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Articles examining the Zohar, Jewish mysticism, and interpretive traditions.

METATRON: ISRAEL’S SECOND GOD REVISITED Members Public

In this post I will be quoting from another Jewish source in regards to the heavenly mythical being known as Metatron, a figure which various Jewish traditions identify as the second God or “Lesser YHVH,” as well as the transformed and metamorphosed Enoch. Some of these traditions even go as

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE ANGEL METATRON: JUDAISMS’ SECOND YHWH Members Public

This is a continuation from the following post: TWO POWERS IN HEAVEN: REVEALING ISRAEL’S SECOND GOD. In this specific installment I will be focusing on the angelic figure which the Talmud names Metatron. This is the One that the rabbis identify as the Angel who bears God’s very

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Sam Shamoun
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Jesus and the Mysteries of Kabbalah Members Public

by Jews for Jesus February 09 2010 God as a trinity? No way!” “We Jews don’t believe in the idea of a divine incarnation!” “And we don’t believe in vicarious atonement!” “A New Testament?! Are you meshugge?!“ For many Jewish people, these statements are givens. Or are they?

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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JEWISH SOURCES ON THE WORD AS A DIVINE PERSON 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Rabbis Affirm the Divine Prehuman Existence of the Messiah! Members Public

In this short post, I am going to cite the rabbinic interpretation of particular OT texts in order to show that even specific rabbis believed in and affirmed the divine, prehuman existence of the Messiah. For instance, the rabbis understood that the following Psalm, which speaks of the Davidic Ruler

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Sam Shamoun
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The Messiah in the Jewish Traditions Pt. 2 Members Public

Sam Shamoun New Testament application of OT texts In this particular section of our series we will be quoting the NT corpus to see how Jesus and his followers understood and applied the specific OT texts and promises which we sourced in the first part of our series. We will

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Sam Shamoun
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