22 One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out, 23 and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. 24 And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?”
Rather similar to today; The Jesus Boat was found during such a severe time. However, this was instead, heat wave and drought, many people could not work. Some young men decided to fish and the Jesus Boat dating to 30 A.D. was found. The Sea of Galilee was at unusual depths due to the circumstances.
David spoke of decay. The Boat of Jesus had decayed some and yet, was in amazing condition for being about 2,000 years old. The mud had held all of this in recognizable condition.
Paul was speaking at Ahhh Antioch, with Barnabas, and reminds us to think of David.
Acts 2:35 32 And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers, 33 this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, “‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’ 34 And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, “‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’ 35 Therefore he says also in another psalm, “‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’
Why would Father God send us a message about bodies not having corruption?
When the Dead Sea Scrolls came to the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the Vatican sent along amazing artifacts of the Body of Christ preserved as the "Body" Holy Sacrament of Jesus Christ. The most fascinating part of the artifacts, these are all AB Blood Type. Centuries before anyone knew blood could be classified into blood types, positive or negative.
And these Body of Jesus Sacraments are not a typical state of decay for being many hundreds of years old.
Why would God Himself give us this Sign?
Our faith isn't about us directing our 'faith' like laser beam. God is definitely the One Who is God.
When Jesus came down from Mount Tabor, Transfiguration, He was seen as becoming Light.
Nothing is too difficult for God.
A human body was suddenly transfigured into Light. And then returning to the physical body of mankind, Jesus was presented with a boy throwing himself in the fire. Matthew 17. And Jesus asked the Father, "Where is your faith." The father of the boy, wisely, cried out he had faith, and needed Jesus to help him have more faith.
We can all love this in times of uncertainty.
Jesus supplied the father of the boy with Faith. A gift of Faith. And the Acts of God, both.
The incorruptible body God is interested in telling us about, seems off sides.
God is instead telling us, Acts of God are completed and filled by God Himself.
On the days our faith is waning, God will be our faith. Thank GOD.
Philippians 4:19
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Hosanna, Jesus Christ, the way, the truth and the light. He is our redemption. Hallelujah! And if - on a clear day, Handel could see this - what would Handel say? This one is for Edward, who was - and is - the tall monk! (Not in this particular Video, however he has done the tall monk part for this!)
Would Jesus joke about this? Yes, Jesus uses humor in the Bible. And if Jesus would cross the Sea of Galilee going 13 miles (20.92 km) to find the one He calls Beloved; Then yes, Jesus would certainly want us to remember God was not being funny when He explained about incorruptible bodies. He is telling us Loudly and Clearly, God is God Himself, Almighty. God of All.
Sea of Galilee
Abba, Father God, When doubts fill our mind and we turn to anxiety, we would ask You in Jesus Christ, Your help to rest as easily as Jesus in the Boat. Jesus beside us in all storms. We would ask You, the Gift of Faith, of course. Knowing in expectation, You would speak Peace. Elijah found Your Voice to be the small, inner voice of assurance. With Jesus and Your Gift of Faith, we will live in Love, Peace and Joy. Having the Blessing from Your Son to ask for more Heaven upon earth for all of Creation. God of Love. God of Encouragement. Living in the Freedom and Expectation to Seek You first and find Your Kingdom glimpsed around us. Keep us safe from disasters, quieten storms and keep the Oceans safe. Uphold those we Love. We Trust You. We ask for the virus to end and Joy in Recovery. And Peace for anxiety, jobs and finances. We pray for Your Word to be Spoken. Your Help for a vaccine. God Himself Bless, Sustain, Comfort, Guide President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Governor Abbott and these 50 United States Governors and Legislatures. The Administration Coronavirus Response Team, Dr. Deborah Birx, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield Jesus Christ, Thank You our faith is exactly place in You. Amen!
Thank You, Father God, You provide within our own backdoor, hearth and home. In Jesus. Amen.
