How did the earliest Christians differ from us.

[kaijo]

The earliest Christians did not celebrate Birthdays, Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, Halloween and so on. All these 'traditions/festivals' are of pagan origin

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

their worship of the beast was less obvious ...

care to explain your comment?

 

[honey badger]

care to explain your comment?

the revelation of Jesus Christ explains it in great detail, as does the rest of the book ....

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

the revelation of Jesus Christ explains it in great detail, as does the rest of the book ....

Really, where? I bet it is YOUR interpretation of it...

 

[Soyeong]

How did they differ from Protestants
How did they differ from Catholics
How did they differ from Eastern Orthodox
How did they differ from Oriental Orthodox
Thank you and God bless

Jesus did not come to start his own religion following someone other than the God of Israel, but rather he came to bring fullness to Judaism as its Jewish Messiah in fulfillment of Jewish prophecy. He practiced Judaism by setting a sinless example of how to walk in obedience to the Torah and by teaching his followers how to obey it by word and by example. In Acts 21:20, they were rejoicing that tens of thousands of Jews were coming to faith who were all zealous for the Torah, so Jews coming to faith were not ceasing to be Torah observant, but rather they were all becoming zealous for doing good works in obedience to it. In Matthew 4:17-23, Jesus began his ministry with the Gospel message to repent for the Kingdom of God it hand, and the Torah was how his audience knew what sin is, and in Titus 2:14, Jesus gave himself to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people of his own possession who are zealous for doing good works, so repenting and becoming zealous for doing good works in obedience to the Torah is indeed the correct response to the Gospel message. As such, the earliest Christians were all Torah observant Jews for roughly the first 7-15 years after Christ's resurrection up until the inclusion of Gentiles in Acts 10, which means that Christianity at its origin was the form of Judaism that recognized Jesus as its prophesied Messiah.

 

[TexFire316]

They feared their Maker. They knew He was God, and they were the creation.

 

[honey badger]

Really, where? I bet it is YOUR interpretation of it...

what does the word all mean to you ?

 

[prodromos]

what does the word all mean to you ?

What is the context?

 

[honey badger]

What is the context?

Gods causation ... as in Gods causes an action on the whole quantity ...

 

[prodromos]

Gods causation ... as in Gods causes an action on the whole quantity ...

I don't see the word "all" in what you just posted.

 

[honey badger]

I don't see the word "all" in what you just posted.

the whole quantity ...

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

the whole quantity ...

We know what "all" means...but you never answered the question I asked you.

 

[honey badger]

We know what "all" means...but you never answered the question I asked you.

i know of no context where the word all does not mean the whole quantity to which it refers ...


how about this verse He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,

so when you read this verse do you apply it to some in a future event or does it apply to everyone that has walked this earth since Adam

 

[prodromos]

i know of no context where the word all does not mean the whole quantity to which it refers ...

You've never heard of hyperbole?

 

[honey badger]

You've never heard of hyperbole?

do you believe the scriptures are exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

i know of no context where the word all does not mean the whole quantity to which it refers ...


how about this verse He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,

so when you read this verse do you apply it to some in a future event or does it apply to everyone that has walked this earth since Adam

Again, none of this was in your original post where I asked you the question...

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

i know of no context where the word all does not mean the whole quantity to which it refers ...


how about this verse He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,

so when you read this verse do you apply it to some in a future event or does it apply to everyone that has walked this earth since Adam

What does it mean to you within the context of the chapter???

 

[honey badger]

Again, none of this was in your original post where I asked you the question...

you asked me to explain and so i am ...

 

[honey badger]

What does it mean to you within the context of the chapter???

it means that everyone without exception has drank from the wine of His wrath ...

 

[prodromos]

do you believe the scriptures are exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Some passages are clearly hyperbole or synecdoche.