prophecy

Defense and exploration of biblical prophecy, its fulfillment, and interpretive challenges.

Jesus & The Holy Spirit: The True Muhammad/Ahmad! Members Public

The latest attempt by internet Muslim dawagandists to prove that Muhammad is mentioned in the Holy Bible is to now appeal to a 9th century translation of the LXX version of the Hebrew Bible into Arabic by an Assyrian “Nestorian” Christian scribe named Hunayn Ibn Ishaq. According to these polemicists,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Matthew 2:23 Revisited Members Public

In this post I will cite a few commentaries explaining what did Matthew exactly mean when he wrote that Jesus is supposed to be a Nazarene according to the prophets. All emphasis will be mine. 23. Matthew often says “he came and did—”; here Joseph came and settled, his new

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Bart Ehrman, Jesus & Daniel’s Son of Man Members Public

Bart Ehrman is among a few fringe scholars who think that Jesus’ Apocalyptic Son of Man sayings are not about himself, but are referring to someone else. Despite believing this to be the case, Ehrman does admit that this is not the view of the Gospel writers, since he acknowledges

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Islam Proves Jesus is Daniel’s Son of Man! Members Public

In this post I will demonstrate that due to Muhammad being an “ear” who parroted and garbled up what he heard from others, that he basically ended up identifying Jesus as the Son of Man of Daniel’s vision, recorded in 7:13-14, even though he distorted and twisted the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Prophet of Shirk Strikes Yet Again! Members Public

The Quran claims that there has never been a messenger/apostle or a prophet that Satan hasn’t deceived into reciting his words in order to mislead people: Never did We send a Messenger or a Prophet before you, but when he did recite the revelation or narrated or spoke,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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God Becomes the Anointed One Members Public

In this post I will be presenting evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls, which support the NT depiction of Jesus as the Divine Messianic King, being the unique divine Son of God who becomes Man for the express purpose of becoming the Davidic Messiah who rules and saves. The “Son

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Jesus Christ: The God Who Descends Members Public

The Old Testament depicts YHWH descending and ascending in a cloud, which at times is accompanied by fire and a trumpet blast: “Yahweh said to Moses, ‘Behold, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may also

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Sam Shamoun
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Jesus: the Mighty God of Isaiah 9:6 Members Public

Is Christ Yahweh God, or just one of many mighty gods? There are passages in the Hebrew Scriptures which indicate that the Messiah is Yahweh God coming to redeem his people. One such passage is found in the book of Isaiah: “But there will be no gloom for her who

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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