I have been giving serious thought to whether or not I believe the New Testament or if it is a giant con. People use Isaiah 7:14 as a prophetic reference to the virgin birth, but the verse is taken so far out of context that it is almost laughable that someone could derive that from it. If someone reads the whole chapter and not just that verse, they will find Judah at war on two fronts. The king of Judah was an evil king, but G-d assured the king through the prophet Isaiah that G-d would give Judah victory in these wars. Verse 16 gives qualifying info to prophecy of the child. "for before the child shall know to refuse the bad and choose the good, the land you abhor shall be forsaken by both her kings" I don't think these series of verses of immediate deliverence from invading forces are fulfilled by a virgin birth 700 years later. Joseph wasn't like, "Praise G-d, you must be the prophesied virgin mother of the Messiah." He wanted a divorce. If the expectation was..........
2007-06-06
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