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Muslims & Luke’s Gospel Paid Members Public
Luke quotes Jesus’ reply to a woman’s praise of the woman who birthed him: “Now it happened that while Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, ‘Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at
Ibn Qayyim on Biblical Preservation Paid Members Public
In this post I quote a different source for the statements of one of Ibn Taymiyyah’s premiere students, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, on the Muslim scholarly views concerning the preservation of the Torah. Chapter Thirteen: On the Devil’s Schemes Against the Son of Adam Chapter: People have differed in
The Divine Shepherd-King Gets Struck Down Paid Members Public
The following is taken from The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecy: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, edited by Michael Rydelnik and Edwin Blum, published by Moody Publishers in 2019, pp. 1300-1313. All emphasis will be mine. Zechariah 13:7-9 The Striking of the Shepherd King
The Jews Pierce Jehovah Paid Members Public
The following is taken from The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecy: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, edited by Michael Rydelnik and Edwin Blum, published by Moody Publishers in 2019, pp. 1285-1300. All emphasis will be mine. Zechariah 12:10-13:1 The Pierced Messiah DANIEL E.
The Divine Messiah Gets Pierced! Paid Members Public
The following excerpt on Zechariah 12:10 is taken from Dr. Michael L. Brown’s Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Volume 3: Messianic Prophecy Objections, published by Baker Books Publication in date 2003. All emphasis will be mine. 4.31. Zechariah 12:10 has nothing to do with Jesus. Although
All Creation Obeys the Messiah Paid Members Public
Among the discovery of the Dead Scrolls in 1947, a fragment was found in cave 4 called 4Q521, and named "Messianic Apocalypse" or "Resurrection Fragment." It has been dated around the 1st to 2nd century BC. This fragment is interesting in that it describes the heavens
Pistis = Faithfulness Paid Members Public
Here is how A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (commonly referred to as BDAG) defines the Greek word employed within the writings of the New Testament: πίστις, εως, ἡ ⟦pístis⟧ (Hes., Hdt.+; ranging in meaning from subjective confidence to objective basis for confidence). 1
Jesus & the Mustard Seed: A Mistake in the Gospels? Paid Members Public
The following is taken from this article, The smallest of all the seeds. The post isn’t written by someone who believes in the inerrancy and inspiration of the Holy Bible. In fact, quite the opposite since the views of the writer show that he decries the notion of the