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So leaving errant dates, misquotes of previous books, quotings of non existant or lost books, and absolute contradictions is worth all the souls that will be lost to eternal misery because their existence kept so many from believing?
Errant dating? Can you please provide the one that makes the strongest case in your opinion for me to investigate?
Have you ever considered the time stamp of the events on the day Jesus died. The hours of the day mentioned, the eclipse? Modern software can replicate the position of the sun and moon through out history. Do the time markers on the day of the crucifixion line up? I think they do, and we can it's been demonstrated.
Messiah is cut off:
Taking a direct approach, let us assume that the "sevens" are seven years. Gabriel told Daniel that after the decree to rebuild, there would be "seven sevens" (which is 49), plus "sixty-two sevens" (which is 434). After these 483 years, the Anointed One would be cut off. If the prophecy is true, this would be the year of the crucifixion.
Remember that in ancient times, our modern calendar system was not in use. In other prophetic passages a year of 360 days is used
(3). To convert to our modern system which uses the longer solar year, we must divide by the time it takes for Earth to orbit the Sun, which is 365.24 days. This yields 476 years on our calendar
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We now have a number of years, but when do we start the countdown? Gabriel said to count "from the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem." When was that? The prophet Nehemiah records such a decree, and he dates it as the twentieth year of Artaxerxes
(5). On our calendar, that date is 444 BC
(6). Counting 476 years from 444 BC, and remembering that there is no year numbered "zero" AD, we discover what Gabriel told Daniel: the Messiah would be cut off in 33 AD.
This stunning prophecy, made over 500 years before Christ was born, is consistent with all of the other evidence we have seen. So, we have increasing confidence that Jesus was crucified on April 3, 33 AD. But the "clincher," perhaps the most powerful evidence, is astronomical. Let's consider Peter's argument.
Misquotes from previous book? Example. How does this example make the case? What do you do with the verifiable quotes? Jesus quoting Psalm 22 written thousands of years ealier? Have you read through Psalm 22?
Quotings of non existant or lost books: I would consider removing this from your argument. Quoting from a "lost book" assumes that the book existed at one point however we don't have it today. This is not an argument for innacuracy. Quoting from a non-existant book? Non existant book in whose eyes? How many of books existed in history that we do not have records of today?
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So leaving errant dates, misquotes of previous books, quotings of non existant or lost books, and absolute contradictions is worth all the souls that will be lost to eternal misery because their existence kept so many from believing?
I once thought the Bible had errors and contradictions. I spent months wrestling with certain ones all to find out I was making the mistake in the preconceived assumptions I made about the passage. I'm on the other side of the fence now.
Does a mis-copied date negate the facts of the life of Jesus, his death, and resurrection? Nope.