Does the book of Isaiah say anything about Jesus of Nazareth?

[SarahM32]

7. Most seminary graduates would not say no. They're taught the answer is yes.

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Some, however, like most of the members of The Jesus Seminar and many other liberal progressive Christians would say "no" as you do. In fact, growing numbers of Christians are realizing the the errors in the theology of Christian Apologetics and the need for a real Reformation.

I would agree that people can interpret the Hebrew Bible any way they wish. But it's another matter when the Hebrew Bible is mistranslated, as it was in the Septuagint Greek translation that Paul and others used in the first century to develop the idea that Jesus fulfilled the prophecies in the book of Isaiah.

Granted, it was probably true what was written in Luke 4:17-22: "And they handed him [Jesus] the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.' And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he said to them, 'This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.'"

That, however, could be said by any actual servant of God who has been "anointed" and advocates for the poor, the brokenhearted, the captives, the spiritually blind, etc. That prophecy is fulfilled by anyone whose good works indicate that they understand the will of God. And it is fulfill by many today, especially he who wrote Poverty: America's Greatest Shame.
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