psalms

Studies on the Psalms—worship, lament, messianic themes, and poetic theology.

NOTES FOR MORMON DEBATE Members Public

GOD’S UNCREATED EXISTENCE “Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.” Psalm 90:1-2 New American Standard Bible (NASB) “Before the mountains existed (pro

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Are the “Messianic Prophecies” in the Past Tense, So Not About a Future Messiah at All? Members Public

The following is taken from the Jews for Jesus website: https://jewsforjesus.org/answers/are-the-messianic-prophecies-in-the-past-tense-so-not-about-a-future-messiah-at-all/. Hebrew Tenses Sometimes it is claimed that the messianic prophecies cited by Christians are in the past tense. Therefore, it is said, they cannot refer to a future, coming Messiah. This is an invalid argument.

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The Church Fathers on Jesus as the God-Man Members Public

According to the God-breathed Scriptures our Lord had asked his Jewish interlocutors how could the Messiah be the Son of David when the latter worshiped him as his very own Lord by revelation from the Holy Spirit: “While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them, ‘What do you think of

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Refuting Another Unitarian Canard Against the Deity of the Lord Jesus Members Public

Unitarians have come up with another objection to the Deity of the Lord Jesus. They use to argue that Psalm 110:1 calls the Messiah adoni, a word never used for Jehovah, but only employed for non-divine persons. After being thoroughly refuted on this point, Revisiting the implications that Psalm

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Israel’s Royal God-Man! Members Public

In this post, I am going to look at specific texts in the Hebrew Bible where the coming Anointed King of Israel is described as a divine Being, who possesses some of the same essential characteristics and assumes the same roles, which are typically attributed to Jehovah God. I will

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The Hebrew Bible Testifies that the Messiah is Adonay Elohim! Members Public

One of the objections that “Christian” unitarian heretics raise against the Deity of the Lord Jesus is to claim that the Messiah is never called Adonay (“Lord”), the Hebrew term that is typically reserved for Jehovah God alone. Rather, as in the case of Psalm 110:1, the Messiah is

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Does the Bible Really Command Dashing Babies Against the Rocks? Members Public

Muslim polemicists often cite Psalm 137:9 to prove that Holy Bible is cruel and barbaric since this specific Psalm condones, and even blesses, anyone who brutally murders infants. Let us quote the Psalm in context to see what in fact the Psalmist meant: “By the rivers of Babylon we

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Response To Jim Lippard’s The Fabulous Prophecies of the Messiah Members Public

James D. Price, Ph. D. Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Temple Baptist Seminary Chattanooga, TN 37404 (423) 493-4246 e-mail drjdprice Dec. 15, 1995 {NOTE: I have chosen to post this response to atheist bible critic Jim Lippard’s critique of Messianic prophecies on my blog in order to make

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