Code of Hammurabi on the Louvre Stela (Wikipedia)
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DO ANCIENT LAW CODES PROVE THAT MOSES COPIED?
August 25, 2023
Mount Sinai around 1450 BC. The Ten Commandments given in chapter 20 of the book of Exodus begin with God’s statement that it was he who brought the people out of slavery in Egypt. The law of God is preceded by his saving love. …
However, many objections to the laws in the Bible have been raised by critics …
but there is one particular challenge made against the Bible and the laws of Moses that perhaps causes the most serious doubts about the idea that Moses received these laws from God himself. The charge is that the Biblical laws were just part of an older tradition of Mesopotamian laws, and that their close similarity shows that Moses merely copied from these law codes to develop his own version. In other words, by claiming that all these laws have a strictly human origin, they seek to undermine the Divine inspiration of Scripture.
Is there any basis for the pattern of thinking represented in this challenge? Can comparing the laws of Moses with their Mesopotamian counterparts help address this question and perhaps shed some light on the others as well? When taking a brief but careful look, it becomes obvious that the Mosaic laws given on Sinai are unique in several ways, and indeed superior in regard to human rights and equality. …
The Code of Hammurabi, the most famous king of the Old Babylonian Empire, is a legal text composed around 1755 – 1750 BC by standard dating. The code of 282 laws has been found on several source artifacts, most famously carved into an over 7-foot upright slab of basalt stone that was discovered by a French expedition in 1901. Currently, the stele resides in the Louvre Museum. The code begins with an announcement claiming the laws on it were given by the Babylonian gods to King Hammurabi. …
The Mesopotamian law codes used the “law of retribution” or “measure for measure” principle, in which a crime was punished with the infliction of an equivalent injury. In other words, the punishment fit the crime (in theory). For example, the Code of Hammurabi 196 says: “If a man should blind the eye of another man, they shall blind his eye.” Article 200 says “If a man knocks out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out.” This is comparable to the “eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand” we find in Ex. 21:24, Lev. 24:20 and Deut. 19:21. …
From a biblical perspective, different cultures having similar laws should not be surprising, because God created mankind in his image and with a conscience. Teachings about morality existed from the beginning. …
While there are many resemblances between the laws of Moses and other ancient law codes (more than we have time to cover), something that is often ignored is that there are also many stark and revealing differences. Hammurabi’s laws are far more discriminatory than biblical laws in that a person’s worth depended on social class and gender. The value of the body part injured, whether it be an eye or a tooth, was different depending on who it belonged to: an upper class citizen, a commoner, or a slave.
Although Hammurabi claimed to be providing protection to all, his laws were meant to bring order to society with the priority of protecting the social elite. Thus, rich men were treated better than all women, poor men, children and slaves. The code punished the crimes of rich men significantly less than the crimes of others. …
Vicarious punishment also stands out in the Hammurabi laws, where sometimes innocent people were punished because they belonged to the person who committed the crime. For example, the punishment for killing a pregnant woman who was considered a “commoner” was 30 shekels or half a mina (Law 212). In stark contrast, if a pregnant woman from the upper class was killed, the daughter of her killer was killed as punishment (Law 210). The law considered a daughter the property of her father so this was seen as a fair and appropriate punishment (although, not to the daughter, one would think).
The Mosaic law was quite different. Punishment depended on the actual crime and the actual person who committed it. These dramatically more nondiscriminatory concepts came from the understanding that “all are created in the image of God” (Gen. 1:27). Laws were made to protect all people from wrongs, not just the male elite and their “property.” This was a radical idea for the times. …
Naturally, there will be similarities between all law codes. However, the many similarities between the Mesopotamian law codes and the Bible cannot overcome the fundamental differences, which reveal a completely different and superior source.
There is no basis for the claim that Moses imitated the laws of Mesopotamia. The purpose for the different codes is made evident by the laws themselves. https://www.patternsofevidence.com/2023/08/25/do-ancient-law-codes-prove-that-moses-copied/?utm
The laws of the Bible are just, those of men, less so.
That said, let me add that the Chinese have evidence that they were aware of various incidents recorded in the Book of Genesis, which makes sense, because their ancestors were around then (see also China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 1: Genesis and Chinese Characters). Thus, the Bible did not get stories from the Chinese that it incorporated, but the Chinese have traces of biblical events in their traditions.
Any men who wrote any codes or laws after Genesis would have had exposure to what happened around the time of Noah’s flood.
As far as the Ten Commandments themselves go, they were not just an invention in the mid-15th century A.D. They were know from the time of Genesis and scripture shows that ALL of them were in force prior to Mt. Sinai.
