genesis
Exegesis of Genesis’ foundational doctrines: creation, covenant, humanity, and early biblical history.
The Uncaused Origin of Creation Paid Members Public
Non-Trinitarians that reject the Deity of Christ will often quote the following Johannine passage to prove their case against the Trinity: “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3 They assert that since the
CHRIST: THE FATHER’S CO-CREATOR Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from the monumental work titled The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense, authored by Robert M. Bowman Jr. & J. Ed Komoszewski, published by Kregel Academic, Grand Rapids, MI, 2024, Part 4: Doing What Only God Does: Jesus’ Divine Deeds, Chapter 32: The
TRENT ON GENESIS AS HISTORY Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from The Catechism of the Council of Trent, pp. 41-43. It shows that the official Catholic position on the Genesis account of creation is that it is actual sacred history, and not mythology. All emphasis will be mine. Not Three Almighties But One Almighty When,
ST. AMBROSE ON JESUS AS GOD’S ANGEL Paid Members Public
The following is taken from St. Ambrose’s Exposition of the Faith, Book I. This holy servant of Christ sets out to prove that Jesus is the divine Angel of God who appeared to Abraham, Moses and Nebuchadnezzar. All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 13. Discussion of the Divine Generation
THE VOICE OF YHVH APPEARS Paid Members Public
In this article I will quote rabbinic sources to prove that when in Genesis 3:8 it is stated that Adam and Eve heard YHVH’s Voice walking, that this Voice was not simply the sound of God walking through the Garden. Rather, the rabbis admitted that God’s Voice
RABBINIC JUDAISM & THE NEPHILIM Paid Members Public
The following quotes are from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, Chapter 22 (https://www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_DeRabbi_Eliezer.22?lang=bi). These citations give us an idea of how some rabbinic authorities interpreted Genesis 6:1-4, which speaks of the sons of God cohabiting with the daughters of men. All emphasis
God Rested? Paid Members Public
A God-Sized Nap? Does God Ever Get Tired? James Patrick Holding Is. 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? Pretty clear, but the Skeptics have a few in
EARLY CHURCH ON AGE OF CREATION Paid Members Public
By Ben Kissingly Historical references: “They are deceived, too, by those highly mendacious documents which profess to give the history of many thousand years, though, reckoning by the sacred writings, we find that not 6000 years have yet passed.” St. Augustine, City of God, Book XII, chapter 10, “Of the