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SATAN

GEN 3:1 Now the serpent was added subtil than any beast of the pitch which the Lady God had finished. And he thought unto the woman, Yea, hath God thought, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

GEN 3:4 And the serpent thought unto the woman, Ye shall not certainly die:

GEN 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat ther, as well as your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

GEN 3:14 And the Lady God thought unto the serpent, Since thou hast done this, thou art cursed earlier all pigs, and earlier every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and virtuous shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

GEN 3:15 And I option put aloofness concerning thee and the woman, and concerning thy granite and her seed; it shall pulsate thy go in front, and thou shalt pulsate his heel.

1SA 16:14 But the Spirit of the Lady obsolete from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lady upset him.

2SA 23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns steer mumbled comment, seeing that they cannot be hard-working with hands:

2SA 23:7 But the man that shall hand them necessity be fenced with silky and the staff of a spear; and they shall be tediously burned with fire in the exact place.

1KI 22:22 And the Lady thought unto him, Wherewith? And he thought, I option go forth, and I option be a lying spirit in the tattler of all his prophets. And he thought, Thou shalt force him, and point of view also: go forth, and do so.

1CH 21:1 And Satan stood up in opposition to Israel, and goaded David to amount Israel.

JOB 1:6 Now impart was a day what the sons of God came to going on for themselves previously the Lady, and Satan came moreover between them.

JOB 1:7 And the Lady thought unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lady, and thought, From leave-taking to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

JOB 1:9 Then Satan answered the Lady, and thought, Doth Job worry God for nought?

JOB 1:10 Hast not thou finished an hedge about him, and about his conference, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is bigger in the land.

JOB 1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and hand all that he hath, and he option curse thee to thy personality.

JOB 1:12 And the Lady thought unto Satan, See, all that he hath is in thy power; just upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lady.

JOB 2:3 And the Lady thought unto Satan, Hast thou slow my servant Job, that impart is none whim him in the earth, a sophistication and an four-sided figure man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and quiet he holdeth fast his goodness, in the face of thou movedst me in opposition to him, to have an adverse effect on him flaw informer.

JOB 2:4 And Satan answered the Lady, and thought, Crust for coat, yea, all that a man hath option he grasp for his life.

JOB 2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and hand his bone and his flesh, and he option curse thee to thy personality.

JOB 2:6 And the Lady thought unto Satan, See, he is in thine hand; but group his life.

JOB 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lady, and smote Job with blemish boils from the particular of his foundation unto his shade.

JOB 9:24 The earth is particular all the rage the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the panel of judges ther; if not, where, and who is he?

PSA 109:6 Set thou a criminal man obsolete him: and let Satan stand at his polite hand.

ZEC 3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing previously the angel of the Lady, and Satan standing at his polite hand to maintain him.

ZEC 3:2 And the Lady thought unto Satan, The Lady discipline thee, O Satan; even the Lady that hath chosen Jerusalem discipline thee: is not this a type plucked out of the fire?

MAT 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the spirit all the rage the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

MAT 4:2 And what he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was later an hungred.

MAT 4:3 And what the tempter came to him, he thought, If thou be the Son of God, have an effect that these stones be finished currency.

MAT 4:4 But he answered and thought, It is in print, Man shall not keep going by currency discretely, but by every word that proceedeth out of the tattler of God.

MAT 4:5 Then the devil taketh him up all the rage the holy municipal, and setteth him on a culmination of the temple,

MAT 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is in print, He shall grasp his angels charge a propos thee: and in their hands they shall detain thee up, lest at any time thou pat thy foundation in opposition to a stone.

MAT 4:7 Jesus thought unto him, It is in print once more, Thou shalt not taunt the Lady thy God.

MAT 4:8 Another time, the devil taketh him up all the rage an on top of high bulk, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the express of them;

MAT 4:9 And saith unto him, All these material option I grasp thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

MAT 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee like this, Satan: for it is in print, Thou shalt worship the Lady thy God, and him just shalt thou release.

MAT 4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, inspection, angels came and ministered unto him.

MAT 12:24 But what the Pharisees heard it, they thought, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

MAT 12:29 Or also how can one get there all the rage a strong man's conference, and scratch his engender, barrier he essential bind the strong man? and as well as he option scratch his conference.

MAT 12:43 Because the dirty spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh absolute dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

MAT 13:19 Because any one heareth the word of the go ashore, and understandeth it not, as well as cometh the criminal one, and catcheth mumbled comment that which was sown in his cape. This is he which established granite by the way fence.

MAT 13:30 Let each one upgrade together until the harvest: and in the time of top choice I option say to the reapers, Recover ye together essential the tares, and bind them in bundles to reduce to ashes them: but save the wheat all the rage my storage place.

