RE: The rapture is finally here again!
December 1, 2010 at 1:35 pm
(This post was last modified: December 1, 2010 at 2:23 pm by Chapabel.)
Quote:According to Acts 1:15 there were only 120 believers. What happened to the other 380?
But contradictions in the testimony are. Even taking Christian scripture at face value, there are a lot of problems. I'm still waiting for you to tell me what you think of John's epsitles regarding the early Christians who didn't believe in a flesh-and-blood Jesus 1John 4:1-3 or 2John 1:7 and how Paul flatly denies that Jesus had lived within his lifetime 1Cor 15:8
Acts 1:15 relates the day of Pentacost when 120 were present when the Holy Spirit descended, not Jesus. I Cor.15:6 says 500 saw Jesus at once, but we do not know when.
I believe it was the gnostics that claimed Jesus was not human; that He was only a spirit that appeared to be human. John refutes this teaching. It was not Christians that denied Jesus.
Paul did not flatly deny that Jesus lived in his life time. Here is the quote: 1 Corinthians 15:8 "And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time." The last phrase "born out of due time" is the translation of the Greek word "ektroma". This word is only used once in the Bible and it means "miscarriage". Paul was stating that he was not worthy to have seen Jesus.