does the bible say what kind of tree Jesus was crucified on? and where are the holy lands?
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Israel is the Holy Land and Jerusalem is the Holy City. It is so because it is the promised land and the land where Christ was born and the land where the first temple to Almighty God was built. Jerusalem is the city to where Christ will some day soon return. It is the land God has chosen for Himself and promised to the Jews. It is the Holy Land because it's where Christianity started. No, the Bible doesn't say what type of tree was used to make the cross of Christ. There are many fig trees, acacia trees and palm trees there so it would be difficult to even hazard a guess. Since God is holy and since His Son is holy, the land of God is also called the Holy Land. The Bible doesn't specifically call it that, as far as I know, but it does command the Jews to be a holy nation, as well as Christians.
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The Book of Acts wrote that Jesus was killed by hanging him on a tree. By Jewish tradition,  a man being hang on a tree is cursed. So, there could be something there why Christians are hiding why he was hung on the cross. However, your question could be true because it is not  just the cross that was made holy. The shroud that was used to cover his body is one, the blood that oozed out when he was pierced, his wounds are called sacred, the Grail which up to now is not really clear which one, In fact, had they found the spear, maybe it will also be holy, It is not impossible to have the nooze be called holy if that will be the case and so was the tree. I am still waiting for the whip that was used to flogg him and that could be a holy whip. I wanted to say to you to let them be however my heart tells me to tell the Christians let it be known that those kind of adorations are simply idolatrous however you look at it. Of course, whatever they do they will always have a good reason.
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Where do you see that description in the Bible?\nThis is the closest thing to a physical description of Jesus in the Bible.\n\nRevelations 1:13   And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.\n\nRevelations 1:14   His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; \n\nRevelations 1:15   And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
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#1   I really hope you didn't just say that the bible is historical evidence (maybe it was just misread on my part) \nweather or not jesus was here on this planet is not the real question. there very well could have been a man fitting his description that lived on this planet. The real question is weather or not he is a divine being or not. If there was evidence of his exsistance your best shot would be through roman literature from jesus's contemporary period. not afterward, that would be tainted.
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when Jesus said "today, you will be with me in paradise"\nhe meant in the place called Sheol(in the original text) it is in the center of the earth and is divived in two. hell on one side, paradise on the other. the word Sheol is always translated as hell or hades. now if you are talking about the garden of eden read in the Bible Genisis 2:10-14
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Heron by the Sea, I still stick to my answer below, but I appreciate your information.\n\nSchneb, I appreciate your kind words,   Bill\n\nTime of his death. \n\nThe death of Jesus Christ took place in the spring, on the Passover Day, Nisan (or Abib) 14, according to the Jewish calendar. (Mt 26:2; Joh 13:1-3; Ex 12:1-6; 13:4) That year the Passover occurred on the sixth day of the week (counted by the Jews as from sundown on Thursday to sundown on Friday). This is evident from John 19:31, which shows that the following day was “a great” sabbath. The day after Passover was always a sabbath, no matter on what day of the week it came. (Le 23:5-7) But when this special Sabbath coincided with the regular Sabbath (the seventh day of the week), it became “a great one.” So Jesus’ death took place on Friday, Nisan 14, by about 3:00 p.m.—Lu 23:44-46.
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i agree with shermanbobby.  that's the story i've heard.  in addition to the marks of the wounds of the crucified Jesus being on each of the four dogwood flowers, the dogwood is a spindly tree that hardly ever gets above 20 feet tall and rarely over 6 inches across in the trunk area.  and there's hardly a straight part on the tree---it goes off in so many zigs and zags that you could never make a cross out of it again---just not enough straight wood in the whole tree.
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yea it actually says gopher wood in the bible.... it is in Genesis 6:14.... we call it Cypress now but religious theorists don't believe that the gopher wood is still in existence due to the flood. he he hope that helps!
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It is prophesy. It has not been fulfilled yet. It will be fulfilled when God's people who love Him & love His Law will have it written in their hearts - as it was for Yeshua the Messiah when He lived a sinless, 100% Torah-observant life. We should emulate Him (i.e. "follow" Him).\n\nAll of God's Covenants have been made with His Chosen People, the Israelites. God wants all people saved. His people are a light to the world; Salvation is of the Jews. The heathen nations (Gentiles) are wild olive trees; the faithful believers need to be grafted into the root of His Olive Tree (Israel). In the end, all  the wild olive trees will be burned, along with what is pruned off of His Olive Tree.\n\nThe prophesy will be fulfilled after the return of the Victorious Messiah. Hallelujah!
