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The Da Vinci Code
Fantasy or Reality

I. Background of the Da Vinci Code
II. Beliefs of the Da Vinci Code
III. Bogus of the Da Vinci Code

Background of the Da Vinci Code
A. The Storyteller (Author)
B. The Storyline (Plot)
C. The Success of the Novel

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The Storyteller Dan Brown
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Dan Brown is the author of numerous bestselling
novels, including the 1 New York Times
bestseller, The Da Vinci Code -- one of the best
selling novels of all time.

Recently named one of the World's 100 Most
Influential People by TIME Magazine, Dan Brown
has made appearances on CNN, The Today Show,
National Public Radio, Voice of America, as well
as in the pages of Newsweek, Forbes, People, GQ,
The New Yorker, and others. His novels have been
translated and published in more than 40
languages around the world.

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The Storyline of the Da Vinci Code

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist
Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night
phone call. The elderly curator of the Louvre has
been murdered inside the museum, a baffling
cipher found near the body. As Langdon and a gift
French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, sort through
the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover
a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci
clues visible for all to see and yet
ingeniously disguised by the painter.

The stakes are raised when Langdon uncovers a
startling link the late curator was involved in
the Priory of Sion an actual secret society
whose members included Sir Isaac Newton,
Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among
others. Unless they can decipher the
labyrinthine puzzle, the Priorys secret and an
explosive ancient truth will be lost forever.

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The Success of the Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code has sold some 40 million copies
worldwide and is now being adapted for film by
Columbia Pictures.

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The Da Vinci Code the movie will be released May
19th
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II. The Beliefs of the Da Vinci Code
The Presentation of a conspiracy
The Purpose for the conspiracy
The Perversion of history by Constantine to
support the conspiracy
The Persuaded mind of Dan Brown about the
conspiracy

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The Presentation of a conspiracy

There has been a conspiracy over the last 2,000
years to suppress the truth about the sacred
feminine (goddess worship).

The purpose of Dan Browns book
Answer The revival of the sacred feminine

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Brown believes that his critics miss the point of
his novel

That being this, one simple undebateable truth
Prior to 2,000 years ago we lived in a world of
gods and goddesses. Today we live in a world
solely of gods. Women in most cultures have been
stripped of their spiritual power and our male
dominated philosophies of absolutism have a long
history of violence and bloodshed which continues
to this day.

I simply wrote a story that explores how and why
this shift might have occurred, what it says
about our past and more importantly what it says
about our future.

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The Purpose for the conspiracy

The Priorys tradition of perpetuating goddess
worship is based on a belief that powerful men in
the early Christian church conned the world by
propagating lies that devalued the female and
tipped the scales in favor of the masculine."
(Page 124)

Women, once celebrated as an essential half of
spiritual enlightenment, had been banished from
the temples of the world. There were no female
Orthodox rabbis, Catholic priests, nor Islamic
clerics. (page 125)

The days of the goddess were over. The pendulum
had swung. Mother Earth had become a mans world,
and the gods of destruction and war were taking
their toll. The male ego had spent two millennia
running unchecked by it female counterpart.

The Priory of Sion believed that it was this
obliteration of the sacred feminine in modern
life that had causedlife out of balance an
unstable situation marked by testosterone-fueled
wars, a plethora of misogynistic societies, and a
growing disrespect for mother earth. (pages
125-126)

The Perversion of History by Constantine to
support the conspiracy

The Priory believes that Constantine and his
male successors successfully converted the world
from matriarchal paganism to patriarchal
Christianity by waging a campaign of propaganda
that demonized the sacred feminine, obliterating
the goddess from modern religion forever." (Page
124)

In Constantines day, Romes official religion
was sun worship the cult of the Invisible Sun
and Constantine was its head priest.
Unfortunately for him, a growing religious
turmoil was gripping Rome. Three centuries after
the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Christs
followers had multiplied exponentially.
Christians and pagans began warring, and the
conflict grew to such proportions that it
threatened to rend Rome in two. Constantine
decided something needed to be done. In 325 A.D.,
he decided to unify Rome under a single religion.
Christianity. (page 232)

Constantine.could see that Christianity was on
the rise, and he simply backed the winning horse.
Historians still marvel at the brilliance with
which Constantine converted the sun-worshipping
pagans to Christianity. By fusing pagan symbols,
date, and rituals into the growing tradition, he
created a kind of hybrid religion that was
acceptable to both parties.
(page 232)

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So what does the Da Vinci Code believe is the
real truth?

