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A collection of 15 issues

Apocrypha & Messiah’s Deity Pt. 2

There are two remarkable statements in the apocryphal writing 2 Esdras, which confirm Jesus’ Divinity and Messianic status. They show that Jesus did indeed make himself out to be God by carrying out the very functions, which even the so-called Apocrypha ascribe to God. Israel Rejects YHWH their God According

St. Hippolytus’ Exegesis of Daniel

In this post I will be sharing St. Hippolytus’ lengthy explanation of the Daniel’s prophecies as it relates to the coming of Christ. It is taken from the work titled, Some Exegetical Fragments of Hippolytus. Before I do so I provide a summary of this blessed saint’s awe-inspiring

PS. 2:7 & ETERNAL GENERATION PT. 2

I continue from where I previously left off. GOD’S CONTINUOUS “TODAY” In this part I will be focusing on the term used in Psalm 2:7, namely, “today” (semeron): “So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said

THE PREEXISTENT TORAH AND MESSIAH

According to Genesis Rabbah, the personified Wisdom which speaks in Proverbs 8:22-36 is the preexistent Torah that was there alongside of God from before the creation of the world. It also interprets the light that YHWH clothes himself with according to Psalm 104:2, and the light that has

THE PRIESTLY MESSIANIC BRANCH

According to rabbinic tradition one of the Messiah’s titles is “Branch” (tsemach), which is derived from texts such as Jeremiah 23:5-6, Zechariah 3:8 and 6:12-13. What makes this rather interesting is that according to the prophecy of Jeremiah, the Messiah possesses God’s very own unique