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| + | The [[Bible]] is a [[moral]],scientific,and historical document, recording and revealing very real truths to [[humanity]] throughout the centuries in which it was compiled. There are roughly eight identifiable junctures in this document where events which have changed humanity ever-after have occurred. |
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| | + | == Creation of the Universe== |
| | + | In [[Genesis]] 1:1, [[God]] created [[heaven]] and [[earth]] |
| | + | == Creation of Life and Souls == |
| | + | In Genesis 1:26-27, God created Man, Women, and Soul by "breathing life" into the forms of the newly created Man and then Woman. |
| | + | == Rebellion of Mankind == |
| | + | In Genesis 3:1-15, [[Eve]] ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and passed it to her husband, [[Adam]], who also ate, and brought sin into the world, causing the degradation of God's perfect creation ( at that point) See:[[Cain]]'s wife. |
| | + | == Revelation of God through the [[patriarch]]s == |
| | + | [[Abraham]],[[Isaac]],[[Jacob]],[[Israel]], the founding fathers of the [[Jew]]ish nation, who were vehicles for the revelation of God's plans. |
| | + | == Appearance of God in History through the [[Israel]]ite Kingdom == |
| | + | The mediation of God in the world in the [[Old Testament]] |
| | + | == Appearance of God in history through his Son [[Jesus]] the Christ == |
| | + | [[John]] 3:17, God sent not his son to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. Man's sin price became payable. |
| | + | == The resurrection of Christ == |
| | + | Jesus was crucified, and resurrected on the third day, and recorded by eyewitness' doing so. |
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| | + | == Day of Pentecost == |
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| | + | "Jesus had told his apostles, "And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high" (Luke 24: 49)...The day of Pentecost in Acts 2 fulfilled many kingdom and salvation prophecies (cp. Joel 2: 28-32; Isa. 2: 2, 3, see Acts 2: 16-47). The apostles were baptized in the Holy Spirit to enable them to execute their commission..."[http://www.biblequestions.org/Archives/BQAR344.htm] |
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| | == The revelation of God through his Church == | | == The revelation of God through his Church == |