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Book Review - Tales of Forever: The Unfolding Drama of God's Hidden Hand in History

Prophecies Modern Christians Know NOTHING About After reading Part One/Act One, I purchased the full series of W. Kent Smith’s Tales of Forever: The Unfolding Drama of God’s Hidden Hand in History and worked my way through his complete book (Acts 1-3) before meeting with the author personally. I have studied in 4 seminaries and before that, a leading Christian college and was never introduced to any of the material Smith has brought to light in the Tales of Forever.     My initial interest in the Tales was due to my interest in a 5500-year messianic prophecy that I had become aware of in my studies of the Early Church and in particular studying the Septuagint (LXX), the Greek translation of the Old Testament used by 2nd Temple Judaism and the Early Church. The prophecy, known also as "the prophecy of the Great Five and a Half Days", is one of the greatest prophetic words that God ever gave to mankind, and the vast majority of Christians have never heard anything about it. A

and NO the Doctrine of the Trinity did NOT COME FROM PAGANISM!

There are actually quite a few sources that make this claim. The common belief that all of these sources share is the belief that Historic, Creedal Christianity was corrupted. Muslims believe this. New Agers believe this. Many different sects and cults believe this. And, today another group that is known as Hebrew Roots or Torahism continues to perpetuate their own version of how the true faith of Christ and His apostles somehow got lost or severely distorted. I've blogged about Hebrew Roots here:  LINK I mention the Hebrew Roots/Torahism groups in particular because certain manifestations of this movement are extremely vocal in denouncing the Trinity. Not all of them, but rejecting the doctrine of the Trinity is often the outcome as people get more and more entangled in the Hebrew Roots movement.  When and how the Christian faith got corrupted is debated by the groups I've just mentioned. The most common version is that it happened under Constantine in the 4th Century and is o