moses
Studies on Moses’ life, leadership, lawgiving, and role in redemptive history.
The Calves of the Trinity Paid Members Public
A hidden gem for the Trinity can be found in the story of the Exodus and the event of the golden calf. The Israelites grew restless after Moses went up to the Mount to meet God, and demanded that Aaron fashion an image, an idol, of the God who brought
Some Unusual Proofs for the Trinity Paid Members Public
In this post I will be sharing some uncommon prooftexts for the Trinity by focusing on verses, which have a threefold pattern or structure. The Triune God that Blesses The Levitical priests were commanded to bless God’s people by pronouncing a threefold benediction: “Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Submitting to the Bishop Paid Members Public
The Holy Bible is clear that the inspired Scriptures were never meant to be the private possession of the common folk, but were to be entrusted to qualified individuals appointed by God. These were the ones whom God authorized to teach and interpret the oracles of God to his people,
RAMBAM ON MUHAMMAD & THE ARABS Paid Members Public
The following is taken from Iggeret Teiman (https://www.sefaria.org/Iggerot_HaRambam%2C_Iggeret_Teiman.10?lang=bi), which is a letter that the Moses Maimonides wrote to the Jews living in Yemen around the 12th century AD. In it we see what Maimonides thought of Muhammad and the
Moses: A God like Jesus? Paid Members Public
In Exodus, God tells Moses that he would make him as God to both Aaron and Pharoah, with Aaron functioning as his mouthpiece/spokesperson and prophet: “Aaron will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and you will be like Elohim.” Exodus 4:16 Names of
Nyssa on the Angel of God Paid Members Public
I quote what the great St. Gregory of Nyssa wrote in respect to the divine Angel that appeared to Moses being the prehuman Son of God in his work titled Against Eunomius, Book XI. Gregory refutes the assertion that God spoke through a created angel whim he used as his
Chrysostom and the Angel of the Lord Paid Members Public
Here is what this great saint had to say in his exegesis of Acts 7:30, in respect to the Angel that appeared to Moses: And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of
The Talmud on OT Authorship Paid Members Public
The following excerpts are taken the from the Babylonian Talmudic tractate Bava Bathra, and deal with the authorship of the Old Testament books. One interesting position mentioned by the Baraita is that there were rabbis who actually believed that God had Moses record his own death and burial in advance