DIDACHE: Timeline

This is a rough being augmented in pieces over time.
Caveat: Please (as with everything at this website) regard this as no more than the understanding of one spiritual person. I am imagining a sequence of events in history.  While much of this is also widely accepted by scholars, much is also debated and speculative. [...]

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 [...]

Psalms 1-9

Psalm 1(1)  Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of the scornful.(2)  But his delight is only in the Law of Jehovah; and in His Law he meditates day and night.(3)  And [...]

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 ‘DIDACHE on the Mount’ (Mat. 5)

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Mat 5:1-48(1)  And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain. And when He had sat down, His disciples came to Him.(2)  And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying,(3)  Blessed are the poor in spirit! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.(4)  Blessed are they [...]

Concordance: “David your Servant” and “Servant David” (DID. 9.2)

“David your Servant”: (2 occurrences)
(1Ch 17:24) Let it even be established, so that Your name may be magnified forever, saying, Jehovah of Hosts is the God of Israel, a God to Israel. And let the house of David Your servant be established before You.
(2Ch 6:42) O Jehovah God, do not turn away the face of [...]

Radically incompatible Institution Narratives (DID. 9.2-4)

9.2 “First, concerning the cup: We give thanks to you, our Father, For the holy vine of David your servant which you have revealed to us through Jesus your  servant. To you be glory for ever.

9.3 And concerning the fragment: We give thanks to you, our Father, For the life and knowledge, which you [...]