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Biblical studies on the nature, attributes, and identity of God, with emphasis on monotheism and divine revelation.
Is Jesus God’s Servant or Son? Paid Members Public
Addendum A The Jewish Exegesis of Isaiah 52:13 Sam Shamoun In this section we will be citing specific Jewish sources to show that Christians are not the only ones claiming that texts such as Isaiah 52:13 are about the Messiah. We start off with the targums, which are
Is Jesus God’s Servant or Son? Paid Members Public
More Evidence of Biblical Corruption? Pt. 5 Sam Shamoun We now come to the fifth part of our discussion. The Servant sits on Yahweh’s throne The prophet Isaiah declares that the Servant would be highly exalted and glorified after offering his life as a sacrifice for sins: “Behold, My
Is Jesus God’s Servant or Son? Paid Members Public
More Evidence of Biblical Corruption? Pt. 4 Sam Shamoun We resume our discussion of the meaning of pais in relation to Christ. Jesus as the Suffering Servant of Yahweh The second reason why pais is better rendered as servant is because the context of Acts makes it clear that Jesus
Is Jesus God's Servant or Son? Paid Members Public
More Evidence of Biblical Corruption? Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off. Third Assumption – Jesus can’t be the Son of God if he is a Servant of God. The Islamic apologists are operating under the mistaken notion that if Christ is God’s servant then
How Were the Ninevites Really Saved? Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun In a desperate attempt to undermine the centrality and necessity of substitutionary atonement for the forgiveness of sins, some Muslim dawagandists have started to appeal to the example of the inhabitants of Nineveh, i.e. the Assyrians, whom God pardoned when they heeded Jonah’s warnings and repented
More Proof from the Quran that Jesus is God Incarnate! Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off. The sins of the Prophets The Quran not only recognizes that humans in general are imperfect sinners who need to receive mercy and forgiveness, it even acknowledges that prophets themselves have sinned who have fallen short of attaining moral perfection. The
Jesus Christ – The Risen Son of God and the Exalted Lord of glory! Paid Members Public
More Evidence that Paul thought of Jesus as God Sam Shamoun Scholars have long known that the Pauline epistles are some of the earliest Christian writings that we possess, and are therefore a vitally important link to what the very first Christian communities believed, especially concerning the Lord Jesus Christ.
Early Jewish Monotheism and Divine Plurality Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue our analysis of the extant non-canonical Jewish writings to see what the authors of such works believed about God, principal angels and other heavenly beings. In this article we will be examining certain statements from the writing called Joseph and Aseneth. Before delving into this work