of our doctrine. If you persist in mixing the two, blending the doctrine and principles of the faiths, you create a false narrative and a confusing mess of things.</p><p>I’m not arguing my personal views. What I am writing is scripturally sound and it is clearly discernible in the scriptures if you simply study the scriptures without using some preconceived lens of theology. Believe it or not, 8-years ago, I still had the same views as you. I weaved my way through the Methodist, Baptist, Pentecostal, and Charismatic denominations, and then back to Baptist for over 30-years. Then I started to really study the Word and learned that to be approved of God and to understand the proper context of scripture (2Tim 2:15), one had to study the scriptures and conclude that one must rightly divide the scriptures between prophecy and mystery, between time past and ‘but now’, as Paul puts it in Eph 2:7-13. When you see this distinction, scripture will become plainly clear, and all that contradiction and confusion, as evident in the modern churches today, will disappear. Keep the two doctrines apart and everything falls into place. Mix them up and you will have a false doctrine not approved of God. The two programs both have their place in God’s greater redemption plan, but they cannot operate at the same time. That is why God blinded the Jews and suspended the program until the mystery program has run its course.</p><p>I hope I didn’t come across to strong. Please know that I write this with respect and with humility, but with hope that it will inspire you to go and do some research into what I have said. It will benefit you greatly.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFaS119IkeLjOjt_oWShLy2fo63ZX278TNTZy-lUa1OISxFg4EFr8G4LOvx4Y9yBwUyR2uFHa0ZAKdcdV1rSeujFneUjQ7m6-p3CzWtkrGVGnNgAuyPjl7oFN1cGX0-ISWIwPO9skskTmuWOMIsSdCHDWcgzeDyWuyoP-6aEqCb2vcDCAsqj4-PTHefM/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-70517565771893427342024-03-20T20:39:00.002+02:002024-03-26T21:56:53.830+02:00What if I believe in The Lord God but not Jesus? Jesus was a messenger. A prophet in my belief.<style>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">What if I believe in The Lord God but not Jesus? Jesus
was a messenger. A prophet in my belief.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />ANSWER:</h4>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The message and focus of the grace gospel, which is the
only gospel by which we can be saved today, proclaims the cross of Christ, see
1Cor 15:1–4. The focus is on what Jesus Christ did for us. It does not focus on
His identity, which is of great importance in the Kingdom gospel.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">However, I must add that if you are going to believe in
the cross work of Christ; that His death is for the forgiveness of our sins,
and His resurrection is for our justification before God, then it goes hand in
hand that this sinless and utterly righteous life that Jesus lived is proof of
His deity.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">It’s not really viable to separate His deity from the
cross. No man can die for my sins because all men have sinned and fallen short
of God’s glory. How can a sinner die for my sins??</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>So, although the grace gospel places emphasis on the
cross of Christ, it stands to perfect reason that a person who believes that
this event and sacrifice, (which can save them), could only be performed by God
Himself and no mere sinful human being. The cross proclaims the deity of
Christ.<p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">There is no salvation in believing that Jesus was a good
man, or a prophet. One can even believe in the cross by human intellect, or by
historical fact, and it won’t save you. Salvation lies in hearing and
understanding the message of the grace gospel. The gospel has the power to
penetrate your mind and heart to bring a faith that you cannot produce
yourself. Responding to this faith, a deep conviction and inner knowing that
Jesus is the Lord God, and that His death and resurrection can justify you, is the
only way that God will accept to save you. Every other option falls short of
His gospel, His standard, and requirement.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">If you need faith to be increased in order to come to a
knowing of who Jesus really was, you need to get into the Bible and read it. My
advice (if you choose to receive it) is to read the book of Romans several
times over and let it sink into your heart. This will produce the faith you
need to know Christ and the power of His cross work.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Y6FKZwlxxQokuQBL3eC95G-qtIFiAIESAX_l526XLs-SD4F3XGYaEXuMARyPC3NdcLxJdDVYZr2fNzlfKwBX9hG-jEU2dk_YguPCPDZLL_Nmdcx3LrRRTHbRwT4wxJP8d9ubMXUxiQMPveLb4iEUFZQiUs6gU7bA-DXuR8YLaBwl5D_pkcZsbIQb0Q4/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-27991393259899348412024-03-17T09:31:00.003+02:002024-03-17T19:48:29.037+02:00Please provide a clear understanding of repentance within the grace program<style>
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I checked in the scripture and find most of it in the Gospels, Acts and Revelation, but also one in 2Cor 7:9-10 and another in 2Tim 2:25. So there is not much about repentance in Paul's writing. It looks like repentance for Jews is something they need to do, but for us, we just acknowledge that the body can fall in weakness, but the spirit is willing. Please provide a clear understanding of repentance within the grace program. TX.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />ANSWER:</h4><p>Thank you for your question.</p><p>Let’s define the proper meaning of the word ‘repentance’. It is to have a change of mind that takes action to correct one’s sins or errors after being exposed to truth. Repentance is not about emotions or feelings. It concerns the mind; it concerns making corrective choices to bring wayward thinking and actions back to a conforming of truth.</p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>The word, ‘repentance’, is often associated with salvation. This is true in terms of the Kingdom gospel, but not it in terms of the Grace gospel. Let me explain.<p></p><p>Consider Peter preaching the Kingdom gospel in Acts 2:38, saying, <i>“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.”</i> Repentance was one of the conditions for salvation for Israel. Since salvation relied on their own faith and works, they had to repent, or change their mind concerning who Jesus was. Consider the following passage,</p><blockquote><p>Mat 16:13-16 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? (14) And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. (15) He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? (16) And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. </p></blockquote><p>Peter made a choice concerning who Jesus was. God created a moment of truth in Peter’s heart and Peter chose to believe and then confess the truth about the identity of Jesus. What did Peter just do here? He ‘repented’. Outside of the ‘Little Flock’, where was Israel in this regard? Well, they were undecided. They might have heard the truth through the preaching of Jesus, and saw His great miracles, but they did not respond to the truth of the identity of Christ, which is the first step towards being saved in the Kingdom gospel. This is why Peter preached, “Repent…”. Peter was saying, “Make up your mind and believe the truth!!”</p><p>As for our Grace gospel, repentance is not a necessary requirement for salvation. Our salvation is to hear and respond to the cross work of Christ. We are to know that Christ died for our sins and that He was raised for our justification, Rom 4:25. When we trust in this perfect work, God instantaneously, and utterly saves us, sealing us into Christ by the Holy Spirit. Paul writes that it is by the faith OF Christ that we are saved, Gal 2:16; Phil 3:9. Did you get that? It is not OUR own faith that we need to rely on, like the Jews in the Kingdom gospel! No. We trust in the Lord's cross work, His death and resurrection, and it is the faith (and works) OF Christ that are imputed to us. Thus, there is no need to repent, or be water baptized to cleanse away our sins, or be filled with the Spirit. Our salvation is based on a completely different set of principles and is part of a completely different program.</p><p>Now, this is not to say that we don’t or can’t repent if we grieve the Holy Spirit. It is part of our spiritual maturing to learn and conform to the Word of truth. We can fail in moments of weakness, and there will be many times that we repent before God for our failures to adapt and align to His truth, but this repentance is not to aid, or secure our salvation, because that is already eternally secure. Our repentance, or our change of mind to conform to His ways, is simply an outflow of our love and relationship with our Father. Surely, we want to please Him and grow in Him, but our carnal weaknesses can often plague us, especially when we are still young in faith and have lots of transforming to do, Rom 12:1-2.</p><p>So, please know that when Paul writes about repentance in the two verses you provided, it is not in context of eternal salvation, but in context based on the current dealing within the verse or passage. </p><p>Let’s have a brief look at two verses.</p><blockquote><p>2Co 7:9-10 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. (10) For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death..</p></blockquote><p>Paul rejoiced, not in the pain the church felt due to his letter but in the letter’s effect. The apostle’s joy rested in the church’s repentance. The word “repentance” here carries the idea of a change of attitude. “Repentance” does not emphasize feeling but the mind, the perspective. Repentance is a change of mind about one’s sin or weakness, and a turning from it to something else. Note: Regret that leads to repentance is the only valid (or true) regret or sorrow.</p><p>“In a godly manner” is literally according to the standard of God. The words “godly manner” indicate that Corinthian sorrow conformed to God’s standards. The church not only responded properly to Paul’s leadership but also to God Himself. When people see their sin in light of God’s Word, they genuinely do something about it.</p><p>Consider remorse versus repentance. Remorse often feels guilty because of the disclosure of sin; repentance turns from sin because it violates a holy God. The former concerns itself with the consequences of one’s sin, and the latter with one’s relationship with God. The difference is between self-pity and taking action about one’s sin. Godly sorrow (repentance, or a change of mind) rectifies the wrong. It produces a change of mind that takes action about one’s sin. Godly sorrow produces repentance. Repentance is coming to God’s mind on things. Godly grief leads to positive change.</p><p>In the correct context of this passage, the “salvation” mentioned here is not the eternal salvation of the soul from sin but the rescue of the church from conflict. There is nothing in the context that indicates Paul referred to eternal salvation; the issue was the salvation of shattered relationships between Paul’s ministry and the Corinthian church who received it.</p><p>Concerning the second scripture in 2 Timothy,</p><blockquote><p>2Ti 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;</p></blockquote><p>What does the last part of this verse mean? Paul writes that the hearers of true bible teaching may understand the truth and be given a clear understanding of the mistakes they have made and feel genuine remorse for it, leading them to accept the truth. </p><p>Despite our efforts to teach others the truth, our ultimate reliance is on God for its effectiveness. We cannot change people’s minds. We can’t change their behaviours. There is no guarantee that they will recognize their error through reasoning alone. All we can do it proclaim the truth and trust that God will make those ‘seeds’ grow, and that the truth that sprouts will reveal their mistake to them and help them to acknowledge and accept the truth.</p><p>I know this is another long reply. But I like to ensure you have enough information to be fully informed about your questions. As you can see, repentance is simply a change of mind towards truth. In the Kingdom gospel, it was necessary for salvation. In our Grace gospel, our salvation is by the faith and work of Christ, but our sanctification, having Christ formed in us, and our maturing in His Word, will require many moments of repentance (of changing our minds to truth) as we grow in transformation in mind and spirit. This repentance is a natural outflow of our love for God and our desire to live a life pleasing to Him and conformed to His will.</p><p>God bless.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuO7i8DKO-N9Pv3UmAax1pX14RVz0yqnQQPxbyjVdGZELbWONENruCZYnKR_xTjEjrlF4JvIpUmREa0p4Rko6ZMkeF5khDv6BODxNUib-TzVPhB4jXA22mi3yBI6689jght95KZ5nB18nv_KTIro-Ljc2RQS9cyYOT0ijvYQy5F4UZvMgnPzM5_Dy4VE/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-48111665344801073942024-03-16T10:55:00.003+02:002024-03-17T19:48:43.885+02:00How does one understand the salvation and destiny of Jews living today?<style>
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What about Messianic Jews who are saved by the grace gospel? How does one understand their salvation and destiny?</i></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">ANSWER:</h4><p>In order to answer these questions, we must first understand two very important things:</p><p><i><b>Number 1</b></i></p><p>Israel is blinded today, Rom 11:25, and they are not the special people of God (as in the Old Testament and in the Gospels when Jesus was on earth). When God blinded them, He actually disowned them. We find this in Hosea's prophecy,</p><blockquote><p>Hosea 1:9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.</p></blockquote><p>Loammi was one of Hosea's children born from a prostitute according to God's will. Loammi represented Israel according to this prophecy. God was using this scenario to show Hosea that He would later abandon Israel due to their unbelief. So, since Acts 7, after Israel killed Stephan, God strated to lift His hand off them and abandon them. Paul's ministry towards the Gentiles was further proof of this blinding. keep this in mind as we progress through this reply.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><b><i>Number 2 </i></b></p><p>Since Acts 15, there is only one gospel by which people can be saved. In Acts 15, we have the Jerusalem council meeting that came together to discuss and resolve disputes in the differences between the Kingdom gospel that the 12 apostles preached, and the Grace gospel that Paul preached. Without going into all the details, it is Peter who closed the Kingdom (with the keys of the kingdom, Matthew 16:19) by saying, "But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ WE SHALL BE SAVED, EVEN AS THEY [Gentiles]." Acts 15:11. Effectively, Peter said that Jews from that point on would be saved by grace alone through the sacrifice of Christ. --Simply put, the Kingdom gospel focused on the identity of Christ, and proving works, for salvation, whereas the Grace gospel focused on what Christ did alone, without further works, for salvation. Peter's statement was a powerful declaration that reverberated throughout earth and heaven. The Kingdom gospel was suspended, and Jews would now be saved by grace alone in what Christ did according to Paul's grace message. </p><p>A short time after this council meeting, we can understand why Paul could so confidently declare that the Galatians would be accursed if they followed any other gospel other than that which Paul preached. Paul knew that there was only ONE gospel message based on what was settled at the council meeting. The Galatians were trying to add works to their faith (by circumcision), so Paul had to correct them in the Galatians epistle concerning the grace only requirement of the gospel he preached.