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- Some time before 500 BC, the prophet Daniel proclaimed that Israel’s long-awaited Messiah would begin his public ministry 483 years after the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem (Daniel 9:25-26).
- In approximately 700 BC, the prophet Micah named the tiny village of Bethlehem as the birthplace of Israel’s Messiah (Micah 5:2). The fulfillment of this prophecy in the birth of Christ is one of the most widely known and widely celebrated facts in history.
- In the fifth century BC, a prophet named Zechariah declared that the Messiah would be betrayed for the price of a slave—thirty pieces of silver, according to Jewish law-and also that this money would be used to buy a burial ground for Jerusalem’s poor foreigners (Zechariah 11:12-13).
- Some 400 years before crucifixion was invented, both Israel’s King David and the prophet Zechariah described the Messiah’s death in words that perfectly depict that mode of execution.
The Bible often speaks of the role of Israel in the end times, yet it did not exist as a nation for 1,900 years. In 1948, the re-establishment of modern Israel opened a way for many end-times prophecies about Israel to be literally fulfilled. The Bible also predicts a future global government that will exist during the tribulation period.
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I know that fulfilled prophecy is a big proof for the Bible's truthfulness, but how do we know the prophecies and their fulfillment were written years (or more) apart?
This question is at the heart and soul of Christianity. Christianity is not a blind leap of faith into spiritual nothingness. Its truthfulness is based on objective, verifiable prophecy, history, and eye witnesses to a risen Savior.
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint are solid proof that Daniel’s predictions about the time of Jesus’ life on earth occurred before He came. The books had to already be in existence by at least one hundred and sixty years. There is not a good reason to doubt Josephus or the Jewish tradition unless we are looking for reasons to reject Daniel. Josep...
Nov 2, 2022 · The reason is simple: the first part of that verse was fulfilled by Christ in His first advent, but the second half, concerning “the day of vengeance of our God,” was not. The Day of the Lord is still to be fulfilled in the future. The amount of prophecy in the Bible is one of the things that make it unique among religious books.
- Genesis 3:15. “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Genesis 12:3. “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” In this verse, God is making a promise to Abraham that he would make him into a great nation.
- Isaiah 7:14. “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” This Scripture points to the manner in which he will born, and also to one of the names given to Christ: Immanuel, meaning God with us.
- Micah 5:2. “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
Jan 4, 2022 · One scholar, J. Barton Payne, has found as many as 574 verses in the Old Testament that somehow point to or describe or reference the coming Messiah. Alfred Edersheim found 456 Old Testament verses referring to the Messiah or His times. Conservatively, Jesus fulfilled at least 300 prophecies in His earthly ministry.
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Nov 4, 2024 · Let us first consider an example of conditional prophecies where the group the prophecy spoke to met the condition, and the prophecy did not come to fruition because of the actions taken. When the condition of a conditional prophecy is complied with, the prophecy does not come to fruition, and the result is averted.
