His jealousy towards the Twelve Thrones and also to occupy the most beautiful mansons in heaven exclusively reserved for the Twelve Apostles whose names later appeared on each of the Twelve foundations of the New Jerusalem excluding Apostle Paul according to the book of Revelation chapter 21, formed the basis of his contradictory teachings of the end-time events in contrast with the teachings of Jesus Christ and his Twelve Apostles.
Religions Background
He was a renowned Rabbi in Judiasm of the Jews being an extremist to the core. In order to protect his religion, he was engaged in mass arresting of Christains and for their execution in any place Christains were found both within and outside Israel; was converted by Jesus himself on his way to Damascus to arrest and excecute Christains.
As a Rabbi, he was so vasatile in the Old Testament scriptures and in teaching far more than any of the Twelve Apostles.
Educational background
According to Acts of the Apostles, he was a Law Graduate who studied under Gamelia strictly on the Jewish laws with a Roman citizenship from Tersus which is current day Turkey.
His educational and religions background coupled with his international exposure as a dual citizen, he proved to be more resourceful than any of the Apostles which he demostrated in his litrature works as a Profecient Writer and legal defence during his arrest and trail.
Although, the Apostles could preach the gospel very efficiently, but how to put them in writing as soon as possible became their greatest challenge in the missionary work due to individual poor educational background as most of them were fishermen who went to the Jewish Synagogues on Sabbath days listening to Rabbis and some made erros in their references to Old Testament scriptures in their writings because they could not carry everything in their heads acurately as humans like us quite unlike Apostle Paul who was a teacher in the Synagogue and had access to the Old Testament Scrolls for references. So he made more accurate references of Old Testament scriptures than any of them in the New Testament.
Some few years ago, the Israeli Rabbis were burning New Testament Bibles written by the Apostles and poining out those erros from the Old Testament scriptures in their references.
Take for as example, in Mark Gospel, it was Priest Abimelech that gave the bread to David and not Priest Abithar and there are several of them in the New Testament which does not involve Apostle Paul.
However, some of them had some level of secular education and we access them through the volume of writings they left behind in the New Testament.
Some of them hired scribe to write for them under their dictation which is cumbersome and they have to pay them if they cannot find someone who could do the writing for free like Prophet Jeremiah and Baruch who wrote for him because the Holy Spirit can only use you based in your level of knowledge, spelling, pronounciation and handwriting.
In either case, the speed of writing will be very slow to produce each literature quiet unlke an individual who is educated and can do all the writings by himself like Apostles Paul
Evidently, we see Apostle Matthew a Tax Collector to have some level of education to be employed by the Romans in Israel to work in their Tax Office who wrote Matthew Gospel and are bid voluminous up to 28 chapters.
John Mark who wrote the Gospel of Mark was not voluminous enough like Matthew and it seem that someone wrote for him at his dictation and consist of 16 chapters and was not one of the 12 Apostles.
Luke the Evangelist was educated as a Doctor who wrote St Luke Gospel and as well as Acts of the Apostles. Luke Gospel consist of 24 chapters and Acts of the Apostles 28 Chapters. He was not one of the Twelve Apostles.
John the Apostle, wrote the St John Gospel and believed to have received some level of education and according to scholars, he also wrote the book of Revelation. St. John Gospel has 21 Chapters and the book of Revelation 22 Chapters. Who also wrote 1 John 5 Chapters, 2 John and 3 John one each.
Apostle James wrote the book of James which consists of 5 chapters and it seems that someone wrote for him at his dictation.
Apostle Peter wrote 1 Peters 5 Chapters and 2 Perters 3 Chapters which suggest that someone wrote for him at his dictation and including Apostle Jude who wrote just a page.
Apostle Paul wrote the book Romans 16 Chapters, 1 Corinthians 16 Chapters, 2 Corinthians 13 Chapters, Galatians 6 Chapters, Ephesians 6 Chapters, Philippines 6 Chapters, Colossians 4 Chapters, 1 Thessalonians 4 Chapters, 2 Thessalonians 3 Chapters, 1 Timothy 6 Chapters, 2 Timothy 4 Chapters, Titus 3 Chapters, Philemon one page and Hebrews 13 Chapters.
Although Apostle Paul came late to join the Apostles, yet he proved to have reached out to the gentiles and the Jews in diaspora more than them through his missionary journeys in the spreading of the gospel both in person and in writings and breaking distance barriers. He communicated directly with the churches in Asia Minor and Europe even while in prison unlike some of the Apostles who could not write efficiently due to their poor educational background and could not embark on regorous and dangerous journeys and at times suffered ship wreckages at the sea unlike Apostle Paul.
Yet while in prison was communicating directly with those churches in distant lands through his writings which spread to all churches even after his excecutiion in Rome. Those writings became the church Manuel for preachers in those churches.