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Now, let's take these two important points and learn what changed, and how Jews are saved since that time and even today.</h4><p>Since the Kingdom gospel is closed (temporarily suspended until the Tribulation), all people (of all nations, incl. Jews) can only be saved by the Grace gospel. This means that since Acts 15, people are added to the Body of Christ. People who were saved under the Kingdom gospel were added to the "Little Flock" (the believing remnant of Israel) and would inherit the earth. But since this gospel is suspended, all people can only be saved by the Grace gospel, and are thus added to the Body of Christ, and they belong to the heavenly inheritance. </p><p>Consider also the following. The Kingdom gospel relied on animal sacrifices to stay in righteousness. Remember how Jesus preached that one had to leave their gift at the alter and first go and reconcile with their brother before returning to sacrifice, cf. Matt 5:22-24. Well, since 70AD, the temple has been destroyed and there has not been any form of sacrificial system for the Jews. Thus, this also provides insights that they cannot be saved by the suspended Kingdom gospel, but only by the Grace gospel which does not require such ordinances.</p><p>To end this reply, Jews today do not belong to that special nation that God called out in Exodus 19:5-6, which is currently 'Loammi'. There is no kingdom of priests and a holy nation today. Jews are on the same level as Gentiles today. As Paul says, there is not Jew or Gentile, ... Gal 3:28-29. Today, Jews can only be saved by believing in the cross work of Christ and trusting in that perfect work that Jesus did. They are added to the Body of Christ just like all Gentiles that get saved today. If Jews do not receive the grace gospel today and continue to believe in their Orthodox ways, they will be eternally lost if they die, or if they live into the Tribulation, they will have opportunity to get saved in that time by the preaching of the 144000 or the 2-Witnesses.</p><p>What happens AFTER this Grace program? It is only after the rapture of the Body of Christ that things change back to the Kingdom program again and ushers in the prophetic program and the Tribulation. The Grace gospel ends, and the Kingdom gospel is reactivated and preached again. This is when both Jews (and proselyting Gentiles) will be saved again by means of the identity of Christ, confessing Him as their Lord and the Son of God. This will continue until the second half of the Tribulation when a new gospel is preached by angels from heaven, Rev 14:6-7. It is in the Millennial Kingdom (after the 7-year Tribulation) when Israel will again be preeminent above all nations, the special people of God and the kingdom of priests.</p><p>It’s a long reply, but I trust this gives you the insights you need about how Jews are saved today and into which program they are added. If you have more questions, please let me know.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyng2Angub3ZQfRdT4jhl_JnHG6lmZo9I9u3DgSnwAFi-ylpuRIhZXgnkrL99lhxAjPoJbZ4VanIfgbGZev0DxdE2squYnxhMPJV9Q1Lsh2TvV_IiuTBMLoKgjgwhSX_73n-dobTSIOjSsqfhi0mit8fhArsnevv_ekqHhemWfCXwI_-_7MXSGyr9oXMI/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-5219477786558002932024-03-14T12:12:00.001+02:002024-03-14T12:15:39.738+02:00A lot of people want to twist scripture to suite their lifestyle<style>
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Instead of having it simply appear once and get forgotten, I like to add it here too for personal reference and for exposure to all who browse my blogs.</p><p>There is so much confusion and false advice out there today because people either post replies to bible questions based on their personal views of scripture, whether they have read or studied the bible or not, or they post replies based on modern denominational teachings, which in most cases is the doctrines of men's imaginations and not to rightly divided Word of truth.</p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Since the bulk of questions out on the social sites deal with salvation and Kingdom orientated views, there might be topical overlap with the posts that I'm uploading lately. I hope you don't mind and trust that the repeating advice or answers simply embed themselves deeper into your mind and spirit. If you do have questions of your own, or do want a specific topic dealt with, use the comments section below the post or use the Contact Form to contact me and request content.<p></p><p>Other than that, I trust you still enjoy this blog and its material. Thanks for your continued support and interest. May God bless you richly in knowledge and wisdom of His Word and may the Holy Spirit continue to work that Word out of you and into this world as a witness to our great hope and Saviour, Jesus Christ.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">STATEMENT:</h4><p>Concerning faith and works for salvation: People forget what James says, “Faith without works is dead,…” and they misunderstand that works without faith is the same thing. They go hand in hand when you have faith and are abiding in Christ. Just as Christ done the works of the Father, so must we. It seems a lot of people want to twist scripture to suite their lifestyle, so that they can continue in sin, thinking that grace will abound. God forbid.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">ANSWER:</h4><p>You quote James, but James 1:1 tells us that he is writing to his kinsmen (Jews) scattered abroad. James did not address his letter to you, thus the need to add works to quicken faith is a doctrine for Israel, not for us. If you persist with James, then you must persist with ALL the Mosaic laws, including Sabbath, sacrifices, circumcision, attending festivals, offerings, washings, etc…..!</p><p>Nowhere in Paul’s letters, the doctrine addressed for us today, does he say we must add works to our faith. Why? Because the work that Christ did on the cross already fully purchased our salvation,</p><blockquote><p>Rom 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.</p></blockquote><p>… and it has freed us from the law,</p><p>Rom 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.</p><p>So, when do works come into the picture?</p><p>Good works is not needed FOR salvation but is the result OF salvation. It originates due to our obedience to the written Word working in us.</p><blockquote><p>Php 2:12-13 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. (13) For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.</p></blockquote><p>As we allow the written Word to change us, we become influenced in thought, speech, and action by the truth of the Word. We aim to do what the Word works within us. This is how we die to the flesh and allow Christ to live through us. As our mind becomes more and more renewed to the will and ways of God, we will learn to obey that welling up of ‘living water’ inside us, and then we start to walk by faith and by the Spirit. This results in the fruit of the Spirit and the good works that God wills and does in and through us.</p><p>The bottom line is this: Less work and more word. Less doing and more gaining knowledge of God’s word. The works will come when the word is working in you. No word equates to dead works.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogA_fJkJsZL_TXsu1l4Ae2fDYB8d8Cp2j1laUqzrLiQrKmTRsPO5SXvDEM2H2FqtQQIlT6z7Jxi2G8rrgRDBGG978nzXKhEjz0mm-_If8Yb_tMq5S16Dumo3JXSRNxS0XwnCSdepTqtmNGUEwg0GJLnF11uuGO-ymUM07kNfrVQSvQPzLmUxYzrVv6cs/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-13992799662712575082024-03-10T19:16:00.003+02:002024-03-14T13:47:46.227+02:00Clarity on the dual ministry of Paul<style>
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Acts covers virtually all of Paul’s ministry, including the time that he wrote those four epistles (except for maybe Philippians). So, should I think that Paul changed his doctrine between say, Acts 19, where he baptized the Ephesians believers, and when he wrote the Epistle to the Ephesians? So, can you point out a verse that specifically tells us where that dispensation stopped and this new dispensation started where we are not supposed to follow Paul’s old example but instead follow some new example, that presumably isn’t recorded in Acts? I am genuinely curious to know the answers.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">ANSWER:</h4><p>I’m completely open to answering your questions. However, many of them originate because you have your timeline incorrect. For example, Acts 19 (as you say) is when Paul visited the Ephesians in 54AD, but it’s not when he wrote Ephesians. During this visit he wrote the first letter to the Corinthians. The letter to the Ephesians is only written in 60AD after he was imprisoned in Rome.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>For a useful timeline of Paul’s ministry and events in his life, see this post: <a href="https://thebigpicturelink.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-timeline-of-pauls-ministry-study-aid.html" target="_blank">The Timeline of Paul’s Ministry</a>.</p><p>In order to understand Paul’s ministry, one has to factor in the transition from Israel under prophecy to the Body of Christ under grace. Acts is not a book of doctrine, but a historical account to document the transition of Israel’s blinding. With this said, it will demystify Paul’s ministry if you take into account that it transitions with the time he lived in.</p><p>Paul did not write any epistles until after he began his second missionary journey (about 51AD and in Acts 18), in which he was preaching the gospel of God in the synagogues and separating out those who believed it, into houses and schools, to establish them in the Gospel of Christ. His audience was a mix of Jews and Greeks (Gentiles) and during this time he was still water baptizing and doing miracles and signs for the Jews to believe his message. The gospel of God was about the resurrection of Christ and that this proved He was the Son of God. The gospel of Christ was about how Christ died for their sins, releasing them from the laws of Moses (yet maintaining some basic laws to keep the peace between the mixed cultures). Both these gospels that were preached to those who believed could be proved from the scriptures and the prophets. Those established in the gospel of Christ became members of the fledgling yet expanding Body of Christ.</p><p>The first 6 of Paul's letters can be referenced within the Book of Acts — we can read Acts and then cross-reference it in Paul's letters, and we can see where Paul was when he wrote these letters.</p><p><b>1 AND 2 THESSALONIANS</b></p><p>The first letters Paul wrote are the two letters to the Thessalonians. In Acts 17, Paul, on his second apostolic journey, came to Thessalonica and preached there. Many were saved, but Paul was driven out of town. Paul continued on south through Macedonia until he came to Corinth where he wrote the two letters to the Thessalonians. Timothy's return from Macedonia mentioned in Acts 18:5 is also reported in 1 Thessalonians 3:6. And in 2 Thessalonians 2:5 Paul reminds the Thessalonians of his teaching, as if it had not been very long since he had been with them. So, the writing of 1 and 2 Thessalonians can be placed into Acts 18:9 during the time of Paul's ministry in Corinth, and that makes them the first 2 letters that Paul wrote.</p><p><b>THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS</b></p><p>The letter to the Galatians is written during Paul's second missionary journey. Paul had visited the region of Galatia before and tells us in his letter that he had returned there again to physically witness how their faith had been twisted to believe things other than what Paul had previously taught them. (Gal.3:1..., Gal.4:14...). Acts 15:36 confirms that he decided to revisit these places he had been during his first missionary journey, confirming the ministry they did during their first missionary journey. Acts 18:22 tells us of the conclusion of his second journey as he travelled from Corinth to Caesarea and finally back to Antioch.</p><p>Acts 18:23 is the beginning of Paul's third missionary journey, going over all the country (incl. Galatia), strengthening the churches. This is when Paul learns of their departure of faith! In Acts 19:1 Paul is in Ephesus, after his visit to Galatia, and it is from here that he writes the letter of Galatians to document and provide written correction to the false doctrine they had fallen to.</p><p><b>1 AND 2 CORINTHIANS</b></p><p>The next two letters that Paul wrote are the two letters to the Corinthians. In Acts 18 Paul spent a year and a half ministering in Corinth—see Acts 18:11. He later returned to his home base at Antioch (Acts 18:22), and later in his third apostolic journey he arrived in Ephesus (his ministry in Ephesus extends all the way through Acts 19—a period of more than two years, see v10). It is here in Ephesus during Acts 19 that Paul wrote 1 Corinthians— see 1 Corinthians 16:19. Shortly after that Paul travelled to Macedonia (see Acts 20:1 and 2 Cor. 2:13) and that is where he wrote 2 Corinthians.</p><p><b>ROMANS</b></p><p>Paul is in his 3rd missionary journey, having left from Antioch and is now in Ephesus where he writes Galatians and 1 Corinthians. Later, he travels up to Macedonia where he writes 2 Corinthians. In Acts 20:2,3 Paul arrived in "Greece," i.e., in Corinth again, and spent three months there enjoying the hospitality of a believer named Gaius (mentioned in 1 Cor. 1:14). In Gaius's home, in Corinth, Paul wrote the letter to the Romans (see Rom. 16:23). This is the last letter written during the Book of Acts. In Acts 21:33 Paul was arrested in Jerusalem, and would spend the next 5 years in prison, right through the end of the Book of Acts.</p><p>So, to sum up what we have seen so far, from Acts 9 through to Acts 28 we read of the earlier ministry of the Apostle Paul and find that during these years he wrote 6 of his 13 letters (as above).</p><p>Before Acts 21 Paul is free to travel and minister, but the Word (the gospel of the grace of God) is bound within him (revelations that he was not able to share yet). It is after Acts 21 where Paul is arrested and remained a prisoner through to Acts 28, and beyond, that now he is bound in the flesh, yet the Word of God is unbound, free to be ministered out without having to keep silent concerning the mysteries.</p><p><b>THE PRISON EPISTLES— PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, EPHESIANS, AND PHILEMON,</b></p><p>Shortly after the end of the Book of Acts, while he was still a prisoner, now in Rome, Paul wrote four letters—the "prison epistles": Philippians, Colossians, Ephesians, and Philemon. In each of these letters he writes of his "chains"— see Ephesians 6:20, Colossians 4:18, Philemon 13 and Philippians 1:13.</p><p><b>THE PASTORAL EPISTLES—THE LETTERS TO FIRST TIMOTHY, TITUS, AND SECOND TIMOTHY</b></p><p>Paul was released from this imprisonment and continued his ministry for a few years, perhaps 3 years. During this time, he wrote the three letters known as the "Pastoral Epistles," because these letters were written to Paul's co-workers—Timothy and Titus. Finally, at the end of his life he is again in prison. This time he anticipates being beheaded for the Lord and writes the last letter, 2 Timothy.</p><p><b>IN SUMMARY</b></p><p>Paul’s Acts ministry was to both Jews and Gentiles. Remember, the Jewish kingdom program had not yet been suspended. The Jews were stumbling but had not yet fallen. This is why Paul goes to the Jew first, and then to the Gentiles. Paul says this in 1Cor,</p><blockquote><p>1Co 9:19-22 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. (20) And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; (21) To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. (22) To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.</p></blockquote><p>This is why we hear of him baptizing, obeying the law and the traditions, taking temple vows, circumcising Timothy, etc. But Paul also said, I am not called to baptize but preach the gospel. Paul rebuked Peter for confusing the Galatians with his diet. Paul declared that the gifts of prophecy and tongues and knowledge would cease. Paul lost his God-given ability to do miracles and heal the sick. All this was happening because of the transition out of prophecy and into grace (mystery). This is why it is hard to understand the mixed context of Paul’s overall ministry until you see that his Acts ministry (to Jews and Gentiles) was different to his prison ministry (for Gentiles only). Luke documents this in Acts 28:28,</p><blockquote><p>Act 28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.</p></blockquote><p>I trust this will help answer your questions. If you still have more, let me know and I’ll provide some more insights.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2aUo6yHKV_EnlUnuWBcodnbOwppsUOKvfNhgYTipRNn92b1XBeBim-Kd0zB3RvHRMqkAM6wFByD5l7qM_h3alD2bZsSy7Sx7iEI_Yp6QnVycaKLx5FtM-yWEv7uBjucOQSOF6493IvFQRmOX2q7EdJ1ANLdCNTYWMQSqXBYBLL8lW38oMn0d0xwcPZA/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-84983556981027202082024-03-07T22:16:00.003+02:002024-03-07T22:17:10.548+02:00Two Types of Righteousness<style>
