April 27, 2023 added a couple paragraphs about futher shift of ideas in the Church about nations to reach for
the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ from 70 Genesis 10 Noah nations to political nations due to increasing
Gentile composition of the Church and use of Greek philosophy allegorical Bible interpretation rather than more literal
Jewish Bible interpretation and some of the actions by both Christians and mainstream or rabbinic Jewish leaders
that led to greater division between Christians including Jews who believed in Jesus and rabbinic Jews including
the effects of the Roman destruction of Jerusalem and the 2nd Jewish Temple after the 1st Jewish Roman war starting
in 67 AD with the separation of mainstream Judaism from the by then overwhelmingly Gentile rather than Jewish comprised
Christian community by the end of the 2nd Jewish revolt under Simon Bar Kochba in 135 AD and the likely overwhelming
shift in the Christian community of using general political nations rather than more literal 70 Genesis 10 nations
including for the Great Commission nations despite the more literal 70 Noah nations for the Great Commission still
being accessible to Chrisitans by 135 AD and later in New Testament books such as Acts and Romans that directly
quoted the Old Testament with passages about evangelism of the nations that used the same Old Testament word for
nations or Gentiles as in Genesis 10 where the same Old Testament word "goy" for nations was used in these quoted
Old Testament verses all in web page Development of Ideas for Great Commission Nations Through Church History at link
Development of Idea for Great Commission Nations Through Church History
in Church and Bible Prophecy section
April 28, 2023 added a couple paragraphs of the shift in idea for nations in the Great Commission, especially by Dr. Ralph
Winter in 1974 at the annual Lausanne School of Evangelism missions conference, from the not
literal Genesis 10 Noah nation but allegorical from Greek philosophy geographical-political nation for Great Commission nation
to still not fully literal Genesis 10 Noah nation but perhaps somewhat more scriptural about 12,000 people group cultural or ethnic-linguistic nations
still mostly held to by the Global Christian Mission community as the nations to reach for the Great Commission to evangelize the world and
my and some other Biblical Christians suggested much more and restored to literal 1st century more Jewish like view of 70 Genesis 10 Noah nations as
nations to reach and that comprise all people on earth to reach by the Church or Church Age phase of the Kingdom of God through to eternal life and
a personal relationship with God through faith in His Son Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Saviour and Second Adam to saved us out of the first
and fallen into sin by nature and practice creation in the first Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden into God's eternal new creation started in God's
Son the Lord Jesus Christ after He rose from the dead after paying for all our sins on the cross and being separted from God the Father for 3 hours
to bear God's wrath for our sins on Jesus all in web page the Development of Ideas of Nations for the Church to Reach unto Eternal Life With the Great
Commission at link
Development of Idea for Great Commission Nations Through Church History
in web section The Church and Bible Prophecy
April 29, 2023 added two paragraphs about the further entrenchment and use as a general guide for world missions, evangelism
or the Great Commission of the political or geographical-political concept of nations from the time of Constantine in about 313 AD
to the late twentieth century, especially the real popularization of people group nations by Dr. Ralph Winter in his 1974
famous speech popularizing that concept of nations to reach people for Christ in the Great Commission given by the
Lord Jesus Christ to His Church starting with His apostles or earliest disciples just before His ascension or return to
heaven from earth in web page Development of the Idea of Nations for the Church to Reach with the Great Commission at link
Development of Idea for Great Commission Nations Through Church History
in web section The Church and Bible Prophecy
April 29, 2023 added a table of all the political nations of Earth and their likely corresponding main nations of
the 70 Genesis 10 Noah nations and their corresponding sons of Noah in new web page Tables of Related Political and
70 Noah Nations at link
Tables of Related Political Nations and Nations of 70 Noah Nations
in web section Church and Bible Prophecy
May 1, 2023 added a table of all the 70 Genesis 10 Noah Nations, relevant scriptures and their likely corresponding
current political nations in web page Tables of Related Political and 70 Noah Nations at link
Tables of Related Political Nations and Nations of 70 Noah Nations
in web section Church and Bible Prophecy
