Author: David N. Lord

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-19

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 9780265491645

Excerpt from The Theological and Literary Journal, Vol. 9: July, 1856-April, 1857 Secondly, it should be remembered, that it is part of the character of Scripture prophecies, not to be so framed as to be fully understood before the event. - P. 141. But that, even if true, which it is not, would make as much against the point he attempts to establish, as for it. For if the passage in question is so framed that it cannot be understood before the event which it foreshows takes place, how is he to prove that it is not a prediction of a real resurrection of the holy dead? Could not he see that his argument is directed as much against his interpretation of the prediction, as against that which he rejects? To assume that the indeterminableness, or uncertainty of meaning from which he reasons, does not attach to his construction of the prophecy, is to retract the ground which he alleges to prove his point, and, in direct contradiction to it, claim that the prophecy is so framed that it can be clearly seen that his interpretation is true, and that other constructions are false! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.