Transformation: The Work Volume II

by Benjamin Brasford, Daya a Jude (Editor), William Bernhardt (Editor)

Overview

After learning that the organization he was a part of was, in fact, a manipulative cult, Benjamin wakes up and makes his escape. After attending several different churches, some good and some bad, he realizes that he could not rely solely on organized religion to give him all of life's answers and would need to find the answers he wanted another way. This book documents the intellectual odyssey of study and self-reflection of Benjamin Brasford which endured for many years and led to profound change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732942523
Publisher:	Intelligent Publishing
Publication date:	06/24/2019
Series:	Work , #2
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.51(d)

Table of Contents

DEDICATION 4

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8

PERMISSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9

1 NIGHTMARES 22

2 SOUL SEARCHING 26

3 UNEXPECTED ESCHATOLOGY 34

Four Views of the Book of Revelation 37

Historicism 37

Preterism 41

The Dating of the Book of Revelation 42

Dispensationalism 47

Idealism 53

The Millennial Views on Revelation Chapter 20 54

Premillennialists Approach 58

Post-Millennialists Approach 59

A-Millennialist Approach 60

An Unexpected Conclusion Reached on

Eschatology 61

4 IN COMES TEXTUAL CRITICISM 66

Old Testament Textual Criticism 72

Specific Textual References 75

5 EARLY CHRISTIANITY 80

Eschatology Again? 90

The Essenes 94

Gnosticism 96

Ancient Egyptian Connection? 102

Ancient Greek Connection? 104

6 DID JESUS CHRIST EVER EXIST? 108

Did Moses Write the Pentateuch? 112

Biblical Archaeology 115

Biblical Schools of Thought 118

Implications for Christianity 121

Testimonium Flavianum 123

The Gospels 125

Did the Apostle Paul Preach a Historical Jesus? 127

Marcion of Sinope and the Apostle Paul 128

The Essenes Again? 135

7 WAKING UP TO SLEEP AGAIN 140

8 THE REALM OF MODERN METAPHYSICS 145

Whipping Excursion into Atheism 149

On Ancient Greece and Egypt 150

Freemasonry Early or Late? 156

Why Discuss Gerald Massey? 162

Scholars within New Age 166

9 TRUTH-SEEKER 173

Regarding my Approach to “Race” 179

10 CONCLUSION 189

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 194

ENDNOTES 196

WORKS CITED 205