Fulfilled Prophecy

There needs to be some standard of specificity for prophecy.This is not even weak but simply ludicrous. The allegedly prophetic content here is:

"Many shall run to and fro". Oh come on ... I would not even put this in the weak to very weak category.

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"and knowledge shall be increased". Now that is right up there with Pat Robertson. Knowledge has increased since the advent of written languages... Duh.

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Continuing on in awe and amazement....

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Nah. 2:3 writes:

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The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

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Battle dress in ancient days was often red. The Spartan wore red tunics and so did the Romans. Big deal. The remainder is some poetic excesses that you are stretching to point of absurdity.

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"flaming torches" while other translations such as ASV use the following language "the chariots flash with steel".

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This is just picturesque language.

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I could dig into the any ancient literature and find just as "remarkable" prophecies.

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Let's see.

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Virgils Aeneid writes:

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Thus they pretend, but in the hollow side
Selected numbers of their soldiers hide:
With inward arms the dire machine they load,
And iron bowels stuff the dark abode.

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Clearly this foretold of a particular style of computer virus that masquerades as a useful or attractive application while hiding a insidious sinister purpose deep within the "bowels".

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Or the Spartan aerodynamic inverted V battle dress symbol prophesied future rocket based weapons.

That is simple. The number 1 rule in successful prophecy is to be obscure. The more specific you are the more likely you will be wrong.The number 2 rule in successful prophecy - Never but never but a near future time frame on it.

Just for grins I did a little digging into one of your references. The alleged quote of Sir Isaac sounded a little funny. First I notice the alleged quote is second hand. Some fellow John Lewis Shuler is quoting Sir Isaac Newton. But I cannot find any other reference or even the direct source of the quote. Hmmmm sound even a little more funny.Further I could find very little John Lewis Shuler let alone "Signs of the Times". Perhaps it was a pamphlet, however not a reliable reference.Buz do you have a direct source for your Sir Isaac Newton quote?Even further Lewis Shuler takes some liberty with the alleged quote and adds a bit of additional information. The statement that Newton arrived at this declaration based on the biblical prophecy is not support by the alleged Newton quote. Edited by iceage, : No reason given.

"Many shall run to and fro" and "knowledge shall be increased" does not convey super-phenomenal increase.At any rate, I am very underwhelmed.BTW.... You specifically used a supposed quote by Sir Isaac to buttress your OP. Can you find provide an independent reference for that quote? Reference Message 10

You list is a bit short....Jim Jones - Everybody knows the story. Liar, killer, sexual glutton, etc.Randy Weaver of Ruby Ridge fame - Randy was a ultra religious nut case job. Weaver smeared the blood of a goat over the front door frame in celebration of Passover. During their menstrual periods, Vicki and the
girls, "unclean" in the eyes of their male god, had to retreat to
a shed outside. Proxy Killer with the aid of the FBI.

Never mind.... Edited by iceage, : No reason given.