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I wish I knew where they were buried as well.  Also, the original bible, I would love to know where it is...I hope someone gives you a good answer for this question.
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Modern day Israel and the surrounding area.\n\nThere are many scholarly debates on the specific locations of some long-lost cities referenced in the Jesus mythologies, such as Golgoth, but certain places, such as the city of Jerusalem, remain right where they've always been.
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Pslams 37\n  For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.\n10  For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.\n11  But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.\n29  The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.  King James Bible\n\nThese scriptures show what King David's hope was of the future, when he will be remembered in the resurrection sometime in the future.\n\nThis was God's purpose in the beginning and still is his purpose for the earth & mankind.
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No!  Even secular history has recorded the crucifixion of Jesus.\n\nPontius Pilate wrote a letter to Caesar after Jesus Christ was crucified and rose from the dead.  The letter was found by a man named Rev WD Mahan at the Vatican in Rome, Itlay.  This letter was reproduced in a book Rev Mahan wrote in 1887 titled "The Archko Volume".  The excertps quoted below  are from the Archko Volume on pages 141, 142, 145, 147 and was written in a book titled, "The Genesis Factor" written by Yacov Rambsel on pages 102, 105-106.\n\nExcerpts from Pontius Pilate's letter to Ceasar recorded in the Archko Volume:\n\nDescribing the mob at the crucifixion (pg 141):\n\n"Often in our civil commotion have I witnessed the furious anger of the multitude, but nothing could be compared to what I witnessed on this occassion.  It might have been truly said that all phantoms of the infernal regions had assembled at Jersulam.  The crowd appeared not to walk, but to be borne off and whirled as a vortex, rolling along in living waves from the portals of the praetorium even unto Mount Zion, with howling screams, shrieks, and vociferations such as were never heard in the seditions of the Pannonia, or in the tumults of the forum."\n\nDescribing the great noise and darkness at Golgotha (142):\n\n"A loud clamor was heard procedding from Golgotha, which, borne on the winds, seemed to announce an agony such as was never heard by mortal ears.  Dark clouds lowered over the pennacle of the temple, and setting over the city covered it with a veil.  So dreadful were the signs that men saw both in the heavens and on the earth that Dionysius the Aerogagite is reported to have exclaimed, 'Either the author of nature is suffering or the universe is falling apart.'"\n\nPilate quoting Ben Isham, a sentry at the tomb (145):\n\n"He said that at about the beginning of the fourth watch they saw a soft and beautiful light over the sepulchre.  He at first thought that the women had come to embalm the body of Jesus, as was their custom, but he could not see how they had gotten through the guards. While these thoughts were passing through his mind, behold, the whole place was lighted up, and their seemed to be crowds of the dead in their graveclothes.  All seemed to be shouting and filled with ecstasy, while all around and above was the most beautiful music he had ever heard; and the whole air seemed to be full of voices praising God."\n\nPilate's concluding remarks (146):\n\n"I am almost ready to say, as did Manlius at the cross, 'Truly this was the Son of God.'"
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Given the terrain (Eden is placed more or less in Iraq by its description) the most likely candidate, if we're assuming the tree of knowledge of good and evil is a plant analogous to a modern extant species, would have been a date, fig or a pomegranate. :-)
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If one looks at the original texts of the Bible (in Greek), the word "Hell" NEVER appears. In some places it says "Gehenna" or "the valley of the son of Hinnom" which is an actual place ON Earth; a place where people of Israel were actually burned. Jesus only spoke of this place metaphorically,in parables. The other way "hell" was translated was from the word "tartaros," which is Greek, or "Sheol", which is Hebrew. Both meaning "the grave."  The souls of everyone go to Sheol where they rest until the day of Judgment.  No reference to fire and eternal punishment after death in either of this translations.\n\nWhen the Bible talks about the Lake of Fire (which is NOT Hell), everyone thinks pain and suffering. But the in Semitic Middle East, fire is a symbol of GOD. Jesus said "He came to send fire on the earth and He yearned for it to be kindled." (Luke 12:49)\nObviously he is talking about fire in the sense of God, not suffering. Moreover, when the Bible talks about the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, the word "Brimstone" is translated from the word "Theion" which means "Divine." So in other words the "Lake of fire and Brimstone" should really translate into "Lake of Divine Purification"  This is not where man is destroyed, but his sin is destroyed.
