RE: Explanation Required by the 12 guys? + the secret.
December 9, 2021 at 9:00 pm
(This post was last modified: December 9, 2021 at 9:21 pm by Ferrocyanide.)
(December 9, 2021 at 5:49 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: It's all just a distortion of Psalms.
Matt. 13:35, "That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world,"
Is an inaccurate portrayal of Psalm 78:2- 3: "I Will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us."
Except that : Psalm 78 says nothing about "things which have been kept secret since the world began" but only of dark sayings of old. These sayings refer to old sayings, not things which have been kept secret;
the phrase, "which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us," which can be found in Psalm 78, is the opposite of "secret" in Matt. 13;
Psalm 78 says "a parable," while Matthew says "parables."
I scrolled back a little to see what the preceding lines were.
There are some matching problems.
Psalm 76:1 KING JAMES VERSION
In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
^^^^^But Jesus’s name is not great in Israel.
Of course, “great” is a relative term but it looks like he didn’t win over the majority.
Psalm 76:2 KING JAMES VERSION
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
^^^^^Salem is never mentioned in the new testament except for Hebrews 7:1
There is a Salim.
Some people think that Salem and Jerusalem are the same location.
Psalm 76:11 KING JAMES VERSION
Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
^^^^^There was just the 3 magicians that brought presents.
Psalm 76:12 KING JAMES VERSION
He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
^^^^^This doesn’t sound like Jesus. He didn’t interact with the various countries on Earth.
And if I keep reading past Psalm 78:3, there is just the usual story of Exodus.
It talks about some jews being rebellious.
It says that the Ephraim tribe quit during battle and fled and so, god was pissed.
The Bible is quite repetitive.
(December 9, 2021 at 6:11 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: And it is also a part where Jesus makes one of the many scientific blunders, like not knowing that mustard seed is not the smallest of all seeds, because the orchid seed, for example, is much smaller, and young trees are not shrubs, as the mustard plant is, and shrubs do not grow into trees.
But we can't expect Jesus to know things that he apparently created, like seeds. Oh no. That was way beyond his time, not like flying, walking on water, and bringing dead people to life.
I looked into it.
A mustard seed is about 2 to 3 mm. It is almost spherical and looks dense.
Orchid seeds look smaller, lightweight, like dust.
The mustard plant doesn’t look like a shrub. It doesn’t look dense. It looks like a tall grass, about 2 m in height at most.
I think if the wind blows, it would sway a lot. I doubt that any bird would nest in the mustard plant.
Perhaps I haven’t seen all the varieties or I am not a good judge just based on images I found on the web.