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In this post I will show that the true God loves all nations equally, not just Israel. I will demonstrate that God commanded the Israelites to love the foreigner or non-Israelite as a fellow, native-born Israelite, and ordered that the same Law and commands equally apply to both Israelite and the foreigner living in their midst.   Here’s where God’s Word states all this:   “One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you .”

In this post I am going to quote the exegesis of one of the greatest Christian theologians and apologists of the early church in respect to Matthew 24:36 and Mark 13:32, where our risen Lord speaks of not knowing the day and hour of his destroying Jerusalem and the temple from heaven: “Concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only .” Matthew 24:36 “But concerning that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor t

Have you ever noticed that some Muslims are so desperate to attack Christianity, they don't care if they contradict Islam in the process? Here is another response from Sam Shamoun to 1MoreMuslim. -------------------------------------------------------- It is time, once again, to turn the tables on 1MoreMuslim to show that he is both inconsistent and dishonest. He wrote: You should be busy correcting your theology, rather than teaching me about my language. And allah is not ya

According to the allegedly sound narrations of Sunni Islam, Muhammad’s child-bride Aisha is reported to have stated that she not only saw her husband wash semen off his clothes with water, but that she herself would either wash or scrape off Muhammad’s semen stains with her nails.   I now cite these supposedly authentic traditions. All emphasis is mine. BUKHARI (64) Chapter: The washing out of semen with water and rubbing it off (when it is dry) and the washing out of what co

The following defunct article was salvaged from archive.org : https://web.archive.org/web/20031021105604/https://www.free-minds.org/books/naveed_01.htm .   Chapter 01 Is the Qur'an Complete and Easy to Understand? I have started the discussion with this question because it is the most fundamental question related to Muslims' reliance on other books in addition to the Qur’an.   Ask this question- “Is the Qur’an complete and easy to understand?” - of any Muslim today, and his o

In this article I will cite all the relevant NT verses which affirm that Jesus is a physical descendant of king David, making him an Israelite from the tribe of Judah. Since Jesus was born of the Holy Virgin by the Holy Spirit, this means that the Lord Jesus traces his human ancestry solely through his blessed Mother.     “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David , the son of Abraham:… 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary ha

In this short post I will cite some references from apocryphal and/or pseudepigraphical writings stating that Mary and her parents were physical descendants of David, and from the tribe of Judah. All emphasis will be mine.   10. And there was a council of the  priests , saying: Let us make a veil for the temple of the Lord. And the  priest  said: Call to me the undefiled  virgins  of the  family  of David . And the officers went away, and sought, and found seven  virgins . An

In this post I will share some of the issues surrounding the Divine Name that appears over 6,800 times in the Hebrew Bible, and which is represented by four Hebrew Consonants yod he waw he  (YHWH). Scholars typically refer to these consonants as the Tetragrammaton (“four letters”). Some experts think that the correct pronunciation of these letters is Yahweh/Yahveh. Others think it is actually Yehowah/Yahovah or some related form, since they believe that the sacred name consis

According to the earliest tradition, Mary’s parents were named Joachim/Joakim and Anna/Hannah. Their names can be found in the second century writing titled Protoevanglium of James the Lesser , a very early source which contains traditions from the first century AD. This was a quite popular work among the early Christians.   Here is an excerpt which details the conception and birth of the blessed Mother:   1. In the records of the twelve tribes of  Israel  was Joachim, a man

Continuing from where we left off we are going to provide further examples of Jesus being worshiped in the same way that the OT says Yahweh is to be worshiped. For instance, the first Christians prayed to the risen Christ and even entrusted their spirits to him at the time of death: “But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the

Some anti-Trinitarian groups like the Jehovah’s Witnesses love to appeal to the following OT text to counter the claim that the Lord Jesus was worshiped as God: “And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers,  and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord,  and the king .” 1 Chronicles 29:20 Here we have the nation bowing down in worship before Yahweh and David. The anti-Trinitarian us

Arians like JWS Admit that the Reason why God in the OT referred to Himself in the plural is because He was speaking with his Divine Son! Astonishingly, there are certain anti-Trinitarian groups, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, which readily admit that the reason why God refers to himself in the plural in the following texts, “Then God said: ‘ Let US make man in OUR image, according to OUR likeness , and let them have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creature

The following excerpt is taken from the noted Muhammadan pseudo-intellect and dawagandist Daniel Haqiqatjou’s lengthy reply against his fellow Muslim taqiyyists who came out with a join letter condemning him for being a heretic and idolater: My Response to the Wahhabi “Statement Regarding Daniel Haqiqatjou” .   The letter, which can be accessed here “ Statement Regarding Daniel Haqiqatjou .”, was signed by pseudo-scholars like Muslim Metaphysician, Abbas (EF Dawah), Ijaz, Adn

The Gospel of Peter is a pseudonymous work that claims to have been written by St. Peter, which scholars have dated to the 2 nd  century AD. The Gospel only exists in fragmentary form, which I include here for the benefit of the readers. All emphasis will be mine. The Gospel of Peter, translated by Raymond Brown   1] But of the Jews none washed his hands, neither Herod nor one of his judges. And since they did not desire to wash, Pilate stood up. [2] And then Herod the king o

In this post I provide a further illustration of just how incoherent, irrational and sexually perverse Islam truly is.   Many people are unaware that Muhammad’s religion actually permits incest in certain situations, particularly in cases where a man sires a daughter out of wedlock. According to specific Muslim scholars, the man is free to marry and have sex with such a daughter since she is not considered to be a part of his lineage due to her being the result of adultery/fo

The book of Jude mentions Sodom and Gomorrah as an example of those whom God will punish with everlasting/eternal fire:   “as Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them indulged in sexual immorality and  pursued unnatural desire   in  the same way as these, are exhibited as an example  by  undergoing the punishment of eternal fire . ” Jude 1:7   The apocryphal writing 3 Maccabees 2:5 makes the same point: "You consumed with fire and sulfur the people of Sodom who acted arro

In this article I will present more evidence in support of Mary’s perpetual virginity by showing how the Lord God made her womb the holy of holies for Christ to dwell in all his fullness. THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE HOLY OF HOLIES The God-breathed Scriptures affirm that the high priest alone was authorized to enter into the holy of holies, also called the most holy place, once a year in order to make national atonement for all Israel: “Now even the first covenant had regulations

The English translations of the Greek version of Matthew 1:16 refer to Joseph as the son of Jacob and the husband of Mary: “And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband (andra)  of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.” Matthew 1:16 Legacy Standard Bible (LSB) However, two Hebrew manuscripts (MSS) of Matthew were discovered in Italy, which contain an interesting variant. One of the MS is dated to the 13 th  century AD and is at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

In a previous post ( https://www.samshmnthelogy.net/post/signing-of-the-cross-in-early-christianity ) I showed that the signing of the cross was a very early Christian practice. I provide additional evidence from the early church fathers showing that the practice of making the sign of the cross with the hands was both early and quite widespread. All bold and underline emphasis will be mine. Apostolic Constitutions, Book VIII, Chapter 47 The Constitution of James the Brother o

In this post I am going to cite an early source attesting to the Christian practice of doing the sign of the cross with the hand. I will be quoting from a document called the Odes of Solomon . Scholars date this work as early to the beginning of the second century, and no later than the third century: James H. Charlesworth writes ( The Anchor Bible Dictionary , v. 6, p. 114): The date of the  Odes  has caused considerable interest. H. J. Drijvers contends that they are as lat