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You might like the Messianic History which you can find at the top.Well... After study... I believe the church of Ethiopia is a result of the second congregation, which I would classify as Oriental Orthodox...
Messianic -Built in Jerusalem
Oriental Orthodox- Built in the Roman Empire
Orthodox - Built in Constantinople
Catholic - Built in Rome
Protestant - Built in Germany
Revived - Built in England
Material - Built in the United States
We have a Messianic Christian who visits our Bible Study and his view is that the Messianic congregation were scattered among the others in time. I see, though, Messianic churches arising to form their own congregations. And... Wishing them well! I may go for a vi
Thank you sir! And please note that I am not recommending any particular denomination. In this day and time I believe a good senior pastor is the greatest asset in any particular church approved here on the CF. And that one must research a church before making any kind of commitments.You might like the Messianic History which you can find at the top.
It is like lampposts along the spiritual journey to God. Each gathering is at a certain level in which the congregation can comprehend, appreciate and play a role in His world and work. Philidelphia of Revelation was known for brotherly love, but it is not known for much else. Yet this congregation was much loved and appreciated by God.Thank you sir! And please note that I am not recommending any particular denomination. In this day and time I believe a good senior pastor is the greatest asset in any particular church approved here on the CF. And that one must research a church before making any kind of commitments.
There were a multitude of people who thought it was about "church" or "churches", so you might have a lot of company.And... If you have a better interpretation please post your info! I dont mind for people to disagree with me and may end up learning a thing of two! I believe the churches came down as seven and each congregation is different in their generation!
The Original Apostles - Leadership of the first congregation.If by belief, the Messianic are the first congregation, then you are looking at the apostles who are of ther Jewish faith and believe Yeshua is their Messiah. If you believe that Yeshua started a new religion where worship days have changed, and laws of God have changed, then you are in a majority of people who claim to worship the Bible God.
Any evidence that Paul didn't keep the faith of his youth enlightened by Yeshua.The Original Apostles - Leadership of the first congregation.
The Apostle Paul - Leadership of the second congregation
The Apostles basically handing the second congregation over to Paul -
7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles)
9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. - Galatians 2
What was the second congregation in for? Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. - Revelation 2:10
If you study the Foxes Book of Martyrs you will find ten defined persecutions...
Ye Shall Have Tribulation Ten Days…
Time Persecutor Description
67 AD Nero The Smyrna Church Age begins with Nero setting fire to Rome, and then blaming the Christians
81 AD Domitian Declaration that no Christian should be exempt from punishment, Paul’s Timothy died in 97 AD.
108 AD Trajan and Adrian Severe persecution against Christians from 108 to 138 AD during the time of the Bishop Ignatius
162 AD Marcos Aurelius Marcos Aurelius, commendable in study of philosophy, sharp and fierce towards Christians.
192 AD Severus This persecution was carried out by the will and prejudice of the people and extended into Africa.
235 AD Maximus Numberless Christians were slain without trial and burned indiscriminately in heaps
249 AD Decius Began because of the amazing increase in Christianity, and with the heathen temples forsaken.
257 AD Valerian The martyrs that fell during this persecution were innumerable, their tortures and deaths painful.
274 AD Aurelian A brief persecution that ended with the emperor’s assassination.
303 AD Diocletian The last persecution ended with Constantine’s triumph against Rome in 313 AD
Constantine was no friends with the Jews or the Romans so he created the church at Constantinople. Because of the barbarian onslaught during this church age it was necessary for it to move into castles or towers, which is purgos in the Greek. It is recorded that half the human population would die from the barbarian onslaught, the church therefore would need to dwell in fortified structures.The third church would become different than the first two.
I find the original Messianic church dissipating away very quickly due to persecution. I bring these things up as I would not be surprised of the reformation of the first congregation. In which I find seven congregations...
Ephesus - Messianic - Beginning with the Apostle to the Circumcision, Peter
Smyrna - Martyr - Beginning with the Apostle to the Un-Circumcision, Paul
Pergamos - Orthodoxy formed in this time... Pergos is a tower... Needed in the dark ages
Thyatira - Catholicism formed in this time - The spirit of Jezebel is to control and to dominate.
Sardis - Protestantism formed in this time- A sardius is a gem - elegant yet hard and rigid
Philadelphia - Wesleyism formed in this time - To be sanctioned is to acquire it with love.
Laodicea - Charismatic movement formed in this time - Beginning with DL Moody, the first to make money off of ministry
My recommendations for today's Messianic would be to...
1. Look up a local Messianic congregation
2. Blend in the best you can with the other six congregations.
I had a Messianic friend who would both attend our Pentecostal Holiness bible studies and visit Messianic fellowships as well. He got his doctorate degree and would teach at the local university as well. I have also heard an evangelist from Georgia who would speak at whatever churches would have him, and also fall back into a Messianic church in Georgia where I believe he held membership. In which I praised him for.
Any evidence that Paul didn't keep the faith of his youth enlightened by Yeshua.
Different enlightenment?But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. - Galatians 1:11-12
I believe Paul was very much his own unique character. To sit under his teachings would have been very much a unique experience.
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation. - Romans 15:19-20
Causing him to go about establishing a different enlightenment of Yeshua different from what was previously taught. Still yet to have discovered what he kept from the foundations of his youth would have required to have spent time with the guy. Yet he seemed to have very much valued the title, "Apostle of the Gentiles."
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: - Romans 11:13
Different enlightenment?
Do not forget that he also claimed the title, "hebrew of hebrews". So then with context paul is saying he is an Oracle/malakh/messenger to a people that never knew the promises. Which is detailed in many a books.
After all he also gave the gentiles a 4×4 rule foundation to plant on.
Yes, No?
Paul towards the end of his ministry still contended his Jewishness, “I am verily a man who is a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day” (Acts 22:3).But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. - Galatians 1:11-12
I believe Paul was very much his own unique character. To sit under his teachings would have been very much a unique experience.
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation. - Romans 15:19-20
Causing him to go about establishing a different enlightenment of Yeshua different from what was previously taught. Still yet to have discovered what he kept from the foundations of his youth would have required to have spent time with the guy. Yet he seemed to have very much valued the title, "Apostle of the Gentiles."
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: - Romans 11:13
"Ye shall have tribulation ten days..." - Revelation 2 :10
67 AD Nero The Smyrna Church Age begins with Nero setting fire to Rome, and then blaming the Christians
81 AD Domitian Declaration that no Christian should be exempt from punishment, Paul’s Timothy died in 97 AD.
108 AD Trajan and Adrian Severe persecution against Christians from 108 to 138 AD during the time of the Bishop Ignatius
162 AD Marcos Aurelius Marcos Aurelius, commendable in study of philosophy, sharp and fierce towards Christians.
192 AD Severus This persecution was carried out by the will and prejudice of the people and extended into Africa.
235 AD Maximus Numberless Christians were slain without trial and burned indiscriminately in heaps
249 AD Decius Began because of the amazing increase in Christianity, and with the heathen temples forsaken.
257 AD Valerian The martyrs that fell during this persecution were innumerable, their tortures and deaths painful.
274 AD Aurelian A brief persecution that ended with the emperor’s assassination.
303 AD Diocletian The last persecution ended with Constantine’s triumph against Rome in 313 AD
It may be that the first two congregations, in which I would say were either Jew or Gentile, very quickly merged into one church. So that you were either Christian or Non-Christian. Interesting, though, that James begins his epistle...
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. - James 1:1
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