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is it the old rugged cross?\n\nI found this:\nWERE YOU THERE? - Traditional American Spiritual, Words & Music\n                       Public Domain\n\n\n      Were you there when they crucified my Lord?\n      Were you there when they crucified my Lord?\n      Oh . . .\n      Sometimes it causes me to tremble\n           Tremble\n                Tremble               \n      Were you there when they crucified my Lord?\n\n\n      Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?\n      Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?\n      Oh . . .\n      Sometimes it causes me to tremble\n           Tremble\n                Tremble               \n      Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?\n\n      Were you there when they pierced Him in the side?\n      Were you there when they pierced Him in the side?\n      Oh . . .\n      Sometimes it causes me to tremble\n           Tremble\n                Tremble               \n      Were you there when they pierced Him in the side?\n\n\n      Were you there when the sun refused to shine?\n      Were you there when the sun refused to shine?\n      Oh . . .\n      Sometimes it causes me to tremble\n           Tremble\n                Tremble               \n      Were you there when the sun refused to shine?\n\n\n      Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?\n      Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?\n      Oh . . .\n      Sometimes it causes me to tremble\n           Tremble\n                Tremble               \n      Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
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Jesus was a human being, born of a virgin named Mary of Nazareth.\nHis personality is controversial because 3 major world relgions see him diferently.\nStrangely enough the three great nations of the world : Jews, Christians and Muslims are at variance with regard, both, to the birth as well as the death of Jesus Christ who was born among the Jews.\n\nHis Birth:-\nThe Jews declare his birth to be illegitimate and they are guilty of uttering a grievous calumny against Mary, mother of Jesus.\nThe Christians,  believe that Jesus Christ was born without the agency of an earthly father and that he was the son of God Himself.\nThe Muslims on their part, believe that Jesus, no doubt, was born without agency of an earthly father, but he was not the son of God.\n\nHis Death:-\nThe Jews believe that Jesus died on the cross because he was a false prophet.\nThe Christians believe that Jesus died on the cross in atonement of the sins of humanity, was resurrected soon thereafter, and then ascended to Heaven.\nThe orthodox Muslims believe that God saved Jesus from "death by crucifixion" and ascended bodily to heaven, and will come down to earth again to smash the cross and what it stands for and to purify the faith of the believers.\n\nThe Ahmadiyya Muslim Community declares that Jesus Christ only fell into a swoon on the Cross, but when he was taken down from it, he recovered and migrated to Kashmir, India where he died a natural death at the age of 120.\n\nJesus Son of Mary\nIslamic Beliefs\n\nIslam is a religion which requires belief in not only the Prophethood of Muhammadsaw but all the prophets of God, including Jesus (Qur'an 2:137).\n\nThe Holy book of Islam, the Quran, relates in detail the story of Jesus, including his birth, mission as a Prophet to the Israelites, and his crucifixion. Muslims believe that this story is in harmony with the Bible too. Indeed, a whole chapter in the Qur'an is named after the mother of Jesus (Chapter 19 - Maryam). \n\nBirth of Jesus\nIn Islam, Mary is described as a pious and righteous woman who symbolizes righteous believers blessed with Divine inspiration. Islam then affirms the fatherless birth of Jesus and rejects outright the opposing claim that his birth was illegitimate. \n\nWhereas, Islam recognizes the virgin birth of Jesus as a miraculous event, it does not consider it unnatural; the laws of nature are never broken. It just reflects the inability of man to fully understand the science behind various phenomena observed in nature. Numerous scientists have explained the virgin births. \n\nIn Islam, the immaculate conception of Jesus is not interpreted to mean that he was in some way a Divine Being. He was still a human being (Qur'an 19:31). \n\nDivinity of Jesus\nIslam presents Jesus as a human who believed in the absolute Unity and Indivisibility of God (Qur'an 3:52). \n\nMuslims consider the doctrine of Divinity of Jesus and Trinity as later changes to the teachings of Jesus. The New Testament itself furnishes abundant evidence to show that Jesus was only a human being whom God chose for the reformation of His people, and repeatedly contradicts the Divinity of Jesus. Jesus always referred to himself as having been sent by God (John 17:3) and his followers, too, considered him a man approved by God (Qur'an 19:37; Acts 2:22, John 3:2). \n\nHe was undoubtedly called the son of God, but this title has only been employed metaphorically and in fact is used for all the chosen ones of God (Matt 5:9, Exodus 4:22). The literal connotation of 'son of God' as a Divine Being and hence the subsequent development of Trinity Dogma was the result of Hellenistic influences on Christianity as it spread in the Gentile world. The Semitic usage of 'son of God' was misunderstood and forgotten and disputes about the exact status of Jesus erupted, as recorded in the early Church history. \n\nJesus prayed to God like all other God-fearing individuals (Luke 5:16), and engaged