2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 13
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such in the 1611 King James and 1560 Geneva Bibles, as well as direct connections to
the Dead Sea Scrolls, we have very strong reservations about scholarly criticism which
then questions the written date of the books placing them much later than the text
clearly identifies. Again, they operate as scoffers representing the position that the Sons
of Zadok were liars when they are the ones listening to the ancient liars according to
scripture. They sit in the seat of the scornful and ridicule in ignorance and prove they
are challenged to read and comprehend.
For instance, anyone can read this text and see that it could not have been written
during nor after the time of the Apostles. After defining the End Times in what is clearly
the origin of Revelation language, Yahuah Himself tells Ezra He has not revealed these
things to anyone before. If this was written in 50 A.D. or after, those scholars are calling
Yahuah a liar. This cannot be the case. We will explore this further but it also affirms
that Ezra prophesied the coming of Messiah dating it very closely to about 0 B.C. and
he knew His name would be Yahusha. This is firmly prophecy and accurate.
2 Esdras 13:53-54
This is the interpretation of the dream which you saw, and whereby you only are here lightened.
For you have forsaken your own way, and applied your diligence unto my law, and sought it.
Though the connection to the Dead Sea Scrolls with these books is not as definitive
as Jubilees which is identified in their writings as Torah specifically, we find 1st and 2nd
Esdras extremely well-written in matching scripture as well as some Dead Sea fragments
mislabeled which we will explore. More importantly, when we read prophesies that
would be future even if this dating was accurate as late as 218 A.D. or so, these test as
powerful and true. When a work that vets as scripture even quoted by Messiah, reveals
itself as truth and accurate in prophecy, this is the very definition of inspired. Then, to
call into question such inspired writing as scripture, seems a mischaracterization of an
inept paradigm who is not even attempting to find the truth.
As we will cover, the prophecy of the Eagle that clearly identifies the Holy Roman
Empire which did not exist at the time of the writing regardless of dating, we firmly
believe this inspired. When, then, the text says it was written by Ezra the Prophet, that
also rings true. The alternative again, is to accuse the exiled Temple Priests of falsifying.
We will produce evidence that takes this dating back to at least 100 B.C. Many times,
those same scholars will level such accusation and then, continue to discuss the book
as potential scripture in theology yet they already undermined it in ethics. Of course,
they’ll float back and forth but the whole process appears double-minded. If the book
vets as truth, then, what it says in terms of authorship as well is truth. Otherwise, the
whole thing would be false and of little value. They take what they don’t know and
draw conclusions as if one can do so, with what they don’t know. In other words, they
merely tell what they don’t know and they have no conclusion. The main reason is they
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