The Da Vinci Code:

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• The Da Vinci Code
• Fantasy or Reality

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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).

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• 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.

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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.

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• 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)

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• The Perversion of History by Constantine to
  support the conspiracy

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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.
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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.

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• 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)

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

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• 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)

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

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• 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)

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• "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)

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• 4. The Gnostic Gospels are True
• Gospels.

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• 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

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

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• 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)

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• 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)

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

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

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• 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)

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• 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)

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

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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.

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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

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• 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)

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• 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

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

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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,

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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,

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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?

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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,

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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!

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• 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)

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• 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

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• 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

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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

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

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• 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)

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• 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 

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

110

• 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

111
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.

112
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.

113
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.

114
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.

115
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.

116
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.

160

• Titus 12 In hope of eternal life, which God,
  that cannot lie, promised before the world began

161

• John 637 All that the Father giveth me shall
  come to me and him that cometh to me I will in
  no wise cast out.

162

• Romans 1013 For whosoever shall call upon the
  name of the Lord shall be saved.

163

• John 33 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say
  unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot
  see the kingdom of God.

164

• So how do I answer when people challenge my faith?

165

• Graciously and unapologetically share with them
  what you believe about the Bible, Jesus Christ,
  and salvation.

166

• 2. Turn the focus back on them by asking them the
  difficult questions.

167

• Do you know why Dan Brown wrote the Da Vinci
  Code?

168

• 2. Have you read the Bible?

169

• 3. What makes my source of authority (the Bible)
  wrong, and Dan Browns sources of authority
  (Gnostic Gospels and forged documents) right?

170

• 4. Lets say Da Vinci really was portraying Mary
  Magdalene in the Last Supper So? How should
  this change the way I live my life?

171

• 5. If you follow your view of history, and I
  follow my view of history, what do you think the
  results of our lives will be?