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The Bible was a Divine Library or collection of inspired writings, holy scriptures, and sacred volumes of Christianity which along with the apostolic truths of the Christian revelations in the New Testament also includes Old Testament books of the Jews. The New Testament was made up of twenty seven different books written by the apostles, Matthew, John, Paul, James, Peter, Jude, and their disciples Mark and Luke. They include the Gospels by Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Thomas (portions of copies of the Gospel of Thomas in Greek where first found in Egypt about one hundred years ago and a complete copy in Coptic was found with other Gnostic documents in Nag Hammadi in 1945). They also include the Acts of the Apostles, and Epistles/Letters, Romans (I & II), Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians (I & II), Thessalonians (I & II), Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrew, James (I & II), Peter (I, II & III), John, the Books of Prophecy - Revelation.
The Old Testament was made up of the
Hebrew scriptures and books of the Mosaic covenant which include: the Law -
Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; the Historic Books - Joshua, Judges, Ruth
(I & II), Samuel (I & II), Kings (I & II); Chronicles - Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther;
Poetry - Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon; Major Prophets -
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel; and Minor Prophets - Hosea,
Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai,
Zechariah, Malachi.
Only part of the life of Christ was known and that was gleaned from writings of others written long after his passing. Many of the writings available about the teachings of the Christ in ancient times were not included in what is considered the sanctioned and official collection of writings known as the Bible. Since Jesus broke away from traditional Judaism and founded a new religion based on new teachings, it is doubtful that he would have recommended that the collection of Judaic writings known as the Old Testament be included as part of the foundational spiritual teachings of Christianity. There is a period of time from when Jesus was thirteen until he began his ministry at age thirty where there are no written records available to explain where he sojourned or what he did during that timeframe. From the gospels we do know that for the most part he preferred to give his sermons outdoors in the Natural World like the sermon on the mount, and, that he was a benevolent, loving man of peace who believed in the diversity and equality of all humans, even sinners who had fallen into bad ways.
Jesus preferred to teach by the oral tradition method
as a storyteller of parables, similitudes, and exemplaries. He was a kind
hearted healer who performed miraculous healings, cast out demons, manifested
food to fed the hungry, and calmed troubled and stormy seas. He also was a
mentor and benefactor to his disciples, assuring them that the miraculous deeds,
he had accomplished they were also capable of doing in due course...
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