Quote:Why do you pick one statement out of a passage and then make an assumption about it's meaning.
Xtians are famous for that, G-C.
"“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel,"
You guys point to this line and shout "Yup...there's fucking Jesus!!!! Hallelujah!!! Hosanna!!! ( And all your other bullshit.)
However, if you bother reading the whole passage, ( a lot of work I know) you find
Quote:Micah 5
1 Marshal your troops, O city of troops, [a]
for a siege is laid against us.
They will strike Israel's ruler
on the cheek with a rod.
2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans [b] of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins [c] are from of old,
from ancient times. [d] "
3 Therefore Israel will be abandoned
until the time when she who is in labor gives birth
and the rest of his brothers return
to join the Israelites.
4 He will stand and shepherd his flock
in the strength of the LORD,
in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God.
And they will live securely, for then his greatness
will reach to the ends of the earth.
5 And he will be their peace.
When the Assyrian invades our land
and marches through our fortresses,
we will raise against him seven shepherds,
even eight leaders of men.
6 They will rule [e] the land of Assyria with the sword,
the land of Nimrod with drawn sword. [f]
He will deliver us from the Assyrian
when he invades our land
and marches into our borders.
that it is about the Assyrian invasion....
Oh, and btw, bible bullshit aside, they did not (EVER) rule the land of Assyria. Looks like another fuck up in your supposedly unfuckupable book.
