Table of Contents

Home » Table of Contents - Promises to Israel

Translation of the Hebrew words from the front cover	ii
Acknowledgements	iii & iv
Dedication	v
Table of Contents	vi
Foreword	xiv
Preface	xv
Chapter 1
Are Biblical Judaism and New Testament Faith Compatible on the Oneness Of God?	1
Defining of Terms	2
The Dividing Point	4
Belief of Judaism	4
Belief of true New Testament Faith	6
History of Rejection of the Jewish People by Christianity	8
The Question	11
The Oral Law	16
Plural Unity	19
Need for Study	27
The Purpose of the Law	28
Neglected Issue	30
Organization of Study	34
Image and Likeness of God – Chapter 2	34
The Names of God – Chapter 3	34
Theophanies of God – Chapters 4-8	35
Shema – Chapter 9	36
Plural Terms – Chapter 10	36
Holy Spirit – Chapter 11	37
Messiah Is Divine – Chapters 12-15	37
God Has a Son! – Chapter 16	38
The Branch – Chapter 17	38
The Word of the LORD – Chapter 18	38
Summary – Chapter 19	39
Chapter 2
In the Image and Likeness of God	40
Image – Tselem	40
Likeness – Demut	42
Distinctions Between Man and Animals	43
Comparisons of God and Man	44
How Mankind is Like Elohim in His Person	48
Background for the Plurality of God That Mankind Reflects	50
Man and Woman, a Plurality and Tri-unity in One	53
Anthropomorphisms	58
Chapter 3
Names of God	66
El	68
Elim	73
Elah	73
Eloah	75
Elohim	76
Arguments against a Literal Understanding of Elohim	80
Plural of Majesty	82
Preview of Revelation and Inspiration Held to by Judaism	85
Arguments for a Literal Understanding of Elohim	86
Dual Plurality	101
Adhonai	107
Yahweh	108
Two Yahwehs in the Tanakh	111
The Lord … from the LORD … Genesis 19:24	111
YHVH # 1 and YHVH # 2 … Zechariah 2:8-9	114
YHVH will deliver by another YHVH …Hosea 1:1-7	115
Yahweh the King and His Redeemer … Isaiah 44:6	115
Summary	117
Chapter 4
Theophanies	120
Theophany – The Angel of Yahweh	122
The Angel of Yahweh	124
Yahweh is distinct from the Angel of the LORD	133
Metatron	138
The Angel of the LORD references	145
Shechinah	152
Chapter 5
Pre-Sinai Theophanies	155
Genesis 3:8 … The voice of the LORD God walking	158
Genesis 4:6-16 … The LORD and Cain	165
Genesis 5:22-24 … Enoch walked with God	167
Genesis 6:8-9, 13-21; 7:1-3; 8:15-17; 9:1-17 … Noah walked	169
Genesis 12:1 with Acts 7:2-4 … The Call of Abram	170
Genesis 12:7 … The LORD appeared to Abram	173
Genesis 16:7-13 … Hagar and the El [God] who sees	175
Genesis 17:1, 22 … The LORD appears to Abraham	179
Genesis 18:1-17 … The LORD appears again to Abraham	183
Genesis 19:24 … The LORD … from the LORD	190
Genesis 21:17-21 … Hagar and the Angel of God	194
Genesis 22:1-2, 11-12, 15-16 … God did tempt Abraham	195
Genesis 24:40 … Eliezer and the Angel of the LORD	198
Genesis 25:23 … Rebekah and the LORD’s answer	199
Genesis 26:2-4, 24-25 … The LORD appeared to Isaac	201
Genesis 28:12-15 … Jacob’s Ladder	202
Genesis 31:11-13 … The Angel of God’s provision for Jacob	202
Genesis 32:24-30 … Jacob wrestled with God	203
Genesis 35:6-7, 9-13 … El Shaddai appeared again to Jacob	205
Genesis 48:15-16 … Jacob and the Angel who redeemed	207
Summary	210
Chapter 6
Sinai and Wilderness Theophanies	212
Exodus 3:2-15 … Moses and the Burning Bush	214
Exodus 12:12, 23 … LORD smites the first born	222
Exodus 14:19-31 … The Angel of God in the Pillar of Fire	223
Exodus 20:22 … The LORD spoke to Israel at Mt. Sinai	226
Exodus 23:20-23 … God and the Sent One	227
Exodus 24:9-11 … The God of Israel appears to 74 men	234
Exodus 32:34–33:3 … My Angel shall go before you	240
Exodus 34:5 … The LORD came down in a cloud	241
Numbers 22:22-35 … Balaam and the Talking Donkey	242
Chapter 7
