Easy way to remember Bible Story Time-line

The above diagram is not accurate portrayal, but an easy way to remember the time line. Use common sense, please!

Prophets

1. Pre-Exilic - one dozen
   
2. Exilic - Ezekiel and Daniel - two
   
3. Post-Exilic - Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi - three
   

One dozen pre-exilic prophets

• North - Jonah and Amos
• South - All the rest

(Talking about only written prophets)

Kings

• North - 19 - All bad
• South - 20 - only 8 good kings

All the above summarizes pre-Jesus Bible story.

Creation
Fall
Flood
Babel
2000 BC

• AIJ - 120 Years (Abraham, Issac, Jacob)

400 Years Slavery

• Moses - (40+40+40) - 120 Years

400 Years Judges

• SDS - (40+40+40) - 120 Years (Saul, David, Solomon)

400 (nearly) Split Kingdom

• Exile - only 70 years

400 Years of Silence from God

2000 CE
Jesus is Born

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Do It For God

Do It For God
Today's devotional is brought to you by Dr. Adrian Rogers, Love Worth Finding

"Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." Romans 12:17-18

A certain minister served a church for many years, then one day the church asked him to leave. He was talking to another preacher friend and he said, "What they did to me was dirty. After all I did for them and they have treated me this way."

The friend who was sharing this conversation said, "It's a shame he didn't do it for God." Whatever area you are serving in, don't do it for people. Serve the Lord.

If you do right, people may mistreat you, but what difference does it make if you are serving the Lord? God will prove Himself faithful and will reward you for your obedience. Don't bow to bitterness. Tell God what has happened. Let Him deal with it in His time. He'll take care of it.

Do something extraordinary for a stranger this week. Do it as a fragrant offering of love to God

One Night with the King

Esther!

I went to see ‘One night with the King’ this Saturday. It is a good movie and I recommend it to everyone. The story of hope, promise and God’s provision and providence. It is a great example of how God can use everyday human errors and bless nations. In my weakness lies His strength.
In my own life, God had, in His providence, placed people who, I thought, had done mistakes and deeds against me. They have in a way sharpened me and blessed me in ways I would otherwise might had blurred in my pride.

I have a friend, Scott by name. He was not my favorite until I started reading ‘Esther’ again after watching the movie. I read ‘Esther’ before, but never looked at it the way I look at it now. The emphasis on the cultural aspects in the movie is not like I had imagined. A new perspective is always good. Talking back about my friend, he is the one who insisted that I go to the movie with him since he can not go alone. This is not the first time he made me do something I didn’t want to do in my laziness. Most of them turned out to be better and good experiences than I expected. There were times when I wished he would stop talking, times when I wished he was not there, times when I wished he was not who he is, but looking back he has been the past I needed and I know God has more things for me to learn from and through him. I didn’t start it to be an eulogy to him, but Him.

Talking back about the Big G, in context of Esther, so in my life, will always bring the provisional will in his own times in ways unanticipated. Unlike the modern evangelicals, the story of Esther reassures it is not against God’s pleasure not to mention His name at times not intended. As always, a good strategy to accomplish Great Commission is by just let them see the difference God makes in our lives.

Again, the story is a epitome of how we who are captured in the sliding time can not see the direction in which it is sliding. Esther, as not mentioned in Bible, might had not liked the idea of being captured to be in the Kings harem, least she might had feared ending up being a concubine. No body liked change. Not at least when there is abundant reason to believe it will all lead to pain and suffering. When we talk about Job, we hail his devotion, but I think he had his share of doubts. When change happen, he shielded himself with devotion, but not faith. When the devotion, his works, failed he started questioning God. We are all Jobs. Unlike Esther we all start questioning, “Why God! Why?”. However, God knows what he is getting us into and so does he know that he will get us through it wiser and purer.

Love thy enemy! This we hear in Bible and see, for the first time in Bible, practically lived out in the story of Esther by Mordecai. He was in the midst of people who not just don’t understand his belief but despise him and his people for his belief. He be loyal and love the very reign that conspire to destroy him and his people for their belief. We concentrate more on being prosecuted than on loving and caring others. We think of it so much, we fear even before we try.
Here is a very interesting thing in Esther that we love to ignore. Unlike our modern culture, she married a man who she date not. As the story speaks, Xerexes is not a wise, compassionate king, nor he had any respect for women and he is not a Jew, not a believer. Even so, God choose him to be her husband. She obeyed and she is blessed. The king ends up loving her for who she is and respect her enough to take her advice in his state matters. It is the glory of God in Esther that made the King bow. I believe all the dating games and choosing the right one is a myth. God in His providence make things happen and we in our free will should choose to live through them in obedience and hope. Esther did what is right, she confronted her own husband which is non-Jewish in custom. It is living by the spirit and not by choices and judgment that works. Even a bad marriage can be worked out if lived in hope and faith. It works!

I am not giving an advice. If you make a choice take the responsibility of making it work. Most of the times you can not do it. So, make a choice in good faith not in good desire. If you can live without it, don’t make the choice. Don’t guess you can make it because you think you are called to. I may be babbling here but I know what I feel and understand. There are no true words to express how God works.

Ruth is where we look for how a woman should choose his better-half. Ruth likes the man who is caring, protective and respecting. This story only implies the morally accepted cultural way to fall in love. It doesn’t tell anything about how their future has been blessed. The emphasis is mainly how Godly people act smart than how one should choose. Choices are made by our Creator!

Again, I have nothing against dating or choosing. I just want you to understand that our choices have consequences and don’t blame God for them and what ever the situation your choices got you into or God got you into, remember God will get you through it.

Some points about the movie. It is not Biblically accurate as much as it is archeologically. It brought forth the Persian culture vividly around the Jewish faith. The contrast is overwhelming striking. Language used is contemporary yet modest. It is a must see, if a new perspective and revival of faith are needed.

God and the Scientist

God is sitting in heaven when a scientist speaks to Him.

"God, we don't need you anymore. Science has finally figured out a way to create life out of nothing, in other words, we can now do what you did in the beginning."

"Oh, is that so? Tell Me..." replies God.

"Well," says the scientist, "we can take dirt , form it into the likeness of you and, using new techniques recently discovered in microbiology, breathe life into it, thus creating man."

"Well, that's very interesting, show Me."

So the scientist bends down to the earth and starts to mold the soil into the shape of a man.

"No, no, no..." interrupts God, "Get your own dirt."

Courtesy : forwarded E-Mail from a friend (Scott Loftis)

Freewill and Predestination.

Recently I had a small but serious discussion with one of my dear friend and brother about freewill and God’s providential will.

Well! The actual story start from way back when, one Sunday, we were coming from Hillvue to campus. I said there are things that we can never understand or know about God fully, like the freewill and predestination. He said it is simple and easy and give me a really convincing theory. In God’s providential will He predestined each and every thing, but for us who don’t know the plan we have a choice to make even though we eventually make the predestined choice. I don’t know if I felt like my pride is broken or if it is my subconscious wisdom, I felt like something is wrong with it. I thought for a second and the first thing that strike me is may be this is a revelation to me by God for all my prayers to tell me the truth and I shouldn’t let Satan tempt me question it. At the same time my second (I don’t know which one is bad and which one is good, so I call first and second) conscience argued what if it is wrong? Do you want to believe something blindly? Question and seek! Moses asked for reconfirmation again and again. So, I thought a while. I asked him does it not sound like God is making us sin. He said Satan couldn’t do anything without God’s permission. It is in His providential will, in the beginning, that God ordained that Satan be. Satan tempts and make us sin under the God’s permission, but it is not God who tempt or make us sin. My next question is so anything we do, even sin or any bad choice, it is God’s ordination. So the people who don’t accept God are doing it because God ordained it so. If they are obeying the God’s ordained plan how are they called the disobedient or the sinful? He said one shouldn’t take the extreme and do what ever they want to do and call it upon God. I was immediately tempted to say isn’t that a question of choice? Well! I didn’t ask that question for I assumed what the answer would be. A week or so later I realized he is a hard core five point Calvinist. I have no problem with Calvin, but I strongly believe no one on the earth, except for Jesus, have known the mysteries of God. May be they mastered the art of explaining the reasons by making an intellectual argument, but no one ever brought the two ends together without denying the other end at one point or the other. So whenever I read a book, I try to draw a fine line by separating topics or arguments that are supported with scripture and arguments drawn from scriptures with the application of Human logic. So I do with the Calvin. But I do believe the five points are true. It is like the condition of necessity and sufficiency of a truth. The points are all necessary, but not sufficient to prove the Doctrine of Truth. Well! I know very too little compared to Calvin to criticize him. Now, again I tried to tell him that make scripture your standard and not Calvin five points, but I messed it up as usual and felt like a fool when he replied saying that Scripture is his standard and Calvin’s points are just the summarized way to know the whole truth. Well! I tried to divert the topic and made another mistake. I said something that lead the topic again to the freewill and predestination. The discussion ended me defeated, I think. Well! at the end, He stood with God planned everything for His glory, He knew the fall, the cross and the resurrection, We didn’t kill Jesus, but we are found guilt in God’s eye for it, God picked in the Beginning who will be saved and who don’t, which in the sense they do what God planned and still some go to hell to suffer for eternity and it glorify God. I see some really good points, but some things really bothered me. He gave me a lot of scriptural references to support His argument. Well! I stood with we can make a choice and if it is Good or Bad it is not ordained by God, but he do have a plan for each one of us which we can not spoil what ever we do and each moment of our life is recorded in his book of life. Our sin (We) killed Jesus. Our prayers change God’s plan for good. I could be wrong and I wish I were. For if I know everything right, I would be God which is a blasphemy or may be I’m correct and that will be God’s grace.

Well! The next two days I tried to get over with it and started reading books about freewill and predestination with no biased ideas. I re read Calvin’s commentaries. I read my systematic theology book. I finally got convinced that Bible directly point at the providential will of God and only predestination. This made me realize why Hinduism believes in what it believes. My quest for the psychology bridge between Vedas and Bible had one thread tide now. I know how God work with simple things to prepare for the future big things. My dream of writing a book explaining how Vedas have evolved from the ideas of Bible and Biblical History will one day be blessed and will show the light unto the whole India and so the world. Well! May be he had other plans to use this. I do believe that God reveal his plans before they happen.

Well! Then I tried to contradict my new belief to refine my stand by finding scriptures to support freewill. I found two. Well! They can still be interpreted as predestination. So, finally I gave up and fell to my knees and prayed. How powerful and wonderful is it. How did I miss it all this time? Why haven’t I done that before? ( I don’t mean I was not praying everyday, but I was not praying to give me wisdom to understand this, may be I was being proud to do that) As I was talking to God, he started taking to me back. I heard this voice saying if I’m the voice whom are you listening to? I first didn’t understand the question. I tried to figure out. I gave up too soon for I know better and asked God to talk to me and told Him that I want to listen to Him. I didn’t remember clearly now if it was the voice or it occurred in my mind, but suddenly the whole Bible stories played before my eyes and all the verses I read been read to me. Well looked all overlapping and fading, but one thought sparked a light that hit my forehead. The thought of how people have been disobeying God and how he has been calling them to turn back. If they are all doing what God planned as predestined, why is God calling them to turn away? Doesn’t He know what He planned? Well! It is clearly talking about freewill and choice. May be not directly, but clearly. How is God glorified when you do what He makes you do and He sends you to hell? Where is God’s love and forgiveness? What did Jesus die for? Just for God’s plan? So do you call it death? How compassionate the cross and resurrection is if it is just a plan and not reality. May be I’m asking some ridiculous questions, but these are the questions that strike my brain on revelation. It made me fell down to my completely with tears in my eyes and the only words I said is ‘God you are awesome!’

