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A prefigurement is a similar antecedent, or a sign or warning of a future event. It is a term often used in respect to gospel accounts that some believe seem to be reflected in Old Testament passages.
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Prefigurement refers to the representation or foreshadowing of something in advance. In religious contexts, prefigurement may refer to events, characters, or symbols that anticipate or parallel events in the future, often seen as a form of prophecy or divine intervention.
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How does Ezekiel prefigure Jesus?
A:There is nothing at all in the Book of Ezekiel that mentions Jesus either directly or indirectly. The book was written centuries before the time of Jesus, so the author knew nothing of him and simply wrote about events in his own time.
Who respect the Old Testament as true word of God?
Many Jews and Christians believe the Old Testament is the true word of God, although in many cases Jews and Christians read quite different meanings into the same text. Burton L. Mack (Who Wrote the New Testament) says that the early Christians sought to redefine the Jewish scriptures and argue for reading them as allegories of the New Testament and a prefigurement of Jesus, instead of belonging to the stories of Israel. The Old Testament is interpreted in different ways by Jews and Christians, and sometimes even by members of different denominations, yet it is still respected as the true word of God.
Which book mentions Isaiah's prophecy?
More than any other gospel, the gospel of Matthew emphasises the supposed fulfilment in the New Testament of prophecies and prefigurement in the Old Testament. The author of Matthew's Gospel found more than one supposed prophecy in the Book of Isaiah, the most famous example of which is the claim that Isaiah 7:14 prophesied that a virgin would give birth. However, the Hebrew scriptures did not even contain those words - this is only to be found in the Septuagint, a flawed, early Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. The actual Hebrew text refers to "the young woman" and the the young woman in question did indeed bear a child a few verses later. The author of Matthew either did not know the Hebrew text, or believed that his intended audience would only check against the Septuagint, not the original text.
Name two ways in which Isaac was like Jesus?
A:There is no real similarity between Isaac and Jesus, but Burton L. Mack (Who Wrote the New Testament) can help with a trick that he sees happen all the time, in the classrooms of the School of Theology at Claremont, and which seem to come naturally when studying the Bible. One can ask any question of the Bible and get some kind of answer. At first the study of a text may not seem to support a traditional Christian conviction, or the answer one hopes to find in the Bible. But with a little ingenuity, one can set up the comparison again with other emphases and make the answer come out right. Although each example of prefigurement thus found is at least a little strained, it nevertheless means that we can compare Isaac to Jesus. In Genesis, both Abraham and Sarah laughed when God told them that Sarah would have a child: Genesis 17:17 "Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?" Genesis 18:12 "Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?" In Luke's Gospel, Mary asked how she could become pregnant: Luke 1:34 "Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?" This is an obscure prefigurement with many differences of detail, but it shows what a little ingenuity and imagination can do.In Genesis, Abraham was prepared to offer his son as a sacrifice to God. In the gospel, God gave his son for our salvation: John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." By identifying Abraham in the role of God, it is just possible to visualise the Genesis account as prefiguring the crucifixion of Jesus. Once again, there are many differences of detail.
Out of 735 Bible prophecies how many got fulfilled?
First of all, not everyone will agree that there are exactly 735 prophecies in the Bible. Estimates can vary between none, a conservative figure, and more than a thousand. And more can be added every day. The process of creating a prophecy is simple and is described by Burton L. Mack in Who Wrote the New Testament. He says there is a trick that seems to come naturally when studying the Bible. One can ask any question of the Bible and get some kind of answer. If the first answer does not appear to be helpful, one can look for another answer to the same question, until the right answer appears. With a little ingenuity, one can set up the comparison again with other emphases and make the answer come out right, whether it is a prophecy you seek, or any other answer.Usually those who use this technique have a prophecy fulfilment already in mind. All they are looking for is an Old Testament passage that they can use to demonstrate prefigurement or prophecy of that event. At a superficial level, we can say that these prophecies were indeed fulfilled, even if a literal reading of the text, in context, shows no possible connection between the supposed prophecy and the event.Genuine fulfilment of actual prophecies remain hard, if not impossible, to establish.
Is the story of Christianity in the Old Testament?