The Synoptic Gospel written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John came up laterly several years after their dead when already Apostle Paul teachings had already taken ground in those churches while the Synopic Gospel became as supplements but with more emphasis on his teachings serving as Manuel for practical Christainty unlike the Synopic Gospel which is based on the teachings of our Jesus Christ in sumarised format of Practical Christainty.
Evidently, most preachers use more of the Apostle Paul teachings than the Synopic Gospels even in the Theological institutions because of its versatility with regards to missionary work serving as the official Manuel.
CONTRADICTION IN TEACHING
Although Apostle Paul teachings become a training tool for both churches and theological institutions, but derailed from the original teachings of Jesus Christ and his Apostles by bringing in political sentiment and undermining the superiority of the twelve Apostles over him through his teachings especially in Eschatological and Soteriological teachings.
Evidently, challenged the leadership of Apostle James the brother of our Jesus Christ who was at first the head of the Apostles before his dead then Apostle Peter took over.
Although Apostle James had a very low educational background based on his few writings, he emphasized on salvation through works based on the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 16:27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.
Revelation 22:12 Jesus Testifies to the Churches
“And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.
Revelation 2:23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
Apostle James wrote:-
James 2:14 Faith Without Works Is Dead
What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?
Apostle Paul write:-
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Ephesians 2:9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
You can see that the teachings of Apostle Paul contradict with the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ which his Twelve Apostles followed that there is no easy way to salvation and you have to work for it to get your reward. But Apostle Paul emphasized on salvation by faith and back it up with Grace Advocacy.
This is based on the fact that judging by works, the Apostles are rated higher than him having given the grace to be chosen by our Lord Jesus Christ backed up by the following promises:-
Matthew 19:28 So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
John 14:1
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
John 14:2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
Matthew 25:31 The Son of Man Will Judge the Nations
“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
Matthew 25:32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
Matthew 25:33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
Matthew 25:34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
John 5:28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
Mark 12:23 In the resurrection whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.”
Mark 12:24 Jesus said to them, “Is not this why you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God?
Mark 12:25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
By the above statement, Apostle Paul will be exempted to sit on one of the Twelve thrones who must have heard it from the Apostles mouth that would spark off his jealousy and eviness towards them and would introduce new teachings that would involve all Christains to enjoy those heavenly mansions prepared for the Twelve Apostles and not the Apostles alone and also to make sure they never sit on those Twelve Thrones to judge the Twelve tribes of Isreal and find himself humiliated before the eyes of people from all nations on the judgement day. Therefore introduced this new teachings as follows:-
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
This where Jim Reeves got this song:
This world is not my home I'm just passing through
my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue
the angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
and I can't feel at home in this world anymore
O Lord you know I have no friend like you
if Heaven's not my home then Lord what will I do?
the angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
and I can't feel at home in this world anymore
Please bear in mind that there is no buying and selling in heaven for you to lay up your treasure there. Everything will be provided free of charge. But Jesus advised us to lay our treasure in heaven where there is no thief based on the fact that we shall be rewarded according to our works right here on Earth and not in heaven. The heaven is exclusively reserved for his Twelve Apostles, the 144000 virgin saints, the 12000 from each tribe of Isreal and the 12,000 of each tribe of every nations to be caught up into heaven to form the National Assembly to rule with the saints at the beginning of God's kingdom here on earth before the second coming of Jesus Christ as stated in the book of Revelation chaper 2, 7, 14, 21 and 22.
Thefore, based on Apostle Paul's new teaching, there shall be no more judgement day to separate the goats from the sheeps, the Apostles will no longer sit on Twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel here on Earth and the saints will no longer rule all nations with a rod of Iron with end-time Prophet Elijah as promised by our Lord Jesus Christ as we shall all be with Christ in heaven forever and ever and to judge angels ( 1 Cor 6:3, Rev. 2:'26-27 and 19:11-21)
Based on Apostle Paul teaching, since Jesus will only come to take the saints into heaven without separating the goats from the sheeps, instead replaced it with individual judgement through dead as follows:-
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
The question to ask is "Where did he quote this scripture from?" You cannot find any similar quote any where in the Bible. Thus Prophet Isaiah wrote::-
Isaiah 34:16 Seek and read from the book of the Lord:
Not one of these shall be missing;
none shall be without her mate.
For the mouth of the Lord has commanded,
and his Spirit has gathered them.
2 Peter 1:20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.
2 Peter 1:21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
So Hebrew 9:27 quoted above has no link any where in the Bible. So it is null and void. What Judgement did Apostle Paul write about? Who shall be the Judge and where?
According to him, Jesus is coming with his Archangels to take the saints into heaven to live with him forever. Then who will come and judge sinners since Jesus will not separate the goats from the sheeps and the Twelve Apostles will no longer judge the twelve tribes of Israel then what judgement is he writing about.
