Blade_Runner wrote:
"Think not that I come to abolish the law and the prophets, I come not to abolish, but to fulfill."
What do you reckon Jesus meant by that?
Next question: There are 324 Messianic prophesies throughout the OT, these prophesies precede the birth of Jesus by as much as 10 centuries. If you combine them all into one coherent narrative, they provide a complete synopsis of his short visit on earth--who His parents would be, where He would be born and under what conditions, His physical appearance, how His ministry would unfold and to what purpose, how He would be received, who would oppose Him and who would follow, His condemnation, punishment, death on the cross, and His resurrection. Without exception Jesus fulfilled every one of them to the letter.
Peter Stoner, a professor of mathematics, calculated the probability of one man fulfilling just 48 of the most notable prophesies. His findings are astounding. The chance of one single man fulfilling only 48 Messianic prophecies found in the Old Testament would be 1 in 10^157*—to understand, that would be like the chance of finding, on the very first attempt, one specific electron out of all of the electrons in all the known mass of the entire universe! 1 followed by 157 zeros.
1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.
Pretty impressive, huh? And, we still have another 276 Messianic prophesies to consider.
How do you account for that? Oh, great theologian and Bible scholar.
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Nice try. But messianic prophecies are only a part of the OT.