Yet! I woke up with no clear answer to the question, but with a much better understanding of where I should stand and why.

It doesn’t matter if you choose or it is predestined, as long as you have a choice, you have hope and as long as you have breath you have a choice. The choice can be good or bad, it had consequences and you need to take the responsibility.

The Story

Jesus Christ
...was the firstborn,
sacrificed so that men might find hope and salvation.

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Once upon a time there was a man named Jesus. He walked the earth.

He showed tolerance unto others because he lived as a man and experienced all the temptations and sufferings that men went through in life. He knew how hard life could be on us all sometimes - and gave respect to the struggles each man must overcome in his own personal walk through life. He didn't judge others according to their weaknesses or misunderstandings.

He went out boldly in His life - giving hope unto others - dedicating His life to teaching men things that they often did not understand, nor even in their present state wish to know. No obstacle was great enough to discourage Him.

He was kind to those who were often unkind to Him, and He taught them with gentleness. He was patient and suffered long in His ministering to those in whom he found loneliness, hurt, sickness and sorrow - always in the hope that eventually they would finally see and hear the truth of His message.

He was meek and lowly of heart - never lifting Himself up pridefully, but always delivering His message - although sometimes firm and harshly to those that resisted.

He had great temperance - always saying or doing the right thing at the right time - even though it often did not fulfill His personal desires, nor bring Him immediate reward.

He walked in peace, never lifting a hand in violence towards another - and this spirit of peace was at His command - even allowing Him to still the forces of nature in the bringing of calm and tranquility to men's lives.

The joy of His life was apparent to all those that followed Him - an abundance of joy in the little things of life, such as laughing and playing with little children, which gave Him strength to carry on - and attracted others to Him - wondering and desiring this for themselves, curious as to how this man found so much happiness, when He had no riches nor earthly possessions.

He was faithful to the Spirit He called His Father, GOD. He spoke and did all the things that he heard and was commanded - though at times these things were hard.

He was sent to teach men love. His Father, the Father of all men, sent Him into the world to show His other children how to live. He was the firstborn child of God, and God gave Him command over His complete inheritance. Without limitation God gave His son Tolerance, Boldness, Kindness, Gentleness, Patience, Meekness, Temperance, Peace, Joy, Faithfulness and Love. This was the fullness of God's nature, and it was Good.

This man lived His life giving these aspects of His life unto others. He was followed by many. They worshipped Him. But this man walked on a path that others could not follow Him on at the time. He was shown His end - and prophesied three times that He must die. He was fully aware of what must be. He was a man. He felt the blows to His face, and the lashes to His back. As they tied him to a wooden cross and took metal spikes and drove them through His hands and feet - He felt the same pain you would feel. When they paraded Him beaten through the streets, through a jeering, mocking crowd - he felt the same shame and humiliation that all men feel, when those they loved - turn against them. When He asked for water and they daubed His lips with vinegar - he felt the hopelessness of men's cruelty.

He looked up to the heaven's - and He asked His father to forgive you.

And then he died.

God honored His promise to this man, and raised him up from the dead. He gave him his reward and gave him authority to rule over all things in heaven and earth.

It is written that God gave this man His Spirit without measure. His Spirit is His nature, and it is His name. Let His nature be yours.

Call on Jesus - and He will send you the Spirit of God. He will heal your hurts. He is the Lord our Righteousness - the fulfilled nature of God.

I love Him so very much, for when I was down and out - He lifted me up and brought me in.

If any of you have ever felt the hopelessness, depression and despair that you might imagine I did - then call on Jesus Christ. You have nothing to lose. I've been there. All I had left to lose was my life - and it was as a curse to me. I cannot explain it to you. Every man finds the Lord alone - in the proper time, and in his own journey. Do not consider the teachings of religion, nor the teachings of men - for they will not help you. Call on the Lord with a humble and broken heart. Simply talk. Pour out your heart. Whisper it in tears - or scream and sob it in anger. But as you get it out - you must come to a decision in your heart that you will change your life into a life of love - of kindness and caring, trust and honor. Even if you don't believe, say you want to. Call on the Lord. Ask the spirit of Jesus Christ to come into your life. Invite him in, and He will fill you with a comforting light, and wash you as a gentle cleansing rain.

You will receive a new sense of purpose and hope. I can't explain it. It's just as if all the fears and shames and failures of your life up to this point were simply washed away - and ceased to exist. Some call it "Being Born Again." It's for all of us that wish we could have another chance - a way to start over fresh. And it works.

The Christian church will teach you that your sins are completely dead in that instant. This is true. Many will also tell you that you are guaranteed an eternal life in heaven, that all your problems are over, and that you will never have the urge to sin again. But that's not true. You don't have to look far to find a host of hypocrites and sinners, many standing behind the pulpits of the Christian church, who simply sold the promise out (or never actually received it) - and returned to their old lives - as dogs to their vomit.

It's just a free gift of mercy - a starting over - a new beginning. Jesus Christ was the Lamb of God. He was a sacrifice, and He died willingly out of His love for you - to give you this new beginning, and to restore your hope. He was the most wonderful and loving man that ever lived, and He was the firstborn son of God.

The gift is free, and it is yours to receive - or to refuse. But having received it - you will have to follow in his footsteps. There will be suffering - but it will be so much more bearable than before. There will be temptations, but they will be so much easier to turn from. And in the midst of it all you will find new friendships you didn't believe were possible, trust from others you once thought you didn't deserve, and a new peace in your life.

As I said earlier - I can't explain it. It's a one-on-one thing, between an individual and God.

