Yes I believe the old monk, but I do not believe that he was a true prophet of the Lord. I believe that the Lord might have used him to establish even more of a historical truth as to Christ being the son of God, and that Virgil more than anyone would have appealed more to the Roman people on behalf of Christ. Virgil repeatedly talks about a boy who will be born and a new golden age will begin. He talks about how the boy will live among the gods and how he will bring peace among the world. Virgil also speaks of how e will bring his father's virtues to the world and spread them among the populace so that they too may be complete and filled with this peace. Virgil also fills this piece of work with other indicators which all point towards the birth of Christ.
There are also some things though, that do not point toward this piece of literature talking about one of Roman's ancient false gods. The fact that this piece talks about the future wars with Troy does not point toward the future coming of Christ. Virgil also talks about the coming of a second god that will come because the first boy did not spread enough of the peace among the world. These statements not only contradict the Christian faith, but contradict the first paragraph about the boy, if the boy was really the Christ that Christians believe in. In conclusion, I can firmly say that this boy was not the same Christ that we believe in when you take the whole story into consent.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment