The significance of Jesus as the Light of the world. 2. proiferation of churches inNigeria. 3. office filing?
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Sorry, multiple non-sequiturial questions are not permitted.
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Matthew Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1 Corinthians \n2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Phillipians Colasians \n1 Thesalonians 2 Thesalonians 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews James 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 John 2 John 3 John Jude Revelations.\n\nBut yeah, Matthew is first, lol
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There is no theological significance in the lighting.  Candlelight is attractive because it seems to get us away from the technological aspects of our lives.\n\nIn the Baptist tradition, communion is primarily a memorial meal (Christ said, "Do this in memory of me") only and not a means of grace.
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This "sign" mentioned here is actually a composite sign indicating when Jesus' presence would be, a presence felt long after his death. It would indicate the period of time in which he would be established in heaven as the king of God's heavenly kingdom, sitting on the throne with the authority God entrusts to him. As he sits on that throne, he awaits God's command to execute judgement against this Satan-controlled system of things, in which false religion has enslaved billions world-wide. \n\nIf you'll notice the verses after 3, they discuss events that would be distinguishing features of Christ's presence. These signs include wars, food shortages, earthquakes, pestilences, and so on and so forth. While things like these have taken place a long time in human history, they would be experienced on such a dramatic scale that it would be defining a particular moment in human history. \n\nOne of the foremost features of this sign is noted in verse 14, which reads: "And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come." So one outstanding feature of the "sign" would be a global preaching campaign, a Bible-education campaign aimed at education people in Bible truths, and sounding a warning of the impending destruction soon to face those 'who do not know God and those who do not obey the good news' as brought out in 1 Thessalonians.
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1: Jesus was not a Jew, he was a Muslim. so was a Muslim, just like any other prophet. \n2: there is no proof that Jesus was white and blue- eyed and i think that it is wrong and disrespectful for people to draw a picture of Jesus, even though, he was a prophet
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1.world.\n2.war.\n3 .three.
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Yes.  Christ resurrected so that we could all be resurrected.  If we're supposed to follow in his footsteps, isn't that the most important accomplishment on earth?
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:}\nprovide spiritual opportunities, encourage, edify
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Church, and church related functions.
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This could also hit along the lines of storing up treasures in heaven. We are always going to be in the world, but to be of the world is to agree and support the ways of the world (abortion, homosexuality being ok, are two main issues I can think of right now) We are to be a light in the world showing the world Jesus, but we are not to partake of the trappings of this world.
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The lampstand was just one of the pieces of furniture of the tabernacle. The different pieces of furniture spoke symbolically of the ministry of Christ. (7 pieces in all) The lampstand was of beaten gold, symbolic of His sufferings, and out of that suffering came the "light of the world" which Jesus calls Himself in the book of John.
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Revelations seems to indicate that JESUS will turn the world on its head, exaulting the lowly, and humbling the exaulted, and JESUS will have a new name.  There will be a NEW JERUSALEM.  Remember when JESUS came the first time he utterly destroyed the temple.  Seems, and i am not a prophet, yet seems to me that it may happen again, that there will be a renewing of things, with JESUS as ETERNAL LORD ruling with a ROD OF IRON (i take this to mean unbending in his administration of THE LAW, which is clear in the commandments LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, MIND, SOUL AND STRENGTH AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.) \n\nRevelation 3:12  Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
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"839 "Those who have not yet received the Gospel are related to the People of God in various ways." \nThe relationship of the Church with the Jewish People. When she delves into her own mystery, the Church, the People of God in the New Covenant, discovers her link with the Jewish People, "the first to hear the Word of God." The Jewish faith, unlike other non-Christian religions, is already a response to God's revelation in the Old Covenant. To the Jews "belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ", "for the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable."