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Bible Researcher Eli Kittim is the Goodreads Award-Winning Author of the 5-Star Christian-Nonfiction Book, “The Little Book of Revelation.”
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What’s the Book About?
It’s a Retelling of the Jesus Story: A Biblical Study of the Sequence of End-time Events.
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With Positive Reviews by Blueink Review & Renowned Bible Scholar Robert Eisenman!
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Grab your copy here (buying links):
Official Eli Kittim Website
https://thelittlebookofrevelation.com/
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The Giant Jesus in the Gospel of Peter
By Author Eli Kittim
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Bart Ehrman dates the non-canonical Gospel of Peter to ca. 150 ce or earlier. It’s considered to be a pseudepigraphical work. However, according to John Dominic Crossan, it seems to incorporate an early source for the passion-narrative that may predate all other known passion accounts. These scholarly views suggest that this gospel may have been inspired.
From an eschatological perspective, the giant Jesus coming out of the tomb at the end of days might actually provide the most accurate resurrection narrative to date (cf. Isa. 2.19; Dan. 12.1-2; Heb. 9.26-28). The reason for this is obvious. Revelation 1.7 claims that “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him.” An average 5-foot or 6-foot man in the sky obviously cannot be seen by anyone, let alone by “every eye” of all them that dwell on the face of the earth. On the other hand, a *giant* Jesus can, in fact, be observed from many miles away, thus lending credence to the apocalyptic description in Rev. 1.7. Here’s the *resurrection narrative* in the Gospel of Peter (verses 38-40):
Therefore, having seen this, the
soldiers woke up the centurions and elders,
for they were also keeping watch. And
while they were describing to them the
things they had seen, behold, they saw
three men coming out of the tomb, with the
two young men supporting the One . . . And
the head of the two reaching unto to
heaven, but the One of whom they led out
by the hand, His head reached beyond the
heavens.
Thus, there is a description, here, of a giant resurrected Jesus coming out of the tomb. The point is that Jesus will come back to life not as an average human being but rather as a giant. Of all the postmortem appearances of Jesus, this is probably the most accurate portrayal because it seems to parallel many Biblical passages. For example, it seems to fit with the Pauline Christ——who’s portrayed as a towering figure——who will ultimately destroy the Antichrist (2 Thess. 2.8 NRSV)
with the breath of his mouth, annihilating
him by the manifestation of his coming.
It’s also congruent with another, Old Testament, verse in which the Lord appears as a massive, colossal figure: (Isa. 31.5):
Like birds hovering overhead, so the Lord of
hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect
and deliver it, he will spare and rescue it.
In another, apocalyptic, verse, only a great figure of immense proportion can annihilate a giant dragon called Leviathan (Isa. 27.1 cf. Job 41.1; Ps 74.14):
On that day the Lord with his cruel and
great and strong sword will punish
Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the
twisting serpent, and he will kill the dragon
that is in the sea.
That’s precisely why we are told that “There were giants in the earth in those days” (Gen. 6.4 KJV), much like the film characters of Godzilla and King Kong. But which days is Gen. 6.4 referring to? Given that skyscrapers began to be built only in the 20th century, it seems very likely that the “Tower of Babel” (Gen. 11.4) is representative of that same time period, and thus it may have prophetic implications with regard to the end of days. For instance, why does Dan. 9.26, within its description of the last days, declare: “Its end shall come with a flood”? Similarly, why does Lk 17.30 emphatically compare Noah’s flood to the Revelation of Jesus Christ during the day of the Lord? Probably because these earlier Biblical narratives were trying to convey the exact same messages that we find in the later apocalyptic versions of the New Testament, especially in the Book of Revelation!
Conclusion
Given that the authors of the canonical gospels are themselves, at times, seemingly unfamiliar with the local geography, customs, feasts, idioms, language, law, and the religion of the Jews, we cannot therefore dismiss the gospel of Peter on similar grounds. The possibility that the gospel of Peter could incorporate the earliest source for the passion-narratives (Crossan), and that it is dated to the first half of the second century, based on independent oral traditions (Ehrman), means that it could have been a candidate for canonicity. In other words, it may turn out to be partly, if not wholly, inspired. Remember that many current books in the Bible were at one time highly controversial and were not given full canonical status until much later.
Finally, the giant resurrected Christ in the Gospel of Peter is the only version that seems to validate and confirm Revelation’s image of a towering figure on a white horse who “judges and makes war” (Rev. 19.11), and who can actually be seen from the earth (Rev. 1.7). By comparison, an average human being cannot possibly be seen “coming with the clouds of heaven.” Dan. 7.13-14 reads:
As I watched in the night visions, I saw one
like a human being coming with the clouds
of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One
and was presented before him. To him was
given dominion and glory and kingship, that
all peoples, nations, and languages should
serve him. His dominion is an everlasting
dominion that shall not pass away, and his
kingship is one that shall never be
destroyed.
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The Psychology of Atheism & Agnosticism
By Author Eli Kittim
Atheism is the position that there’s no God. According to Bart Ehrman, a renowned Bible scholar, atheism is a *belief system.* It has absolutely nothing to do with scientific evidence or empirical knowledge. It’s as much a belief as Theism.
Agnosticism, on the other hand, is the view that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable. According to the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley, who coined the term agnostic in 1869:
It simply means that a man shall not say he
knows or believes that which he has no
scientific grounds for professing to know or
believe.
In other words, whereas explicit atheism refers to “the absence of theistic belief,” agnosticism refers to an *absence* of knowledge. In the former case, an individual refuses to believe in the existence of God. In the latter, the person doesn’t know whether or not God exists. In either case, the person refuses to acknowledge or accept the existence of God, let alone God’s revelation (aka the Bible).
The common thread among atheists and agnostics is their *continual denial* of any evidence for the existence of God (e.g. the cosmological or ontological arguments). I’m particularly interested in the psychological *causes* (rather than the philosophical arguments) of militant atheism, which denote a defiant and persistent rejection of God. To present a valid argument against God’s existence is one thing. But the need to reject God’s existence at all costs is quite another. So, what is the prime motivating factor underlying this psychological repudiation?
Answer: 2 Corinthians 4.4 (NLT):
Satan, who is the god of this world, has
blinded the minds of those who don’t
believe. They are unable to see the glorious
light of the Good News. They don’t
understand this message about the glory of
Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
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The Official Website of “The Little Book of Revelation”
From Goodreads Author and Bible teacher Eli Kittim
The Official Website of “The Little Book of Revelation: The First Coming of Jesus at the End of Days”
Το Μικρό Βιβλίο της Αποκάλυψης: Η Πρώτη Παρουσία του Ιησού στο τέλος των Ημερών
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