Streams Of Truth

Some skeptics and contradictors of Christianity claim that the Deity of Christ was an invention of people, something that progressively developed years after the time of Jesus on earth. I would like to provide evidence that this is not the case, and that in fact, the belief that Messiah is God pre-dated the incarnation of Jesus.   My argument in this article is based on the Book of Isaiah, a prophetic book which clearly speaks about the Son Of God, as I have documented in this other article. However, this time I'd like to present what the believers before the time of Jesus understood this prophetical book spoke about.   It’s important to highlight that the view of Rabbinical Jews today about Isaiah, and in specific of Isaiah 53 is not aligned with the view of Orthodox Judaism, especially in the first century BCE. To demonstrate this, I'd like to review what the Targums, and in specific to the Targum Johnathan say.   Targu...

SUMMARY The concept of Trinity is commonly misunderstood by many people. It is the concept which defines God as one in what He is, but three in who He is. Other way of saying this is that the Almighty is One being, but three persons. Multiple assertions have become popular when discussing about the origins of the believe on a Triune God: - Some people say that it was invented by some Christians in the council of Nicea 300 years after Jesus  - Other people argue that the Trinity is definitely a Christian invention, for the Jews never came up with any concept which would point to support this. In this article I present references to first generation Christian writings outside the Bible who explicitly declare the deity of The Messiah. I also present references to Jewish writings which do present views aligned with the concept of the deity of the Messiah, from before and after the time of Jesus. The objective is to argument that the deity of The Messiah...

Almost since the time of the prophet, Muslims have claimed that Muhammad is described in verses found on the Book of Isaiah. Though the Qur'an only makes allegations that prophecies describing Muhammad were in the Torah and the Gospel, it's interesting to see that they would use the book of Isaiah. You see, though the Book of Isaiah is regarded as canonical by Christians and Jews, it's not strictly regarded as part of the Torah. Perhaps, Muslims from the time of Muhammad understood that the Tanakh (also known as Old Testament) was indistinctly called as well Torah, because it contained the Torah within it. Any way, the reason why I highlight this is because if a Christian makes a reference to a New Testament books (e.g. Revelation or Acts), arguing is part of The Gospel (the good News), Muslims disregard it.  Having said that, let's look if the prophet of Islam was prophesied within the Book of Isaiah. Here are some of the Muslim's claims: Isaiah 42 is amon...

Deuteronomy 33:1-2 combines references to Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. It speaks of God (i.e. God's revelation) coming from Sinai, rising from Seir (probably the village of Sa'ir near Jerusalem) and shining forth from Paran. According to Genesis 21:21, the wilderness of Paran was the place where Ishmael settled (i.e. Arabia, specifically Mecca). (1) This is another common argument used to support the claim, that as mentioned in the Qur'an, Mohammed was foretold in the Bible. I would like to use soft words as much as possible, but this argument requires using mental gymnastics. I have two main issues with the argument: 1. Does Seir really refer to Jerusalem? The argument works if it makes reference to 3 major prophets of Islam. Moses,Jesus and Muhammad. Peace be upon them. However with all due respect, why attributing Seir (in the land of Moab) to Sa'ir?  In Deuteronomy 33:2 it's written  מִשֵּׂעִיר֙ (miś·śê·‘îr, from Seir). As for the town near Jerusale...

Previous articles documented how the Qur'an, The Hadith, The biography of the prophet and the commentaries of respected classic Sunni Scholars attest the Trustworthiness of the Torah and the Gospel. In multiple passages of the Qur'an and the Hadith its documented a claim, that in the time of Muhammad there were clear references that would be easily found in the Torah and the Gospel: Those who follow the Apostle, the illiterate prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful .(1) Archaeological findings allows us to know that the manuscripts available at the time of Muhamm...