1. The Bible is mans book, not Gods book. It
is part of a conspiracy to control the
multitudes.

The Bible is a product of man,.Not of God. The
Bible did not fall magically from the clouds. Man
created it as a historical record of tumultuous
times, and it has evolved through countless
translations, additions, and revisions. History
has never had a definitive version of the book.
(page 231)

2. The Roman Emperor Constantine, not God,
determined what would be in the Bible.

Who chose which gospels to include?....Aha!....
The fundamental irony of Christianity! The
Bible, as we know it today, was collated by the
pagan Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
(page 231)

3. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John are false Gospels.

Jesus Christ was a historical figure of
staggering influence, perhaps the most enigmatic
and inspirational leader the world has ever seen.
As the prophesied Messiah, Jesus toppled kings,
inspired millions, and founded new
philosophies.Understandably, His life was
recorded by thousands of followers across the
land.More than eighty gospels were considered
for the New Testament, and yet only a relative
few were chosen for inclusion Matthew, Mark,
Luke, and John among them. (page 231)

"Constantine commissioned and financed a new
Bible, which omitted those gospels that spoke of
Christs human traits and embellished those
gospels that made Him godlike. The earlier
gospels were outlawed, gathered up, and burned."
(Page 234)

4. The Gnostic Gospels are True
Gospels.

Gnosticism acquired its name from the term for
knowledge (gnosis). Its followers believed that
salvation came through higher knowledge that
is, divinely revealed truths about the nature of
reality.the Gnostic Jesus, unlike the Jesus of
Christianity, was not the Savior who died for
sins. He was the bringer of gnosis.
Richard Abanes, pages 21-22

The Gospel of Thomas,
The Gospel of Philip
The Gospel of Mary Magdalene
The Gospel of the Egyptians
The Gospel of Truth

Fortunately for historianssome of the gospels
that Constantine attempted to eradicate managed
to survive. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in
the 1950s hidden in a cave near Qumran in the
Judean desert. And, of course, the Coptic Scrolls
in 1945 at Nag Hammadi. In addition to telling
the true Grail story, these documents speak of
Christs ministry in very human terms. (page
234)

Of course, the Vatican, in keeping with their
tradition of misinformation, tried very hard to
suppress the release of these scrolls. And why
wouldnt they? The scrolls highlight glaring
historical discrepancies and fabrications,
clearly confirming that the modern Bible was
compiled and edited by men who possessed a
political agenda to promote the divinity of the
man Jesus Christ and use His influence to
solidify their own power base. (p. 234)

What I meanis that almost everything our
fathers taught us about Christ is false. (page
235)

5. Jesus was only viewed as a human prophet, not
as the Son of God until A.D. 325.

Constantine needed to strengthen the new
Christian tradition, and held a famous ecumenical
gathering known as the Council of Nicaea.At this
gatheringmany aspects of Christianity were
debated and voted upon the date of Easter, the
role of the bishops, the administration of the
sacraments, and, of course, the divinity of
Jesus. (page 233)

until that moment in history, Jesus was viewed
by His followers as a mortal propheta great and
powerful man, but a man nonetheless. A
mortal.Jesus establishment as the Son of God
was officially proposed and voted on by the
Council of Nicaea. (page 233)

Hold on. Youre saying Jesus divinity was the
result of a vote? A relatively close vote at
that.Nonetheless, establishing Christs divinity
was critical to the further unification of the
Roman empire and to the new Vatican power base.
By officially endorsing Jesus as the Son of God,
Constantine turned Jesus into a deity who existed
beyond the scope of the human world, an entity
whose power was unchallengeable.
(page 233)

6. Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married, and had
a daughter named Sarah, that resulted in a Royal
bloodline that exists to this day.

