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Old 04-02-2012, 07:27 AM   #51
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The Short-Ending and the Long-Ending gMark are most significant because we have the PHYSICAL evidence that the Jesus story was MANIPULATED.

We can SEE with our EYES the ACTUAL INTERPOLATIONS.

We can SEE what was CHANGED or ADDED.

There is NO need to Guess.

The INTERPOLATOR fundamentally CHANGED sgMark [short-ending Mark] with 12 additional verses.

In the sgMark, there is NO Commission by Jesus to preach the Gospel to the whole world.

In the sgMark, the disciples were supposed to meet Jesus in GALILEE AFTER he was raised from the dead but it did NOT happen because the visitors told NO-ONE Jesus was resurrected.

Mark 14
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28 But after I have risen I will go before you into Galilee.
But, in sgMark, the disciples were NOT told Jesus was resurrected so they did NOT know when they should have gone to Galilee.

The LAST four verses of sgMARK is extremely significant--the visitors to the Empty Tomb did NOT tell PETER and the disciples that Jesus was resurrected and that they should GO to Galilee to MEET him.

Mark 16
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5 And they entered the sepulcher and saw a young man, sitting at the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were amazed.

6 But he says to them: Be not amazed. You seek Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified; he has risen, he is not here: see the place where they laid him.

7 But go, tell his disciples, especially Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee: there you shall see him, as he said to you.

8 And going out they fled from the sepulcher; for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.

The author of sgMark did NOT know of the Commission of the resurrected Jesus.

Now, the mere fact that sgMark ENDS before the Commission shows that he Was NOT aware of People who preached Christ to the whole world.

The author of sgMark was NOT aware that a character called Paul preached Christ and that there were Christians.

When sgMark was WRITTEN there was NO Jesus cult of Christians and NO stories of a character called Jesus the Christ, the Universal Savior because of his crucifixion and resurrection.

Even if sgMark is assumed to be written at 68 CE, before the Fall of the Temple, it is shows that the author was NOT AWARE of Pauline letters and that people preached Christ Crucified and resurrected.

sgMark was the very FIRST Jesus story and it had NOTHING whatsoever to do with the Start of a new religion.

sgMark's Jesus did NOT start any new religion.

sgMark's Jesus did NOT want the Jews to be converted.

sgMark's Jesus did NOT even tell his own disciples he was Christ--it was PETER.

sgMark's Jesus IMMEDIATELY barred his own disciples from telling anyone he was Christ.

sgMark is BEFORE the Pauline letters and Contradicts them.

sgMark's Jesus was NOT a UNIVERSAL Savior.

sgMark's Jesus came to make sure Prophecy was fulfilled.

sgMark's Jesus was the Destroyer of the Jews and the Fall of the Temple.

Mark 13
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1 And as he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him: Teacher, see what manner of stones, and what manner of buildings.

2 And Jesus said to him: Seest thou these great buildings? There shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down.
The fall of the Temple and the calamities of the Jews is the ONLY so-called prophecy that came true in the Entire Canon.

sgMark's Jesus came to DESTROY the Jews NOT to save them.

"There shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down"

Mark 13
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31 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
sgMark's Jesus DESTROYED Jerusalem and the Jews.

It is so recorded that the Jewish Temple did fall and thousands upon thousands of Jews were massacred.


It was the author of the INTERPOLATED gMark, the Forger, who changed the story and made Jesus a Universal Savior.

The Pauline letters of Universal Salvation by the crucifixion and resurrection and Commission to preach the Gospel to the whole world are based on the INTERPOLATED gMark.

sgMark is the the FIRST source for the Jesus story in the Entire Canon.
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Although I have gone through the Short-Ending gMark it appears I have missed a very IMPORTANT clue.

sgMark ENDS in this manner.

Mark 16.6-8
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You seek Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified; he has risen, he is not here: see the place where they laid him.

7 But go, tell his disciples, especially Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee: there you shall see him, as he said to you.

8 And going out they fled from the sepulcher; for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.
sgMark may have been written by a WOMAN who visited the Empty Tomb or the author is giving the impression that the Jesus story in sgMark was obtained from the WOMEN Visitors.

sgMark's story is the FIRST time the Secret was told sometime after c 70 CE. sgMark's Jesus story about the SECRET RESURRECTED Messiah only makes sense if the Pauline letters and the other Gospels were unknown.
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Why would that be the case? The women may have kept quiet, but the others who "saw" the "risen Christ" didn't.
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There is more information in the Short-Ending gMark to show that it was written BEFORE the Pauline letters were composed.

Sinaiticus gMark 14
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21 For the Son of man goes, as it is written of him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up: good were it for that man if he had not been born.

