The New Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Student Workbook, SW13
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Is Reverend Moon the Real Messiah?
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The followers of the Rev. Sung Yung Moon believe him to be the Messiah of God in the earth. He is worshiped, acknowledged as the Lord’s representative, and understood to be the fulfillment of the ancient prophecies regarding the Lord’s anointed Messiah. While many have rejected his claim that he is the Messiah, many thousands have embraced his claim and given their allegiance and unqualified support to him. If someone were to ask you your opinion about Rev. Moon or others who claimed to be the Messiah, how would you complete the following statement. “We know that Rev. Moon or others who claim to be Messiah must be impostors, for the real Messiah, according to the Scriptures will be one who . . .” At a recent lecture in the religion department at a State university, one of your youth group leaders heard a statement that has caused her great angst and doubt. In reading an essay on the nature of prophecy in the Bible, the visiting religion professor stated, “We know that the Scriptures that are usually given in support of the Messiah’s coming are not true in our modern, scientific sense of that term, nor can these prophecies be found to agree with the facts of history, as we call it. Prophecies in the Bible are usually written after the fact; in other words, writers and commentators wrote about events after they had already occurred, and then wrote them as if they had not happened yet.” How would you answer your students questions about the reliability of Messianic prophecy in the Bible? Messianic Prophecy: Not to Be Taken Lightly
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