revelation
Interpretive and theological studies on the Book of Revelation and its prophetic imagery.
JOHN, JUDAISM & SECOND DEATH Paid Members Public
John in Revelation speaks of the second death, which is the everlasting destruction that individuals experience when case into the lake fire: “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.” Revelation 2:
THE CREATED QURAN Paid Members Public
According to Sunni Islam, the Quran is believed to be one of the attributes (sifaat) of Allah, being the speech of Allah (kalamullah). Sunnis reason from this fact, since the attributes of Allah are not created, the Quran is, therefore, uncreated. On the other hand, there have been other Islamic
CHRIST’S TITLES IN REV. 1-3 Paid Members Public
In this post I will demonstrate how the characteristics and functions attributed to Christ in Revelation 1 are either repeated or paralleled with the names and descriptions made about the risen Lord at the start of every exhortations and/or warnings to the seven churches, that John was commanded to
REV. 3:14 REVISITED… ONE MORE TIME! Paid Members Public
The following is taken from the monumental work titled The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense, authored by Robert M. Bowman Jr. & J. Ed Komoszewski, published by Kregel Academic, Grand Rapids, MI, 2024, Part 2: Like Father, Like Son: Jesus’ Divine Attributes, Chapter 13. Was Christ the
JESUS: YHWH GOD INCARNATE Paid Members Public
In this chart I share just some of the many verses which identify Jesus as YHWH God who became flesh. YHWH JESUS “O Israel, wait for Yahweh; For with Yahweh there is lovingkindness, And with Him is abundant redemption. And it is He who will redeem Israel From all his
THE UNCREATED CREATED QURAN Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from an online Muslim Q&A site, which asserts that the Arabic Quran recited by Muslims and written down is created. These authors/scholars state that the Quran as the speech of Allah is not identical to that which is in the
SHIAS ON THE CORRUPT QURAN Paid Members Public
In this post, I cite specific narrations from the Al-Kafi collection, considered by Shia to be one of their most authoritative sources on ahadith, in respect to the corruption of the Quran. According to this Shiah work, the Quran initially contained 17,000 verses and was “revealed” in one way,
AN/THE ARCHANGEL’S VOICE? Paid Members Public
WHY JESUS CANNOT BE MICHAEL! There are specific groups such as the seventh day Adventists that believe the following passage describes the risen Christ as an archangel: “But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do