if you think that Jesus isn't real then why is the bible fulfilling itself?

Question

there will be wars and rumors of wars.
earthquakes in desolate places
mothers against daughter fathers against son. Just to name a few

Answer 1

Great question - hope this will make people think, and seek God!

Answer 2

I can make anything true if I read it enough and want it to be.

Prophecy like Jesus will be born. Then Jesus was born.

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Genesis

God says that if Adam eats from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, then the day that he does so, he will die. But later Adam eats the forbidden fruit (3:6) and yet lives for another 930 years (5:5). 2:17

As a punishment for killing Abel, God says Cain will be "a fugitive and a vagabond." Yet in just a few verses (4:16-17) Cain will settle down, marry, have a son, and build a city. This is not the activity one would expect from a fugitive and a vagabond. 4:12

God promises Abram and his descendants all of the land of Canaan. But both history and the bible (Acts 7:5 and Heb.11:13) show that God's promise to Abram was not fulfilled. 13:15, 15:18, 17:8, 28:13-14

Answer 3

Perhaps it is time for a story.

Once upon a time a man was walking through the woods and he came upon a circular target drawn upon a tree trunk. In the very center of the target, the bulls-eye, was an arrow. Remarkable, the man thought, and walked on. A little further on the man found another tree trunk with a target likewise drawn on its surface and sure enough another arrow shot into its center. Perhaps a lucky shot, the man thought. As he walked further into the forest the man found trunk after trunk with an arrow dead in the center of the target in each one.

Finally, the man came upon an archer with an almost empty quiver and a bucket of paint. "Are you that splendid shot whose work I have seen throughout this forest?" the man asked.

The archer owned that he was.

"Pray, show me how you do such wonderfully accurate shooting!" the man implored him.

With that the archer put down the bucket of paint and drew forth an arrow and shot it at an unmarked tree. As soon as it hit, the archer hurried over and drew a target all around the arrow so as to put it squarely on target.

The books you tend to quote from the Torah have been often mistranslated or rewritten so as to make it appear that Jesus fulfills the prophesies of the Messiah so awaited by the Jews. Haven't you wondered why the Jews have not accepted Josuah ben Joseph as the one foretold? I have. You might want to read the things at Jews for Judaism. A real eye-opener. BTW, No, I am not Jewish. And YES, I do believe in God.

Answer 4

Its fulfilling itself because of its vagueness. You can see whatever you want to see in that book. I'm sure there might have been a guy named jesus running around back than, but there were many other guys running around saying they were the son of god too. And exactly what is the bible fulfilling. Its succeeding at continuing to be a major issue in why people can not get along in the world today though.

Answer 5

Explain in detail how it is.

Update:

I asked for details but here we go...

"there will be wars and rumors of wars."

- I'd say this has been the case since the dawn of time. Humans have fought over land, power and religion for thousands of years, there has been no change other than our ability to report it to more people in recent times.

"earthquakes in desolate places"

- There have been earthquakes since the Earth was formed. We now know how they happen too, unlike in centuries ago when the Bible was written. Back then people thought it was God being angry. Now we know it is natural movement of tectonic plates.

"mothers against daughter fathers against son."

- Well that is just meaningless nonsense.

"Just to name a few."

- What I was asking you to do was to give us specific Biblical quotes that actually mean something and are not merely the rantings of primative man. You have provided no evidence at all to back up your rediculous stance.

Answer 6

Hey guys, whats up?

Yea about this, u gotta do u research first to understand how the bibile is fulfilling itsself. For example, in the Bible, in the book of revalation it predicts how their will be wars in the endtimes, especially in the Middleeast. And ofcourse Jesus was real, no doubt about it, he is not only mentioned in the Bible but in many other religions for example, Islam.

You can not just take a bias about Jesus, and the Bible, you gotta look into this kind of stuff before you say anything otherwise someone is gunna jsut prove you wrong, debate it out!

Answer 7

Fulfill what? Is it that part about how there might be rain, unless there isn't? Or is it about how Jesus will be here "real soon"? Is it the one about the brand new phenomenon called war - we never had THAT before, right?

And let me tell you something about "predictions." If you make enough of them, especially about events that happen all the time, then you're gonna do OK. For instance, in my house there is a machine that I can guarantee to be totally correct twice a day - it's a broken clock.

Answer 8

Ahhh ! Now what did I miss - I am sure that I watch the news once in a way - where did it say that the Bible fulfilled it self?

Jesus is real - he did live about 2000 years back. Apart from that I don't know of any other occasion that the Bible has mentioned any thing real.

Answer 9

First off, I do believe in God and Jesus. However, events currently happening in the Middle East may or may not have anything to do with prophecy. Many thought the end of the world was going to occur in 1945 when Israel was created. It didn't. Some events may have some significance, but I don't believe that the majority of what's predicted in the Bible, particularly Daniel and Revelation has happened yet. Be watchful and ready for His Second Coming.

Answer 10

There is no credible evidence that the Bible is "fulfilling itself", much less that Jesus existed. Primitive belief systems are inadequate to provide solutions to the problems we face in the modern world. Superstition is no substitute for reason.

Answer 11

The bible fulfilling prophecies is strictly an opinion, unless someone would like to draw out facts that can be openly debated.