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JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA ON THE MEMRA Members Public

This post is taken from the following article: MEMRA (= “Ma’amar” or “Dibbur,” “Logos”). All emphasis is mine. MEMRA (= “Ma’amar” or “Dibbur,” “Logos”): By: Kaufmann Kohler “The Word,” in the sense of the creative or directive word or speech of God manifesting His power in the world of matter

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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CHRIST: THE OFFSPRING OF CREATION? Members Public

In writing to the Church at Colossae, St. Paul includes what scholars believe to be an early hymn that emphasizes the work of Christ in creation and redemption: “Who rescued us from the authority of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom

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Sam Shamoun
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THE DIVINE KING OF KINGS Members Public

According to the Hebrew Bible and Jewish tradition, YHWH is the only Lord of lords and King of kings that dwells in heaven above: “For Yahweh your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome God who does not show

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MOSES IS GOD & GOD’S A MAN OF GOD? Members Public

In this post I will be highlighting some additional examples of rabbinic traditions which are quite baffling to say the least. The examples I present here will show how the rabbis either mishandled the Hebrew Bible or came up with some rather bizarre interpretations that are so far removed from

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Sam Shamoun
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RABBINIC PERVERSION OF SCRPTURE Members Public

Another clear example where the rabbis perverted the explicit, plain reading of the Hebrew Bible is found in the following Talmudic reference: עָמַד רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ עַל רַגְלָיו וְאָמַר: ״לֹא בַשָּׁמַיִם הִ

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JESUS AS GOD IN THE NT Members Public

In this post I will be excerpting sections from the late Dr. Robert A. Morey’s book, The Trinity: Evidence & Issues, published by Christian Scholar’s Press, Las Vegas, Nevada, Part IV: The New Testament Evidence, Chapter 17 God the Son, in relation to specific NT texts which address

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Sam Shamoun
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RABBINIC DISTORTION OF SCRIPTURE Members Public

GOD STANDS AT ABRAHAM’S DOOR In this post I will provide an example of how rabbinic Judaism deliberately perverts the plain reading of the Scriptures. I will be using the case of Genesis 18-19 where the narrative explicitly states that YHWH God and two other individuals appeared to

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Sam Shamoun
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THE NIRV AND CHRIST’S DEITY Members Public

In this post I will be citing the New International Reader’s Version (NIRV), citing some of the verses which affirm the Deity of Christ, testifying that he is the uncreated Son of God who became a human being.     ETERNAL CREATOR AND SUSTAINER OF ALL CREATION “In the beginning, the

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