Bible Timelines by Felix Immanuel

Bible Timelines By Felix Immanuel

A detailed timeline from the Bible beginning from the creation of God until our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. If we don’t understand the times we are in, we are labelled hypocrites by Christ. The timelines provided in this book consider Scripture to be very accurate and does not refer to any historical references except in unavoidable situations where Scripture is completely silent.

Other books by the author includes Christian Truth, Christian Journey, Handling Deceptions in Christianity, Apostate Paul: Deceiver of Christianity, Christian Comics, Christian Growth, Devil’s Deceptions, Christian Essentials, Revelation: Verse-by-Verse Commentary and Daniel: Verse-by-Verse Commentary.

Overview Chapter 1: God's Creation to Noah's Flood Chapter 2: Global flood to God's promise Chapter 3: Isaac to Exodus Chapter 4: Time of Judges in Israel …..1. Method based on 1 Kings 6:1 …..2. Method based on Acts 13:20 …..Conclusion Chapter 5: Kings to Desolations Chapter 6: Desolations to Jesus Christ Chapter 7: Detailed Explanations …..The 430 Confusing Years …..…..Torah’s 430 Years …..…..Paul’s 430 Years …..…..Conclusion …..The 400 year Prophecy Mystery Explained …..Ministry of Jesus was One Year …..…..Passover in John 2:13-14 …..…..Passover in John 6 …..Septuagint’s Antediluvian Years are Correct …..…..Evidences …..…..Conclusion Bibliography Statement of Faith About the Author Overview Scripture includes several timelines included for us to understand the times and seasons.

(Luke 12:56) "Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how [is it] you do not discern this time?

If we don’t understand the times we are in, we are labeled hypocrites by Christ. The timelines mentioned in this book consider scripture to be very accurate and does not refer to any historical references except in unavoidable situations where Scripture is completely silent.

The timeline is using only the authoritative texts. Gregorian calendar years are based on LXX which is found to be accurate than Masoretic. AM refers to Anno Mundi or year after creation. The Septuagint is a translation of the Hebrew Bible and some related texts into Koine Greek. Most of the references used here comes from Pentateuch which was translated at least two centuries before Christ walked on this earth and quoted frequently in the New Testament. Chapter 1: God's Creation to Noah's Flood This is a detailed timeline study of the antediluvian period which lasted for 1656 years from Adam to the global flood or 2256 years according to Septuagint. Laying out the genealogy of Adam as a timeline reveals several interesting facts and several important lessons to learn.

Note: The blue text are from Septuagint (LXX). The red text are corrected values based on comparing both Septuagint and Masoretic text.

Here is a quick interesting fact:

• Shem was 2 years younger than Japheth and Ham. • Based on LXX, the great food is 14 years before the death of Methuselah which shows some scribal errors. However, comparing Masoretic text, we can identify those scribal errors and fix them which is mentioned in red color.

Hence, based on Masoretic text, the pre-flood era was for 1656 years but as per Septuagint, it is 2256 years. The values of Septuagint cannot be just ignored because our New Testament is entirely based on LXX and it is much earlier than Masoretic manuscripts. Chapter 2: Global flood to God's promise This is a detailed timeline study of the time period from global flood to God's promise to Abraham. It is a continuation of the previous antediluvian timeline which lasted for 1656 years from Adam to the global flood. This timeline lasts from 1656 years to 2048 years since creation.

Note: The blue text are from Septuagint (LXX).

Here are some quick interesting facts:

• God confused the languages 101 years after the flood based on Masoretic text. However, based on Septuagint, 531 years after the flood. • Noah died when Abraham was 58 years old based on Masoretic text. However, based on Septuagint, Abraham was born 822 years after Noah died. Chapter 3: Isaac to Exodus This is a detailed timeline study of the 400 years prophecy given to Abraham from Isaac to Exodus. Laying out the prophecy as a timeline reveals several interesting facts and several important lessons to learn. It begins from the birth of Isaac and ends when the children of Israel came out of slavery.

Note: The blue text are from Septuagint (LXX).

Here are some of the quick interesting facts:

• Jacob married Leah at the age of 78. • Jacob had his first son after 14 years of labor for Laban's 2 daughters at the age of 85. • Joseph was born when Jacob was 91. • Dinah was just a teenager around 15 years of age when she was violated by Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite. • Benjamin was one or two years old when Joseph was sold into slavery. Chapter 4: Time of Judges in Israel The time of the Judges began with Exodus and ended with Samuel who made Saul as king of Israel.

