The Christian Era, From the birth of Christ to the 2nd coming.
The Holy Scriptures have contained literary themes expressed with metaphors and allegories from the time when Moses penned the first five books forward. The 40 years God’s chosen people wandered in the wildness gave God the time required for the slave generation to gradually perish in that desert land, but it also gave Moses time … Read more
The Source The most ancient texts of the Holy Scriptures were written more than 3,000 years ago and possibly as long as 4,000 years ago. The most recently authored texts were written 2,000 years ago. Christians understand and believe that the Triune God who is first described the opening chapters of The Book of Genesis, … Read more
It will no doubt seem odd to most readers and especially to my Christian readers to learn that the worship of God is not a matter of personal choice, style or preference. However if one pauses to connect the dots, that reality will become inescapably obvious. To begin with, God is ineffable. He is beyond … Read more
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth(14 billion years ago and 4.5 billion years ago, respectively).” The commonly held, condescending and modernistic view, taught in most college level “comparative religions” classes, is the bogus, presumptuous and impertinent truism that all of the world’s religions are ultimately a result of primitive superstitions or … Read more
Having fulfilled their Jewish legal and ceremonial obligations to be obedient to God, Joseph was warned in a dream of danger the newborn king faced from the Romanized Jewish King Herod (Matthew 2:13-14). The Holy Family hastily took flight during the night, and they traveled until they were outside of the domain and jurisdiction of … Read more
After the Presentation of the Jesus, the firstborn of the virgin Mary, and the Purification of Mary, at the Temple in Jerusalem, Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt, with the infant Jesus. They stayed in Egypt until the Romanized Jewish King Herod the Great died. After Herod’s death it was then safe for them to … Read more
After his miraculous birth, Jesus, the new born king ,was adored and proclaimed by local shepherds and by the wise men. In accordance with Jewish law and tradition, Jesus was circumcised on the 8th day of his life. On his 40th day of his life Christ the infant king was taken by Joseph and Mary … Read more
The Real Wise Men from the East (the journey of the Biblical Magi and the Adoration of Christ) The second chapter of the Gospel According to Matthew describes the visit of the magi to Bethlehem and their adoration of Jesus the Christ, the newborn king. The shepherds of Bethlehem and the magi were the first … Read more
As described by the early church fathers at the ecumenical councils of Nicaea and Constantinople (AD 325 & 381 respectively) in the Nicene Creed: “I Believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God; … Read more
A Christian worldview is a “God’s eye” view of our world. Creation is both visible (the physical world) and invisible (the metaphysical, “spiritual” world). Ancient Christianity understands that the visible and invisible worlds are coexistent, transcendent and indistinguishable.
All rights reserved