Category Archives: As It Is Written

Whose Righteousness – Abram’s or God’s?

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Michael

Genesis 15:6 (NRS) And he believed the LORD; and the LORD reckoned it to him as righteousness. As translated by the RSV, this verse is grammatically incorrect. Correcting the English translation to correspond to the Hebrew וְהֶאֱמִן בַּיהוָה וַיַּחְשְׁבֶהָ לּוֹ … Continue reading →

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Genesis 1:11-12 – Of Fruit Trees And Omnipotence

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Michael

In Genesis 1:11 God instructs the earth to bring forth, among other forms of vegetation, “trees of fruit making fruit“1)Alternatively, “trees bearing fruit making fruit” or “trees bearing fruit continually“.. However, the next verse reveals that the earth failed to … Continue reading →

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The Translation Of Genesis 15:6

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Michael

In this post1)NOTE: you can read or download a PDF version of this posting here – Sept2016 – Whose Righteousness – God’s or Abram’s?. we’ll conduct an in-depth examination of Genesis 15:6, a verse that is critically important to the Protestant … Continue reading →

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