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Originally Posted by Born Crucified
Mr Ruckman was using a technique similar to a magicians' sleight of hand or mental suggestion.
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Nonsense.
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Sure, the name Jesus Christ is not found in the Old Testament. But Messiah is mentioned twice; salvation is mentioned 115 times; deliverer is mentioned 8 times; Saviour is mentioned 13 times... many other attributes of the Lord are mentioned throughout the Old Testament.
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Thank you; I've been aware of that since the first week I became a Christian (I was blessed with good teachers). And nobody's disputing it. Dr. Ruckman asked for a verse, in the Old Testament prophets, that said, specifically, that one is saved purely by faith in the Messiah. No such verse exists. Isaiah 53:10, 11 comes close, but not quite; and, anyway, Isaiah is not "all the prophets," as Peter says in Acts 10:43.
Do all of the Old Testament prophets bear witness of Jesus Christ? In one way or another, yes. But they simply
do not say that anyone will be saved by faith in Christ alone. They had not been given that revelation. (Peter's words in Acts 10:43 are similar to Jesus's words in John 9:58.) There is no contradiction or problem here at all.
The real point of Acts 10:43 is found in the word "whosoever." He is telling the people that salvation will not be limited to the Jews. This is the
context of the verse; the entire chapter concerns God granting salvation to the Gentiles. Acts 10 is where Peter has the vision of the sheet, and where the first Gentile convert to Christ (Cornelius) is recorded. Acts 10:43 is part of Peter's first sermon to Gentiles, immediately after receiving the vision. There's no need to complicate it.
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The prophets gave witness of Jesus Christ. Why question the Word of God?
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Nobody's questioning the word of God, thank you; we are attempting to understand it.
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Ruckman is nothing but a mental magician turning man's eyes from reality to what he wants them to see.
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Unless you've known him longer than I have (25 years), and unless you've read his works, you simply don't know what you're talking about.