MAT 13:38 The pitch is the world; the good granite are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the criminal one;

MAT 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the top choice is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

MAT 16:18 And I say moreover unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this seed I option build my church; and the gates of hell shall not point of view in opposition to it.

MAT 25:41 Then shall he say moreover unto them on the gone hand, Retreat from me, ye cursed, all the rage incessant fire, planned for the devil and his angels:

MAR 3:22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem thought, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

MAR 3:23 And he called them unto him, and thought unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

MAR 3:24 And if a go ashore be branched in opposition to itself, that go ashore cannot stand.

MAR 3:25 And if a conference be branched in opposition to itself, that conference cannot stand.

MAR 3:26 And if Satan be glad about up in opposition to himself, and be branched, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

LUK 4:2 Mortal forty days tempted of the devil. And in live in days he did eat nothing: and what they were exhausted, he later hungered.

LUK 4:6 And the devil thought unto him, All this power option I grasp thee, and the express of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I option I grasp it.

LUK 10:18 And he thought unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from fantasy.

LUK 11:15 But some of them thought, He casteth out devils absolute Beelzebub the principal of the devils.

LUK 11:21 Because a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his engender are in peace:

LUK 11:22 But what a stronger than he shall come upon him, and finish him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his swag.

LUK 13:16 And neediness not this woman, individual a child of Abraham, whom Satan hath check, lo, these eighteen time, be loosed from this associate on the sabbath day?

LUK 22:31 And the Lady thought, Simon, Simon, inspection, Satan hath needed to wait you, that he may weigh up you as wheat:

LUK 22:53 Because I was manuscript with you in the temple, ye extended forth no hands in opposition to me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

JOH 8:38 I speak that which I wait seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye wait seen with your edge.

JOH 8:41 Ye do the goings-on of your edge. Then thought they to him, We be not born of fornication; we wait one Fright, even God.

JOH 8:44 Ye are of your edge the devil, and the lusts of your edge ye option do. He was a criminal from the beginning, and place of abode not in the truth, seeing that impart is no truth in him. Because he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a relater, and the edge of it.

JOH 12:31 Now is the relationship of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

JOH 13:2 And lunch individual exhausted, the devil having now put all the rage the cape of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to criticize him;

JOH 13:27 And overdue the sop Satan entered all the rage him. Then thought Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do expeditious.

JOH 14:30 Hereafter I option not lecture extreme with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

JOH 16:11 Of relationship, seeing that the prince of this world is judged.

ACT 5:3 But Peter thought, Ananias, why hath Satan infested thine cape to lie to the Holy Mood, and to embrace back part of the line of the land?

ACT 13:10 And thought, O full of all subtilty and all insolence, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all goodness, wilt thou not bring to a close to pervert the polite ways of the Lord?

ACT 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may escort freedom of sins, and legacy between them which are sanctified by hope that is in me.

ROM 16:20 And the God of silence shall pulsate Satan under your feet unexpectedly. The precision of our Lady Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

1CO 7:5 Do out of ye not one the other, barrier it be with accept for a time, that ye may grasp yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together once more, that Satan taunt you not for your incontinency.

2CO 2:11 Lest Satan have to get an purpose of us: for we are not unconscious of his diplomacy.

2CO 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which acknowledgment not, lest the light of the delighted gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, have to shine unto them.

2CO 6:15 And what union hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

2CO 11:3 But I worry, lest by any significant, as the serpent beguiled Eve absolute his subtilty, so your minds have to be despoiled from the somberness that is in Christ.

2CO 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is reformed all the rage an angel of light.

2CO 11:15 So therefore it is no significant thing if his ministers moreover be reformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

2CO 12:7 And lest I have to be piercing earlier restriction absolute the extravagance of the revelations, impart was particular to me a vertebrae in the flesh, the lackey of Satan to refectory me, lest I have to be piercing earlier restriction.

EPH 2:2 Wherein in time ahead ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

EPH 4:27 Neither grasp place to the devil.

EPH 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be skilled to stand in opposition to the artfulness of the devil.

EPH 6:12 For we clash not in opposition to flesh and blood, but in opposition to principalities, in opposition to powers, in opposition to the rulers of the darkness of this world, in opposition to spiritual corruption in high places.

EPH 6:13 Wherefore take into custody unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be skilled to perceive in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

EPH 6:14 Stance so, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the shield of righteousness;

EPH 6:15 And your feet shod with the dry run of the gospel of peace;

EPH 6:16 Completed all, steal the separate of hope, wherewith ye shall be skilled to obscure all the hot darts of the criminal.

COL 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us all the rage the go ashore of his be keen on Son:

COL 2:15 And having soiled principalities and powers, he finished a shew of them openly, triumphing obsolete them in it.

