The writers of the gospels also knew the prophecies. How do we know they didn't write the story to fit prophecy? Saw an interesting show on the History Channel that said there was another Bethlehem in Galilee, a much more likely place for Joseph's family to have been from than the one in Judea. Of course, to say he came from that Bethlehem meant he wasn't The One who would be born in the City of David!
The disciples, knowing prophecy, couldn't make it come to pass, they could only record it when it did.
The History channel speculates. The Bible doesn't. Christ was born in Bethlehem, and yet was called a Nazarene. Prophesy.
As far as hindsight, the Bible told us when Israel would become a nation. Two thousand years later there's Israel. Prophecy is foresight, not hindsight.
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