A Deeper Dive Into The Scriptures
Why There Are No Prophecies of Jesus In The Old Testament, Part I
Examples of How Evangelicals Twist the Ancient Scriptures
A Note From Keith—This is probably the longest article I’ve written on Medium, but it’s probably one of the more important scholastic ones. In this article I take you on a deeper dive into the scriptures to illustrate how many Evangelical Bible scholars, even the good ones, will jettison critical (meaning exacting) scholarship on their way to upholding so-called holy tradition that has no basis in truth or fact. Hang on, it’s gonna be fun, easy to understand, but we’re going long this time and going deep …
Contents
Introduction
What Was A “Messiah” Anyway?
Jesus the Messiah?
Jesus the Human Sacrifice?
Pagan Christian Vs. Hebraic Jewish
Flawed Exegesis / Hermeneutics
Introduction
A meme has been circulating between Evangelicals on social media for a while claiming that the coming of “Jesus was prophesied 48 times in the Old Testament!” The meme then purports to say that the random chances of all of these prophecies…
