Category: Apologetics and polemics
Again on Isaiah 53 and about the use of the Word Zara(Seed)
ISAIAH 53:10 talks of a servant who will “SEE SEED”: “Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will SEE SEED ( zara is Hebrew for seed) and prolong his days,and the will of the LORD will prosper [...]
Answering a Muslim Accusation:that 1 Peter says a Female Slave can be Raped
That is one thing one notices in Muslim readers,lack of perspective.I will explain.Now all the Muslim readers here will agree the NT books are by CHRISTIANS,correct?Not if John is really by John,etc, but at least by a CHRISTIAN. THE MUSLIM ACCUSATION They say the NT says a Christian slave has to do ALL that a [...]
How Did Judas Die?About a Supposed Contradiction between Matthew and Acts
We have it in MATT 27:5 and ACTS 1:18. One is a CLEAR verse and the other one less clear, we know that from the ORIGINAL GREEK. So in the clear verse in MATTHEW Judas hangs himself: ” Judas threw the pieces of silver in the temple, left and went to hung himself.” WHAT MATTHEW [...]
Why the Jews Specifically Expected the Messiah in the 1st Century AD(because of the Daniel 9 Prophecy)
For us Christians,DANIEL 9:24-27 says a certain messiah would be ” cut off, and have nothing ” ( be killed ) after a certain time.It refers to the Messiah ( with a capital M ). All NT scholars agree that the Jews of the 1st century AD expected the Messiah to come. Why not in [...]
Can Women Preach and be Ministers in a Church?
I say yes based on the NT.I will give a short version of my argument and then a longer one for those who have the patience to read it in more detail.Plus it includes other things that if one doesnt know all the details are controversial. That is why women are allowed to be priests [...]
More on Isaiah 53 and if it Applies to Jesus
This is a continuation of “Is Isaiah 53 about Jesus or about the Jewish People?”: http://www.avraidire.eu/2010/05/is-isaiah-53-about-jesus-or-about-the-jewish-people/ 1) A generation before Jesus or during his time the TARGUM was written down in aramaic. When the Jews returned from exile after 538 BC they no longer spoke Hebrew but Aramaic. About 50,000 returned eventually to Palestine but [...]
About the Muslim Argument that Isaiah 9 and 53 are NOT about Jesus because they are in the Past Tense
That is one argument I have read. I have to disagree because in the OT prophecies are in 2 ways: in the FUTURE tense and in the PAST tense. In the past tense because the author is SO SURE it will come true that he writes as if it had already happened. What is [...]
Does God appear as a Man in the OT?
GOD THE SON APPEARS TO ABRAHAM Muslims often say God in the OT or Hebrew scriptures is never a man.They are wrong.There are several example like when he appeared to Abraham. Genesis 18:1-24 (It end at verse 33) ” YAHWEH APPEARED to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the [...]
Zechariah says Yahweh will send Yahweh(the Messiah) to Jerusalem
ZECHARIAH 2:10-11:the words “daughter of Zion” mean “people of Jerusalem” since Zion is a hill there on which was the Temple of Jerusalem. “Shout and be glad, O Daughter of Zion. For I (note:I,YAHWEH) am coming, and I will LIVE(also translated as DWELL) among you,” declares YAHWEH. “Many nations will be joined with YAHWEH in [...]
Muslim or Muhammadan?
S.3:52. When Jesus found Unbelief on their part He said: “Who will be My helpers to (the work Of) God?” Said the Disciples: “We are God’s helpers: We believe in God, And do thou bear witness That we are Muslims. According to the above ayah, believers in Allah before the time / existence of Muhammad [...]
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