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The difficulties of defining the language of Jesus' prophecy illustrate that it is probably best to avoid trying to fix its meaning legalistically. Therefore, in the opinion of this writer, it seems fruitless to try to fix a precise time when this prophecy was fulfilled. It can be argued that, from the early Christian point of view, the prophecy had been fulfilled before the time of Muhammad (AD 570-632). After the age of exploration (AD 1420-1620), the world-view was considerably expanded, and in the context of this expanded view, it can be argued that it was fulfilled before or roughly at the time of the early days of the Baha'i Revelation (1844-63).
(58:4)
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