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|    j w |
|    Re: 6/3 The OT prophecies, as quoted by     |
|    07 Mar 04 06:24:52    |
      [continued from previous message]              >I had turned away I repented; and after I was instructed, I smote upon       >my thigh; I was ashamed, and I was confounded, because I bore the       >disgrace of my youth.' Is E'phraim my dear son? Is he my darling       >child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still.       >Therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him,       >says the LORD."       >       >As everyone can see; this speaks about Israel which was exiled and of       >which God says it would return from the land of the enemy.       >So this is another text which has nothing to do with murdering       >children in the days of the messiah, a text which is ripped out of       >context and presented to us as a messianic prophecy, which it is not.       >       >       >Another OT prophecy, as quoted by the NT:       >       >Matthew 2:23; "And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that       >what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, "He shall be       >called a Nazarene.""       >       >This prophecy won't take up much space, because you can read through       >the OT from beginning to end, and NOWHERE is a prophecy to be found       >which says that the messiah should be living in Nazareth, or that he       >"shall be called a Nazarene".       >       >So now the NT is quoting non existing prophecies.       >       >       >Another OT prophecy, as quoted by the NT:       >       >Matthew 27:9-10 "Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the       >prophet Jeremiah, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver,       >the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of       >Israel, and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord       >directed me."       >       >And also this prophecy does NOT speak about the messiah.       >But what is even more interesting is that this prophecy is not from       >Jeremiah as the NT claims, but it is from Zechariah. See Zechariah       >11:12-13; "I told them, "If you think it best, give me my pay; but if       >not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. And the LORD       >said to me, "Throw it to the potter"-the handsome price at which they       >priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into       >the house of the LORD to the potter."       >       >So the NT is written by Bible-illiterates who couldn't even mention       >the right prophet…       >       >       >Another OT prophecy, as quoted by the NT:       >       >Luke 24:44-47; "Then he said to them, "These are my words which I       >spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written       >about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be       >fulfilled." Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,       >and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer       >and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and       >forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations,       >beginning from Jerusalem."       >       >And, surprise!, NOWHERE in the whole OT is it written that "the Christ       >should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that       >repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to       >all nations, beginning from Jerusalem."       >       >Another NT quote from the OT which is nowhere to be found in the OT.       >       >How is it possible that there are people who keep on believing these       >lies?       >       >For more information about why the Jewish people don't recognize the       >NT, look here: http://www.geocities.com/Metzad                     _______________________________________________________________________________       Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com - Accounts Starting At $6.95 - ht       p://www.uncensored-news.com        <><><><><><><> The Worlds Uncensored News Source        <><><><><><><><>              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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