Genesis 3:15 and the Promise of the Messiah Genesis 3:15 presents one of the most enigmatic scenes in Scripture. Anyone who has ever killed a snake knows that the safest way to do so is to crush its head; yet attempting such a strike risks being bitten on the heel. The biblical oracle mirrors thisContinue reading “Mary as the New Eve”
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Genesis 22:12 – Angel is Ignorant?
Hilary of Potiers, On The Trinity, Book 9, paragraph 63 says: 63. Whenever God says that He does not know, He professes ignorance indeed, but is not under the defect of ignorance. It is not because of the infirmity of ignorance that He does not know, but because it is not yet the time to speak, or the divine Plan to act. Thus HeContinue reading “Genesis 22:12 – Angel is Ignorant?”
Genesis 19:24 – 2 YHWH’s?
YHWH’s Manifestation in Human Form: A Study of Genesis 18–19 The narrative in Genesis 18–19 presents a striking episode in which YHWH appears on earth in tangible, human form. These chapters depict Him performing ordinary human actions—eating food, having His feet washed with water, and conversing directly with Abraham. This is not a distant, abstractContinue reading “Genesis 19:24 – 2 YHWH’s?”
Jesus as Isaac
The account of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22 is not only a story of faith and obedience—it is a prophetic portrait of the sacrifice God would one day provide through Jesus Christ. From the language of love to the imagery of substitution and resurrection, Isaac’s near-sacrifice becomes a powerful type of Christ, the belovedContinue reading “Jesus as Isaac”