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"Count it all Joy"
James 1:1-8
Most agree that James, the writer of this letter, was the brother of Jesus the Messiah, and James became the leader of the Christian Church in Jerusalem while most of the first original disciples served as missionaries outside Jerusalem.
The Jews that were scattered (dispersed) around the world after the fall of the Kingdom of Israel (about 722 BC) and the fall of the Kingdom of Judah (about 587 BC) were called “the Dispersion.” The final major dispersion of the Jews took place when, according to 2 the prophecy of Jesus, the Roman army destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 70 AD. In Mark 13:1-2, we read: “As Jesus came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!’ Then Jesus asked him, ‘Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.’