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There is a righteousness of the law and there is a righteousness of faith.</p><blockquote><p>Php 3:6-9 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. (7) But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. (8) Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, (9) And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:</p></blockquote><p>Paul clearly points to his own righteousness, which is of the law and by man’s works, but then he mentions another righteousness which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.</p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>This is the righteousness that we, as grace believers, are offered today. This gift of God is clarified in two little letters. “OF”. Did you notice that!? Verse nine above says, “which is through the faith of Christ”. If you have never noticed this before, it might be that you are reading one of the corrupt modern translations. Over 90% of these Satanically inspired translations today have changed these two important letters into another two letters, “IN”, which completely changes the context of the statement.<p></p><p>Let’s take a closer look at two example scriptures in this respect. The Authorized King James Version is compared with two of the most popular versions today, the English Standard Version and the New International Version.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Galatians 2:16 </h4><p></p><blockquote><p>[KJV] Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.</p><p>[ESV] …yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.</p><p>[NIV] …know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Faith IN Christ focuses on our trust and reliance on Jesus, which places the emphasis on our efforts to produce that faith, in order to receive the righteousness and justification that is of God. On the other hand, trusting in the faith OF Christ has got nothing to do with our own faith and efforts, but rather, it relies on Christ’s faith and obedience for justification and the righteousness that He already received from God.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>Philippians 3:9 </b></h4><p></p><blockquote><p>[KJV] And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:</p><p>[ESV] …and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—</p><p>[NIV] … and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>As the passage afore, Philippians also speaks of the faith of Christ which has been corrupted in the other translations. When one uses “of Christ” it is clear to see that there are two types of righteousness. However, when it is changed to “in Christ”, the topic of righteousness is not distinguished as two types of righteousness, but rather, righteousness comes from the same source, our righteousness, and is placed either in our works or in Christ. </p><p>God will not share His glory. That glory, the glory of salvation, and reconciliation with God, is in Christ, and is Christ’s alone. Paul rightly says,</p><blockquote><p>Eph 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (9) Not of works, lest any man should boast.</p></blockquote><p>For man's own righteousness, established by works under the law, God will render to that man according to his works, but the righteousness which is of God by faith is something completely different. It's not through what man does, but through what he believes, Rom 3:20; it's through what he trusts in, a work which somebody else has already done, before he was ever born.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Let me wind down</h4><p>Let me end this post by also referring to the apostle James. When he says a man's faith is dead without works, he's talking about man’s faith and the righteousness that comes through it. This is the faith that the Jewish believers had to prove for their justification in the Kingdom gospel. But this is not our gospel and it’s not the faith and righteousness that we are associated with. We are not justified by our faith but by the faith of Christ. Notice what Habakkuk says in verse 4 of chapter 2. “The just shall live by his faith”, but Paul says,</p><blockquote><p>Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. </p></blockquote><p>Did you see the difference? Habakkuk says, “by his faith”, but Paul says, “by faith”. Whose faith is Paul referring to? Well, just read a little further in Galatians chapter 2 to find out. In verse 20 Paul says, “the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith OF the Son of God”. Consider also Ephesians 2:8, that I quoted earlier, “for by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”. People often miss the part that says, “that not of yourselves”? It’s not your faith! The faith that saves you by the grace of God is a gift of God and it’s the faith OF Christ, resulting in a very different righteousness than what we can ever conjure up by ourselves.</p><p>The righteousness that we as grace believers have, is not dependent on us. This is why our justification is sealed and secure. I’ll end with this beautiful confirmation that Paul provides us in Romans, when he says that we, HAVING justification (a sure thing that is settled in God), we ALREADY have peace with God through Christ. </p><p><b><i>WOW!!!</i></b> Thank God for this second type of righteousness that is not dependent on my petty performance.</p><blockquote><p>Rom 5:1-2 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: (2) By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.</p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGp0fDg4Md3OGTbkv-o7_5NGHoISIsy2ywyKnRcvSuQpRgWNK7lzXQP0GXgwUc0s4CkqCZDHQH3Sr2ixtUcsyR7zVzq_qaTb9vpCdZO4zXy-u52y37f1PK3mIUYJ5uev6tA-ECSXdeDYFCAblEvk6nT0ShltgINEkR3nRZl7_LbUtsHBCXON_jrky7d8/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-62281317220201462962024-03-06T22:16:00.001+02:002024-03-06T22:26:56.006+02:00Not Made Perfect by the Flesh<style>
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</style><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTW3Z07qyRzRqU6RGbgm4MlgLmJvV61BPkO2S_7_OKdu3kPBPsQ7L6sLE7KHStt57olBAQN2qv8QaQx5iB33M93L-vugV1pLzhPiqNngjZ2kY0EMp29qW0RzY5vZgWjt6kIQ1Xc2VH7HaPFHn5LhQBSYiaQvG_kVRnKbIZ9xAX-_u9Iys8eG1oZR4WDo/s1366/20240306_670.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTW3Z07qyRzRqU6RGbgm4MlgLmJvV61BPkO2S_7_OKdu3kPBPsQ7L6sLE7KHStt57olBAQN2qv8QaQx5iB33M93L-vugV1pLzhPiqNngjZ2kY0EMp29qW0RzY5vZgWjt6kIQ1Xc2VH7HaPFHn5LhQBSYiaQvG_kVRnKbIZ9xAX-_u9Iys8eG1oZR4WDo/w400-h225/20240306_670.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not Made Perfect by the Flesh</span></h2><blockquote><p>“O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?” (Galatians 3:1-3 KJV).</p></blockquote><p><b><i>Can “the flesh” add anything to the Holy Spirit’s work? Nay, it cannot!</i></b></p><p>The Galatians were preoccupied with the Law of Moses (cf. Galatians 4:21). Religious rules and regulations captivated them. They were deceived into believing their performance—their “flesh”—could somehow enhance their Christian life (cf. Galatians 3:1-3). Did the Holy Spirit come to indwell these saints because of their religious works? No! Would He need their pious deeds to continue living in and through them? No! Sadly, today’s professing church is equally “foolish.” Nearly 20 centuries later, it still refuses to recognize rites, rituals, and ceremonies are incompatible with God’s grace! Like the Galatians not thinking clearly, we lack even basic spiritual common sense. We too have not let the Message of Grace renew our mind.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>Philosophy and other vain speculations of lost (pagan!) people distracted the Corinthian believers. The first three chapters of 1 Corinthians are the Holy Spirit’s instructions to straighten out their confusion. Selfishness abounded in Corinth because spiritual ignorance flourished there. Whereas the Galatians were quite “strict” with their legalism, the Corinthians were quite “loose” with their sensuality. The Corinthians acted like spiritual babies because they also thought like spiritual babies. This too describes today’s professing church. Actually, the conundrums in 1 Corinthians parallel the chaos and confusion of modern “praise and worship.” Recall 1 Corinthians 14:40!</p><p>Instead of being thankful for the Message of God’s Grace—what the Holy Spirit has revealed in Pauline doctrine, Romans through Philemon—we unwisely believe we can improve the Christian life. Whether from Galatia or Corinth, we must learn the lesson: neither formalism (strict rules and regulations) nor fanaticism (no rules or regulations whatsoever) will ever replace effective Bible study and faithful obedience to the mystery doctrine in the heart of a grace believer.</p><p><i>Adapted from a post by: <a href="https://forwhatsaiththescriptures.org/" target="_blank">Shawn Brasseaux</a></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJ4YTZgqIniKfaZX26spA0SwahsbfcTMuokzr_k7VQ64sxcPsGJBq6oNsZtI2hA4f3NI-klutSe4yHn27cxgXT9Z6uE7cnpLMksab-GUdWDCMgkHrBkSnA62txVCk3FhjN48EL323NgUbrnZU_3u87Ugw29CDu8e7rY9xVeS2sSU90_WcBWnETO8-DyE/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-31514222137130906762024-03-02T11:16:00.001+02:002024-03-06T22:27:09.875+02:00Different views and perspectives of Bible doctrine<style>
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Sadly, it is rare to find posts and interactions that correctly divide the Word between prophecy and mystery so that interpretations are more accurate and in context. Going online to various sites does of course allow one to post one's own rightly divided content, and sow seeds that others might read, providing them the chance to identify sound doctrine which may have escaped them. </p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Below is one such scenario where a person identified the view I held and asked questions about it. Whether they eventually change their view or not is up to them, but the key is that they get exposed to right division and provide the truth of written Word to generate life and truth within their hearts.<br /><br /><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENT:</h4><p>Your post concerning the difference between Peter and Paul’s ministries is interesting, but I don’t think that there is a ‘Messianic church’ and a ‘Gentile church’. There is neither Jew nor gentile in the church, but rather they form one body. See Ephesians and Colossians. The first Gentiles came in the body by the ministry of Peter.<br /><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">MY REPLY:</h4><p>Its only in Paul’s ministry that both Jew and Gentile are one. They are joined to the Body of Christ through Paul’s grace gospel and the doctrine he preached. Peter and the 11 preached the Kingdom gospel and their doctrine never preached about “a Body of Christ.” The Kingdom gospel is for the salvation of a nation, not a spiritual body.</p><p>When God sent Peter to Cornelius, Peter was reluctant to go at first. Even at the door of Cornelius’ house Peter still said,</p><blockquote><p>Act 10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation;</p></blockquote><p>Thus, Peter was uncomfortable with this whole scenario. In Acts chapter 11, he had to defend himself from accusations from the Jews,</p><blockquote><p>Act 11:2-3 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, (3) Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.</p></blockquote><p>You say that the first Gentiles came in the body by the ministry of Peter. This ‘body’ you refer to is NOT the Body of Christ that Paul teaches, but rather the body (or fellowship) of believing Jews. Cornelius would have proselyted and adopted the Jewish customs and laws after his conversion because he knew nothing of Paul's unique ministry. Remember, the ministry of Paul had not yet taken off. Paul was still in Arabia and had not yet preached the new mystery doctrine of the Body of Christ. So, there is no way that Cornelius was added to the Body of Christ. Members of the Body of Christ are identified through believing in the grace gospel of the death and resurrection of Jesus which Peter did not preach. What he did preach was the Kingdom gospel that was nothing to do with the cross work of Christ but rather to do with the identity of Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God, and with repentance and baptisms.</p><p>One must be careful not to blend these two ministries into one. They are to be kept apart as they are designed for different people groups and for different purposes. This is why Paul tells Timothy to study the Word of truth and to rightly divide it, 2Tim.2:15. When you blend them together you end up with a skewed doctrine and a false narrative of the written Word, which is exactly why the denominational church system is in the confused and apostate condition they are today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfnpHvoT4t7J14oagx32uN5WaJfKkffCnGG3SFZXIlTimN9f5bqfz4Ygj8QvTqIosTEke-Ue59NHl8aV9292cUDgYkKuykx5NK4SBDP8VzMvwgAocBCJfrKw_Qe6DnBke3K-cfpIeMNAKTBnC4_1QPFTNCMThG2nRxMe_ym2SB1E9YeYN7NO_I0KvPZs/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-14373863332852977742024-02-29T19:52:00.005+02:002024-03-01T16:36:12.715+02:00Why were the baptisms required for Israel?<style>
