[Jim W N]

Moses...put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it [Isreal] shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

2 Cor 3:13-16

Coming soon...

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (Matthew 1:23).

Settles it for the Christian.

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

I Corinthians 1: 19-21. That tells me all I need to know about theologians.

[John Locke]

"Almah" does indeed mean, literally, "young woman". But at that time, an unmarried young woman would certainly be a virgin. The LXX translation as "Parthenos" is therefore correct, because at that time, an unmarried young woman was free to have sex without legal penalty or (usually) public opprobrium.

The word occurs just seven times in the OT. In six cases the implication that the person was a virgin was never questioned, and indeed is not questioned today. What is wrong with #7? Answer: after it was interpreted as prophesying Jesus, the exegetes changed the interpretation retroactively.

They changed much else, but that is perhaps for another day.

[amorphous]

Is Isaiah 7:14 a messianic prophecy? Why are some scholars skeptical?

If we read into Isaiah further:

Isaiah 9

6

For to us a child is born,[Birth]

to us a son is given,

and the government will be on his shoulders.[Millennial Reign]

And he will be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

7

Of the greatness of his government and peace

there will be no end.

He will reign on David’s throne

and over his kingdom,

establishing and upholding it

with justice and righteousness

from that time on and forever.

Leaves no doubt, Isaiah 7, is a prophecy of coming events as well!

[Zionist Conspirator]

J*sus and the "new testament" fulfill the prophecies of the Hebrew Bible only if you already believe in J*sus and the "new testament." Unless you accept from the outset the "new testament's" authority to interpret the Hebrew Bible, you've got nothing.

Why can't anyone see that?

[rx]

God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. Hebrews 1:1-3

Someone's resistance to God's Word is not something about which we need to be upset. So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11

That's nothing about which to upset about. Hopefully such a person who came to faith by hearing God's Word and will soon recognize the essential truth contained within that Word and find that same faith throughout His Word (Ephesians 2:8-9 and Romans 10:17)

Though Matthew's quoting Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6 in Mt. 1:23, no doubt should remain. So, why does it (1 Cor 1:18-21)?

But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation. 2 Peter 1:20

Thus nothing that persons says, believes or interprets changes what God has caused and inspired to be written.

The Isaiah 7:14 literary device claims truth, as does the rest of Scripture. As logic is a construct of man which came only many centuries after the Bible was written, nothing in the bible should be considered man's attempt at proving something.

If God considered proof His ultimate goal through the bible, we could all simply believe in God because His existence would have been proved there, in black and white (and maybe some red if your bible puts Christ's words in red). God does want His words to be read (or at least heard).

No, God knows that true faith is not simply the result of a proof, akin to simply proving to us that he exists, as any properly programmed computer could do in mindless, heartless response. We have a divine trait of free will and can choose to follow at his call, or not. He desires that we have a saving faith and graciously has given us that gift.

As with Paul speaking in Rome, Some were being persuaded by the things spoken, but others would not believe. Acts 28:24

Its often difficult for those attuned to logic to appreciate the way God's people in millennia past Word understood his Word to embody truth again and again.

There have many times been fore-shadowings of things that were to come, often as seen as a contrast between Old Testament, where there were things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ, as in the New Testament. Col. 2:17

In the Old Testament, God's presence was seen in the tabernacle and in the Jews' temples on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, but the woman at the well, when she asked Jesus where the proper place was to worship, Mt. Gerazim, where the Samaritans worshiped, or in Jerusalem. Jesus doesn't reflexively say "at the temple in Jerusalem, of course," but adds the dimension of "in spirit and in truth. Add to that the further revelation in Acts 17:25 that "the Lord of heaven and earth does not dwell in temples made with hands." That probably came as purely heretical to some in his audience, just as some modern day skeptics don't wish to hear of a virgin giving birth in the time of Isaiah having the least little thing to do with Mary, Jesus' mother.

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. Romans 5:14

Hebrews compares Jesus to Melchizedek, saying, "Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.

God's truth resonates throughout Scripture. Resonates...
a lesson for another day!

[righttackle44]

We can see the reprobate mind of Romans 1:28-32:

28And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,

29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, 30slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

31without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;

32and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

[beethovenfan]

Jesus said (to the unbelieving Jews) “You search the scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life, BUT THEY ARE THEY WHICH TESTIFY OF ME”.

Jesus is all over the Hebrew scriptures.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Great explanation! Fructenbaum is my favorite eschatology theologian