The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-12
THE PUBLIC FORUM


SIR. Editor see another champion
has entered into this discussion. writ
ing under the name Of John Marcus.
He seems to be carried beyond the
bounds Of all reason by the exuber-
ance OF his own yerboscity He makes
the startling assertion. That all
through the past among the children
Of men the doctrine that men must
have a Christ has been a current
thought of the race will examine
what he calls prophecies and see If
he can prove in the whole Of the Old
Testament where the coming of Christ
was foretold an dabide by the truth
Marcus claims Genesis 4:15 to be SUCH
and makes II to read: And will put
enmity between the Stan and the wo-
man and between thy seed and her
seed it shall bruise thy head and thou
shalt bruise his heel" Now let me
draw the readers attention to the fact
that there is no such word as Satan
in Genises aud there is no such word
as Satan known to the Hebrews. 1t
is mentioned in the book of Job for
the first and only time. Spinoza and
Abzereuzra, two Hebrews celebrated
for their learning both claim that there
was no idea to correspond with the
word Satan in existence with the jew
ish people and claim that the book of
Job if of Gentle origin. And as far as
the sons of Eve having bruised the
head OF the serpent is concerned they
have bruised the head of every other
living animal as we'll. Yea and each
others heads also. But what could that
have to do with foretelling the birth
Of Jesus. What the Jews longed for
was character to arise and organize
them and recover their country. What
can be more absurd than to try to
prove a thing true and bring forth
witnesses that says it is not true, as
every Hebrew claims that Christ is
not the Misiah spoken of, we do the
Hebrew people an injustice they had
no idea of one man dying for another,
no idea of a personal Satan, and byl
the way the word devil first appears
with Matthew. Now / will look over
some of the prophecies claimed by the
New Testament writers to pertain to
Jesus Matthew now al lthis was done
that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken of the Lord by the prophet,
saying behold virgin shall be etc,
and they shall call his name Emanuel
which being interpreted is God be with
us. This chapter 7th verse 14th of
Isaiah Mathew tries to make it mean
Jesus it never could Isaiah lived about
seven hundred years before Christ and
to make the meaning of the passage
plain we must see why it was written
At this time the people of Israel were
divided and had two kings. Ahas was
king of Judah, Jekah was king of Israel
and Joined himself to Resin king of
Syria to make war against Ahas. So
powerful was the army of these twoI
that Ahas and his people became
alarmed at the danger and Their
hearts were moved as the trees of the
wood are moved with the wind"
Isarah Chpt verse it was then that
Isaran came to Ahas and assures him
in the name of the Lord that these to
kings should not succeed against him,
and tells Ahas to ask a sign and when
the king refused went on therefore
the Lord shall give you sign behold |
virgin shall conceive and bear a
son. Butter and honey shall he eat
and before he shall know to refuse the
evil and choose the good the land |
which thou ahhorrest shall be forsaken |
of both her kings Now there is the
sign what has that to do with the birth |
of Christ seven hundred years after
wards. Now let us see what the sign |
amounted to ehron Chap 2S verse,
first "Ahas was twenty years old when
he began 70 reign and he heigned six
teen years in Jerusalem, but he did |
not that which was rigt in the sight
of the Lord, yer 5th wherefore the
Lord delivered him into the hand of
the king OF Syria and they smote him
and carried away a great multitude of
them captive and brought them to
Damacus and he was also delivered in-
to the hand of the king of Israel who
smote him with great slaughter yer.
c and Pekah slew in judah an hun.
dred and twenty thousand in one day" |