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Biblical and historical studies on the nation of Israel, covenant theology, and prophetic fulfillment.
Another Quranic Blunder: Moses’ Leprous Hand Paid Members Public
The Quran repeats the story of Moses' encounter with God, often with major verbal contradictions and variations, which includes the sign of Moses' hand turning white: Then we raised after them Musa with Our communications to Firon and his chiefs, but they disbelieved in them; consider then what
The Messiahs of the Otzar Midrashim Paid Members Public
The excerpts cited here have been translated from Otzar Midrashim, Midrashim on The Messiah. All emphasis is mine. Midrashim on The Messiah, Introduction Messiah: articles and midrashim discussing the coming of the Messiah who will in the future come to redeem the people of Israel from their exiles and bring
Ramchal’s Messiahs Paid Members Public
I will be quoting from the Secrets of the Redemption, Ma'amar HaGeulah by 18th century AD Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal), and translated by Rabbi Mordechai Nissim, published by Feldheim Publishers in 2004. All emphasis will be mine. The Ramchal in Discourse III, Chapter 19, explains:12 Regarding
Rabbinic Judaism’s Perverse Godhead Paid Members Public
The religion of Rabbinic Judaism is not the faith proclaimed in the Hebrew Bible, nor is its deity the one true God revealed in the inspired pages of the Old Testament. Rather, rabbinic Judaism is an amalgamation of the diverse pagan, gnostic philosophies and religious systems which the Jews came
1st AD Palestinian Jews Worship Jesus as YHWH! Paid Members Public
One of the clearest evidences that Jesus was already being worshiped as YHWH by his Jewish followers in Israel and Jerusalem comes from what the Apostle Paul wrote in his first epistle to the Corinthians. Scholars typically date it around 53-55 AD, less than 20 years of Jesus’ physical, bodily
YHVH: The Divine Adjective Paid Members Public
Deuteronomy 6:4, commonly referred to as the Shema, is the very heart of the Hebrew Bible and the Jewish faith. It is also the very foundation of the New Testament proclamation of the Triunity of God. The passage stresses the fact of YHVH being the only God whom his
Origen: Trinity, Creatio Ex Nihilo & the Church as Spiritual Israel Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I left off from Book II of Origen’s commentary on John: Origen: Trinity, Creatio Ex Nihilo & the Church as Spiritual Israel. 22. The Word Was in the Beginning, I.e., in Wisdom, Which Contained All Things in Idea, Before They Existed. Christ's
Origen: Trinity, Creatio Ex Nihilo & the Church as Spiritual Israel Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from the Commentary on John (Origen). The citations that I will be providing will help the readers see that Origen affirms, The Monarchy (monarchia) of the Father, that he is the unbegotten Source of Divinity. Christ is the uncreated Wisdom of God, being