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The Biblical Significance of Iraq
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 2 Oct 2001 16:58:03 GMT
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More information for everyone and should be of particular interest to
Christians and Jews:
+ The Biblical Garden of Eden was located in Iraq, where the first man and
woman were created and where God's first covenant with humanity was made.
+ God's first covenant with humankind was with Abraham in Ur, Iraq.
+ The prophets Adam, Noah, Abraham, Jonah, Ezekiel, Nahemiah, and Daniel
(hey, that's me) all lived and ministered in Iraq.
+ The first people to recognize Jesus Christ as Savior, the Three Wise Men,
were from Iraq.
+ The language of Jesus Christ, Aramaic, is now only spoken in Iraq, some
villages in Syria, and by a group of American immigrants from these regions.
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Other notes regarding Christianity in Iraq:
+ Some of the earliest known Christian churches were built in Iraq.
+ By the 6th century, Christians from Iraq had carried the gospel to India
and China.
+ During the first centuries of Christianity, Iraq boasted numerous
theological schools and many, many parishes.
+ Today there are about one million Christians living in Iraq.
+ Christian churches dot the landscape in every major city.
+ In the Chaldean communion alone there are eight bishoprics, with one
bishopric containing 50 parishes.
+ Protestant churches began to be built in 1840 and still exist today.
+ The Protestant Evangelical church in Baghdad has nearly a thousand members.
Dan
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| (...) Also: look at Jacob and Esau (Genesis chapter 25-28 or so). This is where the turmoil began, as Jacob 1) traded Esau a bowl of stew for Esau's birthright and 2) stole Esau's blessing from his father Isaac. In those times this was humongous, as (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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