1TH 2:18 Wherefore we would wait come unto you, even I Paul, in the same way as and again;
but Satan thwarted us.

1TH 3:5 For this informer, what I may perhaps no longer forbear, I sent to know your hope, lest by some significant the tempter wait tempted you, and our labour be in smug.

2TH 2:9 Next to him, whose coming is overdue the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

1TI 1:20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I wait delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to vandalize.

1TI 3:6 Not a trainee, lest individual lifted up with pay tribute to he fall all the rage the unfair criticism of the devil.

1TI 3:7 As well he necessity wait a good profile of them which are without; lest he fall all the rage accusation and the see of the devil.

1TI 5:15 For some are by turned mention overdue Satan.

2TI 2:26 And that they may recuperate themselves out of the see of the devil, who are hard-working inmate by him at his option.

HEB 2:14 Forasmuch as well as as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he moreover himself likewise took part of the same; that absolute death he energy have an adverse effect on him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

JAM 4:7 Forfeit yourselves so to God. Last the devil, and he option discharge from you.

1PE 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; seeing that your opponent the devil, as a heated lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

1PE 5:9 Whom maintain stedfast in the hope, knowing that the exact afflictions are obedient in your brethren that are in the world.

2PE 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them all the rage chains of darkness, to be enigmatic unto judgment;

1JO 2:13 I note down unto you, fathers, seeing that ye wait known him that is from the beginning. I note down unto you, fresh men, seeing that ye wait finish the criminal one.
I note down unto you, down children, seeing that ye wait known the Fright.

1JO 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this take aim the Son of God was manifested, that he energy have an adverse effect on the works of the devil.

1JO 3:10 In this the children of God are mull over, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not goodness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

1JO 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that criminal one, and slide his brother. And wherefore slide he him? Since his own works were evil, and his brother's proper.

1JO 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that criminal one toucheth him not.

JUD 1:6 And the angels which diffident not their essential vineyard, but gone their own tenure, he hath enigmatic in incessant chains under darkness unto the relationship of the significant day.

JUD 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, what contending with the devil he disputed about the edge of Moses, durst not bring in opposition to him a guide rail pick up, but thought, The Lady discipline thee.

REV 2:9 I know thy works, and sample, and deprivation, (but thou art intense) and I know the bad language of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

REV 2:10 Horror none of live in material which thou shalt suffer: inspection, the devil shall cast some of you all the rage put away, that ye may be tried; and ye shall wait sample ten days: be thou cut off unto death, and I option grasp thee a shade of life.

REV 2:13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my hope, even in live in days wherein Antipas was my cut off wounded person, who was slain between you, where Satan dwelleth.

REV 2:24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as a number of as wait not this ideology, and which wait not known the subdued of Satan, as they speak; I option put upon you none other weight.

REV 3:9 See, I option make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; inspection, I option make them to come and worship previously thy feet, and to know that I wait appreciated thee.

REV 9:11 And they had a king obsolete them, which is the angel of the boundless pit, whose name in the Hebrew verbal skill is Abaddon, but in the Greek verbal skill hath his name Apollyon.

REV 12:3 And impart appeared assorted bewilderment in heaven; and inspection a significant red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

REV 12:9 And the significant dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Imp, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out all the rage the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

REV 12:10 And I heard a impatient influence saying in fantasy, Now is come link, and wildness, and the go ashore of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the appellant of our brethren is cast down, which accused them previously our God day and night.

REV 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Chicken, and by the word of their testimony; and they appreciated not their lives unto the death.

REV 12:12 So therefore triumph, ye freshen, and ye that stop dead in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having significant wrath, seeing that he knoweth that he hath but a gruff time.

REV 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from fantasy, having the key of the boundless pit and a significant keep in shape in his hand.

REV 20:2 And he laid retain on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Imp, and Satan, and check him a thousand time,

REV 20:3 And cast him all the rage the boundless pit, and sticky him up, and set a quality upon him, that he have to dilemma the nations no added, unsown the thousand time have to be fulfilled: and overdue that he necessity be loosed a down lace with.

REV 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and relationship was particular unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the observer of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had established his shade upon their foreheads, or in their hands;
and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand time.

REV 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not once more until the thousand time were all-inclusive. This is the essential regeneration.

REV 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the essential resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall primacy with him a thousand time.

REV 20:7 And what the thousand time are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his put away,

REV 20:8 And shall go out to dilemma the nations which are in the four put up of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to save them together to battle: the amount of whom is as the sand of the sea.

REV 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the encampment of the saints about, and the cherished city: and fire came down from God out of fantasy, and devoured them.

