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The Seventy weeks of Daniel: Did prophet Daniel predict the exact date of the Messiah's death?




The Seventy weeks of Daniel: Did prophet Daniel predict the exact date of the Messiah's death?

Daniel's prophecy concerning the 70 weeks (or 490 years) could have not predicted the exact date of Jesus death in the cross. Why? Simply because it would have been such a strong proof of Jesus claims, that all Christian authors (Luke, Paul, Peter, James, John, etc) would have included it in their writings. But the truth is that it isn't mentioned at all in the New Testament. How could they all miss something so extremely important? Very simple! - Back them, no christian writer considered Daniel's prophecy as referring to Jesus, but rather to King Cyrus- whom the prophet Isaiah describes as being " God's annointed", or " Messiah" (Isaiah 45: 1).
Could this grave flaw in Christian theology be explained out by claiming that the New testament writers never thought their writings would become holy Scripture? Could it be that they didn't feel the need to do it, because they thought their readers were intimately familiar with the Hebrew Scriptures?
Well, did any of the Christian writers think he was writing scripture? .... Certainly! For example, Peter put Paul's writings at the same level with the [Hebrew] Scriptures existing back in his time. As it is written: "... even as our beloved BROTHER PAUL also, according to the wisdom given unto him, HATH WRITTEN UNTO YOU, as also IN ALL HIS EPISTLES, SPEAKING IN THEM OF THESE THINGS. Therein are some things hard to understand, WHICH THOSE WHO ARE UNLEARNED AND UNSTABLE WREST, AS THEY DO ALSO THE OTHER SCRIPTURES" - 2 Peter 3: 15-15...
Did the Christian writers think that their readers were intimately familiar with the Tanach (The Hebrew Scriptures)? Of course they didn't! Why? Simply because the overwhelming mayority of Christians converts were former pagans (Romans, Corinthians, Ephesians, Greeks, etc). In fact, the Christian authors knew that the converts instruction had to start from ground zero; and include the very basics teachings of the Tanach.
As it is written: " AND I, BRETHREM, COULD NOT SPEAK UNTO YOU AS UNTO SPIRITUAL, BUT AS UNTO CARNAL, EVEN AS UNTO BABES IN CHRIST. I HAVE FEED YOU WITH MILK AND NOT WITH MEAT; FOR HITHERTO YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO BEAR IT, neither yet now are ye able" - 1 Corinthians 3: 1-2. And also SAYS in another place: " We have a great deal to say about this, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand. ALTHOUGH BY THIS TIME YOU OUGHT TO BE TEACHERS, YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TEACH YOU THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GOD'S REVELATION again. YOU NEED MILK, NOT SOLID FOOD" - Hebrews 5: 11-12

 

Why was Adam asked to till the Garden?

Hebrew Scripture states that God’s Law was initially revealed to Moses in the Hebrew tongue. But Anyone with even a minimal knowledge of the Hebrew language knows that ancient Hebrew was a very imprecise language, as it contained no vowels, no accents, no periods, no commas, no exclamation signs, no upper case, no question marks, etc. How could Bible’s message ever be accurately preserved by means of such an imprecise language? Can a good sword be made out of bad iron? The answer to this question is that Bible’s true message (a life of holiness, where we sow the good we wish to eventually reap) is so simple and so self evident that not even a fool can err from it [so no precise language was ever needed! ]. As is written: «… and it shall be called “The way of holiness”; the unclean shall not pass over it… THE WAYFARING MEN, THOUGH FOOLS, SHALL NOT ERR THEREIN»- Isaiah 35: 8. And also in another place: “Turn from evil, and do good [to your innocent fellow human beings]; so you may live forever”- Psalm 37: 27, Tree Of Life Version.
In fact, Hebrew scripture states that, as soon as God created Adam, He placed him in a garden, so he could till the land. As is written: “The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it …”- Genesis 2: 15 (Christian standard Bible). But, why did Adam have to work any land? Didn’t he already have the world’s food supply at his disposal? The reason was that, the first thing God wanted Adam to learn was that mankind’s well being would depend upon it’s recognition of the fact that, the World we humans have been introduced to, works upon the principle of “sowing and reaping” (cause and effect, action and reaction, what goes around, comes around). As is written; “… Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands”- Isaiah 65: 22; “As you have done, it will be done to you…“- Obadiah 15: 15; And also, “… As I have done, so God has repaid me”- Judges 1: 7. And finally says, “… The Lord rewards each of us according to what we do”- Psalm 62: 12 (C. E. V. ).
The truth is that ancient men of God (Enoch, Noah, Job, Abraham, Joseph, etc) had no [Sacred] written scripture available, yet they perfectly knew God’s will for their lives, thereby earning God’s approval. In other words, God’s will for Abraham was self evident to him (“For I know him [Abraham], that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment …”- Gen. 18: 19). And this will was none but to to fear God, living a life of righteousness in which we sow upon our fellow human beings the goodness we wish to reap for ourselves. It was only after mankind had lost it’s capability to understand God’s wisdom imprinted in the divine book of Nature (the law of “sowing and reaping”) that the Creator had to start giving mankind an endless amount of written scriptures (Torah, prophets, Psalms, Proverbs, Gospel, Talmud, Qur’an, Sunnah, etc).
In short, God’s creation (nature) is His supreme revelation; God’s own unchangeable Word, eternally written in the Heavens. As it has been said: “Lord, YOUR WORD IS FOREVER; IT IS FIRMLY FIXED IN HEAVEN”- Psalm 119: 89; and, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and THE EXPANSE PROCLAIMS THE WORK OF HIS HANDS”- Psalm 19: 1; and finally says, “When I observe your Heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you set in place, what is a human being that you remember him, a son of man that you look after him? ”- Psalm 8: 3-4. This Divine revelation is freely available to anyone who would wish to consider it. And any written scripture [or doctrine] that confirm the Divine revelation inprinted in Nature (the law of “sowing and reaping”) comes from God; while any scripture [or doctrine] that denies it does not come from God.

 

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