Jesus was a Jew, not Eastern Orthodox!
All the apostles were Jews, not a single one was Catholic or Eastern Orthodox!
As well as all the apostles, all first early believers were all Jews from ancient Jewish stock, not one was Catholic or Eastern Orthodox!
In the 1st and 2nd centuries ce there was no Catholic Church or Eastern Orthodox church; in fact the later (much later) Eastern Orthodox church was a breakaway sect from the bigger Catholic sect!
In fact, when the last apostle died (John) there was no Universal church, it had fragmented by John's time into various sects, some small others bigger, the biggest one attracted more pagan converts and made the claim for itself "Universal" or better known as "Catholic", and in time this Sect grew very Powerful and Rich, and numerous and began to beat down on the small er sects until it had grown so powerful (with the help of the political state) that it claimed for itself the be the only true church!
Math 13:24-30 NASB
"Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and left. 26And when the wheat sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also became evident. 27And the slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ 28And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves *said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ 29But he said, ‘No; while you are gathering up the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the weeds and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
Jesus in this parable shows that fine seeds of truth were sown in the beginning, but a spiritual sleep came across many disciples and while they were spiritually sleeping, The Enemy (Satan) came and began to corrupt believers from within the Christian congregation!
What was to be done?
"The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ 29But he said, ‘No; while you are gathering up the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and at the time of the harvest..."
Jesus allowed both true sons of the kingdom and counterfeit (apostate) sons of the kingdom to grow together, at first, not much would be discerned, but later on a noticeable difference would be noticed! Both were to grow together until the harvest (the last days of the conclusion of Satan's system of things). When the harvest time was to come, then a separation was to be made by the "reapers" (angels) and the many weedlike Christians would be separated from the true wheat like Christians.
Who are now the true sons of the kingdom and who are the counterfeit sons of the kingdom today?
Math 7:13, 14 NKJV
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
The vast majority are in the many, these go off into destruction, whilst the few go off into life!
Who are in the many today?
The Trinitarians, all of apostate Christendom!
Who are in the few?
Acts 15:14 ESV
"Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name."
See: Ex 3:15; 9:16; Ps 83:18 and Isa 42:8 American Standard Version (ASV) of the bible!
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