There is an eternal life - and there is an eternal hell - and there is more than one kind of death. For years I walked around living and breathing, but I was dead inside - cold and without joy.

Jesus walked willingly to the pain, suffering and humiliation of the cross with a promise from His Father (our Father) God. Don't be fooled. He knew what was coming. They beat him unmercifully. He was nailed to a tree, with great spikes through his hands and feet, and hung up to die. He did this because He believed He had a promise, and because He was willing to do it for you - because of His love.

God honored that promise, and Jesus rose from the dead. His death and resurrection is symbolic of the same promise you have. First, you can rise fresh in THIS VERY LIFE. The additional promise of an eternal life isn't bad either, but for me it was enough just to get a fresh start in this one, and I am telling you it works.

You have already suffered in your own ways. Start over and choose a life worthy of living forever. You will get out of it what you put into it. But the New Beginning, complete with Hope, Joy, Love and Peace and more - you can get for free. Call on the Lord. Ask the spirit of God to come into your life. Invite him in. What do you have to lose by trying?

"Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."

Do you know someone who could use hope? A fresh start?
Sometimes simply gently planting a seed is enough.
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A Happy Birthday!

Remember My Birthday????

As you well know, we are getting closer to my birthday.
Every year there is a celebration in my honor and I think that this year the celebration will be repeated. During this time there are many people shopping for gifts, there are many radio announcements, TV commercials, and in every part of the world everyone is talking that my birthday is getting closer and closer.

It is really very nice to know, that at least once a year, some people think of me. As you know, the celebration of my birthday began many years ago. At first people seemed to understand and be thankful of all that I did
for them, but in these times, no one seems to know the reason for the celebration. Family and friends get together and have a lot of fun, but they don't know the meaning of the celebration.

I remember that last year there was a great feast in my honor. The dinner table was full of delicious foods, pastries, fruits, assorted nuts and chocolates. The
decorations were exquisite and there were many, many beautifully wrapped gifts. But, do you want to know something? I wasn't invited. I was the guest of honor and they didn't remember to send me an invitation.

The party was for me, but when that great day came, I was left outside, they closed the door in my face......... and I wanted to be with them and share their table.


In truth, that didn't surprise me because in the last few years all close their doors to me.

Since I was not invited, I decided to enter the party without making any noise. I went in and stood in a corner. They were all drinking; there were some who were
drunk and telling jokes and laughing at everything. They were having a great time.

To top it all, this big fat man all dressed in red wearing a long white beard entered the room yelling Ho-Ho-Ho! He seemed drunk. He sat on the sofa and all the children ran to him, saying : "Santa Claus, Santa Claus"... as if the party were in his honor !


At 12 midnight all the people began to hug each other; I extended my arms waiting for someone to hug me and .... do you know ... no one hugged me.

Suddenly they all began to share gifts. They opened them one by one with great expectation. When all had been opened, I looked to see if, maybe, there was one for me.
What would you feel if on your birthday everybody shared gifts and you did not get one ? I then understood that I was unwanted at that party and quietly left.

Every year it gets worse.

People only remember to eat and drink, the gifts, the parties and nobody remembers me.

I would like this Christmas that you allow me to enter into your life.

I would like that you recognize the fact that almost two thousand years ago I came to this world to give my life for you, on the cross, to save you. Today, I only want that you believe this with all you heart. I want to share something with you. As many didn't invite me to their party, I will have my own celebration, a grandiose party that no one has ever imagined, a spectacular party.

I'm still making the final arrangements. Today I am sending out many invitations and there is an invitation for you. I want to know if you wish to attend and I will
make a reservation for you and write your name with golden letters in my great guest book. Only those on the guest list will be invited to the party. Those who don't answer the invitation, will be left outside.

Do you know how you can answer this invitation?

it is by extending it to others whom you care for...


I'll be waiting for all of you to attend my party this
year... See you soon .... I love you !

- Jesus

Practice makes perfect! Psalms 34:1 I will bless ...

Practice makes perfect!

Psalms 34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

In Budapest, a man goes to the rabbi and complains, "Life is unbearable. There are nine of us living in one room. What can I do?"
The rabbi answers, "Take your goat into the room with you." The man in incredulous, but the rabbi insists. "Do as I say and come back in a week."
A week later the man comes back looking more distraught than before. "We cannot stand it," he tells the rabbi. "The goat is filthy."
The rabbi then tells him, "Go home and let the goat out. And come back in a week."
A radiant man returns to the rabbi a week later, exclaiming, "Life is beautiful. We enjoy every minute of it now that there's no goat -- only the nine of us."

This is a funny story but how many of us know how to be truly thankful in the face of trial? Many powerhouses of the faith who preceded us realized the importance of mastering thankfulness. How much more should we who have so much more than they!

We have an opportunity this Thanksgiving week, to practice being thankful! If we’re struggling today, let’s practice paising God in thankfulness for all the good things He's done! He deserves all of our praise regardless of our circumstance!

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,
George, Rivka and Elianna WhittenCurrently near Be'er Sheva, Israel

Pumpkin ... You ... God ... Fall ... !

Happy Autumn,

Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin. God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. He opens you up, touches you deep inside and scoops out all the yucky stuff-- including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside you to shine for all the world to see.

This was passed on to me from another pumpkin. Now, it is your turn to pass it to a pumpkin. I liked this enough to send it to all the pumpkins in my patch.

Happy Fall.

A.S.A.P

Ever wonder about the abbreviation A.S.A.P.? Generally we think of it in terms of even more hurry and stress in our lives. Maybe if we think of this abbreviation in a different manner, we will begin to find a new way to deal with those rough days along the way.

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There's work to do, deadlines to meet;
You've got no time to spare,
But as you hurry and scurry-
ASAP - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER

In the midst of family chaos,
"Quality time" is rare.
Do your best; let God do the rest-
ASAP - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER.

