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vegan atheist indy
- Sep 27, 2008
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Happily, God is much smarter than Jefferson was. If only Jefferson was alive to day to see the prophesy of Revelation come to pass.
Can you tell me something about Israel 2000 years from now?
Neither could Jefferson, a creation of the Creator.
I was a Christian 30 years ago and I kept hearing the "any day now" crap then as well. So when is this going to happen? Personally I think the Christian churches have been trying their best to bring about their self-fulfilling prophesy because of this ridiculous Apocalyptic interpretation of a book that was most likely nothing more than symbolic anti-Roman observations of the time.
Then the fact that Israel became a nation 2000 years later on the exact day predicted was a symbolic anti Roman thing?
How about the prophesy that once gathered, they would go back to speaking Hebrew?
No one that has been displaced for 2,000 years ever went back to their original language.
But they did.
30 years ago, Israel was not surrounded by her enemies. They are now.
The Ethiopian Jews had not yet returned to Israel. They have now.
We now have armies over 200 million men. Impossible in John's time.
Also impossible until now was the ability to hear the gospel world wide.
There has been no red heifer to sacrifice for 2,000 years. Now there is.
In May 1997 the first Red Heifer was born in 2000 years. Another red Heifer was born in Israel in March of 2002.
Russia could not have invaded Israel at the time John wrote Revelation. On the other hand do you see them choosing their allies as we speak?
I can do this 2,000 times.
Give me a mere mortal that can tell me what to expect next year, let alone 2,000 years into the future.
You had the wrong people telling you things 30 years ago.
Don't consider God fallible, just because man is.
Prophecy in the bible is entirely vague. There are many prophecies in the bible that did not come true, evidenced by such things as:
The Destruction of Tyre- God states that Nebuchadnezzar would Destroy Tyre, but he doesn't. Tyre flourishes for 240 years, until Alexander the Great gets rid of it.
The Destruction of Egypt- " Egypt has never been a desolate waste, there has never been a time when people have not walked through it, there has never been a period of forty years when Egypt was uninhabited, and it has never been surrounded by other desolate countries.[5]" (rationalwiki)
Nile Will Dry up (Ezekiel 30:20)- There is no evidence of this ever happening in recorded history.
These are only a FEW examples of inerrancy in the bible.