Today, I decided to do some 'vacuuming' sweep up, improve. Today was monumental, I was told in an Outdoor Voice ... "I'm a ... RACIST."
This being the first time I've been told, and also LOUDLY, in ... 57 total living years.
The answer here - this was not any "Litmus" Test.
What Racism would I be guilty of?
Color. Continent. Classism. Covid-19ism. Biblically. Bloodguiltiness. Brightness. Bachelors. Reverse Anti-Racism Fake off. Discrimination. Distinction. Deprivation. Privilege. Microbiologically Mitochondrial Deoxyribonucleic Acid. Entrepreneurial. Environmentally. Interchangeably. Individualism. Intellectual. Inattentive... Infinite.
If we are going to perpetually scream Racism, maybe we should examine the Layers. Truly find out the mislabeled, misaligned, misused this weapon called - Racism.
IF - you are being screamed at and surprised by the label Racism.
You might better remember ~ Jeff Foxworthy.
We can all look up Racism. Usually, it's not used with the word Intimidation. Or Fear mongering.
This is time we stood up in Unity.
Racism = The Spirit of the Word is UNITY. The kindness of mankind. Being merciful and just.
THE GOAL AND SPIRIT OF THE WORD IS POLITE. And if this is being SCREAMED AT YOU.
Here is Your Sign.
If your Rhetoric tells you to hate anyone who applies their own thought and ideals in the 35 'necessary' agreements - you might be Bob Uecker. Just a bit - outside.
Whew. Great to be labelled as a "Hater." If you were a Christian, you could count on excommunication for disagreeing with The THIRTY FIVE NECESSARY AGREEMENTS. With subsets, wear a mask, don't, test, don't, work, stay at home, where do you scream?
God told us always abide by the 35 Necessary Agreements. If you deviate for one subset agreement - "You're Outta Here!" Nope, in fact:
Catholicism 1.329 billion
Independent Catholicism
Baptist churches – 75–105 million
Lutheranism – 70–90 million
Methodism – 60–80 million
Reformed churches (Calvinism) – 60–80 million
Seventh-day Adventist Church – 20 million
Restoration Movement – 7 million
Anabaptism – 4 million
Plymouth Brethren – 1 million
Hussites – 1 million
Quakers – 0.4 million
Modern Protestantism – 400–500 million
Pentecostalism – 280 million
Nondenominational Christianity – 80–100 million
African initiated churches – 60 million
New Apostolic Church – 10 million
Chinese-originated and Chinese Independent Churches – 10 million
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church – 5.5 million[8]
Melkite Greek Catholic Church – 1.6 million[9]
Romanian Greek Catholic Church – 0.5 million[9]
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church – 0.4 million[9]
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church – 0.3 million[9]
Slovak Greek Catholic Church – 0.3 million[9]
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church – 0.1 million[10]
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church – 0.01 million[9]
Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia – 0.01 million[9]
Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church (not sui iuris) – 0.01 million;[11]
Albanian Greek Catholic Church – 0.01 million[12]
Russian Greek Catholic Church – 0.01 million[10]
Macedonian Greek Catholic Church – 0.001 million[13]
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church – 0.001 million[9]
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church – 0.001 million[9]
East Syriac Rite – 4.9 million
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church – 4.3 million[9]
Chaldean Catholic Church – 0.6 million[9]
West Syriac Rite – 4.2 million
Maronite Church – 3.5 million[9]
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church – 0.5 million[9]
Syriac Catholic Church – 0.2 million[9]
Armenian Rite – 0.8 million
Armenian Catholic Church – 0.8 million[9]
Alexandrian Rite – 0.5 million
Coptic Catholic Church – 0.2 million[9]
Eritrean Catholic Church – 0.2 million[9]
Ethiopian Catholic Church – 0.1 million[9]
Philippine Independent Church – 6 million[16] (Part of the Anglican Communion)[17]
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association – 5 million[18]
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church – 5 million[19]
Traditionalist Mexican-American Catholic Church – 2 million