The Old Testament was written before the advent of Christianity and thus there is no mention of Christianity in it, nor even any prefigurement of Christianity or the life of Jesus.However, Burton L Mack (Who Wrote the New Testament) describes a trick wherein one can ask any question of the Bible and get some kind of answer, then if the first answer does not appear to be helpful, one looks for another answer to the same question, until the right answer appears. With a little ingenuity, one can set up the comparison again with other emphases and make the answer come out right. In this way, it really is possible to point to hundreds of references to the story of Christianity in the Old Testament.Even the place of Jesus' birth, identified in Matthew and Luke as Bethlehem, and his descent from King David can be said to be a fulfilment of Old Testament prophecies. However, the authors of Matthew and Luke knew of these expectations, and the author of John's Gospel suggests that he does not really believe that Jesus was either born in Bethlehem or descended from David ((7:41-42): "Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?" Moreover, the genealogies that Matthew and Luke provide as evidence of the royal descent are entirely different and contradictory. There is little doubt that in these cases, the New Testament authors wrote their accounts in terms that would appear to come from the Old Testament.
How does the command to sacrifice Isaac relate to Jesus?
A:The idea of prefigurement is that something that occurs in the Old Testament represents something that will happen in the New Testament. Thus, Christians transformed the attempted sacrifice of Isaac into the centrepiece of an iconic link with Jesus. Jessica Harani, a professor of religion at Tel Aviv University, put it this way, "Abraham loved God so much that he was willing to sacrifice his son. God loved humanity so much that he will sacrifice his son." And Hebrews 11:17, talking of Abraham, "... and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son." This last reference is not quite true, since Hebrews makes it clear that the son is Abraham's second son, Isaac, but the verse connects to the story of Jesus. Tertullian even said that the reason Isaac carried the wood for his sacrifice was a mystery kept secret until Christ was asked to carry the wooden cross to his sacrifice. Again, it is only in John's Gospel that Jesus carried the cross to the crucifixion site, because Simeon carried it in the synoptic gospels, with no parallel to the Old Testament account. Nevertheless, with some imagination it is possible to relate the command to sacrifice Isaac to Jesus in a number of very plausible ways.Answer:God had willed that Jesus the promised Messiah should be born as a descendant to Abraham. After Isaac was born, Abraham thought that Isaac was the son the God had promised, but it was not so. When God told Abraham that his wife Sarah would beget a son through Abraham, he had promised him Jesus.Later God commanded Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice. Again, Abraham thought God is asking him to sacrifice Isaac (Genesis 22.5 and 22:8). Just as Abraham was about to do what God had asked him to do, an angel of God stopped Abraham from doing what he was doing. Thereafter, Abraham sacrificed a ram instead.Most of the Jewish commentators argue that God had tested Abraham to test his loyalty towards God. In a way this kind of thinking is right because God wanted to see if Abraham is worthy to bring forth the promised Messiah into this world or not.After Abraham had obeyed God's command, he conferred on him the right to bring forth Jesus as his descendant.This is how God's command to sacrifice Isaac relates to Jesus.
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Who is Lew White?
Lew White is an author and founder of Torah Institute, a teaching ministry focused on exploring biblical truths from a Hebraic perspective. He has written numerous books on topics such as Hebraic roots of Christianity, understanding the Torah, and end-time prophecy.
What are the significances of the Gospel of Matthew to the intended audience?
Because of its emphasis on fulfilled prophecy, the Gospel of Matthew was significant to the Jews since their scriptures foretold of a coming Messiah. Matthew wrote to communicate to Jews the authority of Jesus as the Messiah and as the fulfillment of these prophecies.
Is the Eucharist foreshadowed in the Old Testament?
The Eucharist (or mass, Holy Communion, Lord's Supper) was instituted by Jesus Christ in the New Testament (not Old) on the night before he was crucified when he broke bread with his disciples and instituting a new covenant between God and humanity. According to what Paul recounted in Corinthians 11:23-26, in the course of the Last Supper, and with specific reference to eating bread and drinking from a cup, Jesus told his disciples, "Do this in remembrance of me". Other accounts of the event are recorded in the four gospels. The Last Supper itself was believed to be a commemoration of the Passover - a meal held to commemorate the time when the Israelites were released from slavery in Egypt as recorded in Exodus. After many plagues, and broken promises made by the Egyptian pharaoh the final plague was the killing of the firstborn - when every firstborn child - including the firstborn of all animals, and even the Pharaoh's own son, died. The Israelites, however, escaped death as the 'angel of death' "passed over" their houses. As a result of this the Israelites were freed, God making his covenant with them. So the Eucharist is based on the Covenant between God and Humanity through Jesus, although the events surrounding this covenant had their roots in the Passover as recorded in Exodus in thhe Old Testament. Answer Other events worth mentioning that foreshadow the Eucharist include Melchisedech, whom Abram met. Melchisedech was both priest and king of Salem, as Christ was both priest and king through David's line. Melchisedech offered bread and wine to God as Christ did at the Last Supper.The Passover, as outlined in Exodus 12, involves that a lamb without blemish be sacrificed. John the Baptist called Christ, "…the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29) who was killed without blemish, as declared by Pilate "I find no guilt in him" (John 18:38). As at the Passover, the Faithful are called to eat the lamb by Christ "…Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you" (John 6:53). Before the Passover, the community was to gather to publicly sacrifice the lambs, so too is the Eucharist a public act of the Church. The feast of unleavened bread was to be kept as a "perpetual institution" and indeed its elements, charged with deeper significance and meaning by Christ who instituted the Eucharist during the Passover, continue in the Eucharist when Christ asked, "Do this in memory of me" (Luke 22:19).As well, the manna and quail from heaven (Exodus 16) is yet another telling symbol of the Eucharist. The manna was miraculous, and was meant not only to fill their bellies but also to renew their Faith. So too is the Eucharist primarily a spiritual food that comes down from heaven. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No, There IS an old testament event. When God's people were trying to escape Egypt, they put the blood of a lamb on their doors, and ate the rest of the lamb and a dry loaf of bread. This was where the Eucharist was symbolized/rooted. God's people then gave thanks to the Lord, and soon, they escaped.
