Destiny, Freewill and Prophecies (Revisited)
Lately i've been reassessing my views about destinies, human freewills and the validity of prophecies which might be not so clear then for me. And here's what I got after I rethinked it through, trying to piece them up such that it's compatible with the Bible and other sources.
Let's take a look at the example from the Bible! Jeremiah 31:15 predicts the killings of male infants during the time Jesus was born. Isaiah 7:14 predicts that Virgin Mary will give birth to Jesus, and named him Immanuel. Isaiah 50:6 and Isaiah 53:3-7 predicts Jesus' sufferings, Job 19:25 and Psalm 16:9-10 predicts His resurrection. Well, what's the point of having all these?
I often asked myself, why would Herod make such a decree to kill infants? Why would Virgin Mary named the child Immanuel? Why would people make Jesus suffer? Why would they crucify Him? One might just say : Well, it's the prophecy, it's destiny! Exactly! But now i'm trying to assess what is this that we called 'destiny'? And how does it actually work? By what means?
In my opinion, for destiny to work, it makes use of human ignorance about the prophecies. It's due to Herod's ignorance that he issued a command to exterminate all male infants, which is according to the prophecy. Think about it! If he knows about the prophecy, then he would know that the prophecy is true because in it he issued a command to kill the infants, and thus he must also knew that the child Jesus would escape since there was the continuation of the prophecy that says about Jesus sufferings, he would be ressurected, etc. One might argue that it's impossible that Herod knew about this, exactly, my point is, prophecy works this way, due to our ignorance, we wouldn't do something against it, or intentionally opposing it!
I've stated an example on the other article. Suppose there was a prophet that tells us that we would die on a certain time, say, 50 years later. But practically, we can commit suicide to prove it wrong isn't it? "Dying isn't that easy" is a stupid argument if we look at terrorists who easily blast themselves. Here, we can try to escape the 'prophecy'. I believe no prophecy is to be told.
Next, destiny also bounds our freewill by using the freewill of others. Humans have freewill, but the freewills of other humans are beyond a person's power to control! Hence, destiny calculates that we don't have enough power to fight it! What do I mean by this? When Jesus was crucified for example, I believe that his apostles wanted to fight but they were overpowered. It's make more sense if we take the example about the signs of the ends of age. In Matthew 24:5-7 it was stated that at the end of age, many will come in Jesus name claiming to be Him, that is to be God, and many will be deceived. We will hear rumours of war, but see to it that we are not alarmed. Nation will then rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. Here, we see that we certainly do not have any power to oppose the prophecy! There may be ignorant people that not know about the prophecy, and they act acording to it, they fulfill it! While we who know about the prophecy, are not in the situation to control the situation. There are many opposing groups who is 'made' to fulfill the prophecy. And who are we that we can 'prevent' earthquakes? Who are we to prevent famines? or even rumours of wars? or the establishment of religious groups that, according to the prophecy, will have their leader claiming himself 'God'?
Destiny therefore, is imminent! It also predicts all the rules and regulations, countries policies and acts, such that it will point towards what was destined! In fact, there would be no meteor falls that exterminate living things before destiny is fulfilled, nor a terrorist group launching a nuclear weapon that will exterminate all beings on earth! This is logical, since if there were such a group, surely many nations will rise against them! And this is nothing but working towards the fulfillment of the prophecy.
And those who are reading this, no matter what your status or positions are..i believe, are those who are 'allowed' to know the secrets behind the prophecy and therefore do not have the power to oppose it.
Let's take a look at the example from the Bible! Jeremiah 31:15 predicts the killings of male infants during the time Jesus was born. Isaiah 7:14 predicts that Virgin Mary will give birth to Jesus, and named him Immanuel. Isaiah 50:6 and Isaiah 53:3-7 predicts Jesus' sufferings, Job 19:25 and Psalm 16:9-10 predicts His resurrection. Well, what's the point of having all these?
I often asked myself, why would Herod make such a decree to kill infants? Why would Virgin Mary named the child Immanuel? Why would people make Jesus suffer? Why would they crucify Him? One might just say : Well, it's the prophecy, it's destiny! Exactly! But now i'm trying to assess what is this that we called 'destiny'? And how does it actually work? By what means?
In my opinion, for destiny to work, it makes use of human ignorance about the prophecies. It's due to Herod's ignorance that he issued a command to exterminate all male infants, which is according to the prophecy. Think about it! If he knows about the prophecy, then he would know that the prophecy is true because in it he issued a command to kill the infants, and thus he must also knew that the child Jesus would escape since there was the continuation of the prophecy that says about Jesus sufferings, he would be ressurected, etc. One might argue that it's impossible that Herod knew about this, exactly, my point is, prophecy works this way, due to our ignorance, we wouldn't do something against it, or intentionally opposing it!
I've stated an example on the other article. Suppose there was a prophet that tells us that we would die on a certain time, say, 50 years later. But practically, we can commit suicide to prove it wrong isn't it? "Dying isn't that easy" is a stupid argument if we look at terrorists who easily blast themselves. Here, we can try to escape the 'prophecy'. I believe no prophecy is to be told.
Next, destiny also bounds our freewill by using the freewill of others. Humans have freewill, but the freewills of other humans are beyond a person's power to control! Hence, destiny calculates that we don't have enough power to fight it! What do I mean by this? When Jesus was crucified for example, I believe that his apostles wanted to fight but they were overpowered. It's make more sense if we take the example about the signs of the ends of age. In Matthew 24:5-7 it was stated that at the end of age, many will come in Jesus name claiming to be Him, that is to be God, and many will be deceived. We will hear rumours of war, but see to it that we are not alarmed. Nation will then rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. Here, we see that we certainly do not have any power to oppose the prophecy! There may be ignorant people that not know about the prophecy, and they act acording to it, they fulfill it! While we who know about the prophecy, are not in the situation to control the situation. There are many opposing groups who is 'made' to fulfill the prophecy. And who are we that we can 'prevent' earthquakes? Who are we to prevent famines? or even rumours of wars? or the establishment of religious groups that, according to the prophecy, will have their leader claiming himself 'God'?
Destiny therefore, is imminent! It also predicts all the rules and regulations, countries policies and acts, such that it will point towards what was destined! In fact, there would be no meteor falls that exterminate living things before destiny is fulfilled, nor a terrorist group launching a nuclear weapon that will exterminate all beings on earth! This is logical, since if there were such a group, surely many nations will rise against them! And this is nothing but working towards the fulfillment of the prophecy.
And those who are reading this, no matter what your status or positions are..i believe, are those who are 'allowed' to know the secrets behind the prophecy and therefore do not have the power to oppose it.
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