(March 4, 2016 at 8:24 pm)Cecelia Wrote:I imagine that would be a stock response to any and all fulfilled prophecy, no matter how unlikely. So how did a tiny remnant of post WWII Jews manage to recreate their own nation when there wasn't one?(March 4, 2016 at 7:48 pm)AJW333 Wrote: Isaiah11:11 In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea. 12 He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth."
The nation of Israel was destroyed in 586 BC and regathered 70 years later. It was destroyed a second time by the Romans 2000 years ago and the Jews were dispersed to the four corners of the earth. For all this time, the nation of Israel ceased to exist. Then in 1948 God fulfilled his promise to regather the Jews and to restore their nation.
Self-Fulfilling prophecy.
(March 4, 2016 at 8:24 pm)Cecelia Wrote: And how about the failed Prophecy Jesus made in Matthew 16:27-28Bible scholars interpret Jesus' words here as a reference to the transfiguration where Peter James and John saw his glorious appearance.
"For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and WILL THEN REPAY EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS. Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom"
Totally didn't happen, and all of those people are long dead. Their children are dead, their grandchildren are dead, their great grandchildren are dead. Their great greandchildren's great grandchildren's great grandchildren are dead.