Referring to my former post,

it's pretty obvous what Matthew, the apostle who wrote that Jesus was born of a virgin, was doing.
In all four gospels, Jesus provocatively rides into Jerusalem on a young donkey in fulfilment of the prophecy in Zechariah 9:9, “Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
In three of the four accounts of the triumphal entry, Jesus rides a single donkey. Matthew, though, apparently misunderstands the prophecy and, rather absurdly, has Jesus ride two donkeys, at once, in another attempt to fulfill prophecy, (which he misread), with little regard for facts. (Matthew 21, 1-7, They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him[d] on them.). Just as he put a very pregnant Mary on a 120 mile roundtrip on a donkey, and added the 'virgin birth' to the story, nothing was off-limits or too far-fetched. I DO know, that the people (Jewish), who actually lived with and saw the actual events unfold weren't impressed. It wasn't until the stories were told, retold and embellished that the new religion took off. If the prophecied facts weren't actually there, they were just added as needed, and written down later in the 'infallible' Bible.

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ladyj said…
One book you must read by Dr. David Jeremiah, titled, What In The World Is Going On? It concerns the final days of this earth and the warning signs, including how oil plays such an important part; the European Union and Israel; Islamic terrorism and it's role in prophecy; and Armageddon. Really interesting reading.
ladyj said…
As I stated in my previous posting on your former post, concerning the writings of Matthew and Luke; they drew much of their work from the Old Testament, "borrowing", let's say, to make cetain that the prophecy of the Messiah came to pass. However, errors were made, such as his birthplace, being Bethlehem of Galilee, not Nazareth. And as for taxes, there were no taxes at the time of Jesus birth! As I said before, sometimes they had to "fudge" to make it all fit together.

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