genesis
Exegesis of Genesis’ foundational doctrines: creation, covenant, humanity, and early biblical history.
OPEN CHALLENGE TO MUSLIMS: SHOW US WHERE THE QURAN MENTIONS CIRCUMCISION Paid Members Public
One will find many a Muhammadan polemicist claiming that Muslims are more faithful to Jesus, and by extension to the Mosaic Law, than Christians since the former observe circumcision, which God commanded Abraham and all his physical offspring to observe. Christians, on the other hand, do not get circumcised due
Satan in the Old Testament Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this series of posts I am going to provide evidence from the Hebrew Bible for the existence of Satan as a spiritual archenemy that opposes God’s people. I primarily do so because it is argued that there are a few scanty references to Satan in the Old Testament
The Gods of Heaven: Are the Angels Really Divine Beings? Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this series of posts I will examine the OT passages that are commonly used to show the existence of a heavenly assembly of divine beings surrounding God. My intention isn’t to deny that a heavenly council of spiritual creatures exists, since it clearly does: “And Micaiah said, ‘Therefore
Original Forgiveness – Did Original Sin Really End with Adam? Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Refuting Another Muslim Lie It is typical for Muslim polemicists to argue that Islam doesn’t believe in “Original Sin,” but in “Original Forgiveness.” By that they mean that Allah supposedly forgave Adam and Eve for their sins, as opposed to the biblical teaching which states that God punished them
A Three-Tiered Divine Council? Paid Members Public
Examining What the Holy Bible Really Teaches About the Heavenly Congregation The inspired Scriptures reveal that God presides over a heavenly council, whose members include various spirit creatures, specifically angels. There are some biblical scholars that believe that this council not only consists of angelic beings, but also another group
Even More Proof that Jesus is Jehovah God Almighty! Paid Members Public
The divine Scriptures explicitly testify that Jehovah created the heavens and the earth all by himself, and did not have any spirit creature assisting him: “Then Job answered and said, I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? If he will contend
Does the word Elohim in Genesis 1 point to God’s Triunity? Paid Members Public
This post is meant to go with my series titled Elohim and the Trinity https://answeringislam.net/authors/shamoun/elohim_trinity.html. The readers may already be aware of the fact that Elohim is a plural noun since the “im” at the end is a masculine plural suffix. This is
God in the Garden of Eden Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Another OT Appearance of the Prehuman Christ In this post /2018/08/02/god-in-the-garden-of-eden-pt-1/, I am going to show from the context of Genesis 3 itself that the LORD God who appeared to Adam and Eve was the prehuman Lord Christ. Here is the relevant part of Genesis 3: “They