Question: Anyone here ever read the NT books in the order in which they were written? When you do, you can see glimpses into how the myth was shaped over time.
The order in which the books of the NT are presented are as follows:
I'm not counting Acts as this book details what happened after Jesus departed the earth. The "tale" I refer to is the life of Jesus itself. I include the Epistles since we get minor tidbits and Revelation since this offers us the very first views of Jesus by the early church.
The actual order of authorship is as follows:
Read in proper order, we get a better glimpse of how the tale got better with the telling.
Revelation is the first book and this Jesus bears little in common with the meek and mild lamb of god. Here we see a Jesus more consistent with the ancient Jewish concept of a Messiah, a bloody (glorious) warlord who would bring ultimate victory to Israel. It reads like a bad acid trip, filled with bile and hatred for Israel's enemies.
At the time Revelation was penned, many Jews were chaffing under Roman rule and were wondering where the kingdom of the chosen people had gone. What happened to the promise of Yahweh to King David, who's line would rule on the throne forever? Some looked to the skies and decided their kingdom was in a higher place, a sentiment found in the book.
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The order in which the books of the NT are presented are as follows:
- Matthew
- Mark
- Luke
- John
- Epistles
- Revelation
I'm not counting Acts as this book details what happened after Jesus departed the earth. The "tale" I refer to is the life of Jesus itself. I include the Epistles since we get minor tidbits and Revelation since this offers us the very first views of Jesus by the early church.
The actual order of authorship is as follows:
- Revelation
- Epistles
- Mark
- Matthew and Luke
- John
Read in proper order, we get a better glimpse of how the tale got better with the telling.
Revelation is the first book and this Jesus bears little in common with the meek and mild lamb of god. Here we see a Jesus more consistent with the ancient Jewish concept of a Messiah, a bloody (glorious) warlord who would bring ultimate victory to Israel. It reads like a bad acid trip, filled with bile and hatred for Israel's enemies.
At the time Revelation was penned, many Jews were chaffing under Roman rule and were wondering where the kingdom of the chosen people had gone. What happened to the promise of Yahweh to King David, who's line would rule on the throne forever? Some looked to the skies and decided their kingdom was in a higher place, a sentiment found in the book.
***More on this later***
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
