Biblical Study Rooted In Jesus 

Bart Ehrman suggests mainstream Judaism permitted angel worship, citing prohibitions and Israel’s persistent struggle with idolatry as evidence of wide spread acceptance for worshipping other deities and divine beings within Hebrew Scripture. However, the narrative of the Old Testament shows time and time again that any time worship was given to another god or divine being it was always a bad thing. The worship of any other divine being than YHWH is a failure. This is not s

The epistles are not the only place which affirm Christ’s election before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:20; Revelation 13:8). The Gospels themselves affirm that Jesus was the purpose and fulfillment of creation itself. This section examines Matthew 28 to show that Matthew writes the resurrection account as the completion of creation. Matthew 28 begins with an awkward Greek statement. The two expressions in verse 1 literally mean, “late, (or evening) o