Holy cities

Seldjuk Turks had grown powerful and had started conquering the East. Christians began to find it difficult to reach the holy places during their pilgrimages. The military expeditions planned and fought by western European Christians that began around 1095 AD, are known today as the Holy Wars, or the Crusades. The purpose of these expeditions was to overtake and gain control of the holy land of Jerusalem, from the Muslims. Deus Vult, meaning God Wills It, was the battle cry of the thousands of Christians

the book of Acts, there were people that were thought to be believers but had not fully understood what to believe or whom to follow. This was evident in the town of Ephesus. Ephesus was a Grecian city located in present-day Turkey. It had a considerable population of Jews and of pagans for the city had synagogues (Acts 19:8) and a temple to the Greek goddess Artemis (Acts 19:27). Acts 19:1-7 tells of Paul the apostle’s first trip to Ephesus and encounter with some disciples of John the Baptist

The Crusades were a holy war that was directed towards Jerusalem and the Turks that occupied the area. The Christians of the Byzantine Empire had their eyes set on Jerusalem and made pilgrimages to the area due to the site’s religious significance. However, when access to the city became restricted, the Christians were provoked and swore that they would reclaim the Holy Land. The Crusades persisted for nearly 200 years, but they failed to capture Jerusalem. Following these many failures, the crusading

the Mosaic law of unrighteous, it will never fail under Jesus Law of Righteousness, He will present us as a recreated Holy Nation before our Father God. Jesus as King of Kings and High Priest brings us into Royalty before His Father and our Father, He presented us as Kings and Priests, Lord over this world and its system. 1 Peter 2:9 You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God 's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellence’s of Him who has called you out

God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. This is the uniqueness of the trinity, that God can be distinguished into three equal parts, but still retains oneness. There is unity and equality between the three parts of God, thus allowing each part to act separately, and together as one. Looking into the parts of the trinity we start with God the Father. The Father is eternally begotten, or without beginning and without end. The Fathers relationship to the Son and the Holy Spirit are quite similar

The Holy Spirit is another Comforter, Teacher, and Reminder. Before Christ went back to Heaven He said that He would not leave us without another Comforter, of which is the Holy Ghost. God the Holy Spirit, God the Father, and God the Son are a Trinity, in Heaven and on this earth. The Comforter indwells us and we are in God and in Jesus. We are in the Trinity. Talk about eternal security, how much more can one be secure than this? Being the Holy Spirit is our Teacher, and the Word of God says

are four parts in my mind map and every part represents different mark of the early Church which I want the reader comes away with. In other words, my mind map focus on the illustrations of early Church’s four marks. Early Church has four marks: One, Holy, Catholic and apostolic. Those marks indicated four major distinctive marks or distinguishing characteristics of the Christian Church. For example, although people built thousands of churches around the world, there is still only “one” Church for the

1-6: John writes to the church at Sardis, an important city “located on an almost inaccessible plateau”, and known for its worship of the god Artemis. Jesus is spoken of as “him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars”, referring to the Holy Spirit (seven spirits of God representing perfection and holiness” and seven stars (referring to Jesus’ divine power over the cosmos). Jesus calls this people to “wake up and strengthen the things that remain”, because Sardis is in deep spiritual

were never met and many died even though their sacrifice brought about no real change or progress. In Clermont France, Pope Urban II called for a crusade on November 27, 1095, he wanted to help the Byzantines free the city of Jerusalem. His goal was not only to retake the holiest city in the Christian faith but also to smother the Muslim religion,which was the main reason the crusades began. Different Western European countries put together four armies of Crusaders who left for Byzantium a year later

military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries to recover control of the Holy Land from the Muslims. They were devastating for many Christians, or Jews. The Turks, or Muslims, and the Jews fought for many years over Jerusalem, resulting in many deaths. In the end, the Jews prevailed, turning it into the Holy place it is today. During the Middle Ages, Christian Jews tried to recapture Jerusalem, which had been previously taken by Muslim Turks