God is closest to those who know their sin and furthest from those who do not know their sin. In this case, the ones who did not know their sin were the Pharisees and scribes and the ones who did know were the tax collectors and sinners.
John the Apostle
Polycrates believed that John was the one "who reclined upon the bosom of the Lord", suggesting an identification with the beloved disciple: John, who was both a witness and a teacher, "who reclined upon the bosom of the Lord", and, being a priest, wore the sacerdotal plate. He fell asleep at Ephesus.
David's decisions and life were centered on God. He recognized that it was God who protected him as he cared for his father's flocks. When David faced the lion and the bear protecting his father's flocks, he believed in his heart that God would do the same when he faced Goliath and every other enemy he would face.
They are later revealed to be Elijah and Moses, and are killed by the Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia.
One of Scripture's most famous “walkers” was Enoch. Two times in Genesis, Enoch is described as one who walked with God. The Hebrew word translated “walk” is a word that indicates Enoch walked back and forth with God. It was not a one-time event but rather an ongoing pattern for his life.
Some Important Principles, Doctrines, and Events. Moses saw God face-to-face upon an unknown mountain sometime after he spoke to the Lord in the burning bush but before he went to free the children of Israel from Egypt (see Moses 1:1–2, 17, 25–26, 42; see also Exodus 3:1–10).
King David was the anointed king of Israel. He was chosen by the Lord while King Saul was on the throne. David was called a man after God's own heart because he was faithful to the Lord, he was repentant when he did wrong, and he loved the Lord with all his heart.
The bible tells us that David had a vow of praise unto the Lord. Seven times a day he would praise the Lord, and three times a day he would pray.
David was under the displeasure of the Almighty, for his adultery with Bath-sheba, and his murder of Uriah; and God let his enemies loose against him.
One of these texts, known as the Gospel of Philip, referred to Mary Magdalene as Jesus's companion and claimed that Jesus loved her more than the other disciples.
John was a leading member of Jesus's original Twelve Apostles, one who had a close personal relationship with the Savior and served important roles as His witness, as a leader of the Church, and as a revelator.
Peter was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus. Roman Catholic tradition holds that Jesus established St. Peter as the first pope (Matthew 16:18). Jesus also gave him “the keys of the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 16:19), which is why he is often depicted at the gates of heaven in art and popular culture.
Godhead (or godhood) refers to the essence or substance (ousia) of God in Christianity — God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Because of God's holiness and man's sinfulness, there lies a vast separation from one another. However; there is a solution: forgiveness. Just as sin separates us from one another, it also separates us from God.
Peter and the Loved Disciple
We know from the other Gospels that Peter, James, and John were the closest associates of Jesus. For example, those three — Peter, James, and John — went up with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1–8).
In the final part of the discourse (John 17:1-26) Jesus prays for his followers and the coming Church. This is the longest prayer of Jesus in any of the gospels, and is known as the Farewell Prayer or the High Priestly Prayer.
Initially, 50 daily prayers were commanded, which were subsequently reduced to five on the advice of Prophet Moses to the Holy Apostle. Therefore, Muslims pray five times a day to fulfill the obligation bestowed upon them by the command of Allah through His Holy Messenger.
King David was a devout Jew who had declared that he prayed three times a day. It was customary that many devout Jews would pray three times a day: morning, evening and at bedtime. King David put his whole being into praising God.
If anyone was ever the apple of God's eye, surely it was Jesus, God's Son. But he closed his eyes in death so that being the apple of God's eye could become a reality for us forever. God turned his face away from his Son for our sake, and now the eyes of the Father are focused, because of Christ, on us.
The Bible calls David “a man after God's own heart” twice. The first time was by Samuel who anointed him as backslidden King Saul's successor, “But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart” (1 Sam.
God chose David because he saw that his heart was good.
What did Samuel then do to make David King? What did God give David as he was anointed?
Sacred Scripture teaches that Enoch and Elijah were assumed into heaven while still alive and not experiencing physical death.
While on Patmos, God gave John a vision of the final days of earth, and a peak at heaven. In the vision, John saw the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down from heaven to the new earth, for the old earth had been destroyed.
The Apostle Paul wrote of a “third heaven” which is “paradise” and where he heard amazing things. Later in the passage, Paul is given a “thorn in the flesh” (v. 7) to keep him from becoming proud over his heavenly experience. The point here is that there are three heavens.