Shechinah	247
Ten Appearances of Shechinah	251
First Appearance – Genesis 15:9-18	251
Second Appearance – Exodus 3	252
Third Appearance – Exodus 13:212-22	252
Fourth Appearance – Exodus 19:16-20	253
Fifth Appearance – Exodus 33:17-33	254
Sixth Appearance – Exodus 40:34-35	256
Seventh Appearance – 40 Years in the Wilderness	256
Eighth Appearance – 1 Kings 8:10-12	258
Ninth Appearance – Isaiah 6:1-8 and Ezekiel 1	258
Tenth Appearance – Ezekiel 8-11	259
Summary	260
Chapter 8
Post-Sinai Wilderness Theophanies	264
Joshua 5:13-6:2 … Joshua and the Captain of the LORD’s host	264
Judges 2:1-5 … The Deliverer and Covenant Maker	267
Joshua 1:1, 6 … Which I Sware unto their Fathers to Give them	270
Judges 6:11-24 … Gideon and the Angel of the LORD	275
Judges 13:2-24 … Manoah and his wife with the Angel of the LORD	278
1 Samuel 3:10-14, 21 … The Call of Samuel	282
2 Samuel 24:14-17; I Chronicles 21:12-30 … David’s Sin of Numbering	284
2 Samuel 23:2-3 … David and the Spirit of the LORD	291
1 Kings 3:5; 9:2; 11:9 … Yahweh Appears to Solomon	292
1 Kings 19:5-8 … Elijah and the Angel of the LORD	294
2 Kings 1:9-16 … Elijah, the Angel of the LORD, the Captain of 50	295
2 Kings 19:35 … The Angel of the LORD and 185,000 Assyrians	296
Psalm 34:7 … The Angel of the LORD Protects	298
Psalm 35:5-6 … The Angel of the LORD and the Wicked	299
Isaiah 6:1 … Isaiah Sees the Lord	299
Isaiah 63:9-10 … The Angel of His Presence	301
Ezekiel 1:26-28 … Ezekiel’s Vision of the LORD	303
Daniel 5:5 … Fingers of a Human Hand Wrote on the Plaster Wall	305
Hosea 12:4-5 … Identity of Man Who Wrestled, revealed	306
Zechariah 1:8-14 … The Angel Standing among the Myrtle Trees	309
Zechariah 3:1-2, 5-8 … The Angel and Joshua the High Priest	312
Zechariah 12:8 … In that Day	317
Melchizedek	318
Chapter 9
Shema	326
Judaism	327
Christianity	331
Usages of Echad	335
Comments by Christian Authors on Echad	337
Echad not seen as Compound Unity	338
Echad seen as Compound Unity	343
Yachid	381
Author’s Position on Echad	355
Chapter 10
Plural Descriptions	358
Pronouns	358
Genesis 1:26 … Let US make man	359
Genesis 3:22 … They have become one of US	366
Genesis 11:7 … Let US go down	369
Isaiah 6:8 … Who will go for US?	372
Opposition to Plural Pronouns	373
Heavenly Court	374
Plural of Majesty	378
Plural of Deliberation	379
The Earth	381
Plural Verbs used with Elohim	384
Genesis 20:13 … They caused me to wander	385
Genesis 35:7 … Revealed Themselves	387
2 Samuel 7:23 … They went out and	388
Psalm 58:11 … They judge the earth	389
Other Plural Descriptions	389
Deuteronomy 5:23 … Living God	390
Deuteronomy 10:17 … God of gods, Lord of lords	390
Joshua 24:19 … Holy	391
Ecclesiastes 12:1 … Creators	391
Psalm 149:2 … Makers	394
Isaiah 54:5 … Husbands is your Makers	395
Isaiah 50:1, 4-6 … The LORD flogged?	396
Zechariah 11:4-14 … The LORD’s Value	398
Tri-unity in Isaiah	399
Isaiah 48:12-16 … The Caller of Israel sent by the Father	400
Isaiah 61:1-2a … Nazareth Synagogue	403
Isaiah 63:7-14 … Yahweh, Angel of His Presence, the Holy Spirit	405
Chapter 11
Holy Spirit in the Tanakh	408
The Difficulties with the Term “Spirit”	408
The Use of the Term “Spirit”	411
Personality and Work of the Holy Spirit in the Tanakh	413
Holy Spirit is a Person	413
Holy Spirit in Creation	417
Holy Spirit is Distinct from the Father and Son	421
Holy Spirit’s Coming Upon and Indwelling	423
Ministry to Individuals in the Tanakh	425
Bezaleel	425
Unnamed Tailor	425
70 Elders	425
Balaam	426
Joshua	427
Othniel	428
Gideon	428
Jephthah	429
Samson	430
Saul	432
David and Saul	434
David	435
Micah	436
Isaiah	436
Ezekiel	438
Inspiration of the Scriptures	440
