That is the point, prophecies like Zechariah 11 are around 500 years in the future, it explains that the 2nd temple would be destroyed, when Zechariah was the one building it...it is certain that the Tanakh does not say that any of these things happened in the life of Jesus.
It is a prophetic book, therefore we should assign time values based on specified criteria within the historical timeline...
None of Zechariah 11 happened at his time, as it says about the covenant being nullified (10), and our people eating each others flesh (9); we know historically this all happened at the 2nd temple destruction, where people literally eat each other due to starvation.
None of us do; all we can do is build a case with what evidence is available to us.The point is that I don't know that any of these things happened
Do sometimes question if the New Testament was fabricated by highly intelligent beings, as some of it fits too well with what was predicted.
Sorry, based on what is put forward about Yeshua's own speech, and actions within the Synoptic Gospels versus John, Paul and Simon, fulfill what is specified.If you mean to say that the Gospels say that Jesus fulfilled, then say that.
IF is a good clause in coding, ELSE is also used in conjunction to make cases for questions.File this under the "if" you started with. Since it fails, the rest fails.
It wasn't simply deciding, it was realizing his name was Yeshua/Yehoshua...Simply deciding that because the word for "salvation of" is used this is a reference to someone whose name you believe derives from the word for "salvation" is an error on your part.
Then simply questioned what did he read when he saw the text in his own language, and realized how his name is in there...Like you'd expect someone Hebraic to do.
There are many cryptic/metaphoric descriptor verses that use versions of his name, yet we have to be careful checking all contexts.
The verse 52:14
Sorry my fault just then, missed saying within the Dead Sea Scrolls, as we discussed previously.
Swiss cheese exegesis might be useful to those cursed mice; yet really not helpful when trying to truly understand what is contained contextually across the prophets.No, that is neither the only, nor even A correct way. It makes plenty of sense.
Then clearly we have a lot more work ahead of us, comprehending why that probability can exist.The IF you posit doesn't approach any level of probability, let alone 99%.
Lets take Isaiah with his 'delusions of grandeur', what happened to him?The difference between a prophet and some anonymous random on the internet suffering from delusions of grandeur
Was he believed at the time?
People just often debunk what they don't understand, and get angry if challenged; the internet is a much safer place to be.
I've had this conversation with him. He didn't get it then either...
Like children who can't tie shoelaces, comparing which ones laces are knotted better.As have I