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EARLY CHURCH FATHERS ON THE SON’S IGNORANCE OF THE HOUR Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
52. For men, creatures as they are, are capable in a certain way of reaching forward and advancing in virtue. Enoch, for instance, was thus translated, and Moses increased and was perfected; and Isaac ‘by advancing became great ;’ and the Apostle said that he ‘reached forth Philippians 3:13 ‘ day
JOHN CALVIN ON THE SON’S KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOUR Paid Members Public
In this brief post I cite from Calvin’s commentary on the Holy Bible to show what the Swiss protestant reformer wrote in respect to Matthew 24:36 and Mark 13:32 stating that not even the Son knows the day or hour. All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 24
WHO IS THE JEHOVAH THAT ONE CALLS UPON TO BE SAVED? Paid Members Public
The Hebrew Bible proclaims that salvation comes from calling upon the name of YHVH: “And it will be that everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh Will be delivered; For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who escape, As Yahweh has said, Even among the
The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Nightmare Pt. 4 Paid Members Public
This is a continuation of my series: The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Nightmare Pt. 3b. In this post I will contrast the Authorized King James Version with the JW’s (mis)translation of the Holy Bible in order to show the deliberate, pernicious renderings by the Society of specific biblical texts,
2 Thessalonians 1:12 and Christ’s Deity: Sharp’s Rule Triumphs Again! Paid Members Public
In this post I will cite another example of Granville Sharp’s first rule in respect to texts that deal with the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. Sharp’s First Rule states that, “When the copulative kai connects two nouns of the same case, [viz. nouns (either substantive or
MESSIANIC PROPHECIES PT. 4: SHILOH HAS COME Paid Members Public
This post needs to be read with the following: MESSIANIC PROPHECIES SERIES PT. 2. As he lay in his bed dying, the patriarch Jacob prophesied over the fate of his twelve sons. In respect to Judah, Jacob proclaimed that the Ruler of the nations would come forth from his loins:
JAMES WHITE’S WAR AGAINST MARY FULL OF GRACE Paid Members Public
A Further Illustration of James White’s Inconsistency James White has built his reputation by debating Roman Catholics where he employs arguments which sound reasonable at first glance. Yet once a person begins to dig a little deeper it then becomes apparent that White’s claims are either shallow, inconsistent,
HOW JUDAS ISCARIOT REFUTES CALVINISM Paid Members Public
In this post I will use the case of Judas Iscariot to refute the Calvinistic doctrine of T.U.L.I.P.(1) by showing that the God-breathed Scriptures emphatically teach that Christ chose him for the express purpose of saving him, even though the Lord knew that he was