Old Catholic Church – 0.1 million (Part of the Anglican Communion)[20]
Polish National Catholic Church – 0.03 million
Apostolic Catholic Church – 0.005 million
Palmarian Catholic Church – 0.002 million[21]
Southern Baptist Convention – 14.8 million[31]
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. – 7.5 million[32]
Nigerian Baptist Convention – 5.0 million[33]
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America – 3.1 million[33]
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. – 3.1 million[33]
Baptist Union of Uganda – 2.5 million[33]
Baptist Community of Congo – 2.1 million[33]
Baptist Convention of Tanzania – 2.0 million[33]
Baptist General Convention of Texas – 2.0 million[33]
Brazilian Baptist Convention – 1.6 million[33]
Progressive National Baptist Convention – 1.5 million[33]
Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India – 1.3 million[33]
American Baptist Churches USA – 1.2 million[33]
Baptist Bible Fellowship International – 1.2 million[34]
Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention – 1.1 million[33]
Baptist Community of the Congo River – 1.1 million[33]
National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. – 1.0 million[34]
Myanmar Baptist Convention – 1.0 million[33]
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship – 0.8 million[33]
Baptist General Association of Virginia – 0.6 million[33]
Baptist Convention of Kenya – 0.6 million[33]
Nagaland Baptist Church Council – 0.6 million[33]
Korea Baptist Convention – 0.5 million[33]
Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches – 0.5 million[33]
Orissa Evangelical Baptist Crusade – 0.5 million[33]
National Baptist Convention (Brazil) – 0.4 million[33]
Baptist Convention of Malawi – 0.3 million[33]
Garo Baptist Convention – 0.3 million[33]
Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches – 0.3[33]
Ghana Baptist Convention – 0.3[33]
Union of Baptist Churches in Rwanda – 0.3 million[33]
Conservative Baptist Association of America – 0.2 million[35]
National Association of Free Will Baptists – 0.2 million[36]
Convention of Visayas and Mindanao of Southern Baptist Churches – 0.2 million[33]
Manipur Baptist Convention – 0.2 million[33]
Evangelical Baptist Church of the Central African Republic – 0.2 million[33]
Converge – 0.2 million[37]
Seventh Day Baptists – 0.05 million[38]
Church of England – 25.0 million[81]
Church of Nigeria – 20.1 million[82]
Church of Uganda – 8.1 million[83]
Anglican Church of Kenya – 5.0 million[84]
Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan – 4.5 million[85]
Church of South India – 3.8 million[86]
Anglican Church of Australia – 3.1 million[87]
Anglican Church of Southern Africa – 2.3 million[88]
Anglican Church of Tanzania – 2.0 million[89]
Episcopal Church in the United States – 1.8 million[90]
Church of North India – 1.5 million[91]
Anglican Church of Rwanda – 1.0 million[92]
Church of the Province of Central Africa – 0.9 million[93]
Anglican Church of Burundi – 0.8 million[94]
Church in the Province of the West Indies – 0.8 million[95]
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia – 0.5 million[96]
Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean – 0.5 million[97]
Church of Christ in Congo–Anglican Community of Congo – 0.5 million[98]
Church of Pakistan – 0.5 million[99]
Church of Ireland – 0.4 million[100]
Anglican Church of Canada – 0.4 million[101]
Church of the Province of West Africa – 0.3 million[102]
Anglican Church of Melanesia – 0.2 million[103]
Episcopal Church in the Philippines – 0.1 million[104]
Continuing Anglican movement and independent churches – 0.4 million
Traditional Anglican Communion – 0.4 million[105]
Anglican Church in North America – 0.09 million[106]
Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa – 0.09 million[107]
Methodism – 60–80 million
The number of members in the Methodist denomination totals to 60-80 million people, being represented in the following Churches:[24][108][109]
United Methodist Church – 12 million[110]
African Methodist Episcopal Church – 2.5 million[111]
Church of the Nazarene – 2 million[112]
Methodist Church Nigeria – 2 million[113]
The Salvation Army – 1.8 million[114]
Methodist Church of Southern Africa – 1.7 million[115]
Korean Methodist Church – 1.5 million[116]