What do you think about fulfilled Bible prophecies?
The answer to the question asked ( "What do you think about fulfilled Bible prophecies?") depends on each person's individual point of view. The odds of fulfilled prophecies occurring by random chance is beyond all the laws of probability."I am a mathematician - I had two majors in college, Math and Physics. I understand probabilities. This is where ...the prophesies in the bible (there's like 8000+ of them) that have either come true or are yet to come true ... and talks about the astronomical mathematical probabilities of even just a few things coming true, not the thousands that have. Just as an example. Between 250 and 500 years before Jesus was born there were approximately three hundred specific prophecies relating just to his birth, his life, his miracles, his death, and his resurrection. Let's just take eight things:1. Place of birth2. Time of birth3. Manner of birth4. Betrayal.5. Manner of death6. People's reactions7. Piercing and8. Burial...these [are] eight specific prophecies that people are in total agreement with. The chance that any one man might have lived down to the present time and fulfilled all eight prophecies is one in ten to the 17th power or 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000.To put that in better perspective. If you take the state of Texas and put it two feet deep in silver dollars and try to find just one coin out of all of those you would have the probability of just eight of these three hundred prophecies coming true. ... The probability of all 300 of them coming true; which they did, is beyond mathematical comprehension.... 48 prophecies with the chance that any one man could fulfill all forty eight as being one in ten to the one hundred and fifty seventh power - also an unimagineable number - yet all 300 prophecies came true.If we expand that into the thousands of prophecies that have come true in the Bible; it starts to paint a picture that the bible was truly penned by the holy spirit and even though the ink was put down by the hands of men, it was truly God's words being penned. Want some specifics on these prophecies? You are probably asking yourself "How do eight prophecies" yield a probability of 10 to the 17th power?If I predict correctly all four digits in a four-digit lottery, the likelihood of that occurring by chance is one in 10,000 because for each digit, the probability is one in ten x ten x ten x ten = 10,000. If I predict another four digits correctly, the likelihood of this event occurring by chance is one in 100,000,000, ten thousand times ten thousand. If I predict correctly another four digits, the probability of this occurring by chance is one in 1,000,000,000,000; ten thousand times ten thousand times ten thousand.The correct prediction of a four-digit lottery three times in a row is extremely unlikely to occur by chance. The correct prediction of an 8 digit lottery in the same manner is beyond comprehension. It is more likely to have happened by design. This could happen if I control the process of selecting the winning numbers. This could happen if I have knowledge of the future (prescience). Where has this ability come from? One explanation is that it is from an omniscient intelligence.Predicting one specific historical event in the future is possible by guessing. Predicting many specific historical events in the future is very unlikely by guesswork. Predicting a series of specific historical events in a specific order is even more unlikely by guesswork. Predicting just eight historical events relating to just one person in the sequence they occurred during the time frame they occurred is simply beyond the concept of any probability...."Fulfilled Bible prophecies prove GOD exists, but this is not an issue of mathematics. This is an issue of faith. If you don't want to believe you won't regardless of the evidence._____________________________________________________________________________________________________We're seeing Bible prophecy fulfilled on TV every day! The literal "destruction of Babylon" is Iraq (Revelation Ch 14, 16-18). "Mystery Babylon" is the United States. "Armageddon" is in Syria (Rev 16:16).The Christ has returned and produced the "book/scroll sealed with 7 seals"/'beyond Einstein theories' (google that). The 74-page booklet is entitled There Are No Coincidences - there is synchronism, design and alignment (google that).
