Jesus The false prophet

Frako, Frako, consider context, context, context.

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Mark 9 (American Standard Version)

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Mark 9
1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There are some here of them that stand by, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

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2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them;

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3 and his garments became glistering, exceeding white, so as no fuller on earth can whiten them.

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4 And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

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5 And Peter answereth and saith to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

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6 For he knew not what to answer; for they became sore afraid.

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7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye him.

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8 And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

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9 And as they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of man should have risen again from the dead.

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Obviously and objectively, contextually, the quote in question was messianic, pertaining to Jesus's futuristic kingdom.Now, as to Jesus's fulfilled prophecies, consider Luke 21:23,24, pertaining to the Jews and Israel as just one empirical example:

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for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.

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24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

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When Jesus prophesied here, Jerusalem was fully occupied by Jews. For 19 plus centuries, Jerusalem was occupied predominantly by Gentiles. In the 1967 Six day War, the gentiles ran/fled out and Jews marched in again, triumphantly, all the way to the wailing wall on Mt Zion, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Fulfillment of Jesus's messianic kingdom prophecy is emerging on tract, corroborated by numerous other end time simultaneously as predicted.

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
The Immeasurable Present Eternally Extends the Infinite Past And Infinitely Consumes The Eternal Future.

Better go back and read thoughtfully. As per the text I cited, there are dead disciples who, on the Mount of Transfiguration of Jesus when he glowed etc, appearing with Moses and Elijah, saw people and phenomena relating to the coming kingdom before they died.

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
The Immeasurable Present Eternally Extends the Infinite Past And Infinitely Consumes The Eternal Future.

Frako, this is just another example of why Biblical novices tend towards skepticism of the Bible's credibility as a record.You've quote mined this prophecy out of it's fulfillment context. You will note from the Wiki link that the transfiguration event happens in the very next chapter of Matthew, Matthew 17, in which Jesus shows a selected few of his apostles a glimpse of things pertaining to heaven, such as his miraculous Tranfiguration.Most studied Biblical scholars agree that this was the fulfillment of Jesus's prophecy.ABE: I forgot that I had already said essentially the same thing and others had aluded to it. Anyhow, perhaps this will add some credibility to the prophecy. Edited by Buzsaw, : No reason given.

Jesus and the OT prophets, often made statements of this nature. Jesus was showing the disciples his glory as it would be at his coming to set up his messianic kingdom on earth.That's the only logical explanation and it makes sense, whether you choose to accept it or not.Jesus made other more specifically fulfilled prophecies which corroborate that he was a true prophet as well as the coming messiah. I have cited them in other threads and will allude to them in another message unrelated to this incident.

Two specific prophecies of Jesus, showing that he was, indeed, a credible prophet are found in one or more of the gospel accounts of what is known as the Olivet Discourse, when Jesus was prophesying to his disciples that he would soon be crucified, but would return in the end times for the 2nd advent.I have alluded to these in the past, but will repeat them for this thread.The first is his prophecy in Luke 21:24, ASE which states:

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And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

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At the time Jesus prophesied, Jerusalem was occupied by Jews. He prophesied that the Jews would be scattered into the nations and that there would be a period of Gentile occupation of the city. His prophecy stated that there would come a time in the future when the Gentile occupation would end, implying that it would again be occupied by Jews. This prophecy is corroborated by several OT prophets.Another example of fulfillment of Jesus's Olivet Discourse prophecy is that in that discourse he prophesied that his gospel, which was, at that time, a brand new gospel, considered by many to be another little cult, would be proclaimed to all nations, at which period the end of the age would come.Lo and behold, for decades the Bible, including the NT has been the world's all time best seller consistently. Today, all nations of the planet have Jesus's prophesied gospel.These are just a couple of Jesus's more significant and phenomenal fulfilled prophecies. There are others.The fulfillment of either of the above being fulfilled at the time the prophecies were made would have been considered very
unlikely.King James Version:

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And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come." ...

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This shows how utterly ignorant you are regarding the context of Matthew's other writings regarding the timing of Jesus's 2nd advent.It was the same author, Matthew who wrote one of the accounts of the Olivet Discourse regarding the timing of Jesus's return. The Jews, then occupying Israel must be dispersed and Gentiles occupying Jerusalem until the end times when the Gentile occupation would end and Jews back for the messianic kingdom.There were to be wars and rumors of wars BEFORE the end times. The great tribulation of saints was to happen, earthquakes in many various places, signs in the heavens, sun & moon darkening, a period of cloudiness, Jerusalem encompassed by armies etc, etc. To think this all could happen in 50 years is just nuts.No, Matthew knew full well that this transfiguration could not have been the 2nd advent return.Matthew and others recorded that the 2nd advent return Jesus would appear in great glory. The Transfiguration was a scene, depicting Jesus in great glory. Go figure. You need to study up before coming to an objective conclusion regarding this.It appears that you are not debating in good faith. Believe what you will believe. You will likely never admit to one fulfilled prophecy, regardless of how much evidence is presented. Arguing with you further on this becomes an endeavor of futility, Heretic. You're running out of gas.