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Old 03-23-2006, 11:04 PM   #11
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Rationalization after the fact?
Sorry, I'm not getting you. Of what and by whom?
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(2) Psalm 22. (As far as I can remember, no NT writer ever quotes from it, except to make Jesus' last words a reference to the first line of it. But nothing so explicit that gentile converts could be expected to get the point).
You might want to re-think Psalm 22.

Psalm 22 is written from the perspective of a dragon/ worm that is surrounded by evil men and is being pierced by Baal/ Yahweh. The worm is begging El to help him – but El just blows him off.

Revelation 12:3 mentions a ‘huge red dragon that had seven heads.’ That’s our same worm again. His name is Yammu. Aka Rehab the leviathan. The sea monster.

The child with the iron rod (in Revelation 12:5) is Baal/ Yahweh. He is the guy who is piercing the worm in this picture:

http://www.ifar.org/cunieformfig5.jpg
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(4) This fourth one will require that someone humors me: Who are the two most famous non-Jewish heroes of the OT? (Pre-Jewish people like Adam and Noah don't count). Someone please respond, because this is a good one.
Pharaoh Necho and King Nebuchadnezzar II?

They're my OT heroes, anyway...
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Psalm 22 is written from the perspective of a dragon/ worm that is surrounded by evil men and is being pierced by Baal/ Yahweh. The worm is begging El to help him – but El just blows him off.
That's another one for the list of things christians never thought they'd find in the bible:
Rabbits that chew cud.
Clean 4 legged insects with nostrils.
Worms that can be blown off.
Gods that are prepared to.

Anyway, it distinctly says psalm 22, under the chapter heading of psalms. That makes it a psalm in my book. That's the lyrics of a song, not a prophecy.

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