prophecy
Defense and exploration of biblical prophecy, its fulfillment, and interpretive challenges.
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
CATECHISM, ISRAEL & ANTICHRIST Paid Members Public
I cite what the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches in respect to salvation of national Israel and the rise of the antichrist. All emphasis will be mine. CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD Article 7 “FROM THENCE HE WILL COME AGAlN TO JUDGE
ISAIAH’S SUFFERING SERVANT Paid Members Public
In this post I want to quote Isaiah’s fourth Suffering Servant song, which is found in 52:13-53:12. I quote the English rendering of the Orthodox Jewish website Chabad: The Complete Tanakh (Tanach) – Hebrew Bible. All emphasis will be mine. Behold My servant shall prosper; he shall be
ISAIAH’S SERVANT & THE SEED PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I cite the rest of Dr. Michael Brown’s very lengthy defense of Isaiah 52:13-53:12 being a prophecy of the coming Messiah, who is Jesus Christ our risen Lord: ISAIAH’S SERVANT & THE SEED PT. 1. 4.10. Several key words in Isaiah 53 speak of a