Exod 18:15-16 And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God. When they have a difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.”

It is important for us to understand the timeline from a reference point. And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD (1Kgs 6:1). Based on the above verse, 4th year of Solomon's reign is 480th year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt which is 79 years after king Saul began to rule Israel based on the timeline, Beginning of the Kings to Babylonian Captivity. Hence, subtracting 79 years for up to Saul from 480 years gives 401 years is the total time period of Judges including the wandering in wilderness.

Septuagint records a different value: 1Kgs 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and fortieth year after the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month of the reign of king Solomon over Israel, (6:17) that the king commanded that they should take great and costly stones for the foundation of the house, and hewn stones. (6:18) And the men of Solomon, and the men of Chiram hewed the stones, and laid them for a foundation. (6:1) In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month Ziu, even in the second month. (6:38) In the eleventh year, in the month Baal, this is the eighth month, the house was completed according to all its plan, and according to all its arrangement.

Based on the above verse, 4th year of Solomon's reign is 440th year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt which is 79th year after king Saul began to rule Israel based on the timeline, Beginning of the Kings to Babylonian Captivity. Hence, subtracting 79 years for up to Saul from 440 years gives 361 years is the total time period of Judges including the wandering in wilderness.

However, it is impossible to relate or create a timeline based on the book of Judges because of the following reasons.

Judges co-existed Deut 16:18 “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. Josh 23:2 And Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them: “I am old, advanced in age.

There must be atleast one Judge for each gate of the tribe according to the law. The book of Judges does not mention all but mention only the Judges who delivered Israel. There was only one judge for the last time in Israel who was Moses and Joshua never judged people as per the Bible. Hence, according to the law, there is no one chief judge but several judges at each gate of the each tribe.

Overlaps Judg 4:3-4 And the children of Israel cried out to the LORD; for Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he had harshly oppressed the children of Israel. Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

Several reference to years in the book of Judges are when land was at rest, oppressed and how long a Judge ruled. In the above verse, when the children of Israel was oppressed for 20 years by Jabin, Deborah was judging Israel at that time. Like Deborah, none of the Judges who delivered Israel started their role as a Judge after delivering but sometime in- between. Sometimes. several judges came and went while the land was experiencing rest.

Ambiguity Judg 2:10 When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the LORD nor the work which He had done for Israel. There is no clue in the book of Judges for long was this 'another generation'. The closest we can guess based on known data is a very rough approximation.

Methods With all these issues of co-existing Judges, overlaps and ambiguity it is impossible to draw a timeline for the book of Judges easily. However, based on the verse 1 Kgs 6:1, we can be confident that the time of Judges after Exodus until king Saul, it is 399 years (or 359 years based on LXX) but mapping it to book of Judges is a near impossible task. Hence, I am providing 2 timelines. The first method is based on 1 Kings 6:1 which is the most accurate in my opinion and the other is Paul's method based on Acts 13:20 where is less accurate. We will explore both methods in this timeline.

1. Method based on 1 Kings 6:1

This is a detailed timeline study from Exodus to king Saul, otherwise known as the period of Judges. The first column is the years beginning from Exodus, the year the children of Israel came out of Egypt. The second column is the 300 year reference based on the verse Judg 11:26, which gives a reference point for how long the people dwelt after inheriting the land. The third column shows the number of years the land was oppressed or had rest. This is the column primarily used to calculate years due to the fact the mentioned list of judges do have ambiguous gap years between themselves. The fourth column is how long the rule of a judge is. The fifth column is the scripture reference and the sixth is the notes.

Note: The blue text are from Septuagint (LXX).

In this method, we know how long the interval is. i.e., from Exodus to king Saul, it is 401 years (or 361 using LXX) based on the verse 1 Kings 6:1. 2. Method based on Acts 13:20

Acts 13:19-21 And when He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land to them by allotment. After that He gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Paul uses an extremely primitive method by simply adding all the years which disagrees with 1 Kings 6:1. Based on the issues we discussed earlier Paul's method where he used wasn't about researching the time period of Judges but preaching about Jesus Christ the Messiah from Scriptures.