As I said earlier, the marriage of Jesus and
Mary Magdalene is part of the historical
record.These are photocopies of the Nag Hammadi
and Dead Sea scrolls, which I mentioned
earlier.The earliest Christian records.
Troublingly, they do not match up with the
gospels in the Bible. (pages 245-246)

Quoting the Gospel of Philip And the companion
of the Savior is Mary Magdalene. Christ loved her
more than all the disciples and used to kiss her
often on her mouth. The rest of the disciples
were offended by it and expressed disapproval.
They said to him, Why do you love her more than
all of us? (page 246)

Quoting the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, And
Peter said, Did the Saviour really speak with a
woman without our knowledge? Are we to turn about
and all listen to her? Did he prefer he to us?
And Levi answered, Peter, you have always been
hot-tempered. Now I see you contending against
the woman like an adversary. If the Saviour made
her worthy, who are you indeed to reject her?
Surely the Saviour knows her very well. That is
why he loved her more than us. (page 247)

According to these unaltered gospels, it was not
Peter to whom Christ gave directions with which
to establish the Christian Church. It was Mary
Magdalene.That was the plan. Jesus was the
original feminist. He intended for the future of
His Church to be in the hand of Mary Magdalene.
(page 248)

Behold,the greatest cover-up in human history.
Not only was Jesus Christ married, but He was a
father.Mary Magdalene was the Holy Vessel. She
was the chalice that bore the royal bloodline of
Jesus Christ. She was the womb that bore the
lineage, and the vine from which sacred fruit
sprang forth! (page 249)

The Grail is literally the ancient symbol for
womanhood, and the Holy Grail represents the
sacred feminine and the goddess, which of course
has now been lost, virtually eliminated by the
Church. (page 238)

The quest for the Holy Grail is literally the
quest to kneel before the bones of Mary
Magdalene. A journey to pray at the feet of the
outcast one, the lost sacred feminine. (page
257)

It was man, not God, who created the concept of
original sin, whereby Eve tasted of the apple
and caused the downfall of the human
race.Genesis tells us that Eve was created from
Adams rib. Woman became the offshoot of man. And
a sinful one at that. Genesis was the beginning
of the end for the goddess. The Grailis symbolic
of the lost goddess. (page 238)

7.The secrets of the Royal Bloodline of Jesus and
Mary Magdalene, the documents that prove this
lineage, and the bones of Mary have been
preserved and protected by a secret society known
as the Priory of Sion.

But how could a secret that big be kept quiet
all of these years? Heavens!...It has been
anything but quiet! The royal bloodline of Jesus
Christ is the source of the most enduring legend
of all time the Holy Grail. Magdalenes story
has been shouted from the rooftops for centuries
in all kinds of metaphors and languages. Her
story is everywhere if you open your eyes. (page
249)

Its a matter of historical recordand Da Vinci
was certainly aware of that fact. The Last Supper
practically shouts at the viewer that Jesus and
Magdalene were a pair. (page 244)

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The Holy Grail is Mary Magdalenethe mother of
the royal bloodline of Jesus Christ.As you can
seeLeonardo is not the only one who has been
trying to tell the world the truth about the Holy
Grail. The royal bloodline of Jesus Christ has
been chronicled in exhaustive detail by scores of
historians. (page 253)

The modern Priory of Sion has a momentous duty.
Theirs is a threefold charge. The brotherhood
must protect the Sangreal Royal Blood
documents. They must protect the tomb of Mary
Magdalene. And, of course, they must nurture and
protect the bloodline of Christ those few
members of the royal Merovingian bloodline who
have survived into modern times. (page 258)

Well, there it is according to The Da Vinci
Code, Christianity was built on a lie, but pagan
polytheism and goddess worship were structured on
the truth!
The Da Vinci Code Fact or Fiction by Hank
Hanegraaff Paul L. Maier page 35

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The Persuaded mind of Dan Brown about the
conspiracy

In an interview on Good Morning America the day
of the special, he declared that if he had been
asked to write a piece of nonfiction on these
things, he would change nothing about what he
claimed in the novel.
Darrell Bock, p. 3

Brown.told the primetime audience of around 15
million viewers.I began as a skeptic. As I
started researching the Da Vinci Code, I really
thought I would disprove a lot of this theory
about Mary Magdalene and Holy Blood and all of
that. I became a believer.
(Darrell Bock)

The Background of the Da Vinci Code
The Beliefs of the Da Vinci Code
The Presentation of a conspiracy
The Purpose for the conspiracy
The Perversion of history by Constantine to
support the conspiracy
The Persuaded mind of Dan Brown about the
conspiracy
III. The Bogus of the Da Vinci Code

The Bible is Gods Word, not mans word. It is
not part of a conspiracy to control the
multitudes.

