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The First Century Church.

Index of 3 Introduction files, 20150824

The purpose of the 3 Introduction files to the presentation series "The First Century Church", is to provide an overview and discover the reasons God has for us remembering The Feasts of The Lord. At the same time the followers of Jesus need to prevent from going into the ditch. In this series we will learn about the Prophetic fulfillment of the first group of Feasts that are already literally fulfilled by Jesus and discover that The feasts are also a prophetic Time Line of The Lord. By studying The Feasts of The Lord we will become more aware of the soon return of The Messiah!

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Index_Introductions_20150824 pdf ppt

Subjects:     Part A
Some of the subjects covered in Part A are answers to questions like: Do we have to go back to celebrate those old Testament feasts? And, is that not legalism? To answer some of these questions we will look into a comparison between legalism and pleasing God along with several words of caution. We will also see that there is a prophetic application to the "The Lord's Feasts" for each Believer! Another surprise to most believers will be that The Feasts of The Lord are NOT Jewish! And we do NOT have to become Jewish in order to serve The Lord! Part A concludes with showing the benefit the believers receive knowing about these Feasts and see that God reveals His character and the great plan of God.

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Part_A_Questions_Warning_20150824 pdf ppt

Subjects:     Part B
Some of the subjects covered in Part B are answers to questions like: What are the 7 feast, and when are they celebrated? Also, we will look at why The Lord commanded to keep these FEASTS? In the Epistle to the Colossians (Col. 2:17), the apostle Paul declares the Feasts of The Lord are : "Shadows of things to come". We will also look into some history and find out what effect the elimination of the Feasts had on the Body of Christ. Part B concludes with God's showing us His plan for the future: we can know His plan because God showed us already!

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Part_B_What_Why_Feasts_of_The_Lord_20150824 pdf ppt

Subjects:     Part C
The subjects in Part C show how The Lord's Feasts connect to us today by examining the prophetic fulfillment of "The Lord's Feasts". We will start with the Feast of Passover/Pesach - Messiah's 1st coming as The Lamb of God, and the Blood Covenant connection with the Abrahamic Blood Covenant and the things God did for His people the Israelites. After that we examine the Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of Firstfruits, and the Feast of Shavuot, or Pentecost. We will see that from this point in time forward the Gentiles are grafted into the Abrahamic Covenant. Part C concludes with the future: the Feast of Tabernacles - Messiah's return, The King of Kings for ALL peoples who will return to the earth!

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Part_C_Prophetic_Feasts_20150824 pdf ppt

The First Century Church.

Subjects:     Index To Study
This series of presentations files on "The First Century Church", is to provide some insight on how life was for the early believers during and following the time of the disciples and apostles. We will take a look into the deeper meaning of a number of key words used (or NOT used), in The Scriptures. Questions will be answered like: when do most Christians believe the "church" started? What does the word "church" really mean? When was it introduced and where does it's concept originate? More questions will be answered like what do the words "holy", "living in holiness", "righteousness", and "covenant" really mean? What were first century congregations like? When did they meet? How did they operate and what was it's structure? Related questions to look into are: How did the congregations with followers of Yeshua (Jesus) grow and spread out from Jerusalem? How common was it during the 4th - 15th centuries for the followers of Yeshua-Jesus to experience miracles?

After these questions have been answered the remaining PowerPoint presentations will cover the following subjects:

• What is included in "living to do the commandments of God"?
• Are the Covenants in the Torah, The Prophets, and The Writings, still valid for the Christian today?
• When were churches and the recognition of church buildings introduced and for what purpose?
• What Scriptures were available to the early believers?
• When were the Jewish things removed, and what was the reason that anything Jewish was removed from the early church?
• What things were newly introduced into the early church, and by whom were they added?

