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• Swaggering Abuse of Prophets

Swaggering Abuse of Prophets

Watch out for bluffs.

Do better than making a big fool of yourself.

Jesus used to draw on the prophets, claiming they prophesised about him, and that prophet words were to be fulfilled though him. Jesus said, "Do not think that I have come to abolish . . . the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them." [Matthew 5:17. Cf. Matthew 1:22; 2:17; 4:14 for examples of prop use of prophets].
      Did he fulfil all of them? All of the recorded prophet sayings? Absolutely not.
      Actually, just a handful or so of all the prophet sayings in the Old Testament are made use of to serve the claims of Jesus in the gospels. Paul adds some more, but the words of the Old Testament that refer to Jesus are about as a couple of drops in a heavy rain shower. By looking up the use of prophets in the gospel, you can see it for yourself. If you work your way through the Old Testament you may end up with an even more pessimistic comparison. The main point is: There are extremely few references in the prophets to anyone like Jesus. If the hat fits, wear it: Jesus and followers abused prophet authority to seemingly or haltingly legitimise himself and his "trade". You should refrain from that.
      Some delicate prophet words go completely against the mission of Jesus: In "fulfilling prophets", Jesus did not talk of prophet words that said Israel was destroyed, never to rise again. And what is more, "the lost sheep of Israel [Matthew 13;24]" did not want him either. The sheep did not actually listen to the shepherd's voice, but said "Execute him!" The hat fits -
      Even more interesting to some, the Old Testament tells God had already crushed and killed them all, and they were never to rise again. That Jews did not welcome Jesus, should come as no surprise then.
      Study the facts first, before you put any faith in anything. That could be very wise. After all, the Spirit is of truth cannot want anyone to live a lie, can it?
      One sees from prophets that gospels refer to, that those "lost sheep of Israel" that he wanted to save [Matthew 10:6; 15:24] could not be God's people, for God had killed them off long ago according to the two prophets Hosea and Amos - That is the long overlooked point if you take key words of prophets seriously, and the "fulfiller words" of Jesus (above) less seriously because they obviously do not fit all prophet sayings - such as:

"I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel." [Hosea 1:4] "I will crush you". [Amos 2:13] "Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again". [Amos 5:2].
      "You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against me, against your helper. (. . .) In my anger I gave you a king". [Hosea 13:9,11]

• Jesus misuses prophets and really abuses Scripture authority.
• Blatant prophets misuse appears to be "Hades practice".
• You can do better than being taken in by unfit, untrue statements and wild exaggerations.
• Not all hitting prophet words are taken into account as they should be. "Turn their insults back on their own heads", is the thing to do [Nehemiah 4:4].