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[Michael_Howard]

ccav:

OOOPPPSSS!!! In an above post I talked about eisegesis versus exegesis. This is exactly what I am talking about. Matthew 27:9 says that this prophecy was spoken by Jeremiah. Spoken does not mean written. Jeremiah spoke it and Zechariah wrote it down. So what?

Oh, and by the way, I’d call this another arguement against sola scriptura.

he he…these are giving me a good “chuckle”…LOL

 

[ccav]

1. In Matthew 1:23, Matthew has the angel say that Jesus would be born of a virgin. However, the prophecy that Matthew is referring to, Isaiah 7:14, uses the Hebrew word almah, which simply means a young woman. It has nothing to do with sexual purity; the Hebrew word for virgin is bethulah. How do you explain this?

Well, sorry, but the questioner does not have Jewish scholarship on his side.

Cyrus Gordon, a leading Jewish scholar who was formerly Professor of Assyriology and Egyptology, Dropsie College, wrote:

The commonly held view that “virgin” is Christian, whereas “young woman” is Jewish is not quite true. The fact is that the Septuagint, which is the Jewish translation made in pre-Christian Alexandria, takes 'almah to mean “virgin” here. Accordingly the New Testament follows Jewish interpretation in Isaiah 7:14.

jewsforjesus.org/answers/qa/almah.htm

 

[Michael_Howard]

1. Isaiah 7:16 seems to say that before Jesus had reached the age of maturity, both of the Jewish countries would be destroyed. Where is the fulfillment of this prophecy in the New Testament?

This is called “carrying the present condition” into the contempory situation. The infancy of this child will symbolize the fact that the desolation of Judah at Ahaz’s time will be short lived, for the enemy will soon be rendered powerless. The prochecy is significant to Ahaz, and at the same time predicts the virgin birth of the Messiah.

Oh, by the way the reference to the land being deserted speaks of “Syria & Ephraim”…and in context refers to these two nations losing their kings. Sorry squirt, another one bites the dust!. Have you thought of stamp collecting?

 

[ccav]

Michael Howard:

This is called “carrying the present condition” into the contempory situation. The infancy of this child will symbolize the fact that the desolation of Judah at Ahaz’s time will be short lived, for the enemy will soon be rendered powerless. The prochecy is significant to Ahaz, and at the same time predicts the virgin birth of the Messiah.

Oh, by the way the reference to the land being deserted speaks of “Syria & Ephraim”…and in context refers to these two nations losing their kings. Sorry squirt, another one bites the dust!. Have you thought of stamp collecting?

Bravo!!! :clapping: