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This idea was mainly promoted by a 1977 book ‘Two Powers in Heaven: Early Rabbinic Reports about Christianity and Gnosticism’ by the American Jewish scholar of religion Alan F. Segal. In his book he proposed that some early references in rabbinic texts were directed against beliefs of Jewish Christians and Gnostics. Segal’s thesis was heavily […]

Many of the Bible verses about the day of judgement at the return of Christ do not specify whether the context is the living or the resurrected. Or both together. But it is clear that both will be judged: And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the […]

This is a Hebrew textual question. The Masoretic text of 2 Samuel 21:19 is missing the words the brother of. The context of 2 Samuel 21 shows that this is a different event and time and that it refers to the brother of Goliath. Therefore David killed Goliath and Elhanan later killed Goliath’s brother.  1 Chronicles 20:5 confirms […]

The answer is taken from an article in Tidings magazine.   Series: Not Giving heed to Jewish fables. (3) Jannes and Jambres What does  “Three kings carrying gifts” suggest to us? Obviously the birth of our Lord, even though every Christadelphian child knows full well that the Magi were not kings, and the Bible does not say […]

This is the name by which he will be called…the Lord our Righteousness. (Jeremiah 23:6) See the answer on Biblical Unitarian website here .

The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet” (NIV) We’ll defer here to a very helpful comment from the Biblical Unitarian website: Trinitarian commentators frequently argue that “my Lord” in this verse is the Hebrew word adonai, another name for God, and […]

Question : Was Jesus totally dead, or just his body? On the face of it this question is so simple, and so important, and so basic. And yet answers to this question will depend on what someone first believes about death, and also secondly on what someone believes about who Christ is. Therefore, broadly speaking, […]

“if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord…” – Is Romans 10:9-10 a sufficient creed or statement of faith? . Taken on its own the phrase commencing “if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord..” (Romans 10:9-10) would appear a sufficient creed or statement of faith. But then anything taken on […]