1Sam 13:1 Saul was [thirty] years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel [forty-]two years.

Paul is also well known for approximations. The thirty- and forty- are missing in the manuscripts but contains only one and two. Paul however, writes forty years. Here, the manuscript has the last digit '2' and Paul approximates it to 40. Combining both, we can comfortably say, Saul reigned for 42 years. But the point here is, Paul is known for approximations. Hence, he simply adds and provides an approximate value of 450 years. Including the wandering in wilderness for 40 years, the value using this method is 490 years.

Note: The blue text are from Septuagint (LXX).

In this method, we simply the number of years provided for each event from the book of Judges based on the verse Acts 13:20. Hence, in this method, from the year the children of Israel came of Israel until Saul the king, it is (450+40) 490 years using Masoretic text which differs by 91 years or (430+40) 470 years using Septuagint which differs by 70 years.

Conclusion

There are issues which makes it near impossible to draw an accurate timeline for the book of Judges:

• Co-existing Judges • Overlaps • Ambiguity

We discussed two methods within Scripture that can be used to find the timeline but 1 Kings 6:1 is most accurate. Chapter 5: Kings to Desolations This is a detailed timeline study from the first king of Israel until the captivity to Babylon.

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD (1Kgs 6:1). The 4th year of Solomon's reign is 480th year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt. King Saul began to rule Israel 75 years before Solomon began to build the house of the Lord after looking into the details. Hence, the beginning of kings began 405 years after the children of Israel came out of the land of Israel.

However, based on Septuagint, the verse gives a different value.

1Kgs 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and fortieth year after the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month of the reign of king Solomon over Israel, (6:17) that the king commanded that they should take great and costly stones for the foundation of the house, and hewn stones. (6:18) And the men of Solomon, and the men of Chiram hewed the stones, and laid them for a foundation. (6:1) In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month Ziu, even in the second month. (6:38) In the eleventh year, in the month Baal, this is the eighth month, the house was completed according to all its plan, and according to all its arrangement.

The 4th year of Solomon's reign is 440th year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt. King Saul began to rule Israel 75 years before Solomon began to build the house of the Lord. Hence, the beginning of kings began 365 years after the children of Israel came out of the land of Israel.

Note: The blue text are from Septuagint (LXX). The red are corrections for scribal errors/typos and historical accounts. Northern kings of Israel are in brown and southern kings of Judah are in purple.

Chapter 6: Desolations to Jesus Christ This is a detailed timeline study from the Babylonian captivity to Jesus Christ as King entering into Jerusalem. Just like all the other timelines, this uses the details given in the Scripture to calculate the timeline except a historical records where Scripture is silent.

Note: The red text are from historical records/scribal errors/typos or explanations. The blue are from LXX.

Jesus ministry is just 1 year which was on the acceptable year of the Lord. For more detailed explanation, please refer, Ministry of Jesus Christ on earth was only one year. Chapter 7: Detailed Explanations The following sections are detailed explanations for

The 430 Confusing Years

The 430 years mentioned in the law and by Paul is one of the confusing years in the Bible. This blog is to explain the problem and provide a plausible solution only using authoritative texts.

Torah's 430 years

The 430 years occurs only once in the law which mentions the total time of sojourning of the children of Israel.

Exod 12:40 Now the sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. (Masoretic) Exod 12:40 And the sojourning of the children of Israel, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt and the land of Chanaan, was four hundred and thirty years. (Septuagint)

While Masoretic text gives 430 years only for the time of children of Israel in Egypt, Septuagint includes the time in Canaan as well. The 430 years never occurs anywhere else in the law or Torah except in the above passage and it seems totally unreliable and it has the following possibilities and problems.

• Total sojourn of the children of Israel in Egypt (Exod 12:40 - Masoretic text). Jacob was 130 years when he left for Egypt with his children, which is 191 years since the birth of his father Isaac. Hence, the total sojourn of the children of Israel in Egypt is 400-191 = 209 years which is no where near 430 years. • Total sojourn of the children of Israel in Egypt and Canaan (Exod 12:40 - Septuagint). Jacob left Laban and came to land of Canaan when he was 91 years old which is 151 years since the birth of his father Isaac. Hence, the total sojourn of the children of Israel in Egypt and Canaan is 400-151 = 249 years which is also no where near 430 years.

