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According to the Bible, is it difficult to get into heaven?
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<blockquote data-quote="Radagast" data-source="post: 73591138" data-attributes="member: 20522"><p>Rough timeline of early Christianity:</p><p></p><p><strong>27 BC:</strong> Augustus becomes Emperor</p><p><strong>A few years BC</strong>: Jesus is born (yes, somebody messed up the dating system)</p><p><strong>14 AD</strong>: Tiberius becomes Emperor</p><p><strong>28-29</strong>: John the Baptist beheaded (Mark 6:14-27, see also the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus: "<span style="color: #b30000">Now some of the Jews thought that the destruction of Herod's army came from God, and that very justly, as a punishment of what he did against John, that was called the Baptist: for Herod slew him, who was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue, both as to righteousness towards one another, and piety towards God</span>" -- <em>Antiquities of the Jews</em>, Book 18, Chapter 5, Paragraph 2)</p><p><strong>Around 30 AD</strong>: Jesus is crucified & resurrected (on the Crucifixion, see the Roman historian Tacitus: "<span style="color: #b30000">... a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular.</span>" -- <em>Annals</em>, Book 15, Chapter 44)</p><p><strong>37</strong>: Pontius Pilate is recalled to Rome (see Flavius Josephus: "<span style="color: #b30000">the Samaritan senate sent an embassy to Vitellius, a man that had been consul, and who was now president of Syria, and accused Pilate of the murder of those that were killed; for that they did not go to Tirathaba in order to revolt from the Romans, but to escape the violence of Pilate. So Vitellius sent Marcellus, a friend of his, to take care of the affairs of Judea, and ordered Pilate to go to Rome, to answer before the emperor to the accusations of the Jews. So Pilate, when he had tarried ten years in Judea, made haste to Rome, and this in obedience to the orders of Vitellius, which he durst not contradict; but before he could get to Rome Tiberius was dead.</span>" -- <em>Antiquities of the Jews</em>, Book 18, Chapter 4, Paragraph 2)</p><p><strong>37</strong>: Caligula becomes Emperor</p><p><strong>41</strong>: Claudius becomes Emperor</p><p><strong>44</strong>: James the brother of John is killed by Herod Agrippa (Acts of the Apostles 12:2)</p><p><strong>Around 47</strong>: Paul makes his first missionary journey (see the Acts of the Apostles, for which there is archaeological evidence)</p><p><strong>49</strong>: Claudius expels the Jews from Rome (see Acts of the Apostles 18:2 and the Roman historian Suetonius's <em>Life of Claudius</em>)</p><p><strong>51-52</strong>: Paul appears before the proconsul Gallio in Corinth (Acts of the Apostles 18 -- Roman records indicate that Gallio was proconsul at this time)</p><p><strong>Early 50s</strong>: Paul begins writing the letters (epistles) that bear his name</p><p><strong>54</strong>: Nero becomes Emperor</p><p><strong>57</strong>: Paul is arrested in Jerusalem and imprisoned by Felix, later to be sent to Rome by Festus (Acts of the Apostles 23)</p><p><strong>Early 60s</strong>: Luke writes the gospel that bears his name, and the sequel, the Acts of the Apostles. He uses the gospel of Mark, which already exists, plus other documents which are now lost. The likely date of writing is the time that the action stops (with Paul alive and in Rome)</p><p><strong>62</strong>: James, the half-brother of Jesus, is killed ("<span style="color: #b30000">And now Caesar, upon hearing the death of Festus, sent Albinus into Judea, as procurator. But the king deprived Joseph of the high priesthood, and bestowed the succession to that dignity on the son of Ananus... Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he assembled the sanhedrin of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned</span>" -- Flavius Josephus, <em>Antiquities of the Jews</em>, Book 20, Chapter 9, Paragraph 1)</p><p><strong>64</strong>: Nero launches a campaign of persecution against Christians ("<span style="color: #b30000">... covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired.</span>" -- Tacitus, <em>Annals</em>, Book 15, Chapter 44; see also the Roman historian Suetonius's <em>Life of Nero</em>)</p><p><strong>64-67</strong>: Paul is killed by Nero</p><p><strong>68-9</strong>: Galba, Otho, and Vitellius briefly become Emperor</p><p><strong>69</strong>: Vespasian becomes Emperor</p><p><strong>70</strong>: Romans crush a Jewish revolt and destroy the temple in Jerusalem, as foreseen by Jesus (Mark 13:2)</p><p><strong>79</strong>: Titus becomes Emperor</p><p><strong>81</strong>: Domitian becomes Emperor and renews persecution of Christians</p><p><strong>85-95</strong>: <em>Revelation </em>written (the last New Testament book to be written). Some people believe that <em>Revelation </em>makes reference to Domitian.</p><p><strong>96</strong>: Nerva becomes Emperor and frees people exiled by Domitian</p><p><strong>Around 98</strong>: the Apostle John dies</p><p><strong>107</strong>: Ignatius, Christian bishop of Antioch, is sent to Rome to be executed. He writes letters that still exist, quoting Paul's epistles (note: the "short forms" of these letters are considered genuine, the "long forms" not)</p><p><strong>Around 140</strong>: Rylands Papyrus P52, the first fragment of a copy of John's gospel (parts of John 18:31-33 and John 18:37-38, from a two-sided book page rather than a scroll). See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rylands_Library_Papyrus_P52" target="_blank">Rylands Library Papyrus P52 - Wikipedia</a></p><p><strong>150-350</strong>: other New Testament manuscripts, including complete books</p><p><strong>Around 350</strong>: <em>Codex Sinaiticus</em>, the first complete copy of the Bible. See <a href="http://www.codexsinaiticus.org/en/" target="_blank">Codex Sinaiticus - Home</a></p><p></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Pontius_Pilate_Inscription.JPG/1280px-Pontius_Pilate_Inscription.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><em>An inscription by Pontius Pilate (because of damage it says "...US PILATUS") dedicated to Tiberius, found in Caesarea. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate_stone" target="_blank">Pilate stone - Wikipedia</a></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><em><img src="https://www.bibleodyssey.org/-/media/Images/Places/C/church-at-corinth-erastus.ashx" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><em><em>An inscription from the middle of the 1st century at Corinth, by Erastus, the aedile (aed), probably the same man as in Romans 16:23. See <a href="https://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/tools/image-gallery/c/church-at-corinth-erastus" target="_blank">The Erastus Inscription</a></em></em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Radagast, post: 73591138, member: 20522"] Rough timeline of early Christianity: [B]27 BC:[/B] Augustus becomes Emperor [B]A few years BC[/B]: Jesus is born (yes, somebody messed up the dating system) [B]14 AD[/B]: Tiberius becomes Emperor [B]28-29[/B]: John the Baptist beheaded (Mark 6:14-27, see also the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus: "[COLOR=#b30000]Now some of the Jews thought that the destruction of Herod's army came from God, and that very justly, as a punishment of what he did against John, that was called the Baptist: for Herod slew him, who was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue, both as to righteousness towards one another, and piety towards God[/COLOR]" -- [I]Antiquities of the Jews[/I], Book 18, Chapter 5, Paragraph 2) [B]Around 30 AD[/B]: Jesus is crucified & resurrected (on the Crucifixion, see the Roman historian Tacitus: "[COLOR=#b30000]... a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular.[/COLOR]" -- [I]Annals[/I], Book 15, Chapter 44) [B]37[/B]: Pontius Pilate is recalled to Rome (see Flavius Josephus: "[COLOR=#b30000]the Samaritan senate sent an embassy to Vitellius, a man that had been consul, and who was now president of Syria, and accused Pilate of the murder of those that were killed; for that they did not go to Tirathaba in order to revolt from the Romans, but to escape the violence of Pilate. So Vitellius sent Marcellus, a friend of his, to take care of the affairs of Judea, and ordered Pilate to go to Rome, to answer before the emperor to the accusations of the Jews. So Pilate, when he had tarried ten years in Judea, made haste to Rome, and this in obedience to the orders of Vitellius, which he durst not contradict; but before he could get to Rome Tiberius was dead.