22 And as they ate, having taken bread and blessed, he broke and gave to them and said: Take: this is my body.

23 And having taken the cup and given thanks, he gave to them; and they all drank of it.

24 And he said to them: This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

25 Verily I say to you that I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, till that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
Now examine 1 Cor.11, it will be noticed that the Pauline writer claimed that the disciples were asked by Jesus to CARRY out the Ritual in "Remembrance of me".

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23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

24 And when he had given thanks , he brake it, and said , Take , eat : this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped , saying , This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye , as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
The Request to perform the Ritual of the Eucharist in Remembrance of Jesus is NOT found in the earliest gMark.

In fact, there is NO request at all in Sinaiticus gMark for the Eucharist to be performed afterwards. It was the LAST SUPPER.

Even in the Interpolated gMark, there is no mention that the Ritual should be carried out and in remembrance of Jesus.

It is in gLuke that Jesus

Luke 22
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19 And having taken bread and given thanks, he broke and gave to them, saying: This is my body, that is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
The practice of the Ritual of the Eucharist was AFTER gMark was written or after 70 CE.

The Short-ending gMark is the Earliest book of the Canon and BEFORE the Pauline letters.
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AA, you already made this point once before. I remember I replied that it is just as likely that it was the other way around, i.e. that a gospel story or interpolation FOLLOWED AFTER the expression in the epistle. And I then asked you WHY the epistle(s) refers to nothing of the Mark story (short or long) of Mark's Jesus figure.
I think you forgot to respond to either point.
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AA, you already made this point once before. I remember I replied that it is just as likely that it was the other way around, i.e. that a gospel story or interpolation FOLLOWED AFTER the expression in the epistle. And I then asked you WHY the epistle(s) refers to nothing of the Mark story (short or long) of Mark's Jesus figure.
I think you forgot to respond to either point.
Your memory appears to be faulty. Actually in my last post it is the FIRST time that I have shown that there is NO request, No Commission, NO Command by the supposed Jesus for the LAST SUPPER to be practised as a ritual as a Memorial.

The Pauline claim that it was revealed that Jesus said This do in REMEMBRANCE of Me is not found in gMark.

This also DEMONSTRATES that the author of gMark did NOT Practise the Ritual of the Eucharist.


ALSO, the author of gMatthew did NOT claim that the LAST SUPPER was to be practised as a Memorial.

Matthew 26
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26 And as they were eating , Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said , Take , eat ; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks , and gave it to them, saying , Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom....
The gospels of gMark and gMatthew do NOT show that the RITUAL of the Last Supper was practised even after the Fall of the Temple, after 70 CE.

gLuke is the FIRST gospel that made the claim that the Last Supper was to be a Memorial.

gMark was composed BEFORE the Pauline letters--gMark is FIRST in the Canon.

By the way, your belief that the Pauline writings are before gMark has ZERO influence on my FINDINGS. My theories are based on the written statements of antiquity.

You very well know that even in court trials there are TWO OPPOSING arguments using the very same EVIDENCE provided.

And further, You have NOT presented any comprehensive evidence or sources to demonstrate that the Pauline writings are likely before gMark.

Typically your assertions are followed by a BLANK SPACE--NO supporting source or evidence from antiquity.

Anyhow, let me make it clear in advance--you will not be able to find any credible supporting evidence that the Pauline letters were before gMark.
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Yes, sure......I forgot......ancient sources that you yourself know are biased and unreliable........
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Yes, sure......I forgot......ancient sources that you yourself know are biased and unreliable........
Again, your assertions are followed by a BLANK Space.

Myth Fables are NOT reliable sources.

The NT is a Compilation of Myth Fables and that is PRECISELY what I have IDENTIFIED.

The NT cannot, cannot, cannot be used for historical purpose without corroboration.

Even if all the apologetic sources that mention Paul are NOT credible then the Pauline writer is STILL WITHOUT a shred of corroboration.

What a disaster!!!! All sources that mention Paul are NOT credible and the Pauline letters are forgeries or manipulated.

I cannot accept the Pauline letters as composed before the Fall of the Temple when there is NOTHING credible for Paul and his writings have been DATED by Paleography to the mid 2nd-3rd century.

By logical deduction, based on the present evidence available, the author of the short-ending gMark was UNAWARE of the Pauline letters.
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In arguments to resolve the so-called Synoptic Problem many have deduced that the Short-Ending gMark was the First Canonised Gospel to have been written.

However, in the deduction that gMark was the first written Gospel one must take into account the Jesus story found in the supposed earliest "Gospel".

The very first thing that is noticed in gMARK is that there is very little biographical details about ALL the characters.

In gMark, the author simply introduced his Jesus from Nazareth and baptized by John and then proceeded to WRITE chapter after chapter of UTTER fiction.

The first 11 chapters of gMark, Jesus PERFORMS all sorts of outrageous IMPLAUSIBLE miracles in Galillee and then like the FIG tree his miracles DRIED up in Jerusalem.