It may seem like your worries
Are more than you can bear.
Slow down and take a breather-
ASAP - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER

God knows how stressful life is;
He wants to ease our cares,
And He'll respond to all your needs
A.S.A.P. - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER.

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My instructions were to send this to four people that I wanted God to bless and I picked you. Please pass this to four people you want to be blessed.

This prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached, please do not break this pattern; prayer is one of the best gifts we receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards, let's continue to pray for one another.

God bless and have a nice day!

MUCH LOVE --



In the tiny petal of a tiny flower
that grew from a tiny pod,
Is the miracle and the mystery
Of all creation and God!


This is lovely.. I try to keep it going.

God said No!

I hope that you can get the effects on your computers! The words are great, but the movements of the faces add a lot....:-)

(Unfortunately I can't post the faces here now ... Sorry guys!)

I asked God to take away my habit.
God said, No.
It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said, No.
His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary

I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, No.
Patience is a byproduct of tribulations;
it isn't granted, it is learned.

I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, No.
I give you blessings; Happiness is up to you.

I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, No.
Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares
and brings you closer to me.

I asked God to make my spirit grow.
God said, No.
You must grow on your own! ,
but I will prune you to make you fruitful.

I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, No.
I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things.

I asked God to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me.
God said...Ahhhh, finally you have the idea.

If you love God, send this to ten people.

THIS DAY IS YOURS DON'T THROW IT AWAY

May God Bless You,

"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world"

"May the Lord Bless you and keep you,
May the Lord Make his face shine upon you,
and give you Peace.....Forever"
"Good friends are like stars...You don't always see them,
but you know they are always there."

A Perfect War !

Yeah ! Its between legality and morality as usual. But why is it war this time ?



Actually, you can take it as you like, ....... a contrast, a lost connection or a debate. But I take it to be war because, its what happened in me. Yeah ! It happened !!



But, what actually is it ?



Its, what should I do ?



First, before, I answer this question, let me tell you the story. I know, this is what you want to know first !



OK ! Here it is !



May be I was 14 or 15 years old then. Doing my final years of school, dreaming about the big brother days of college. A new math teacher was appointed in our school and he made a good impact on the whole school. Everyone know him for his hot blood and innovative approaches in teaching and learning. As I’m good at math and known among school folks of my controversies, we came together often and got together well. Eventually, I ended up being his pet student and he my Idol/Hero. By the time I’m in my final year of school, he made a good group of students who come to him every evening for math tuition. So, obviously they become my friends and we all started being a gang. A gang well known in the city as ‘ Gnani Gang ‘. Every one know us, at least every legal authority, from courts to Panchyathi office to every constable in every police station in the city.

I learned being grown up. I started drinking, watching p***, going to late night movies without telling to my parents, mid-night parties and a lot. But I still wonder why I never messed up with girls. They always been a foreign thing, even though I watched x-rated videos and all other guys have girl-friends, who meet them secretly in my house. I’m not blaming anyone for I learned all that, neither me :-). It just happened so.

One day in my final year of school, we had a late night party and we all got drunk. At the end of the party all are inebriated except for me and my teacher and he said we are going some where and took me there. It is a hut made of straw with a table for some bottles and glass tumblers and a big bed-sheet spread on the ground. He introduced me to some of them and this one in particular. He is a gangster who is hiding out then, for there are a lot of crime reports filed against him. At that age I used to believe there exist god gangsters as they show in movies. So, I felt like I’m doing a good job hanging with a real-life hero.



And they started talking and planning about killing someone. As their talks went by, I’m growing curious and started concentrating on it. Listening to every detail. Since, I’m in drunk, I couldn’t get it all ( now I don’t know what exactly it was as they spoke, word by word, but I remember the picture that I picturised based on the words), so I tried hard. At times, I felt like I should help and gave them some advises, being feeling proud as if I’m doing a part of heros job. They gave me a compliment, saying I could make a great politician, about what I felt proud.

Later I went home dropping my teacher at his home on my bike. Two days later, I was reading, as usual, newspaper which said a priest has been killed the night before at around 10:15 PM on the street. When I was reading I felt proud for I know it far before the news paper know.

From then, I read for an other week, a lot of funny stories made by the media, in news papers and had fun getting amazed at the way people interpret facts and build stories no where near to the truth. Later it got faded out in the wind that is gone by the time, both in my mind and on the papers. But for that one week it made a good deal of noise in the political drama by both religious and social leaders.



So, now, back now, here I’m ...... here, thinking of what I did in a completely different perspective.



Oh! Really ?



I don’t know, but I could see some sin in that.



I just see the sin now ?



No!



Actually I know its wrong, but ....... let me explain it.



Right then, when it happened, I didn’t have a judging mind. I’m all about being crazy. Being the one, who give everyone, a surprise and just do what I like to do, just for fun ....... Later on, it came to me a lot of times, but I had reasons ....... I mean reasons, reasons that say I’m right ...... in many ways ....... in all ways.



This gangster is under the financial and moral support for life of this politician, who asked him to do that. So, he was just obeying his master. Gnani was just helping his friend on his errand, ho helped him a lot of times. I was in there, with no knowledge of what is going on, but what is happening (I’m talking about inner nad outer consciousness). But now (when I was rethinking), it was past. May duty to past is to tell what I know to who need to know. But what will come out of it. Gnani and the Gangster going to jail.



Actually, Gnani lost his first child in birth and met with an accident that took him six months to recover. Should he still go through any more prosecution ? Should I just spoil his life’s flow and provoke the evil in him ? What if I forgive him in the name of Holy Spirit ?



So, should I let the gangster and the political leader go with it ?



I don’t have to worry about everything. God knows it and he will show to the one person, whom he made take care of it, how to do that . So, I’m fine.