[/COLOR]" -- [I]Antiquities of the Jews[/I], Book 18, Chapter 4, Paragraph 2) [B]37[/B]: Caligula becomes Emperor [B]41[/B]: Claudius becomes Emperor [B]44[/B]: James the brother of John is killed by Herod Agrippa (Acts of the Apostles 12:2) [B]Around 47[/B]: Paul makes his first missionary journey (see the Acts of the Apostles, for which there is archaeological evidence) [B]49[/B]: Claudius expels the Jews from Rome (see Acts of the Apostles 18:2 and the Roman historian Suetonius's [I]Life of Claudius[/I]) [B]51-52[/B]: Paul appears before the proconsul Gallio in Corinth (Acts of the Apostles 18 -- Roman records indicate that Gallio was proconsul at this time) [B]Early 50s[/B]: Paul begins writing the letters (epistles) that bear his name [B]54[/B]: Nero becomes Emperor [B]57[/B]: Paul is arrested in Jerusalem and imprisoned by Felix, later to be sent to Rome by Festus (Acts of the Apostles 23) [B]Early 60s[/B]: Luke writes the gospel that bears his name, and the sequel, the Acts of the Apostles. He uses the gospel of Mark, which already exists, plus other documents which are now lost. The likely date of writing is the time that the action stops (with Paul alive and in Rome) [B]62[/B]: James, the half-brother of Jesus, is killed ("[COLOR=#b30000]And now Caesar, upon hearing the death of Festus, sent Albinus into Judea, as procurator. But the king deprived Joseph of the high priesthood, and bestowed the succession to that dignity on the son of Ananus... Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he assembled the sanhedrin of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned[/COLOR]" -- Flavius Josephus, [I]Antiquities of the Jews[/I], Book 20, Chapter 9, Paragraph 1) [B]64[/B]: Nero launches a campaign of persecution against Christians ("[COLOR=#b30000]... covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired.[/COLOR]" -- Tacitus, [I]Annals[/I], Book 15, Chapter 44; see also the Roman historian Suetonius's [I]Life of Nero[/I]) [B]64-67[/B]: Paul is killed by Nero [B]68-9[/B]: Galba, Otho, and Vitellius briefly become Emperor [B]69[/B]: Vespasian becomes Emperor [B]70[/B]: Romans crush a Jewish revolt and destroy the temple in Jerusalem, as foreseen by Jesus (Mark 13:2) [B]79[/B]: Titus becomes Emperor [B]81[/B]: Domitian becomes Emperor and renews persecution of Christians [B]85-95[/B]: [I]Revelation [/I]written (the last New Testament book to be written). Some people believe that [I]Revelation [/I]makes reference to Domitian. [B]96[/B]: Nerva becomes Emperor and frees people exiled by Domitian [B]Around 98[/B]: the Apostle John dies [B]107[/B]: Ignatius, Christian bishop of Antioch, is sent to Rome to be executed. He writes letters that still exist, quoting Paul's epistles (note: the "short forms" of these letters are considered genuine, the "long forms" not) [B]Around 140[/B]: Rylands Papyrus P52, the first fragment of a copy of John's gospel (parts of John 18:31-33 and John 18:37-38, from a two-sided book page rather than a scroll). See [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rylands_Library_Papyrus_P52']Rylands Library Papyrus P52 - Wikipedia[/URL] [B]150-350[/B]: other New Testament manuscripts, including complete books [B]Around 350[/B]: [I]Codex Sinaiticus[/I], the first complete copy of the Bible. See [URL='http://www.codexsinaiticus.org/en/']Codex Sinaiticus - Home[/URL] [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Pontius_Pilate_Inscription.JPG/1280px-Pontius_Pilate_Inscription.JPG[/IMG] [COLOR=#000000][I]An inscription by Pontius Pilate (because of damage it says "...US PILATUS") dedicated to Tiberius, found in Caesarea. See [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate_stone']Pilate stone - Wikipedia[/URL][/I] [I][IMG]https://www.bibleodyssey.org/-/media/Images/Places/C/church-at-corinth-erastus.ashx[/IMG] [/I] [I][I]An inscription from the middle of the 1st century at Corinth, by Erastus, the aedile (aed), probably the same man as in Romans 16:23. See [URL='https://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/tools/image-gallery/c/church-at-corinth-erastus']The Erastus Inscription[/URL][/I][/I][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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