prophecy
Defense and exploration of biblical prophecy, its fulfillment, and interpretive challenges.
FATIMAH’S MUSHAF: ANOTHER DILEMMA Paid Members Public
According to the authoritative Shia traditions, “Gabriel” came to Muhammad’s daughter Fatimah shortly after her father’s death and gave her “revelations” which Ali her husband wrote down. This revelation is known as the Mushaf of Fatimah, which some have variously rendered as the “Quran,” “Parchment,” or “Book” of
PS. 2:7 & ETERNAL GENERATION PT. 2 Paid Members Public
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
ISRAEL PIERCES THE MAN JEHOVAH! Paid Members Public
In this post I will be referencing the book by David Baron titled, The Visions & Prophecies of Zechariah– “The Prophet of Hope and Glory”: An Exposition, published by Morgan & Scott, Ltd, in 1918. All emphasis will be mine. ZECH. 12:10 “On former occasions, when Jeshurun had been
ZECHARIAH ON THE PIERCING OF GOD Paid Members Public
The citations here are taken from Thomas V. Moore’s The Prophets of the Restoration, Or, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi: A New Translation with Notes, published by Robert Carter & Brothers in 1856. All emphasis will be mine. Y. 10. There is here predicted a great spiritual blessing from God
ZECH. 12:10 & THE PIERCING OF GOD Paid Members Public
The lengthy exposition of Zechariah 12:10 and 13:7 is extracted from David L. Cooper’s book, The Eternal God Revealing Himself to Suffering Israel and to Lost Humanity, published in 1928 by The Evangelical Press, Publisher, pp. 201-211. All emphasis will be mine. At that time the Lord
THE PRIESTLY MESSIANIC BRANCH Paid Members Public
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
JUSTIN MARTYR ON ISAIAH 7:14 Paid Members Public
I shall be extracting segments from Justin Marty’s work Dialogue with Trypho the Jew, which deal particular with Justin’s exegesis of Isaiah 7:14 as it relates to the virginal conception and birth the Messiah. In these citations, Justin brings up multiple issues such as textual variants, specifically
JUSTIN, RESURRECTION & 1,000 YEAR REIGN Paid Members Public
In this post I will cite from Justin Martyr’s dialogue with Trypho the Jew to show how this holy martyr taught that anyone claiming to be a Christian but who denies that there will be a physical, bodily resurrection of the dead are blasphemous heretics. Justin also proclaims that