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1» Was Jesus a Christian?

Jesus was a Jew thru and thru who believed and practiced the Old
Testament in compliance with the Prophets and the various covenants; most
especially the one that Moses' people agreed upon with God per Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. (Gal 4:4)
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1» Was Jesus a Christian?

Jesus was a Jew thru and thru who believed and practiced the Old
Testament in compliance with the Prophets and the various covenants; most
especially the one that Moses' people agreed upon with God per Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. (Gal 4:4)
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Agreed...Yeshua was a Jew by blood through His mother.

Now there is room for discussion as to His religion.
Of course you study enough to know that one of the popular names for Christ followers was The Way and the term Christian was probably coin in Antioch around 40 A.D.

Now what religion was He?....A God....does God have a religion? Hebrews makes it clear that He was a High Priest of the Order of Melchizedek. An Order that does not show up in history so is it a secret Order? And the Bible does not define Melchizedek as Israelite, Jewish, or Christian.

Now the Bible says he was the King of Salem and people are told that Salem was an old name for Jerusalem, but the Bible does not say that "Jerusalem was formerly named Salem" and there is no archeological evidence that Jerusalem was ever called Salem. Nor is there any record of that city having a king called Melchizedek. The Bible, history, and archology indicate that David was the first king of that city. The word Salem appears in Psalm 76:2 When Psalms was written the city was called Jerusalem. Still there is room for discussion because Psalm 76:2 reads...In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. The definition of the Hebrew word Salem is below.

The verb שלם (shalem) means to be or make whole or complete, and is also used to describe a righteous recompense or proper restitution (whether positive or not). The familiar noun שלום (shalom) means wholeness, completeness or peace.

Other derivatives are: noun שלם (shelem), peace offering; verb שלם (shalam), to be in a covenant of peace; adjective שלם (shalem), perfect, whole, complete, safe; noun שלם (shillem), recompense; nouns שלמן (shalmon), שלום (shillum), שלם (shillum) and שלמה (shilluma), reward or proper recompense.

 

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2» Was John the Baptist a Christian?

John missed the cut. Jesus didn't begin assembling the "my church"
predicted at Matt 16:18 till after John was executed.

In point of fact, Christianity didn't exist prior to Jesus' resurrection--
specifically before the day of Pentecost following that event.

The day of Pentecost kicked of an era characterized by the baptism of the
Holy Spirit (Acts 1:5 and 1Cor 12:12-13).

John was filled with the Spirit all his life, even prior to his birth (Luke 1:15).
But he wasn't baptized by the Spirit. This is a very, very important
technicality.
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2» Was John the Baptist a Christian?

John missed the cut. Jesus didn't begin assembling the "my church"
predicted at Matt 16:18 till after John was executed.

In point of fact, Christianity didn't exist prior to Jesus' resurrection--
specifically before the day of Pentecost following that event.

The day of Pentecost kicked of an era characterized by the baptism of the
Holy Spirit (Acts 1:5 and 1Cor 12:12-13).

John was filled with the Spirit all his life, even prior to his birth (Luke 1:15).
But he wasn't baptized by the Spirit. This is a very, very important
technicality.
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Correct. Even in the womb Yeshua and John had a connection.
The whole scenario of his birth is different.
The bigger question, what was he?
Where did he get his authority to forgive sins? Christ posed that question to the chief priests, elders, and scribes in the temple. When they asked Him where He got the authority to do the things He was doing.
Considering everything we know about John.
A. Did he need salvation?
B. What would salvation mean to him?
C. What was his purpose in the plan?

 

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2» Was John the Baptist a Christian?

John missed the cut. Jesus didn't begin assembling the "my church"
predicted at Matt 16:18 till after John was executed.

In point of fact, Christianity didn't exist prior to Jesus' resurrection--
specifically before the day of Pentecost following that event.

The day of Pentecost kicked of an era characterized by the baptism of the
Holy Spirit (Acts 1:5 and 1Cor 12:12-13).

John was filled with the Spirit all his life, even prior to his birth (Luke 1:15).
But he wasn't baptized by the Spirit. This is a very, very important
technicality.
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Actually people were filled with the Holy Spirit all through the OT. The Holy Spirit is obviously not new in the NT. People were baptized in the Holy Spirit all through the OT.

Shalom Friend

 

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1» Was Jesus a Christian?

No. No evidence Christ followed Himself.

 

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2» Was John the Baptist a Christian?

No. No evidence John the Baptist followed Jesus.

 

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Actually people were filled with the Holy Spirit all through the OT. The Holy Spirit is obviously not new in the NT. People were baptized in the Holy Spirit all through the OT.

Shalom Friend

God commanded a Temple be built...
Then Filled men with the spirit of God, for the express purpose of being wise, understanding, knowledge and workmanship to fulfill Gods command pertaining to Gods Temple.

Don't think that is Baptism of the Holy Spirit....
because:
It required no declaration of Belief.
It required no forgiveness for sin.
It is expressly Limited to fulfill Gods command.
It is expressly Establishing a PLACE (Temple), for SIN to be forgiven (temporarily, yearly)

Baptism of the Holy Spirit, includes a Permanent forgiveness of SIN.

Ex 31:
[2] See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
[3] And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...

Glory to God,
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Filled men with the Spirit of God is the Holy Spirit they are interchangeable terms The Holy Spirit and Spirit of God or Spirit of the Lord are the same Spirit. In the NT the same Holy Spirit is wisdom, knowledge, truth, our helper etc these are the gifts of the Holy Spirit no different to the wisdom knowledge and truth He filled men with in the OT.

 

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1» Was Jesus a Christian?

