wisdom
Explorations of biblical wisdom, discernment, and practical application of Scripture.
Proverbs 8, Personification, and Christ Paid Members Public
A Response to Jehovah’s Witness Claims about Proverbs 8:22 Robert M. Bowman, Jr. Jehovah’s Witnesses argue that in Proverbs 8:22 “Wisdom” claims to have been “created” by Jehovah, and since God’s attribute of wisdom was not created, “Wisdom” in Proverbs 8:22 must be a
GOD’S ETERNAL WORD AND UNCREATED WISDOM BECOME FLESH! Paid Members Public
The book of Proverbs personifies God’s attribute of Wisdom as a woman(1) whom God begot before all creation: “Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand; beside the gates leading into
PROVERBS 30:4: THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE SON Paid Members Public
The following is taken from The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecies: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, eds. Michael Rydelnik & Edwin Blum, published by Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 2019, pp. 747-756. All emphasis will be mine. Proverbs 30:4 The Riddle of the Son EVA
PROVERBS 8:22-36: THE ETERNALLY BEGOTTEN SON Paid Members Public
The following is taken from The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecies: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, eds. Michael Rydelnik & Edwin Blum, published by Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 2019, pp. 739-746. All emphasis will be mine. Proverbs 8 The Messiah: Personification of Divine Wisdom SETH
Who is Ezekiel’s Daniel? Paid Members Public
Daniel Wallace In Daniel 1:6 we are introduced to the author of this book: דניאל. An increasing number of scholars have argued that the book of Daniel is pseudepigraphical, written during the Maccabean era (c. 165 BCE). By late-dating Daniel they can speak of vaticinium ex eventu, or prophecy
JEWISH SOURCES ON THE WORD AS A DIVINE PERSON Paid Members Public
In this post, I will be citing some of the Jewish writings which confirm that even the Jews saw from their reading of the Hebrew Scriptures that there was/is a distinctly divine Person sent by God called the Word of God/YHVH. THE HEBREW BIBLE ON THE WORD AS
Jesus, Pacifism, and the Sword Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson Are Christians permitted to carry the sword (or modern weapons)? What should the Churchs policy be on war and peace? Should it counsel the State to turn the other cheek? Are Christians permitted to join the police force and the military? How can they "love their
A Verse by Quss b. Saida Paid Members Public
We read that Quss bin Saa'ida Al'iadi said: "Where is he who oppresses and tyrannises, he who collected money and laid it up, saying, `I am your most high lord'? Were they not richer than you, living longer than you? Moist earth has ground