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00_Index_To_Study_20150821 pdf ppt

Subjects:     The Importance of God's Word and words
Word study:

• Ekklesia,     Strongs Index 1577    ἐκκλησία     ekkle_sia    ek-klay-see'-ah
• Synagogue,    Strongs Index 4864    συναγωγή    sunago_ge_    soon-ag-o-gay'
• Kehilah,     Strongs Index 6951        קהל     qa^ha^l,    kaw-hawl
• Khaverut, "fellowship" similar to the Greek Ek-klay-sia (Ecclasia): "fellowship, assembly"
• Old English "churche", church
• "Truth"
• William Tyndale translation of the word "church"

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01_Importance_of_God's_Word_and_words_20150821 pdf ppt

Subjects:     Scripture Sources used by Jesus and the disciples.

• The sources used and taught from by Jesus and His disciples
• Where did Jesus get His answers?
• What were the only "Scriptures" that existed before the 5th century?
• Paul taught everything he knew from the Old Testament, (Tanakh - The Torah [five books of Moses], The Prophets, and The Writings)

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02_Sources_used_by_Jesus_disciples_20150821 pdf ppt

Subjects:     NO New Testament was available, ONLY the Hebrew Scriptures

• The 1st century churches had NO New Testament, only the Hebrew Scriptures
• The Greek word for Scripture(s)
• Jesus taught from the (O.T.) Hebrew Scriptures, Deut 6:5, Lev 19:18
• The traditions of the Pharisees and Scribes and the resulting additions to the scriptures, ("fences around fences")
• Structure (or lack thereof), "flow of events" during a time of fellowship
• Early June 2013 post-conference event, River Falls, Wisconsin
• Acts Chapter 6 and 7: ALL QUOTES ARE FROM THE JEWISH SCRIPTURES - Tanakh, (Old Testament)
• The yearly biblical feasts cycle: spring, summer, and fall

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03_NO_NT_ONLY_Hebrew_20150821 pdf ppt

Subjects:     Where did the followers of Yeshuah meet?

• Where and how did the 1st century church conduct it's "services"?
• Constantine the Roman Emperor introduced the recognition of buildings as churches (visible object)
• Question: What was the reason that anything Jewish was removed from the church?
• Syncretism defined
• Why were church councils still fighting to stamp out these influences seven hundred years later

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04_Where_did_followers_of_Yeshuah_meet_20150821 pdf ppt

Subjects:     The Scriptural definitions of 3 words.

• The Scriptural definitions of 3 words:
  • Righteousness
  • Covenant
  • Holiness
• God revealing Himself, and how He expects us to behave
• Covenants establish the foundation of our walk with God
• God (not man), initiated the covenant(s) with mankind
• Holiness and the opposite of holy
• What opens the door to the supernatural?
• The requirement to walk in "honor", and examples of honor
• Why do so few believers honor the things that God Himself has deemed Holy?

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05_The_Scriptural_definitions_of_3_words_20150821 pdf ppt

Subjects:     The Feast of Passover

• The Biblical feasts of the Lord: Covenant, and the festivals and the God ordained form of worship
• Sabbath: Friday sunset to Saturday sunset. Day begins at sunset. (established during the week of creation)
• Spring Feasts
  • Passover
  • Unleavened Bread
  • First fruits

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06_Feast_of_PASSOVER_20150821 pdf ppt

Subjects:     The feast of Pentecost, or Shavuot.

• Pentecost - End Barley Harvest, begin Wheat harvest, The Word, Holy Spirit
• The festival superimposes the giving of the Spirit in Jerusalem in living hearts, over the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai to stony hearts
• Shavuot draws a line of connection between Exodus 19 and Acts chapter 2

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07_Pentecost_Shavuot_20150823 pdf ppt

Subjects:     Feast of Tabernacles

• Fall Feasts -
  • Trumpets
  • Atonement
  • Tabernacles
• Rosh HaShannah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot or Feast of Tabernacles
• Rosh Hashanah
• Feast of Trumpets, blowing of trumpets (Tishri 1)
• Jewish New year, ("head of the year")
• Celebration of spiritual birthday of the world
• Coronation of the King

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08_Feast_of_Tabernacles_20150823 pdf ppt