What Biblical prophecies have come true so far?
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Reestablishment of the state of israel in May 1948 is a fulfillment of Ezekiel 37 and the valley of dry bones
Isaiah 66:8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Isaiah 66:8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
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Indeed.
Another series of prophecies that have come true already are found in the Book of Daniel where Daniel uses the imagery of various beasts to represent earthly kingdoms that would follow. Here's a study on it: The Four Great Earthly Kingdoms Bible Study
Another series of prophecies that have come true already are found in the Book of Daniel where Daniel uses the imagery of various beasts to represent earthly kingdoms that would follow. Here's a study on it: The Four Great Earthly Kingdoms Bible Study
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I'm thinking the dry bones prophesy came true with Israel becoming a nation after what Hitler did to the Jews it didn't look like they would have anything let alone Israel back that was occupied by enemies with modern weapons as well as all the neighboring countries against them And all they had was few weapons and the women beet pans in the street to sound like guns and scared the enemy out of there wits, and they went a runnin.
Or at the minimum Israel was a shadow of things to come. I'm thinking we haven't seen nothing yet.
Or at the minimum Israel was a shadow of things to come. I'm thinking we haven't seen nothing yet.
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Here is a good article on this by Dr. Hugh Ross.
Article start:
Unique among all books ever written, the Bible accurately foretells specific events-in detail-many years, sometimes centuries, before they occur. Approximately 2500 prophecies appear in the pages of the Bible, about 2000 of which already have been fulfilled to the letter—no errors. (The remaining 500 or so reach into the future and may be seen unfolding as days go by.) Since the probability for any one of these prophecies having been fulfilled by chance averages less than one in ten (figured very conservatively) and since the prophecies are for the most part independent of one another, the odds for all these prophecies having been fulfilled by chance without error is less than one in 102000 (that is 1 with 2000 zeros written after it)!
God is not the only one, however, who uses forecasts of future events to get people's attention. Satan does, too. Through clairvoyants (such as Jeanne Dixon and Edgar Cayce), mediums, spiritists, and others, come remarkable predictions, though rarely with more than about 60 percent accuracy, never with total accuracy. Messages from Satan, furthermore, fail to match the detail of Bible prophecies, nor do they include a call to repentance.
The acid test for identifying a prophet of God is recorded by Moses in Deuteronomy 18:21-22. According to this Bible passage (and others), God's prophets, as distinct from Satan's spokesmen, are 100 percent accurate in their predictions. There is no room for error.
As economy does not permit an explanation of all the Biblical prophecies that have been fulfilled, what follows in a discussion of a few that exemplify the high degree of specificity, the range of projection, and/or the "supernature" of the predicted events. Readers are encouraged to select others, as well, and to carefully examine their historicity.
(1) Some time before 500 B.C. 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). He further predicted that the Messiah would be "cut off," killed, and that this event would take place prior to a second destruction of Jerusalem. Abundant documentation shows that these prophecies were perfectly fulfilled in the life (and crucifixion) of Jesus Christ. The decree regarding the restoration of Jerusalem was issued by Persia's King Artaxerxes to the Hebrew priest Ezra in 458 B.C., 483 years later the ministry of Jesus Christ began in Galilee. (Remember that due to calendar changes, the date for the start of Christ's ministry is set by most historians at about 26 A.D. Also note that from 1 B.C. to 1 A.D. is just one year.) Jesus' crucifixion occurred only a few years later, and about four decades later, in 70 A.D. came the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^5.)*
(2) In approximately 700 B.C. 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.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^5.)
(3) In the fifth century B.C. 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). Bible writers and secular historians both record thirty pieces of silver as the sum paid to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus, and they indicate that the money went to purchase a "potter's field," used—just as predicted—for the burial of poor aliens (Matthew 27:3-10).
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^11.)
(4) 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. Further, they said that the body would be pierced and that none of the bones would be broken, contrary to customary procedure in cases of crucifixion (Psalm 22 and 34:20; Zechariah 12:10). Again, historians and New Testament writers confirm the fulfillment: Jesus of Nazareth died on a Roman cross, and his extraordinarily quick death eliminated the need for the usual breaking of bones. A spear was thrust into his side to verify that he was, indeed, dead.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^13.)
