The Unholy Truth

The Unholy Truth

Matthew’s Mess of Fulfilled Prophecies That Weren’t

How a gospel writer twisted, stretched, and flat-out invented “prophecies” to make Jesus look like the fulfillment of Jewish scripture.

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Tanner the Humanist
Aug 28, 2025
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Ancient scroll with Hebrew text being altered by a quill, symbolizing Matthew’s invented biblical prophecies.
Matthew stitched together mistranslations and inventions, turning scripture into “prophecies” that never existed.

When Christians tell you Jesus fulfilled Old Testament prophecy, most of that comes from the Gospel of Matthew, whose number one obsession is prophecy. He throws it around like a drunk at a dartboard, yelling “bullseye!” even when the dart la…

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