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And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.</p></blockquote><p>Exodus 19 is when Moses begins to give the Old Testament law to Israel, and he tells them right up front, God's intention with Israel is to make them a kingdom of priests.</p><blockquote><p>Lev 21:16-21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, (17) Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. (18) For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, (19) Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, (20) Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; (21) No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.</p></blockquote><p>According to Leviticus 21, there were some obvious requirements placed upon the priests who were to approach to offer the offerings of the Lord. They had to be a perfect physical specimen.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><blockquote><p>Exodus 29:1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office.</p></blockquote><p>Notice a procedure. There's a procedure to follow to put someone into the office of a priest. Let’s continue identifying more conditions and processes involved in this office.</p><blockquote><p>Exodus 29:4 And Aaron and his sons, thou shalt bring unto the door of the Tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.</p></blockquote><p>Now, to state the obvious, did the water wash away their sins? No! The water doesn't get rid of your sins. If that were true, a lost man could take a shower and then he'd be righteous. It doesn't work that way. That washing is obviously ceremonial, it's symbolic.</p><blockquote><p>Exodus 29:7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.</p></blockquote><p>So, to put someone into the priest's office, there are various things that had to be done. They had to be without blemish, they had to be washed with water, and then they had to be anointed.</p><p>Now, as a reminder, in Exodus 19:6, God's intent with Old Testament Israel was to make them a kingdom of priests. So, when John the Baptist shows up preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, what is it about? Well, it's about the forming of the kingdom of priests.</p><blockquote><p>Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.</p></blockquote><p>The way it is often thought in fundamentalism or evangelicalism is that Jesus Christ healed people because it was a clear miracle and a kind thing to do. Both of these things are true. It was miraculous what the Lord was doing when he was healing, and when the twelve were healing, they were given the power of signs to validate their apostolic ministry. So, it was miraculous and kind. However, it's primary purpose was to fulfill the requirements of a kingdom of priests. According to Leviticus 21, for someone to be put in the priesthood, they had to be a perfect physical specimen. Therefore, when the gospel of the kingdom is preached to Israel and there are people who are deaf, blind, and have various maladies, they need to be healed in order to become a kingdom of priests.</p><p>Additionally, in Exodus 29, to put someone in the priest's office, they also had to be washed with water. This is why the Gospel of the Kingdom is repeatedly associated with healing and water baptism. In Acts 2, the Holy Spirit comes down on the day of Pentecost, which can be seen as an anointing for the kingdom church. Acts 22:16 states that baptism is symbolic of washing away sins. It is similar to the requirements for putting someone into the priesthood as mentioned in Exodus 29.</p><p>So, the short answer to the question of why baptism was required for Israel is that believing Israel was to be a kingdom of priests, and for them to properly fulfill this role, they needed to be washed with water, and anointed by oil (representing the Holy Spirit), just like Exodus 29 required, and they also needed to be healed of all their sicknesses and diseases, as indicated in Leviticus 21.</p><p>How interesting it is when one studies the Word of God and learns of the origin of these ordinances, that it puts it into a whole different perspective compared to what the modern denominational churches practice today. It is Israel who are called to be that kingdom of priests, and these ordinances are theirs to own and fulfil. Our doctrine today does not require these ordinances at all. The modern church today does not have a priestly role in God’s plan, yet they contend with others over these unnecessary practices, they embed them into their doctrines and traditions, and they judge each other on spirituality based on comparisons and performances in these things. These are all folly and vanity, simply feeding the cravings of the flesh. If the church today put as much time into studying the written Word of God as they do in practicing these unnecessary ordinances, how much wiser they would be to the things that actually belong to them, to the Body of Christ and to their spiritual vocation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFclPI0LCx_dYDcMKFm-ygcQPO5e1jSdOhaeHS8SvYnlYY1jRmGZExgqtgWtdtpn3jl-YUSrOn9Wc38aVaVUvFmd-8eFnsKO-LWr8JUm39KgraKNC7xRgXipK3kXcAZtxuWPMWH9HFbUMz0w9ydUixeDG9ENyYTqDbEK5Mii36cyIxe1JAuvKbV9ZHW3Q/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-34607337802624188152024-02-28T22:30:00.003+02:002024-03-01T16:36:23.300+02:00Who is judged by which gospel?<style>
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That is my current understanding of Rom 2:16</p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />ANSWER:</h4><p></p><p>Consider the Kingdom gospel. It is based upon the precepts God gave to Israel. It required repentance based on their unbelief and it required water baptism based on the ordinance of washing applied to priests in the Mosaic law. It also required being filled with the Spirit according to the new covenant prophesied in Ezek.36 and Jer.31. So, this gospel had requirements and ordinances specific to Israel and their relationship with God under law.</p><p>Now consider Paul's gospel. To be justified by God, it simply required faith in God, and more specifically, faith in His Son. Paul writes,<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><blockquote><p>Rom 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.</p></blockquote><p>This grace gospel is not like the Kingdom gospel. All men cannot be held accountable to specific laws and commands given to Israel. Paul's gospel is given to all men. As part of his gospel, Paul writes in Romans 2 that all of us were created with a conscience, something to <i>“accuse”</i> us when we do wrong and something to <i>“excuse”</i> us when we do right. Read Romans 2: <i>“[14] For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: [15] Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another; ) [16] In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.”</i></p><p>In short, the Gentiles (non-Jews) did not have the written or codified Word of God as the Jews had during the Old Testament economy (see Romans 3:1-2). However, those Gentiles will be also held accountable to a holy, righteous God one day because they had some sense of right and wrong in their conscience. As the Word of God will condemn the lost Jews when they give account to the Lord at the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11-15), so the conscience of the unsaved Gentiles will testify against them when they are also judged for their sins. For example, they knew it was wrong to steal and kill because that knowledge is innate among all peoples. Any society cannot function and survive if there is disorder and death.</p><p>The Gentiles did not have it written down on scrolls or animal skins (as Israel did), but, even in their idolatrous state, they had a God-given conscience and thus had some insight into what actions were acceptable and what conduct was unacceptable. Romans chapter 2 is saying no sinner—Jew or Gentile—will escape the wrath of a just God. None will have an excuse, and none will be able to say, <i>“Do not throw me into the Lake of Fire, God! I did not have a chance to know and believe the truth!”</i> Thus, God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to Paul's 'universal' gospel, which is applicable to all men and all nations, unlike the specific requirements of the Kingdom gospel unique to the Jews under that economy.</p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />FOLLOW-UP STATEMENT:</h4><p></p><p>So, Rom 2:16 has nothing to do with the Judgement Seat of Christ? And what about the gentiles outside of the dispensation of grace? Paul’s gospel wasn’t revealed during the dispensation of the law, so gentiles will just be judged by their works if they never converted(proselyte) right?</p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />ANSWER:</h4><p>Let's first clarify the groups and what gospel they fall under:</p><p><b><i>ISRAEL:</i></b> (all people from Abraham to the end of Acts, who are Abraham's decedents and are circumcised in the flesh and under that covenant) will be judged according to the law. Those who lived in the time of Jesus earthly ministry will be judged by the law and the Kingdom gospel. They are not under Paul's grace gospel. If they meet the necessary requirements of the gospel they were under, they are saved and will be resurrected at the second coming of Christ and enter into the Millennial Kingdom. Those who did not meet the requirements will be raised at the Great White Thone judgement and being found guilty will be cast into the everlasting flames.</p><p><b><i>EVERYONE ELSE not of Israel:</i></b> (all people of all nations and all time who are not in the above group) will be judged by Paul's gospel. How can this be if Paul only appears in the Bible in Acts? Well, the gospel of Paul is based on faith in God as described in my first reply and not in the laws given to Israel. Whatever revelation of God that person had at the time they lived, if they believed in that they are saved, if they rejected that revelation of God, they will be lost. You and I, and all those from Paul's day onwards, are accountable to the gospel of God's grace through Jesus Christ as Paul taught it, 1Cor.15:1-4. Those who reject Paul's gospel of Christ will be resurrected at the Great White Thone judgement and being found guilty will be cast into the everlasting flames. Those who believed Paul's gospel of Christ are saved and will participate in the Judgement Seat of Christ that will happen after the rapture. They are members of the Body of Christ, and the judgement seat is a judgement for their reward, not condemnation.</p><p>__________</p><p>Parts of this post credited to Matthew McGee <a href="https://www.matthewmcgee.org/qa.html" target="_blank"><i>here</i></a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5hgw8TsFewCOan1-srDEDvIuNR_hcN0iGASHF-kqHZ_R9utdOq0hcoS5hEH1V-c6M0LgFUhzVDHVpC0edn_1liEJ3JzrELrgYAW5rtafCpXLXt7QmhVXr8_4MHZShT2530jvnjEqxq0sQZxeryQ5eNd8nSUVe75XZVGzvQu-egd3yr0uWiWv8jgkECs/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-48552668723401335732024-02-25T22:08:00.001+02:002024-02-26T13:25:37.450+02:00The need to divide, or cut, or handle, the Word is paramount to understanding its true context<style>
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</style><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSrM6CnnTyETjYq-WgOJI_UFoEV02zomOn2EuyAOSjw3HI6-fyBUxUFjppk6jUFrUb8VH4Qlj5uMetoOl6fcVSfHtM1FeZ9XuvjRWJ6rvtmbvT6kYVR3-Dke0GS-gKh6ETj6V_LHzPgTOhxUJvG2Gxo-NHIry3KyVsJ_vyZ9kYjfmudx0CC-ihQp4ZGs/s1366/POWERPNT_2024-02-25_22-05-30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSrM6CnnTyETjYq-WgOJI_UFoEV02zomOn2EuyAOSjw3HI6-fyBUxUFjppk6jUFrUb8VH4Qlj5uMetoOl6fcVSfHtM1FeZ9XuvjRWJ6rvtmbvT6kYVR3-Dke0GS-gKh6ETj6V_LHzPgTOhxUJvG2Gxo-NHIry3KyVsJ_vyZ9kYjfmudx0CC-ihQp4ZGs/w400-h225/POWERPNT_2024-02-25_22-05-30.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The need to divide, or cut, or handle, the Word is paramount to understanding its true context</span></h2><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />STATEMENT:</h4><p>Your post about rightly dividing prophecy from mystery reminds me of a story about 6 blind men arguing about what an elephant was like. the poem, “The Blind Men and the Elephant” by John Saxe. In the poem, each blind man had grabbed a different part of the elephant and was vigorously defending his position. The man who had the leg declared the elephant was like a tree, the one who had the ear said he was like a fan, the one who had the trunk asserted he was like a snake, and so forth. So too, Christians can grab different verses in the New Testament and begin arguing—as if the Bible could contradict itself. That is not how to establish truth in the Christian world. The Bible is God-breathed and does not contradict itself. God’s people are to “rightly handle,” the Word and the words in it, and not wage useless word battles with them. The Bible can be wrongly believed and taught, and it can also be wrongly used as a weapon against other people.<br /><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">ANSWER:</h4><p>Thanks for your input. I have no doubt that many denominational churches today handle the Word incorrectly, twisting the Word to fit their church creed or traditions instead of truly studying the Word to find out what God’s will and purpose for the Body of Christ truly is. Thus, your analogy is true for people who take parts of God’s Word and change it fit their purpose and views, essentially creating it into something like what you describe with the elephant's anatomy.</p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Right division is an inevitable result of studying the Word. It is not a view of man or an imagination. When one studies the Word, and runs references between scriptures, one will have to conclude that prophecy is a distinct and separate program in scripture and is different from mystery, which Paul describes his doctrine as. The reason is that God is restoring two realms, the earth (through Israel) and the heavens (through the Body of Christ). One is physical, the other spiritual. The doctrine and principles that dictate these two programs cannot be the same as they span two distinct and separate realms.<p></p><p>So, the need to divide, or cut, or handle, the Word is paramount to understanding its true context. If one ignores this truth and blends the whole Bible together into one program, it is this very thing that is the source of confusion, contradictions, and false doctrines in the church. Ignorance to rightly dividing the truth is the cause of thousands of denominations all believing different interpretations of scripture and all trying to create their own version of the Body of Christ according to their views and motives.</p><p>The truth is that the Bible DOES contradict itself IF one does NOT rightly divide. There are no contradictions in the Word when you keep prophecy and mystery apart. Within prophecy, the Bible is perfectly in tune. Within mystery, the Bible is perfectly balanced. When one ignores this divide, there are thousands of contradictions that is the root and cause of denominations contentions, like baptisms, laws, ordinances, and spiritual giftings, to name just a few. All these clear up plainly and clearly when one cuts straight through the two programs, making a wide divide.</p><p>Let me end with this thought; Why did God keep a whole body of doctrine secret, revealing it to an apostle outside the 12 that Jesus already taught and prepared for their commission, sending him on a new commission to bless the Gentile nations with God’s grace which went completely against the words that were prophesied all throughout the prophetic scriptures. Was it to confuse the church? No! God is not the author of confusion. He expects students to study His Word and discover for themselves that He is preparing two entities to restore creation, as the verses below confirm.</p><p></p><blockquote><p>Eph 1:9-10 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: (10) That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:</p><p>Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>The key is to rightly divide scripture between these two programs and keep them separate in order to keep them clear. And…by the way, it is important to understand that these two programs are not running at the same time today. The prophetic program was suspended with Israel’s blinding, Rom.11:25. Today, ONLY the mystery program is in operation in which God is saving all men by Paul’s gospel of the cross of Christ without the means of Israel. When this grace program eds, God will resume the prophetic program which begins again with Daniel’s 70-weeks prophecy of the Tribulation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlTtG0ogatlxNm7h99k6oHrGv4sD3mimrGYiCTjaXgNLaNcdV1-mXLKrswDWtOwlcahlX28wlin16kz4A7T8eqilKloGn3EqsgJ5npxSvrqXqaz9_OL-ntzF9w9bQrKp-8WPLmrMD2YSbhPW9XorScX-nufJQANz2LzEOOW5Jgqy12y4XmxUdfVx3whY/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-88422238745321379362024-02-24T09:45:00.005+02:002024-03-14T13:58:23.157+02:00The Timeline of Paul’s Ministry (Study Aid)<style>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">5</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul - Born—an
Israelite—in Tarsus of Cilicia (Acts 22:3; Phil 3:5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">A Roman
citizen by birthright (Acts 22:28)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">15-20</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">At the
school of Gamaliel, Jerusalem (Acts 22:3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">30</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jesus Death, Resurrection, Ascension</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Day of
Pentecost in Acts 2</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">31</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter
heals crippled man in temple (Ac.3)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter and
John arrested by Sanhedrin (Ac.2)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">32</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Joseph, a
