We are told that miracles have ceased. We are told the when the perfect came, the partial passed away. The Hebrew scriptures of the Old Testament reached their current form during the time of Ezra the priest following the return to Israel in the 5th century BC and existed prior to the "perfect" having come.
The New Testament books were written between 48 and 95 AD. We are told when the last New Testament book was completed "the perfect had come" so miracles were no longer required. We are also told that spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit ceased when the last person who could pass them along died.
The first complete New Testament in a single volume appears to have been complied around 250 AD.
That would suggest the saved were without a complete revelation until after that time. It was even later when the Bible was available in the language most people could understand. How did they know that women were not allowed to teach a man or preach the gospel or that there was only one acceptable excuse for divorce, or any of the specific instructions not found in every book of the New Testament if by chance they did not have access to a copy of a specific book or letter?
Are we sure miracles ceased when we say they did? Are we sure the gifts of the Holy Spirit ceased when we said they did? According to what we teach, until at least 250 AD the perfect had not come to the common person. How did they know the gospel? It appears based on what we teach the common person of the second century and beyond had less revelation than the early Christians.
Are we so sure they are not with us today? How and Why?
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