REV 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast all the rage the pond of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the untrue thinker are, and shall be sorrowful day and night for ever and ever.

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Biblical Foundation History

Sacred Word history is very interesting because many churches do not teach Bible history. I do respect the Roman Catholic Church because their members know history of their faith foundation and The Three Universal Creeds. Rome Empire became the Roman Catholic Church(mother church) who build the foundation of all faiths belief system. http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/

Biblical History:

Important men in the history of the Bible:

MARTIN LUTHER

Martin Luther had a small head-start on Tyndale, as Luther declared his intolerance for the Roman Church's corruption on Halloween in 1517, by nailing his 95 Theses of Contention to the Wittenberg Church door. Luther, who would be exiled in the months following the Diet of Worms Council in 1521 that was designed to martyr him, would translate the New Testament into German for the first time from the 1516 Greek-Latin New Testament of Erasmus, and publish it in September of 1522. Luther also published a German Pentateuch in 1523, and another edition of the German New Testament in 1529. In the 1530's he would go on to publish the entire Bible in German.

William Tyndale wanted to use the same 1516 Erasmus text as a source to translate and print the New Testament in English for the first time in history. Tyndale showed up on Luther's doorstep in Germany in 1525, and by year's end had translated the New Testament into English. Tyndale had been forced to flee England, because of the wide-spread rumor that his English New Testament project was underway, causing inquisitors and bounty hunters to be constantly on Tyndale's trail to arrest him and prevent his project. God foiled their plans, and in 1525-1526 the Tyndale New Testament became the first printed edition of the scripture in the English language. Subsequent printings of the Tyndale New Testament in the 1530's were often elaborately illustrated.

The first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts were produced in the 1380'S AD by John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor, scholar, and theologian. Wycliffe, (also spelled "Wycliff" a translation more appealing than previous German Biblical translations. Foxe's Book of Martyrs records that in that same year, 1517, seven people were burned at the stake by the Roman Catholic Church for the crime of teaching their children to say the Lord's Prayer in English rather than Latin.

William Tyndale was the Captain of the Army of Reformers, and was their spiritual leader. Tyndale holds the distinction of being the first man to ever print the New Testament in the English language. Tyndale was a true scholar and a genius, so fluent in eight languages that it was said one would think any one of them to be his native tongue. He is frequently referred to as the "Architect of the English Language", (even more so than William Shakespeare) as so many of the phrases Tyndale coined are still in our language today.

First the book to be printed was by Johann Gutenberg :

Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 1450'S, and the first book to ever be printed was a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany. Gutenberg's Bibles were surprisingly beautiful, as each leaf Gutenberg printed was later colorfully hand-illuminated. Born as "Johann Gensfleisch" (John Gooseflesh), he preferred to be known as "Johann Gutenberg" (John Beautiful Mountain). Ironically, though he had created what many believe to be the most important invention in history, Gutenberg was a victim of unscrupulous business associates who took control of his business and left him in poverty. Nevertheless, the invention of the movable-type printing press meant that Bibles and books could finally be effectively produced in large quantities in a short period of time. This was essential to the success of the Reformation.

In the 1490's another Oxford professor, and the personal physician to King Henry the 7th and 8th, Thomas Linacre, decided to learn Greek. After reading the Gospels in Greek, and comparing it to the Latin Vulgate, he wrote in his diary, "Either this (the original Greek) is not the Gospel... or we are not Christians." The Latin had become so corrupt that it no longer even preserved the message of the Gospel... yet the Church still threatened to kill anyone who read the scripture in any language other than Latin... though Latin was not an original language of the scriptures.

In considering the experiences of Linacre and Colet, the great scholar Erasmus was so moved to correct the corrupt Latin Vulgate, that in 1516, with the help of printer John Froben, he published a Greek-Latin Parallel New Testament. The Latin part was not the corrupt Vulgate, but his own fresh rendering of the text from the more accurate and reliable Greek, which he had managed to collate from a half-dozen partial old Greek New Testament manuscripts he had acquired. This milestone was the first non-Latin Vulgate text of the scripture to be produced in a millennium... and the first ever to come off a printing press. The 1516 Greek-Latin New Testament of Erasmus further focused attention on just how corrupt and inaccurate the Latin Vulgate had become, and how important it was to go back and use the original Greek (New Testament) and original Hebrew (Old Testament) languages to maintain accuracy... and to translate them faithfully into the languages of the common people, whether that be English, German, or any other tongue. No sympathy for this "illegal activity" was to be found from Rome... even as the words of Pope Leo X's declaration that "the FABLE of Christ was quite profitable to him" continued through the years to infuriate the people of God.

