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Biblical studies on the nature, attributes, and identity of God, with emphasis on monotheism and divine revelation.

Paul, Christ & Judgment Day Members Public

The Apostle Paul taught that the day will come when the Lord Jesus will physically descend from heaven in order to raise the dead and judge all mankind. Paul affirmed that this is the day when Christ will either reward men with everlasting life and glory, or wrath and everlasting

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Wisdom as a Divine Hypostasis Members Public

I will be posting the verses, which Christians have historically appealed to as proof that God’s Wisdom is a divine Hypostasis or Person who became embodied in Jesus Christ. These were the texts that the early Church pointed to as indicating that Jesus Christ is God’s eternal, uncreated

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Jesus Christ: The Adonay YHWH of the Prophets Members Public

In the synoptic Gospels, our Lord Jesus refers to the time when he himself would personally send forth prophets that would prophesy in his name. Christ also warned against those who would call him “Lord, Lord,” while failing to obey his commandments: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Biblical Command to Repentance Members Public

Throughout the Holy Bible, God commands individuals to repent of their ways in order that they might live. Repentance isn’t simply regretting the sins one has committed, but also involves a deliberate turning away from these sinful actions and a change of lifestyle which entails obedience to God’s

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Paul Proclaims: Christ is Creator and Not a Creature Members Public

In his epistle to the Romans, Paul laments the fact that humans have turned to worshiping and serving the creation as opposed to glorifying and thanking the Creator, who is to be praised forever: “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Ambrosiaster: Trinity, Jesus the Great Angel & Hypostatic Union Members Public

The excerpts cited here are all taken from Ambrosiaster’s Commentary on the Pauline Epistles: Romans, Translated with Notes, by Theodore S. de Bruyn, with an Introduction by Theodore S. de Bruyn, Stephen A. Cooper, & David G. Hunter. It was published by SBL Press in 2017. All emphasis will

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Novatian, Trinity, Modalism, Hypostatic Union Pt. 2 Members Public

I continue from where I previously left off:Novatian, Trinity, Modalism, Hypostatic Union. Chapter 20. It is Proved from the Scriptures that Christ Was Called an Angel. But Yet It is Shown from Other Parts of Holy Scripture that He is God Also. But if some heretic, obstinately struggling against

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Sam Shamoun
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Novatian, Trinity, Modalism, Hypostatic Union Members Public

The quotations which I will cite here are taken from Novatian's Treatise Concerning the Trinity. All emphasis will be mine. Novatian sets forth biblical texts to refute the modalist lie that Jesus is the Father. He instead proves that the Father, Son and Spirit are personally distinct and

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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