prophecy
Defense and exploration of biblical prophecy, its fulfillment, and interpretive challenges.
St. Augustine on Psalm 45 Paid Members Public
I share St. Augustine’s masterful exegesis of Psalm 45, since this brilliant theologian explains how every verse points to the coming of our glorious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and shows that this specific Psalm prophesies that the Messiah is the God-Man whom the Father anoints to rule forever.
Bellarmine on the Jews & Muslims Paid Members Public
St. Robert Bellarmine wrote this about Jews and Muslims in his exposition of Jeremiah’s prophecy in 31:33-34: But if someone contends that these last words too are to be understood of the present time, one can reply that here the Prophet is not speaking of the hidden mysteries
Talmud, Balaam & Bestiality Paid Members Public
According to the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 105a–105b, Balaam used to have sex with his donkey and used his penis as a means of divination: קוֹסֵם בְּאַמָּתוֹ הָיָה. כְּתִיב הָכָא: ״נֹפֵל וּגְלוּי עֵינָ
Melito, the Jews & the Hebrew Canon Paid Members Public
The Christian historian Eusebius writes of Melito the bishop of Sardis, and mentions the OT canon list of the Jews which he catalogued for Onesimus in order that he might know from which books to draw prophetic evidences for the Christian faith, particularly in defense of the Church’s belief
The Talmud’s Messiah Paid Members Public
In this article I will quote certain sections from the Babylonian Talmud, which deal specifically with the Messiah. I will be citing the part of the Talmud titled Sanhedrin. Before I get to the references I provide a summary of what this portion of the Talmud teaches in respect to
St. Hippolytus’ Exegesis of Daniel Paid Members Public
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
Judaism, God as an Angel & Malachi 3:1 Paid Members Public
According to the Talmud, it was God himself who appeared as the Angel in the pillar of cloud/fire in Exodus 13:21: Another matter: “Behold, I am sending an angel” – the Holy One blessed be He said to Israel: Had you merited, I, Myself, would have become a messenger
Justin Martyr on Isa. 42:8 & Christ’s Glory Paid Members Public
In this post I will be excerpting a section from St. Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho the Jew, in which the blessed saint sets out to prove the following: 1. The Scriptures are inerrant, having no real contradictions. 2. The Jewish elders reject specific verses from the Greek version