(5) The prophet Isaiah foretold that a conqueror named Cyrus would destroy seemingly impregnable Babylon and subdue Egypt along with most of the rest of the known world. This same man, said Isaiah, would decide to let the Jewish exiles in his territory go free without any payment of ransom (Isaiah 44:28; 45:1; and 45:13). Isaiah made this prophecy 150 years before Cyrus was born, 180 years before Cyrus performed any of these feats (and he did, eventually, perform them all), and 80 years before the Jews were taken into exile.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^15.)
(6) Mighty Babylon, 196 miles square, was enclosed not only by a moat, but also by a double wall 330 feet high, each part 90 feet thick. It was said by unanimous popular opinion to be indestructible, yet two Bible prophets declared its doom. These prophets further claimed that the ruins would be avoided by travelers, that the city would never again be inhabited, and that its stones would not even be moved for use as building material (Isaiah 13:17-22 and Jeremiah 51:26, 43). Their description is, in fact, the well-documented history of the famous citadel.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^9.)
(7) The exact location and construction sequence of Jerusalem's nine suburbs was predicted by Jeremiah about 2600 years ago. He referred to the time of this building project as "the last days," that is, the time period of Israel's second rebirth as a nation in the land of Palestine (Jeremiah 31:38-40). This rebirth became history in 1948, and the construction of the nine suburbs has gone forward precisely in the locations and in the sequence predicted.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^18.)
(8) The prophet Moses foretold (with some additions by Jeremiah and Jesus) that the ancient Jewish nation would be conquered twice and that the people would be carried off as slaves each time, first by the Babylonians (for a period of 70 years), and then by a fourth world kingdom (which we know as Rome). The second conqueror, Moses said, would take the Jews captive to Egypt in ships, selling them or giving them away as slaves to all parts of the world. Both of these predictions were fulfilled to the letter, the first in 607 B.C. and the second in 70 A.D. God's spokesmen said, further, that the Jews would remain scattered throughout the entire world for many generations, but without becoming assimilated by the peoples or of other nations, and that the Jews would one day return to the land of Palestine to re-establish for a second time their nation (Deuteronomy 29; Isaiah 11:11-13; Jeremiah 25:11; Hosea 3:4-5 and Luke 21:23-24).
This prophetic statement sweeps across 3500 years of history to its complete fulfillment—in our lifetime.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 120.)
(9) Jeremiah predicted that despite its fertility and despite the accessibility of its water supply, the land of Edom (today a part of Jordan) would become a barren, uninhabited wasteland (Jeremiah 49:15-20; Ezekiel 25:12-14). His description accurately tells the history of that now bleak region.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^5.)
(10) Joshua prophesied that Jericho would be rebuilt by one man. He also said that the man's eldest son would die when the reconstruction began and that his youngest son would die when the work reached completion (Joshua 6:26). About five centuries later this prophecy found its fulfillment in the life and family of a man named Hiel (1 Kings 16:33-34).
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^7).
(11) The day of Elijah's supernatural departure from Earth was predicted unanimously—and accurately, according to the eye-witness account—by a group of fifty prophets (2 Kings 2:3-11).
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^9).
(12) Jahaziel prophesied that King Jehoshaphat and a tiny band of men would defeat an enormous, well-equipped, well-trained army without even having to fight. Just as predicted, the King and his troops stood looking on as their foes were supernaturally destroyed to the last man (2 Chronicles 20).
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^8).
(13) One prophet of God (unnamed, but probably Shemiah) said that a future king of Judah, named Josiah, would take the bones of all the occultic priests (priests of the "high places") of Israel's King Jeroboam and burn them on Jeroboam's altar (1 Kings 13:2 and 2 Kings 23:15-18). This event occurred approximately 300 years after it was foretold.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^13).
Since these thirteen prophecies cover mostly separate and independent events, the probability of chance occurrence for all thirteen is about 1 in 10138 (138 equals the sum of all the exponents of 10 in the probability estimates above). For the sake of putting the figure into perspective, this probability can be compared to the statistical chance that the second law of thermodynamics will be reversed in a given situation (for example, that a gasoline engine will refrigerate itself during its combustion cycle or that heat will flow from a cold body to a hot body)—that chance = 1 in 1080. Stating it simply, based on these thirteen prophecies alone, the Bible record may be said to be vastly more reliable than the second law of thermodynamics. Each reader should feel free to make his own reasonable estimates of probability for the chance fulfillment of the prophecies cited here. In any case, the probabilities deduced still will be absurdly remote.