Levite from Cyprus (Barnabas) sells a field (Ac.4:36)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ananias
and Sapphira Die</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">The
Jerusalem church meets by the temple in Solomon’s Colonnade (Porch) (Ac.5:12)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Apostles
perform many miracles</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Apostles
arrested but released by angel</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">33</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Seven
deacons chosen (Ac. 6)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Church is
growing rapidly (Ac.6:7)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">A large
number of priests believe (Ac.6:7)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">34</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul
arrives in Jerusalem</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Stephen
debates Jews coming from Cyrene, Cilicia (i.e. Saul), Alexandria (Ac.6:9)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Stephen
arrested by Sanhedrin (Ac.6:12)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Stephen stoned (Ac.7:59, 8:1)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul
persecutes the church in Jerusalem (Acts 8:1-3; Phil 3:6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Philip
goes to Samaria (Ac.8:4)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Philip
meets Ethiopian Treasurer (Ac.8:26)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">Israel’s
last chance at repentance<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">35</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul converted on road to Damascus (Ac.9:1)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul is
in Damascus (Acts 9:10-19)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul leaves for Arabia (Gal.1:17)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">Israel blinded!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">The
time of the Gentiles begins</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">36</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul is
in Arabia</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">37</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul is
in Arabia</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">38</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul
returns to preach in Damascus (Gal 1:17; Acts 9:20-25; 2 Cor
11:32-33)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul’s
life is threatened (Ac.9:23)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul
escapes to Jerusalem (Acts 9:26-29; Gal 1:18)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Barnabas
introduces Saul to disciples</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul stays with Peter 15 days (Gal.1:18-19)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul
debates Grecian Jews (Ac.9:29)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul
flees to Tarsus in Cilicia (Ac.9:29,30)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">39</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul
preaches in Cilicia and Syria for <br />
five years (Gal.1:21)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Persecution
has ceased in Jerusalem</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jerusalem
church continues to grow <br />
(Ac.9:31)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter
travels Judean Countryside (Ac.9:32)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter
heals Aeneas in Lydda (Ac.9:33)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter
raises Tabitha in Joppa (Ac.9:36)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter called to Caesarea by Cornelius (A.10)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">40</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter has to defend having preached in a Gentile house
to the church leaders in Jerusalem. (Ac.11)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Missionaries
from Cyrene in North Africa <br />
come to Antioch in Syria and preach to<br />
the Gentiles (Ac.11:20)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul is
preaching in Cilicia and Syria</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">41</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul is
preaching in Cilicia and Syria</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jerusalem
expands the city walls which places the site of the crucifixion inside the
city</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">42</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul is
preaching in Cilicia and Syria </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Barnabas
is sent to visit the church in<br />
Antioch by the Jerusalem church (Ac.11:22)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
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</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">43</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul is
preaching in Cilicia and Syria<br />
Barnabas leaves Antioch to look for Saul <br />
in Tarsus (Ac.11:25)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Barnabas
brings Saul back to teach in the<br />
church in Antioch in Syria (Ac.11:26)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saul
teaches in Antioch for a year (Ac.11:26) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Believers
are first called “Christians”</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">44</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Agabus, a
prophet from Jerusalem, <br />
visits Antioch church</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Agabus</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"> prophesies a famine (Acts
11:27, 28)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Antioch
church sends Paul and Barnabas <br />
to Jerusalem with an aid offering (11:29,30)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">James is
beheaded by Herod Agrippa I</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter is
arrested but an angel releases him</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Herod Agrippa
I dies in Caesarea (12:18)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 18;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">45</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul and Barnabas
return to Antioch </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">(Acts
11:26)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">John Mark
leaves Jerusalem to go<br />
to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">- James writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">James</b><br />
from Jerusalem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">- Saul changes his name to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Paul</b></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 19;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">46</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul and Barnabas
leave for<br />
first missionary journey</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 20;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">47</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter has
come to Antioch in Syria <br />
(Gal.2:11)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
travels in Galatia to Antioch in <br />
Pisidia, Iconium, (Acts 13:14-50)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Flees to
Lystra and Derbe (Acts 14:6-7)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">In </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lystra</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"> Paul and Barnabas are
mistaken for gods (Acts 14:8-18)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Stoned</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"> at Lystra, supposed to be
dead, but re-enters the city (Acts 14:19-20)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">They</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"> return to Lystra, Iconium,
and Antioch to strengthen disciples and appoint elders (Acts 14:21-24)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">From</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN"> </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">Pisidia, they returned to Antioch of
Syria and reported their journey to the church (Acts 14:24-28)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">James sends Jews from Jerusalem <br />
to Antioch (Gal.2:12)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Judaizers confuse the Antioch church</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">48</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
returns through the same cities<br />
and sails back to Antioch</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter and Barnabas are led astray by<br />
Judaizers from Jerusalem (G.2:13)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul opposes Peter and the Judaizers<br />
(Gal.2:14)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #543f00; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; background: rgb(255, 229, 153); line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black;">To resolve the conflict of Judaism &<br />
Christianity the Jerusalem Council<br />
is held (Acts 15; Gal.2:1-10)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #543f00; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; background: rgb(255, 229, 153); line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black;">Paul goes to Jerusalem Council</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Judas and
Silas are chosen by the <br />
apostles to return to Jerusalem <br />
Paul and Barnabas (Ac.15:22)<br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">49</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
teaches in Antioch (Acts 15:30-35; Galatians 2:11-14)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
writes to the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Galatians</i> against the<br />
Judaizers who have gone there</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul and Barnabas
argue over John Mark and separate (Acts 15:36-39)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul leaves on second missionary <br />
journey through Galatia to Troas</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul writes <br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Galatians</b> from</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Antioch in Syria?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">(South Galatia)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">50</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">In Troas
(ancient Troy), Paul sees a <br />
vision of a Macedonian man</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul goes
to Macedonia (Ac.16:6-10)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">They</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"> sail from Troas to
Neapolis (Acts 16:11)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">To Philippi where Paul
meets Lydia (Acts 16:12-15)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"> and Silas imprisoned </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">in
Philippi </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">after
casting out a demon from a slave girl (Acts 16:16-25)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Prison</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"> doors opened miraculously
and the jailer saved (Acts 16:25-34)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
preaches in Thessalonica, starts<br />
a church and a riot (Ac.17:1-9)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul goes
to Berea but flees to Athens<br />
(Ac.17:1015)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
arrives in Athens alone, preaches<br />
in the streets, is invited to present<br />
at the Areopagus in Athens (17:19)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">In the
fall, Paul goes to Corinth alone <br />
without money and gets a job (18:1-4)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">51</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Silas and
Timothy bring an offering <br />
and a letter from Macedonia (18:5)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
responds to Thessalonians with a<br />
a letter, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">First Thessalonians</i> </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
stays in Corinth, starts Corinthian <br />
church, appears before Gallio (18:12)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul writes <br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">First Thessalonians</b></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">from Corinth </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 25;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">52</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
writes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Second Thessalonians</i> in <br />
response to questions from <br />
Thessalonica.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
leaves Corinth in the spring<br />
and sails for Ephesus.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
reasoned in the synagogue and left<br />
Aquila and Priscilla in Ephesus (18:19)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
sails to Jerusalem, greets the church <br />
there and returns to Antioch, Syria</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Second Thessalonians<br />
</b>from Corinth</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 26;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">53</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
spends time in Antioch.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul begins third missionary journey traveling through
Galatia and Phrygia</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">In
Ephesus, Aquila and Priscilla explain the<br />
gospel to Apollos (18:24-26)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Apollos
goes to Corinth (18:27)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
arrives in Ephesus</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
stays in Ephesus for three years </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
teaches daily the lecture hall of Tyrannus for two years. (19:9)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #988f81; color: grey;">Paul writes <br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Galatians</b> from</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #988f81; color: grey;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #988f81; color: grey;">Antioch in Syria?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #988f81; color: grey;">(North Galatia)</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="height: 7.95pt; mso-yfti-irow: 27;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 7.95pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">54</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 7.95pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul is
in Ephesus all year (Acts 19)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
sends Timothy into Macedonia (Acts 19:22)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
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</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 28;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">55</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
writes the Corinthians his first of four letters (not <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">1 Corinthians</i>) mentioned in 1 Co.5:9. In this letter Paul
instructs them to collect money for the Jerusalem saints. (1 Cor.16:1) An
offering for the Jerusalem believers is started and in year Paul will speak
of this offering in his letter called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Second
Corinthians </i>(2 Co.8:10)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">A
delegation from the Corinthian church arrives in Ephesus with problems and
questions.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