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church – 1.4 million[117]
United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast – 1 million[118]
Free Methodist Church – 0.9 million[119]
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church – 0.9 million[120]
Methodist Church Ghana – 0.8 million[121]
Methodist Church in India – 0.6 million[122]
Methodist Church in Kenya – 0.5 million[123]
Wesleyan Church – 0.4 million[124]
Methodist Church of Great Britain – 0.2 million[125]
Methodist Church in Brazil – 0.2 million[126]
Reformed churches (Calvinism) – 60–80 million
The Reformed tradition is represented by 60-80 million people who hold membership in the following Churches:[127][128][129][130][131]
Presbyterianism – 40 million
Presbyterian Church of East Africa – 4.0 million[132]
Presbyterian Church of Nigeria – 3.8 million[133]
Presbyterian Church of Africa – 3.4 million[134]
National Presbyterian Church in Mexico – 2.8 million[135]
Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) – 2.6 million[136]
Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap) – 2.5 million[137]
Church of Christ in Congo–Presbyterian Community of Congo – 2.5 million[138]
Presbyterian Church of Cameroon – 1.8 million[139]
Presbyterian Church in Korea (BaekSeok) – 1.5 million[140]
Presbyterian Church (USA) – 1.4 million[141]
Presbyterian Church of India – 1.3 million[142]
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – 1.3 million[143]
Presbyterian Church of Brazil – 1.0 million[144]
Presbyterian Church in Sudan – 1.0 million[145]
Presbyterian Church in Cameroon – 0.7 million[146]
Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana – 0.6 million[147]
United Church of Christ in the Philippines – 0.5 million[148]
Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa – 0.5 million[149]
United Church of Canada – 0.4 million[150]
Presbyterian Church in America – 0.4 million[151]
Presbyterian Church of Pakistan – 0.4 million[152]
Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin) – 0.4 million
Church of Scotland – 0.3 million[153]
Korean Presbyterian Church – 0.3 million[154]
Presbyterian Church in Rwanda – 0.3 million[155]
Uniting Church in Australia – 0.2 million[156]
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan – 0.2 million[157]
Presbyterian Church in Ireland – 0.2 million[158]
Continental Reformed churches – 30 million
Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar – 3.5 million[159]
Protestant Church in Indonesia – 3.1 million[160]
United Church in Zambia – 3.0 million[161]
Evangelical Church of Cameroon – 2.5 million[162]
Swiss Reformed Church – 2.4 million[163]
Christian Evangelical Church in Timor – 2.0 million[164]
Protestant Church in the Netherlands – 1.8 million[165]
Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK) – 1.1 million
Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa – 0.7 million[166]
United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands – 0.6 million[167]
Protestant Church in Western Indonesia – 0.6 million[168]
Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua – 0.6 million[169]
Protestant Church of Maluku – 0.6 million[170]
Reformed Church in Hungary – 0.6 million[171]
Reformed Church in Romania – 0.6 million[172]
Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa – 0.5 million[173]
Toraja Church – 0.4 million[174]
Reformed Church of France – 0.4 million[175]
Lesotho Evangelical Church – 0.3 million[176]
Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera – 0.3 million[177]
Christian Church of Sumba – 0.3 million[178]
Karo Batak Protestant Church – 0.3 million[179]
Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria – 0.3 million[180]
Reformed Church in Zambia – 0.3 million[181]
Evangelical Reformed Church in Angola – 0.2 million[182]
Reformed Church in America – 0.2 million[183]
Christian Reformed Church in North America – 0.2 million[184]
Kalimantan Evangelical Church – 0.2 million[185]
Javanese Christian Church – 0.2 million[186]
Indonesia Christian Church – 0.2 million[187]
Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv – 0.2 million[188]
Church of Lippe – 0.2 million[189]
Evangelical Church of Congo – 0.2 million[190]
Christian Evangelical Church of Sangihe Talaud – 0.2 million[191]
