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Biblical studies on the nature, attributes, and identity of God, with emphasis on monotheism and divine revelation.
THE CHURCH FATHERS ON THE GOD SEEN BY THE OT PROPHETS Paid Members Public
In this short post I will be citing a portion from Ernest Evans’ English rendering of Tertullian’s refutation Marcion since the translator has an interesting footnote informing whom the early church fathers and writers believed was the God that the Old Testament saints saw. Here is the relevant section
CHALLENGE TO THE RABBIS: SEEING THE GOD OF ISRAEL Paid Members Public
In this post I will cite examples from the Hebrew Bible or [O]ld [T]estament where YHVH the one true God of Israel appeared visibly to various individuals. Some of these visible encounters include God eating actual food and physically wrestling someone till daybreak! My purpose is to challenge
THE GOD OF JUDAISM PRAYS? Paid Members Public
It is no surprise now to those who have spent enough time witnessing and/or debating Muslims that the Islamic god prays and worships in a similar fashion to the way Muhammadans do. This is affirmed by the following Quranic passages: Upon them rest the prayers and mercy from their
ST. AMBROSE ON THE TIMELESS BEGETTING OF THE SON Paid Members Public
I share this nugget from the church father St. Ambrose who expose the futility of thinking that the Father precedes the Son in time: 59. “I do not say,” answerest thou, “that the Son existed not before time; but when I call Him “Son,” I declare that His Father existed
THE RABBIS CLAIM: GABRIEL REBUKED GOD! Paid Members Public
According rabbinic tradition, there was a certain instance when angel Gabriel reproved and corrected God. The rabbis then discuss that Gabriel had authority to do so because of his greatness and position: § Abaye said to Rav Dimi, who descended to Babylonia from Eretz Yisrael: How do you explain this verse
BIBLE COMPARISON LISTS PT. 4 Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from the International Standard Version (ISV) of the Holy Bible in regards to some of the commonly referred texts which Christians point to in defense of the Deity and Humanity of Christ. These are the commonly cited verses proving that Christ is God
METATRON: ISRAEL’S SECOND GOD REVISITED Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from another Jewish source in regards to the heavenly mythical being known as Metatron, a figure which various Jewish traditions identify as the second God or “Lesser YHVH,” as well as the transformed and metamorphosed Enoch. Some of these traditions even go as
THE BIBLICAL GOD VERSUS THE MORMON GODS PT. 2B Paid Members Public
I continue from where I left off: THE BIBLICAL GOD VERSUS THE MORMON GODS PT. 2. LDS TEACH JESUS IS THE JEHOVAH GOD OF THE HEBREW BIBLE Mormons wholeheartedly affirm that Jesus is Jehovah (Yahweh) God of the Old Testament: Michael D. Rhodes, a home teacher and member of the