Lin Sen could swear that after living for so many years, the things he had experienced were not as exciting as the past few days!
From a small S-level superpower, he became a double S-level superpower. From a small boss, he became the leader of three major organizations: the Southeast Asian Business Club, the American Brotherhood, and the Hongmen...
Moreover, after Huang Buxi and Yi Tianxing's introduction, his horizons broadened countless times. It was really not an ordinary broadening!
Outside the world of superpowers, there is a more exciting and terrifying world, and that is the world that a real man should fight for!
Lin Sen didn't know why Yi Tianxing told him this, but he always vaguely felt that many things were related to him, otherwise Yi Tianxing wouldn't have said it.
Since Yi Tianxing said it, he must have deep meaning.
Such a fierce man wouldn't come to me to tell stories for no reason, right?
"Mr. Yi, what exactly do you want to say?"
Lin Sen was a little anxious. Yi Tianxing had been trying to sell things off, attracting him to no end, but he never got to the point and didn't say much about him. This made his heart burn...
Yi Tianxing smiled and said, "Don't worry, the story has to be unfolded slowly to be interesting. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to tell you directly that you don't know many things."
After saying that, Yi Tianxing stood up, stretched slightly, and said with a smile: "Our vampire family has always been suppressed by the Holy See. Those damn Holy See people should have lived in peace with us. How old are they?
Damn it for being so old-fashioned!"
Lin Sen didn't speak. He didn't know what to say.
Yi Tianxing smiled and said: "Three hundred years before the birth of Christ, a mother gave birth to twelve sons. But she was so poor that she didn't know how to support these sons. She prayed to God every day
, asked him to show mercy so that all her sons could be with the savior who was predicted to come to the world. When her life became more and more difficult, she sent her sons away one by one to find a way to survive. The eldest son was called Peter,
He had been walking all day, and walked a long way, and finally entered a large forest. He wanted to find a way out, but could not find it, and became more and more lost. In addition, he was very hungry, and almost
Unable to stand up, he was too weak and had to lie down, convinced that death was just around the corner.
Suddenly a little boy appeared from beside him, his whole body was shining, and he was as kind as an angel. The child clapped his hands, and Peter had to raise his head and look at him. The child asked: "Why are you sitting there in such despair?
Here?" "Alas!" Peter replied, "I am wandering around, trying to find a way to survive, hoping to see the savior who is about to come to the world. That is also my biggest wish." The child said: "Then come with me.
Go ahead! Your wish will be fulfilled."
He took poor Peter by the hand and led him across the cliff to a cave. They entered the cave, which was full of gold, silver and crystal, and everything was shining. In the center of the cave were twelve
The cradles were arranged one after another. The little angel said: "Lie down in the first cradle and sleep for a while, and I will rock you to sleep." Peter did so, and the angel rocked him gently while singing, and finally rocked him into the cradle.
Dreamland. When he fell asleep, the second brother was also brought by his guardian angel, and he was rocked into sleep like the elder brother; then the other brothers came one after another, until the last twelve brothers were lying down.
They fell asleep in the golden cradle. They slept and slept until the last night after three hundred years, when the savior came. At that time, they woke up and finally were with the savior and became what people call Jesus.
The Twelve Apostles.”
"Lin Sen, have you heard of these legends?"
"No." Lin Sen's balls ached tightly, and it seemed that he was telling a story again.
Yi Tianxing nodded and said: "Then listen carefully. You won't know many things unless I explain them clearly to you. The first of the twelve disciples is James, the son of Zebedee.
The brother of the apostle John, he was called James the Great at that time. James was the first apostle to be martyred. Acts records his martyrdom: King Herod harmed several people in the church and killed James, the brother of John, with a sword.
..According to the church history of Eusebius, Clement recorded in the seventh book of his institution that before Jacob was martyred, he was overflowing with joy and fearless. The people who led him to the judgment seat because they saw
At this scene, he was deeply moved and publicly admitted that he was a Christian. The two were taken to the road to die together. The man asked Jacob to forgive him. Jacob thought about it and replied, "Peace be with you." and kissed him.
, and then they were beheaded at the same time. The second one was John. According to the Gospel of John, John was the apostle loved by the Lord Jesus and was entrusted to take care of Mary, the mother of Jesus, at the foot of the cross. After the Pentecost church was established, John, Peter and the Lord
The three flesh brothers of James, James, became the pillars of the Jerusalem church. The five letters written by John are all included in the New Testament canon. History tells us that John was exiled to the island of Patmos during the persecution of Emperor Domitian.
, and saw a vision there, which was written into the book of Revelation. According to the records of the church fathers such as Irenaeus, Clement, and Jerome, after the apostle John was released from the island of Patmos, he continued to preach the gospel and build the church in Ephesus.
Meeting. In his later years, John was full of love and brought a lot of comfort to the brothers. When he was old and unable to move, he was carried to the meeting place. Every time he spoke, he mentioned: Children, you must love one another! For the last time
His sermon also contained these two sentences. After finishing speaking, he died peacefully on the podium.
The third one is Peter, Simon Barjona, who was later renamed Cephas by Jesus—that is, Peter. After the crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus, Peter led his disciples back to go fishing, and later met the Lord who appeared to him on the shores of the Sea of Tiberias.
On the day of Pentecost, Peter was strong enough to testify for the Lord and opened the door to the Jews. Later, inspired by the Lord, he opened the door to the Gentiles in the house of Cornelius. Peter, James and John were both from Jerusalem.
