tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post3685269624958271299..comments2024-03-25T14:27:40.121-05:00Comments on Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: The Writings of Luke and the New PropheciesWeekend Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-60033470078085937102008-12-23T13:09:00.000-06:002008-12-23T13:09:00.000-06:00Oh, and by the way,I hope I haven't tired everyone...Oh, and by the way,<BR/><BR/><I>I hope I haven't tired everyone on the subject yet,</I><BR/><BR/>I, for one, am thoroughly enjoying this series.BruceAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013588487417582411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-47431078361591366392008-12-23T13:08:00.000-06:002008-12-23T13:08:00.000-06:00I think you make some good points here, especially...I think you make some good points here, especially with the Acts material.<BR/><BR/>I'm not fully convinced of this:<BR/><BR/><I>Either we must conclude that Luke was very careless in his handling of prophesy and fulfillment, or that he had more interest in Agabus' reputation than Jesus' reputation, or that Luke did not know of the fall of Jerusalem when he wrote the gospel of Luke.</I><BR/><BR/>If the gospels were written after the destruction of the Temple, there is still a big difference between Agabus' prophecy fulfilled during the reign of Claudius some two decades prior, and the destruction of the Temple, which would be a current event.<BR/><BR/>It would be similar, possibly, to the difference between:<BR/>"Xyzzy predicted in the 1970s that a woman would be appointed to the Supreme Court (this happened in 1981)" and "Xyzzy predicted when Martin Luther King was assasinated that a black man would some day be elected President." I don't need to say that this was fulfilled last month.<BR/><BR/>Were someone to make the claim that the gospels were written long after the destruction of the Temple (as some have), I think they would need to justify the lack of explicit mention that the prophecy was fulfilled. But if they were written soon after, I'm not convinced that it would be necessary.BruceAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013588487417582411noreply@blogger.com