\n\n840 And when one considers the future, God's People of the Old Covenant and the new People of God tend towards similar goals: expectation of the coming (or the return) of the Messiah. But one awaits the return of the Messiah who died and rose from the dead and is recognized as Lord and Son of God; the other awaits the coming of a Messiah, whose features remain hidden till the end of time; and the latter waiting is accompanied by the drama of not knowing or of misunderstanding Christ Jesus. <2>\n\n841 The Church's relationship with the Muslims. "The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day." <3>\n\n842 The Church's bond with non-Christian religions is in the first place the common origin and end of the human race: \n\nAll nations form but one community. This is so because all stem from the one stock which God created to people the entire earth, and also because all share a common destiny, namely God. His providence, evident goodness, and saving designs extend to all against the day when the elect are gathered together in the holy city. . .\n\n843 The Catholic Church recognizes in other religions that search, among shadows and images, for the God who is unknown yet near since he gives life and breath and all things and wants all men to be saved. Thus, the Church considers all goodness and truth found in these religions as "a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life."\n\n844 In their religious behavior, however, men also display the limits and errors that disfigure the image of God in them: \n\nVery often, deceived by the Evil One, men have become vain in their reasonings, and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and served the creature rather than the Creator. Or else, living and dying in this world without God, they are exposed to ultimate despair.\n\n845 To reunite all his children, scattered and led astray by sin, the Father willed to call the whole of humanity together into his Son's Church. The Church is the place where humanity must rediscover its unity and salvation. The Church is "the world reconciled." She is that bark which "in the full sail of the Lord's cross, by the breath of the Holy Spirit, navigates safely in this world." According to another image dear to the Church Fathers, she is prefigured by Noah's ark, which alone saves from the flood."
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WHEN Jesus was on earth, his disciples came to him and asked: "What will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things?" He replied that there would be wars involving many nations, famines, pestilences, earthquakes, an increasing of lawlessness, false religious teachers misleading many, a hatred and persecution of his true followers, and a cooling off of the love of righteousness in many people. When these things would start to happen, it would indicate that Christ was invisibly present and that the heavenly Kingdom was at hand. This would be news—good news! So Jesus added these words as a part of the sign: "This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come."—Matthew 24:3-14.\nIn themselves, recent world happenings are bad, but what they signify is good, namely, Christ's presence. The conditions mentioned above started to be evident in that widely heralded year 1914! It marked the end of the Gentile Times and the beginning of the transition period from human rule to the Thousand Year (Millennial) Reign of Christ.\n "Critical times hard to deal with," \n BUT "then the end will come" \nThat there was to be a transition period is indicated by the 110th Psalm, verses 1 and 2, and Revelation 12:7-12. There it is shown that Christ would sit at God's right hand in heaven until the time for his becoming King. Then war in heaven would result in Satan's being cast to earth, bringing woe to the earth, and Christ would rule in the midst of his enemies. The complete end of wickedness would come by means of a "great tribulation," culminating in the war at Har-Magedon and followed by Christ's Thousand Year Reign of peace.—Matthew 24:21, 33, 34; Revelation 16:14-16.\n"But know this," the Bible says, "that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power; and from these turn away."—2 Timothy 3:1-5.\nSome may argue that these things have happened before in human history, but the fact is that they have never occurred to the same extent. As the historians and commentators say, there has never been a time on earth like the one experienced from 1914 onward.  The woes have been far more extensive than ever before. Moreover, as to other features of Christ's sign of the last days, these facts should be considered: The earth-wide proclamation of Christ's presence and Kingdom has been of a magnitude unprecedented in history. Persecution for preaching has never equaled that visited upon Jehovah's Witnesses. Many hundreds of them were executed in Nazi concentration camps. To this day Jehovah's Witnesses are under ban in some places, and in others they are arrested, imprisoned, tortured, and killed. This is all part of the sign Jesus gave.\n\nAs foretold at Revelation 11:18, 'the nations have become wrathful' against Jehovah's faithful Witnesses, and this indicates that Jehovah's "own wrath" will be expressed against those nations. This same scripture says that God will "bring to ruin those ruining the earth." Never before has there been a time in human history when the earth's capacity for sustaining life has been threatened. However, now it is different! Many scientists have warned that if man continues to pollute the earth, it will become uninhabitable. But Jehovah "formed it even to be inhabited," and he will get rid of the polluters before they complete their
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God / Jesus\nthe pregnancy and birth of a baby
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Living and behaving in a way that reflects the life and teachings of Christ.  Representing Him as closely as possible.\n\nBlessed Be