Confessing Your Faults or Sins? Paid Members Public
According to the Authorized King James Version (AV), Christians are to confess their faults to each other: “Confess your faults (paraptoma) one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” James 5:16 Other translations, however,
Paul, Christ & Judgment Day Paid Members Public
The Apostle Paul taught that the day will come when the Lord Jesus will physically descend from heaven in order to raise the dead and judge all mankind. Paul affirmed that this is the day when Christ will either reward men with everlasting life and glory, or wrath and everlasting
Wisdom as a Divine Hypostasis Paid Members Public
I will be posting the verses, which Christians have historically appealed to as proof that God’s Wisdom is a divine Hypostasis or Person who became embodied in Jesus Christ. These were the texts that the early Church pointed to as indicating that Jesus Christ is God’s eternal, uncreated
Sharp’s Rule Before Granville Sharp Paid Members Public
In this post I will cite the statements of various textual critics, theologians and/or scholars in respect to Titus 2:13 and 2 Peter 1:1 and the Deity of Christ. Specifically, I will be quoting these authorities to see whether they were aware of the particular Greek construction,
Insights from the Epistle of Barnabas Paid Members Public
I will be quoting from the Epistle of Barnabas, which is a letter attributed to Paul’s companion that was composed somewhere between the middle and latter part of the first century AD. It contains a lot of allegorical interpretations of the Old Testament commandments and events, which the author
Joshua as a Picture of Jesus & the Church as Israel Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from the works of Justin Martyr and Tertullian in respect to Old Testament prophecies and typology pointing to Christ. All emphasis will be mine. One interesting typology that both of them employ is the case of Joshua, whom they not only take to
Biblical Canon of Isidore of Seville Paid Members Public
Isidore, bishop of Seville (c. 560–636), is a canonized saint in the Catholic Church. In his work, titled The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, compiled between 615 and the early 630s AD, he lists the Scriptures which the Church accepted as canonical. I quote from the English translation of
The Rabbis on Zechariah 11 & Messiah Paid Members Public
The prophet Zechariah speaks of YHWH, whom he represented by acting out the role of divine Shepherd, would be priced at thirty pieces of silver: “I took my staff Favor and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples. It was