Originally posted by no1marauder
Neither, apparently, are you.
I am familiar enough with the Scriptures to know what I'm talking about. More familiar than, it seems, most posting here, and I'd venture to say, you, also. And quite plainly, I think better than C.S. Lewis. Anglicans in general don't have a very high view of Scripture, unfortunately. I used to be one (actually, I was an Episcopalian, but I hope you understand the connection). I'm not saying that the Bible is an easy book to understand, but if you persevere in reading and studying it, you can learn some things. One thing I have learned is that it is fairly common for prophets, which Jesus did claim to be (see Matt. 13:57 and it's parallels, & Lk. 13:33), to mix together time periods when prophesying. If you understand that the prophet is simply being a mouthpiece, and often does not have the full knowledge of the things he is speaking about (see 1 Peter 1:10-12)when he/she is prophesying, it may be easier for you to accept. Read the Old Testament prophets. See how they often string together things without heed to chronology. For example, in Isaiah 7, Isaiah prophesies to Ahaz, the king of Judah, and then tells him to ask a sign from God to confirm what was just spoken. Ahaz refuses to, and Isaiah then prophesies saying nevertheless God will give a sign - a virgin shall conceive and bear a son - and then continues to tell Ahaz the judgement that will befall him and his household because of his disobedience.
At the heart of all our posts in this thread are the 2 questions, "Is Jesus fallible? Is the Bible fallible?" I would make the case that they are both infallible, but that our understanding of them is fallible. If it leads people to actually read those passages and research the quotes, I guess that's well and good. I find too often that many just ignorantly spout off without any real knowledge of what their opining about, and because I do have some knowledge of the Scriptures, I can often spot those cases.