Tears of Blood Book Two: The House of Theophilus
Frederick Downs
- War
- has
- been
- declared
- by
- the
- Jewish
- High
- Priesthood
- against
- Christians!
- They
- must
- stop
- the
- spread
- of
- Christian
- literature
- that
- could
- destroy
- their
- religion.
- The
- head
- of
- their
- secret
- army
- is
- a
- psychopathic
- killer
- known
- only
- as
- Alexander
- the
- Centurion.
- His
- goal
- in
- life
- is
- the
- total
- elimination
- of
- all
- the
- apostles
- and
- leaders
- of
- the
- Faith.
- And
- he
- is
- very
- good
- at
- his
- job!John
- Mark,
- author
- of
- the
- first
- gospel,
- has
- established
- a
- Christian
- publishing
- house
- in
- Alexandria,
- Egypt.
- Using
- the
- code
- name
- "Theophilus"
- (meaning
- friend
- of
- God),
- he
- struggles
- to
- complete
- a
- Greek
- Bible
- that
- combines
- the
- Jewish
- and
- Christian
- writings.
- That
- is,
- if
- he
- and
- his
- partners
- can
- elude
- capture
- long
- enough
- to
- do
- it!Four
- friends
- are
- tasked
- to
- document
- the
- church's
- history.
- Spanning
- the
- 34
- years
- from
- the
- Day
- of
- Pentecost
- to
- the
- death
- of
- Peter
- and
- Paul,
- it
- depicts
- the
- fulfillment
- of
- the
- Great
- Commission
- as
- seen
- through
- the
- eyes
- of
- a
- noble
- few
- who
- lived
- it.
- As
- each
- diary
- is
- completed,
- the
- reader
- is
- given
- access
- to
- its
- contents.
- Barnabas
- chronicles
- the
- years
- from
- Pentecost
- through
- his
- travels
- with
- Paul.
- Timothy
- details
- the
- next
- 8
- years
- spent
- on
- the
- missionary
- trail.
- Luke
- documents
- the
- 5
- prison
- years
- spent
- with
- Paul
- in
- Caesaria
- and
- Rome.
- And
- Silas
- reveals
- the
- little
- known
- facts
- leading
- up
- to
- the
- capture,
- trial,
- and
- execution
- of
- Peter
- and
- Paul.From
- Alexandria
- to
- Jerusalem
- to
- Ephesus,
- John
- Mark
- and
- his
- friends
- combat
- the
- evil
- enemies
- of
- the
- Faith.
- After
- the
- capture
- of
- Peter
- and
- Paul
- by
- Alexander
- the
- Centurion,
- John
- Mark
- races
- to
- Ephesus
- to
- rescue
- the
- apostle
- John.
- The
- final
- battle
- of
- wits
- with
- Alexander
- will
- occur
- at
- the
- Port
- of
- Troas.
- The
- outcome
- could
- determine
- the
- very
- future
- of
- Christianity!The
- House
- of
- Theophilus
- poses
- a
- very
- controversial
- question
- –
- Was
- the
- first
- Greek
- Bible
- published
- by
- 4th
- or
- 1st
- century Christians?
