Examinations
In-depth Bible examinations on Anakalypsis: 13 long-form investigations covering resurrection evidence, Messianic prophecy, textual transmission, and more.
The Historical Case for the Resurrection
A step-by-step examination of the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus, drawing on extra-biblical sources, the earliest Christian creed, the empty tomb, post-resurrection appearances, and the testimony of the Church Fathers.
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Christ in the Old Testament
A journey through the Old Testament's messianic thread — from the first promise of a redeemer in Eden, through the patriarchal covenants, the royal psalms, the suffering servant, and the prophetic visions — tracing how the Hebrew Scriptures anticipate and prepare for Christ.
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The Covenant Thread
A journey through the progressive covenants of Scripture — from God's pledge to Noah, through the promises to Abraham, the law given at Sinai, the royal covenant with David, and the New Covenant inaugurated by Christ — showing how each covenant advances God's redemptive plan while building on what came before.
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The Temple: From Tabernacle to New Creation
A thematic exploration of the temple motif across the entire Bible — from Eden as the proto-temple where God walked with humanity, through the Tabernacle, Solomon's Temple, the exile's loss, Ezekiel's vision, Jesus' identification of himself as the temple, the church as living temple, and the New Jerusalem where God dwells with his people forever.
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The Divine Name
An exploration of the divine name revealed at the burning bush — YHWH, "I AM THAT I AM" — tracing its significance through the Psalms and prophets, its jealous guarding in Israelite worship, and its dramatic reappearance in the "I AM" statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John, with their profound implications for his divine identity.
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Does Jesus Claim to Be God?
A comprehensive examination of whether Jesus of Nazareth claimed divine identity. Drawing on the Gospels, the Pauline epistles, and the testimony of the earliest Church Fathers — examining what He said, how His audience responded, and what the earliest sources record.
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What Did the Earliest Christians Actually Believe?
Within years of the crucifixion, Jesus’ followers were worshipping Him as God, reciting creeds about His death and resurrection, and dying rather than deny it. This editorial examines the earliest evidence — not what later councils decided, but what the first generation actually said and did.
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Forty Authors, Fifteen Centuries, One Story
The Bible was written by roughly forty authors over fifteen hundred years, spanning three continents, three languages, and every conceivable literary genre. Yet it exhibits persistent thematic and structural coherence. This editorial examines the properties of that coherence and the explanations proposed to account for it.
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The Suffering Servant
An in-depth exploration of Isaiah 52:13–53:12, the Suffering Servant passage — examining the text itself, Jewish and Christian interpretive traditions, the earliest sources, and why this passage remains the most debated prophecy in biblical scholarship.
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The Scarlet Thread: Sacrifice from Eden to Calvary
Tracing the theme of sacrifice from the first animal death in Eden through Abel, Abraham, the Passover, the Levitical system, and the prophetic critique — all converging on the cross.
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How We Got the Bible
An exploration of how the 66 books of the Protestant Bible (and the wider Catholic and Orthodox canons) came to be recognized as Scripture — a process spanning over a thousand years, involving Jewish scribal traditions, early church councils, and manuscript transmission.
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The Messianic Genealogy
Tracing the messianic bloodline from the first promise in Eden through Abraham, Judah, and David to the two genealogies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke — examining the Jeconiah curse, the virgin birth problem, the legal-versus-biological distinction, and the irreversible loss of genealogical records after AD 70.
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The Transmission of the Biblical Text
An examination of the manuscript evidence behind the Bible — what we have, what varies, and what that means for the claim that the text has been reliably transmitted across millennia.
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