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Expositions of the Book of Daniel, especially prophecy, eschatology, and messianic interpretation.

RABBINIC JUDAISM ON THE TIME OF MESSIAH’S APPEARANCE Members Public

In this post I will quote some of the statements of Jewish rabbis who, on the basis of texts such as Daniel 9:24-27, believed that the Messiah was supposed to show up right around the same time that Jesus appeared on the scene claiming to be the Messiah of

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Who is Ezekiel’s Daniel? Members Public

Daniel Wallace In Daniel 1:6 we are introduced to the author of this book: דניאל. An increasing number of scholars have argued that the book of Daniel is pseudepigraphical, written during the Maccabean era (c. 165 BCE). By late-dating Daniel they can speak of vaticinium ex eventu, or prophecy

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MESSIANIC TIMELINE OF DANIEL REVISITED AGAIN Members Public

The following exegesis of the timeline of the appearance of the Messiah found in Daniel 9:20-27 is taken from the late Dr. Gleason L. Archer’s Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, published by Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI, 1982, pp. 292-295. All bold emphasis mine. How can we make any sense

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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A Justification of the Translation of Dan. 9:24-27 in the KJV Members Public

And of Related Questions Pertaining to the Coming of Messiah Jesus in A. D. 33. By Thomas Ross 1.) Is the KJV correct in translating “seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks,” or should the verse really read “seven weeks; and for sixty two weeks”? a.) To divide the weeks

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MESSIANIC PROPHECIES SERIES PT. 2 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

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Sam Shamoun
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ENOCH’S MESSIANIC SON OF MAN Members Public

In this post I will be citing from the pseudepigraphal work 1 Enoch, which is a pre-Christian Jewish writing, that gives us an idea of how some of the Jews understood the Son of Man whom the prophet Daniel saw and wrote of in his inspired writing. Here is the

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Sam Shamoun
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MORE ON DANIEL’S MESSIANIC TIMELINE Members Public

In the following articles, The Time of Messiah’s Advent Pt. 1 The Time of Messiah’s Advent Pt. 2 I cited scholarly references in respect to the precise timeline that the prophet Daniel gave for the coming of the Messiah, and how this perfectly ties in with the appearance

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Sam Shamoun
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The Enthronement of the God-Man Pt. 2a Members Public

I continue from where I left off (/2020/03/07/the-enthronement-of-the-god-man-pt-1/). Jesus Christ: The God-Man Has Arrived According to the inspired Christian writings, Jesus is the fulfillment of all the OT proclamations concerning the coming of a royal figure that is both divine and human. Daniel’s Son of Man

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Sam Shamoun
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