An elder, he was a very influential apostle in the early church. According to the record of Justin the Martyr, Peter arrived in Rome during the reign of Claudius. However, Acts tells us that Peter was both in Jerusalem in AD 44 and AD 51.
.After that, he went to Antioch and served in Asia Minor, and even once moved to Babylon.
Peter worked hard to spread the gospel in Rome in his later years. Due to the influence of his fervent preaching, many people abandoned their idols and returned to the true God. It is said that Peter used the catacombs on the outskirts of Rome as a place to preach to avoid attracting the attention of the Roman government. Later, the tyrant Nero went on a rampage
Persecution and arrest of Peter. According to Clement and Irenaeus, Paul and Peter were martyred in Rome at almost the same time. It is said that before Peter was executed, he made such a request to the criminal history: Please crucify me upside down
My Lord was on the cross for me, and I am not worthy to die like Him. Tertullian was the first church father to mention that Peter was crucified, and Origen further mentioned that Peter was crucified upside down.
die.
Andrew was Peter's physical brother and one of the twelve apostles. When the church encountered persecution in Jerusalem, the disciples were scattered everywhere, so Andrew set sail on a ship and preached the gospel everywhere. Some church traditions believe that
Andrew was the apostle of Scythia, so the Russian church regarded Andrew as a patron saint. Eventually, Andrew returned to Patra in the province of Achaia, where he was crucified and martyred. According to legend, Andrew was crucified
The cross was in the shape of an
His fearful martyrdom convinced many people that Jesus was Lord.
It is said that Philip, like other apostles, preached everywhere. It is said that in Hierapolis in Asia Minor, he led many people who believed in the serpent god to believe in the Lord and destroyed the idol of the serpent god. This angered the officials and the priests who were profiting from superstition, and had him killed.
He was imprisoned, tortured, and finally crucified upside down. In a letter from Polycrates, the overseer of Ephesus, to Victor, the overseer of Rome, he mentioned the apostle Philip and his daughter: In Asia, the luminous saints have fallen asleep, but in the Lord
There will be resurrection at the last day of the Appearance. At that time, the Lord will come from heaven with glory and gather the saints again. Philip, one of the twelve apostles, and his two old virgin daughters were sleeping in Hierapolis. Philip
Another daughter who lived in the spirit was buried in Ephesus.
Bartholomew. Some commentators believe that Bartholomew may be Nathanael, because he is often listed with Philip in the list of the Twelve Apostles, and it was Philip who led him to believe in the Lord. Although the Bible does not
Record his words and deeds, but when Jesus appeared to the seven disciples on the seaside of Galilee after his resurrection, Nathanael was also among them. Bartholomew is an Aramaic name, and Nathanael is a Hebrew name. Church legend
He preached and performed miracles in many places outside of Judea, and translated the Gospel of Matthew into many languages. There is a legend in India that when Paul was preaching in Western Asia, the apostles Thomas and Bartholomew began to preach to the East. The former was in India,
Bartholomew then went to China. Bartholomew was finally beaten with rods, crucified, and killed with a sword by the pagans in Armenia.
Thomas is also known as Didymus. People call him Doubting Thomas because he once did not believe in the Lord's resurrection. According to church history, after the Lord's resurrection, Thomas, Simeon, and Tertius went to Palestine.
Preached in Parthia. In the apostolic era, Parthia was an independent country with territory from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf. Later church tradition believed that Thomas even traveled beyond Parthia and reached as far as India, where he preached the gospel and established churches.
And he was martyred in a foreign land. Currently in India, not only are there some churches named after Thomas, but many of his relics can also be found.
Jacob's son Judah, also known as Thaddaeus, also known as Rebaeus or Judah, was the son of Alphaeus. Church tradition believes that Thaddaeus traveled many times by ship to preach. The church father Jerome also mentioned it
Thaddaeus went to what is now Turkey and cured the serious illness of King Abkar and led the Turkish people to the Lord. In the end, he preached the gospel in Persia, which dissatisfied the authorities and was crucified.
Simon Simon of the Zealot Party was a member of the Zealot Party before he followed the Lord. He was a fanatical patriot and a person who strictly abided by the Law of Moses. The main preaching area was in Mesopotamia and later also in Persia.
He was killed by pagans. Some say he died by crucifixion, while others say he was sawed in two and died.
Jacob the son of Alphaeus, the son of Alphaeus, may have been short in stature or younger than Jacob the son of Bedith, so he was called Jacob the Younger. It was this man who spread the gospel to Egypt. Jacob. As for the whereabouts of little Jacob, tradition says that he was sawed and his head severed during the persecution of Christians. Others say that he went to Persia to preach and was martyred there. Because the Bible only mentions that His name is recorded but his deeds are not recorded, so people call him the unsung apostle and one of the many unknown martyrs.
Matthew the Tax Collector Matthew, also known as Levi, was originally a tax collector of the Roman government. He was hated and despised by his Jewish compatriots. He later wrote the Gospel of Matthew and preached the gospel to his Jewish compatriots. In his later years, he traveled to various parts of the Middle East and all over Africa and Ethiopia. Founded a church and was martyred in Persia.
Matthias After Jesus ascended to heaven, the apostles cast lots to select Matthias, who replaced Judas as the apostle. Matthias was originally one of the seventy disciples. According to legend, he was martyred in Jerusalem and was first stoned. , and later beheaded and died.