May 16, 2023 added some additional information about some of the gods or regarded incarnations of some of the gods
of India of Shiva at Varanasi and an incarnation Ram of usually blue coloured god Vishnu at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state
of India near Himalaya mountains in India in web page Table 70 Gods or Demons of the 70 Noah Nations in web section
Church and Bible Prophecy or at link:
Table 70 Gods and Demons of the 70 Noah Nations
May 19, 2023 added some information about the celebration of Jerusalem Day, the anniversary of Israel's victory over
her Arab foes in the early June 1967 Six Day War, particularly of some of the Israeli members of parliament (the Knesset)
going up to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and their emphasis of the importance of having greater Jewish identification
and access to the Temple Mount up to even the last days prophetic rebuilding of the Jewish temple there on
the web page Tribulation Temple in the web section Israel and Bible prophecy at link:
Third Jewish Temple
May 23, 2023 added some information about responses from leaders or spokespeople of Palestinian Arab or some other
Arab nations to the Israel celebrations of Jerusalem Day in the Flag March through the Old City of Jerusalm and
ascending to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on web page third or Tribulation Temple on web section Israel and Bible Prophecy at link:
Third Jewish Temple
June 1, 2023 added some information about the new potentially habitable planets TOI 700 e and LP 791-18 d and the
disqualification of Planet 40 Eridani b, a planet thought previously thought to be discovered around the star
portrayed as the home star of the planet Vulcan home of fictional character Spock of popular science-fiction series
Star Trek all web space about the scientific and christian search for extraterrestrial life beyond our solar system
in Space and Bible Prophecy section of web site all at link:
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Beyond Our Solar System Part 2c
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Spirit and Truth Ministries Chinese (Simplified)The Church (literally the called out (of the world) ones) is the people from every nation and from the Jews that the LORD or God the Father is calling out to be a special eternal people for His Son the Lord Jesus Christ. All people in the true Church have personally trusted in Jesus Christ that He is God's only begotten Son and that He died for us and our sins and rose from the dead to give us new life. When we do this we enter a personal relationship with God Himself including Jesus and become indwelt, led and taught by His Holy Spirit.
The Church Age or Dispensation began at Pentecost in about 30 AD and is almost at its completion point when there will be members of the Church from all 70 Genesis 10 from Noah and his three sons nations, peoples or people groups, languages and all tribes. Then the Church will be raptured or caught up to Heaven with new spiritual or heavenly bodies for all its members to our homes in Heaven. The Church will also have a part in ruling Earth in the Millennial Kingdom of the Messiah - Jesus and a glorious eternal future. If you are not part of it already I hope you join us while they is still the little remaining time in this Age of Grace, the Church Age or the Age of the Holy Spirit. This can be done by praying to God in Jesus' name to personally receive Jesus as your Lord and Saviour from your sins.
For the true meaning of Christmas see the references to the birth and infancy of the Lord Jesus Christ in the First Earthly Ministry of Messiah (Christ) Jesus web page
First Earthly Ministry of Messiah (Christ) JesusFor Bible teaching in context about the expression ye are gods see New Nature in Christ web page
New Nature in ChristCurrently and throughout current Church Age, one of the important aspects of the true Church and true Christian witness is to rightly divide God's word the Holy Bible including to study or teach God's word from a mostly literal and in context or exegesis intepretation rather than trying to study or teach from a substantially non-biblical perspective where one significantly tries to read non-Christian or out of context ideas into one's interpretation of a bible passage. This is usually associated with the symbolic or allegorical or eisegesis interpretation of the Bible. This type of interpreation began in earnest in Church history with efforts of the Hellenized Jewish teacher Philo in the 1st century and then the very pro-Greek philosophy church father Origen in the 3rd century to revise Bible interpretation from a literal perspective to one that would appeal to followers of Greek or Roman philosophy more and bring them into the professing Church. For more on this topic view my web site about the Teaching of the Word of God to Believers in the Church Age below.
