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Do Christians And Muslims Really Worship The Same God?

... — Exodus 34:6 Allah: “The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.” — Surah 1:1 Compassionate YHWH: “As a father has compassion on his children…” — Psalm 103:13 Allah: “He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate.” — Surah 85:14 Faithful YHWH: “Great is your faithfulness.” — Lamentations 3:22–23 Allah: “Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth.” — Surah 30:60 Unchanging YHWH: “For I the LORD do not change.” — Malachi 3:6 Allah: “None can change His words.” — Surah 6:115 Sovereign YHWH: “The LORD has established his throne in the heavens…” — Psalm 103:19 All...

How was Jesus a sacrifice?

...found in Exodus 12, but the relevant parts to the lamb are about how it should look and be prepared, and the reason for the blood covering: Exodus 12:5-7, 13 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. […] The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you whe...

Melchizedek to Jesus: The Divine Thread of Bread and Wine

...rd to the Exodus, and we encounter another crucial element: the Passover. This event marks the Israelites’ deliverance from Egyptian bondage, involving the sacrifice of a spotless lamb and the eating of unleavened bread and bitter herbs. God commanded that this meal be observed annually as a lasting ordinance (Exodus 12:14). The blood of the lamb, smeared on the doorposts, protected the Israelites from the plague of the firstborn. The Passover meal, with its elements of bread and wine, pointed forward to a greater deliverance. It wasn’t just a historical commemoration but a foreshadowing of the ultimate Passover lamb, Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice would bri...

Ancient “curse” amulet drastically changes perspective on Biblical dating

...that the Exodus and Israelites’ settlement in Canaan happened during the 13th century BC. But Dr. Stripling pointed out another implication brought on by this discovery, “This changes our timeline for the Exodus from Egypt and subsequent entry into Israel. The conquest would have had to take place at an earlier date”. Along with the amulet, they also discovered flat stones covered in plaster at the site of the altar. This is another confirmation for the Deuteronomy account: Deuteronomy 27:4So when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, about which I am commanding you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall cover them with plaster....

Was there death before the Fall?

...ife (eg. Exodus 20:12); and also why the New Testament is concerned with the restoration of all creation through the resurrection (cf. Col 1:15-22; Rom 8:19-23) - and not an escape from it! 1 Tim 6:16 tells us that it is God "alone who has immortality", so clearly we mere mortals can't also be immortal, can we? Throughout the New Testament letters and the in the Gospels, it is made clear that eternal life is a gift which we are given through faith in Christ, and something we attain - not something we are born or created with (see: John 5:24; John 3:14-16; Romans 2:6-7; Romans 6:22-23; Titus 3:7; 1 Jn 2:25; Jude 1:21). In Revelation 2:7,  Jesus speaks o...

Lent Day 33: Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechetical Lectures: Lecture XXII

...sence” (Exodus 35:13; 39:35), which has now come to an end in Christ who is the Bread of Heaven, broken for us so that we may have true life (Jn 6:33,50-51). Spiritual Presence, not physical Quoting from David in Psalm 23:5, when he says that 'the Lord prepares table before him in the presence of his enemies', Cyril interprets this in light of the Eucharist as meaning that before Christ came, the table was one of demons, polluted with idols and defiled by their nature. But since Jesus, that table which God prepared is that “mystical and spiritual Table” which is now contrary and in opposition to the Evil One. Before, you communed with demons, but now, w...