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A prophet need not specify dates in mellinnial prophecy to be specific, especially when fulfillment entails eras such as the Industrial (and techy) Revolution rather than specific dates.
Ah yes, let's look at one of Buz's "specific" prophecies. He says that Nahum 2:3-4 is about auto wrecks Here are the verses as the NASB renders them:
3 The shields of his mighty men are colored red,
The warriors are dressed in scarlet,
The chariots are enveloped in flashing steel
When he is prepared to march,
And the cypress spears are brandished.
4 The chariots race madly in the streets,
They rush wildly in the squares,
Their appearance is like torches,
They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.
The observant will already have noticed an obvious detail that doesn't fit. Cypress spears. Maybe you are saying to yourself that maybe this refers to an ancient army attacking by night ?
If you look at the context you will find that this is rather more likely. Nahum is addressed to the ancient city of Nineveh.
1:1 The [a]oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
and 2:8 confirms that these verses are talking about the fall of Nineveh.
2:8 Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,
Now they are fleeing;
"Stop, stop,"
But no one turns back.
So in fact Nahum was too specific for Buz. The way he dealt with 2:8 is particularly instructive. The translation he normally uses has the word "but" rather than "though". So Buz invents his own meaning for the word "but" where it is no longer a conjunction, but instead marks a complete change of subject ! Then he decrees all translations that use the word "but" to be correct and all others wrong, despite the fact that he doesn't understand the Hebrew at all.
Obviously everyone who accepts Buz as the supreme authority over the English language and over the Bible finds this argument perfectly convincing. And those with a more realistic view of things come to rather different conclusions.
In short the "specifics" generally come from Buz, not from the prophecy...
(for more look at the thread starting with
Message 217)
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