Wesley Huff

He comes and he does things like he says at the last supper, right before his crucifixion, that he's establishing a new covenant in his blood.

And so the earliest Christians, mostly who are Jews, who believe in Jesus as the Messiah, they see, okay, there's a new covenant, which is actually promised in Jeremiah 31, 31, when God says that he's going to make a new covenant and inscribe the law in people's hearts. That covenant has come. The promises have come. So the earliest Christians very organically say, okay, where's the writing?

And so the earliest Christians, mostly who are Jews, who believe in Jesus as the Messiah, they see, okay, there's a new covenant, which is actually promised in Jeremiah 31, 31, when God says that he's going to make a new covenant and inscribe the law in people's hearts. That covenant has come. The promises have come. So the earliest Christians very organically say, okay, where's the writing?

And so the earliest Christians, mostly who are Jews, who believe in Jesus as the Messiah, they see, okay, there's a new covenant, which is actually promised in Jeremiah 31, 31, when God says that he's going to make a new covenant and inscribe the law in people's hearts. That covenant has come. The promises have come. So the earliest Christians very organically say, okay, where's the writing?

Because we expect this to happen. Promises are followed up by writings. And so they start to have these conversations of what are the writings and where can we find them? And so very early on, because the New Testament has 27 books in it, Very early on, 24 of the 27 are unanimously accepted.

Because we expect this to happen. Promises are followed up by writings. And so they start to have these conversations of what are the writings and where can we find them? And so very early on, because the New Testament has 27 books in it, Very early on, 24 of the 27 are unanimously accepted.

Because we expect this to happen. Promises are followed up by writings. And so they start to have these conversations of what are the writings and where can we find them? And so very early on, because the New Testament has 27 books in it, Very early on, 24 of the 27 are unanimously accepted.

So by the time you get to the middle of the second century, we have lists in documents like there's a document called the Meritorium Fragment, which there's debate on its dating, but it's probably like mid to late second century. And it includes 24 of the 27. And it gives reasoning why.

So by the time you get to the middle of the second century, we have lists in documents like there's a document called the Meritorium Fragment, which there's debate on its dating, but it's probably like mid to late second century. And it includes 24 of the 27. And it gives reasoning why.

So by the time you get to the middle of the second century, we have lists in documents like there's a document called the Meritorium Fragment, which there's debate on its dating, but it's probably like mid to late second century. And it includes 24 of the 27. And it gives reasoning why.

Now, the other books that are in our New Testament that aren't in that 24 are ones that were discussed because the earliest Christians were trying to figure out, OK, can we can we tie this to either an apostle or someone who knew an apostle? Because we have a lot of books flying around with the names of John and Peter on them.

Now, the other books that are in our New Testament that aren't in that 24 are ones that were discussed because the earliest Christians were trying to figure out, OK, can we can we tie this to either an apostle or someone who knew an apostle? Because we have a lot of books flying around with the names of John and Peter on them.

Now, the other books that are in our New Testament that aren't in that 24 are ones that were discussed because the earliest Christians were trying to figure out, OK, can we can we tie this to either an apostle or someone who knew an apostle? Because we have a lot of books flying around with the names of John and Peter on them.

So you have the Acts of Peter, and you have the Revelation of Peter, and you have the Gospels of Peter. So how do we do our due diligence to try to tie this back? So there's two letters of Peter, 1 and 2 Peter, in the New Testament. And the early Christians are like, we've got to make sure we can tie these to Peter.

So you have the Acts of Peter, and you have the Revelation of Peter, and you have the Gospels of Peter. So how do we do our due diligence to try to tie this back? So there's two letters of Peter, 1 and 2 Peter, in the New Testament. And the early Christians are like, we've got to make sure we can tie these to Peter.

So you have the Acts of Peter, and you have the Revelation of Peter, and you have the Gospels of Peter. So how do we do our due diligence to try to tie this back? So there's two letters of Peter, 1 and 2 Peter, in the New Testament. And the early Christians are like, we've got to make sure we can tie these to Peter.

Or the book of Jude and the book of James, which are ascribed to the brothers of Jesus. They were like, can we really say that those are written by those people? And so there are some books that the dust kind of takes time to settle on within the whole 27 canon because these groups are debating and discussing, you know, well, why – why do we have these ones and not other ones?

Or the book of Jude and the book of James, which are ascribed to the brothers of Jesus. They were like, can we really say that those are written by those people? And so there are some books that the dust kind of takes time to settle on within the whole 27 canon because these groups are debating and discussing, you know, well, why – why do we have these ones and not other ones?

Or the book of Jude and the book of James, which are ascribed to the brothers of Jesus. They were like, can we really say that those are written by those people? And so there are some books that the dust kind of takes time to settle on within the whole 27 canon because these groups are debating and discussing, you know, well, why – why do we have these ones and not other ones?

And so there are various canon lists. that come up throughout the ancient world where some people are hypothesizing, well, maybe this book is part of it, or maybe this book is part of it. But it's this ongoing conversation of people.