David,
At 11:07 PM 1/22/2004, you 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.
That was first pointed out to me back in the early 1970s by my friend, Paul Harth, a
Jehovah's Witness. Since he was interested in
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
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...
The Master's use of a year to represent 360 days and a month 30 etc., is
well-established and is really pretty universally accepted by
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, and
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 the Creator
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
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
