Jesus the Messiah: A Fresh View of His Life and Ministry
Authors:
BABALOLA James
Publication Type: Chapters in Books
Journal: Positive Press
ISSN Number:
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Abstract
Thinking about the idea of “The fullness of the time,” questions that comes to minds is which Time? Or what have I to do with the time? When is the Time? And what is the important of the time? The two phrases used 'when the time had fully come' and 'in the fullness of time' essentially means the same thing. It is referring to the right, appropriate, or fitting time for an event to occur, often in the light of specific predictive prophecy. Some whose presuppositional judgment will not permit them to believe that anything can be predicted ahead of time must therefore find other explanations such as Deutero-Isaiah for the prophecies contained therein, written in the time of the fulfillment and thus not being predictive at all. The problem with this theory occurs when the actual evidence like the Dead Sea Scrolls with an ancient copy with all of Isaiah turn up, or the prophecies of Daniel clearly pointing to the Messiah coming and being 'cut off' i.e. killed in 36 or 37AD.