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<blockquote data-quote="parsley" data-source="post: 63506111" data-attributes="member: 291932"><p>It's important to question and think that way, because that ability to scrutinize also keeps you out of suicide cults, relational manipulation, and other oddities.</p><p></p><p>One thing to keep in mind -- whether Jesus fulfilled the prophecies was a controversy <em>during </em>His earthly ministry, and what caused Him to be put on trial. So you're looking at the writings, but also the people's perceptions during the time which was written about.</p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><em>Who do people say I am.</em></span></p><p></p><p>Things like entering the city on a colt could have been manipulated, but it almost seems that since people knew Jesus knew His scriptures, the procession could have been seen as intentional, tongue-in-cheek, or maybe an official statement of "Okay I give in, I will tell you."</p><p></p><p>Prophecy relating to His birth was something He couldn't control; the flight into Egypt would not have been His family's first choice; and of course the slaughter of first-born babies.</p><p></p><p>Another question to ask -- how did the Jews know that certain scriptures were Messianic? Many Messianic prophecies had dual meaning, so I sometimes wonder what caused them to conclude Messianic interpretation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="parsley, post: 63506111, member: 291932"] It's important to question and think that way, because that ability to scrutinize also keeps you out of suicide cults, relational manipulation, and other oddities. One thing to keep in mind -- whether Jesus fulfilled the prophecies was a controversy [I]during [/I]His earthly ministry, and what caused Him to be put on trial. So you're looking at the writings, but also the people's perceptions during the time which was written about. [COLOR=Sienna][I] Who do people say I am.[/I][/COLOR] Things like entering the city on a colt could have been manipulated, but it almost seems that since people knew Jesus knew His scriptures, the procession could have been seen as intentional, tongue-in-cheek, or maybe an official statement of "Okay I give in, I will tell you." Prophecy relating to His birth was something He couldn't control; the flight into Egypt would not have been His family's first choice; and of course the slaughter of first-born babies. Another question to ask -- how did the Jews know that certain scriptures were Messianic? Many Messianic prophecies had dual meaning, so I sometimes wonder what caused them to conclude Messianic interpretation. [/QUOTE]
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