I used to believe no one do, what is not planned by God for them. Even sin is ! I still believe sin is created b God, or how else something come out of no creator and God is the only creator of anything. So, I didn’t do anything out of God’s will.

This was what I used to believe. But now, in the new perspective of Christ, I totally got lost. Even now, I may don’t do much good taking the culprit to Justice, rather disturb a beautiful life of a man. I know, I did something wrong, and I no more do this or let this happen. And, if I have to confess, as for the laws of obedience, what else I do than being a cause to an other havoc, that may lead to some other sin or a total disaster of my own and others life, everyone loved me so much, my family and a lot more many.



Does God appreciate this by obeying the law or breaking the law for good sake ?



Is what I’m doing really good ?



What if I just be calm and write a letter to Gnani about how I feel and pray for forgiveness ?



Man ! Its simple !!



Is it ?



Is there a responsibility, I should be responsibility, I should be responsible for?



If so, what is it ?



Do I have something to do with that ?

Or am I just worrying about something I really don’t have to as I always do ?



But why did I hear about this story ? Is it just happened and its not a message to me ?













Do you want to hear this story ?

Here it is !

A high school guy and his older friend went to a shop. The older guy went into shop, robbed it and killed the girl behind the counter and came back to car while the young guy was waiting in car. As the young guy realized, there is something wrong, he insisted the older guy told him all that happened and abused him that he will kill him to if he said a word out. So, the young guy kept it a secret and two weeks later both of them were in jail.

A Story of Three Trees

Do not miss any line from this.Sometimes we get what we need and not what we want... Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, Someday, I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems and be decorated with intricate carvings. Everyone would see my beauty. The second tree said, Someday, I would be a mighty ship. I will take kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of other world. Everyonewill feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull. Finally, the third tree said, I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close tothem I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all times, and people will always remember me.After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees. One came to the first tree and said, This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the wood to a carpenter and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into atreasure chest. At the second tree, one of the other woodsmen said, this looks like a strong tree. I should be able to sell it to the shipyard. The second tree was happy, because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship. When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened, because it knew that, if it were cut down, its dreams would not come true. One of the woodsmen said, I don't need anything special from tree, so I'll take this one, and he cut it down When the first tree arrived at the carpenter, he was! Made into a feed box for animals, placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he had prayed for. The second tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship andcarrying kings had come to an end. The third tree was cut into largepieces and left alone in the dark.Then years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams. Then one day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth and they laid the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree. The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby. The tree could feel the importance of this event and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time. Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out on the water, a great storm arose, and the tree didn't! 'T think it was strong enough to keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man and he stood and said Peace, and the storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings in its boat. Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through the streets and the crowd mocked the man who was carrying it. Finally the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die at the top of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it was strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as was possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.



The moral of this story is that; when things don't seem to be going your way, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your trust in Him, He will give you great gifts. Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had imagined. We don't always know what God's plans are for us. We just know that His ways are not our ways, but his ways are always best. Sometimes the heart sees what the eyes can't. Keep it moving...pass it on, so it could inspire more people. Cheers

The Necklace

The cheerful little girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them; a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box.

"Oh mommy, please mommy. Can I have them ? Please mommy, please ?" Quickly the mother checked the back of the little foil box and then looked back into the pleading blue eyes of her little girl’s upturned face.

"A dollar ninety-five. That’s almost $2.00. If you really want them, I’ll think of some extra chores for you and in ! No time you can save enough money to buy them for yourself. Your birthday is only week away and you might get another crisp dollar bill from Grandma." As soon as Jenny got home; she emptied her penny bank and counted out 17 pennies. After dinner; she did more than her share of chores and she went to the neighbor and asked Mrs. McJames if she could pick dandelions for ten cents. On her birthday her Grandma did give her another new dollar bill and at last she had enough money to buy the necklace. Jenny loved her pearls. They made her feel dressed up and grown up.

She wore them everywhere; Sunday school; kindergarten; even to bed. The only time she took them off was when she went swimming or had a bubble bath. Mother said if they got wet; they might turn her neck green. Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when she was ready for bed; he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a story. One night as he finished the story, he asked Jenny;

"Do you love me ?"

"Oh yes daddy. You know that I love you."

"Then give me your pearls."

"Oh daddy not my pearls. But you can have Princess; the white horse from my collection; the one with pink tail. Remember daddy ? The one you gave me. She’s my very favorite."

"That’s okay; Honey; daddy loves you. Good night."

And he brushed her cheek with a kiss. About a week later; after the story time, Jenny’s daddy asked again; "Do you love me ?"

"Daddy; you know I love you."

"Then give me your pearls."

"Oh Daddy not my pearls. But you can have my baby doll. The brand new one I got for my birthday. She is beautiful and you can have the yellow blanket that matches her sleeper."

"That’s okay. Sleep well. God bless you little one. Daddy loves you."

And as always; he brushed her cheek with a gentle kiss.

A few nights later when her daddy came in Jenny was sitting on her bed with her legs crossed. As he came close he noticed her chin was trebling and one silent tear rolled down her cheek.

"What is it Jenny ? What’s the matter ?"

Jenny didn’t say anything but lifted her little hand up to her daddy. And when she opened it, there was her little pearl necklace. With a little quiver she finally said; "Here daddy this is for you."

With tears gathering in his own eyes Jenny’s daddy reached out with one hand to take the dime store necklace; and with the other hand he reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue velvet case with a strand of genuine pearls and gave them to Jenny. He had them all the time. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so he could give her the genuine treasure.



So it is with our Heavenly Father. He is waiting for us to give up the cheap things in our lives so that he can give us beautiful treasures.

Are you holding onto things that God wants you to let go off ? Are you holding on to harmful or unnecessary relationships; habits and activities that you have come so attached to that it seems impossible to let go ? Sometimes it is so hard to see what is in the other hand but do believe this one thing ..... God will never take away something without giving you something better in its place.

