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ZECHARIAH ON THE PIERCING OF GOD Members Public

The citations here are taken from Thomas V. Moore’s The Prophets of the Restoration, Or, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi: A New Translation with Notes, published by Robert Carter & Brothers in 1856. All emphasis will be mine. Y. 10. There is here predicted a great spiritual blessing from God

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ZECH. 12:10 & THE PIERCING OF GOD Members Public

The lengthy exposition of Zechariah 12:10 and 13:7 is extracted from David L. Cooper’s book, The Eternal God Revealing Himself to Suffering Israel and to Lost Humanity, published in 1928 by The Evangelical Press, Publisher, pp. 201-211. All emphasis will be mine. At that time the Lord

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JUSTIN MARTYR ON ISAIAH 7:14 Members Public

I shall be extracting segments from Justin Marty’s work Dialogue with Trypho the Jew, which deal particular with Justin’s exegesis of Isaiah 7:14 as it relates to the virginal conception and birth the Messiah. In these citations, Justin brings up multiple issues such as textual variants, specifically

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Sam Shamoun
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JUSTIN, RESURRECTION & 1,000 YEAR REIGN Members Public

In this post I will cite from Justin Martyr’s dialogue with Trypho the Jew to show how this holy martyr taught that anyone claiming to be a Christian but who denies that there will be a physical, bodily resurrection of the dead are blasphemous heretics. Justin also proclaims that

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Sam Shamoun
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JUSTIN, JEWISH CHRISTIANS & THE LAW Members Public

In this post I will be excerpting the section from the holy saint Justin Martyr’s discussion with Trypho and his Jewish friends, where this blessed martyr shows that salvation comes only through our Lord Jesus Christ. Justin will also mention Jewish Christians who still kept the Law and who

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Sam Shamoun
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NICENE CREED 381 AD Members Public

The following is taken from this post: Nicene Creed Greek Text with English translation. All emphasis will be mine. The Greek and Latin texts of the “Nicene” creed are given below with an English translation. Elsewhere on the Early Church Texts website (click here) the Latin and Greek texts below

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Sam Shamoun
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𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐔𝐒 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒? Members Public

These quotes are from Capturing Christianity’s response video to James White’s casting doubt on the existence of this holy Martyr and disciples of the beloved Apostles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tg4V70LcDo&t=30s. Charles Gore (1900) “[W]e cannot but congratulate ourselves that now for

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Sam Shamoun
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MUSLIMS MUST WORSHIP THE SON PT. 2 Members Public

Here’s the link to the first part: MUSLIMS MUST WORSHIP THE SON. Divine Titles and Functions of Christ Plagiarized by Muhammad It is quite fascinating to see how the very descriptions and roles attributed to Christ in the Holy Bible are ascribed to Muhammad’s deity with the Quran

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Sam Shamoun
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