2 Timothy 316 All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness

2 Peter 120 Knowing this first, that no prophecy
of the scripture is of any private
interpretation.
2 Peter 121 For the prophecy came not in old
time by the will of man but holy men of God
spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Mark 1236 For David himself said by the Holy
Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my
right hand, till I make thine enemies thy
footstool.

Acts 116 Men and brethren, this scripture must
needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost
by the mouth of David spake before concerning
Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
Acts 2825 And when they agreed not among
themselves, they departed, after that Paul had
spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by
Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

2. God, not Constantine, determined what
would be in the Bible.

Exodus 1714 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write
this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in
the ears of Joshua for I will utterly put out
the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

Exodus 244 And Moses wrote all the words of the
LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and
builded an altar under the hill, and twelve
pillars, according to the twelve tribes of
Israel.
Exodus 247 And he took the book of the covenant,
and read in the audience of the people and they
said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and
be obedient.

Deuteronomy 3124 And it came to pass, when Moses
had made an end of writing the words of this law
in a book, until they were finished,

Joshua 18 This book of the law shall not depart
out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein
day and night, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all that is written therein for
then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then
thou shalt have good success.

Joshua 2426 And Joshua wrote these words in the
book of the law of God, and took a great stone,
and set it up there under an oak, that was by the
sanctuary of the LORD.

1 Kings 1419 And the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned,
behold, they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel.
2 Kings 823 And the rest of the acts of Joram,
and all that he did, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Jeremiah 362 Take thee a roll of a book, and
write therein all the words that I have spoken
unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and
against all the nations, from the day I spake
unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto
this day.
Jeremiah 3632 Then took Jeremiah another roll,
and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of
Neriah who wrote therein from the mouth of
Jeremiah all the words of the book which
Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire
and there were added besides unto them many like
words.

Daniel 124 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the
words, and seal the book, even to the time of the
end many shall run to and fro, and knowledge
shall be increased.
Nahum 11 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the
vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Matthew 194 And he answered and said unto them,
Have ye not read, that he which made them at the
beginning made them male and female,

Luke 1151 From the blood of Abel unto the blood
of Zacharias, which perished between the altar
and the temple verily I say unto you, It shall
be required of this generation.
Luke 2444 And he said unto them, These are the
words which I spake unto you, while I was yet
with you, that all things must be fulfilled,
which were written in the law of Moses, and in
the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

1 Timothy 518 For the scripture saith, Thou
shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the
corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
2 Peter 315-16 And account that the
longsuffering of our Lord is salvation even as
our beloved brother Paul also according to the
wisdom given unto him hath written unto you As
also in all his epistles, speaking in them of
these things in which are some things hard to be
understood, which they that are unlearned and
unstable wrest, as they do also the other
scriptures, unto their own destruction.

John 2030-31 And many other signs truly did
Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are
not written in this book But these are written,
that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God and that believing ye might have
life through his name.

Colossians 416 And when this epistle is read
among you, cause that it be read also in the
church of the Laodiceans and that ye likewise
read the epistle from Laodicea.
1 Thessalonians 527 I charge you by the Lord
that this epistle be read unto all the holy
brethren.

Revelation 111 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the
first and the last and, What thou seest, write
in a book, and send it unto the seven churches
which are in Asia unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna,
and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto
Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Revelation 2219 And if any man shall take away
from the words of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of the book of life,
and out of the holy city, and from the things
which are written in this book.

As for the New Testament, its formation began by
the end of the first century (about 90 or 100)
almost 200 years before Constantine.
(Richard Abanes)

in the Western church an official list of the 27
New Testament books was not confirmed until 393
(at the Council of Hippo) and 397 (at the Council
of Carthage). In the Eastern church, agreement
about the New Testament began solidifying as
early as 367.Obviously, all these dates are
after Constantines death.
(Richard Abanes)

3. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John are the
real Gospels.

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Approximate dates for the writing of the 4 true
Gospels

Matthew before A.D. 70
Mark before A.D. 70
Luke before A.D. 64
John before A.D. 95
All of them were written at least 225 years
before Constantine and the Council of Nicea!