writes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">First Corinthians</i> in Ephesus
and sends it to Corinth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(This is his
second letter to Corinth.)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
follows this letter with a quick visit directly across the Aegean Sea from
Ephesus to Corinth and back. (2 Cor. 2:1) This would have been his second
visit to Corinth (2 Cor.12:14; 13:1,2) </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
writes a third letter (which we do not have) in Ephesus and sends it to
Corinth. (2 Cor.2:3,4; 7:8,9,12) Titus carries this letter and stays to fix
the church. (2 Cor.7:15, 13,14)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">First<br />
Corinthians</b> <br />
from Ephesus</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">The gospel of<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Mark</b>
is written any time between 55-65 A.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 29;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">56</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">In the
fall Paul leaves Ephesus for Corinth and goes through Troas and into
Macedonia</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">While
Paul is traveling through Macedonia he meets Titus who has left Corinth to
return <br />
to Ephesus (2 Cor.7:5,6)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">In
Macedonia Paul writes his fourth letter <br />
to the Corinthians known as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Second
Corinthians</i> (2 Co.2:13; 7:5)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Titus and
Luke are sent back to Corinth with <br />
the letter <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Second Corinthians</i> <br />
(2 Cor.8:17,18)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
follows them into Corinth to spend the winter in Corinth</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Second<br />
Corinthians</b> <br />
from <br />
Macedonia</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">57</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">In the spring, Paul writes to the Roman church from
Corinth and sends the letter of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Romans</i>
with a delegation of people led by Phoebe to Rome. (Rom.16:1)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
plans to sail to Syria from Cenchea but the Jews planned to kill him so he
went by land up through Macedonia and down past Ephesus (Acts 20:3-6)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
arrives in Jerusalem (Acts 21:17)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul is
arrested at the temple (Acts 21:27)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Addresses</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"> the mob (Acts 21:37 -
22:21)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul's</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"> citizenship saves him from
scourging (Acts 22:22-29)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul is
placed in prison in Jerusalem at Fort Antonia (21:37; 22:24) and appears
before the Sanhedrin</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">
(Acts 22:30 - 23:10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jesus</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"> tells Paul that he will
bear witness of him in Rome (Acts 23:11)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">The</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"> plot against Paul's life
(Acts 23:12-22)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Sent</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"> safely to Felix the
governor (Acts 23:23-35)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Jews plan
to kill Paul so Paul is transferred to Caesarea (Acts 23:23)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul is
in prison in Caesarea for two years (Acts 24:27)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
appears before Felix (Acts 24)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -13.9333px;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="text-indent: -13.9333px;">The book of Hebrews is written by an<br />unknown author.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Romans</b> <br />
from Corinth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">The book of
</span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hebrews </b><span face="Arial, sans-serif">is written by an unknown
author from an unknown location. (Possibly earlier by Paul, or else Barnabas or
Apollos from Corinth or Ephesus)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br /></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">58</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul in prison in Caesarea</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">59</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul in
prison in Caesarea</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
appears before Festus and King Herod Agrippa II (Acts 25,26)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
appeals to Caesar in Rome (25:11) so Paul is sent to Rome by Festus (25:12)
and Agrippa (26:32)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">In an
attempt to beat the coming winter a ship of prisoners leaves for Rome (Acts
27)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
advised the commanding centurion, Julius, to harbor at Fair Havens on Crete
but they decided to go onto Phoenix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The ship was blown off course out into the Mediterranean Sea and
crashed near Malta. (Acts 27:9-28:10)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">60</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul arrives in Rome and is allowed to live by himself
with a Roman soldier to guard him (Acts 28:16)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ephesians</b> <br />
from Roman<br />
imprisonment <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">The gospel of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Luke</b>
is written approx. at this time.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 34;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">61</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
continues in Rome under house arrest.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Philippians</b><br />
from Roman<br />
imprisonment</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 35;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">62</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
continues in Rome under house arrest</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter
comes to Rome and writes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">First Peter</i></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul is
released from Roman imprisonment. </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
either leaves for Spain or first visits Philippi and Corinth along with other
churches in Achaia and Macedonia.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul writes Timothy a letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Timothy is in Ephesus and Paul may have
written it from Macedonia.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul leaves for Spain</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Colossians</b></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">and</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Philemon</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <br />
from Roman<br />
imprisonment</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">First Peter</b><br />
from Rome</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">First Timothy</b><br />
from Macedonia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Acts</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Earliest
Date 62 A.D. ??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 36;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">63</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">James,
the Lord’s brother, is martyred in <br />
Jerusalem.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul is
in Spain</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 37;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">64</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul is
in Spain</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter
writes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Second Peter</i> from Rome</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter is martyred
in Rome</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
returns from Spain to Crete.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
leaves Titus at Crete (Titus 1:5)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul goes
to Corinth and writes Titus <br />
the epistle called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Titus</i></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
spends the winter in Neapolis <br />
(Titus 3:12)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peter writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Second Peter</b><br />
from Rome</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Titus</b><br />
from Corinth</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 38;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">65</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul travels through Macedonia and Asia</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 39;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">66</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul probably spends time in Colosse, <br />
Ephesus, Miletus</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 40;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">67</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul
leaves Asia for Macedonia but is <br />
arrested in Troas and taken to Rome</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">While in
prison in Rome Paul writes to <br />
Timothy in Ephesus the letter <br />
called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Second Timothy</i></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul is
possibly executed by Nero <br />
in the fall or in the spring of 68 </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul writes<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Second<br />
Timothy</b><br />
from Roman<br />
Prison </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 41;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">68</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Paul is
executed by Nero on the Ostian Way or the road from Rome to Ostia.</span></p>
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Another possible date for Hebrews??
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">69</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ignatius</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> (35-110)
becomes bishop in <br />
Antioch, Syria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knew Peter and Paul.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">70</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">July 1, Titus assaults Jerusalem’s walls <br />
battering rams</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">August 8, Fort Antonia is destroyed </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">August 29, Rome’s 10<sup>th</sup> Legion burns the <br />
temple in Jerusalem after a <br />
nine-month siege of the city</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Josephus
records that Rome took 50 tons <br />
of gold and silver from Jerusalem</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">71</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Emperor
Vespasian and his son General<br />
Titus enter Rome and parade through<br />
the streets with the plundered treasure<br />
from Jerusalem.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Jerusalem
gold is used to finance the<br />
building of the Colosseum in Rome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
<br />
Colosseum will open in 80 AD</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">72</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 46;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">73</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 47;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">85</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Polycarp </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">(69-155)
is bishop of the church <br />
in Smyrna.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">John writes the gospel of <br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John</b> </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">in Ephesus</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">John writes </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">1, 2, 3
John</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">in Ephesus</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">88</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Clement </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">(30? -100) is bishop of the church
in <br />
Rome.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Clement
worked alongside of Paul <br />
around 57-62 AD (Phil.4:3)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 49;">
<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">94</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">John sent to the Isle of Patmos by Emperor <br />
Domitian</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">Gospel of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA">94 A.D. ??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">95</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">John on
the Isle of Patmos</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Papias</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> (60-135) is bishop of Hierapolis in Asia</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">96</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">John
receives the book of Revelation while <br />
on the Isle of Patmos and sends it to the <br />
seven churches of Asia</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Domitian
dies and the new emperor, Nerva,<br />
releases Domitian’s political enemies</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">John is
released from Patmos and returns <br />
to Ephesus</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18.96%;" valign="top" width="18%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Suggested time of John
writing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Revelation</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 2.2pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">on Patmos? Could have been written between 54AD-68AD?</span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2d3133; --darkreader-inline-bgimage: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.5%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e8e6e3; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">97</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="--darkreader-inline-border-bottom: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-left: initial; --darkreader-inline-border-right: #8c8273; --darkreader-inline-border-top: initial; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48.24%;" valign="top" width="48%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -10.45pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Clement, bishop of Rome, writes an epistle to<br />
the church of Corinth, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">First Clement</i></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Readers, please take a few minutes to read Galatians
1:6-12. It plainly says that there is one Gospel, the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Any time more than one Gospel is taught in scripture or by any teacher, by
Biblical teachings, it is a different or false interpretation of scripture.