Central Sulawesi Christian Church – 0.2 million[192]
Evangelical Reformed Church in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany – 0.2 million[193]
Congregationalism – 5 million
Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola – 0.9 million[194]
United Church of Christ – 0.8 million[195]
United Congregational Church of Southern Africa – 0.5 million[196]
Seventh-day Adventist Church – 20 million
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a membership of 20 million people.[197]
Restoration Movement – 7 million
Churches of Christ – 5 million
Churches of Christ in Australia - 0.05 million
Christian churches and churches of Christ – 1.1 million[34]
Community of Disciples of Christ in Congo – 0.7 million[198]
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) – 0.4 million[199]
Anabaptism – 4 million
Mennonites – 2.1 million[200]
Schwarzenau Brethren (German Baptists) – 1.5 million[201]
Amish – 0.3 million
Hutterites – 0.05 million
Plymouth Brethren – 1 million
The Plymouth Brethren number around 1 million members.[202]
Hussites – 1 million
Moravians – 0.825 million
Czechoslovak Hussite Church – 0.14 million
Unity of the Brethren – 0.035 million
Quakers – 0.4 million
Modern Protestantism – 400–500 million
The denominations listed below did not emerge from the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century or its commonly acknowledged offshoots. Instead, they are broadly linked to Pentecostalism or similar other independent evangelical and revivalistic movements that originated in the beginning of the 20th century.[203] For this reason, several sources tend to differentiate them from Protestants and classify them as together as Independents, Non-core Protestants etc. Also included in this category are the numerous, yet very similar Nondenominational churches. Nonetheless, sources eventually combine their numbers to the Protestant tally.[22][23] Despite the absence of centralized control or leadership, if considered as a single cohort, this will easily be the second largest Christian tradition after Roman Catholicism.[204][205][206] According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC), there are an estimated 450 million Independents world-wide, as of mid-2019.[207]
Pentecostalism – 280 million
Those who are members of the Pentecostal denomination number around 280 million people.[24]
Assemblies of God – 67 million[208]
Apostolic Church – 15 million
International Circle of Faith – 11 million[209]
Fangcheng Fellowship – 10 million[210]
China Gospel Fellowship - 10 million
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) - 6 million
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel - 9 million
Church of God in Christ - 6.5 million[211]
Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide – 5 million
International Pentecostal Holiness Church – 4 million
The Pentecostal Mission – 2.5 million
Christian Congregation of Brazil – 2.5 million
True Jesus Church – 2.5 million
The Church of Pentecost – 2.1 million
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God – 2 million
Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa – 1.2 million
Church of God of Prophecy – 1.5 million
Association of Pentecostal Churches of Rwanda – 1 million
God is Love Pentecostal Church – 0.8 million
Association of Vineyard Churches – 0.3 million[212]
Nondenominational Christianity – 80–100 million
Calvary Chapel – 25 million
Christian and Missionary Alliance – 6 million[213]
Born Again Movement – 3 million[214]
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) – 1.2 million
African initiated churches – 60 million
60 million people are members of African initiated churches.[215]
Zion Christian Church – 15 million
Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim – 10 million
Kimbanguist Church – 5.5 million
Redeemed Christian Church of God – 5 million[216]
Church of the Lord (Aladura) – 3.6 million[217]
Council of African Instituted Churches – 3 million[218]
Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit – 1.4 million[219]
African Church of the Holy Spirit – 0.7 million[220]
African Israel Church Nineveh – 0.5 million[221]
New Apostolic Church – 10 million
In this Group - you are allowed to have disagreements.
