genesis

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

EARLY CHURCH ON AGE OF CREATION 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By Ben Kissingly Historical references: “They are deceived, too, by those highly mendacious documents which profess to give the history of many thousand years, though, reckoning by the sacred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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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TRINITY IN THE LXX & “APOCRYPHA” Members Public

In the Hebrew version of Genesis, YHWH God states that he will make a suitable helper for the male whom had just formed from the dust of the ground, and whom he animated by breathing into his nostrils the Breath of life:   “Then Yahweh God said, ‘It is not good

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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CHRIST & CREATIO EX NIHILO Members Public

The Scriptures teach that God brought the entire creation came into existence from nothing. This is known as the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo (“creation from/out of nothing”). The sacred writings also teach that God is fully aware of every created thing that he has made. 2 MACCABEES 7:

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
genesisgodtheology

WAS REBECCA REALLY 3? Members Public

In this post I quote from a rabbinic Jewish source refuting the lie that Rebecca was three years old when Isaac married her. This will help to expose and silence all those Muhammadans who appeal to rabbis like Rashi who erroneously believed this lie. It is obvious why these Muslims

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
genesistorahjudaism

WHO DID EVE THINK SHE CONCEIVED? Members Public

In Genesis, God had announced to the serpent (identified as Satan/the Devil elsewhere in Scripture [Cf. Wisdom 2:23-24; Hebrews 2:14-15; Revelation 12:9; 20:2]), that his head would be crushed/bruised by the Seed of the Woman: “And Yahweh God said to the serpent,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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RABBINIC DISTORTION OF SCRIPTURE Members Public

GOD STANDS AT ABRAHAM’S DOOR In this post I will provide an example of how rabbinic Judaism deliberately perverts the plain reading of the Scriptures. I will be using the case of Genesis 18-19 where the narrative explicitly states that YHWH God and two other individuals appeared to

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Sam Shamoun
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THE SERPENT OF GENESIS Members Public

In this post I will seek to prove that the serpent was actually Satan himself according to God’s revelation, instead of it being an animal possessed by the Devil. All emphasis will be mine. THE WITNESS OF SCRIPTURE The inspired Scriptures clearly attest that the serpent was the Devil

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
genesissatantheology

MELCHIZEDEK REVISITED Members Public

In this post I extract the section on Melchizedek from James Kugel’s book, Traditions of the Bible: A Guide to the Bible as It Was at the Start of the Common Era, Chapter 8. Melchizedek (GENESIS 14:17-20), published by Harvest University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts/London, England, in

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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