The four gospels in our present Bible were chosen
for good reason. First, early in church history,
four centers of Christianity emerged Jerusalem,
Antioch, Alexander, and Rome. These centers of
Christianity used the four gospels in our present
Bible. Christian leaders who lived between A.D.
95 and 170 consistently point to the reliability
of the New Testament Gospels.
(Ron Rhodes)

1. CLEMENT. Clement was a leading elder in the
church at Rome. In his epistle to the Corinthians
(c. A.D. 95), he cites portions of Matthew, Mark,
and Luke, and introduces them as the actual words
of Jesus.8

2. PAPIAS. Papias, the bishop of Hierapolis in
Phrygia and author of Exposition of Oracles of
the Lord (c. A.D. 130), cites the Gospels of
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, presumably as
canonical. He specifically refers to Johns
Gospel as containing the words of Jesus.9

3. JUSTIN MARTYR. Justin Martyr, foremost
apologist of the second century (A.D. 140),
considered all four Gospels to be Scripture.10

4. THE DIDACHE. The Didache, an ancient manual of
Christianity that dates between the end of the
first century and the beginning of the second
century, cites portions of the three synoptic
Gospels and refers to them as the words of Jesus.
This manual quotes extensively from Matthews
gospel.11

5. POLYCARP. Polycarp, a disciple of the apostle
John, quotes portions of Matthew, Mark, and Luke,
and refers to them as the words of Jesus (c. A.D.
150).12

6. IRENAEUS. Irenaeus, a disciple of Polycarp (c.
A.D. 170), quoted from twenty-three of the
twenty-seven New Testament books, omitting only
Philemon, James, 2 Peter, and 3 John.13

7. The Muratorian Fragment dates to about A.D.
175, and lists the four canonical gospels.
Indeed, it lists 23 of the 27 books in the New
Testament.

8. Papyrus 45, dated around A.D. 200, has all
four canonical gospels together.

The New Testament is especially well-established
by existing manuscripts....(there exist nearly
5600 Greek copies alone).
Richard Abanes, page 25

4. The Gnostic Gospels are False
Gospels.

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Approximate Dates for the Gnostic Gospels

Gospel of Thomas A.D. 140 to 170
Gospel of Philip 180 to 350 A.D.
Gospel of Mary 120 to 180 A.D.
Gospel of the Egyptians 80 to 150 A.D.
Gospel of Truth 180 to 350 A.D.
(John Ankerberg and Wikipedia)

In his classic Adversus Haereses (Against
Heresies), Irenaeus (A.D. 130-200) refers to "an
unspeakable number of apocryphal and spurious
writings, which they themselves heretics had
forged, to bewilder the minds of the foolish."15

One of the Gnostic gospels discovered at Nag
Hammadi in 1945 is The Gospel of Truth, about
which Irenaeus says "It agrees in nothing with
the Gospels of the Apostles, so that they have
really no Gospel which is not full of blasphemy.

For if what they have published is the Gospel of
Truth, and yet is totally unlike those which have
been handed down to us by the Apostles,... then
that which has been handed down from the Apostles
can no longer be reckoned the Gospel of Truth."16

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Origen (A.D. 185-253) noted that "the Church
possesses four Gospels, heresy a great many."17

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Moreover, no onenot even liberal
theologiansbelieves The Gospel of Thomas was
written by the biblical Thomas, and that The
Gospel of Philip was written by the biblical
Philip.
Ron Rhodes

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The Gnostic Gospels cannot properly be called
gospels. Neither The Gospel of Truth nor The
Gospel of Philip, as case examples, contain an
orderly account of the birth, life, deeds, death,
and resurrection of Christ. Both lack Old
Testament background, ethical exhortations, and
end-time eschatology. Ignorance is said to be the
primary culprit of mans condition, not sin.28
Therefore, in no sense of the word can these
documents be properly referred
to as gospels.

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By contrast, the four New Testament Gospels all
contain orderly accounts of the birth, life,
deeds, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
They also point to the glorious "good news" of
redemption in Jesus Christ, and are therefore
"gospels" in the truest sense of the word.

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5. Jesus was viewed as the Son of God some 240
years before Constantine was even born.

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He was prophesied to be God in the Flesh

Isaiah 96 For unto us a child is born, unto us
a son is given and the government shall be upon
his shoulder and his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

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Jesus Claimed to be the Son of God

John 935-37 Jesus heard that they had cast him
out and when he had found him, he said unto him,
Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered
and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe
on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both
seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

107

John 1030-33 I and my Father are one. Then the
Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus
answered them, Many good works have I shewed you
from my Father for which of those works do ye
stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a
good work we stone thee not but for blasphemy
and because that thou, being a man, makest
thyself God.