Please read Acts 8:36-38, and Acts10:44-47. These Scriptures clearly say
Gentiles are being baptized and receiving the Holy Spirit, and there are many
more scriptures that describe the same things. Finally read Matthew 28:19-20
The Great Commission: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations (Gentiles)
baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. We
are commanded to reprove our teachers by what the scriptures actually say to be
certain of the truth of our true Teacher, the Holy Spirit.</p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;">MY REPLY:</h4><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">I’d like to point out that you conveniently use Paul’s
writings to prove only one gospel, but then you send the read back to all the
references of the Kingdom gospel which is for Israel, and completely discount
all the rest of Paul's writings that clearly define his credentials as the
apostle of the Gentiles, and who received a new gospel and mystery doctrine,
revealed to him by the risen Christ.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>If one of the 12-apostles wrote that passage in
Gal.1:6–12, then I’d concede all arguments and abide by the Kingdom gospel. But
they did not write that instruction. Paul did! The very fact that he wrote that
is proof that he preached a different message and that his message was the only
one to save from that point onwards in the grace dispensation. This is also why
Peter declares that Jews would be saved in the same way as the Gentiles after
the Jerusalem council meeting, see Acts 15:11.<p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Why would God require a 13th apostle if He already has 12
preaching the Kingdom gospel? Why did Paul tell his followers that he was not
sent to baptize? Why did Jesus say that He came ONLY for the lost sheep of the
house of Israel, Mat 15:24, and why did He instruct His disciples to NOT go
into the way of the Gentiles, Mat 10:5–6? Why did Paul say that the gospel of
the uncircumcision was committed to him while the 12 would preach the gospel of
the circumcision, which by my count is 2-gospels? Why did Peter and the other
11 never once preach about the cross, rather accusing the Jews of murdering
their Messiah and needing to repent for it, yet Paul could not stop proclaiming
the cross of Christ and even boasted in it.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The grace gospel has nothing to do with the repentance,
water baptism, or being filled with the Spirit. These are absolutely valid in
the Kingdom gospel but is not preached by Paul at all in 13-epistles. Instead,
we find him repeatedly proclaiming of the cross, and the death, burial, and
resurrection of Christ, as the power to save us in this grace dispensation.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The foundational letter to Romans proclaims the grace
gospel in the first eight chapters, yet nowhere in those eight chapters do we
learn of, or are instructed, to repent, get water baptized, and receive the
Holy Spirit. Later in 1 Cor.15:1-4, Paul summarizes the grace gospel in a
nutshell based on the details in Romans. He says,</p>
<blockquote><p class="MsoNoSpacing">1Co 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the
gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye
stand; (2) By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached
unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. (3) For I delivered unto you first
of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according
to the scriptures; (4) And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third
day according to the scriptures:</p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">How in the world is that the same as the Kingdom gospel
preached by Peter in Acts 2:38?</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">In regards to the Great Commission, this is the
commission specifically for Israel. Peter and the 11 started this commission
after Pentecost, beginning in Jerusalem and managing to get out to neighbouring
areas, but this commission was suspended when the Jews were blinded and when
the apostles were either martyred or died. This commission was replaced by the
commission Paul wrote about in 2Cor 5:20, in which we are to reconcile people
back to God by means of the preaching of the cross of Christ.</p>
<blockquote><p class="MsoNoSpacing">2Co 5:18-20 And all things are of God, who hath
reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of
reconciliation; (19) To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling
the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath
committed unto us the word of reconciliation. (20) Now then we are
ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in
Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.</p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Salvation today is to simply believe in the cross work of
Jesus Christ; that He died for our sins and that He was raised for our
justification, Rom 4:25. That’s it. We believe that God, through Jesus Christ,
provided us the free gift of justification by the cross, Rom.5:1–2,11, and that
there is no more works needed for us to do to earn or deserve grace, Eph 2:8–9.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">All this becomes clear and plain if one learns to rightly
divide the Word of truth, 2Tim 2:15, by recognizing the difference between the
prophetic doctrine (for Israel) and mystery doctrine (for the Body of Christ),
Rom.16:25–26. Oh, and by the way, in this last verse reference, Paul also says,
“according to MY gospel”, personalizing the gospel he preached from that of the
12-apostles. He wouldn’t say “my gospel” if he was preaching the same gospel as
the 12; he’d surely say, “our gospel”?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdZc7J3k1b3Z40TdWsfaj42OLtsHKDX0Ddlk2cC5UqbicwgRc9zP31jDd-EFhyrSK7fMbXmGPEaK3UHcUGyUw3lT6l_n9PsMmwPWeDq4CHEqV8ZfDUmaS4DXhNYITLTVVJWQj_Tylzd1aB-pzIIiSpYmOsnP0vHYVK6BLMb8vXhCqPLF572tR9yb6sj8/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-38444383151969076752024-02-20T19:04:00.002+02:002024-02-26T13:27:02.460+02:00The difference in salvation before and after the cross<style>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Are you saying that how people get saved today is different
from the Bible times? Was it different before Christ came or different before
he died? Please explain how this ‘other salvation’ before Christ works?</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">My assertion is that there is no other salvation and there
never was. From Genesis to Revelation salvation has always been through faith
in the promised Messiah to come and take away our sins and set us free.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Agreed? Yes or no?</p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />ANSWER:</h4>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Regarding your question on previous gospels:</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">I agree that every gospel is based on faith. If one does
not place faith in believing God’s instructions to be saved, then one will not
be saved, irrespective of works or not. Thus, irrespective of gospel, faith is
required! However, God’s instructions for salvation did not remain the same
over time. What God told Noah did not apply to Abraham. What God told Abraham
to do did not apply to Peter, James, and John!</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Consider Noah. The gospel for Noah was when God
instructed him to build an ark. That’s it.<p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>If Noah did not believe God, then he and his family would
die in the flood.</li><li>If Noah believed God but did NOT build the ark, he and
his family would die in the flood.</li><li>But Noah did believe God, AND did what God said, —to
build the ark, thus he and his family lived.</li><li>So, note in this simple example that Noah had to believe
and do work! Show faith and build the ark.</li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Abraham is the same. He believed God’s instructions and
had to do what God told him. However, Abraham did not have to build an ark.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">In the Kingdom gospel that Jesus taught, one had to
believe that Jesus was the Messiah and Son of God. Then, according to James,
one had to prove one's faith with works. James clearly states that faith
without works is dead. Just like Noah, these Jews could believe what God said,
but if they did not do what God said, they would perish. Thus, in the Kingdom,
one had to believe in the identity of Jesus, but one also had to show the works
of faith according to the conditions of that gospel; obey the law, get water
baptized, get filled with the Spirit, sell one’s possessions and endure to the
end.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">What about our gospel of Grace? Must we have faith in
God? Yes! We must believe in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. The
cross of Christ is the heart and soul of our justification. But what about
works? As with ALL other accounts of God’s good news of salvation, in which
works had to be done to prove faith, surely, we must do works too?</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Yes or no?</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">No! We do not have to do works in the grace gospel
because the works necessary to prove faith was done by Jesus. He lived a godly
and righteous life. He shed His blood as the payment for sins. He died in our
place to pay the death penalty for our sins. Jesus did ALL the work we were
supposed to do, so there is no more work that we need to do.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">But then you might argue, isn’t our faith dead because we
did not do works which James demands? Well, the great thing with the grace
gospel is that we are not even saved by our own faith. Paul tells us a few
times that we are saved by the faith OF Christ. Thus, when we choose to trust
in the grace gospel, we are saved by Christ’s faith. It is not our faith, and
it is not our works that save us. The faith OF Christ and the works OF Christ
is imputed to us freely, having simply trusted in Christ alone. How absolutely marvelous
and might is our God to save us by His grace alone. Obviously, this option
became available only AFTER Jesus died. Thus, all previous gospels could not
draw from Christ’s faith and works and is why people before Christ had to do
their own works of faith.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OyPX9aGdK67YZeO_TvZ1ZW1-Z0l6wacWYZRKGEaxCxMWyK_cMvOiic8Iw6JWOeuk27aVD5-TKlpAGbVsYeKw5IV-lG1XiSaqgDBmjjapg6IdOf_OfgBxf1HoSvv0UHOZGumGv1TTHyVZaQxNUp0B6382Q1mINmKC29pwdaAiu_Wt7Og-S_VH7YvjlMk/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-14283919147312326912024-02-18T08:50:00.001+02:002024-02-26T13:27:25.279+02:00Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these<style>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Feed the hungry, clothe the needy, visit the sick, welcome
the stranger, help the less fortunate. (Jesus words, Matt 25:35-40.) I’ve
always thought it curious that Jesus makes the distinction between the
righteous and the unrighteous based on this criteria. Curiously missing is
“confessing and believing”, having correct theology, “sinners prayer”, etc. In
fact, according to this passage some people will have been doing these things
without even knowing Jesus or that they were doing it for him.</p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;">ANSWER:</h4><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The passage you quote in Matt 25 will occur throughout
the 7-year Tribulation. It does not apply today because Jews are not the chosen
and preeminent nation during this grace dispensation. In actual fact, both Jew
and Gentile are equal in God’s eyes today, so feeding, clothing, visiting the
sick and in prison, etc, of the Jews does not have the salvific value as it
will in the Trib.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>The reason why it has such great value in the Trib is
because the Jews once again at this time would be God’s special nation. The
Jews will be going through the worst time in their history and if any Gentile
people support them during the persecutions of the Trib., it is worthy enough
to bring salvation to those Gentiles, come the Sheep and Goats judgement at the
end of the 7-years.<p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Consider WW2 and accounts of people harbouring Jews in
hiding from the Germans. They put their lives on the line for those Jews. Well,
in the same way, under many times more persecution and danger, people could
lose their lives doing this; hence the great reward when Christ returns to
judge the world at that time.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Those who supported the Jews will be the saved sheep or
Christ’s right. Those who do not support them will be the goats on Christ’s
left who are cast into the fire.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Concerning your curiosity about the gospel message during
the Trib, it changes twice. If you read Revelation, it is the Kingdom gospel
that is preached during the first half of the Trib. At this time, Gentiles will
need to be proselyte and get saved under the Kingdom gospel criteria, which is
repent, get water baptized and filled with the Spirit (just like in early
Acts). At the halfway point, entering the Great Trib. the Kingdom gospel gives
way to a very simplified ‘eternal gospel’, preached by an angel of the Lord.</p>
<blockquote><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Rev 14:6-7 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of
heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the
earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, (7) Saying
with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his
judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and
the fountains of waters.</p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Note: The gospel is not repent, get baptized, get filled
with the Spirit. No. It is simply, “Fear God, give Him glory, and worship
Him!”. No ordinances, no cross, no repentance. Just worship God and give Him
glory. I’ll tell you, doing that (ie: proclaiming Israel’s God during the Great
Trib. is like signing your death warrant.) You will probably be martyred for
your confession. But —that will save a person in the end!</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">So, what Jesus was teaching in Matt 24 and Matt 25 is all
