tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post3728194010281098886..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The Bible for modern readersRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-7499920418873929322019-08-26T02:40:19.414-04:002019-08-26T02:40:19.414-04:00I'm quite convinced that what the author of Re...I'm quite convinced that what the author of Revelation saw as described in the ninth chapter is his attempt to describe military hardware of our era.<br /><br />Locusts that sting like scorpions, have iron breastplates, wings that sound like chariots & horses = Drones. I used to say they are attack helicopters, until the US Navy revealed Project LOCUST (literally that name) launched from a Destroyer vessel (abaddon/apollyon) while at sea (the abyss).<br /><br />Horses & riders with colourful breastplates, shooting fire from their mouths and snake-like tails = Main Battle Tanks.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16155328940062919187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-56057353254703714732019-08-25T14:58:27.843-04:002019-08-25T14:58:27.843-04:00The objection is reminiscent of the demand that Go...The objection is reminiscent of the demand that God perform a particular type of healing miracle, such as the healing of an amputee. (For responses to that objection, see <a href="http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2012/07/healing-of-amputees.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2015/07/more-reason-to-reject-argument-that-god.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.) Given how poorly critics have explained the evidence they already have, they're not in a position to demand more evidence. And the fact that God is capable of producing more evidence doesn't prove that he should. Just as we frequently produce less evidence than we could in our everyday lives, for reasons like efficiency, God can do the same. An optimal balance of evidence - which makes the most of factors like efficiency, God's honor, and man's responsibility - doesn't necessarily involve whatever type of miracle a critic decides to demand at a given moment.<br /><br />Why single out technology? And what even qualifies? If Psalm 22 <a href="http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2018/03/jesus-fulfillment-of-psalm-22.html" rel="nofollow">anticipates a Roman crucifixion that would occur several centuries later</a>, does that qualify as something that involves some form of later technology? We know how critics (unreasonably) respond to that sort of passage, looking for other, less likely ways of interpreting it. They could do the same, and have done the same, with other predictions, whether involving technology or something else.<br /><br />For an archive of many of our posts on the evidence for fulfilled prophecy, see <a href="http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2011/03/evidence-of-biblical-prophecy.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Jason Engwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031011335190895123noreply@blogger.com