The author of gMark does NOT appear to be Jewish---the author does NOT Know that Jews do NOT anoint the dead AFTER they have been buried for three days.

It would appear the author of gMark was relying on Hebrew Scripture and some rumors to fabricate his story of Jesus.

In gMark, the author does NOT even claim Pilate was governor or name the high Priest when Jesus was crucified.

But, even most fascinating, the author of gMark claimed Jesus deliberately spoke in Parables so that the Jews would NOT understand him.

So, the author is claiming that when his Jesus was on earth NOBODY really understood who Jesus was except the disciples.

The Markan Jesus was a SECRET CHRIST, an UNKNOWN MESSIAH.

Now, how could the Markan Jesus be regarded as a SECRET MESSIAH if the Pauline writings were ALREADY KNOWN in the Churches throughout the Roman Empire???

The Pauline writings should have RENDERED gMark OBSOLETE before a word was written.

Examine 2 Philippians 5-11
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Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7 But made himself of no reputation , and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow , of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father...
The Pauline writer supposedly claimed for OVER 17 years throughout the Roman Empire and in Major Cities that Every Tongue should Confess that Jesus was Lord and that every KNEE should Bow to his name.

But when gMark was supposedly ready to write his Jesus story AFTER the Pauline writer the very Jesus told his OWN disciples NOT to tell ANYONE he was Christ.

Mark 8:30 KJV
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And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
The author of gMark has CONTRADICTED the Pauline writer whose Gospel supposedly was ALREADY documented in the Churches themselves and was Personally PREACHED by the WELL-KNOWN Paul.

But, NOT only does the author of gMark Contradicts the Pauline writer but also the authors of gMatthew and gLuke made the very SAME claim.

Matthew 16:20 KJV
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Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
Luke 9:21 KJV
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And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing
It has been deduced that ANONYMOUS gMark was BEFORE gMatthew and gLuke but it was also BEFORE ALL the Pauline writings were written.

The reason why the UNKNOWN authors of the Long-Ending gMark, gMatthew and gLuke used the ANONYMOUS gMark was simply because there was NO Paul.

None of the authors of the Synoptics attended a Pauline Church even though they should have had at least SEVEN REGIONS of the Roman Empire from which to Select Churches and at least 17 years to VISIT them .

But all the authors of the Synoptics appear to have ATTENDED the Church of the UNKNOWN author of gMark SOMETIME AFTER the Fall of the Temple c 70 CE.

They EMULATED the UNKNOWN author of gMark and PROPAGATED his Gospel to the world--the Coming of the Kingdom of God

Even John of Revelation seems to have ATTENDED the Church of the UNKNOWN Markan author.

gMark has PRIORITY of the ENTIRE CANON.
aa, couldn't the author of gMark's goal here, in regard to Jesus being the secret messiah, be to provide an explanation for why no one has heard the story to this point? Couldn't this explanation live side by side with widespread knowledge of Paul's Christ?

In other words, couldn't it be that when "Mark" sat down to create a story of Jesus Christ actually being on Earth, he had to find a plausible explanation for why everyone missed it?

This explanation sits well, I believe, for why gMark doesn't seem to care too much about Paul's letters. gMark is trying to explore what happened before Paul (explore or fill the gap with fiction). gMark is providing a fictionalized story to explain the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, when and how this all happened. I would argue that there already was speculation as to what exactly the Christ revealed to Cephas and James, the 12, all the apostles during their revelatory experiences and probably that is where some of the sayings traditions come from--not from stories about Jesus's pre-resurrection ministry, but speculations about what Jesus said in his revelations as the Risen Christ to chosen apostles. gMark historicized those, cast them back into pre-resurrection in his attempt to historicize Jesus.
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aa, couldn't the author of gMark's goal here, in regard to Jesus being the secret messiah, be to provide an explanation for why no one has heard the story to this point? Couldn't this explanation live side by side with widespread knowledge of Paul's Christ?...
Your suggestion is hopelessly Contradictory, and cannot be shown to be logical.

It makes very little sense even from a chronological point of view that Paul supposedly preached Jesus Christ Crucified and Resurrected in at least SEVEN Regions of the Roman Empire for OVER 17 years since the time of Aretas c 37-41 CE and claimed that there were others who PREACHED the Faith before him in Jerusalem and Judea and that an author of gMark would write AFTER c 70 CE that UP TO the time he was writing his story NO-ONE was told Jesus was resurrected.

Please, please, please, do NOT forget at all that the author of gMark, writing AFTER c 70 CE, is IMPLYING that NO-ONE has heard of the Resurrection of Jesus BEFORE he wrote his story.

You MUST try and understand the Short-Ending gMark.

Please look at the Last verses of Sinaiticus gMark

Sinaiticus Mark
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5 And they entered the sepulcher and saw a young man, sitting at the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were amazed.

