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Dan: Antichrist’s Tribe and Lineage? Members Public

In the following post I quoted from some early Christian sources showing how certain Christians believed that the antichrist would arise from Dan: Dan: The Tribe of Antichrist. Here I will share the biblical verses, which would have led these Christian writers to conclude that Dan is the tribe of

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Dan: The Tribe of Antichrist Members Public

There were some early Christian writers and saints who actually believed that the Antichrist was a Danite, meaning that he would arise from the tribe of Dan. Some even thought that there would be third temple built, in which the Antichrist would enter and take his seat as God. In

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The Seed that Blesses the World: Israel Not It! Members Public

Orthodox Jews, Zionists and specific Christian sects quote the following Old Testament passage to prove that national Israel is the seed of Abraham whom God said would either be a blessing or a curse to the nations: “And Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of Yahweh to

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The Son of Man Comes as the Ancient of Days Members Public

In this post I will be quoting from the article by Benjamin E. Reynolds, The 'One Like a Son of Man' According to the Old Greek of Daniel 7, 13-14, pp. 2-9 and 12-13. The phrase “Old Greek” (OG) stands for the earliest surviving Greek translation of the

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Sam Shamoun
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RAMBAM & MESSIAH’S ADVENT Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from Moses Maimonides’ epistle to the Yemeni Jews written in the 12th century AD, titled Iggeret Teiman (https://www.sefaria.org/Iggerot_HaRambam%2C_Iggeret_Teiman.10?lang=bi&ref=answeringislam.blog). All emphasis is mine. In your letter you have adverted to the

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RAMBAM, MESSIANIC PROPHECY & JESUS Members Public

The lengthy excerpt is from Moses Maimonides’ epistle to the Yemeni Jews written in the 12th century AD, titled Iggeret Teiman (https://www.sefaria.org/Iggerot_HaRambam%2C_Iggeret_Teiman.10?lang=bi). In it, he addresses a situation where a false Messianic claimant had arisen and reminds his people

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Sam Shamoun
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RAMBAM ON MUHAMMAD & THE ARABS 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

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Sam Shamoun
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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,

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