In late antiquity and the Middle Ages, the poem was radically reinterpreted by Christians to be about the birth of Jesus Christ. Medieval scholars thus claimed that Virgil had somehow predicted Christ prior to his birth, and that Virgil therefore must have been a pre-Christian prophet. Notable individuals such as Constantine the Great, St. Augustine, Dante Alighieri, and Alexander Pope believed in this interpretation of the eclogue. Modern scholars by and large shy away from this interpretation, although Floyd does note that the poem contains elements of many disparate religious and mythological themes, and R. G. M. Nisbet concluded that it is was likely that Virgil was indirectly inspired by the Hebrew Scriptures via Eastern oracles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclogue_4
It's easy to reinterpret existing prophesy. Mordern preacher do it all the time. the only difference is we have the benfit of hindsight. Meaning 'we' in the 'future' would tend to gravitate towards the more accurate predictions and after 40 years forget the rest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclogue_4
It's easy to reinterpret existing prophesy. Mordern preacher do it all the time. the only difference is we have the benfit of hindsight. Meaning 'we' in the 'future' would tend to gravitate towards the more accurate predictions and after 40 years forget the rest.