108

John 1036 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath
sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou
blasphemest because I said, I am the Son of God?

109

Mark 1461-62 But he held his peace, and answered
nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and
said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of
the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am and ye shall
see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of
power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Cf.
Luke 2270-71

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Revelation 218 And unto the angel of the church
in Thyatira write These things saith the Son of
God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire,
and his feet are like fine brass

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God the Father knows Jesus is the Son of God

Matthew 317 And lo a voice from heaven, saying,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased.
Matthew 175 While he yet spake, behold, a bright
cloud overshadowed them and behold a voice out
of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased hear ye him.

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The Angel knew Jesus was the Son of God

Luke 132 He shall be great, and shall be called
the Son of the Highest and the Lord God shall
give unto him the throne of his father David
Luke 135 And the angel answered and said unto
her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the
power of the Highest shall overshdow thee
therefore also that holy thing which shall be
born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

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John the Baptist Knew Jesus was the Son of God

John 133-34 And I knew him not but he that sent
me to baptize with water, the same said unto me,
Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending,
and remaining on him, the same is he which
baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and
bare record that this is the Son of God.

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Satan knew Jesus was the Son of God

Matthew 43 And when the tempter came to him, he
said, If thou be the Son of God, command that
these stones be made bread.
Matthew 46 And saith unto him, If thou be the
Son of God, cast thyself down for it is written,
He shall give his angels charge concerning thee
and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest
at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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The demons knew Jesus was the Son of God

Mark 311-12 And unclean spirits, when they saw
him, fell down before him, and cried, saying,
Thou art the Son of God. And he straitly charged
them that they should not make him known.
Luke 441 And devils also came out of many,
crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son
of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to
speak for they knew that he was Christ.

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Jesus Disciples Knew He was/is the Son of God

John 149 Nathanael answered and saith unto him,
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God thou art the King
of Israel.
John 669 And we believe and are sure that thou
art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matthew 1432-33 And when they were come into the
ship, the wind ceased. Then they that were in the
ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth
thou art the Son of God.
Matthew 1616 And Simon Peter answered and said,
Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

117
The Accusers Knew Jesus Claim to be the Son of
God

Matthew 2663 But Jesus held his peace. And the
high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure
thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether
thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Matthew 2740 And saying, Thou that destroyest
the temple, and buildest it in three days, save
thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down
from the cross.
Matthew 2743 He trusted in God let him deliver
him now, if he will have him for he said, I am
the Son of God.

118
The Centurion Knew Jesus was the Son of God.

Matthew 2754 Now when the centurion, and they
that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the
earthquake, and those things that were done, they
feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of
God.

119
The Early Church Knew Jesus was/is the Son of God

Acts 326 Unto you first God, having raised up
his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning
away every one of you from his iniquities.
Acts 837 And Philip said, If thou believest with
all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and
said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of
God.
Acts 920 And straightway he preached Christ in
the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

120
All 4 Gospel writers present Jesus as the Son of
God

Matthew 123 Behold, a virgin shall be with
child, and shall bring forth a son, and they
shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us.
Mark 11 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus
Christ, the Son of God
Luke 135 And the angel answered and said unto
her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the
power of the Highest shall overshdow thee
therefore also that holy thing which shall be
born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
John 11 In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God.

121
Jesus Claimed Equality With God

John 517-18 But Jesus answered them, My Father
worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews
sought the more to kill him, because he not only
had broken the sabbath, but said also that God
was his Father, making himself equal with God.

122
Jesus Claimed the Name of God

John 858-59 Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Then took they up stones to cast at him but
Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple,
going through the midst of them, and so passed
by.

123
He Created as God

Luke 916-17 Then he took the five loaves and
the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he
blessed them, and brake, and gave to the
disciples to set before the multitude. And they
did eat, and were all filled and there was taken
up of fragments that remained to them twelve
baskets.

124
He Controlled Nature

Mark 439,41 And he arose, and rebuked the wind,
and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the
wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And
they feared exceedingly, and said one to another,
What manner of man is this, that even the wind
and the sea obey him?