To demonstrate that, let’s focus on just one biblical character: Job.
Many scholars teach that Job was likely to have been alive around the time of the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), hence Job was alive before the time of the Code of Hammurabi.
And, of course, Job was also around centuries prior to Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Biblical evidence includes the facts that both Job’s and Abraham’s wealth are listed in livestock (Job 1:3;42:12; Gen 12:16;13:2;30:43;32:5), the Chaldeans are portrayed as raiders (Job 1:17; as a people, they were not raiders later), the particular Hebrew word for ‘piece of silver’ in Job 42:11 is only used otherwise in conjunction with Jacob (Gen 33:19; Josh 24:32), and Job’s age (Job 42:16) appears to be consistent with the patriarchs.
Job knew about God before the Book of Genesis was written down by Moses, as he said, “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You” (Job 42:5).
Here are some Jewish views on when Job may have lived:
According to Bar Ḳappara, Job lived in the time of Abraham; according to Abba b. Kahana, in the time of Jacob, he having married Dinah, Jacob’s daughter (ib.; B. B. 15b; comp. additions in Targ. Yer. to Job ii. 9). R. Levi said that Job lived in the time of Jacob’s sons; and he also said, in the name of Jose b. Ḥalafta, that Job was born when Jacob and his children entered Egypt and that he died when the Israelites left that country. Job consequently lived 210 years (comp. Rashi on Ex. xii. 40). When Satan came to accuse the Israelites of being idolaters, God set him against Job, whence Job’s misfortunes (Gen. R. l.c.). This opinion is supported by the statement that Job with Jethro and Balaam was consulted by Pharaoh as to the means of reducing the number of the children of Israel and that Job was stricken with calamity because he had remained silent (Sanh. 106a; Soá¹ah 11a). It may be mentioned that this legend is narrated differently in the “Sefer ha-Yashar” (section “Shemot,” p. 110a, ed. Leghorn, 1870) as follows: At first Job, who was one of Pharaoh’s eunuchs and counselors, advised Pharaoh to have every male child murdered (Ex. i. 16). Afterward Pharaoh, having had a dream which prognosticated the birth of a helper, again consulted Job. The latter answered evasively: “Let the king do as he pleases” (“Sefer ha-Yashar,” l.c. p. 111a). Levi b. Laḥma also held that Job lived in the time of Moses, by whom the Book of Job was written. Some of the rabbis even declare that the one servant of Pharaoh who feared the word of God (Ex. ix. 20) was Job (Ex. R. xii. 3). Raba, specifying the time more accurately, said Job lived in the time of the spies who were sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan (B. B. 15a). According to these rabbis, Job was a Gentile—an opinion which is elsewhere expressed more fully, in that Job is said to have been a pious Gentile or one of the prophets of the Gentiles (ib. 15b; Seder ‘Olam R. xxi.). Other tannaim place Job variously in the reign of Saba, in that of the Chaldees, and in that of Ahasuerus. R. Johanan and R. Eleazar both declared that Job was one of those who returned from the Captivity and that his bet ha-midrash was at Tiberias (Yer. Soá¹ah v. 8; B. B. l.c.; Gen. R. l.c.). It is said in B. B. (ib.) that these tannaim necessarily considered Job an Israelite; but R. Hananeel (ad loc.) has in his text, “All the Tannaim and Amoraim, with the exception of the one who placed Job in the time of Jacob, were of opinion that Job was an Israelite” (comp. also Gen. R. l.c.). (Job. Jewish Encyclopedia of 1906. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8692-job accessed 05/06/15)
A few have indicated that Job could have been the first written book of the Bible, though many point to a later time of writing. Even if it were not written down prior to Mount Sinai, the narrative appears to be before the children of Israel entered the land of Egypt during the time of Joseph.
Many who teach that Christians do not need to obey the Ten Commandments also teach that the Ten Commandments were not in effect prior to Mount Sinai (Exodus 20). The truth is that all of the Ten Commandments are listed in the Bible prior to Mount Sinai (please see the article Were the Ten Commandments in Effect Before Mount Sinai?). As far as false arguments that they were somehow done away with check out the free online book: The Ten Commandments: The Decalogue, Christianity, and the Beast.
In the early 19th century (c. 1876 B.C.), when Abraham 99 years of age he entered a covenant with God (cf. Genesis 17:1-2; Galatians 3:17)–that was also well before the writing of the Code of Hammurabi.
Since Abraham was apparently a contemporary of Job, notice what God said about him:
5 … Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. (Genesis 26:5)
Those commandments would have included the Ten Commandments.
