RE: Isaiah 53, 700 B.C: Historical Evidence of the Divine Omniscience.
July 26, 2023 at 9:21 am
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2023 at 10:10 am by Bucky Ball.)
(July 26, 2023 at 6:26 am)Nishant Xavier Wrote: "The prophet office did not include foretelling future events"
Lolol, has to be the most hilarious things I've ever read.
The very definition of a Prophet is to foretell future events.
So you falsely and ignorantly claim,
it may be the definition where you come from, but not in the halls of real scholarship.
Prophesy is not about sooth-saying. It was forbidden. We get that your level of education about religion is about the 2nd Grade level.
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/rel...508899007/
You can cherry-pick any bullshit from anywhere, as you do.
But do please, continue to demonstrate your total ignorance of ancient Hebrew culture.
You're nothing but an ignorant amateur.
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780765799982/Me...prophecies.
Their role was NOT to be a soothsayer.
"Their task was to warn, criticize the morals and ethics of their day, and counsel and comfort the Israelite people."
"Today’s world misunderstands prophecy. We see it as a foretelling of the future, but that is not what prophecy was about in the days when the various books of the Bible were written, and prophecy is not about fortune-telling today, either.
A biblical prophet’s purpose was to hold up a mirror to society so believers could see who they really were and how they were acting. A prophet held a yardstick to society and said you are or are not measuring up to God’s standard. For example, the prophet Nathan confronted David when the king had Uriah killed and took Bathsheba as a wife. Because of Nathan’s words, David recognized his sinfulness, accepted the consequences and repented.
Prophecy sometimes includes a statement about what will happen in the future. But this soothsaying should not be viewed as definite, unchanging predictions of what is to come. The prophet is saying, "If you continue your evil ways, this is what will happen to you in the future. If you change your ways to conform to God’s desires, your life will have a different future.” "In the familiar story about Jonah, the prophet goes to Nineveh at God’s insistence to tell the Ninevites they will be punished for their sinful ways. The Ninevites respond to Jonah’s prophecy by atoning for their sins, and God refrains from sending down His wrath. Jonah, then, is upset because God forgives the Ninevites. Jonah feels like a fool for expressing the prophecy.
But in the story, Jonah did not understand the purpose of prophecy. Prophecy is never about telling the future; it is always about attempting to change current behavior to be in line with God’s laws and desires for humankind. When that purpose is accomplished, there is no need for the undesirable future to occur." "Likewise, prophecy may tell of good that will happen if believers take the proper path. When the society or individuals fail to follow that proper path, of course, that future will not occur, and painful consequences will follow."
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell 
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