Given that the Bible proves so reliable a document, there is every reason to expect that the remaining 500 prophecies, those slated for the "time of the end," also will be fulfilled to the last letter. Who can afford to ignore these coming events, much less miss out on the immeasurable blessings offered to anyone and everyone who submits to the control of the Bible's author, Jesus Christ? Would a reasonable person take lightly God's warning of judgment for those who reject what they know to be true about Jesus Christ and the Bible, or who reject Jesus' claim on their lives?
*The estimates of probability included herein come from a group of secular research scientists. As an example of their method of estimation, consider their calculations for this first prophecy cited:
Article end.
Blessings,
Machew
Article start:
Unique among all books ever written, the Bible accurately foretells specific events-in detail-many years, sometimes centuries, before they occur. Approximately 2500 prophecies appear in the pages of the Bible, about 2000 of which already have been fulfilled to the letter—no errors. (The remaining 500 or so reach into the future and may be seen unfolding as days go by.) Since the probability for any one of these prophecies having been fulfilled by chance averages less than one in ten (figured very conservatively) and since the prophecies are for the most part independent of one another, the odds for all these prophecies having been fulfilled by chance without error is less than one in 102000 (that is 1 with 2000 zeros written after it)!
God is not the only one, however, who uses forecasts of future events to get people's attention. Satan does, too. Through clairvoyants (such as Jeanne Dixon and Edgar Cayce), mediums, spiritists, and others, come remarkable predictions, though rarely with more than about 60 percent accuracy, never with total accuracy. Messages from Satan, furthermore, fail to match the detail of Bible prophecies, nor do they include a call to repentance.
The acid test for identifying a prophet of God is recorded by Moses in Deuteronomy 18:21-22. According to this Bible passage (and others), God's prophets, as distinct from Satan's spokesmen, are 100 percent accurate in their predictions. There is no room for error.
As economy does not permit an explanation of all the Biblical prophecies that have been fulfilled, what follows in a discussion of a few that exemplify the high degree of specificity, the range of projection, and/or the "supernature" of the predicted events. Readers are encouraged to select others, as well, and to carefully examine their historicity.
(1) Some time before 500 B.C. 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). He further predicted that the Messiah would be "cut off," killed, and that this event would take place prior to a second destruction of Jerusalem. Abundant documentation shows that these prophecies were perfectly fulfilled in the life (and crucifixion) of Jesus Christ. The decree regarding the restoration of Jerusalem was issued by Persia's King Artaxerxes to the Hebrew priest Ezra in 458 B.C., 483 years later the ministry of Jesus Christ began in Galilee. (Remember that due to calendar changes, the date for the start of Christ's ministry is set by most historians at about 26 A.D. Also note that from 1 B.C. to 1 A.D. is just one year.) Jesus' crucifixion occurred only a few years later, and about four decades later, in 70 A.D. came the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^5.)*
(2) In approximately 700 B.C. 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.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^5.)
(3) In the fifth century B.C. 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). Bible writers and secular historians both record thirty pieces of silver as the sum paid to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus, and they indicate that the money went to purchase a "potter's field," used—just as predicted—for the burial of poor aliens (Matthew 27:3-10).
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^11.)
(4) 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. Further, they said that the body would be pierced and that none of the bones would be broken, contrary to customary procedure in cases of crucifixion (Psalm 22 and 34:20; Zechariah 12:10). Again, historians and New Testament writers confirm the fulfillment: Jesus of Nazareth died on a Roman cross, and his extraordinarily quick death eliminated the need for the usual breaking of bones. A spear was thrust into his side to verify that he was, indeed, dead.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^13.)
(5) The prophet Isaiah foretold that a conqueror named Cyrus would destroy seemingly impregnable Babylon and subdue Egypt along with most of the rest of the known world. This same man, said Isaiah, would decide to let the Jewish exiles in his territory go free without any payment of ransom (Isaiah 44:28; 45:1; and 45:13). Isaiah made this prophecy 150 years before Cyrus was born, 180 years before Cyrus performed any of these feats (and he did, eventually, perform them all), and 80 years before the Jews were taken into exile.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^15.)
(6) Mighty Babylon, 196 miles square, was enclosed not only by a moat, but also by a double wall 330 feet high, each part 90 feet thick. It was said by unanimous popular opinion to be indestructible, yet two Bible prophets declared its doom. These prophets further claimed that the ruins would be avoided by travelers, that the city would never again be inhabited, and that its stones would not even be moved for use as building material (Isaiah 13:17-22 and Jeremiah 51:26, 43). Their description is, in fact, the well-documented history of the famous citadel.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^9.)
