God's Interventions In Secular History
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Kenneth B. Alexander BSL JD Deacon. God's Interventions In Secular History
God’s Interventions In Secular History
Preface
Christ’s Sacrifice. Jesus In the New Testament. List of Miracles Performed By Christ. Below Are the Parables of the Kingdom
Bibliography
A Special Nation for Himself
Before and Immediately After the Flood
Men of Renown: Many polytheistic civilizations had legends of great men performing great feats. These were the Neplilim, the unholy offspring of the angelic like creatures and earthy women. After the fall God had limited His revelation to the new nation He was forming, Israel. The rest of mankind was left to the memories of those of the distant past who had become mighty men, men of renown and mythic gods. These men of renown took the form of a mixture of human and divine with great powers. For instance men worshipped Venus, Mars, Jupiter or Zeus, Saturn, Gilgamesh, Osiris, Isis,Tammuz, Poseidon, Hades, Jason, Anubis, Horus, Hercules Thor, Perseus, the gods of Olympus, Odysseus, the Planets,Hathor, Geb, , Amun, Aton Bastet, Baal, Artemus or Diana. There are hundreds more but all these gods/men had great powers and were definitely renown during their time as later societies’ legends and myths were derived from this pre-flood period
After the Flood
Wilderness, Conquest, Promised Land
The Fall of Israel and Judah
God Uses Nations To Accomplish His Will
God Uses Satan to Accomplish His Will
Miracles In the Old Testament
List of Miracles
Christ’s Sacrifice
Jesus In the New Testament
List of Miracles Performed By Christ
Below Are the Parables of the Kingdom
Birth of Christianity
In 313 Constantine I and Licinius announced that it was proper that the Christians and all others should have liberty to follow that mode of religion which to each of them appeared best thereby granting tolerance to all religions, including Christianity. This edict made the Empire officially neutral with regard to religious worship; it neither made paganism illegal nor made Christianity the State religion at that time. However in 325 the Emperor held the first Council of Nicaea, called the first Ecumenical Council wherein Christianity was established as the official Roman religion and guidelines and creeds were enacted to govern this new (to Rome) religion. These changes included establishment of church authority, elevation of the cross as the religion’s symbol, the preparation on a uniform Bible, and in a sense he began what was to become the Catholic (Universal) Church. Bishops and church leaders were established in various places, and eventually moved from the Eastern empire of Constantine and the City of Constantinople to the Western empire and the city of Rome. Eventually, after East and West unified, the Bishop of Rome ultimately became what was later called the Pope. There was great doctrinal conflict between the East and West church for centuries
Men Sent By God After Christ
Conclusion
Bibliography
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Birth of Christianity
Men Sent By God After Christ
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However when man, who he had been left in charge of this perfect world, sinned by disobedience he was faced with a decision. Either destroy all he had worked for or provide a way out for man to be able to return to the perfect land. Therefore cursed the serpent (Satan) and left open the possibility of another outcome by giving His creation the ability to choose God with their free will. When man chose disobedience over obedience God realized that the forces released by that decision could no longer exist in His perfect world; otherwise man would live eternally in a sinful state. He realized that if this occurred He would have no choice but to destroy the entire creation. As God put it: “Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever” [meaning evil would live forever]—therefore the Lord God sent man out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life” (Gen 3:22-24). Instead of destroying man, His mercy gave him another chance and set about to redeem him from the jaws of evil. But in the meantime He put man out of the Garden and into a world of futility to put limitations and controls over him until the coming of the Messiah.
He subjected creation to futility but in hope that, through that futile creation, He could still work His will which was ultimately the perfection of man and creation. Romans 8:20-22 states: “For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now”. God confirmed this by what he said to the serpent in the Garden. I will put “ENMITY Between you [Satan] and the woman [Israel or Mary], And between your [Satan’s seed] and her [the woman’s seed Christ]. He [Christ] shall bruise [crush] you on the head, And you [Satan] shall bruise him on the heel” (Gen 3:15). Therefore God, at the point of Creation, prophesied the defeat of Satan through the seed of the woman—Christ.
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