12 Teaching of God's Word to Believers in the Church AgeA good introductory level devotional Bible to read through the Bible - the word of God in one year in a consecutive basis or in the usual order of the books is the Daily Walk Bible. The devotions in this Daily Walk Bible are in the order in the Christian Bible from Genesis to Revelation and I heartily recommend the use of the Daily Walk Bible. It is available in either the King James Version or the New International Version and is available from Amazon Books online. It is also available from at least some Christian bookstores in Canada and probably in the US or some other places to order through them or in Canada. The Daily Walk Bible is also available in the secular bookstore chain Chapters Indigo to order at their bricks and mortar stores including Coles or online through their website.
This Daily Walk Bible features at the back of it the Bible reading plan to read through the whole Bible in one year. However one feature lacking in this Bible edition is any Bible maps. At the beginning of each day's reading there is a chapter by chapter outline and brief summary. Each day's reading of usually a couple or several chapters includes one or more academic or spiritual insight notes a practical Daily Walk section with application from the day's reading for Christian living. This devotional Bible is good in that it combines emphasis on evangelism and practical Christian living with some academic notes on the background of the day's reading. The background notes are from a primarily literal and in context basis including generally rightly giving a distinction between the true Church and Israel. The true Church is God's chosen spiritual or heavenly people being called out to God from all nations in this present Church Age or Age of Grace from Pentecost 2000 years ago to the very soon coming pre-tribulation rapture to heaven of the complete true Church. This distinction of the true Church is in contrast to God's chosen earthly or physical people Israel that God focuses on on earth and for the believing remnant of them to be with God in heaven from the time of Abraham around 2000 BC to the cruxifiction of the Lord Jesus Christ (Messiah). According to a literal interpretation of the Bible God will also focus on Israel from after the rapture of the Church with the following 7 year tribulation on Earth ended by the Second Coming of Messiah Jesus to earth. The Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ (Messiah) to earth will begin His and God the Father's Millennial or Messianic Kingdom on earth centred on Jerusalem and restored Israel (and the true Church and the saved of the nations.) The Daily Walk Bible does hold to the literal interpretation of the Bible including the last days restoration of Israel or/ or including the Jews to God and to their promised land of Israel.
Prayer in the Church AgeFor an examination of the also scriptural but probably more quickly achievable idea that the nations mentioned in the Great Commission to share the good news, of sure salvation and eternal life through God's only begotton Son Jesus Christ His death on the cross and resurrection from the dead and our trusting in Him to be our personal Lord and Saviour, to all the world being based on the 70 nations descended from Noah in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 and 11 rather than the probably over 10,000 groups of people in the currently most popular "people group" definition of nations in the Great Commission and for some general scriptures about the Great Commission click on the following web page about the Great Commission
The Great Commission of the Church to Evangelize the WorldA good new book, published in the year 2020, about the nations in the Great Commission, as in Matthew 28:18-20, being the 70 nations descended from Noah in Genesis 10 is Names, Nations and the New Testament by author Madelyn Rose Craig.
Added in Great Commission web page: reference in Luke 8 about Christians not to cover or hide our witness for Jesus from Greek work Kaluptos which is the modern Greek work for face mask. In other words if possible Christians shouldn't wear face mask if it hinders our spoken witness for Jesus and some of the laws made by government now and encouraged by the media partly have the effect of hindering Christian witness for Jesus by forcing also Christians to wear face masks and muffle or cover our witness for Jesus to the unsaved people.
12 Ministry of the Holy Spirit For Salvation in the Church AgeIncreasing World Emphasis on UFOs and Aliens Including Abductions as Preparing for Possible Non-biblical Erroneous Explanation of the Catching Up to Heaven (Rapture) of True Christians See Following
Other Rapture ScripturesFor more entire Bible information about Christianity, Israel and God's program of salvation for all people through Jesus in many languages:
For an excellent source for information about Bible teaching and Bible prophecy about the Church, Israel, the Nations and Science visit:
South West Radio ChurchThere is much the Bible says about the nations (meaning all nations but Israel) especially for the last days after the Church is caught up (raptured) to Heaven. Then God will work among the Jews and the nations. Sometimes the Bible speaks of nations in general and somtimes of specific nations or group of nations. Often, especially in the Old Testament, prophecies for the nations use the old names of nations that can usually be related to present people groups, nations or regions with some study.
