Ideas about the Kingdom of the Heavens around us and the unity of believers in Christ within it
This is an index of a series of posts on the subject of the Kingdom of the Heavens as a past, present and future reality of God’s work with us, not limited to the apocalyptic future. Links will be added as future posts are written.
Introduction: What are Angels and What was the Sin of the Angels that Sinned? Angels and Spirits—Basic Word Meanings The Nature of Angels—Messengers and Ministering Spirits Angels as Messengers to God An Angel as Mediator of the Law Angels as Messengers from God Angels’ Roles in the Delivery of Prophecy Though God’s Messengers, Angels’ Knowledge is Limited Angels as…
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This page contains a top-level outline of a long series of posts that will show how errors and divisions that crept into Christianity before Muhammad influenced Muhammad either positively–leading to the his adoption of exaggerated forms of these errors–or negatively– leading to exaggerated reactions against them. Islamic versions of these errors or reactive teachings then influenced Medieval Christianity. The combination of the original errors and Islamic influences then combined with European politics to lead to the Crusades, the Reformation and its wars, and the modern West and Western Church as we know them.
This outline links to posts that contain my 2020 revision of the chapters I wrote in Ian Johnson & Lauston Stephens, Our Oneness in Christ (Baltimore: Publish America 2006) (only the Amazon Kindle edition is still available). Chapters 2, 7 through 10, 15 and 16 were written by Mr. Stephens, and were important to the overall meaning of the book. However, they are his work, and I will not be attempting to rewrite them on this blog. I would invite the reader to find them in the Kindle book—or in a now quite rare print copy.