[thefrankbaum]

It doesn't; however, the Jewish Scriptures do foreshadow the coming of the Messiah, no? Why does the Scripture searched have to explicitly spell it out?

[kosta50]

It doesn't; however, the Jewish Scriptures do foreshadow the coming of the Messiah, no? Why does the Scripture searched have to explicitly spell it out?

Because the foreshadowing is a nebulous matter, at best, a matter of personal (often hyperbolic) interpretations, and controversy. Besides, I though faith comes from God, not the Bible. Abraham, Noah, Job, etc., all had true faith (according to the Bible) without the scriptures. If one does not have faith, reading the Bible will not make him "see" the truth (because he hasn't been given the "eyes" to see), right? Yet Acts 17 seems to suggest otherwise.