Prophecy of Saint Malachy and Roman Catholic Popes Although I have some reservations because it is not in the Bible, there is a surprisingly accurate prophecy from St. Malachy that from his time in 1139 there would be 112 popes of which Pope John Paul 2 is third last and Pope Benedict XVI is the second last.
February 11, 2013 Resignation of Pope Benedict 16 According to Saint Malachy's Prophecy the Next Pope Will be the Last Pope Peter the Roman but as a Bible Believing Christian I Still Am Not Quite Sure What to Think of These Prophecies. By Some reports they will be more credible if the next pope is Italian.
March 13, 2013 The New Pope Has Been Chosen He is Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentinia. And he will be called Francis. Although the new pope is neither directly from Italy or named Peter, he is the son of Italian immigrants on both sides and it is significant that he has chosen the papal name Francis after Saint Francis of Asissi. This is because Saint Francis is regarded as the patron saint of Italy and part of the name of Saint Francis is Pietro or Peter after his father. Also this new pope has a reputation of being a pastor that looks after his flock and this is also a characteristic of Peter the Roman. Therefore after I looked into the situation more this new pope Francis 1 can possibly be regarded as a fulfillment of Peter the Roman that is to be the pope that leads the Roman Catholic Church into the tribulation according to Saint Malachy's prophecy but we will have to see what happens and we have to keep in mind that this prophecy isn't inspired of God like prophecies in God's word the Holy Bible.
Prophecy of Saint Malachy and the Roman Catholic Church PopesAncient Astronaut Theory's Use of Term Elohim for Ancient Astronauts in Genesis 1 for Creators of the Human Race Refuted
The Creation and FallOctober 2013 Crisis in United States and Risk of World Economy and Politics With Standoff for 2014 Budget and Debt Ceiling and Possible Preparation for Antichrist
December 2013 World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture and Development and Renewed Effort to Get a More Comprehensive World Trade Agreement see the Antichrist part 3
June 2014 Selection of Centralized Europe Supporter Jean Claude Juncker as New Leader of the European Commission and Possible Candidate for the Antichrist
AntichristSeptember 2014 Selection of New Leaders of the European Council and the EU Foreign Affairs Leaders and Possible Relevance in Bible Prophecy
June 2014 Free Trade Deal Between Canada and the US with European Union and Arab Spring Make English North America the Most Likely Third Horn for Powerbase of the Antichrist see Ten Toes of Daniel
16 Image and Ten Toes of DanielActual or attempted invasion of Israel by Russia, Iran and other Islamic countries see part 3 of Battle of Armageddon.
Current Threatening Actions of Iran With Russia Against America in Literal Biblical Context
18 19 The Battle of ArmageddonAn excellent source of worldwide, comprehensive news is the BBC website. Although it is secular there is much especially about Israel, the Middle East situation, the European Union, the United Nations and world government or globalization, the Vatican etc. that can help the reader with a basic knowledge of Bible prophecy see last days Bible prophecy being realized or prepared in current events before our eyes.
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) WebsiteThere is very much the Bible says about Israel especially its future in the last days of the world and God and Messiah's rule on Earth but I will just give you some background first. After the building of the Flood of Noah and the building of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 6 - 11 there was universal idolatry (and immorality) on Earth. Then the LORD - the One True God's solution was to separate from the nations one man and his wife Abraham and Sarah. God used them to build a godly nation for Himself that would follow His laws and be a witness to the nations of the blessings of following God's ways and trusting in Him. This nation and people through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who was renamed by God Israel is the people of Israel or the Jews. God's ways to them was the law of Moses given in the first five books of the Bible.
