worship
Studies on worship, devotion, liturgy, and honoring God according to Scripture.
THE ANGELS WORSHIP HIM! PT. 2 Paid Members Public
I proceed with my analysis of Hebrews 1:6: THE ANGELS WORSHIP HIM! PT. 1. ANGELS WORSHIP JESUS AS YHWH INCARNATE Here’s the verse again: “And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says, ‘And let all the angels of God worship Him.’” The question is,
THE ANGELS WORSHIP HIM! PT. 1 Paid Members Public
My aim in this article will be to show from the first chapter of Hebrews that the angels worship Jesus as YHWH, even though he is not the Father or the Holy Spirit. The inspired writer begins by introducing God’s unique Son as being greater and more majestic than
JESUS YHWH MOST HIGH Paid Members Public
In this post I will highlight how the NT writings portray the risen Jesus as possessing the very status and authority that belong to YHWH alone, as well as receiving the very universal worship, which the Hebrew Bible teaches that YHWH eventually will receive. The prophet Isaiah declares that a
JEROME, RELICS & INTERCESSION Paid Members Public
I quote St. Jerome’s letter to the presbyter Riparius where he rebukes the prohibition of venerating relics. All emphasis is mine. LETTER 109 To Riparius Riparius, a presbyter of Aquitaine had written to inform Jerome that Vigilantius (for whom see Letter LXI.) was preaching in southern Gaul against the
EARLY CHRISTIAN WORSHIP Paid Members Public
The following excerpts are taken from Justin Martyr’s First Apology. All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 58. And raise up heretics And, as we said before, the devils put forward Marcion of Pontus, who is even now teaching men to deny that God is the maker of all things
Daniel’s Dyadic Monotheism Paid Members Public
The prophet Daniel saw a vision where he beheld two distinct divine Persons reigning forever over the entire world, where all nations and peoples in all languages worshiped them both: “As I looked, ‘thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as
Follow up Q & A on Justin Martyr Paid Members Public
Rev. Dr. Christiaan Kappes Questions have come to me about alleged difficulties still left unanswered after my article on St. Justin Martyr proving a difference between “another God” (heteros theos) – meaning a personal difference in the same essence – and “other god” (allos theos) – meaning another essence numerically distinct and separate
PLINY & CHRIST’S DEITY Paid Members Public
In this post I will quote an ancient non-Christian witness, specifically from a pagan governor, which testifies to the fact of Christians gathering on a specific day of the week to worship Christ as God by singing hymns to him. The source that I am about cite also mentions some