Is Michael the Ruler of Israel? The Witness of the Dead Sea Scrolls Members Public

In this post (/2019/08/29/is-michael-the-ruler-of-israel-further-proof-that-jesus-isnt-an-archangel-pt-4/), I am going to appeal to the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) to provide further proof that Jesus cannot be the archangel Michael. Even though he is not dogmatic about

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Is Michael the Ruler of Israel? Further Proof that Jesus isn’t an Archangel Pt. 3 Members Public

In this post (https://answeringislam.blog/is-michael-the-ruler-of-israel-further-proof-that-jesus-isnt-an-archangel-pt-2/), I am going to provide further evidence that Jesus cannot be the archangel Michael because of his being the heir to the Davidic throne since this requires him to

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Is Michael the Ruler of Israel? Further Proof that Jesus isn’t an Archangel Pt. 4 Members Public

I arrive at the final part of my series (/2019/08/29/is-michael-the-ruler-of-israel-further-proof-that-jesus-isnt-an-archangel-pt-3/). According to Hebrews, God will not subject the world to come, i.e., the new heavens and earth, to angelic creatures, but will

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Is Michael the Ruler of Israel? Further Proof that Jesus isn’t an Archangel Pt. 2 Members Public

I resume from where I left off (https://answeringislam.blog/is-michael-the-ruler-of-israel-further-proof-that-jesus-isnt-an-archangel-pt-1/). The Scriptures teach that, though Jehovah alone was to be King over Israel, “Later the men of Israel said to Gidʹe·on: ‘Rule over us,

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Is Michael the Ruler of Israel? Further Proof that Jesus isn’t an Archangel Pt. 1 Members Public

In this post, I am going to provide further proof that Jesus cannot be the archangel Michael if we assume that Michael is a spirit being created by Jehovah God.(1) I will also address some of the arguments set forth by Arian apologist Gregory Stafford, founder of a recent

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The Non-Literal Interpretation of the Eucharist in Early Christian Thought Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from William Webster’s article, “Scripture and Tradition in the Early Church Tradition As Interpretation: The Formal Sufficiency of Scripture” (https://christiantruth.com/articles/articles-roman-catholicism/formalsufficiencyofscripturefinal/). He shows that not all of the early Christians believed that the bread and the wine literally

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To the Glory of God the Son: Refuting A Common Arian Canard Pt. 3 Members Public

In this final segment (/2019/08/16/to-the-glory-of-god-the-son-refuting-a-common-arian-canard-pt-2/), I am going to take a further look at the text of Philippians in order to show that the very context of this verse refutes the notion of Jesus

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To the Glory of God the Son: Refuting A Common Arian Canard Pt. 2 Members Public

I resume my refutation of Greg Stafford and his fellow Arian heretics (/2019/08/15/to-the-glory-of-god-the-son-refuting-a-common-arian-canard-pt-1/). As I had noted previously, the glorification of the Father and the Son is reciprocal in that it isn’t merely

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