The main points of Christianity?

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3. Why would Paul and John (author of the Book of Revelation) disagree over foods sacrificed to idols?

(1st Corinthians 8:1-13 versus Revelation 2:14)

They did not as I will explain, it had to do with certain things people thought were sinful.

Paul and John are disputing a matter. You know what the key word is? "stumbling block" they both use it !!!

Yes they did, and it was pointed at the Jewish believers not the Gentiles.

Paul uses it in 1st Corinthians 8:9 !!! They are fighting over doctrine!!!

This means that Paul wrote the book of Ephesians to defend himself against Jewish Christians like the writer of the Book of Revelation.

You say the above, then you say the quote below.

If the book of Revelation was the last book written then it followed the directions of the early church leadership concerning ...FOODS SACRIFCED
TO IDOLS!

How could there have been such a battle between the two, you yourself say the book of Revelations was written last, actually it was written after Paul's death.

Paul couldn't of defended himself after he was dead. If you will read the whole of the NT, you will see that Paul says it's fine to eat meat sacrificed to idols, but do not do it at the expense of causing a Jewish/or any believer to sin or fall. What you are referring to in Revelations is the law the Jewish Christians upheld even though they in reality did not have to. Paul explains that if one believes it's a sin to eat such meat it's a sin and one will be judged that way. Remember this one, "judge not least ye be judged." Meaning judge someone by a certain thing and God will judge you according to what you would condemn others of. Paul gave many things that were sinful, he gave them as absolutes, then he said that things like the food laws were not binding unless one wanted it to be that way. Paul through the love of Christ was trying to help both sides of such issues, he never tried to raise controversy, he did his best to help keep these situations from getting in the way of Christianity and the love it promotes.

if anyone would read Ephesians and the Book of Revelation you would see the ideological battle taking hold between the two camps centered around , at first, with FOODS SACRIFICED TO IDOLS.

He attacks John (The writer of the Book of Revelation) at Ephesians 4:22!

Again Paul was dead before the book of Revelations was written.

4. Why would James be the early arbitrator between both camps (Acts 15:19-29, 21:18-25 and James 4:1-12)?

He wasn't until Peter spoke and reassured the Council that Jesus came also for the Gentiles, that what was once considered filth was acceptable to God. Peter also asked them why they would put the burden of the Law on the Gentiles, when the Jewish people could not bear the weight of it. James conceded circumcision and most all the law because of what Peter testified to, James threw in the law of sacrificed meats to idols and sexual immorality to appease himself and the other Jewish leaders. Sexual immorality was a given through Christ's teachings, the meat thing was Jame's way of trying to force something on the Gentiles, something they did a lot of, he thought they should have to give up something. Paul didn't argue the point at the time, he had just won a victory and would deal with the food law later. We see this in later letters as you yourself have pointed out.

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