genesis

Exegesis of Genesis’ foundational doctrines: creation, covenant, humanity, and early biblical history.

Abraham: Justified by Faithfulness Members Public

In this article I will provide further evidence that Paul, and by extension the NT, teach(es) that people are saved/justified their faithfulness to God. I will employ the Apostle’s example of Abraham to prove my case. Here’s what he wrote: “Thus Abraham “believed God, and it

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Uncaused Origin of Creation 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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CHRIST: THE FATHER’S CO-CREATOR 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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TRENT ON GENESIS AS HISTORY 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ST. AMBROSE ON JESUS AS GOD’S ANGEL 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE VOICE OF YHVH APPEARS 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

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Sam Shamoun
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RABBINIC JUDAISM & THE NEPHILIM 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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God Rested? 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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