reply to post by mybigunit
mybigunit, your religious beliefs are your own. That you are unfamiliar with the unfulfilled prophecies I refer to would explain your offhand
dismissal.
That your are unfamiliar with the prophecies that have occurred throughout history just as foretold, would likewise explain your offhand dismissal.
I think what got my attention was when I saw several sources of prophecy throughout the ages from different cultures pointing to the same events, but
doing so from many different perspectives.
I also think that one who is reasonably studied can readily determine many of the prophecies in the Book of Revelation, for example, which have
already been fulfilled, and fulfilled in order.
A reasonable educated man can see the fall of the Roman Empire in the Four Horsemen, the Roman Empire (world) in three parts, and can see the prophecy
foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem with some of that very generation.
You can see the rise and conquering of Islam being limited to 150 years in Revelation 9:1-11, and then you can see the destruction of the third and
final part of the Roman Empire by the four kingdoms of the four grandsons of Togrul, also known as the Turkomans, and you can even count the precise
396 years as prophesied.
I discount your assumption that these were self-fulfilling, as I don't believe that the Muslims nor the Turkomans read those prophesies and limited
themselves to those years as prophesied.
For over 2,000 years, the very idea that there would ever be another Israel was ludicrous. The Jews were scattered all over creation. Yet it was
promised, an event opened the door for that event, and it had been promised that they would be gathered from around the world - from the nations.
SOB! It happened!
Once gathered, they'll not be defeated, and they won't be leaving. And all the nations (those specifically named, but in general, are most of the
nations of the old Persian Empire) will gather and come against them.
And according to prophecy, they will be destroyed, and during this same period, Damascus will be wiped off the earth.
According to prophecy, the numbers and might of those arrayed against Israel will be so great that it will be impossible for Israel to win.
And that's exactly what is promised - that this mighty eradication of Israel's enemies will prove that only their God could have done it.
Now, you believe what you want.
I will too.
The difference? I see the other fulfillments to the letter. And as scary as it is, I see this one going down just as prophesied, as they've been
batting 1.000.
And no, I'm not a Bible scholar, a Bible thumper, and certainly not a sky-pilot.
But neither do I blindly deny what is right there for the taking.
[edit on 3-4-2009 by dooper]