You are allowed to self think the Word of God.
The Downside is we probably know a few more than 35 Agreements.
Like God Loves the world and wants to save the world in Jesus Christ.
It's fairly inclusive of...everyone.
And the following as well:
Russian Orthodox Church – 100 million[223][228][229][230][225]
Romanian Orthodox Church – 17–18.8 million[231][232][233]
Church of Greece – 10 million[231]
Serbian Orthodox Church – 8-12 million[231][234]
Bulgarian Orthodox Church – 8-10 million
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople – 5.25 million[231]
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch – 4.3 million[231]
Georgian Orthodox Church – 3.5 million
Church of Cyprus – 0.7 million
Polish Orthodox Church – 0.6 million[231]
Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria – 0.5 million[235]
Albanian Orthodox Church – 0.4 million[231]
Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem – 0.4 million[231]
Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church – 0.075 million[231]
Autonomous churches – 13 million
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) – 7.2 million[236]
Metropolitan Church of Chișinău and All Moldova (Moscow Patriarchate) – 3.2 million
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia – 1.25 million
Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia (Moldova) (Romanian Patriarchate) – 0.72 million[237]
Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric (North Macedonia) – 0.34 million[citation needed]
Estonian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) – 0.3 million
Finnish Orthodox Church (Ecumenical Patriarchate) – 0.06 million[231]
Chinese Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) – 0.03 million
Japanese Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) – 0.03 million[231]
Latvian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) – 0.02 million
Estonian Orthodox Church (Ecumenical Patriarchate) – 0.02 million
Churches in communion with the above Orthodox Churches but with disputed autocephaly – 1 million
Orthodox Church in America – 1 million[231]
Non-universally recognized churches – 18-24.27 million
Orthodox Church of Ukraine – 12–18 million
Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church – 2.4 million
Macedonian Orthodox Church – 2 million
Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance) – 0.75 million
Old Calendarist Romanian Orthodox Church – 0.50 million
Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church – 0.45 million
Orthodox Church in Italy – 0.12 million
Montenegrin Orthodox Church – 0.05 million
Other separated Orthodox groups – 6 million
Old Believers – 5.5 million
Greek Old Calendarists – 0.86 million
True Orthodox Church – 0.85 million
Evangelical Orthodox Church – 0.07 million
Oriental Orthodoxy – 62 million
A map of Oriental Orthodoxy by population percentage.
The Oriental Orthodox Churches are those descended from those that rejected the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Despite the similar name, they are therefore a different branch of Christianity from the Eastern Orthodox (see above). There are an estimated 62 million Oriental Orthodox Christians, worldwide.[238][239][240]
Autocephalous churches – 61.7 million
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church – 37 million[241][242][243][244][245]
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria – 10 million[246][247][248][249]
Armenian Apostolic Church – 9 million[250][251]
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin – 6 million
Holy See of Cilicia – 1.5 million
Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople – 0.5–0.7 million[252]
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem – 0.34 million
Syriac Orthodox Church – 1.7 million[253][254]
Jacobite Syrian Christian Church – 1.2 million[255]
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church - 2 million[256]
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church - 2 million[257]
Autonomous churches – 0.01 million
French Coptic Orthodox Church – 0.01 million
Churches not in communion – 0.07 million
Malabar Independent Syrian Church – 0.06 million
British Orthodox Church – 0.01 million
Non-trinitarian Restorationism – 35 million
A sixth group is composed by Non-trinitarian Restorationists. These groups are quite distinct from orthodox Trinitarian restorationist groups such as the Disciples of Christ, despite some shared history.
Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism) – 16.7 million
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – 16.5 million[258]
Community of Christ – 0.25 million[259]
Jehovah's Witnesses – 8.5 million[260]
Oneness Pentecostalism – 6 million
United Pentecostal Church International – 4 million
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World – 1.5 million
Minor denominations – 4.4 million
Iglesia ni Cristo – 2.3 million[261]
The Unification Church (aka Moonies) – 1–2 million[262]
La Luz del Mundo – around million (See La Luz del Mundo#Statistics)
Unitarian Universalism – 0.6 million[263]
Unitarian Universalist Association – 0.2 million[264]
(Unitarian Universalism developed out of Christian traditions but no longer identifies as a Christian denomination.)
Church of Christ, Scientist – 0.4 million
Friends of Man – 0.07 million
Christadelphians – 0.06 million
Family International – 0.01 million
Miscellaneous branches – 2 million
Reformed Eastern Christianity – 1.1 million
Mar Thoma Syrian Church – 1.1 million[265]
Former Church of the East (Nestorianism) – 0.6 million
Assyrian Church of the East – 0.5 million
Ancient Church of the East – 0.1 million
Messianic Judaism – 0.3 million[266]
And USUALLY - no one is going to scream Racism.
BONUS!
Ok Then.
What we need here is to examine the current environment. And apply logic we can all agree on with in minuscule detail.
Shaun. Shaun of the Dead. With 3,000 pages of Agreements with 3 in One.
Romans 13:11
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep.
For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
Matthew 24:42
Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
Acts 3:17
And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance
1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
With the most Relative point being: Love.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Galatians 6:9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
1 Corinthians 9:25
Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
Titus 1:8
Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
Abba, Father God,
We ask you to put the Name of Jesus Christ upon us and we are Blessed of God. Jesus Christ, pray for us, Speak Your Word, bring more Heaven to earth. To Rejoice in all of Your world. We ask Your Abundant and Flowing Blessings upon us. Keep us safe from disasters, quieten storms and keep the Oceans safe. Help us to seek You first and Your Kingdom. To Live Love, Joy and Peace. Uphold those we Love. We Trust You. We ask for the virus to end and Joy in Recovery. We pray for Your Word to be Spoken. Your Help for a vaccine. God Himself Bless, Sustain, Comfort, Guide President Donald Trump, Vice President Pence, Governor Abbott and these 50 United States Governors and Legislatures. The Administration Coronavirus Response Team, Dr. Deborah Birx, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield Jesus Christ Live in us. Amen!
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. 6 And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.” 7 “And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, 9 but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. 11 Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.” 12 “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates. 15 Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.” 17 The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. 20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.
God our Father explains the Nature of God in the Old Testament and the New Testament - yesterday, today and tomorrow. Jesus is the exact Nature of God.
Hebrews 1:3-4
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs..
We find Jesus heals and the blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. God longs to heal and restore. He plans to save the world in Jesus Christ.
Revelation is 22 Chapters of God's Promises filled. And much of Revelation is turbulent, without direct methods of comprehension. It's not peaceful. God works to deal with making a Merciful and Just Kingdom with His Righteousness. Healing the Beloved of God. Just as the Magi went to Herod to find Jesus, we will perfectly understand Revelation as this Plan of God unfolds. We might compare The Book of Revelation to another portion of the Bible, understanding God as Father, we would re-read David grappling with Absalom. 8 Chapters of the Bible.
When we arrive at Revelation 22, we are finding Father God looking to the future of His Life, giving us Life forever.
Father God helps us to realize, we overcome with God.
Abba, Holy Father,
We ask Your Willing blessings pour upon us, May our Lord bless us and keep us! To cover those we Love. Thank You Children have not been afflicted. We pray this to continue to be a Blessing for all our Children to be spared.
May our Lord Father God, make Your Face to shine upon us and be gracious to us.
Father God please lift Your countenance upon us, smile, and give us Your peace.
We ask you to surround, enfold and cover us in the Name of Jesus Christ. We are Blessed of God.
Jesus Christ, pray for us, Speak Your Word, bring more Heaven to all the earth.
