Is the message of the cross foolishness? ~ Cross reference of 1 Corinthians 1:19 to Isaiah 29:14
Paul starts off asserting that the cross is NOT foolishness. I think he was facing opposition from Jews that the gospel he was preaching was not right. The Jews did not accept that the messiah would be killed and then raise on the 3rd day so that the sins of people will be washed away. So rather than dealing with the core issue he was facing, he uses a verse from Tanakh out of context to say that these wise Jews were made fools by G-d as prophesied in Isaiah 29 Interestingly Paul never defends the killing and "resurrection" of Jesus. He just makes an assertion that this is how G-d planned salvation for mankind[he claims that he got these revelations from G-d & Jesus], and then builds his religion based on that axiom. If you know of any passages where he explains that this was prophesied, do let me know. Let's see if Isaiah 29 prophesied that people who do not believe in the "salvation of the cross" have been made foolish so they will not be able to understan...