The Hebrew 9:27 is what most Bible scholars used to oppose the teaching of re-incanation as one is to die once and after that the judgement while Apostle Paul did not specify the actual place of judgement. May be all sinners may be taken into heaven for judgement as according to his teachings, there shall be no more Judgement Day on earth rather individual will be judged only after dead which has no proof in any part of the Bible.
On the contrary, the Bible back-up re-incarnation a great deal. Evidently, the Jews in Judiasm strongly believe in re-incarnation based on the following record:-
John 1:19 The Testimony of John the Baptist
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
John 1:20 He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
John 1:21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Eli′jah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
Matthew 16:13 Peter’s Declaration about Jesus
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesare′a Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?”
Matthew 16:14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Eli′jah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
Jews in Judiasm asked if he was the Prophet Elijah, Jeremiah or any of the Old Testament prophets re-incarnated.
Jesus taught about re-incarnation several times:
Beginning with John the Baptist re-incanated as Prophet Elijah he said"
Matthew 11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John;
Matthew 11:14 and if you are willing to accept it, he is Eli′jah who is to come.
Matthew 17:9 And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of man is raised from the dead.”
Matthew 17:10 And the disciples asked him, “Then why do the scribes say that first Eli′jah must come?”
Matthew 17:11 He replied, “Eli′jah does come, and he is to restore all things;
Matthew 17:12 but I tell you that Eli′jah has already come, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of man will suffer at their hands.”
Matthew 17:13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
Abraham re-incarnated as Simeon to dedicate Jesus Christ upon birth.
John 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad.”
John 8:57 The Jews then said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”
John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
Luke 2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Luke 2:26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
Luke 2:27 And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,
Luke 2:28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,
Luke 2:29 “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word;
Luke 2:30 for mine eyes have seen thy salvation
Luke 2:31 which thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples
,Luke 2:32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and for glory to thy people Israel.”
Jesus was Melchizedek to whom Abraham paid his title.
Hebrews 7:1 The Priestly Order of Melchizedek
For this Melchiz′edek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.
The boy born blind from birth
John 9:1 A Man Born Blind Receives Sight
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.
John 9:2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
John 9:3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.
The disciples asked that question because Jesus had taught them that the sin one had committed can get the reward in the next world through re-incarnation like the blind boy from birth but his own case was different so that the Son of Man will be glorified.
Similarly, Matthew 12:31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Matthew 12:32 And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
The book of Revelation chaper 11 confirmed the re-incarnation of the two Witnesses to demostrate the power of Moses and Elijah. As a concurrent event, the Antchrist too will re-incarnate from one of the Seven Kings that had ruled Rome before to rule again to become the Eighth King. Based on this prophecy, ancient Christains believed that Nero Ceasea will re-incarnate to become the Eighth king to rule again as the Antichrist.
Revelation 17:10 they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes he must remain only a little while.
Revelation 17:11 As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to perdition.
His former religions background also influenced his teachings. Evidently, the Jews do no believe in Judgement Day and hell fire after dead. Such mass Judgement Day only happened in Noah's time by flood and God had sealed it up with rainbow and no more mass judgement as regards to the end of the world.
What they believe is that their Messiah will be born of the linage of King David and will conquerer the whole world to establish God's kingdom. That is what every Jew in Judiasm is looking for and not mass judgement on the last day.
So Apostle Paul did not mention hell fire in his teachings because the day of judgement will not be in his favour but the Apostles who shall sit on Twelve thrones but his throne making thirteen will not be found and will have no mansion to occupy with the Twelve. So he played the role of Lucifer to destroy judgement day teachings instead cover it up with individual's death to occur once before judgement and judgement place is not specified and with no correspondence scriptures to quote from to back up his kind of end time teachings.
HIS APOSTLESHIP
In another development, his title as an Apostle become quite questionable. Luke the Evangelist who actual knew the background of Jesus's family and his birth history humbled himself as an Envegelist comsidered lower in rank than the Apostles. Based on the fact that the rank of an Apostle was highly restricted and limited to the Twelve Apostles. Prior to the conversion of Apostle Paul, the Apostles only Apointed Deacons filled with the Holy Spirit who were next to them.
Even to replace Judas who committed sucide, a criterion was put in place and the Apostle backed it up with the prophecy of Jeremiah and also in the book of Psalms for the replacement.The criterion was that one who started the ministry with them beginning with the time of John the Baptist which was about three and half years later.
Two disciples were qualified and one of the two known as Mathias was choosen to replace Judas according to Acts of the Apostles Chapter One. Luke the Author was with them.
Based on the fact that his title as an "Apostle"was not recognized in heaven, his name was not among the Twelve Apostles written on the Twelve foundations of the New Jerusalem and will not occupy any of those mansions he was yeaning for exclusively reserved for the Twelve Apostles which tempted him to introduce his new Soteriological and Eschatological teachings contrary to the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ and his Apostles thereby made a very big blunder in his missionary carrier.
To be continued in part 2.
Jesus is coming soon for judgement, keep his part streight!
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