Although the Book of Job does not specifically quote any of the Ten Commandments, it does appear to allude to each one of them. This suggests that the Ten Commandments were not only known before Mount Sinai, but that they were possibly known outside of the descendants of Israel.
But first notice the following about Job:
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. (Job 1:1)
What is righteous according to the Bible:
172 My tongue shall speak of Your word,
For all Your commandments are righteousness. (Psalms 119:172)
Yes, the Ten Commandments, like Jesus referred to in Mark 10:19.
Now to the commandments:
Commandment 1:
2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me. (Exodus 20:2-3)
The Book of Job states:
21 Blessed be the name of the LORD (Job 1:21).
28 And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding’ (Job 28:28).
28 This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgement, For I would have denied God who is above (Job 31:28).
1 Then Job answered the LORD and said: 2 ‘I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You’ (Job 42:1-2).
What is interesting about Job 28:28 is that Job said that this is what God said to man and there is no record of this being said in Genesis (which is the primary biblical book with information prior to the story of Job), thus this verse proves that God spoke to humankind prior to Moses in at least one way that was not recorded in Genesis. Thus this refutes the argument that none prior to Mount Sinai could have known what the commandments were! If there were no commandments in effect, how could denying God be an iniquity deserving of judgement?
Commandment 2:
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image of any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. (Exodus 20:4-6)
The Book of Job states:
27 If I have observed the sun when it shines, or the moon moving in its brightness, so that my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand; 28 This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgement, For I would have denied God who is above (Job 31:27-28).
The observing of the sun and moon, whereby one is enticed, as well kissing one’s own hand, are believed by most commentators to have been practices associated with idolatry.
Commandment 3:
7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. (Exodus 20:7)
The Book of Job states:
5 It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts (Job 1:5).
21 Blessed be the name of the LORD (Job 1:21).
9 Curse God and die! (Job 2:9).
10 In all this, Job did not sin with his lips (Job 2:10).
The third commandment is clearly shown in Job to have been understood. It is clear that before Mount Sinai one could ‘sin with his lips,’ and that ‘sin’ was known to exist then (after Mount Sinai, God did tell the Israelites that the people who used to live in the land sinned by violating this command, Leviticus 18:21,27).
Commandment 4:
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. (Exodus 20:8-11)
The Book of Job states:
13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great (Job 2:13).
1 Is there not a time of hard service for man on the earth (Job 7:1).
5 That the triumping of the wicked is short…20 Because he knows no quietness in his heart (Job 20:5,20).
21 Now aquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace (Job 22:21).
4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? (Job 38:4).
Job 2:13 supports the concept that the week was being observed prior to Mount Sinai. It is consistent with the two accounts in Genesis that a week was used as a period of rejoicing (Gen 29:22,27-28) and grieving (Genesis 50:10).
Job 7:1 supports the concept of “six days shall you labor” (Exodus 20:8) which is part of the fourth commandment. Job 20:20 supports the concept found in Hebrews 4:3-6 that those who disobey “shall not enter My rest.” Whereas Job 22:21 supports the related concept that “we who believed do enter that rest…There remains therefore a rest (Greek sabbitismos, ‘a sabbath observance’) for the people of God” (Hebrews 4:3,9).
In Job 38:4, God says He ‘laid the foundations of the earth’ which is similar to the concept in Exodus 20:11 ‘For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them’. Thus in Job we see nearly all the concepts of the fourth commandment.
Commandment 5:
12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. (Exodus 20:12)
The Book of Job states:
21 His sons come to honor (Job 14:21).
5 He who speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children will fail (Job 17:5).
8 But the mighty man possessed the land, and the honorable man dwelt in it (Job 22:8).
These verses support the concept that one is to be honorable, children are to honor their father, and that the children are to become honorable, whereas the fifth commandment says to give honor (Exodus 20:12) which implies that parents are to be honorable.
Commandment 6:
13 “You shall not murder. (Exodus 20:13)
The Book of Job states:
14 The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he’s like a thief (Job 24:14).
39 If I have eaten its fruit without money, or caused its owners to lose their lives; 40 Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley (Job 31:39-40).
These scriptures clearly support the concept that Job and his companions considered murder to be wrong. Job 24:14 is similar to a teaching by Jesus tieing in murder and thievery together:
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. (John 10:10).
Notice that Job knew of this connection thousands of years before Jesus stated it as recorded by John.
