2018
2018 articles
Jeconiah’s Curse Becomes Messiah’s Blessing! Paid Members Public
In this post I am going to refute the following objection that anti-missionary Jewish polemicists employ to deceive people into thinking that Jesus is not the Messiah that the Hebrew Bible prophesied would come into the world: 2. Joseph could never pass on by adoption that which he doesn’t
Refuting One Muhammadan’s Rabbit Trails Paid Members Public
I am going to repost my challenge to a rather vile Muhammadan who wrote a post attacking the Bible for a supposed error concerning its teaching that rabbits chew the cud (https://bloggingtheology2.com/2018/12/07/on-rabbits-and-rumination-a-response-to-christian-interpretations-of-leviticus-115-6/). Suffice it to say the Muhammadan never answered my challenge, and after
Does Revelation 3:14 Teach That Jesus is God’s First Creation? Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
I proceed from where I left off /2018/12/13/does-revelation-314-teach-jesus-is-gods-first-creation-pt-1/. In this section I am going to provide a host of translations and select commentaries which bring out the meaning of Revelation 3:14, since this will show why the Society’s rendering and explanation of this text are
Does Revelation 3:14 Teach That Jesus is God’s First Creation? Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Unless noted otherwise, all biblical references will be taken from the 2013 edition of the New World Translation (NWT) http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/books/. Various anti-Trinitarian groups, and in particular Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs), employ Revelation 3:14 to prove that Jesus is the first thing
Refuting the Muslim Assault On Matthew 2:23 Paid Members Public
The following is my response to a vile Muhammadan troll that sought to refute Christian apologist and blogger Ken Temple’s defense (https://bloggingtheology2.com/2018/12/04/paul-and-the-depths-of-jewish-hermeneutics/#comment-237) of the following statement from Matthew: “And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken
The Time of Messiah’s Advent Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
We continue from where we left off /2018/12/07/the-time-of-messiahs-advent-pt-1/. Precise Fulfillment in Jesus Christ We are going to show here how the Lord Jesus brings about the fulfillment of all of the objectives stipulated in Daniel’s remarkable prophecy. “To finish the transgression, To make an end of
The Time of Messiah’s Advent Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
The prophet Daniel was given a revelation concerning a series of events that would take place within a specific period of time. This revelation included the exact time when the Messiah would appear. The prophet was further told that the Messiah would actually be cut off, e.g. violently put
Paul and the Concept of a Dying and Rising Messiah Paid Members Public
Muslim polemicist and blogger Paul Bilal Williams posted a response (https://bloggingtheology2.com/2018/12/06/my-reply-to-paul-and-the-depths-of-jewish-hermeneutics-by-denis/) to Catholic apologist and philosopher Denis Giron’s blogpost (https://bloggingtheology2.com/2018/12/04/paul-and-the-depths-of-jewish-hermeneutics/) where he shows how Paul’s method of interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures is essentially identical with the