We ask You to keep us safe from disasters, quieten storms and keep the Oceans safe.
Help us to seek You first and Your Kingdom.
To Live Love, Joy and Peace. Uphold those we Love. We Trust You.
We ask for the virus to end and Joy in Recovery.
We pray for Your Word to be Spoken. Your help for a vaccine.
God Himself Bless, Sustain, Comfort, Guide: President Donald Trump, Vice President Pence, God's Blessing and safety during this Virus testing, Governor Abbott and these 50 United States Governors. The Administration Coronavirus Response Team, Dr. Deborah Birx, Dr. Anthony Fauci's safety, Dr. Robert Redfield and his safety.
~ (Revised Standard Version) The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, `After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.' I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel." And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, `He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' " And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."
Jesus is the Word of God, with God, in the beginning of creation. Proverbs also tells us about the joy Jesus found in Creation. Jesus was... before John. How and why didn't John the Baptist know Jesus - his cousin? Why can't we be more surprised by the rest of the 1st Chapter of John. Men meeting Jesus for the first time declared to each other "this is the Son of God" in both verse 41 and verse 49 of John 1. This is far more astonishing - Jesus has men leaving their way of life behind to become His disciples in a mere afternoon of listening to Jesus.
So why, why doesn't John recognize his cousin Jesus? It's pretty obvious when we add up what we know. John's parents were old when he was born. As people become very aged, they do not travel greatly. Traveling was difficult even for the young. John's parents lived 90 miles (ca. 145 kilometers) from Jesus. Plus, John surely heard, in his youth, about Jesus and the "funny circumstances" surrounding the quick wedding of pregnant, unwed cousin Mary.
When we see the Gospels record only cousin Elizabeth's support for Mary, we must also remember John the Baptist probably heard more of the rumors from more of the family - who are not remembered in the Scriptures.
So .... why didn't John recognize Jesus??? For the same reasons we didn't recognize Jesus until we invited Him to be part of us. Before we really knew Him: we heard about Jesus from other sources. Not all the sources were credible. Family (Church) is sometimes boring and the time it takes to get there and back is too long. Why put the effort into going when people aren't always nice? We missed the family get-togethers (Church) for so long, people hassle us about That too. If you don't remember the family stories correctly there is mocking. It's all a big tangle to sort out, and we have other things to do. Then, more importantly, it comes to the decision time. As John grew spiritually into God's plan for him, Jesus became important to him. John took the time to dwell and think about who Jesus is. God revealed not just family, a good man, but a Savior. John, bravely, and with certainty says, "And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."
So this year, travel wasn't easy. We probably didn't do our 'regular thing' we do.
Just as God gave more days to Mary and Martha; for example, the day Martha didn't feel was her best day. We remember God will send His Comforter again. We will see better days.
Abba, Father God, Jesus tells us He has found our life here as Joy. Joy is not limited to one day.
Deuteronomy 16:15
For seven days you shall keep the feast to the Lord your God at the place that the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.
There are more phone calls to make. There are homemade cards to send.
1 John 1:4
And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
Not just for people to receive, instead the joy of giving.
1 John 4:19 "We love him, because he first loved us."
We ask you to put the Name of Jesus Christ upon us and we are Blessed of God. Jesus Christ, pray for us, Speak Your Word, bring more Heaven to earth. We ask Your Abundant and Flowing Blessings upon us. Keep us safe from disasters, quieten storms and keep the Oceans safe. Help us to seek You first and Your Kingdom. To Live Love, Joy and Peace. Uphold those we Love. We Trust You. We ask for the virus to end and Joy in Recovery. We pray for Your Word to be Spoken. Your Help for a vaccine. God Himself Bless, Sustain, Comfort, Guide President Donald Trump, Vice President Pence, Governor Abbott and these 50 United States Governors and Legislatures. The Administration Coronavirus Response Team, Dr. Deborah Birx, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield Jesus Christ Live in us. Amen!
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