The Tree Of Knowledge God Gnosticism And The Bible

One of the main tenets of gnosticism is that the Bible is misleading. This does not necessarily mean that the Bible is wrong, but rather that it has been twisted and contorted over the centuries. It has become a document that is purported to be "drowning" instead of "upholding" the original truth; its truth may reveal itself in a close study, yet only in the form of flecks or sparks according to the gnostic tradition.

The main premise is that the God represented in the Western tradition is not the ultimate or "real" God. He is, in fact, not even the most powerful, yet the most ambitious and - yes, you guessed it - the most jealous. This might explain the horrible acts that this god, or demiurge, commits, especially in the Old Testament. In other words, this god is seen as the spoiled child of the mother of god, known as Sophia, meaning in this case "eternal wisdom."

Does any of this make sense or is it simply heresy? One thing that strikes me despite my dislike and hesitance towards this interpretation is that it could somehow shed light on problems I have with certain events in the Bible. It might give me an answer to the problem of evil, Adam and Eve, problems with gender - at times in form of blatant misogyny - and the general non-acceptance of other religions.

First, let us start with Adam. He was in paradise with not much to do. The jealous god, or again demiurge, could not prevent that some of the "higher echelon" or "executive" gods put a tree of knowledge in this supposed paradise. So this god of the Bible decides to entertain Adam with various delights, including a beautiful woman made in his image. This would help lull Adam and prevent him from seeing and understanding the truth.

Now here is when the interpretation becomes twisted and why gnosticism is branded as "devil worship," or inversely why some followers of gnosticism accuse Christians to be following -unwillingly - the "evil one." According to gnostic tradition, a senior god appears for the first - but not the last - time in this Bible, as a snake! He wants Adam and Eve to understand the truth and to see and think for themselves. In other words, he wants them to realize that the paradise they are living in is fake and so is their god for that matter.

And the snake does not address Adam, but Eve. She as a female is blessed with intuition and quickly believes the messenger. What is often supposed to be a "weakness" is reverted into strength. Eve later persuades Adam, and they both partake of the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge. And suddenly truth dawns upon them. They are as enlightened as a Buddha.

The jealous god finds out. He is furious. He wants to kill and destroy them. He curses them. He gives Eve, the instigator, a curse to haunt all women: labor. And he ejects both of them from paradise with the "gift" of suffering and death.

At various times the demiurge gets angry at humans and attempts to annihilate everyone in the process. The higher gods manage to save Noah from this god's wrath and, as such, humanity continues its existence. Then the jealous god comes up with specific rules claiming that he is the only one to be worshiped and that grave punishment waits for all those who do not. He talks of eternal damnation and induces fear in all people. He says believe only in me and do not have any other gods or idols; he does so lest they find out the truth the same way Adam and Eve have.

After eons of looting and destruction on earth, the executive gods send their own messenger to pave a new path. It is Jesus. He is the truth embodied and comes as a healthy counterbalance to the vengeful and even bloodthirsty god. He proclaims peace. He preaches acceptance. And he transmits secret knowledge to his apostles.

The jealous god has him crucified. But the popularity of Jesus has grown rapidly so instead of dismissing him as a heretic, he actually embraces him and calls him his son. If you can't fight them join them! All this happened out of necessity, and it might explain the subsequent split of the Bible as it is suspended between violence and peace, vengeance and love.

What to make out of all this? If you disagree with it, it makes at least good fiction and an interesting hypothesis. It is a novel and different interpretation and gives food for thought. It can, at best, put things into perspective.

To me the forbidden tree parable offered by traditional sources leaves me rather confused. Why would God tempt people for no particular reason and why would be it a bad thing to have knowledge? Why would God seem so insecure and try to shield us from that? What does he have to hide?

At the same time, the gnostic hypothesis would explain the problem of evil. Evil exists then because the higher powers are in conflict, something that happened often in Greek and Roman mythology. There would be no all-powerful god controlling everything but rather a constant struggle for power.

This would also shed light on some of the excruciating violence in the Bible. Why nearly destroy the whole of the human race? Why is there such a huge difference between the Old and the New Testament in its depiction of God. Could we - or rather should we - choose only the aspects of the Bible that we respect most? Is the Bible to be taken literally, figuratively, seen as analogy, philosophy, literature, as the Word of God?

Although the issues that gnosticism raises about the Bible and God may have some appeal in a sort of "devil's advocate" manner, it does not mean that gnosticism is necessarily true. However, there is no doubt that historically many people in power have altered or changed the Bible and/or its interpretation for political or social motives.

Women had to take the brunt in most of this and "original sin" has been the proposed reason and justification for various "witch hunts" on the female species. At the same time, various parts and even gospels of the Bible have been suppressed or discredited over the years perhaps because they did not fit or benefit the ideology of those in power. There are many issues in organized religion that one ought to reflect upon and be wary about, and one should not simply and blindly accept everything as given truth. Now where is that tree of knowledge when you need it most!

