Concordance of ‘Ends of the Earth’ (DID. 9.4)

9.4 As this fragment lay scattered upon the mountains and has been gathered to becomeone, so gather your Church from the ends of the earth into your kingdom. Forthe glory and power are yours, through Jesus Christ, forever.
 
(Deu 33:17)  His glory is as the first-born of his ox, and the horns of the wild ox [...]

Concordance of ‘Four Winds’ (DID. 10.5)

DID. 10.5 Remember Lord your Church, to preserve it from all evil and to make it perfect in your love. And,sanctified, gather it from the four winds into your kingdom which you have prepared for it. Because yours is the power and the glory for ever.
(1Ch 9:24)  The gatekeepers were to the four winds: east, [...]

DIDACHE Priority, Parousia Parallels (DID 16, Mat.24, Mar 13, Lk 21, 1Co15, 1Th4

DID. 16.3

Mat 24:30-31

Mar 13:24-27

Luk 21:27-28 

1Co 15:51-52 

1Th 4:15-17

16.6 And then shall appear the signs of truth first thesign of extension in heaven
next the sign of the trumpet call and third theresurrection of the dead.
[16.7 not of all the dead, but, as it says, 'the Lord shallcome, and all his holy ones [...]

Paul’s Backpeddling on the Parousia, Deferring to DIDACHE (2Th 2; DID. 16.3)

Paul writes:
2Th 2:1-17  Now we beseech you, my brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,  (2)  that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is [...]

Showing Matthean Priority: DID. 16 // Matt 16 // Mk 8:34-38 // Lk 9:23-26

DID. 16:16
Mat. 16:24-8 (10:32)

Mar 8:34-38 

Luk 9:23-26

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
… as it says, ‘the Lord shallcome, and all his holy ones with him’.]16.8 Then the world shall see the Lord coming upon the clouds of heaven,and all the holy ones with him, on his royal throne, to judge the world-deceiverand to reward each according to his deeds.

Then Jesus [...]

The Glorious Throne of Judgment (DID. 16.8)

DID: 16.8 Then the world shall see the Lord coming upon the clouds of heaven, and all the holy ones with him, on his royal throne, to judge the world-deceiverand to reward each according to his deeds.
The ‘Throne of Glory’ idiom derives largely from a vision of Enoch, who sees the Lord (the Son of [...]

The ‘Holy Vine (Branch) of David’ in Old Testament (DID. 9.2); and ‘Holy Name’ (DID. 10.2)

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As the examples below show, vine and Branch allusions in the Old Testament sometimes refer to the Messianic Monarchy and its restoration. The DIDACHE harkens to King David and to Melchizedek, king of (Jerus?) Salem as the ‘branch’ or vine, and Jesus is the restoration.
The DIDACHE and its [...]

Auto-Baptism Last Friday (DID. 7.1-4)

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Of course as a believer in the DIDACHE, I eventually had to get around to having a DIDACHE baptism. (Though, as an infant in 1951, had been given the of a Methodist-Episcopal Church.) 
The day itself, June 20, 08, was rather magical and well ordered.  For weeks prior, I had been under a sense [...]

The DIDACHE-Gospel and True Perfectionism (DID. 1.4, 6.2, 10.5, 16.2)

Both the DIDACHE and New Testament underscore the goal and purpose of the Gospel and its brand of salvation: it is that a person attain perfection.
In the DIDACHE, perfection can be refined as moral, spiritual and economic.
The stakes are absolutely enormous; nothing could be more so: those who attain perfection will enter eternal heavenly life; [...]

The ‘Fragment Scattered upon the Mountains, Gathered into One.’ (DID. 9.4)

9.3 And concerning the fragment: We give thanks to you, our Father, For the life and knowledge, which you have revealed to us through Jesus your servant. To you be glory for ever. 9.4 As this fragment lay scattered upon the mountains and has been gathered to become one, so gather your Church from the [...]