Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2014 4:48:35 GMT -5
A major part of biblical denialism is to challenge the notion there is such
a thing as the ability of the bible to predict the future.
Many prophecies of the Old Testament, going back to Genesis, were ascribed
by the intelligentsia as actually having been written in Daniel's time.
And anything Daniel predicted was ascribed to later times of the Maccabees.
And anything which couldn't be explained away, particularly events beyond
the time when the OT was canonized, is simply ignored.
One such verse is the following:
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 49:10
"The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor
the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until
Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience
of the peoples."
Here was Jacob in Egypt with his sons.
No nation,
no kingdom,
no laws.
And he is speaking to his son Judah. Remember Judah is the one who offered
himself for his brother - a type of Christ.
These sons of Jacob would create a nation.
This nation would have a monarchy (despite God not wanting a monarchy)
It would be a monarchy of the house of Judah.
There would be a law, but not through Judah (in fact it came through Moses, a Levite)
And Judah would protect the law.
But this law, this monarchy - and by implication, this nation - would
end with the coming of the Messiah (sometimes called Shiloh - He to whom
all things belong)
This Messiah would come (as was presumed) from the house of Judah
This Messiah would offer himself for his brothers.
And this Messiah would have the trust of the Gentiles.
In one fell fell swoop, one single verse, we read the whole story of the
Old Testament Israel and the New Testament Messiah, in whom the world
would obey.
Would any of our atheist skeptics like to offer an alternative interpretation?
a thing as the ability of the bible to predict the future.
Many prophecies of the Old Testament, going back to Genesis, were ascribed
by the intelligentsia as actually having been written in Daniel's time.
And anything Daniel predicted was ascribed to later times of the Maccabees.
And anything which couldn't be explained away, particularly events beyond
the time when the OT was canonized, is simply ignored.
One such verse is the following:
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 49:10
"The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor
the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until
Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience
of the peoples."
Here was Jacob in Egypt with his sons.
No nation,
no kingdom,
no laws.
And he is speaking to his son Judah. Remember Judah is the one who offered
himself for his brother - a type of Christ.
These sons of Jacob would create a nation.
This nation would have a monarchy (despite God not wanting a monarchy)
It would be a monarchy of the house of Judah.
There would be a law, but not through Judah (in fact it came through Moses, a Levite)
And Judah would protect the law.
But this law, this monarchy - and by implication, this nation - would
end with the coming of the Messiah (sometimes called Shiloh - He to whom
all things belong)
This Messiah would come (as was presumed) from the house of Judah
This Messiah would offer himself for his brothers.
And this Messiah would have the trust of the Gentiles.
In one fell fell swoop, one single verse, we read the whole story of the
Old Testament Israel and the New Testament Messiah, in whom the world
would obey.
Would any of our atheist skeptics like to offer an alternative interpretation?