The Book of Colossians
The book of Colossians was clearly written by the Apostle Paul, The introduction in the first chapter is vital proof of authorship. Written to the church in Colossae, as Paul was in a roman prison the first time about 61-62 AD, he received word that the saints were being led astray by false teachers teaching everything from angelic worship, to false doctrines of Christ. Paul called these actions (heresy), and throughout this letter he would continually contend for the faith. In order to maintain structure, order, and sound doctrine back to the body of Christ. The saints were so far away from Christianity that Paul had to bring back to their remembrance the basics of …show more content…
Though Elizabeth was barren, Zacharias would have a visitor at the temple, as he would go to burn incense the messenger Of God, Gabriel one of the three Arch angels, would appear to him stating that Elizabeth would conceive a bare a child and the child shall be called John. Zacharias did not believe what was told to him, so God would strike him as a mute until the day the child was born. As the crowd ask what the child’s name would be, Zacharias spoke and said “the child’s name shall be called John”. Only six months older than Christ, John would become the forerunner of Jesus “preparing the ground for the seed so to speak” with a simple message that still rings in the ears of sinners and saints alike today. ”Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand”, and “prepare ye the way of the Lord”, as he baptized with water, hence the name John the Baptist. John was a simple man, accustom to living in the wilderness, many historians say the he was raised by Elizabeth under the strict code of the Nazirites in the wilderness of Judea after the murder of his father Zacharias by Herod the Great. John would continue to preach and lead the way for Christ until his imprisonment and death, for telling Herod that it was not lawful to take his brother’s
The book of Colossians was clearly written by the Apostle Paul, The introduction in the first chapter is vital proof of authorship. Written to the church in Colossae, as Paul was in a roman prison the first time about 61-62 AD, he received word that the saints were being led astray by false teachers teaching everything from angelic worship, to false doctrines of Christ. Paul called these actions (heresy), and throughout this letter he would continually contend for the faith. In order to maintain structure, order, and sound doctrine back to the body of Christ. The saints were so far away from Christianity that Paul had to bring back to their remembrance the basics of …show more content…
Though Elizabeth was barren, Zacharias would have a visitor at the temple, as he would go to burn incense the messenger Of God, Gabriel one of the three Arch angels, would appear to him stating that Elizabeth would conceive a bare a child and the child shall be called John. Zacharias did not believe what was told to him, so God would strike him as a mute until the day the child was born. As the crowd ask what the child’s name would be, Zacharias spoke and said “the child’s name shall be called John”. Only six months older than Christ, John would become the forerunner of Jesus “preparing the ground for the seed so to speak” with a simple message that still rings in the ears of sinners and saints alike today. ”Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand”, and “prepare ye the way of the Lord”, as he baptized with water, hence the name John the Baptist. John was a simple man, accustom to living in the wilderness, many historians say the he was raised by Elizabeth under the strict code of the Nazirites in the wilderness of Judea after the murder of his father Zacharias by Herod the Great. John would continue to preach and lead the way for Christ until his imprisonment and death, for telling Herod that it was not lawful to take his brother’s