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'''Mandaeans''' represent a [[Religion|religious]] [[sect]] that views [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]] as a false [[messiah]] but revere [[John the Baptist]], who, according to their doctrine, performed [[miracle]]s of healing through baptism, which the Mandaeans of the first century viewed as a magical process giving immortality, purification, and physical health. There is historical evidence that the sect of the Mandaeans predated the first century of [[Christianity]]. '''Mandaeism''' or '''Mandaeanism''' since that time has professed a form of [[Gnosticism]].

'''Mandaeans''' represent a [[Religion|religious]] [[sect]] that views [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]] as a [[Deceit|deceiver]] and a false [[messiah]] but reveres [[John the Baptist]] as a true prophet, the last and greatest of the prophets of God, who, according to their doctrine, performed [[miracle]]s of healing through baptism, which the Mandaeans of the first century viewed as a magical process giving immortality, purification, and physical health. There is historical evidence that the sect of the Mandaeans predated the first century of [[Christianity]]. '''Mandaeism''' or '''Mandaeanism''' since that time has professed a form of [[Gnosticism]].

 

Most communities of Mandaeans actively practicing their faith have been found in [[Iraq]] and [[Iran]].

== Rejection of Jesus ==

== Rejection of Jesus ==

Many of the [[Disciple|followers]] of John the Baptist, who revered him as a true [[prophet]] of [[God]], rejected Jesus as the Messiah<ref>Because they never received Jesus as the true Messiah and therefore had never been believers in Him, they cannot be classed as [[Heresy|heretics]] or [[Apostasy|apostates]]. They are believers in the God of Israel, but like the Jews are unbelievers in Christ.</ref>. Their descendants have continued to this day as members of the sect of the Mandaeans.  

Many of the [[Disciple|followers]] of John the Baptist in A.D. the first century, who revered him as a true [[prophet]] of [[God]], rejected Jesus as the Messiah<ref>Because they never received Jesus as the true Messiah and therefore had never been believers in Him, they cannot be classed as [[Heresy|heretics]] or [[Apostasy|apostates]]. They are believers in the God of Israel, but like the Jews are unbelievers in Christ.</ref>. Their descendants have continued to this day as members of the sect of the Mandaeans.  

John 10:41 presents the opposing eyewitness testimony of many observers that "John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true<big>!</big>" [[John the  Apostle|John]], who with [[Andrew the Apostle|Andrew]] was a devoted follower of John the Baptizer, and was an eyewitness to his ministry and heard him preach, answered those who had not accepted Jesus as the Christ, the Messiah, but revered John the Baptist as a true prophet of God, by emphasizing in his [[Gospel of John|Gospel]] the testimony that John the Baptizer himself had given about Jesus. All [[The Gospels|four Gospels]] bear witness to John's testimony to Jesus as the Messiah, "who takes away the sin of the world."

'''[http://www.biblehub.org/commentaries/john/10-41.htm John 10:41]''' presents the opposing eyewitness testimony of many observers that "John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true<big>!</big>" [[John the  Apostle]], who with [[Andrew the Apostle]] was a devoted follower of John the Baptizer, and was an eyewitness to his ministry and heard him preach, answered those who had not accepted Jesus as the Christ, the Messiah, but revered John the Baptist as a true prophet of God, by emphasizing in his [[Gospel of John|Gospel]] the testimony that John the Baptizer himself had given about Jesus. All [[The Gospels|four Gospels]] bear witness to John's testimony to Jesus as the Messiah, "who takes away the sin of the world."

== Testimony of John the Baptist to Jesus ==

== Testimony of John the Baptist to Jesus ==

[[Manichaeanism]]

[[Manichaeanism]]

[[Cathar]]

[[Cathar]]

[[Cosmic Christ]]

[[Cosmic Christ]]

== References ==

== References ==

[[category:Judaism]]

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[[category:Iraq]]

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