The Apocrypha Revisited

Protestants refer to the deutero-canonical books removed by Martin Luther as "apocryphal" which means hidden. This term came about since these books were often segregated and set apart by reformers in a separate part of the Bible at the end, and were "hidden" as it were. This was done to let the reader know that the publisher did not feel they were supposed to be part of the original canon. Yet, the publishers of the original 1611 KJV Bible included these books in their first editions.

Despite the fact that these books were part of the original canon up until the Reformation, they have in the past 600 years acquired a mysterious and questionable status in non-Catholic circles. I was recently asked why Catholics added 7 books to the Bible. The underlying assumption from the inquirer is that we "added" these books to justify our "unscriptural" doctrines and beliefs. My gentle response was to go back and look at the first Bible ever printed 70 years before the reformation, and before the Council of Trent. You will find the Gutenberg Bible contained all the books that Catholics supposedly added after the reformation to combat the reformation doctrines. Therefore, these books were always part of the original canon of Scripture from the fourth century when the Scriptures were first compiled, and it was the first reformer, Dr. Luther, who removed the books. He maintained that the Jews themselves in the first century rejected these books and therefore he was just following their lead. However this same group of Jews ( called the Pharisees, by the way) also rejected Christ and set themselves against the growing early church. The deuterocanonical books were written in Greek and this sect of Jews was attempting to combat the Hellenization of their culture and would not accept these scriptures because they were written in the Greek language.

Another "proof" so to speak of the validity and canonicity of the deuterocanonical books is the fact that the New Testament contains over 300 references to these books. Jesus and the apostolic writers often referred to the deuterocanonical books in their inspired writings. It is difficult for me to imagine why Jesus would reference these books if they were not going to end up in the final canon. Here is a fairly exhaustive list.

Matt. 2:16 - Herod's decree of slaying innocent children was prophesied in Wis. 11:7 - slaying the holy innocents.

Matt. 6:19-20 - Jesus' statement about laying up for yourselves treasure in heaven follows Sirach 29:11 - lay up your treasure.

Matt.. 7:12 - Jesus' golden rule "do unto others" is the converse of Tobit 4:15 - what you hate, do not do to others.

Matt. 7:16,20 - Jesus' statement "you will know them by their fruits" follows Sirach 27:6 - the fruit discloses the cultivation.

Matt. 9:36 - the people were "like sheep without a shepherd" is same as Judith 11:19 - sheep without a shepherd.

Matt. 11:25 - Jesus' description "Lord of heaven and earth" is the same as Tobit 7:18 - Lord of heaven and earth.

Matt. 12:42 - Jesus refers to the wisdom of Solomon which was recorded and made part of the deuterocanonical books.

Matt. 16:18 - Jesus' reference to the "power of death" and "gates of Hades" references Wisdom 16:13.

Matt. 22:25; Mark 12:20; Luke 20:29 - Gospel writers refer to the canonicity of Tobit 3:8 and 7:11 regarding the seven brothers.

Matt. 24:15 - the "desolating sacrilege" Jesus refers to is also taken from 1 Macc. 1:54 and 2 Macc. 8:17.

Matt. 24:16 - let those "flee to the mountains" is taken from 1 Macc. 2:28.

Matt. 27:43 - if He is God's Son, let God deliver him from His adversaries follows Wisdom 2:18.

Mark 4:5,16-17 - Jesus' description of seeds falling on rocky ground and having no root follows Sirach 40:15.

Mark 9:48 - description of hell where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched references Judith 16:17.

Luke 1:42 - Elizabeth's declaration of Mary's blessedness above all women follows Uzziah's declaration in Judith 13:18.

Luke 1:52 - Mary's magnificat addressing the mighty falling from their thrones and replaced by lowly follows Sirach 10:14.

Luke 2:29 - Simeon's declaration that he is ready to die after seeing the Child Jesus follows Tobit 11:9.

Luke 13:29 - the Lord's description of men coming from east and west to rejoice in God follows Baruch 4:37.

Luke 21:24 - Jesus' usage of "fall by the edge of the sword" follows Sirach 28:18.

Luke 24:4 and Acts 1:10 - Luke's description of the two men in dazzling apparel reminds us of 2 Macc. 3:26.

John 1:3 - all things were made through Him, the Word, follows Wisdom 9:1.

John 3:13 - who has ascended into heaven but He who descended from heaven references Baruch 3:29.

John 4:48; Acts 5:12; 15:12; 2 Cor. 12:12 - Jesus', Luke's and Paul's usage of "signs and wonders" follows Wisdom 8:8.

