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To: topcat54
It is pure, raw assertion without any biblical support to say that Zechariah uses the language of horses, etc to describe future weaponry like F-16s.

What language did God use to describe the crucifixion? What language did He use to describe the vehicle Ezekiel saw? What language did He use to describe Satan in the garden? The Bible is full of Him painting pictures with words for us and that opens up context and meaning.

30 posted on 08/06/2007 9:28:10 AM PDT by Ping-Pong
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To: Ping-Pong; Uncle Chip
What language did God use to describe the crucifixion?

He used the language of crucifixion, pierced hands and feet. He didn’t use the language of stoning (current form of execution) to describe the crucifixion (an unknown form of punishment at the time of the prophecy).

What language did He use to describe the vehicle Ezekiel saw?

What Ezekiel saw was not some far future prophecy. It was a contemporary event. Ezekiel did not see some future super-duper weapon system.

It’s obvious you are missing the point wrt prophecy. You are getting side-tracked by your own predicament. Nowhere in the Bible did God use accommodating language to describe some far future event. To apply such a notion in the case of Zechariah’s horses in scripturally unsound.

31 posted on 08/06/2007 9:37:38 AM PDT by topcat54 ("... knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience." (James 1:3))
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