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1 | Scripture or opinion? | Bible general Archive 2 | chesed | 128849 | ||
Hi Tim... I don't think I will continue this much longer because it is upsetting some people. I think it is perfectly fine for people to apply Zech. 9 or any other verse to Jesus. I also believe that The whole OT was not just a bunch of verses that people wrote down just so Jesus could fulfill them. I believe they were written for that audience and applicable to those people. chesed |
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2 | Scripture or opinion? | Bible general Archive 2 | Morant61 | 128890 | ||
Greetings Chesed! I agree that the OT was written for a specific audience and was applicable to the people at that time. However, the OT also contain prophets passages that sometimes had more than one meaning. This is very different from saying that the Gospel writers simply 'made up' applications for the Old Testament. :-) If one believes in the inspiration of Scripture, then one must accept God's word for it when Scripture says that Jesus fulfilled an Old Testament prophecy. That is not to say that the Old Testament prophecy did not have meaning for the people of the time. For example, consider the 'vigin shall conceive' prophecy of Isaiah. It obviously had a very specific application to the people of that time. God promised that He was going to bring judgement on kings by the time this 'child' would know right from wrong. However, the NT also makes it very clear that there was an even greater fulfillment in God's mind - the birth of Christ of a literal virgin. The reason people have been upset with your posts is that it seems that you are saying that the New Testament writers simply 'made up' meanings. There is a huge difference between saying that an OT prophecy could have two fulfillments and saying that the NT simply makes up fulfillments. :-) Of course, not every OT prophecy had dual meanings. Some of them very specifically apply to the Messiah, but they were not always understood as such. For instance, most Jews interpreted Is. 53 as a reference to Israel, but they were wrong. Now, if I have misunderstood your position then I apologize. But, it sures seems to me as though you are saying that Matthew was 'wrong' when he, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said that Jesus fulfilled Zech. 9. I would wholeheartedly disagree with that position. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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