6 But he says to them: Be not amazed. You seek Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified; he has risen, he is not here: see the place where they laid him.

7 But go, tell his disciples, especially Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee: there you shall see him, as he said to you.

8 And going out they fled from the sepulcher; for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.
Up to sometime AFTER c 70 CE, After the Fall of the Temple, NO-ONE heard of the Resurrection of Jesus based on Sinaiticus gMark.

But, in the Pauline writings, since 37-41 CE, since the time of King Aretas, a character called Paul supposedly DID TELL People Jesus was indeed resurrected..

Sinaiticus gMark and the Pauline writings are in direct conflict.

Now, examine non-apologetic sources.

The short-ending gMark is COMPATIBLE with non-apologetic sources where there is NO documented evidence of a character called Jesus, a supposed Jew, whose RESURRECTION was for the Remission of Sins and that Jesus the RESURRECTED Jew was the End of the Law.

The Pauline writer was EXPECTED to have caused UNPRECEDENTED controversy in the Roman Empire by OFFERING a RESURRECTED Jew as a UNIVERSAL SAVIOR of ALL Mankind.

The Pauline writer, claimed to be a JEW, MADE the name of the RESURRECTED Jesus ABOVE the name of the ROMAN EMPERORS and claimed EVERY-ONE on EARTH, HEAVEN and BELOW the EARTH should BOW to the name of his RESURRECTED Jesus but NOT ONE Roman Writer mentioned the Pharisee, the Jew, called Paul and his RESURRECTED Jesus the Messiah.

Paul, the JEW and Pharisee claimed the Resurrected Jesus, the Son of God, BORN of the seed of DAVID was LORD.

Paul, the Jew, supposedly had churches in at least SEVEN regions of the Roman Empire where he had PERSONALLY preached Jesus Resurrected.

No Roman or Jewish writer claimed they ATTENDED a Pauline Church and there is absolutely no arguments for or against the Pauline resurrected Jesus.

WE HAVE A BIG BLACK-HOLE for PAUL and the PAULINE Resurrected Jesus.

But, the BIG-BLACK HOLE for PAUL is NOT only MISSING in non-apologetic sources, the very same PAUL and the Pauline letters are MISSING in Apologetic sources.

Up to the mid-2nd century, Justin Martyr and Aristides did NOT recognise Paul as the one who EVANGELISED the Gentiles of the Roman Empire.

But, Justin Martyr UTTERLY destroys PAUL and the Pauline letters.

Justin Martyr claimed it was the MEMOIRS of the Apostles that was read in the Churches, did NOT say a single word about the Pauline letters and did NOT ever state that Remission of Sins was obtained by the Resurrection of Jesus..

"U]First Apology[/u]"
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And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits...
Justin Martyr SHOWS that the Pauline letters were NOT known and read even in Churches which he was aware of.

It is clear that the Evidence from antiquity, even Apologetic sources, shows that the Jesus story was KNOWN and READ in the Churches as Scripture BEFORE the Pauline letters based on Justin's First Apology.

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.....This explanation sits well, I believe, for why gMark doesn't seem to care too much about Paul's letters. gMark is trying to explore what happened before Paul (explore or fill the gap with fiction)....
You are SPECULATING and PRESUMING what you should have attempted to show. I do NOT presume the Pauline writings are EARLIER than gMark so you are wasting my time with YOUR SPECULATION and PRESUMPTIONS.

If you are arguing that Paul wrote BEFORE gMark then you MUST present YOUR CASE with SUPPORTING evidence and sources--Evidence and sources are NOT required by those who SPECULATE and PRESUME--you just say what you IMAGINE is history.

I NO LONGER ACCEPT SPECULATION and PRESUMPTIONS by those who argue against my theories.

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.... gMark historicized those, cast them back into pre-resurrection in his attempt to historicize Jesus.
Please, it seems like you don't understand the term "historical Jesus". You may have been mis-led. The NT Canon is a source for a Non-historical Jesus and that is PRECISELY why SCHOLARS themselves are ON an QUEST, A SEARCH, an INVESTIGATION for an historical Jesus for OVER 250 years.

The author of gMark and the other authors of the Canon did NOT attempt to historicize Jesus they actually WROTE that Jesus was DIVINE, the Son of God.

The Gospels Made Sure Jesus was Mythologised.

Whoever told you that the Gospels historicized Jesus made a MASSIVE error and seem to have completely forgotten that there is an ON GOING QUEST for a human Jesus of history and seems to have forgotten that NO author of the NT claimed Jesus had a human father and could NOT have been Fathered by a Holy Ghost, could NOT have been God the Creator, could NOT have walked on water, could NOT have transfigured, could NOT have Resurrected and Ascended.

The NT authors MADE SURE their Jesus was DIVINE and acted as DIVINE.
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