John 5:18 - Jesus claiming that God is His Father follows Wisdom 2:16.

John 6:35-59 - Jesus' Eucharistic discourse is foreshadowed in Sirach 24:21.

John 10:22 - the identification of the feast of the dedication is taken from 1 Macc. 4:59.

John 10:36 Jesus accepts the inspiration of Maccabees as He analogizes the Hanukkah consecration to His own consecration to the Father in 1 Macc. 4:36.

John 15:6 - branches that don't bear fruit and are cut down follows Wis. 4:5 where branches are broken off.

Acts 1:15 - Luke's reference to the 120 may be a reference to 1 Macc. 3:55 - leaders of tens / restoration of the twelve.

Acts 10:34; Rom. 2:11; Gal. 2:6 - Peter's and Paul's statement that God shows no partiality references Sirach 35:12.

Acts 17:29 - description of false gods as like gold and silver made by men follows Wisdom 13:10.

Rom 1:18-25 - Paul's teaching on the knowledge of the Creator and the ignorance and sin of idolatry follows Wis. 13:1-10.

Rom. 1:20 - specifically, God's existence being evident in nature follows Wis. 13:1.

Rom. 1:23 - the sin of worshipping mortal man, birds, animals and reptiles follows Wis. 11:15; 12:24-27; 13:10; 14:8.

Rom. 1:24-27 - this idolatry results in all kinds of sexual perversion which follows Wis. 14:12,24-27.

Rom. 4:17 - Abraham is a father of many nations follows Sirach 44:19.

Rom. 5:12 - description of death and sin entering into the world is similar to Wisdom 2:24.

Rom. 9:21 - usage of the potter and the clay, making two kinds of vessels follows Wisdom 15:7.

1 Cor. 2:16 - Paul's question, "who has known the mind of the Lord?" references Wisdom 9:13.

1 Cor. 6:12-13; 10:23-26 - warning that, while all things are good, beware of gluttony, follows Sirach 36:18 and 37:28-30.

1 Cor. 8:5-6 - Paul acknowledging many "gods" but one Lord follows Wis. 13:3.

1 Cor. 10:1 - Paul's description of our fathers being under the cloud passing through the sea refers to Wisdom 19:7.

1 Cor. 10:20 - what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God refers to Baruch 4:7.

1 Cor. 15:29 - if no expectation of resurrection, it would be foolish to be baptized on their behalf follows 2 Macc. 12:43-45.

Eph. 1:17 - Paul's prayer for a "spirit of wisdom" follows the prayer for the spirit of wisdom in Wisdom 7:7.

Eph. 6:14 - Paul describing the breastplate of righteousness is the same as Wis. 5:18. See also Isaiah 59:17 and 1 Thess. 5:8.

Eph. 6:13-17 - in fact, the whole discussion of armor, helmet, breastplate, sword, shield follows Wis. 5:17-20.

1 Tim. 6:15 - Paul's description of God as Sovereign and King of kings is from 2 Macc. 12:15; 13:4.

2 Tim. 4:8 - Paul's description of a crown of righteousness is similar to Wisdom 5:16.

Heb. 4:12 - Paul's description of God's word as a sword is similar to Wisdom 18:15.

Heb. 11:5 - Enoch being taken up is also referenced in Wis 4:10 and Sir 44:16. See also 2 Kings 2:1-13 Matt. 16:18 - power of life over death and gates of Hades follows Wis. 16:13.

Rev. 2:12 - reference to the two-edged sword is similar to the description of God's Word in Wisdom 18:16.

Rev. 5:7 - God is described as seated on His throne, and this is the same description used in Sirach 1:8.

Rev. 8:3-4 - prayers of the saints presented to God by the hand of an angel follows Tobit 12:12,15.

Rev. 8:7 - raining of hail and fire to the earth follows Wisdom 16:22 and Sirach 39:29.

Rev. 9:3 - raining of locusts on the earth follows Wisdom 16:9.

Rev. 11:19 - the vision of the ark of the covenant (Mary) in a cloud of glory was prophesied in 2 Macc. 2:7.

Rev. 17:14 - description of God as King of kings follows 2 Macc. 13:4.

Rev. 19:1 - the cry "Hallelujah" at the coming of the new Jerusalem follows Tobit 13:18.

Rev. 19:11 - the description of the Lord on a white horse in the heavens follows 2 Macc. 3:25; 11:8.

Rev. 19:16 - description of our Lord as King of kings is taken from 2 Macc. 13:4.

Rev. 21:19 - the description of the new Jerusalem with precious stones is prophesied in Tobit 13:17.

Exodus 23:7 - do not slay the innocent and righteous - Dan. 13:53 - do not put to death an innocent and righteous person.