Commandment 7:
14 “You shall not commit adultery. (Exodus 20:14)
The Book of Job states:
15 The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he disguises his face (Job 24:15).
1 I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman? (Job 31:1).
9 “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, 10 Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her. 11 For that would be wickedness; Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment. 12 For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase. (Job 31:9-12).
These scriptures clearly support the concept that Job and his companions knew adultery was prohibited and an ‘iniquity deserving of judgement.’
Commandment 8:
15 “You shall not steal. (Exodus 20:15)
The Book of Job states:
5 Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquity without end? 6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing (Job 22:5-6).
14 And in the night he’s like a thief (Job 24:14).
39 If I have eaten its fruit without money, or caused its owners to lose their lives; 40 Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley (Job 31:39-40).
These scriptures clearly support the concept that Job and his companions considered stealing to be wrong.
Commandment 9:
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. (Exodus 20:16)
The Book of Job states:
28 I would never lie to your face (Job 6:28).
35 They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares deceit (Job 15:35).
25 Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar and make my speech worth nothing? (Job 24:25).
4 My lips will not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit (Job 27:4).
6 Should I lie concerning my right? (Job 34:6).
4 For truly my words are not false (Job 36:4).
These scriptures clearly support the concept that Job and his companions considered ‘bearing false witness’ to be wrong.
Commandment 10:
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” (Exodus 20:17)
The Book of Job states:
2 And envy slays a simple one (Job 5:2).
12 Why does your heart carry you away, and what do your eyes wink at, that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth? (Job 15:12-13).
1 They conceive trouble and bring forth futility (Job 15:35).
1 I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman? (Job 31:1).
9 “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, 10 Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her. 11 For that would be wickedness; Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment. 12 For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase. (Job 31:9-12).
These scriptures clearly support the concept that Job and his companions considered covetousness (or evil desire) to be wrong. Since Paul wrote, “I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, ‘You shall not covet.’ ” (Rom 7:7), it is clear that the law against covetousness must have been in effect prior to Mount Sinai.
“Sin is lawlessness” (1 John 3:4) or as it says in the AV “sin is the trangression of the law.” The terms sin (9), sinned (6), and sins (1) are used 16 times in the Book of Job (NKJV).
How could there be sin if there was no law, since according to an interesting scripture by the Apostle Paul, “sin is not imputed when there is no law?” (Romans 5:13).
In the Book of Job, Elihu said:
5 Behold God is mighty…10 He also opens their ear to instruction, and commands that they turn from iniquity. 11 If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. 12 But of they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword and they shall die [as one] without knowledge (Job 36:5,10-12).
If people in Job’s day were not supposed to know about God’s law, how could they obey Him? If those who disobey will perish like those that have no knowledge of God and His ways, then they must have had knowledge of God and His laws.
There is another interesting passage from the Apostle Paul to consider:
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.” (Romans 7:7)
What is so interesting about that?
Well, Paul said it was only because there was an existing law against coveting that he understood that he was not to covet.
But, Job knew, prior to Mount Sinai that he was not to covet. Job specifically knew it was wrong to covet his neighbor’s wife.
The Book of Job demonstrates that God has revealed information that is not specifically listed in the Book of Genesis (Job 28:28;36:12;42:5). This is also consistent with the following concerning what God said to Isaac related to his father Abraham:
4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; 5 because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws. (Genesis 26:4-5)
The Book of Job demonstrates that sin and God’s Ten Commandment laws were known prior to Mount Sinai.
Abraham and Job kept the Ten Commandments.
The righteous keep God’s commandments:
14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. (Revelation 22:14-15)
It is a lie to believe otherwise.
While some may try to reason around what the Book of Job teaches, it is a fact that early Christians did believe that they needed to keep the Ten Commandments (for detailed proof, see The Ten Commandments and the Early Church). And real Christians believe that today.
UPDATE 08/15/22: We just uploaded the following related video:
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Here is a link to our video: Did Job Keep the Ten Commandments?
Anyway, so-called scholars often distort things as they do not want to retain God in their knowledge–and this will not turn out well (Romans 1:18-32).
Yes, you can rely on the Bible.
Notice the following warnings to believe the word of God above false knowledge and fables:
4 … Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. (Romans 3:4)
20 … Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge — 21 by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith. (1 Timothy 6:20-21)
2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. (2 Timothy 4:2-4)
Do not err from the true faith.
Do not fall for fables that many are improperly pushing.
Some items of possible interest may include:
Were the Ten Commandments in Effect Before Mount Sinai? Some have said not. This article provides biblical quotes to answer this important question. A sermon of related interest is titled Were the Ten Commandments in Place prior to Mt. Sinai?
