RE: Does the Bible Contradict Itself?
July 16, 2012 at 3:57 pm
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2012 at 3:58 pm by spockrates.)
(July 16, 2012 at 1:28 pm)FallentoReason Wrote:spockrates Wrote:Thanks FTR. I don't yet see the disagreement between the two authors. Both explain that Jesus caused the tree to wither. Neither mentions Hosea, nor explains a symbolic meaning of the miracle, nor even mentions that there is any metaphor to be gleaned from the event. Please explain.
Quite simply, how do you explain all the references Mark makes to the OT? Another one for you: the words Jesus spoke on the cross are the exact same ones as Psalm 22:1. Why do all these supposedly historical facts reflect almost word for word verses in the OT? Remember, I'm not even bringing up prophetic verses in the OT but rather trivial verses that pop up in Mark's Gospel. Why?
Mark makes no reference to Hosea in chapter 11. When Mark does make a reference to an OT prophet, he names the prophet as the source. For example:
It is written in Isaiah the prophet:
2“I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way” —
3 “a voice of one calling in the desert,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’”
(Mark 1)
Why would the author name the prophet in the first chapter, but leave out the name of the prophet in the 11th chapter?
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains (no matter how improbable) must be the truth."
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