Methods of Revelation	447
OT and NT Comparisons of the Holy Spirit	448
Psalm 110:1 – Matthew 22:42-43	448
Psalm 41:9 – Acts 1:16	449
Isaiah 6:9-10 – Acts 28:25-27	449
Psalm 95:9-11 – Hebrews 3:7-11	450
Jeremiah 31:33 – Hebrews 10:15-16	420
New Covenant	451
Chapter 12
Messiah Divine	453
Olam – ע ז ל ס	461
Ad – ע ך	467
First Coming Messianic References	468
Chapter 13
Messiah Divine in the Law	473
Genesis 49:10 … The Scepter shall not depart	473
Numbers 24:17 … A Star shall come out of Jacob	479
Deuteronomy 18:15-19 … The Prophet	480
Numbers 12:5-8 … Sibling rivalries	486
Return to Deuteronomy 18:15-18	491
Chapter 14
Messiah Divine in the Prophets	495
Isaiah 7-12	495
Isaiah 9:6-7 … Unto us a child is born	499
Isaiah 11:1-2 … A Shoot shall grown out of Jesse	509
Isaiah: the Servant Passages	510
Isaiah 50:1, 4-9 … Yahweh and the Lord God	511
Isaiah 52:13–53:12 … The Suffering Messiah	512
Isaiah 61:1 … Opening	519
Prophets: Micah, Jeremiah and Amos	521
Micah 5:2 … Born in Bethlehem	521
Jeremiah 23:5-6 … The LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS	527
Amos 4:11 … The Lord’s God	535
Zechariah 11:12-14; 12:1; 13:7	536
Zechariah 11:12-13 … 30 Pieces of Silver	537
Zechariah 12:10 … The Shepherd Pierced	540
Zechariah 13:7 … The Shepherd Smitten	547
Malachi Has the Last Word	551
Malachi 3:1 … The Messenger of the Covenant	551
Chapter 15
Messiah Divine in the Writing	566
1 Chronicles 17:10-14 and 2 Samuel 7:11-16 … Davidic Covenant	566
2 Samuel 7 and 1 Chronicles 17	566
Psalm 22 … The Suffering and Exaltation of the Messiah	569
Psalm 110:1-7 … David’s Son is his Lord	574
Daniel 6:21-22 … Who was with Daniel in the Lions’ Den?	585
Daniel 7:9-14 … The Ancient of Days	587
Daniel 9:24-27 … 70 Weeks of Daniel	594
The Disillusionment	597
Daniel 9:24-27 … Return to Daniel 9:24-27	601
Chapter 16
God Has a Son!	618
Psalm 2	620
First Stanza, Verses 1-3	626
Second Stanza, Verses 4-6	631
Third Stanza, Verses 7-9	635
Fourth Stanza, Verses 10-12	641
Summary	642
Psalms 72	643
First Stanza, Verses 1-4	648
Second Stanza, Verses 5-7	651
Third Stanza, Verses 8-11	652
Fourth Stanza, Verses 12-14	656
Fifth Stanza, Verses 15-17	657
Sixth Stanza, Verses 18-20	660
Proverbs 30:4	663
Question One: Who has ascended to heaven and come down?	664
Question Two: Who has gathered up the wind?	666
Question Three: Who has wrapped the water in his garments?	667
Question Four: Who has established all the extremities of the earth?	667
Question Five: What is his name or his son’s name, if you know it?	669
Summary	675
Chapter 17
The Branch	676
Isaiah 4:2 … The Branch of Yahweh	677
Isaiah 11:1 … The Branch	689
Jeremiah 23:5-6 … The Righteous Branch	696
Jeremiah 33:15-18 … The Branch of David’s line	715
Zechariah 3:8 … My Servant the Branch	718
Genealogical Record of Messiah	721
Haggai 2:23 … My Signet Zerubbabel	729
Return to Zechariah 3:8	732
Zechariah 6:12-13 … The man who is the Branch	740
Chapter 18
The Word of the LORD	748
Logos	751
Testimony of the Written Word – Tanakh	761
Testimony from the Targums	778
Summary	798
Chapter 19
Summary	799
Epilogue	812
Appendices
# 1 How to become one with G-d	817
# 2 References to Echad in the Torah	835
# 3 The Word: Verbal Plenary Inspiration	847
# 4 Isaiah 52:13–53:12	876
# 5 Dual Covenant Theology to Inclusivism	879
# 6 Judaism and Christianity	885
# 7 Anti-Missionary Teaching against Christians	918
# 8 Jesus Before the Sanhedrim	949
# 9 The Drift Away from the Bible	966
Bibliography	967
Glossary of Terms	993
Author Index	1025
Scripture Index	1034

Table of Contents

Book Releases!

Literature

Recent Posts

Categories