About 2000 years ago through Jewish geneaology and into a Jewish culture was born, lived, died for our sins, rose from the dead, and ascended into Heaven the Jewish Messiah and Saviour of the world Jesus Christ or Jesus the Messiah. At Pentecost believing Jews in the Messiah became part of the Church. After the rapture believing Jews (the remnant of Israel) will again be distinct from believing Gentiles.
In the Great Tribulaton or 70th week of Daniel God will arrange the building of a 3rd or Tribulation Temple of God for the Jews on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. He will also witness to Jews and Gentiles (people of the nations) through two special witnesses and 144,000 witnesses who will all be Jews that believe in Jesus. They will witness that Jesus was the promised Messiah and that He then will be coming soon to set up His and God's Kingdom over all the Earth ruling from Jerusalem with Israel of the Jews then the Head of the nations in fulfillment of many Bible prophecies. God will also bless Israel in eternity or that part that believes in His Messiah Jesus Christ.
I believe there is only one serious candidate for the Ark of the Covenant current location. The most likely location is under the Temple Mount perhaps under the Chamber of Wood spoken in favour by The Temple Institute and others. Possible Locations of the Ark of the Covenant
A good source of information from a biblical perspective about what is going on in the holy land is the
following:
Israel National News Web Site
August 2013 Resumption of Middle East Peace Talks Between the Israelis and Palesinians Mediated by the Americans
November 2013 Introduction of a Bill by the Jewish Home Party in the Israeli Parliament to Secure Jewish Right to Pray on the Temple Mount
April 2014 Possible Impending End of Current Round of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks Under John Kerry
April 2014 Hamas Led Unrest on the Temple Mount to Prevent Jews Going on the Temple Mount at Passover
May 2014 Visit of Roman Catholic Pope Francis to the Holy Land Including the Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem
June 2014 Continuation of Palestinian Unity Government Between Fatah and Hamas and State of World Recognition
June 2014 Recent Disloyal Behaviour of Some Arab Members of the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) a Possible Indication of Effects of Arab Spring
July 2014 New Conflict Between Israel and Palestinian Militants Led by Hamas in Gaza
Late August 2014 Longer Term Ceasefire Between Israel and Palestinian Militants in Gaza With Talks to Possible Long Term Agreement
October 2014 Substantial Muslim Violence Led by Hamas Around Jerusalem and on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Since End of Gaza Conflict
October 2014 Attempted Arab Assasination Attempt on Jewish Temple Mount Rights Campaigner Yehuda Glick and Increasing Muslim Violence and Threats Before and After to Discourage Jewish Access and Prayer on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and Possible Bible Prophecy Significance<>
December 2014 Successful Effort of the Palestinian Authority to Join the UN United Nations International Crimimal Court
February 2015 Former American Middle East Peace Negotiator Saying the Americans Have Lost Patience With the Peace Process and Might Set Imposed Terms for a Middle East Peace Agreement Through the UN Security Council After the March 17 Israeli Election
For more information :
The Israeli Palestinian Conflict
January 7, 2009 Rabbi Chaim Richman of the Temple Institute Declares That the Garments of the High Priest Are Completed
March 2011 The Temple Institute Affirms They Still Have a Qualified Red Heifer and Show Pictures of It on Their Web Site
August 2011 The Temple Institute Describes Increased Freedom of Religious Jews to Pray and to Speak About the Temple on Jewish Holidays Such as the 9th of AV When the Previous Temples Were Destroyed
August 2013 Temple Institute Carries Out First Practice of the Temple Service With Qualified Priests in 2000 Years in Preparation for Their Work in the Coming Third Temple
December (Hannukah) 2014 Temple Institute Makes and Lights Menorah with First Temple Ready Pure Olive Oil in 2000 Years
Third or Tribulation TempleOfficial Re-establishment of Jewish Sanhedrin in Israel After Absence for 1600 Years on Monday, December 6, 2004
Before September 21, 2006 The Sanhedrin By Majority Decision Decided the Exact Location of the Jewish Temple is the Muslim Dome of the Rock
The Sanhedrin or Jewish Council of Elders and Priests