isaiah
Messianic prophecy, divine identity, and theological themes explored through the Book of Isaiah.
Whose Glory Did Isaiah See? Paid Members Public
The Views of Scholars and Apologists Sam Shamoun The following is meant to go with this article. It probably wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the consensus of NT scholarship agrees that according to John 12:41, the inspired Evangelist believed that Isaiah actually saw the prehuman Christ
Appendix A Paid Members Public
The Lord Jesus Christ – The God whose glory the OT saints beheld Sam Shamoun This is an appendix to my two-part discussion on Jesus being greater and better than all the members of God’s heavenly host (1; 2). That neither the Lord Jesus nor John viewed Christ as one
The Hebrew Bible Testifies – The Messiah Is As Old As God is! Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We come to the final part of our discussion. The Rabbinic and Christian Understanding of Messiah’s Preexistence Suffice it to say, texts such as Micah 5:2 led some of the Jews to embrace the notion of the Messiah’s preexistence, or at least the preexistence of
The Hebrew Bible Testifies – The Messiah Is As Old As God is! Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off. Now it begins to make sense The exegesis of Micah 5:2 offered here helps us to make sense out of all the OT passages which explicitly say that Yahweh himself will come down from heaven to Zion in order to
The Glory of Yahweh and the Exaltation of the Suffering Servant Paid Members Public
More proof for the Deity of Christ from the prophetic book of Isaiah Sam Shamoun In the inspired Hebrew Scriptures Yahweh, the one and only true God, emphatically proclaims that he will not give or share his Divine glory with another: “I am the LORD; that is my name; my
Divine Perichoresis in the Book of Isaiah Paid Members Public
More OT Confirmation of NT Theology Sam Shamoun The word perichoresis is a theological term used to refer to the mutual indwelling and intimate fellowship which exists within the uncreated Divine life of the Triune God. The term expresses the fact that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit experience deep
Revisiting Isaiah 42 Paid Members Public
Addendum: The Theology of Isaiah Contrasted with the teachings of Muhammad Sam Shamoun In our previous discussion we examined the over all context of the book of Isaiah in order to conclusively establish that Muhammad could not have been the servant mentioned by the prophet in the 42nd chapter. Here
Revisiting the Prophecy of Isaiah 42 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun This article is intended to supplement the following response by providing further details showing that the Servant spoken of in Isaiah 42 is not Muhammad. Rather, the Servant of Yahweh is the Messiah who comes to accomplish God’s plan to establish salvation and justice throughout the entire