jesus-christ
Focused theological studies on the person and nature of Christ, emphasizing His divinity and messianic role.
WHO IS THE ELOHIM OF MORMONISM? Paid Members Public
According to Mormon teaching, the Father is Elohim whereas Jesus in his prehuman existence was/is Jehovah: “God the Eternal Father, whom we designate by the exalted name-title ‘Elohim,’ is the literal Parent of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and of the spirits of the human race” (“The Father
WHO IS THE ELOHIM OF MORMONISM? PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I previously left off: WHO IS THE ELOHIM OF MORMONISM?. THE REFUTATION In this section I will be refuting the Mormon view that the Father is Elohim whereas Jesus is Jehovah by appealing to the only Scriptures that the true God has ever inspired, namely, the
CHRIST: THE OFFSPRING OF CREATION? Paid Members Public
In writing to the Church at Colossae, St. Paul includes what scholars believe to be an early hymn that emphasizes the work of Christ in creation and redemption: “Who rescued us from the authority of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom
JUSTIN MARTYR’S CHRISTOLOGY REVISITED Paid Members Public
In this post I am to revisit what the second century apologist Justin Martyr wrote in respect to Christ’s Deity. I want to focus on Justin’s statements where he emphatically identifies the prehuman Jesus as that very YHWH God who appeared to the OT saints. This will help
THE DIVINE SHEPHERD THAT BRINGS EXILE Paid Members Public
The following is taken from The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecies: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, eds. Michael Rydelnik & Edwin Blum, published by Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 2019, pp. 1271-1283. Zechariah 11:4-14 The Rejected Shepherd ABNER CHOU For Old Testament scholars, Zch 11:
WHO DID EVE THINK SHE CONCEIVED? Paid Members Public
In Genesis, God had announced to the serpent (identified as Satan/the Devil elsewhere in Scripture [Cf. Wisdom 2:23-24; Hebrews 2:14-15; Revelation 12:9; 20:2]), that his head would be crushed/bruised by the Seed of the Woman: “And Yahweh God said to the serpent, ‘Because you
MARK’S DIVINE SON OF MAN Paid Members Public
A QUICK DEFENSE FOR CHRIST’S DEITY According to Jesus, the Holy Spirit inspired David to recognize and worship the Messiah as his very own Lord whom God exalts to sit enthroned at his right hand: “And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, ‘How is it
JESUS AS GOD IN THE NT Paid Members Public
In this post I will be excerpting sections from the late Dr. Robert A. Morey’s book, The Trinity: Evidence & Issues, published by Christian Scholar’s Press, Las Vegas, Nevada, Part IV: The New Testament Evidence, Chapter 17 God the Son, in relation to specific NT texts which address