Why is it so ?

God prescribed every single detail of your body.

He deliberately choose your race, the color of your skin, your hair, and every other feature.

He custom-made your body just the way he wanted it.

He also determined the natural talents you would posses and the uniqueness of your personality.

he also decided when you would be born and how long you would live.

He also planned where you'd be born and where you'd live for his purpose.

God left no detail to chance.

So, why is still something in the world going wrong ?





















because man completely failed to realize this and hence stopped living his life.

Nothing is wrong. Everything is going as God planned. But we are failing to realize that this is what should be happened. We think our plans should what come true. But it is never going to happen.

The Inauguration !

Hai ! Every body !

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My Prayer

Oh ! God !!

I promise you I’ll be the message reaching out to needy - your children - if it is what you want me to be. But ..... I know I shouldn’t have buts, but you know I believe I’m weak.

Give me the wisdom and help me be what want me to be.

I know I still sin and you know its not of my disbelief in you but of my helplessness of keeping my thoughts under my control. Give me the power and wisdom to win over my weakness and live a life full of you and your spirit.

I thank you god for what you are and have done to me. I thank you for sending all the people around me to teach me your message. I thank you for revealing me yourself and so the truth.

I thank you for what you are in me and my life. I thank you for helping me when I messed up. Thank you for forgiving all my sins and helping me out of them. Thank you for your promises and gifts, Father ! Thank you for your Son and the Grace.

(Its more than anything I could pray for.)

Word of God - Truth of Jesus

2TI 3:16 Every scripture inspired of God [is] also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness.

2TI 3:17 That the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.

The word of God is so concisely delivered it just a all in one guide for anything in our life. The moral teachings by great prophets and a lot by Jesus himself reveal every thing about morality. The behavioral analysis tells you about every thing of human psychology - The story is all about this and how God tried to help us with our difficulties by showing the right way. It’s a guide to both those who show the righteous way and those who search for the way. It’s a word for everyone.

HEB 4:12 For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

HEB 4:13 And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

The Word of God is not just a guide to those who are spoke to when it was revealed to by God at that point of time but its still alive and active.

I mean it still has its concise meaning enough to guide you throughout your day to day life. It helps you in how to bring up your children, how to behave with your not so good neighbors, how to tackle situations in your business, how to stand by when every thing go against in the righteous way.

It has the power to pierce through your flesh to your heart and kill the sinful thoughts and resurrect the righteous behavior and thought in you.

2PE 1:20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.

2PE 1:21 For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

And no single letter in the Word of God is from any man’s personal interpretation or imaginations or beliefs. They are being thought by God to them so they bring the truth to all his children and who ever come to believe in it and follow it will come to know him and get saved in him.

It is self evident by the way how all the prophesies about Jesus, his birth and life said in Bible have come true. Also every word and every moral stand true still in this modern age of reason and technology. Nothing can you rule out as not logical now nor not scientific. For it is the word of God who know what is basic and truth of everything.

JOH 8:31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, [then] are ye truly my disciples;

JOH 8:32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

And this guide is helpful only when you abide by it. If you believe in it, you abide by it and it will teach you the truth as it itself is truth and when you know the truth, nothing comes as surprise to you and so you will be prepared for what is to come and when it come you don’t suffer as you be prepared to overcome it. So you are free of suffering and pain. Its just so promising Heaven before you even die. But, its only if you believe enough to abide by it at all times in your life.

The Word of God is true and helpful to those who follow it and you can’t just follow some thing you don’t believe.

Its obvious ! If you believe you live healthy two days for sure, you don’t hesitate to jump from a plane 2000 miles above sea at the beach. Don’t you ?

MT 15:1 Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

MT 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

MT 15:3 And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

MT 15:4 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

MT 15:5 But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God];

MT 15:6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

MT 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

MT 15:8 This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.

MT 15:9 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.

And the Word of God is all about truth and not about traditions. Nowhere in Bible did it was said follow tradition or culture. They are not eternal. But follow word of God and it will save you. Following tradition is for people and it is no sin as long as its not voiding the word of God. But its is not gonna please the God and help you get free of pain and sin.

Believe in his word and confess in his name with all your heart and you will know the word is true and it is not what we do in the name of tradition or God that God be satisfied of, but of what we believe and abide by with our full heart, as he is in love with our hearts but not with our acts. He want our hearts but not our showy traditional mimics full of Hypocrisy. So believe in God’s Word with all your heart and you will be saved by it.

JOH 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.

And you know God is same from the dawn of creation to now and will be the same till the dusk of creation. And so is his word. It’s the standard for everything and everyone. Even at the end, when we stand before him to give account of our life, he will compare everything to what is being said of in His word to what we have done.

So, who ever don’t believe in His word and do sin has to give his account of them and suffer the Judgement. So, make bible your standard and you will live happy in this world and His Eden.

AC 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

AC 17:11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

Know this that our nobility in the eyes of God raise as of our faith in Him through the belief in his Word. Don’t just believe in what you hear or read, but apply his word with belief in his word, so you don’t give up in the middle, in your life at every time and test it. So your faith in Him will raise and so you abide by his word which bring you closer to God.

So make Bible your standard ! In other words - Live the life of Bible.

Bible says about Jesus

Bible - What it says about Jesus

and

Jesus - What is said about him in Bible



JOH 7:17 If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.

What ever Jesus said is gods words. Most of them are beyond human wisdom. They are not self-contradicting and non of them ever are out dated, it means they are still the path descriptions/guide lines in all of our day to day life. Every thing he said he believed and showed us practically by being an example himself.

Resurrection

1CO 15:12 Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?1CO 15:13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither hath Christ been raised:1CO 15:14 and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.1CO 15:15 Yea, we are found false witnesses of God; because we witnessed of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead are not raised.1CO 15:16 For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised:1CO 15:17 and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.1CO 15:18 Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.1CO 15:19 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

You may ask was Jesus really raised from dead ?

