No thank you. Most of these 'prophecies' are not properly prophecies at all, but rather typographies 'discovered' by interpretively reading the Christian story into the Hebrew scriptures. Typically, these 'prophecies' are wrenched completely out of context. A good example of what I mean is Hosea 11:1. A reading of the complete chapter in context shows that this verse is not prophetic, and could not possibly be referring to Jesus.
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Hos 11:1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Fulfilled in the Gospel of Matthew 2:14, 15 by Jesus Christ.
"When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.
And was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son."
I do not understand why you do not understand this. It seems perfectly clear to me.
23 posted on 03/21/2005 8:23:47 PM PST by malakhi
Did you read the rest of the chapter? First, the context shows that Hosea is talking about Israel, not the messiah. Second, verse 1 is in the past tense. It is referring to a past event, the Exodus of Israel from Egypt. It is not a prophecy of some future event.
Don't miss verse 9:
for I am God and not man (Hosea 11:9)