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To: Robert E. Hall who wrote (16748)5/31/1998 8:10:00 PM
From: Emile Vidrine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 39621
 
Isa. 2:1-4 fulfilled according to Justin Martyr who was a christian disciple living near the well of Jacob in Samaria in the the early second century.

The Prophecy

Chapter: Isa.2
1: the word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2: And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
3: And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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The fulfillment according to Justin Martyr:
Taken from the First Apology.

Chapter XXXIX.-Direct Predictions by the Spirit.

And when the Spirit of prophecy speaks as predicting things that are to come to pass, He speaks in
this way: "For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And He
shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into
ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war any more."82 And that it did so come to pass, we can convince you. For from
Jerusalem there went out into the world, men, twelve in number, and these illiterate, of no ability in
speaking: but by the power of God they proclaimed to every race of men that they were sent by
Christ to teach to all the word of God; and we who formerly used to murder one another do not only
now refrain from making war upon our enemies, but also, that we may not lie nor deceive our
examiners, willingly die confessing Christ. For that saying, "The tongue has sworn but the mind is
unsworn,"83 might be imitated by us in this matter. But if the soldiers enrolled by you, and who have
taken the military oath, prefer their allegiance to their own life, and parents, and country, and all
kindred, though you can offer them nothing incorruptible, it were verily ridiculous if we, who earnestly
long for incorruption, should not endure all things, in order to obtain what we desire from Him who is
able to grant it.
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Here is a very early Christian living near Jacob's well, trained by the disciples who were trained by the Apostles themselves telling us that these Scriptures were fulfilled. What false philosophy and antichrist teachings have entered the Christian Church to attempt to make these prophecies have a future fulfillment? The antichrist spirit of ancient Phariseeism is alive and well.