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The missing Bible author

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Mophy

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The entire Bible was written before 70 A.D. or the prophecies did not get fulfilled and we are not Christians. All the Apostles were dead by 64 A.D. except John. The 95 A.D. theory is amiss. Eusubius was miss quoted! John wrote to the seven churches because there were only seven churches. This is Historically unrefuted. There was a peroid of time from 61 to 70 A.D. that seven churches exsisted. John became the Bishop( for lack of better words) to the seven churches when Paul was beheaded by Nero ( around 64 A.D.). There were nine churches in Asia, but around 61 A.D. there was an earthquake that destroyed three churches, three cites. One church was rebuilt. Thus there were seven churches in Asia for a very short period of time. Also, the Book of Revelation had to have been written before Titus laid seige to Jerusalum in 67 A.D. because the Book is prophetic concerning the Last Days. And Peter clearly says that they were living in the Last Days before 60 A.D. So, the prophecies of Jesus in Matthew 24 could be FulFilled. This Generation shall not pass away...
As for Your first question I agree that God desires to use men.
 
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MbiaJc said:
You must be a Muslam?
I often wondered what Mohammed was referring to when he speaks of the gospel of Jesus. Did he believe that Jesus wrote a gospel, or was just reffering to the gospels that Christians use.


As for Jesus, the only writing that comes to mind is his writing in the sand when the adultress was about to become stoned to death.

Perhaps, like a writing in sand, Jesus did not want to become immortalized by his words, but he most wanted to stress the apparent transience of his human visit, and our temporal visits as well.
What is most important in life is not what you leave behind in writing, but what is most important is the way in which you live your life.

In other words, it is not necessary for us to achiever immortality through writing down our thoughts for future generations, or through our children, or the many other ways that we all try to achieve a tiny piece of immortality.

Our immortality is to come through the cross alone.
 
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The entire Bible was written before 70 A.D. or the prophecies did not get fulfilled and we are not Christians.

What are we then, pressed beef?

Does Christianity depend on the fullfillment of prophecy, or does it depend on the saving work of Christ's life, death and resurection? I don't see what the latter has to do with the former, or the date of the writing of the Gospels have to do with anything. (And I personally think that the Synoptics at least were written before AD70; John I suspect was much later, though.)

This is Historically unrefuted.
Meaningless phrase. Where's the evidence?

Our immortality is to come through the cross alone.
Amen, Solomon.
 
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