Christianity--Church History/birth of Christ prophecy

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Expert: - 6/5/2011


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Pastor Gade:

I was watching Christian TV and heard something I have never heard before.  When Christ was born; a wife of Ceasar(?) wrote a  phrophecy, "that a child had just been born..." and proceeded to prophecy the life of Jesus and all about Him and what He would go through and what He would do.  
Do you know what this was?  That she was prophesying the transfer of power from the Roman empire to the new rule?

'Dont know if I got that all correct but I just heard it.

Thank you.

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Leah,

Do not give any credence to what you heard about such a prophecy.  There is no evidence that "a wife of Caesar" wrote about the life of Jesus. The only Roman woman who had anything near to a prophecy was the wife of Pontius Pilate who told her husband that she had a dream about Jesus and that he should have nothing to do with Him.

If the TV station (or program) which aired this account called itself "Christian TV", you might want to be careful about believing anything that they teach.


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Dean Gade

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I have knowledge of various writings of: the Ante-Nicene and Post-Nicene fathers. The history of the Bible`s origin. The original language of the New Testament. The history of the Old Testament and the changes in the church in the New Testament.

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I am a college and seminary graduate( BA., BTh. MDiv.)who studied the history of Christianity during the eight years of study in those institutions as well as study in order to teach and write courses on church history.

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