The Chronological order of the New Testament letters
Posted : 7 Jun, 2012 01:54 PM
Did you know that the epistles of the New Testament are not arranged in chronological order as they were written by the book of Acts?
How do you read them? Did you know that if you actually put them by dates according to Luke's account in Acts, you can get a clearer understanding of why they were written?
Here is the list of the epistles with a date of the time they were written. I hope thus helps.
James 50
First letter to the believers in THESSALONICA 49-53
Second letter to the believers in THESSALONICA 51-53
Letter to the believers in GALATIA 52
First letter to the believers in
CORINTH 53-55
Second letter to the believers in CORINTH 57
Letter to the believers in ROME 57-58
Letter to the believers in PHILIPPI 61-63
Letter to the believers inCOLOSSAE 61-63
Letter to PHILEMON
61-62
Letter to the believers in EPHESUS 61-62
The Gospel as written by LUKE 60-61
The ACTS of the Apostles 63
First letter to
TIMOTHY 63
Letter to TITUS 63
Second letter to TIMOTHY 66-67
The Gospel as written by MARK
53-63
The Gospel as written by MATTHEW 53-63
Letter written to the dispersed HEBREWS 64-69
First letter written by PETER 63-67
Second letter written by PETER 63-67
Letter written by
JUDE 65-68
The REVELATION written by John 68-95*
The Gospel as written by JOHN 65-95*
The three epistles of JOHN 65-95*
* is a
meaning that the age of when the books where written changes the eschatological view point. Personally, the earliest dates are the most accurate from my own personal research, but it makes no difference on them either way
The Chronological order of the New Testament letters
Posted : 7 Jun, 2012 02:13 PM
:waving:...Hi brother Sal...good to see you are alive and well...your boy must be keeping you quite busy...Hey now...have you been visiting the wilderness and the voice of one crying site ???...Love the Chronological order of the NT...gives it a whole nother perspective...:yay:...Gods Blessings to you brother...xo
The Chronological order of the New Testament letters
Posted : 7 Jun, 2012 02:41 PM
Hi Jude my sweet sister! I am doing fine, thanks! No. Just taking time off from this site. Been on Facebook more lately. If you ever want to reach me, just look this profile up. http://www.facebook.com/agapeton
I have a site called E-kklesia and would love for you and other brothers and sisters in Christ to join and contribute towards edifying one another in the Lord, if you wish. Sister Shalom is on it.
What is that site you are mentioning? Is it any good? Been doing a study on the synagogues and their origin during the exile in the 500BCs. Really good stuff. Believe it or not, they have some (unknown) trinitarian views as to why they separated the men from the women in their gatherings.
How has the Lord been treating you, sis?
May the love and peace of out Lord and Savior constantly fill and exude through you, my dear sister.
The Chronological order of the New Testament letters
Posted : 7 Jun, 2012 03:07 PM
I�m interested�is the E-kklesia site on FaceBook ? Ifin so I gota pass�I closed my FaceBook account for personal reasons�Please say Hi to sister Shalom for me�I miss her�
As for the site I mentioned�good ?�Hummm...its just a [simple] site that also mentions the Chronological Order of the NT�its http://voiceofonecrying.com/Read.htm�ifin you or anyone else wants to check it out�
You mentioned �Been doing a study on the synagogues and their origin during the exile in the 500BCs. Really good stuff. Believe it or not, they have some (unknown) trinitarian views as to why they separated the men from the women in their gatherings.��I�d love to hear more about these (unknown) trinitarian views....xo
The Chronological order of the New Testament letters
Posted : 7 Jun, 2012 04:14 PM
Thanks for the site, sister! I'll check it out!
As for the site, yes. It is on FB. Too bad you closed it. I'd love to see you on it, even if it is just for the group. A few sisters made it so that we can all teach, admonish, and edify one another on it. It has around 100 members on it now.
I'll paste the article I made on the Godhead view of the synagogue here for you, sis.
I'm recently doing a study on the the origins and make up of a Jewish synagogue (The majority of the modern congregations stay away from the Greek word and call themselves different names by the denomination.) and how some are modeled now because of it. One thing that I come across to explain why women and men are to be separated from the men during service is this concept of the "Feminine" element of God called the "the Shechinah (meaning an indwelling or presence)."
I'm sure that most of you know what the "the Shechinah" is as far as our faith, but for those who don't, it is the Jewish explanation for one of God's essence which we, in Christ, translated into the Holy Spirit.
Depending on the Sect within Judaism, the concept of the Shechinah is different, but in cHasidic Judaism (which really is a bunch of different sects under the same name.) this concept of the Shechinah is being separate but united within the deity of God. Interesting stuff really. I highly suggest that you research it and do a study on it if the Lord wills you to do so. But the ironic part of the belief is that they also believe that the Shechinah is its own character in itself and still a part of God and also divine! This could always lead to a good conversation with a Jew who strongly opposes Christianity because of the Trinity, by the way.
Anyways, how did I come up on this from just researching on the way that they meet together in their congregations, you might ask?
Simple. See although not all the different denominations within Judaism have the same model of worship, they all do separate the men from the women when they are all gathered. Historically, there was a time when only men were inside a synagogue and the women were outside with the other non-privileged uneducated Jews Jews (The curious Gentile, or "God fearing" Gentile being farther but still within earshot of the Word being read in the synagogue because Gentiles were considered to be unclean ritually for the Jew. The MAIN reason why Paul went to synagogues, which were houses committed to daily study and reading aloud the Word of God, to preach Christ crucified. See the Gentiles who believed in Jesus were already intrigued in the Jewish God and would gather to hear the Word of God being read within the synagogue).
