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Author: Marc Bates
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Jesus: The Eternal Spirit and the Incarnate Logos
This study tests Qurʾānic Word-and-Spirit titles for Jesus against classical Islamic interpretation and the biblical identity of the incarnate Logos.
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Beyond Post-Enlightenment Reductions
This study recovers the ancient cognitive environment, divine-council worldview, and promise-plan against modern materialist and overly systematic reductions.
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From Enemy Combatant to Royal Priest: Conversion, Vocational Formation, and the Promise-Plan Architecture of a Recovered Hebraic Apologetic
Marc Bates’s movement from Jewish anti-missionary polemics to Christian teaching is examined as vocational reassignment within the biblical promise-plan.
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The Markan Kaleidoscope: Apocalyptic Combat, Hidden Glory, and the Parabolic Inbreaking of the Kingdom within the Promise-Plan of God
Mark’s Strong, Hidden, and Suffering Messiah converge in parables that reveal God’s kingdom advancing through secrecy, vulnerability, and promised harvest.
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Exegeting the Apostle of Liberty: Paul, Second Temple Judaism, and Female Authority
Paul’s statements about women are read within Second Temple Judaism, Roman social conditions, epistolary context, and the shared vocation of image-bearing co-heirs.
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Why Satan Quoted Psalm 91: Second Temple Demonology, the Wilderness Contest, and the Promise-Plan of God
Satan’s quotation of Psalm 91 is examined through Qumran, Second Temple demonology, Davidic expectation, and Jesus’ wilderness victory.
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Al-Masīḥ: The Divine Messiah—A Biblical-Theological Analysis of Messianic Identity, Inlibration versus Incarnation, and Intertextual Polemics in Christian–Muslim Encounter
The Qurʾānic title Al-Masīḥ is traced back through its Jewish and biblical meanings to test whether it can be reduced to an undefined honorific.
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The Historical Bedrock and Theological Architecture of Jesus the Healer: Historiography, Exegesis, and the Promise-Plan of Redemption
Jesus’ reputation as healer and exorcist is examined as historical bedrock and as a canonical sign of the inbreaking kingdom.
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Exodus 12: An Exegetical and Biblical-Theological Commentary
Exodus 12 establishes Passover, delivers Israel from Egypt, judges Egypt’s gods, and advances the promise-plan through substitutionary blood and covenant memory.
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Proclaiming the Inbreaking Reign: Homiletical Decisions, Canonical Integrity, and the Theological Referent in Jesus’ Parables
Jesus’ parables proclaim the active, inbreaking reign of God rather than functioning merely as literary puzzles, moral illustrations, or worldview-disrupting metaphors.