isaiah
Messianic prophecy, divine identity, and theological themes explored through the Book of Isaiah.
THE FATHER GLORIFIES THE SON Paid Members Public
In this post I will show the places in the Hebrew Bible which the NT writings testify are instances of the Father speaking to the Son. These cases will demonstrate that Jesus is preexistent, that he had a prehuman existence, and/or that he is fully divine in the same
THE RABBIS ON ISAIAH 7:14 Paid Members Public
The prophet Isaiah announced that a specific virgin will give to birth to Immanuel, “Then Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, ‘Ask a sign for yourself from Yahweh your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven.’ But Ahaz said, ‘I will not ask, and I will not
A MESSIANIC SCHOLAR ON JESUS’ VIRGIN BIRTH Paid Members Public
The following excerpts are taken from Messianic Jewish scholar and translator Dr. David H. Stern’s Jewish New Testament Commentary, published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. 1992. All emphasis mine. 20 Adonai, literally, “my lords”; but grammarians consider it the “plural of majesty”; so a slightly less literal translation
GOD MADE JESUS A SIN-OFFERING Paid Members Public
The God-breathed Scriptures teach that Jesus became sin for us so that we might become righteous in God’s sight: “that is, God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors
THE WORD, MESSIAH & TARGUM OF ISAIAH Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing particular chapters and verses from Isaiah and contrasting them with the Aramaic paraphrase known as Targum Pseudo-Jonathan. The Targum was produced by Jews for the benefit of their countrymen who could only understand Aramaic. This paraphrase of Isaiah gives us an insight
SATAN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT PT. 2 Paid Members Public
The [N]ew [T]estament calls the devil a dragon and the ancient serpent: “And another portent appeared in heaven; behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems upon his heads. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven, and cast
ISAIAH 49:1-10 IS NOT ABOUT NATIONAL ISRAEL! Paid Members Public
In this post I will present the evidence showing that the Servant of Isaiah 49:1-10 is not the nation, but a specific Israelite whom the inspired [N]ew [T]estament writings identify as Jesus. Here’s the prophecy in question: “Listen to me, O coastlands, and hearken, you
JESUS CHRIST: ISRAEL’S ANI WAHO WHO SAVES Paid Members Public
In this article I will provide further proofs for Christ being identified as the God of Israel. The Gospels record Jesus’ riding on the foal of a donkey as he made his way to the Temple for the express purpose of fulfilling [O]ld [T]estament prophecy: “And when they