Friday 12 October 2012

"...all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."


BE PREPARED, FOR GOD GAVE YOU THE ABILITY (AND FOREKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU NEED) TO DO JUST THAT.



"...all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."


2 Timothy 3 - King James Version (KJV)

3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was.

10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Watch this: "A question about the end times and dealing with those holding views in contradiction to the Scripture." - http://youtu.be/FQ7_o90XTLo

Bible Chronology

Which is the oldest and second oldest books in The Bible, and so forth?

Fabula-wise (the actual story of life the way it happened in chronological order) it is Genesis then Job.

Syuzhet-wise (the way the story is organized) the Books of the Bible are listed differently in the canons of Judaism and the Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox, Slavonic Orthodox, Coptic, Georgian Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, Syriac, Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches.

The time of the writing of each book is highly debated and debatable. Here is a sample listing of the books of the Bible in the supposed order in which they were written (end numbers represent the traditional English order):

Old Testament:

1440 - 1400 B.C.

Genesis #1
Exodus #2
Leviticus #3
Numbers #4
Deuteronomy #5

1400 - 1000

Joshua #6
Judges #7

1000 - 586 B.C. (pre-exile - mid-exile)

Period of David & Solomon (ca. 1000 - 931):

Psalms #19
Ruth #8
1st Samuel #9
2nd Samuel #10
Job #18
Proverbs #20
Ecclesiastes #21
Song of Solomon #22

Period of Rehoboam to Hezekiah (931 - 686):

Isaiah #23
Hosea #28
Joel #29
Amos #30
Obadiah #31
Jonah #32
Micah #33

Period of Hezekiah to the exile (686 - 586):

Nahum #34
Habakkuk #35
Zephaniah #36

1st Kings #11
2nd Kings #12
1st Chronicles #13
2nd Chronicles #14

Jeremiah #24
Lamentations #25
Ezekiel #26
Daniel #27

516 - 400 B.C. (post-exilic)

Ezra #15
Nehemiah #16
Esther #17

Haggai #37
Zechariah #38
Malachi #39

New Testament:

40 - 45. A.D.

Matthew: #1 (#40 )

45 - 50 A.D.

1st Thessalonians #13 (#52)
2nd Thessalonians #14 (#53)
1 Corinthians #7 (#46)
2 Corinthians #8 (#47)
Romans #6 (#45)
Luke #3 (#42)

50 - 55 A.D.

Galatians #9 (#48)
Ephesians #10 (#49)
Philippians #11 (#50)
Colossians #12 (#51)
Philemon #18 (#57)
Acts #5 (#44)

1st Timothy #15 (#54)
2nd Timothy #16 (#55)
Titus #17 (#56)
Hebrews #19 (#58)

55 - 60 A.D.

1st Peter #21 (#60)
2nd Peter #22 (#61)
Mark #2 (#41)
James #20 (#59)
Jude #26 (#65)

60 - 68 A.D.

John #4 (#43)
1st John #23 (#62)
2nd John #24 (#63)
3rd John e #25 (#64)
Revelation #27 (#66)


Further study & sources (with thanks):

Question: What is "chronology?" Answer: the science of arranging time in fixed periods for the purpose of dating events accurately and arranging them in order of occurrence.

There are three sets of "chronology:"

1.) The sequence of actual events i.e. the fabula, i.e. which events in which book of the Bible happened after Genesis, which is regarded as the first events, and the answer to that is the events described in the book of Job.

2.) Then there are the sequence of when the books of the Bible were written and here scholars differ by hundreds of years. ?Some scholars argue that Job was written before Genesis, while others argue the opposite.

Read these interesting discussions and resources for further study: http://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Job.html / 
http://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Genesis.html / 
http://bible.org/article/introduction-book-job / 
http://bible.org/seriespage/analysis-and-synthesis-genesis / 
http://ichthys.com/mail-Bible%20chrono.htm / 
http://www.truthingenesis.com/book-of-genesis-authors.html / 
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080301073518AAUElMh / 
http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/stewart.cfm?id=675 / 
http://carm.org/when-was-bible-written-and-who-wrote-it / 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Genesis / 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Job 
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chronology, and for the sceptics: 
http://atheism.about.com/od/Bible-Study-Pentateuch/a/Book-Genesis-Intro.htm 

3. Finally there is the chronology of how the books of The Bible are arranged, in what order, i.e. the sujet.

Please feel free to add your comments and or resources.