in prophecy, I bought him a copy of _Some
Answered Questions_.
Few prophecies, especially biblical number prophecies, have obvious explanations.
You have to *make* them fit.
Mark A. Foster * http://MarkFoster.net
http://CompuServe.MarkFoster.name
Few prophecies, especially biblical number prophecies, have obvious
explanations. You have to *make* them fit.
One thing I find interesting about the biblical prophecy concerning the
timing in Daniel is that it appears that it can be interpreted in the same
manner it was interpreted to validate
Patti said:
One thing I find interesting about the biblical prophecy concerning the
timing in Daniel is that it appears that it can be interpreted in the same
manner it was interpreted to validate Christ (see St. Augustine's City of
God, Book 18 Chapter 34 from the fifth century). I've pointed
by Christians. Just go to
www.google.com and in the search box type
each day for a year prophecy
including the quote marks just that way, and see how many goodies show up.
This was not an invention of the Master, but a resolution of Scriptural content with
sound reasoning.
Someone wrote
If I didnt know any better I would have said that Abdul-Baha was
cheating in order to make 3.5 days into 1260 years. Perhaps Im missing
something...
Dear David,
Joachim de Flora, the medieval founder of Dispensationalism concluded that
1260 (A.D.) would be the year as well. I think it is
Brent,
At 09:48 PM 1/23/2004, you quoted the Guardian's secretary:
The only answer we can give people who lack the faith to accept the words of the
Master as being divinely inspired interpretations of the truth, is that the language
of prophecy has always in the past been veiled in meaning
I have a further issue to raise about chronology. Abdul-Baha wrote:
And the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months - that
is to say, the Gentiles shall govern and control Jerusalem forty and two
months, signifying twelve hundred and sixty days; and as each day signifies
Dear friend,
If we want to blame it should be directed at the prophecy and the narrative of Daniel not Abdul-Baha, the mystery of God.
Abdul-Baha did His best to interpret in order to guide this troubled humanity to "the way, the truth and the light" for this age.
It seems to me that t
Hi, Hooshang,
At 11:45 AM 1/8/2004 +1100, you wrote:
If we want to blame it should be directed at the prophecy and the narrative of
Daniel not Abdul-Baha, the mystery of God.
The point of that message was not to blame anyone but to offer an understanding of the
dual function of prophecy. When
I'd be interested in your thoughts on these comments about prophecy from a
Baha'i academic. He made an interesting point about the calcuation of the
years which I hadn't noticed, and can't say I would be able to respond to.
Here were his comments:
I tend to take prophecy stuff with a grain
David,
At 10:00 AM 1/5/2004 +, you quoted:
I tend to take prophecy stuff with a grain of salt. If the Baha'i Writings say X is
fulfilled, fine. But if you want to refute them, sometimes they're pretty easy.
I agree with this person's assessment of prophecy. As I see it, prophecy
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