Yeah ! Its really questionable. But what else is true about if it is not ? He said every thing of what is to happen before it happened. And so he said this and you may think its just an other story interweaved into an Epic - The Bible.

Ok ! Think about this :

What if Jesus is not raised from dead but its an other story ?

The faith is all false and the Scriptures are all lies and just stories and predictions.

So, may the word about God is also false.

So, our creation is also false.

So, we are false.

Do you know who we are ?

We are not what we physically are but our faith in God.

Because it is the only thing that lead us through the tough times of our life.

May be most of you know this, when we are at the verge of our wits end but we are desperate, we believe in some thing - the thing that gives you hope out of no real reason but your instincts. It is because it is with in the comprehension of your wisdom beyond reason. And this is about material possibilities. But the real question comes when you think about spiritual possibilities. There is no way you can comprehend things there with out the wisdom and the wisdom comes from the one who know or our personal experience. But a personal experience comes only when you go through the situation - may be you have to sin - degrade to that hopeless situation where you loose your spirit, to know what is what in spiritual world. Instead God gave us his word in the form of Bible and with out belief - called Faith at spiritual level - we can’t know the truth and so never be saved.

For example, when Socrates said earth is not flat but it’s a sphere shaped, the people then stoned him to death. And he didn’t said that having seen the earth as our present scientists do or he didn’t travel around the globe or he didn’t have had any evidences or scriptures to stand by it so sternly facing death that is so painful. It is just relaying on some instincts which we call now facts - as we believe ( if we don’t know they are instincts and we know them consciously they are facts ) - did he fought against the whole world. So, it’s the belief and so is the faith. If you have faith you stand by it taking the glorious end and world see the God through you.

And also you know God is all powerful and all known and so can resurrect dead. And if he didn’t do this to his son who abide by his word and whom he promised, he don’t do this anyone else. And us believing in his word is nothing but believing in hypocrisy is Divine.

Prediction



MT 27:62 Now on the morrow, which is [the day] after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate,MT 27:63 saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.MT 27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.MT 27:65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it [as] sure as ye can.MT 27:66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.

Hey ! Lets wait ! Is the prediction about his resurrection true ? Did Jesus really said of it ? Yeah ! The above scripture say that. And not only in scriptures was it said but also it has historical evidences. Did you know what ? If we doubt the scriptures here we have to think about only possibility of Bible survived is the people then were so dumb they just don’t know what they are accepting.

They know this guy who been with them and believe that he said to them some thing he didn’t say and they know it.

Don’t you think this will be the most incredible thing ever to hear off ?

So, now we believe in resurrection and its prediction.

The Death



JOH 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high [day]), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away.JOH 19:32 The soldiers therefore came, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him:JOH 19:33 but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:JOH 19:34 howbeit one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there came out blood and water.

Now, Is Jesus really dead in the first place ? Or been taken to the tomb live so that he just got up when he got the consciousness and escaped out of it or just left by the soldiers to go with all the wounds.

He will not be found with healed bruises in just three days - actually we come to this later because we have to answer a lot of questions like :

Is he dead ?

If dead, is it Jesus ?

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Wrong Tomb



JOH 19:38 And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave [him] leave. He came therefore, and took away his body.JOH 19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to him by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.JOH 19:40 So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.JOH 19:41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid.JOH 19:42 There then because of the Jews` Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.

A body was laid in a tomb that was not used before, known. So, some one was dead and his body was entombed in a cave. And so Jesus is dead. Is it Jesus ? We don’t know yet, but there is a particular tomb that is easily identified or distinguished. So the body was entombed in a cave of no confusion.

Empty Tomb



MT 28:11 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the things that were come to pass.MT 28:12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave much money unto the soldiers,MT 28:13 saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.MT 28:14 And if this come to the governor`s ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of care.MT 28:15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying was spread abroad among the Jews, [and continueth] until this day.

Hey if you believe that Bible is true, and so the history, you will clearly understand that here the Chief Priest is clearly trying to falsify a truth, And the truth is Jesus body was missing from the truth out of no known reason that could prove Jesus is wrong. And it was proved that it was not the wrong tomb but the same cave where Jesus was entombed which is found empty.

Stolen Body



JOH 20:19 When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first [day] of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.JOH 20:20 And when he had said this, he showed unto them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.JOH 20:21 Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.JOH 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit:JOH 20:23 whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.JOH 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.JOH 20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.JOH 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace [be] unto you.JOH 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and see my hands; and reach [hither] thy hand, and put it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.JOH 20:28 Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.JOH 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.



AC 4:12 And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.AC 4:13 Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.



1CO 15:1 Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand,1CO 15:2 by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.1CO 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;1CO 15:4 and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;1CO 15:5 and that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve;1CO 15:6 then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep;



AC 26:24 And as he thus made his defense, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.AC 26:25 But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.AC 26:26 For the king knoweth of these things, unto whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him; for this hath not been done in a corner.AC 26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.AC 26:28 And Agrippa [said] unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.AC 26:29 And Paul [said], I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.



So, it says the disciples were hiding and afraid of Jews and if they have stolen the body they needn’t to be afraid. They can just go out and do be the Chief Priests whom every one just treat like king.

And if you think they may be kinda made stories, just ordinary men (fishermen) can’t just speak out so boldly and courageously and all that scholarly and with that wisdom.

And don’t give their life for sheer sake of nothing and stand by the word if they haven’t witnesses the truth.

Five hundred people don’t lie all alike about the same person and same thing.

So, whom of are we talking all the time ?

Some one who is crucified and dead and entombed in a cave that was found empty after of no evidence and the body is being taken care of, surveilled of and you know - can’t be some one other than Jesus.

So, it is obvious now that Jesus was crucified and resurrected from death.