Daniel 9:24 says the Messiah will come, die, and then the temple would be destroyed. Isaiah 49 says this Messiah will be rejected by the nation of Israel, but be a Light to the gentiles (non-jews). Isaiah 53 says this Messiah will be bruised, beaten, and killed, buried with the rich, and then have His days prolonged (ressurrection).
Jesus came, was rejected by Israel, killed, buried with the rich (which was a rarity for convincted criminals), and then rose from the dead, then the temple was destroyed. The jews have been without a temple now for around 2000 years! And now, 2000 years later, the Gentile world now worships the God of Israel because of this Jesus of Nazareth, the most influential jew in the history of mankind; the most influential man in the history of mankind.
There are hundreds of prophecies in The Bible, this is just one of them that is so powerful, it's undeniable.
2007-08-01 05:17:42 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
are you quoting different stories in the bible to prove the bible is true?
2007-08-01 05:22:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
first of all, the bible didn't come around until a few hundred years AFTER Jesus died...and that was in 33 CE (AD, for the christians) Second, you can't prove that the bible is scientifically accurate... with the bible; you need to use something else. Nothing in the bible can be proven to be fact; therefore, you can't use it as evidence for anything. Third, the book of Isaiah is part of the Old testament which the Jews started. Christians had nothing to do with it because christianity didn't exist yet; they stole excerpts from it when they rose to prominence. Therefore, if the book of Isaiah did suggest the earth was round before Aristotle, then the credit goes to the jews. Fourth, All the symbols, stories, etc, you christians use were stolen from other religions. As a matter of fact, christians have yet to come up with anything original. That fish you people have on the back of your cars, along with most of your other symbols were taken from the pagans, the same religion that you people are so convinced involves the devil. I suggest you close your bible and double-check all the things you learned growing up because you don't have a clue.
2016-05-19 23:47:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basing your proof of the Bible's accuracy on foreshadowing in an earlier chapter of the Bible doesn't prove anything about the veracity of the work.
If anything, the use of such narrative conventions as foreshadowing would tend to indicate that the work is likely fiction.
After all, in the first Harry Potter book, it is prophecied that Harry Potter will fight an epic battle with the evil Lord Voldemort, and loe and behold, in Book 7 he does! That would hardly be evidence that the Harry Potter series is an accurate depiction of historical events, however.
2007-08-01 05:29:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's easy to write a prophesy after the events you are predicting have already happened.
Predicting that a messiah will come and won't be universally loved is hardly a stretch. Someone will always be fighting to protect the status quo, the very thing a messiah by definition is here to shake up.
2007-08-01 05:24:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Wow! And the first book of Harry Potter set up the events that happen in the last book! You do know the Bible was taken from a bunch of differing stories and reconstructed by the Emperor Constantine to keep his people in line, right? Could he have perhaps handpicked the "prophesies" that supported the religion he was pushing?
2007-08-01 05:29:06 · answer #5 · answered by Kris G 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
amazing... a book confirms itself
the "prophesy" also says the messiah would be born in bethlehem, and lo, joseph and mary (not residents of bethlehem) have to go there while she's knocked up, because of a census.
usualy when theres been a census theres a record (romans were good at keeping records) and why would you have to go to another town to be counted? that doesn't make much sense
2007-08-01 05:41:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Using the Bible to prove...the Bible. Congratulations. As for being the most influential Jew of all time, I think you are forgetting someone : Larry King.
2007-08-01 05:22:58 · answer #7 · answered by Heidi S 2 · 8⤊ 0⤋
It also says he would rebuild the Temple in three days. Didn't happen, did it? And no, you don't get to retrofit the prophecy to say "it's symbolic-it means the temple of his body!" If that can be symbolic, then so can Genesis.
And you're using the Bible to "prove" the Bible. Circular reasoning.
2007-08-01 05:22:49 · answer #8 · answered by Robin W 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I think you're a little confused. Atheists have no belief in a god. I'm quite positive most of us believe the Bible exists, and even has some factually accurate acounts of historical events. What's your point?
2007-08-01 05:24:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
You now need to prove Jesus was actually a real person, or that he was actually the Messiah....
Oh and you can't use the Bible. Go ahead.
2007-08-01 05:29:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're basing those details of Jesus' life on Biblical accounts, in which many details were simply assumed to have happened because they were mentioned in those prophecies. It's nothing but circular reasoning.
2007-08-01 05:25:39 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