>> You have “literalist” notions of what it means to fulfill prophecy.<<
I most certainly do. The same way I took the prophecy of Jesus coming from the line of David.
So you think that Isaiah 17 is not prophetic?
The metaphoric view of the Bible will allow most any interpretation as you have exhibited. No wonder so many think the Bible is all fairy tales. You folks teach such.
Of course. But prophetic does not mean “literalistic.” You imagine it is still far in the future because you apply an unjustified “literalistic” hermeneutical system to the passage.
The metaphoric view
Metaphoric? It’s not clear you know what you are talking about wrt my hermeneutical system.
It’s also apparent that the “literalistic’ system doesn’t solve your problem because “literalists” have been reinterpreting the Bible for decades. Every time a new end-times player arrives on the scene, the Bible gets reinvented.
There more to the Bible than Isaiah 17. I don’t accept your approach since it is not taught in the Bible.
The metaphoric view of the Bible will allow most any interpretation as you have exhibited. No wonder so many think the Bible is all fairy tales. You folks teach such.
In light of 1 Corinthians 2:14, who cares? The Bible isn't written for the unregenerate, it is written for those who are saved and have the Spirit within them. Every reprobate and Dysfunctionalist can read any passage in Scripture they want and make it say whatever they want and in the end it doesn't matter if you feel that the only way to properly worship God is to blaspheme His Son's death and resurrection by reinstituting temple sacrifice. It doesn't matter if you think that true Christians are interpreting it wrong because the Bible isn't for the misotheists, its for the saints.