2021
2021 articles
MESSIANIC PROPHECIES SERIES PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I previously left off: MESSIANIC PROPHECIES SERIES PT. 1. Second Prophecy: The Messianic Star from Egypt. In the book of numbers the Holy Spirit inspired a false prophet named Balaam to see and proclaim the coming of a Ruler from Jacob, whom Balaam described as a
JOHN 17:3 AND THE ONLY TRUE GOD Paid Members Public
COMMENTARY Jesus states emphatically that eternal life is this: Knowing the Father in an intimate way as well as His Son. Salvation depends on knowing both Father and Son. Jesus is the “way, the truth, and the life.” No one comes to the Father but through the Son, for it
JESUS AS GOD IN ROMANS 9:5 Paid Members Public
COMMENTARY In verses 1-5 of this chapter of Romans, Paul focuses on the tension between God’s promises to Israel and Israel’s plight. The people to whom God has promised so much have, apparently, rejected God’s most profound revelation – His Son. In this verse, Paul presents the last
JESUS AS GOD IN JOHN 20:28 Paid Members Public
COMMENTARY The confession of Thomas, coming as it does at the climax of John’s Gospel, is perhaps the clearest affirmation of Christ’s deity in the Bible. It is clear, despite various theories to the contrary (see “Other views Considered,” below), that Thomas was speaking directly to Jesus. The
1 COR. 8 AND JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES Paid Members Public
COMMENTARY Paul draws a contrast between false deities and the Father and Son. Whereas the pagan deities are false, there is to us “one God, the Father”, and “one Lord, Jesus Christ”. He maintains a distinction of Personality between the Father and Son by assigning a different title of Deity
THE EARLY CHURCH ON THE ETERNAL BEGETTING OF THE SON Paid Members Public
In this very short post, I will cite a few early church fathers and writers who all affirm the uncreated, eternal nature of the Son. Chapter 6. Preserve harmony Since therefore I have, in the persons before mentioned, beheld the whole multitude of you in faith and love, I exhort
THE MESSIAH OF THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD Paid Members Public
In this post, I will cite the Babylonian Talmud to show how post-Christian rabbis applied some of the very same Old Testament passages to the Messiah, which the inspired New Testament writings and Christians in general have typically interpreted in respect to Jesus. The quotations will further demonstrate how the
THE IMPERFECT QURAN PT. 1: MISSING VERSE ON STONING Paid Members Public
This begins a series of posts where I will cite traditions that mention verses that are no longer part of the text of the Quran, thereby refuting the oft-repeated lie that the Muslim scripture has been perfectly preserved. I begin with the missing verse of stoning adulterers/adulteresses. All emphasis