How Christian Zionism changes the New Covenant, with a focus on how Bible revisions since the 1537 Matthew Bible have allowed Zionist doctrine to be read into the Scriptures, and conversely have destroyed the Scripture's ability to... more
How Christian Zionism changes the New Covenant, with a focus on how Bible revisions since the 1537 Matthew Bible have allowed Zionist doctrine to be read into the Scriptures, and conversely have destroyed the Scripture's ability to refute Zionism.
Looks at: (1) How modern revisions to the New Testament about tribute payments to Rome have destroyed Jesus’ teaching that his kingdom is spiritual. (2) How the Matthew Bible treatment of Isaiah’s prophecy of the New Covenant temple differs from John MacArthur’s Zionist treatment in his study Bible. (3) How rebuilding the temple may bring the curse of Jericho on the builders. (4) How Daniel 9, the prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem, has been changed to allow the idea that the city and temple might be rebuilt. (5) How a modern revision to the book of Revelation suggests that time will continue after Jesus’ second coming, thus enabling the concept of a future millennium.
The biblical account of the wise men and the star that announced the coming of the Messiah of Israel has inspired and puzzled people for two millennia. Important aspects of Babylonian astronomy seem to be involved in understanding the... more
The biblical account of the wise men and the star that announced the coming of the Messiah of Israel has inspired and puzzled people for two millennia. Important aspects of Babylonian astronomy seem to be involved in understanding the star’s appearing. But in addition, this short book also explores the men and events from a profoundly Jewish perspective. The traditional Jewish names of stars and planets, Jewish symbols, as well as Jewish dates, all seem to be keys to unlocking the mystery of the famous star.
Scholars point out that a conjunctive waw ( "and") initiates each major clause in the Dan 9:24–27. This has bearing on how one interprets the 70 "sevens".