Job and the Ten Commandments Was Job written prior to Mount Sinai? Did Job know about the ten commandments? This article provides biblical answers to those questions. A related sermonette of interest is: Did Job Keep the Ten Commandments?
The Ten Commandments: The Decalogue, Christianity, and the Beast This is a free draft/unedited pdf book explaining the what the Ten Commandments are, where they came from, how early professors of Christ viewed them, and how various ones, including the Beast of Revelation, will oppose them. A related sermon is titled: The Ten Commandments and the Beast of Revelation.
What Did Jesus Teach About the Ten Commandments? This article quotes what Jesus actually said about them (His words are in red).
Were the Ten Commandments Nailed to the Cross? Some have said so. This article provides some biblical quotes to answer this important question.
What Did Paul Actually Teach About the Ten Commandments? Many say Paul taught against the ten commandments. Is this true? This article quotes Paul with his words in green.
Are the Ten Commandment Still in Effect? This article quotes the ten commandments and combines some of the previous articles into one article about the ten commandments. The commandments are shown at Mount Sinai, before Mount Sinai, in the teachings of Jesus, after the crucifixion, and in the teachings of Paul. It addresses the most common “traditions of men” regarding them as well. Here is a version in the Spanish language:.¿Están vigentes todavía los diez mandamientos?
Were the Pharisees Condemned for Keeping the Law or Reasoning Around it? Many believe that the Pharisees were condemned for keeping the law, but what does your Bible say? If they were not condemned for that, what were they condemned for?
The Ten Commandments Reflect Love, Breaking them is Evil Some feel that the ten commandments are a burden. Is that what Jesus, Paul, Peter, James, and John taught? For a more detailed discussion of the first four commandments, please see the video The Ten Commandments: Loving God. For a more detailed discussion of the last six commandments, please see: The Ten Commandments: Loving Your Neighbor. Here is a link to a related article in Mandarin Chinese 十条诫命显示爱，违反诫命的就是邪恶的
Was the Commandment to Love the Only Command? Some have stated that John’s writings teach this, but is that what the Bible really says?
The Ten Commandments and the Early Church Did Jesus and the Early Church keep the ten commandments? What order were they in? Here are quotes from the Bible and early writings. A related sermon is titled: Christians and the Ten Commandments.
When was the Exodus? Did it Happen? Some deny the biblical account of the Exodus. Was Ramses II the pharaoh then? When did the Exodus occur? Is there proof outside of the Bible that there was an Exodus? Here is a related article in the Spanish language: ¿Cuándo fue el Éxodo? ¿Ocurrió realmente?
Continuing History of the Church of God This pdf booklet is a historical overview of the true Church of God and some of its main opponents from Acts 2 to the 21st century. Related sermon links include Continuing History of the Church of God: c. 31 to c. 300 A.D. and Continuing History of the Church of God: 4th-16th Centuries and Continuing History of the Church of God: 17th-20th Centuries. The booklet is available in Spanish: Continuación de la Historia de la Iglesia de Dios, German: Kontinuierliche Geschichte der Kirche Gottes, French: L’Histoire Continue de l’Église de Dieu and Ekegusii Omogano Bw’ekanisa Ya Nyasae Egendererete.
Hope of Salvation: How the Continuing Church of God Differs from Protestantism The CCOG is NOT Protestant. This free online book explains how the real Church of God differs from mainstream/traditional Protestants. Several sermons related to the free book are also available: Protestant, Baptist, and CCOG History; The First Protestant, God’s Command, Grace, & Character; The New Testament, Martin Luther, and the Canon; Eucharist, Passover, and Easter; Views of Jews, Lost Tribes, Warfare, & Baptism; Scripture vs. Tradition, Sabbath vs. Sunday; Church Services, Sunday, Heaven, and God’s Plan; Seventh Day Baptists/Adventists/Messianics: Protestant or COG?; Millennial Kingdom of God and God’s Plan of Salvation; Crosses, Trees, Tithes, and Unclean Meats; The Godhead and the Trinity; Fleeing or Rapture?; and Ecumenism, Rome, and CCOG Differences.
Where is the True Christian Church Today? This free online pdf booklet answers that question and includes 18 proofs, clues, and signs to identify the true vs. false Christian church. Plus 7 proofs, clues, and signs to help identify Laodicean churches. A related sermon is also available: Where is the True Christian Church? Here is a link to the booklet in the Spanish language: ¿Dónde está la verdadera Iglesia cristiana de hoy? Here is a link in the German language: WO IST DIE WAHRE CHRISTLICHE KIRCHE HEUTE?