I know. I was thinking the same thing. So why do women get separated from the men today in the modern congregations and what do they use as an excuse? And where do you get this trinity concept from, Mr. Idiotboy?
I got it from their explanation of WHY they separate the men from the women. Believe it or not, the concept of the Godhead is IN THEIR PASSOVER MEAL TOO, but that is another thread. (It has something to do with an empty seat and a feather.)
Ok. So, here is their explanation in a quick summery to this with a VERY WIDELY ACCEPTED JEWISH BELIEF. The origin of this idea originally came from Genesis 1:27 where God created man in His own Image. And they believed that God had a "feminine" part of His image in order for there to be TWO TYPES to be created from His image. With that being said, they came to believe that the Shechinah was that feminine image of God. Although some distinctions as to why this happened between the sects of Judaism (some sects say it was due to man's disobedience, some say do to infidelity from something.), but the majority do agree that the Shechihah had been separated from God and would be reunited with Him when the Messiah comes.
AND THAT IS WHY THEY SEPARATE THE MEN FROM THE WOMEN IN THE CONGREGATIONS NOW! BECAUSE OF A JEWISH TRINITARIAN VIEW!
They may not know it, BUT ITS TRUE!
Isn't amazing how our Great Father, the King of the Universe, shows Himself in just the littlest things to those that seek Him?
How glorious and true and wonderful are his riches to us when we come to realize them!
May the Mighty God, and Wonderful Father of our Lord Jesus, fill you with His Shechinah and constantly give you the thrilling sensation to join Him in blessing everyone for His namesake!
Well, I hope that this blesses you the same way that the Lord blessed me and magnified His worthiness to be praised, thanked, and honored when I came to know this through Him and the urge He gave me to look into it.
May the Lord continue to bless you all my brothers!
Here is more conversation on the subject with names taken out:
Ron: Just trying to clarify, The Holy Spirit was separated from God The Father and The Son?
ME:
Thanks for reading it, Ron, my brother! Yeah. That seems to be the common consensus within Judaism. Whether it was separated due to sin or infidelity of man with God in some form or another is vague but they still believe that the Shechinah is in an "Exile" of sorts until Messiah comes!
You think that could be what Jesus was saying when he said that He would send the Spirit and it was important that He go so that the Helper would come? (John 14:17, 26; 15:26; 16:7-8)
Just a thought. Nothing really conclusive though. You know me. Thinking out loud. lol
Ron: Scripture says that The Spirit of God hovered over the face of the deep Before Adam fell. And it does make sense that for a person to have a unique identity, there must be some separation for that identity to be expressed, AND yet, They are still one. Amazing! So how about this, the earthly mother of Jesus saw her son put to death. And His Heavenly Mother raised Her Son to life!
ME:
Here, bro. I just googled a site and it basically has a verse along with a LENGTHY explanation of why they separate their men and women from the same view.
The Article is long but when kept in focus, you'll read the Shechinah thing there too.
I'll post it here to cut to the chase.
"The feminine element is called by our sages "the Shechinah" -- meaning an indwelling or presence. How G-dliness invests itself within the creation to give it life and existence. In the language of Kabbalah, this is called "Malchut," meaning royalty. You'll also hear it called, "the Queen," "the Divine Word," "the cosmic soul" and "the permeating light." All refer to an immanence, as G-dliness is found within all things."
ME: Then at the very end of the article, they have this:
There is a deeper perspective to all this: This is galut. Exile. The Shechinah is in captivity, not in her place. She is ignored and despised. And she is quiet there. But in the world-yet-to-come, the messianic era that we are poised to enter, then we will hear, "Once again in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride."7
The Shechinah will sing once again.8
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FOOTNOTES
7. Jeremiah 33:10,11
8. Just to prove I didn't make up all this stuff, I've brought you one of the most striking and indeed revolutionary passages from the classic work, Likutei Torah, a collection of lengthy meditations (maamarim) of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, 1745-1813. Note that the terms, "groom" and "bride" refer to the masculine and feminine elements of the cosmos.
This is from Shir HaShirim 48b (for a proper understanding, the entire ma'amar, Al Kol Kvod Chupah, should be studied):
This is the inner meaning of the verse, "A woman of valor will be the crown of her husband": that the feminine element will shine a delightful, secret light of the Hidden Mind...
This is also why in the last two blessings of the marriage ceremony, we first say that, "He rejoices the groom and the bride -- placing the groom before the bride -- but then conclude, "He rejoices the groom with the bride" -- implying that the groom's rejoicing is of secondary significance to the bride's.
This is because now the bride receives from the groom, but in the time yet to come, they will be equal in their stature with a single crown as it was before the moon was diminished.
So, too, we say, "Once again will be heard in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem�the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride." For in the future, the bride will also have a voice. A voice reveals the hidden thoughts and emotions. In this case, we mean to say that the inner light of the feminine will come outward and be revealed. For then, as we said, "A woman of valour will be the crown of her husband" -- even beyond the groom�
Therefore, in our time, prayer is said quietly, since the bride does not yet have a voice -- because presently the realm of Divine speech has no significance before the higher realms of thought and emotion, as a woman is treated as secondary to her husband. But in the time-yet-to-come, after all is purified and healed, when the Hidden Mind of Delight and Consciousness will be revealed, then the bride will have a great voice without limitation. We will say the Shmoneh Esreh prayer in a loud voice. The sefira of Malchut will be dominant -- "A woman of valor will be the crown of her husband."
As it is known that in the ten sefirot of the Returning Light, Malchut becomes Ketter (the Crown) and Yesod (which now is the dominant influence of Malchut) will become Chochma (Wisdom).