Jesus was a Jew thru and thru who believed and practiced the Old
Testament in compliance with the Prophets and the various covenants; most
especially the one that Moses' people agreed upon with God per Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. (Gal 4:4)
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Interestingly, no sir. He was born under the law covenant, and was subject to it. His death released us from that covenant, and opened the way for us to accept the new covenant Jesus gave to the faithful 11, and which went into force on Pentecost of the year 33 CE

After a short period of ingathering, the new disciples were first called Christians in Antioch Acts 11:26

 

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3» How were John the Baptist's mom and Jesus' mom relatives?

John's mom was of the tribe of Levi. (Luke 1:5)

Jesus' mom was of the tribe of Judah. (Luke 1:32, Rom 1:3, and Heb 7:14)

Both tribes descend from Leah. (Gen 35:23)

Ergo: The two moms were cousins via the same grandmother.
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4» Name all fourteen of Jacob's sons.

His twelve natural sons were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar,
Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. (Gen 35:23-26)

His two adopted sons were Manasseh and Ephraim. (Gen 48:5)
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5» What is a Prophet?

The Hebrew word for prophet in the Old Testament is nabiy' (naw-bee')
which isn't limited to big-gun prognosticators like Isaiah, Daniel, and Ezekiel,
rather, it mostly just refers to inspired people-- of either gender --
influenced, moved, and/or guided by a divine connection; e.g. Abel (Luke
11:50-51) Abraham (Gen 20:7) Moses (Deut 18:18) Miriam (Ex 15:20)
Deborah (Judg 4:4) and Huldah (2Kgs 22:14).

People can be inspired and not even know it because God's influence is
supernatural, viz: impossible to detect with the five natural senses of sight,
hearing, touch, taste, and smell.

Every Christian is supposed to be inspired (1Cor 2:11-15, 1Cor 12:7, and
1John 2:26-27) which makes an inspired Bible teacher's job a whole lot
easier.
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6» What Is The Name That Is Above Every Name?

There are several names for God in the Old Testament, but only one that I
know of that's a moniker; and that's Jehovah. (Isa 42:8)

Well then; according to Philippians 2:9-11 Jesus has the God-given right to
use the name of Jehovah for his own personal name; ergo: everyone far and
near, high and low, must bow to Jesus Christ just the same as they would
bow to God. Refusal to do so dishonors the name of God the Father.
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7» What's The Difference Between Immortality And Eternal life?

Immortality has to do with a body that's immune to age and won't die of
natural causes.

The negative side of immortality is it's impermanence. In other words:
immortality isn't indelible, i.e. it can be washed out; so to speak. For
example: Adam's body was created with immortality, but lost it as a result of
him eating a certain fruit known to be off limits for human consumption.

Whereas immortality has to do with the constitution of a being's body,
eternal life has to do with the constitution of one's being, i.e. the very core
of their existence.

I am a man, ergo: the core of my being is human nature; whereas God is a
deity, so the core of His being is divine nature. The advantages of divine
nature become very apparent when it's juxtaposed with human nature.

When I was a youngster; it occurred to me that If my propensities and
proclivities were like God's, then it would be very easy to get into Heaven,
and very easy to stay in Heaven without ever getting evicted because doing
what's right would come just as natural to me as it does for God, i.e. God
has no difficulty getting along with God; so if I had divine nature instead of
human nature, then I too would have no difficulty getting along with God.

So it's easily seen that whereas immortality is beneficial; eternal life is far
more desirable because of its potential for making ordinary people super
holy.
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This question reveals that someone is interpretating the facts according to what is happening today.
One. No one was a Christian in the New Testament Church before or after its birth.
Two.. Jesus was a Jew and obeyed the Jewish law.
Three. The New Testament Church was known as "The Way" not Christians. They were Jews who still kept the law.
Four. They were first called christians at Antioch and it was name invented by unbeleivers as a mark of derision.

 

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8» Name The Special Sabbaths.

First and last day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Ex 12:16, Lev 23:5-8)

Feast of Trumpets (Lev 23:23-25)

Yom Kippur (Lev 16:30-31)

First and final day of the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev 16:34-36, Lev 16:39)
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9» Whence Did Mary Get The Y Chromosome For Baby Jesus?

In the beginning, God constructed a fully functioning woman from some
material taken from a man's body. Well; if God could construct an entire
woman with material taken from a man's body, then it shouldn't be too hard
for him to construct a teensy little male chromosome with material taken
from a woman's body.

Now; it was essential that Jesus' Y chromosome not be created ex nihilo
because he had to be Man-- not just human but Man; as he spoke of himself
on numerous occasions throughout the gospel narratives. Were Jesus' Y
chromosome to be derived from some other source than Adam's biological
posterity, then he might be human but he wouldn't be Man as Man is defined
in the book of Genesis.
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10» How was Joseph related to baby Jesus?

Joseph was instructed to name Mary's baby.

• Matt 1:21 . . She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name
Jesus

Joseph complied.

• Matt 1:25 . . And he gave him the name Jesus.

So Christ went in the books as Joseph's son because that's how it worked in
those days when a man stood with a woman to name her child. (cf. Luke
1:59 and Luke 2:21)

From that day on; Joseph was legally bound to Jesus as his father. (Matt
13:55, Luke 2:27, Luke 2:41, and Luke 2:48)

NOTE: Adoption is very advantageous for children because it gives them not
only a legal right to their adoptive father's name and a position in his
genealogy, but also inheritance rights equal to biological children. This is
very important in matters related to not only the man's estate, but also his
status. In other words: it's possible for a child to circumvent blood, and go
from pauper to prince by just the stroke of a pen.
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11» Was The Forbidden Fruit Toxic?

Eve was first to taste the forbidden fruit; and when she did, nothing
happened. She didn't get sick, and she went right on in the buff as before
without the slightest guilt feelings about frontal nudity. It wasn't till Adam
tasted the fruit that she underwent a change in her feelings about decency.
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