The Two Comings of the Messiah:
As Represented Typologically & Chronologically in Matthew 1

I missed something awesome in Matthew 1 that I’d like to share with you today. The past few weeks I’ve been working on an article related to the differences in the chronology of the  MT & LXX texts of the Old Testament and in the process of that exploration I realized something that I’ve never shared with you before.

This is a rather short article this week but I think you will find its symbolical and chronological significance thrilling. Stay tuned, Yahweh willing in a week or two I’ll explain why this information is significant to those who accuse (falsely in my opinion) the 1st century’s Jewish rabbis of chronological forgeries related to the Old Testament.

Suffering Servant & Reigning King
If you were a Biblical author tasked with coming up with a way to graphically represent the Biblical statement that the Messiah would come as a suffering servant (sacrifice for sin) as well as a future king, could you do it? What if that graphic representation also had to identify this Messianic figure and provide chronological proof that this person was the Messiah promised in the Old Testament?

Pretty tough challenge, don’t you think?

Well, today I’ll share with you how one Biblical author accomplished such a challenge and left mankind with unique evidence that proves a single individual in recorded history was the Bible’s promised Messiah. Continue reading →