Hey Pilgrim.. thanks! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/bravo.gif" alt="" />
That is exactly what I needed. He basically says what I have been trying to say. I am just not very eloquent with my words LOL.
I am finally looking at this stuff.. I have not wanted to even think about it for quite some time. And it was funny, because it was the same argument used here that was used when I left the charismatic thing. I asked them where in the bible does it say that a prophecy can be fulfilled twice, or where in the bible is there a prophecy given, and then, in the bible, fulfilled twice or more? They answered with the verse that says "out of Egypt I called my son." So I looked it up, and saw the verse in Matthew, and then in Hosea. They said this was dual fulfillment, but it's not. Hosea is the prophecy, and in Matthew it is fulfilled. No duel prophetic fulfillment there!
I guess I am seriously looking at the idea that some of the prophecies that are expected to come, may have already happened. It is very difficult to read for instance Matthew 24 (if I am remembering right) without trying to peice together the time period. In that way, it reads as though Jesus is jumping around too much, and it takes some secret knowledge to figure out that the middle of the passage is really talking about the distant future, when all around it is talking about the here and now (back then) or what would be their near future.
Hope I don't sound too much like a dork <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/moron.gif" alt="" /> But the questions I have I feel are legitimate, and deserve valid and verifyable answers is all. I am still not sure exactly what to believe, but I know these days, I don't really like just reading something or hearing something taught, and just thinking.. "okay, that's right" because I've always been taught it, or don't know any better!
Anyway, thanks a lot <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
