This Friday is Jumaa’ al Hazeeneh (Arabic for Good Friday), and to Palestinian Christians this phrase is pregnant with ...

The New Testament authors interpreted them through the lens of Jesus’ life, uncovering layers of meaning embedded in the Scriptures. It’s also worth noting that messianic prophecies weren’t ...

During these days before the annual Easter Holy Week, Christians around the world have been observing the Lenten Season. The word Lent, or Lenten, was originally an Old English term meaning length.

We’ve been looking at the way the kingdom of God that Jesus proclaimed was the development of perhaps the central theme of the Old Testament: There would come a time when God would act, fulfilling his ...

The famous messianic passage of Isaiah 53:4-7 alludes ... and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb” (53:7). The New Testament continues this analogy of Jesus as a sacrificial lamb ...

Scholars debate whether the Gospel stories preserve ancient memories or are just Greek literature in disguise. But there’s a ...

Furthermore, the Jews of ancient Israel, especially their leaders, were acutely aware of the Messianic prophecies ... “The Meaning of ‘Rock’ in the New Testament.” The verse was only ...

We will turn to the New Testament fulfillment in ... but was to be communicated to the whole messianic people” (CCC #1287). The Old Testament prepares all of humanity to be Christians, anointed ...

Paula White, a longtime friend of the president, mixes prayer, politics and fundraising for her ministry. “We pray for God to ...