There is no such thing as The Bible

By the time he is weaned, (age 3 to 4 in that culture) the Assyrians "will come."You gots to think in context Buzz!The prophecy is repeated but this time the child's name is Mahershalalhashbaz. Isaiah is so sure about this that he has his prediction recorded by "faithful witnesses."In his first prediction Isaiah had said, "the virgin shall conceive" (Modern language Bible). In the second go around he says, The holy spirit tells me that both of these kids were Isaiah's children. In one instance he calls their mother, the "young woman" (almah) and in the other he calls her the "prophetess" (nebiah). I cannot say whether they were married. I doubt it. But they did work the same profession. Isaiah already had one son (by her?); a son who went with him when he visited Ahaz to make the famous prediction concerning the Assyrian invasion. Imma', his second son, and Maher', his third, were merely incidental to the point of the prophecy; objective examples of how shortly the invasion would begin. ("before he is weaned" "before he can talk")The names of all three sons are political statements!Further evidence of the contemporary nature of Isaiah's prediction is found in verses 7 through 10 of chapter eight. He compares the Assyrian army to the Euphrates saying, The last four words, 'God is with us' are a translation of the word Immanuel.Isaiah is already talking to his son Immanuel.To make a long story short, the Assyrians did come, and did kick butt; and Isaiah's prediction did come true. Considering the fact that the Assyrian empire was long dead by the time JC arrived, He could not have fulfilled the requirements of this prophecy, even if he had wanted to do so.I stumbled upon this in my reading many years ago and it angered me that I had been so gullible. I was horrified at the ignorance of my Bible instructors. I could accuse them of lying but I think they were merely unwitting parrots of a Roman Catholic tradition.Need I say more? ------------------
"I was very unwilling to give up my belief." Charles Darwin

If one continues reading, one sees that "Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachels' grave unto this day.Is it still there, 'to this day'?db