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Is Jesus God’s Servant or Son? Addendum A

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Is Jesus God’s Servant or Son? Addendum A The Jewish Exegesis of Isaiah 52:13 Sam Shamoun In this section we will be citing specific Jewish sources…

Is Jesus God’s Servant or Son? Addendum B

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Is Jesus God’s Servant or Son? Addendum B Sam Shamoun We have now arrived at the second and final addendum. The relationship of Isaiah 52:13-53:12 to…

The Deity of Christ and the New World Translation Pt. 1

Christological Issues4,351 words22 min

The Deity of Christ and the New World Translation Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Since Muslim apologists are fond of using the arguments of the Jehovah’s…

The Deity of Christ and the New World Translation Pt. 2

Christological Issues4,316 words22 min

The Deity of Christ and the New World Translation Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off. 7\. Who is the Alpha and Omega, First and the…

Seeing the unseen God Pt. 1

Christological Issues2,505 words13 min

Seeing the unseen God – Addressing a typical JW objection to the Deity of Christ Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun This is another objection of the Jehovah’s…

Seeing the unseen God Pt. 2

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Seeing the unseen God – Addressing a typical JW objection to the Deity of Christ Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off. This next OT…

Whose Seed Shall the Messiah See?

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Whose Seed Shall the Messiah See? Sam Shamoun The prophet Isaiah spoke of a righteous Servant whom God would exalt after having offered his life as…

Jesus Christ – the Savior of the World

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Jesus Christ – the Savior of the World How the NT Depiction of Christ as Savior Points to His Deity Sam Shamoun According to the Holy Bible,…

Who Are The People That Christ Saves From Their Sins?

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Who Are The People That Christ Saves From Their Sins? Sam Shamoun Some Muslims have attempted to use the following texts, “She will bear a Son; and…

Jesus Christ – The Son Who Voluntarily Chose to Die for Humanity

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Jesus Christ – The Son of God Who Voluntarily Chose to Die for Me Sam Shamoun Muslim apologists are fond of pitting the Lord Jesus against his…

Jesus Christ – The Eternal Word Become Flesh

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Jesus Christ – The Eternal Word Become Flesh Sam Shamoun John’s Gospel contains a prologue (1:1-18) which portrays Jesus as the eternal Word (Gr.…

Who did Abraham See?

Christological Issues2,548 words13 min

Who did Abraham See? By Sam Shamoun The Holy Scriptures emphatically teach that Yahweh God Almighty personally appeared to Abraham on several…

A Scholar's Biblical Summation of the Deity of Christ

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A Conservative Christian Scholar’s Biblical Summation Of the Deity of Christ Sam Shamoun In another article…

John MacArthur’s Exposition of our Lord’s Use of Psalm 110:1

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John MacArthur’s Exposition of our Lord’s Use of Psalm 110:1 Sam Shamoun In light of our recent rebuttal to Paul Williams’ post of a meme from a…

Jesus Christ – The Omniscient Son of God

Christological Issues2,413 words12 min

Jesus Christ – The Omniscient Son of God Sam Shamoun In this article, I will be quoting verses from the New Testament writings to affirm that the…

Revisiting Christ’s Ignorance of the Day or Hour

Christological Issues3,877 words19 min

Revisiting Christ’s Ignorance of the Day or Hour Sam Shamoun We have already written quite extensively on the subject of Jesus not knowing the day or…

The Incomprehensible and Omniscient Son of God

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The Incomprehensible and Omniscient Son of God Sam Shamoun The God-breathed Scriptures teach that the Lord Jesus is the unique, divine Son of God who…

Christ - He Who is Above All

Christological Issues4,144 words21 min

Jesus Christ – The Sovereign Lord Who is Above All Sam Shamoun The inspired Scriptures proclaim that Yahweh is exalted above all the nations as their…

Jesus Christ – The Divine King of Creation

Christological Issues5,882 words29 min

Jesus Christ – The Divine King of Creation Sam Shamoun A further line of evidence from John’s Gospel that Jesus Christ is actually Yahweh God in the…

Christ As The God Who Knows The Day of His Coming

Christological Issues1,669 words8 min

The Lord Jesus Christ – The God Who Knows The Day of His Coming Sam Shamoun In the following articles and rebuttals, Revisiting the Omniscience of…

Jesus Christ – YHWH Ha Adon Incarnate!