about the tribulation. If you read the chapters with this context, it will make
a LOT more sense to you and add a lot of setting to the passage.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh36UBpg4rKTifHpgkxcKWsn795Sz-Vmv0OKnqwCYJBS68LoqZEeEr1vRR19kQD8wde0G5MiOSiis2LMJAaa16F3MX4RwlgmkkX52s4gG8Ku9YS0j8iJp6KJ0giY5WslEkrY-vjAGj1X8Sa3uvQFLPLeJvIFt1_qMWAleeKEGP-Z6yJWM57AKk5M8B2bg/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-48220545430217979522024-02-16T19:39:00.002+02:002024-02-26T13:27:47.188+02:00Who is the pearl of great price? (Matthew 13:45-46)<style>
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The pearl of great price is the Millennial Kingdom.</p><p>Let’s look at the scripture passage below.</p><blockquote><p>Mat 13:43-46 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. (44) Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. (45) Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: (46) Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.</p></blockquote><p>The pearl of great price is part of an extended lesson Jesus spoke in parables. Before the pearl, we have a treasure in a field. Jesus informs us that, just like the pearl, the treasure is the Kingdom, in verse 44. Before this parable is the parable of the weeds, in verses 36–43. This is where we learn that there will be good seed and bad seed sown and harvested. The tares are gathered at harvest and thrown into the fire, but the harvest of good seed will enjoy the kingdom of their Father.</p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>These parables were to encourage the followers of Jesus to seek after the Kingdom and not hold back anything in this life to find it. We see in the early Jewish church in Acts that the members sold all they had and brought the money freely to the apostles.<p></p><p></p><blockquote><p>Act 2:44-45 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; (45) And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.</p><p>Act 4:33-35 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. (34) Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, (35) And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Why did they do this? Well, according to these teachings of Jesus, it was demonstrating their faith in what Jesus said. If these Jews truly believed Jesus and the prophecies in the scriptures concerning the Kingdom, (see Isa.60); that they would be preeminent in the Kingdom, having no lack and only God’s blessings and the fulness of the portion of the Gentiles, they would show no fear in selling all they had. When the King came and ushered in His Kingdom, they would live as kings.</p><p>As we can see, this faith and response by these Jews was part of the Kingdom program. We do not do this in our dispensation of grace. We have different instructions provided to us by Paul. Nowhere does he instruct us to sell all our possessions in faith. Quite the opposite, Paul tells us to work with our hands so that we may eat, live in sufficiency, and bless others.</p><p></p><blockquote><p>Eph 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.</p><p>1Th 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;</p><p>2Th 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. … 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>When we read the Bible, we must take note of these differences and understand that we are dealing with two different dispensations. We do not live for or practice the instructions of the Kingdom program. Selling our possessions is not our instructions. Though we too are waiting for Christs return in the clouds, it is clear that Paul teaches us to work and ensure we have sufficiency while we wait for our heavenly inheritance.</p><p>Rightly dividing the Word of truth between Israel's prophetic program and our mystery program will keep us in the right doctrine and allow our obedient application to it to be pleasing to God.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrtTjf1oTZH5k8auTA9tGRcdK4PasJAMSW-cLvGli_OAScH6BV1eiC_WBy-ulyLnPTpkImdGGSKwGpoCfFzcYognIPJTffE_ecu5zTlSOzBSARQk1_zyP_Hp2S3B73MjdG9VnM3DAENFMSmJt8WsUPSDMfLtOI4Lu2K3Cjfp93AW08-doq9mGwuerIoA/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-58478425848648620002024-02-15T17:53:00.001+02:002024-02-26T13:28:06.328+02:00Is Israel's program suspended throughout Christ's heavenly ministry?<style>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">How many Apostles to the Body of Christ? In Eph 4:11-13
it appears to suggest that Paul was not the only one. What am I not
understanding correctly?</p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;">ANSWER:</h4>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The following are my views regarding this question.</p>
<blockquote><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Eph 4:11-13 And he gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; (12) For the
perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the
body of Christ: (13) Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fulness of Christ:</p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Paul, in Rom.11:13 calls himself ‘the’ apostle to the
Gentiles. Paul, like the 12 -apostles to Israel, was called by Jesus Christ
Himself. Thus, Paul is the only true apostle over the Body of Christ. Paul was
sent by the Lord to establish Gentile churches and to provide the doctrine for
the churches to follow. No other minister had this absolute commission.
Although Paul writes about other possible apostles who supported him in his
ministry, none of these men added to the doctrine for the Body of Christ.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>“The church which is His Body” (Eph. 1:22-23) is “built
upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets” (Eph. 2:20), referring to
grace apostles and prophets (I Cor. 12:28-29). This means that the work of an
apostle was foundational in nature. If 2000 years later we are still laying the
foundation of the Church, there is something seriously wrong!<p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Apostles and prophets could speak for God by inspiration
of the Holy Spirit, speaking verbally with the same inspired authority that
Paul experienced when he wrote his epistles. Paul could not be everywhere at
once, and so God needed apostles and prophets who could speak with the same
authority Paul enjoyed as he wrote his epistles. Once the Bible was complete,
however, “that which is perfect (complete)” was come, and the gift of prophecy
ceased as confirmed here,</p>
<blockquote><p class="MsoNoSpacing">1Co 13:8-10 Charity never faileth: but whether there be
prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease;
whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. (9) For we know in part, and
we prophesy in part. (10) But when that which is perfect is come, then that
which is in part shall be done away.</p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Once the gift of prophecy ceased, there were no more
apostles and prophets. The reference in Ephesians chapter 4 concerning
“apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers;” was written in Paul’s day when these offices were still in
operation. But once the Word was complete, the office of apostle and prophet
ceased. Thus, today the Body of Christ operates with evangelists, pastors, and
teachers, to teach and edify the body. Also, within the pages of His Word, God
has said all that He needed to say. This is why He closed the Bible by
pronouncing a curse on any who would add to what was written therein (Rev.
22:18).</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">With all this in mind, it is not spiritually correct to
call a man an apostle today. Today no man can demonstrate “the signs of an
apostle” (II Cor. 12:12), and no man can speak with the authority of the
written Word of God.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Other possible ‘apostles’ in the Body of Christ in Paul's
day:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Apart from Barnabas and Paul, several other individuals
are mentioned in Paul’s ministry. While not all of them are explicitly called
apostles, they contributed to his ministry and to the establishment of
Christian communities.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Barnabas</b>: Barnabas, whose name means “Son of
Encouragement”, was a significant figure in the early Christian community. He
is explicitly referred to as an apostle in the New Testament (Acts 14:14).</li><li><b>Timothy</b>: Although not directly labeled as an apostle,
Timothy was a close companion of Paul. Paul considered Timothy his “true son in
the faith” (1 Timothy 1:2). Timothy assisted Paul in ministry, delivered his
letters, and served as a pastor.</li><li><b>Aristarchus</b>: Aristarchus was a fellow traveler and
companion of Paul during his missionary journeys. He is mentioned in the New
Testament as being with Paul in Ephesus (Acts 19:29) and accompanying him on
his voyage to Rome (Acts 27:2).</li><li><b>Andronicus, Herodion, and Junia</b>: These distant relatives
of Paul are mentioned in Romans 16:7 and 16:11. Andronicus and Junia are
specifically referred to as “outstanding among the apostles” (Romans 16:7).
Their exact roles and contributions are not detailed, but they were part of the
early Christian community.</li><li><b>Apollos</b>: Mentioned in the Corinthian letters.</li><li><b>Silvanus (Silas)</b>: Partnered with Paul in ministry.</li><li><b>Epaphroditus</b>: Commended by Paul in his letter to the
Philippians.</li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i>Portions of the above are sourced from the following
site: <a href="https://artlicursi.com/articles/are-there-apostles-today">https://artlicursi.com/articles/are-there-apostles-today</a>.</i></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />QUESTION:</h4>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Thank you for previous answer. It's very important that
Paul's unique role is not diluted by the stating of multiple apostles referred
to in Eph 4:11 but to confirm that apostles after Paul were SPIRITUAL (eg
Barnabas) unlike Paul & 12 who were OFFICE. Would that be a safe or correct
conclusion?</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i>PS: I suspect that some modern-day believers claiming to
be 'apostle' would rest their argument claiming they too are SPIRITUAL apostles
similar Barnabas etc.</i></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;">ANSWER:</h4>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">I agree that Paul and the 12 occupied the office of
apostle, yes.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Concerning ‘spiritual’ apostles, I guess people can
easily place a title in front of their names, but this means absolutely nothing, because it does not invoke any authority and power from God upon their
ministry. The written Word is clear that the office of apostle and prophet for
this dispensation has ended when the Word was fulfilled by Paul’s writings. The
only offices today are the teaching offices that faithfully minister, teach, and edify the
Body of Christ, according to our key scripture.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfLUw6sbzygvCKRUuPg2b7p-YvjRYRUBn_dmXSADtN3_TrbnMlfC22jp-VHDc7-ZXI4cKNqOrpsfqilgq9S4J2ElOKpHXb3BlKuFgLzeIgIeyL1yFc__Y-eK_rT67K3d49T2WG197GqYVoToXXJ00x9W-itwGjojmn-eSXUzs49uEcHiKDZzmQFXOUlg/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-9922503670042685502024-02-07T13:56:00.010+02:002024-02-07T21:48:28.077+02:00Rightly dividing is not a doctrine, nor is it an identify, it’s an inevitable conclusion.<style>
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an inevitable conclusion.</span></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">People who hold to a dispensational view of the Bible
often justify their view by quoting the following verse …</p>
<blockquote><p class="MsoNoSpacing">2Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth. </p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">… and they focus almost exclusively on the part of the
verse that instructs one to rightly divide the Word of truth.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Now, although there is nothing wrong with that, since
right division is of crucial importance to understand the Bible in the
correct context, I do want to point out something that is often overlooked in
the verse above, which is in fact the primary key to this whole concept of
rightly dividing.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Note the word, <i>“Study”</i>. This is the only instruction in
the verse and that which approves us unto God. Right division is not an
instruction, it is a result. Rightly dividing the Word is an unavoidable consequence
that stems from proper study of the Word, nothing more.<p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">In Romans 16:25-26, Paul tells us that to become stablished
in <i>‘the faith’</i> (his doctrine, Rom 1:5), we should study the revelation
of the mystery, <i>(which was kept secret by God and eventually revealed for Paul to
write about in his epistles), </i>and we should study the scriptures of the
prophets, <i>(which was proclaimed since the world began). </i>These two sets of
doctrine, though dealing ultimately with Jesus Christ, are fundamental different,
and when we start to discover that they don’t fit together, we should keep them
separate and divided rather than force the doctrines to fit by blending them
together into something it does not truly say.</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Thus, rightly dividing is not a doctrine to uphold, nor is
it an identify that set one apart. It is simply the inevitable conclusion on
how to interpret scripture, and something that Paul reminds Timothy to expect,
and not to wrestle with, when studying his letters with the rest of the
prophetic scriptures.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1366" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_JhHRIt2Mp_eo7N4sm1k7HovVHXJsU5RJn33Y5PKmdYitus_wV3LkxMqE2vQyA48NJ7lDalq8lCEboIbQyOPGdymewuHagG_dnvuLeOaZWya1MV5u24_SqBRupgI8reVLvMNfLX-WvQjIVNbsWnYQcDvqq7J0DaK6q8o-FoqlshNaxFbvDYzWWLTvNY/s320/Forward%20Post.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09877816017234990109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963709716245075474.post-14107779295979129932024-02-06T16:42:00.006+02:002024-02-07T14:20:34.783+02:00Why did Cornelius receive the Holy Spirit before Water Baptism?<style>
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