psalms
Studies on the Psalms—worship, lament, messianic themes, and poetic theology.
Does the OT Predict that the Messiah Would be Resurrected on the Third Day? [Part 1] Paid Members Public
Does the OT predict that the Messiah Would be resurrected on the third day? Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun One will often find Muslim dawagandists appealing to the arguments of hostile critics of Christianity, whether liberals or agnostics/atheists, in order to cause people to doubt the authenticity of the Holy
The Incomprehensible Nature of God and his Son Paid Members Public
Examining the Old Testament Witness to God’s Uni-Plurality Sam Shamoun There is a specific text in the book of Proverbs which refers to the incomprehensibility of God, emphatically declaring that God’s nature is beyond human comprehension. The point in the context of this particular Proverb is that man
Early Jewish Monotheism and Divine Plurality Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue our analysis of the extant non-canonical Jewish writings to see what the authors of such works believed about God, principal angels and other heavenly beings. In this article we will be examining certain statements from the writing called Joseph and Aseneth. Before delving into this work
The Messiah on Yahweh’s Throne – Paid Members Public
Addendum Sam Shamoun In this section of our series we are going to be responding to some of the common objections which anti-Trinitarians raise against the Trinitarian exegesis of the passages that we cited in respect to the Lord Jesus’ exaltation into heaven to share in his Father’s sovereign
The Glory and Splendor of King Messiah Paid Members Public
Addendum – Kiss the Son! Sam Shamoun Some Jewish anti-missionaries argue that translating the word bar (ַּבר ) as "son" in Psalm 2:12 is a deliberate Christian distortion of the passage in order to turn it into a prophecy of Jesus. They assert that this is not a Jewish
The Glorious Splendor and Majesty of King Messiah Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We now come to the final part of our discussion. As far as the inspired Christian Greek Scriptures are concerned, the Lord Jesus is the only One that perfectly fulfills all of what passages such as Psalm 21 say concerning the Messiah. For example, the NT affirms that
The Glorious Splendor and Majesty of King Messiah Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun In this particular article we are going to be examining the Hebrew Bible to see what it has to say concerning the Messiah being crowned with the very splendor and majesty of God Almighty himself. Yahweh – The Gloriously Splendid and Majestic King The Hebrew Scriptures describe Yahweh as
The Son of Man as the Son of David Paid Members Public
Examining the OT Evidence for The Messianic Identity of Daniel’s Heavenly Figure Sam Shamoun Sometime in the sixth century BC the prophet Daniel received visions concerning future events, and in one of those visions he saw a heavenly Being in the likeness of a man coming to rule forever