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Spring is here in the

United States

; beautiful flowers are blooming, pleasant weather is expected, birds are singing and much more. What else takes place this time of year? Yes! There is “March Madness” which will determine the best college basketball team in the

U.S.

However, just a few days after the final basketball game, comes a day that should make the championship game a blur. This year that special day is April 8^th, the celebration of the Resurrection of our LORD, our GOD and SAVIOR, JESUS the CHRIST. The angel said in Luke 24:6, “He is not here, but is risen!”

What does this mean to you and me? All true Christians will be on their knees thanking Jesus for what He did for us 2000 years ago. As our Creator, Jesus did not have to come to earth as a lowly human and suffer, but He did. Jesus didn’t have to suffer and be crucified by the very hands of those He created, but He did. With prayer, Bible study, and righteous living every day we can thank Jesus for paying for our sins.

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Continuing with a Chemical question in the Creation/Evolution debate: Can small atoms, molecules, amino acids, etc. combine together by Natural Processes, Darwin’s suspicion, to form a living cell and do it in 4.5 billion years? Let’s look at the scientific facts: Amino Acids (AA) are produced with either right-handed or left- handed AA. All living AA are only left- handed; a right- handed AA in a creature will kill life.

When we die, our AA became a mixture of left and right- handed AA. The evolutionist J. Cohen said in 1995: “The origin of the left- handed Amino Acid is a complete mystery.” However, there are 300 Amino Acids needed in a single cell (All left handed). Using Darwin’s “Natural Selection”, what is the probability of the specific arrangement of molecules to produce 300 different kinds of Amino Acids, all left handed!

Remember, if a right- handed Amino Acid was produced in making that single cell, it would kill the proposed chemical procedure. This remarkable process would take a lot longer than 4.5 billion years. Does this process sound too complicated to happen by chance?

Scientist Sir Fred Hoyle explains that it would be difficult if not impossible for the accidental formation of only one of the many chains of amino acids in a living cell. And in every human cell there are about 200,000 such amino acids. Now if you would (could) compute the time required to get all 200,000 amino acids for just one human cell to come together, by chance, it would be about 294 times the estimated (old) age of the earth (set at 4.6 billion years).

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History tells us that the early Jewish historians were extremely careful in copying existing documents (i.e. the Torah etc.). In the early centuries after Christ’s Resurrection, the rapidly growing number of churches and home groups required an increased supply of copies of the Old and New Testament books.

The Gospels and Letters in the New Testament, which were written from 50 A.D. to 95 A.D., were transcribed with every bit the same accuracy as the Old Testament books by the early Jewish historians.

The oldest Greek version of the Old Testament is called the Septuagint. It was completed at the end of the 2nd century B.C. This Greek Manuscript contains 39 Old Testament and 14 Apocrypha books.

See the HISTORY Section on ProJesus.com for information and dates on the acceptance of the “canon”.

From 382 to 405 A.D., Jerome translated the Bible into Latin, a common languages, which was prohibited. This book was called the Vulgate.

From 1360 to 1382 A.D., John Wycliffe used the Vulgate to translate, in hand writing, the Bible into English (all 80 books).

In 1456 A.D., Gutenberg, who invented the printing press, printed the Bible in Latin.

From 1520 to 1530 A.D., Tyndale studied Greek and Hebrew for a translation into English. This was

the first New Testament to be printed in the English language. These Bibles were burned.

In 1535 A.D. The Cloverdale Bible was the first complete Bible printed in English.

In 1536 A.D. Tyndale was executed. He was tied to a stake, hung by the neck and set on fire.

In 1553 A.D. Queen Mary disallowed reading the Bible: had reformers burned at the stake.

In 1611 A.D., The “King James” Bible was printed; The Apocrypha was removed in 1885.

In 1885 A.D., The “Revised Version” , the first major revision of the King James Bible. In 1901, the American Standard edition changed

England

’s dialect to American dialect.

There have been many more translations than those listed: i.e. Cloverdale’s, Matthews’, Bishops, Douay, Aitkins, Collins, Thomas, Webster, Hexapla, Illuminated, The Living, The Message etc.

Through the years, there were translations into many languages as well as the various English/American versions. With all the translations and writers, one would think that there would be errors in the Bible. However, the Bible is the same today as it was 2000 years ago.

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Crucifixion is described in the following verses: Matthew 27:32-56; Mark 15:21-41; Luke 23:26-49; John 19:16-30. It was also prophesized in Psalm 22 of the Old Testament about 800 years before it was ever instituted!!

Crucifixion was a very cruel form of execution, generally reserved only for slaves and rebels, not Roman citizens.

1. Death was agonizing. A person could die by either exposure and shock or by asphyxiation. When the person would collapse, hanging from his arms on the cross, it would constrict the diaphragm, inhibiting breathing. The only way they could breathe was to push up against the nails that went through the feet. This was a continual effort. Finally, through the loss of blood and exhaustion, the person eventually suffocated.

2. Death was slow, sometimes taking up to nine days, sometimes the crucified’s legs would be broken to hasten death.

A certificate of debt as indicated in the Bible, in the book of Colossians 2:13-14

1. This certificate was a list of crimes committed against the state that required payment.

2. When the crimes were paid for, it was stamped with the word tetelestia, meaning "paid in full."

4. Jesus told the world from the cross that our sins have been paid for, He said, "It is finished!"

Jesus gave up His spirit. Jesus died so that we might live. That is for those who believe that Jesus is God and Savior Messiah was dead. A vibrant and hopeful era had come to a bitter and dismal end. The movement was over, the disciples were scattered, and darkness covered the land. The religious establishment shook off the nasty experience and settled down to resume life as usual. But their rest would be short-lived because very quickly death would be swallowed up in victory. HALLELUYAH !

================================================================================= Book Suggestion: “A Life God Rewards” by Bruce Wilkinson

INTERESTING QUOTE: “The Christian race is not a competitive event to see who comes in first but an endurance run to see who finishes faithfully.” From----God’s Daily Promises

Please join in the efforts to restore

America

’s Christian foundation. The National Day of Prayer is May 31! Mark your calendar.

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To show His love, Jesus died for me; To show my love, I must live for Him!