[ConservativeMan55]

bfl!

[preacher]

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Joel 3:10 KJV

[GoldenPup]

They Shall Beat Their Swords Into Plowshares! (Isaiah 2:4)

"Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears..." (Joel 3:10)

A little different outlook.

[dartuser]

Judah and Jerusalem? That appears to be pre-second century language. Recall that after the remnant of Israel and Judah returned from Babylon, they merged into one "kingdom" under the banner of Judah in Judea; hence, the first century name of "Jews" that we are all familiar with. Therefore, Isaiah's time context for this prophecy appears to be prior to the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70.

A much more reasonable explanation for why Isaiah mentions Judah (and not Israel) is that during the time of his ministry, the Northern Kingdom was not in existence.

It is also very disturbing that you run off to Revelation, then Hebrews, then back to Revelation, then Acts, then Galatians, etc. etc. ... to provide context and interpretation of a prophecy in the OT.

This highlights what I have been trying to tell you for some time ...

The basic flaw in your approach is not interpretive ... its your theological method that you are employing. By reading the NT back into the OT you transform the OT prophecy of Isaiah into something that it is not. You have yanked Isaiah out of its historical context, almost as if all that historical and OT background is irrelevant.

[ravenwolf]

Thanks Philip, Good thread.

[redleghunter]

Philip, I clicked on the link for this article and it goes to your FR homepage. Is there a blog you are operating from where we can see the source of your posting? Or is this considered a ‘vanity’ thread?

[Right-wing Librarian]

BFL