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From: arig@cvl.UUCP (Ari Gross)
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Subject: Re: Re: The Trinity and the Son of David
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> I disagree with the view expressed by Charles that the Isaiah prophecies
> really just describe earthly kings.  I would refer you to Isaiah 53 which
> is widely interpreted as predicting the birth of Christ.  Also keep in
> mind that there are many passages in the bible which have both
> straightforward contemporary (i.e. at the time of writing) meanings and
> broader after-the-fact interpretations.  If I mis-understood your statement,
> Charles, I apologize.
>     Ron Guest
>     ihnp4!druxj!cosmos

  Isaiah is a book of great beauty and was very much influenced by the
style of the prophet himself --  "nachamu, nachamu ami yomar elokeichem...".
Therefore, it is more poetic and less lucid than the bible, and is subject
to a broader realm of interpretation -- and misinterpretation. The verse that
is suppose to be a reference to the 'virgin' (ha'alma) is almost certainly
mistranslated according to modern Hebraic scholars. The Bible says that if
one stands up and says that any of the commandments in the Old Testament
are revoked then he is a false prophet, yet J.C. rescinded or otherwise
invalidated ALL of the commandments of G-d as prescribed in the O.T.,
an Old Testament that J.C. himself must certainly have adhered to in his
younger days as an observant Jew and a Rabbi. Does not his rejection of
the Old Testament debase any claims one could have that J.C. was a prophet
of G-d ????

                                          Ari Gross