Christological Issues3,825 words19 min

Jesus Christ – YHWH Ha Adon Incarnate! Sam Shamoun In this article we are going to show how the NT writers took a specific title of Yahweh, namely…

Jesus Christ - The Divine Lord of Glory [Part 1]

Christological Issues3,307 words17 min

Jesus Christ – The Divine Lord of Glory Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun In what is commonly referred to as his high priestly prayer to the Father, the Lord Jesus…

Jesus Christ - The Divine Lord of Glory [Part 2]

Christological Issues4,996 words25 min

Jesus Christ – The Divine Lord of Glory Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We resume from where we left off. God’s Glory equated with His Praise and Honor Another…

Isaiah and the Glory of the Preincarnate Christ

Christological Issues4,606 words23 min

Whose Glory Did Isaiah See? The Views of Scholars and Apologists Sam Shamoun The following is meant to go with this article. It probably wouldn’t be…

Jesus The Divine Son - A Markan Perspective [Part 1]

Christological Issues3,071 words15 min

Jesus as the Divine Son of God – A Markan Perspective Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Muslim apologists are fond of making the assertion that John is the only…

Jesus The Divine Son - A Markan Perspective [Part 2]

Christological Issues3,433 words17 min

Jesus as the Divine Son of God – A Markan Perspective Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off. Lest we be accused of reading too much…

Jesus is as old as God! [Part 1]

Christological Issues4,508 words23 min

The Hebrew Bible Testifies: The Messiah Is As Old As God is! Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun In this article we are going to revisit one of the OT passages which…

Jesus is as old as God! [Part 2]

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The Hebrew Bible Testifies – The Messiah Is As Old As God is! Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off. Now it begins to make sense The…

Jesus is as old as God! [Part 3]

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The Hebrew Bible Testifies – The Messiah Is As Old As God is! Pt. 3 Sam Shamoun We come to the final part of our discussion. The Rabbinic and…

Jesus – The Shema’s One Lord [Part 1]

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Jesus Christ – The One Lord Revealed in the Old Testament Scriptures Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Yahweh is the only God worthy of worship The following verses…

Jesus – The Shema’s One Lord [Part 2]

Christological Issues5,780 words29 min

Jesus Christ – The One Lord Revealed in the Old Testament Scriptures Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue with our discussion. Paul’s Reformulation of the…

Jesus – The Shema’s One Lord [Addendum]

Christological Issues4,937 words25 min

Jesus Christ – The One Lord Revealed in the Old Testament Scriptures Addendum The Father is the only true God in contrast to whom? Sam Shamoun A…

Jesus Superior To The Heavenly Host [Part 1]

Christological Issues5,236 words26 min

The Lord Jesus Christ – The God of the heavenly assembly! Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Introduction Anti-Trinitarians often appeal to the following passage to…

Jesus Superior To The Heavenly Host [Part 2]

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The Lord Jesus Christ – The God of the heavenly assembly! Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue with our discussion of the Biblical witness to Christ being…

Jesus Superior To The Heavenly Host [Appendix A]

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Appendix A The Lord Jesus Christ – The God whose glory the OT saints beheld Sam Shamoun This is an appendix to my two-part discussion on Jesus being…

Jesus Superior To The Heavenly Host [Appendix B]

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Appendix B The members of the heavenly council recognize God’s unique Son Sam Shamoun This is the second appendix to my two-part discussion on Jesus…

The Use of Exclusive Language and the Deity of Christ [Part 1]

Christological Issues8,491 words42 min

Refuting the Deity of Christ? Understanding How the Use of Exclusive Language Functions in the Holy Bible [Part 1] Sam Shamoun Anti-Trinitarian…

The Use of Exclusive Language and the Deity of Christ [Part 2]

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Refuting the Deity of Christ? Understanding How the Use of Exclusive Language Functions in the Holy Bible [Part 2] Sam Shamoun We continue our…

Jesus' Claims to being the Messiah are claims to Deity

Christological Issues6,936 words35 min

The Divine Messiah Has Come! How Jesus’ Claims to Messiahship prove he is God Sam Shamoun Muslims often challenge Christians to produce verses from…

The Messiah Most High Pt. 1a

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The Messiah Most High Pt. 1a Sam Shamoun This is a continuation of our previous discussion concerning the Old Testament’s witness to the divinity of…

The Messiah Most High Pt. 1b

Christological Issues1,558 words8 min

The Messiah Most High Pt. 1b Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off. Here is another passage which affirms the absolute divine identity of…

The Messiah Most High Pt. 2a

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The Messiah Most High Pt. 2a Sam Shamoun Continuing from the previous part, we now turn our attention to uncovering the identity of the divine King…

The Messiah Most High Pt. 2b

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The Messiah Most High Pt. 2b Sam Shamoun We proceed with our analysis. David’s Sovereign Lord Jesus not only referred to himself as the Son of Man of…

The Messiah on Yahweh’s Throne Pt. 1

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The Messiah on Yahweh’s Throne – The NT Witness to Jesus’ Divine Sovereignty over all Creation Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun In this section of our series I am…

The Messiah on Yahweh’s Throne Pt. 2

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The Messiah on Yahweh’s Throne – The NT Witness to Jesus’ Divine Sovereignty over all Creation Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off.…

The Messiah on Yahweh’s Throne – Addendum

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The Messiah on Yahweh’s Throne – Addendum Sam Shamoun In this section of our series we are going to be responding to some of the common objections…

Does the OT Predict that the Messiah Would be Resurrected on the Third Day? [Part 1]

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Does the OT predict that the Messiah Would be resurrected on the third day? Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun One will often find Muslim dawagandists appealing to…

