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Elohim is always plural in form. There are no exceptions. In almost every occurrence in the Hebrew Bible its meaning is singular. On those rare occurrences when it isn’t, that is to say, when it is actually plural in meaning, it is in reference to a group of gods - either angels, exalted human...

Then you won’t. The gospel message is an invitation from the Messiah to help him manage the world. You’ve declined it; a decision that has a serious consequence. I’m asking you to reconsider and hoping that you will.

I didn’t mention Paul, and Paul wouldn’t have advised anyone to patiently wait to commit sin. Having said that, you knew without me saying so that I had Paul in mind. That’s encouraging to me. The light is still flickering inside you. It hasn’t entirely gone it. You remembered.

That is the error that has always threatened the primitive Church, as well as later the developed Church. What you’re doing is dangerous. It has lead you to an entirely different religion. It will others, too, if / when they follow your example.

It is certain that at the beginning of the encounter between Jesus himself and the two disciples that they didn’t recognize him. It is just as certain that by the end of the encounter they did. The only question is why Jesus himself concealed his identity from them in the beginning of that...

You haven’t left it where Paul left it. You spiritualized what he said and you struggle with what that spiritualizing has produced. Don’t go beyond what is written (1 Corinthians 4:6). Those who spiritualize what is written (be they Baha’i, Christian or anything else) go beyond what is...

How did the Apostles and others of his disciples recognize him when they literally saw him following his resurrection? Has his appearance changed since his ascension into heaven? Will he look when he himself returns as he did when he himself ascended? Of course, those are questions for...

I’m only doing what a primitive Christian does. Another compare and contrast opportunity, which I invite and welcome.

I believe, on the strength of the New Testament witness, that the resurrected and changed body of the Messiah has physical properties. Some of those properties are consistent with the physical properties of the natural body that all human persons have and some are not. Paul struggled to...

My faith is in the belief of the New Testament witness. The people who were there saw it literally happen. No, I don’t need a supernatural event for that. No, I don’t need a mountain to move in order to test my faith. See my quote for the day.

You’re welcome. No apology necessary. The explanation isn’t uniquely mine (as commentaries would demonstrate) and not everyone will find it persuasive. I’m not pointing a gun at anyone’s head (another word play, as if a conscientious objector would ever do such a thing - what a picture!) and...

You have no faith that Jesus walked on the water. I do. We don’t have the same faith. Our readers need to see that there is a very big difference between the faith of the Baha’i religion and the faith of the primitive Christian religion. I’m trying to draw you out of the Baha’i faith and into...

I would recommend consulting commentaries to our readers. Isaiah 53:12 is but one verse in a lengthy messianic prophecy. Who was the transgressor that day? The one who wielded the sword against the arresting party. To resist the government (in this case, the Roman Empire), especially doing so...

Now that he has answered, I’ll give you my answer if you had put the question to me: I believe he did. Compare and contrast. Baha’i - no Primitive Christian - yes

Isaiah 53:12