Now, we have a problem to solve: • Why does the total time of 430 years if sojourn of the children of Israel does not match the detailed calculated years of 209 or 249 years? • What does 430 years really represent?

Paul's 430 years

Apostle Paul, explains the 430 years in this way:

Gal 3:16-17 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ. And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect.

From God making His promise to Abraham until the law, there were 430 years.

Gen 12:1,4 Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. ... So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Abraham was 75 years old when God promised Abraham. Isaac was born when Abraham was 100 years old and the law (or Exodus) was 400 years later. Hence, from the promise to Abraham to the law, there were 425 years. This seems to be closer to 430 years. Hence, there is only one possibility: Paul gave an approximation of 430 instead of 425 years for the total sojourning period including Abraham's sojourning in Canaan. Exodus 12:40 is also the same approximate summation of total sojourning period including Abraham's sojourning, instead of actual 425 years.

Conclusion

The 430 years is an approximate summation of the actual 425 years for the total sojourning period of children of Israel in Egypt including Abraham's, Isaac's and Jacob's sojourning in Canaan. The 400 Year Prophecy Mystery Explained

The 400 years prophecy to Abraham doesn't seem to fit the details mentioned in the Torah. This blog is to explain the problem and provide a plausible solution only using authoritative texts. (Gen 15:8,13-16) And he said, “Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?” ... Then the LORD said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.” Acts 7:6 “But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years.

Based on the above verses, the total time the children of Israel in Egypt was 400 years. If we do so, we quickly run into some big problems if we take the details mentioned in the Torah.

Jacob went to Egypt when he was 130 years old which is 191 years after the birth of Isaac. Adding 400 years must be the beginning of Exodus where Moses must be 80 years old. However, if we go by the detailed years of birth mentioned in the law, we notice that Levi died 93 years after Jacob came to Egypt. Levi's son is Kohath and Kohath's son is Amram and Amram's son is Moses. Further, Jochebed is Levi's daughter who is also Moses's mother. Based on Genesis 46, Kohath came with Jacob to Egypt and Levi was 44 years old at that time, which will make Kohath a boy of roughly around 10 years old when he left for Egypt with his father Levi. Hence, Kohath must have been around 103 years old when Levi died and he lived till 133 years, i.e, a further 30 years. Amram lived 137 years. The 400 year prophecy ends when Amram's son Moses becomes 80 years old. Did you see the problem? I will represent it in a pictorial way to better understand the issue. Even if Amram was born on the year Kohath died and Moses was born on the year Amram died, we still have to tally 50 years! However, as the prophecy says, Moses is exactly 4th generation to Jacob who left for Egypt but the 400 years doesn't fit unless, we completely misunderstood the prophecy itself.

Gen 15:3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!” ... 5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” ... 13- 16 Then the LORD said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”

If you look into the prophecy in carefully, the 400 years begins with his promised son Isaac who was his first descendant heir to the promised land, who living as a stranger in the land. Hence, from the birth of Isaac to the beginning of Exodus are 400 years.

Ministry of Jesus was One Year

It is traditionally taught that the ministry of Jesus on this world is 3 to 3.5 years. However, after careful consideration of all events described in the gospel and the prophecy about Jesus ministry on earth, we can comfortably conclude that His ministry on earth was just 1 year. Passover is only mentioned once in all gospels (in the below chapters) except the gospel of John.

• Matthew 26 • Mark 14 • Luke 22

In all the above 3 gospels, the only Passover mentioned during His ministry is the Passover He kept just before His crucifixion. However, in the gospel of John, it is mentioned thrice.

1. (John 2:13-14, 23) Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers doing business. ... Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. 2. John 6:4-5 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?" 3. John 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 - this is the last Passover before His crucifixion which is also mentioned in the other gospels.

Passover in John 2:13-14

The event mentioned just before the Passover in John 2:13-14 is also mentioned in the other gospels before the only Passover mentioned.

• Matt 21:12 Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. • Mark 11:15 So they came to Jerusalem. Then Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. • Luke 19:45 Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, Hence, the Passover mentioned in John 2:13-14 is same Passover mentioned in other gospels. However, John mentions this in the beginning indicating that the gospel of John is not chronological.

Passover in John 6

The event mentioned just before the Passover in John 6, that is feeding the 5000 is also mentioned in the other gospels in the following chapter/verses.

