In William Sears' 'Thief in the Night' it is claimed that the prophecies in
Isaiah 53 are not of Christ, but Baha'u'llah. Sears sets about showing why
this is the case. To me, this would have to be the low point of the book.
Why? Because there are several passages in the Bible which say that Isaiah
53 referred to Jesus. Not only do Apostles say so, but Jesus Himself says
so in Luke 21:37. Hence, Sears would appear to be attacking the Bible, in a
book written for Christians. What strikes me as interesting is that Sears
shows no knowledge of the biblical references to Isaiah 53. It would seem
to me that he didn't know of such references, or at least forgot them, as
surely he would feel it necessary to explain himself if he knew the Bible
said that Isaiah 53 referred to Jesus, and show why that shouldn't be
problematic to the idea that the chapter doesn't actually refer to Jesus,
and is inapplicable to Him. A Christian could read the section on Isaiah 53
in Thief in the Night and say, "So you think Jesus was wrong (in Luke
21:37)?" Christians are going to take Isaiah 53 as referring to Jesus based
on the testimony of the Bible. Sears implicitly rejected the testimony of
the Bible without explanation, and frankly that's not the way to go if you
want to convince Christians. He would have been better off simply omitting
reference to Isaiah 53, and not making an attempt to prove the claims of the
Faith through that chapter.
David
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