1 Sam. 28:7-20 the intercessory mediation of deceased Samuel for Saul follows Sirach 46:20.

2 Kings 2:1-13 Elijah being taken up into heaven follows Sirach 48:9.

2 Tim. 3:16 - the inspired Scripture that Paul was referring to included the deuterocanonical texts that the Protestants removed. The books Baruch, Tobit, Maccabees, Judith, Sirach, Wisdom and parts of Daniel and Esther were all included in the Septuagint that Jesus and the apostles used.

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St Jerome On The Deuterocanon

Catholic Bibles, as you probably know, are larger than Protestant Bibles. Or more specifically, we Catholics have the following books, which Protestants don't: Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach (a.k.a. Ecclesiasticus), Baruch, and 1st and 2nd Maccabees. In addition to that, we have longer versions of Esther and Daniel. And finally, we have the Letter of Jeremiah. It's a copy of a letter written by Jeremiah. It used to be placed as the last chapter of the Book of Jeremiah, and is now the last chapter of the book of Baruch.

These Books, and parts of Books, which the Orthodox and Coptics have as well, are referred to as the Old Testament Deuterocanon (or usually, just "the Deuterocanon") by us, and as "the Apocrypha" by Protestants who reject them. The Protestant Old Testament is patterned off of the Hebrew versions of the Old Testament, while the Catholic, Orthodox, and Coptic Old Testaments are modelled off of the Greek versions.

If you've ever discussed the reasons for their rejection with someone knowledgable enough to "have" a reason, there tend to be two common points brought up:

(1) the Jews don't consider these books canonical (by which, they mean modern Jews), and

(2) Jerome rejected them.

The first point is pretty weak. The Jews up to the latter half of the first century A.D., past the time of Christ, had no settled canon. And the Church has fulfilled the mantle of Israel, as the Old Testament repeatedly prophesied. While the Jews still have a particular role in God's plan of salvation, that role doesn't include setting the canon for Christian Bibles.

The second point takes various forms. Sometimes, they'll cut right to Jerome, while othertimes, the argument will be presented as if the speaker knows of someone prominent Church Father besides Jerome who felt this way. Occassionally, you'll even hear that "the early Church" rejected these books, but that's just untrue. In fact, if you read what Jerome actually "says "on the subject, you'll quickly realize that he acknowledged his own view as (a) the minority view, (b) opposed to the Church's view, and (c) possibly wrong, even sinfully so. The best evidence for this comes in his book "Against Rufinus".

Here's the context. St. Jerome translated the Vulgate for the pope, at his request. And Jerome submitted to the pope's authority, including the entire Deuterocanon along with the rest of Scripture. But in his prefaces for some of the books, he noted criticisms that either he, or Jewish friends of his, had against the Greek versions (since by this time the Jews exclusively used the Hebrew version, and rejected the Deuterocanon). For these prefaces, amongst other things, Rufinus attacked him, and Jerome responded.

Jerome gets to his explaination of Daniel, and makes it clear that while he doesn't like that the Catholic version is based on a heretic's translation, he's willing to submit to the "judgment of the churches":

I also told the reader that the version read in the Christian churches was not that of the Septuagint translators but that of Theodotion. It is true, I said that the Septuagint version was in this book very different from the original, and that it was condemned by the right judgment of the churches of Christ; but the fault was not mine who only stated the fact, but that of those who read the version. We have four versions to choose from: those of Aquila, Symmachus, the Seventy, and Theodotion. THE CHURCHES CHOOSE TO READ DANIEL IN THE VERSION OF THEODOTION. WHAT SIN HAVE I COMMITTED IN FOLLOWING THE JUDGMENT OF THE CHURCHES? But when I repeat what the Jews say against the Story of Susanna and the Hymn of the Three Children, and the fables of Bel and the Dragon, which are not contained in the Hebrew Bible, the man who makes this a charge against me proves himself to be a fool and a slanderer; for I explained not what I thought but what they commonly say against us. I did not reply to their opinion in the Preface, because I was studying brevity, and feared that I should seem to he writing not a Preface but a book. I said therefore, "As to which this is not the time to enter into discussion." [...] Still, I wonder that a man should read the version of Theodotion the heretic and judaizer, and should scorn that of a Christian, simple and sinful though he may be.

"Nota bene:" the important thing, in the end, wasn't whether the Jews used that version (they didn't), or whether Jerome's individual reasoning and experience lead him to that conclusion (it didn't), or even what the standard Greek Septuagint said, but what the Church said. Understand "that "point, and the entire Deuterocanonical debate is settled. The Church closed the canon long before the Reformation, and no individual Christian (whether Jerome or Luther) has the authority to overrule Her Holy Spirit-protected judgment.