• Matt 14:17 And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” • Mark 6:38 But He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they found out they said, “Five, and two fish.” • Luke 9:13 But He said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

This seems that there is another Passover. However, after looking carefully in gospel of John, the very next chapter (which is 7), speaks of the feast of Tabernacle.

• John 5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. • John 7:1-2 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.

The date difference between the Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles is roughly 6 months. There is also a feast mentioned in chapter 5 (which may or may not refer to the same Passover feast). As we saw earlier, the gospel of John is not strictly in chronological order and this Passover could very well be the final Passover mentioned in other gospels.

Hence, there is no significant evidence from the gospels to prove that Jesus Christ's ministry on earth was 3.5 years. Luke 4:17-21 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.” Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Further, according to the prophecy of Isaiah, it is the acceptable year of the Lord not "acceptable years". The non chronological order of events in John must not mislead in counting the number of years of Christ's ministry on earth. Hence, Jesus Christ's ministry on earth was only one year as prophesied by Isaiah.

Septuagint's Antediluvian Years are Correct

Septuagint refer to the seventy Jewish scholars who solely translated the Five Books of Moses into Koine Greek as early as the 3rd century BC. The old testament of Christians Bibles are entirely based on Masoretic Text which has its oldest manuscript only from 9th century AD. Septuagint have an amazing consistency with the Masoretic Text but there are a few notable differences. Irrespective of such differences, our New Testament is entirely based on Septuagint and repeatedly quoted by Apostles and disciples. One such difference is the antediluvian or pre-flood years. Septuagint is not without error. There were two scribal typos strike-out in red and corrected in blue. This correction is necessary because, Methuselah died on the same year as the flood and did not survive the flood.

Solomon's temple was destroyed on the 19th year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign (586 BC) which was 3366 years using Masoretic text (or) 4810 years using Septuagint since creation. Hence, the global food happened on 2296 BC (Masoretic) or 3140 BC (Septuagint) based on the timelines. Evidences

There are many evidences like the first civilization called the Sumerian and first written languages were all from this period around 3100 BC, Several calendars from different cultures all have their starting point around 3100 BC. These observable evidences for some important event in the past cannot be simply ignored. Hence, the great flood is on 3140 BC which based on Septuagint. You can look into the timelines for a detailed verse by verse approach for arriving this year. However, around 2296 BC which is based on Masoretic text, there is no known evidence for any event in a global scale.

Conclusion

The years mentioned in Septuagint antediluvian period is accurate. Based on this, the year of global flood is 3140 BC. Bibliography • All Scripture verses are quoted from New King James Version (NKJV) and Brenton Septuagint Translation (LXX)

• Cover Picture - Gezer Calendar, Wikipedia, Israeli Pikiwiki project Statement of Faith Being a Protestant Christian, it is easy for me to simply say, I believe the Bible. But, there are lots of different interpretations of the Bible and several deceptions without sound doctrine which created thousands of denominations. Hence, I had put forward a Circle of Discernment to discern every interpretation from the Bible to avoid deceptions.

Source: File: Circle-of-Discernment.png - https://trumpet-call.org Circle of Discernment is another way of saying, all interpretations must match God’s spoken words, Christ’s teachings, Scripture (Law, Psalms and Prophets) and the teachings of apostles and disciples in the authoritative order. If you cannot find the conclusion of your interpretation taught by Christ, or found in Scripture, or spoken by God in the authoritative order, then your interpretation is wrong. Similarly. if you interpret Scripture that does not agree with Christ, then your interpretation is wrong.

Christ did not gave anyone authority to change His canon of Scripture (Luke 24:44-45). He included only 28 books from the Christian Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, I & II Samuel, I & II Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi and Psalms. Just like there are weightier matters of the law (Matt 23:23), Gospels and Revelation are the weightier books in the New Testament. We need to listen and obey Christ’s teachings for which Father will require of all who reject His Words spoken through His Son (Deut 18:19). It is blasphemy to exalt and glorify a man’s letter and make it equal with Christ’s words. About the Author Felix Immanuel is a born-again Christian, trying to live a Christ-like life. He is a software professional who write blogs in trumpet-call.org focused on the spiritual growth of Christians. God had blessed him with his wife and two daughters.