2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 55
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find such connection as not strong enough as these scholars should have completed their
research before releasing speculation. We agree 2 Ezekiel has language which matches
2nd Esdras and that is not really debatable but that is not enough nor is that language
as strong as other connections we have found. However, we encourage everyone to read
this entire finding but unfortunately, they do not prove this out. One is left with a maybe
or ammunition to scoff which is the likely intention unfortunately. If only these scholars
then conducted true research seeking other fragments that may actually be a match to
2nd Esdras, then, this might be compelling. We did and we find more direct references.
Direct Proof Qumran Was Reading and Applying 2nd Esdras:
One must merely read the community writings and commentaries especially from
these Aaronic Temple Priests to quickly realize they were reading and applying the
prophesies of 2nd Esdras which the aforementioned scholars do perceive. One of the
greatest examples of this synergy is Ezra’s Prophetic Vision of the Eagle Empire, the
Final Empire (2 Esd. 11-12). Ezra tells us this is a continuation of Daniel’s Fourth Beast
thus this must be the Final Empire which Daniel describes in interpretation of the
statue from Nebuchadnezzar’s dream from Yahuah (Dan. 2) as well as the Four Beasts
(Dan. 7). We fully break this Eagle Empire down at the end of Chapter 11 of 2nd Esdras
with diagram even identifying the three heads in the end.
In their commentary on Habakkuk, these sons of Zadok of Qumran/Bethabara
clearly apply this 2nd Esdras vision in their interpretation. They were aware that the
Final Empire was the Eagle associated with Rome (the Kittim) and really this prophecy is
future even if this were written as late as 218 A.D. which is nonsense and unscientific
as it says Ezra wrote it because he did. The next fragment will also prove this. It would
remain prophecy and it has come to pass in large part since. That is the best measure
of inspired scripture – a Prophet who was accurate as Ezra was. Even this commentary
is prophetic and proves 2nd Esdras was around prior to the first century as well as it is
used by Qumran/Bethabara.
Habakkuk 1:8-9 Fragment from Dead Sea Scrolls
“Their horses are swifter than leopards and fleeter than evening wolves. Their horses step
forward proudly and spread their wings; they fly from afar like an eagle avid to devour. All of
them come for violence; the look on their faces is like the east wind (i, 8~9a).”
Prophetic Commentary in Qumran, (0-100 A.D. or Earlier, Not A
Scientific Dating)
“[Interpreted, this] concerns the Kittim who trample the earth with their horses and beasts.
They come from afar, from the islands of the sea, to devour all the peoples like an
eagle which cannot be satisfied, and they address [all the peoples] with anger and [wrath
and fury] and indignation.” [53]
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