(November 28, 2025 at 8:21 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: You already explained how you see it: you admitted that the OT didn't predict Jesus's resurrection,No I didn't. Isaiah 53, Jonah, Job 19, and as Peter pointed out, Psalm 16. Also...
Quote:but that when it supposedly happened, some people looked into OT and found a few lines that they considered were the prophecy.
No, no, no. It’s the exact opposite, the biblical meta-narrative. Yay, I get to do my “It’s not the scattered proof texts” long read (as I said earlier, derived from NTW).
Firstly, in the same way as saying “Umbrella, ella. ella” points to a whole song, a quoted phrase points to a whole section of the OT. When Jesus said ”My God, why have You forsaken me”, he’s not saying God has left Him, but referring to the whole of Psalm 22, where suffering leads to humanity, including the dead, being blessed from suffering.
Secondly, the metanarrative of the Bible. Think of it as a play with a number of acts.
Adam and Eve mess up.
Abraham is told his descendents will clear up the mess.
Moses does a people released from captivity thing
Israel keeps messing up.
The prophets talk about God to the rescue, suffering involved somewhere, and a new Kingdom of God to come
Jesus as Israel does the job Israel was given to do, sets up the Kingdom of God. People can be part of it now, and in the full version in the the future.
Now would be a good time to read Psalm 22, because it’s there. It talks about the history of Israel, coming to an earth-shattering point, then a future in which all will worship God. That’s how you do true prophecy.
It’s the Big Picture
