Greetings!
Jesus (allegedly) fulfilled 44 prophecies from the OT.
This is for many Christians a very strong reason to
believe in him as the savior and messiah.
I have always been wondering:
Is it not possible that all or some of these fulfilled prophecies
are cases of retro-engineered prophecy fulfillment?
What do I mean by that?
It's simple: All the authors of the NT were through and through
familiar with the OT.
Even Paul who was a Jew but became a Roman citizen.
So: They knew all the prophecies. What would be easier
than write their works so that it fit the old prophecies.
They wouldn't consider that 'lying' - they might even have
thought that it was a good thing they were doing.
That is what I mean by retro-engineered prophecy fulfillment.
How is it possible to know whether they were doing
this or whether some prophecies were genuinely fulfilled?
Jesus (allegedly) fulfilled 44 prophecies from the OT.
This is for many Christians a very strong reason to
believe in him as the savior and messiah.
I have always been wondering:
Is it not possible that all or some of these fulfilled prophecies
are cases of retro-engineered prophecy fulfillment?
What do I mean by that?
It's simple: All the authors of the NT were through and through
familiar with the OT.
Even Paul who was a Jew but became a Roman citizen.
So: They knew all the prophecies. What would be easier
than write their works so that it fit the old prophecies.
They wouldn't consider that 'lying' - they might even have
thought that it was a good thing they were doing.
That is what I mean by retro-engineered prophecy fulfillment.
How is it possible to know whether they were doing
this or whether some prophecies were genuinely fulfilled?