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The foundation of the study has been laid and it consists of beginning in the Old Testament by showing the
prophesies of the book of Malachi in about 400 B.C. and of the continued revelation of the coming Messiah Jesus
Christ. Revealing that the much prophesied Messiah (Jesus Christ) and the existence of His Christian Church is
exactly the foretold works, accomplishments, plans, directions and ownership of the Lord Jesus Christ. -- The
foundation of the study begins with some Old Testament prophecies of the Coming Messiah Jesus Christ then enters
the New Testament Gospels at the birth in the year 0 A.D. of the Messiah Jesus Christ then highlights the Sermon
on the Mount in 31 A.D. given by Jesus to His Disciples, more teachings of Jesus, then His Mount Olivet Sermon
given in 33 A.D. to a few of His Disciples, then following through Holy Week in 33 A.D. with the Triumphal
entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem, the rejection followed by His crucifixion and resurrection then 40 days later His
bodily ascent back into Heaven. Then the empowering of the Christian Church by the Holy Spirit at the Day of
Pentecost followed by the Church building Ministries and Missions of the Apostles of Jesus Christ, notably Peter,
John and Paul, including the first Church Council the Council of Jerusalem in about 47 A.D. then concluding the
introduction to the study with Jesus' promises of His Eternal Kingdom found at the Bible's conclusion at the end of
the Book of Revelation.
The Apostolic Age of the Christian Church closes in about the year 100
A.D. with the complete Bible Scriptures now written, confirmed and in
the presence of a still young Christian Church. -- "Jude 1:3 Beloved,
when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it
was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should
earnestly contend for the faith which was once [completely] delivered
unto the saints [Christians]."
With the close of the Apostolic Age [the actual original Disciples of Jesus Christ] four main things happened to the
Christian Church.
1. The greater [catholic] Church had the Bible Epistles (letters) in their possession and with the teachings,
doctrines, known customs of Jesus and the Apostles (i.e. love, grace, fellowship, teaching, baptism,
communion, etc.), along with the scriptures of the Holy Bible and the presence and direction of the Holy
Spirit the Christian Church grew exponentially even though several obstacles existed that opposed the
Christian Church.
2. Physical opposition and persecution against the Christian Church continued to grow in intensity.
3. Spiritual opposition primarily in the form of Gnosticism along with attacks on the Bible•s authenticity and
canonicity also grew and intensified against the Christian Church.
4. With the original Apostles no longer alive and among the Christian Church then Social opposition; the subtle
deceit, compromises, worldly gain, financial benefit and common deceptions of the world began to enter into
and infiltrate the Christian Church in a much more unprecedented and less restricted way.
Marcionism was an Early Christian dualist belief system that originated
in the teachings of Marcion of Sinope at Rome around the year 144
A.D. -- Marcion believed Jesus Christ was the savior sent by God and
Paul of Tarsus was his chief apostle, **but he rejected the Hebrew
Bible and the God of Israel (YHWH Elohim) - Marcionists believed that
the wrathful Hebrew God was a separate and lower entity than the all-
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