The Sword of the LORD

Behold, I saw a gathering of beings who were playing together, laughing, dancing and learning to walk and talk together.   As time passed, each one grew into an advanced form, still the same basic form as before, yet more mature.   As they met together and talked together, they each began to grow, in stature and in brightness.   From a baby state to an adult state, they changed.   Always there was a Presence Who lingered over them.   As time went on, even the form they each showed began to change and at different rates of change.  Some became brighter, some stronger, larger and more powerful.  Each took on a glow as if they were lit from within.  Sometimes it was as if they each, severally and separately, went through a dark time, a time of clouds and darkness.  Some occasionally would revert to the form they had previously.  Yet, as they met with the others around them, they would once again become changed, moving into the heights and depths they had attained before as the clouds

  OVERVIEW It is generally agreed that the letter of James in the New Testament was written by the half-brother of Jesus, who was known as James the Just.   He and Jesus shared the same mother, Mary, but not the same father - James’ father was Joseph while Jesus’ Father was God.   This James was not one of the original twelve apostles.   He was neither James the son of Zebedee and brother of John, nor was he James the son of Alpheus, both of which were part of the original twelve.   None of Jesus’ brothers accepted Him while He was growing up or during His public ministry (see John 7:1-5).   After Jesus’ resurrection, however, James became a believer and was present with the 120 when the Holy Spirit fell on the disciples on the day of Pentecost.   James later received the office of apostleship and was became a pillar of the Church of Jerusalem.     James’ epistle is thought to have been written around A.D. 45 which would make it perhaps the earliest of the New Testament epistles.