Theology does not happen in isolation. If you make one decision on one issue it likely takes other decisions for other issues off the table. Today we take a look at three examples of this! Show notes are below.
### Example 1
depending on your timeline of eschatology you likely will have differing views about method of evangelism, the role of the church, the nature of the great commission, government involvement.
#### Premillennial
*After a tribulation the [[+ παρουσία]] will happen and God will reign on earth for a period of 1,000 years*
#### Postmillennial
*The church will bring about a millennium of righteousness on earth before the [[+ παρουσία]]*
#### Amillennial
The 1000 year reign is symbolic and we are currently in it awaiting the [[+ παρουσία]]
### Example 2
Your view on the authority of the church effects your view of church leaders and church practices.
#### Catholic
Very high church. Views the physical church as being on par with scripture with regard to authority.
- Doctrine of [[Papal infallibility]]
- Jesus is the invisible head of the church and pope is the visible head of the church
- Confession is something done to a priest
- The lords super is administered by the priest and placed on the tongue of the believer
- Timeline of baptism is controlled by the church
#### Church of Christ
Very low church. Views the physical church as having very little authority.
- Ministers have to earn their respect
- Jesus is the head of the church in every sense but he instituted elders to lead it
- Confession is largely between you and God (confession to other believers is encouraged)
- The lord's supper is a time where individuals across the world come together and remember Jesus' death for our sins
- Timeline of baptism is controlled by the individual and is a personal choice
- No central governance. Therefore no "official position" on any issue. Over time big variances in belief have formed.
### Example 3
The leading founders of Jehovah's Witness held several unorthodox beliefs causing other problematic beliefs/actions with regard to scripture and evangelism
#### Timeline of Jehovah Witness
- [[Charles Taze Russell]] goes to adventist meeting where he is told Jesus would be back soon
*adventist preacher [[William Miller]] predicted the end of the world several times and when wrong each time chalked it up to a math error.*
- 1879 - Russell begins the [[Watchtower]]
- 1882 - Russell first publishes anti trinitarian teaching through the watchtower saying "As Brother Russell and his associates studied the Scriptures, it did not take them long to see that the God portrayed in the Bible is not the god of Christendom."
- Russell predicts that Jesus would return in 1914 and when that was incorrect modified his claim
- 1916 - Russell dies and is succeeded by [[Joseph R Rutherford]]
- 1931 - Name changed to [[Jehovah's Witness]]
Began a hard mission of evangelism calling members "witnesses" based out of [[isa 43.10]]
- [[Nathan Homer Knorr]] succeeds
- Knorr made an anonymous translation committee to create a translation that conforms to the doctrines of [[Jehovah's Witness]] called the [[New World Translation]]
- The names on the translation committee comes to light and 4 of the five had no experience as bible translators and the other one had studied non biblical greek for 2 years
[^1]: https://www.catholic.com/tract/history-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses?cmdf=how+did+jehovas+witness+start#
#### A big issue with the [[New World Translation]]
The [[New World Translation]] intentionally modifies scripture to support [[Arianism]].
> [[jn 1.1]] is translated with wild inaccuracy to support the view that Jesus was created by God.
> [[jn 8.58]] is translated with inaccuracy to remove the clear statement of divinity
> [[col 1.16]] [[col 1.17]] is distorted by adding a word that is not there four times ("other")
### Sometimes an arrived at belief can cause you to modify and distort what scripture says.