(7) The exact location and construction sequence of Jerusalem's nine suburbs was predicted by Jeremiah about 2600 years ago. He referred to the time of this building project as "the last days," that is, the time period of Israel's second rebirth as a nation in the land of Palestine (Jeremiah 31:38-40). This rebirth became history in 1948, and the construction of the nine suburbs has gone forward precisely in the locations and in the sequence predicted.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^18.)
(8) The prophet Moses foretold (with some additions by Jeremiah and Jesus) that the ancient Jewish nation would be conquered twice and that the people would be carried off as slaves each time, first by the Babylonians (for a period of 70 years), and then by a fourth world kingdom (which we know as Rome). The second conqueror, Moses said, would take the Jews captive to Egypt in ships, selling them or giving them away as slaves to all parts of the world. Both of these predictions were fulfilled to the letter, the first in 607 B.C. and the second in 70 A.D. God's spokesmen said, further, that the Jews would remain scattered throughout the entire world for many generations, but without becoming assimilated by the peoples or of other nations, and that the Jews would one day return to the land of Palestine to re-establish for a second time their nation (Deuteronomy 29; Isaiah 11:11-13; Jeremiah 25:11; Hosea 3:4-5 and Luke 21:23-24).
This prophetic statement sweeps across 3500 years of history to its complete fulfillment—in our lifetime.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 120.)
(9) Jeremiah predicted that despite its fertility and despite the accessibility of its water supply, the land of Edom (today a part of Jordan) would become a barren, uninhabited wasteland (Jeremiah 49:15-20; Ezekiel 25:12-14). His description accurately tells the history of that now bleak region.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^5.)
(10) Joshua prophesied that Jericho would be rebuilt by one man. He also said that the man's eldest son would die when the reconstruction began and that his youngest son would die when the work reached completion (Joshua 6:26). About five centuries later this prophecy found its fulfillment in the life and family of a man named Hiel (1 Kings 16:33-34).
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^7).
(11) The day of Elijah's supernatural departure from Earth was predicted unanimously—and accurately, according to the eye-witness account—by a group of fifty prophets (2 Kings 2:3-11).
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^9).
(12) Jahaziel prophesied that King Jehoshaphat and a tiny band of men would defeat an enormous, well-equipped, well-trained army without even having to fight. Just as predicted, the King and his troops stood looking on as their foes were supernaturally destroyed to the last man (2 Chronicles 20).
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^8).
(13) One prophet of God (unnamed, but probably Shemiah) said that a future king of Judah, named Josiah, would take the bones of all the occultic priests (priests of the "high places") of Israel's King Jeroboam and burn them on Jeroboam's altar (1 Kings 13:2 and 2 Kings 23:15-18). This event occurred approximately 300 years after it was foretold.
(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 10^13).
Since these thirteen prophecies cover mostly separate and independent events, the probability of chance occurrence for all thirteen is about 1 in 10138 (138 equals the sum of all the exponents of 10 in the probability estimates above). For the sake of putting the figure into perspective, this probability can be compared to the statistical chance that the second law of thermodynamics will be reversed in a given situation (for example, that a gasoline engine will refrigerate itself during its combustion cycle or that heat will flow from a cold body to a hot body)—that chance = 1 in 1080. Stating it simply, based on these thirteen prophecies alone, the Bible record may be said to be vastly more reliable than the second law of thermodynamics. Each reader should feel free to make his own reasonable estimates of probability for the chance fulfillment of the prophecies cited here. In any case, the probabilities deduced still will be absurdly remote.
Given that the Bible proves so reliable a document, there is every reason to expect that the remaining 500 prophecies, those slated for the "time of the end," also will be fulfilled to the last letter. Who can afford to ignore these coming events, much less miss out on the immeasurable blessings offered to anyone and everyone who submits to the control of the Bible's author, Jesus Christ? Would a reasonable person take lightly God's warning of judgment for those who reject what they know to be true about Jesus Christ and the Bible, or who reject Jesus' claim on their lives?
*The estimates of probability included herein come from a group of secular research scientists. As an example of their method of estimation, consider their calculations for this first prophecy cited:
- Since the Messiah's ministry could conceivably begin in any one of about 5000 years, there is, then, one chance in about 5000 that his ministry could begin in 26 A.D.
- Since the Messiah is God in human form, the possibility of his being killed is considerably low, say less than one chance in 10.
- Relative to the second destruction of Jerusalem, this execution has roughly an even chance of occurring before or after that event, that is, one chance in 2.
