Prophecies from the Torah
Hello, Your Honor.
There is an assumption that a series of concrete and unexpected prophecies are true – what is the rabbi’s opinion on the assumption?
Is this assumption fulfilled in the prophecies of the Torah (I would love for you to read it)?:
“And the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other” – the interpretation is concrete and clear: “among all nations from one end…” and it is unexpected that in every nation and people in the world, an exiled people will be scattered.
“And we will be subjected to terror in all the kingdoms of the earth…in all places…” It is expected that the exiled people will not like it, but that it will last for thousands of years is not something that happened then that can be assumed from experience (unexpected). Besides, anti-Semitism is an unusual and puzzling phenomenon, since there is no anti-Germanization despite the fact that they are responsible for the killing of hundreds of millions and so on.
“And your land shall be desolate” and “And I will lay the land desolate, and your enemies who dwell in it shall desolate it” – after all, it is clear that the intention is that until the people of Israel return to their land (in another prophecy) the land will be desolate, despite our enemies dwelling in it, and only when we arrive will the land bear fruit – and in truth, not everyone who settled did “make the land grow”. And certainly, the prophecy is not expected, since there is no precedent for this that allows this to happen – the Land of Israel is capable of flourishing.
“And the nations shall walk along, and kings to your rising sun.” Is it expected that a small and hated people would influence kings? Is there such a possibility? And how do we relate to the fact that we have truly become “a light to kings and nations” literally in so many ways? Isn’t that already an extreme explanation?
What about “until they destroy you” that there is a desire to destroy the Jewish people – which is certainly expected of individuals, but a desire to destroy an entire people?
And what about the return to Zion? There is a likelihood that it will happen after a few generations, but is it likely that it will happen after thousands of years? After all, there is no example in history?
I would be happy if the Rabbi could address each prophecy, if possible.
I would be happy if you could help me clarify my faith, thank you very much from the bottom of my heart.
This is a somewhat harsh and simplistic statement. It is clear that if there is a prediction in advance of some rare events that come true, this strengthens the credibility of the prophet or the prophetic text. However, each case must still be examined on its own merits, for example, what is considered a rare event, how unambiguous the prophecy is, whether there are other prophecies that have not come true and how many, and so on.
As for these prophecies, some seem more convincing and others not so unequivocal. This may strengthen belief in addition to other arguments (see my fifth notebook on addressing the arguments as a whole and not each one separately).
In general, one must distinguish between two different types of arguments, which are indeed related:
- The mere existence of a rare and special event requires an explanation. For example, if you rolled a die and got a 6 a hundred times in a row, there must be some reason for this (the ability of the die-roller, or it is unfair).
- A rare but not special event, such as some series of 100 outcomes of a die roll. It is rare because the chance of any such series is 6 to the power of -100 (a zero number), but not special. After all, some series had to come out, and therefore it says nothing (neither about the ability of the die roller nor about its fairness). But if there is a prediction in advance that this series will come out, that makes it special, and then we are back to argument 1, which refines assumptions about ability or fairness.
When there is a prediction of a rare and special outcome, it further strengthens the argument. For example, someone predicts that 6s will come up one hundred times in a row.
As for us, the history of the people of Israel is rare and unique, and that in itself requires an explanation. When there is a prediction in advance, it strengthens the argument even more. But as mentioned, every such prediction must be examined on its own merits, and so on.
It seems from the Rabbi's words here that if a hundred times 6 did indeed come out and they did not produce it before, then there is no reason to assume that someone did cheat / the dice were unfair.
B. It seems from the Rabbi's words here that the entire understanding that a complex thing was distilled into its component parts cannot be substantiated because we did not exist before the world to expect this situation.
And it cannot be ruled out that complexity is generally just a rare but not special characteristic.
These things contradict your teaching that you presented in the notebooks of faith.
I would be happy to explain.
It doesn't seem from my words either A or B (I wrote the opposite to the Hadiya. Read it again). In any case, the problem is primarily with Litha.
I think this guy is right, let's assume that most of the Jews will repent - will the Messiah come? So why, if we assume that not all of them repented, but only 50 percent or less, why won't they enjoy all the good that is promised in the above prophecies?
Where does it say in the Torah that literally all of the Jews will repent?
Now the question remains, if not most of the Jews will repent, aren't we in for another Holocaust and all that?
On the other hand, isn't all the technology that Jews have invented and the Gentiles are using a light for the Gentiles?
So what is holding back the Messiah? What is holding back the good that comes to the good people who repented?
Do the Rabbis, Itay, or Mordechai think that it is possible to do something immediately and achieve all of this good (in the good prophecies about us) for all of the Jews immediately?
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