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The prophet Jeremiah revealed that God would one day restore the Children of Israel from Exile in Babylon to Eretz Yisrael and would eventually establish a New Covenant to replace the covenant mediated by Moses at Mount Sinai. Jeremiah wrote, “Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will…
During WWII, the Nazis required all Jews to wear a Yellow Star of David on their chest. It was intended as a badge of shame. Today, the shame is with the people who are criticizing Israel’s defense of its people from further harm by Hamas. Astoundingly, many Americans and even…
A reader who previewed my Bible chronology book emailed me about my views on the Young Earth vs. Old Earth controversy. In his words, he wanted to know if I believe, as he framed the question, “the Bible’s version of creation or science’s version of creation.” On this topic, I…
Replacement Theology (aka Supersessionism) is a Christian theology that is defined by the conviction that the New Covenant confirmed by Jesus Christ for the salvation of both Jews and Gentiles has replaced the Mosaic covenant way of redemption that was exclusive to Jews. Thus, the universal church (i.e., the congregation…
Originally copyrighted in 1917 by The Jewish Publication Society of America,now dedicated as a CC0 1.0 Universal document in the public domain. 1. ‘Who would have believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2. For he shot up right forth as a sapling,…
adapted from the Book of Romans, chapter 4 (Hebrew Names Version) What then will we say that Avraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh? For if Avraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God. For what does the Scripture say? “Avraham…
As regular readers of this website know, we shy away from the more Hollywood-ish aspects of prophecy interpretation. In our interpretations of Bible prophecy, you will not find cars and buses careening off the road, airplanes falling from the sky, or millions of Chinese soldiers leading the charge against Israel…
“And he [the messenger from God] said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words [the prophecies recorded in the Book of Daniel] are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none…
Did pharaoh Merneptah know about the promise that God made to Abraham and his seed about the land of Canaan? The late scholar Frank Moore Cross said the following about the Merneptah Stele, with its inscription almost universally recognized as the first extra-Biblical reference to Israel: “The Merneptah Stele is…