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There are tools that are needed to mine the depths of the biblical texts. There are also many perspectives that enrich our study, like the perspective of first century Judaism. This site is one of those rare resources that provides both tools and perspective for the serious student of Scripture.

– Dr. Allen Mawhinney, A Retired Academic Dean, Reformed Theological Seminary

Messiah And Son Of Man: The Answers

Two hopes My dear readers, I really appreciate your patience. To some of you, my last posts might have seemed a bit dry, but without this evidence, even dry evidence, we cannot…

Messiah And Son Of Man In The Gospels (iii): Apocalypses

My readers are probably aware of the difference between the term משיח  (Mashiach /Messiah), which is used in the Hebrew Bible in reference to an actual ruling king or priest, and the…

Messiah And Son Of Man In The Gospels (ii)

  As some of my readers will no doubt remember, we discussed a messianic secret of the Gospels some time ago, termed the Hidden Messiah. Last week, we went back to this…

Messiah And Son Of Man In The Gospels (i)

In the Hidden Messiah series, we spoke at length about one of the most perplexing quandaries of the New Testament: while Christian readers of the Gospels keep calling Jesus the Messiah of…

Pentecost- Shavuot: The Heaven Is Open

The Day when the Heaven is Open   In our last post, we spoke about the Biblical Festival of Shavuot, Feast of Weeks (also called Chag HaKatzir, Feast of the Harvest). We…

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