prophecy
Defense and exploration of biblical prophecy, its fulfillment, and interpretive challenges.
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
ISAIAH’S SERVANT & THE SEED PT. 1 Paid Members Public
In the next two posts I will be excerpting Messianic Jewish scholar and apologist Dr. Michael L. Brown’s lengthy exposition and defense of the Messianic interpretation of Isaiah 52:13-53:12, which can be found in Volume 3 of his multi-volume work, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: Messianic Prophecy
TARGUM OF ISAIAH 53 REVISITED Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting the English translation of the Aramaic paraphrase of Isaiah 52:13-53:12 done by Sefaria, an orthodox Jewish website. All emphasis will be mine. הָא יַצְלַח עַבְדִי מְשִׁיחָא יְרוּם וְיִ
MESSIAH OF THE MIDRASHIC PSALMS Paid Members Public
The following quotations are taken from the Midrash Tehillim. What makes this interesting is that the Midrash attributes the following OT texts to the Messiah and/or his days: Genesis 49:8-12; 1 Samuel 2:10; Songs 4:8; Isaiah 4:5, 11:1-10, 16:5, 49:23, 57:19;