125
He Conquered Every Disease and Infirmity of
Mankind

Matthew 935 And Jesus went about all the cities
and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing
every sickness and every disease among the
people.
Matthew 114-5 Jesus answered and said unto them,
Go and shew John again those things which ye do
hear and see The blind receive their sight, and
the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the
deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor
have the gospel preached to them.

126
He Raised the Dead

Luke 714 And he came and touched the bier and
they that bare him stood still. And he said,
Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
Luke 854 And he put them all out, and took her
by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
John 1143 And when he thus had spoken, he cried
with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

127
He Forgave Sins

Mark 27,10 Why doth this man thus speak
blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God
only?....But that ye may know that the Son of man
hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to
the sick of the palsy,)

128
He received worship

Matthew 211 And when they were come into the
house, they saw the young child with Mary his
mother, and fell down, and worshipped him and
when they had opened their treasures, they
presented unto him gifts gold, and frankincense,
and myrrh.
Matthew 82 And, behold, there came a leper and
worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou
canst make me clean.
Matthew 918 While he spake these things unto
them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and
worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now
dead but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she
shall live.

129

Matthew 1433 Then they that were in the ship
came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou
art the Son of God.
Matthew 1525 Then came she and worshipped him,
saying, Lord, help me.
Matthew 289 And as they went to tell his
disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All
hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and
worshipped him.
John 938 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he
worshipped him.

130
He Cast out Demons

Luke 435-36 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold
thy peace, and come out of him. And when the
devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of
him, and hurt him not. And they were all amazed,
and spake among themselves, saying, What a word
is this! for with authority and power he
commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

131
He Rose from the Dead

John 1017-18 Therefore doth my Father love me,
because I lay down my life, that I might take it
again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it
down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and
I have power to take it again. This commandment
have I received of my Father.
Romans 14 And declared to be the Son of God with
power, according to the spirit of holiness, by
the resurrection from the dead

132
He is Omnipresent

John 313 And no man hath ascended up to heaven,
but he that came down from heaven, even the Son
of man which is in heaven.
Matthew 2820 Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you and, lo,
I am with you alway, even unto the end of the
world. Amen.

133
He is Omniscient

John 224-25 But Jesus did not commit himself
unto them, because he knew all men, And needed
not that any should testify of man for he knew
what was in man.
John 1338 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down
thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast
denied me thrice.

134
He is Omnipotent

John 1018 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it
down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and
I have power to take it again. This commandment
have I received of my Father.
John 172 As thou hast given him power over all
flesh, that he should give eternal life to as
many as thou hast given him.
Matthew 2818 And Jesus came and spake unto them,
saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and
in earth.

135
God the Father calls Jesus God

Hebrews 18 But unto the Son he saith, Thy
throne, O God, is for ever and ever a sceptre of
righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

136
Clear Statements that Jesus is God

John 11,14 In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was
God....And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as
of the only begotten of the Father,) full of
grace and truth.

137

John 2028 And Thomas answered and said unto him,
My Lord and my God.
Colossians 29 For in him dwelleth all the
fulness of the Godhead bodily.
1 Timothy 316 And without controversy great is
the mystery of godliness God was manifest in the
flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels,
preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the
world, received up into glory.

138

The Council of Nicea convened in A.D. 325 to
settle a dispute regarding the nature of Christ.
Arius, a presbyter of Alexandria who was the
founder of Arianism, argued that the Son was
created from the non-existent, and was of a
different substance than the Father. There was a
time, Arius argued, when the Son was not. But
Christ was the highest of all created beings.
Arius heavily promoted his views, sending letters
to numerous churches. The effect was that
Constantines empire was suffering religious
disharmony and division. To deal with this,
Constantine called the Council of Nicea so the
bishops could settle the controversy.

