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Author Topic:   Fulfillments of Bible Prophecy
Percy
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Message 271 of 327 (508201)
05-11-2009 10:37 AM
Reply to: Message 262 by Peg
05-11-2009 5:39 AM


Re: Destruction of Jerusalem 70CE prophecy
Taking a quick look at Wikipedia, the Julian calendar was used by much of the world from the time of Julius Caesar until supplanted by the Gregorian calendar in the 1500's, and at one time its beginning was defined as 753 BC with the founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus. Their father was the god Mars. Back in the days of the Roman Empire if you had said that Romulus and Remus never existed many would have replied, "Then it's the greatest hoax of all time."
Time passes by, but some things never change. There will always be believers of myth.
Evidence allows us to distinguish between what is possibly true and what is actually true. This thread is about fulfilled prophecy rather than the existence of Jesus, but the need for evidence is the same.
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 297 of 327 (508299)
05-12-2009 8:43 AM
Reply to: Message 289 by jaywill
05-11-2009 6:34 PM


Re: Destruction of Jerusalem 70CE prophecy
jaywill writes:
Is there a scenario by which someone after the Invasion of Pearl Harbor would write a fradulant history pretending that the event was in the future to the time of writing ?
Could you see someone writing a fake history of New York after the falling of the Twin Towers pretending that such an event was a prophecy to be fulfilled in the future?
After both Pearl Harbor and 911, many psychics claimed to have predicted these events. These are examples of post facto reinterpretation, and like most predictions of this type they were probably purposefully vague.
Obviously there are plenty of people who want to give the appearance of having predicted something, so your skepticism about the existence of such people is misplaced. And writing predictions after the fact is even easier. Obviously Mark (or his source) had motive and opportunity to fabricate Jesus foreseeing the destruction of the temple. Whether he actually did or not is another question.
--Percy

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