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I guess I should pay closer attention to what Isaiah is saying but he's lost me as a writer.
Isaiah/God continues to tell us how great he is, why it's wonderful that he likes the Israelites (imagine if he DIDN'T like them!) and says something about how barren women, or women who have lost a child, or both should be ok with it because HE (God) is their husband. Or, did I miss the point because I just don't care??
Chapter 53 has me very confused. Is Isaiah trying to tell us we're supposed fel sorry for God? Or am I reading this wrong and we're supposed to feel sorry for the unsaved man? Or, did I miss the point because I just don't care??
Considering this is the inspired word of god almighty, it's not very clear sometimes. When missionaries handed out bibles to tribes back in the day, did they really expect these people to catch on to christianity based on the Bible? Or, did I miss the point because I don't care??
What do I care about? The Viking Kittens!
Chapter 53 is about Jesus Christ. Not much more to add to that. I Peter 2:22-25
ReplyDeleteOr it is about the pious remnant of Judah that has kept faith with God and yet still suffers.
ReplyDelete@Edward,
ReplyDeleteChapter 53 is NOT about Jesus. You may believe that the bible was the devine inspiration of your god but Isaiah and the other authors were human. Were they writing these vague verses with some prescient knowledge ? Did God put it in their head and they thought 'this makes no sense but I'll write it anyway?'
Retro-fitting a later verse from the New Testament does not make it about Jesus.
Does every reference in the OT about sheep and flocks refer to Jesus?
You must remember that the authors of the New Testament had knowledge of the writing in the Old Testament and could use it to give credence to their story.
Handel cherry-picked many verses from Isaiah for use in his Messiah. I recognize them but now that I am reading the whole book I can see that they are mixed up and taken out of context.
ReplyDeleteBruce said...
ReplyDelete@Dorothy,
Thanks for the info.
Quentin Tarantino took Ezekiel 25:17 and GREATLY rewrote it for the memorable quote from Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction.
We'll be there in a few weeks!
@Bruce,
ReplyDeleteYou may believe that the bible was the devine inspiration of your god but Isaiah and the other authors were human.
What? Did you even read that? So what you are saying is that humans cannot be divinely inspired by God? And you are the authority on that correct?
(2 Timothy 3:16,17)
Were they writing these vague verses with some prescient knowledge ? Did God put it in their head and they thought 'this makes no sense but I'll write it anyway?'
No it doesn't make sense to you. To a prophet this would make sense, they were in the business of speaking of things in the future. You didn't forget we are now in the books of the prophets did you?
Retro-fitting a later verse from the New Testament does not make it about Jesus.
Retro-fitting nothing, the authors of the NT saw fulfilment of Scripture.
Does every reference in the OT about sheep and flocks refer to Jesus?
Now about sheep, even David referred to the people as sheep. See 2 Samuel 24:17; Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd (John 10:11). It's not strange that we are continually called or referred to as sheep (Psalms 44:22; 119:176; Jeremiah 50:6; Matthew 18:12-14; Romans 8:36).
authors of the New Testament had knowledge of the writing in the Old Testament and could use it to give credence to their story.
Yes and i also remember that they wrote when people were still alive that witnessed first hand the events that took place. They would have been able to attest to the authority of what was being preached.
(Isaiah 53:7 -> Acts 8:32-35)
I know who this chapter is about. Philip was able to start from within it and preach Jesus.