139

Athanasius of Alexandria, the champion of
orthodoxy, set forth the correct orthodox (and
long-held) view that the Son was the same divine
substance as the Father (and hence, was fully
divine). Athanasius argued for the eternally
personal existence of the Son. The bishops sided
with Athanasius because they had long recognized
that this was, in fact, the biblical teaching.
Seen in this light, Dan Brown is flat wrong in
his assertion that Jesus was not recognized as
God until the Council of Nicea voted him as God
by a "close vote." (By the way, the vote in the
council was 300 to 2, hardly a close vote.)
Ron Rhodes

140

6. Jesus and Mary Magdalene were never
married.

141

Most scholars have long believed that Jesus was
single, and we will examine three arguments
supporting that belief. No early Christian text
we possess, either biblical or extrabiblical,
indicates the presence of a wife during His
ministry, His crucifixion, or after His
resurrection. Whenever texts mention Jesus
family, they refer to His mother, brothers and
sisters but never to a wife. Furthermore, there
is no hint that He was widowed.
Darrell Bock

142

This is the entire inventory of New Testament
references about Mary Magdalene eleven passages
total (twelve counting Mark 169). She was a
disciple and traveling supporter of Jesus among a
group of other women. She was never related to
Him in any other sense. Although other women in
the group were connected to males as relatives,
Mary was not. She was a witness to the Cross, the
burial, and the Resurrection. That was it.
(Darrell Bock)

143

In my office there are thirty-eight volumes of
early church documents, each of several hundred
pages, double columns, in small print. The fact
that out of all of this material, only two texts
can be brought forward as even ancient candidates
for the theory shows how utterly unlikely it is.
Darrell Bock

144

Quoting the Gospel of Philip And the companion
of the Savior is Mary Magdalene. Christ loved her
more than all the disciples and used to kiss her
often on her mouth. The rest of the disciples
were offended by it and expressed disapproval.
They said to him, Why do you love her more than
all of us? (page 246)

145
What about the Gospel of Philip text?

However, they key part of the text is broken at
6333-36 and reads, And the companion of the
Mary Magdalene. loved her more than all the
disciples and used to kiss her often on her
. The brackets indicate broken locations in
the manuscript where there is no reading because
the manuscript is damaged. Talk about a mystery
to solve.
Darrell Bock

146

What these books neglect to mention is the
infamous final verse of the Gospel of Thomas.
When Peter sneers that women are not worthy of
Life, Jesus responds, I myself shall lead her
in order to make her male.... For every woman who
will make herself male will enter the Kingdom of
Heaven. Thats certainly an odd way to honor
ones spouse or exalt the status of women.
Sandra Miesel

147

1 Corinthians 95 Have we not power to lead about
a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and
as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

148
Jesus Marriage is still future!

Revelation 197-8 Let us be glad and rejoice, and
give honour to him for the marriage of the Lamb
is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed
in fine linen, clean and white for the fine
linen is the righteousness of saints.

149

7. The Royal Bloodline theory is a sham built
off of forged documents and a twisting of
historical thought.

150
Fact page of The Da Vinci Code

The Priory of Sion A European secret society
founded in 1099is a real organization.In 1975
Pariss Bibliotheque Nationale discovered
parchments know as Les Dossiers Secrets,
identifying numerous members of the Priory of
Sion, including Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli,
Victor Hugo, and Leonardo da Vinci.
All descriptions of artwork, architecture,
documents, and secret rituals in this novel are
accurate.

151

The Priorys role in this novel is supposedly
proven by a cache of documents that were
discovered in the Bibliotheque Nationale in
Paris. These documents really do exist, but they
were planted there by a forger named Pierre
Plantard. In fact, one of Plantards henchmen
admitted to assisting him in the fabrication of
these materials, including the genealogical
tables and lists of the Priorys grand
mastersall trumpeted as truth in The Da Vinci
Code.

152

Plantards hoax was actually exposed in a series
of French books and a BBC documentary in 1966,
but this newsfortunately for Dan Brownis
reaching our shores only at glacial speed.
Plantard turned out to be an anti-Semite with a
criminal record for fraud, while the real Priory
of Sion is a little splinter social group founded
half a century ago. The most important strand in
the central plot of The Da Vinci Code, then is a
total hoax. So much for the Fact Brown claims
on his first page!
Hanegraaff/Maier

153

If Dan Brown is wrong
Then the Bible is right
Jesus is God
I must make a decision about Jesus.

154

1 Timothy 25 For there is one God, and one
mediator between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus

155

John 316 For God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.

156

Acts 1043 To him give all the prophets witness,
that through his name whosoever believeth in him
shall receive remission of sins.

157

Romans 517 For if by one man's offence death
reigned by one much more they which receive
abundance of grace and of the gift of
righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus
Christ.)

158

Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death but
the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord.

159

Acts 238 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and
be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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