Does the OT Predict that the Messiah Would be Resurrected on the Third Day? [Part 2]

Christological Issues3,894 words19 min

Does the OT predict that the Messiah Would be resurrected on the third day? Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We resume with our reply. The other problem we have…

Does the OT Predict that the Messiah Would be Resurrected on the Third Day? [Part 3]

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Does the OT predict that the Messiah Would be resurrected on the third day? Pt. 3 Sam Shamoun We continue our examination of the OT writings in order…

Does the OT Predict that the Messiah Would be Resurrected on the Third Day? [Part 4]

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Does the OT predict that the Messiah Would be resurrected on the third day? Pt. 4 Sam Shamoun We now come to the final part of our discussion. The…

Articles by Sam Shamoun

Christological Issues

Is Jesus God’s Servant or Son? Addendum A

Is Jesus God’s Servant or Son? Addendum B

The Deity of Christ and the New World Translation Pt. 1

The Deity of Christ and the New World Translation Pt. 2

Seeing the unseen God Pt. 1

Seeing the unseen God Pt. 2

Whose Seed Shall the Messiah See?

Jesus Christ – the Savior of the World

Who Are The People That Christ Saves From Their Sins?

Jesus Christ – The Son Who Voluntarily Chose to Die for Humanity

Jesus Christ – The Eternal Word Become Flesh

Who did Abraham See?

A Scholar's Biblical Summation of the Deity of Christ

John MacArthur’s Exposition of our Lord’s Use of Psalm 110:1

Jesus Christ – The Omniscient Son of God

Revisiting Christ’s Ignorance of the Day or Hour

The Incomprehensible and Omniscient Son of God

Christ - He Who is Above All

Jesus Christ – The Divine King of Creation

Christ As The God Who Knows The Day of His Coming

Jesus Christ – YHWH Ha Adon Incarnate!

Jesus Christ - The Divine Lord of Glory [Part 1]

Jesus Christ - The Divine Lord of Glory [Part 2]

Isaiah and the Glory of the Preincarnate Christ

Jesus The Divine Son - A Markan Perspective [Part 1]

Jesus The Divine Son - A Markan Perspective [Part 2]

Jesus is as old as God! [Part 1]

Jesus is as old as God! [Part 2]

Jesus is as old as God! [Part 3]

Jesus – The Shema’s One Lord [Part 1]

Jesus – The Shema’s One Lord [Part 2]

Jesus – The Shema’s One Lord [Addendum]

Jesus Superior To The Heavenly Host [Part 1]

Jesus Superior To The Heavenly Host [Part 2]

Jesus Superior To The Heavenly Host [Appendix A]

Jesus Superior To The Heavenly Host [Appendix B]

The Use of Exclusive Language and the Deity of Christ [Part 1]

The Use of Exclusive Language and the Deity of Christ [Part 2]

Jesus' Claims to being the Messiah are claims to Deity

The Messiah Most High Pt. 1a

The Messiah Most High Pt. 1b

The Messiah Most High Pt. 2a

The Messiah Most High Pt. 2b

The Messiah on Yahweh’s Throne Pt. 1

The Messiah on Yahweh’s Throne Pt. 2

The Messiah on Yahweh’s Throne – Addendum

Does the OT Predict that the Messiah Would be Resurrected on the Third Day? [Part 1]

Does the OT Predict that the Messiah Would be Resurrected on the Third Day? [Part 2]

Does the OT Predict that the Messiah Would be Resurrected on the Third Day? [Part 3]

Does the OT Predict that the Messiah Would be Resurrected on the Third Day? [Part 4]

Articles by Sam Shamoun

Christological Issues

Is Jesus God’s Servant or Son? Addendum A

Is Jesus God’s Servant or Son? Addendum B

The Deity of Christ and the New World Translation Pt. 1

The Deity of Christ and the New World Translation Pt. 2

Seeing the unseen God Pt. 1

Seeing the unseen God Pt. 2

Whose Seed Shall the Messiah See?

Jesus Christ – the Savior of the World

Who Are The People That Christ Saves From Their Sins?

Jesus Christ – The Son Who Voluntarily Chose to Die for Humanity

Jesus Christ – The Eternal Word Become Flesh

Who did Abraham See?

A Scholar's Biblical Summation of the Deity of Christ

John MacArthur’s Exposition of our Lord’s Use of Psalm 110:1

Jesus Christ – The Omniscient Son of God

Revisiting Christ’s Ignorance of the Day or Hour

The Incomprehensible and Omniscient Son of God

Christ - He Who is Above All

Jesus Christ – The Divine King of Creation

Christ As The God Who Knows The Day of His Coming

Jesus Christ – YHWH Ha Adon Incarnate!

Jesus Christ - The Divine Lord of Glory [Part 1]

Jesus Christ - The Divine Lord of Glory [Part 2]

Isaiah and the Glory of the Preincarnate Christ

Jesus The Divine Son - A Markan Perspective [Part 1]

Jesus The Divine Son - A Markan Perspective [Part 2]