Article end.
Blessings,
Machew
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1 John 4:3
and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
2 John 1:7
[ Beware of Antichrist Deceivers ] For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
Matthew 16:23
But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
Revelation 12:9
So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation 20:1
[ Satan Bound 1000 Years ] Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Revelation 20:2
He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
Revelation 20:7
[ Satanic Rebellion Crushed ] Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison
0 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
So do you have any guesses on who the false prophet might be? I don't think the beast has yet revealed his Earthly manifestation, the devil is currently having job interviews.
we need to all pray and take it one step at a time doing what God leads us to do for the Glory of His kingdom, so that His children will be lead back Home through grace and belief of the forgiveness and redemption of the Cross. Jesus Please Help us, amen
YouTube - Josh Wilson - I Refuse
white horese
red horse
black horse is riding now, willbe followed by the?
pale horse,coming soon.---trumpet 1 fire on the earth
---trumpet 2 asteroid fall in the sea.
---trumpet 3 all rivers bitter
---trumpet 4 sun and moon smitten
---trumpet 5 looking like locust stinging
---trumpet 6 last war in israel.
---trumpet 7 christ coming.
babylon destroyed, beast and false proph.cast into lake of fire.
satan put in prison. then the resurection of the chosen.
christ set up his kingdom in israel for 1000yrs. the remnant of israel
by collection brought back to israel: those 200 babys killed by king
herod also will be brought back. they will be taught by the guidence
of the resurected ones(just like the angels are guiding us now.)
the nations out side the kingdom will also be taught fo a 1000yrs.
after the 1000yrs is finished; satan will be let loose for a short season
God will put it in his heart to surround the camp of the saints.
all the unbelievers with him.(this is gog and magog.)
all destroyed. now comes the 2nd resurection. judged by the books
all religions and all sorts of people,from back then and now.
the sheep on the right the goats on the left.judged by their works.
the sheep invited in kingdom, the goats cast in lake of fire.
all spirit now. now the earth will be cleanst, it will melt .
the sun and moon and planets also:
because men has worshipped them. now god will walk with us.
''wakeup''.
S
40 years, one generation, after Jesus prophesied in 30 AD, before His death on the Cross and His glorious Resurrection, He prophesied the total destruction of the Second Jewish Temple. This was fulfilled exactly as Christ predicted in 70 AD, when the Roman general Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple. The Romans caused the Jewish animal sacrifices to cease. Just as Christ and Scripture said so. In Erie/ Scott Harrington
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I'll give this a shot. I suppose this is a simple one.
As I have heard, learned, and read of late, my faith is encouraged to see the plan of Christ unfold from of old just as Christ revealed to his disciples over and over that the scriptures were all about HIM.
The book of Micah begins with a declaration for all peoples to hear. While all of Micah is filled with the imagery of Christ, Micah three plainly declares that because of the sin of God's people God is going to destroy his temple but then in Micah four he raises it up even higher and then the nations flow to it. The prophecy is fulfilled in Christ as he declared he was the temple, that if destroyed, would be raised again in three days. He also declared that if I be lifted up I will draw all men unto me (John 12:20-36).
Obviously, then Micah 5 continues the messianic theme with which many are familiar.
Then Micah 7 again gloriously reveals Christ. He is seen mourning the sin and fruitlessness of his people but in verses 8 and 9 he bears their sin as though his own and takes on the indignation of the Lord. UNTIL the end of verse 9 where he did not wait for the grace of God as you and I do, but he waited for the justice of God. He is the man unworthy of the punishment though he took their guilt. He is innocent and worthy to take up his life again. Micah concludes with God forgiving his people.
As I have heard, learned, and read of late, my faith is encouraged to see the plan of Christ unfold from of old just as Christ revealed to his disciples over and over that the scriptures were all about HIM.
The book of Micah begins with a declaration for all peoples to hear. While all of Micah is filled with the imagery of Christ, Micah three plainly declares that because of the sin of God's people God is going to destroy his temple but then in Micah four he raises it up even higher and then the nations flow to it. The prophecy is fulfilled in Christ as he declared he was the temple, that if destroyed, would be raised again in three days. He also declared that if I be lifted up I will draw all men unto me (John 12:20-36).
Obviously, then Micah 5 continues the messianic theme with which many are familiar.
Then Micah 7 again gloriously reveals Christ. He is seen mourning the sin and fruitlessness of his people but in verses 8 and 9 he bears their sin as though his own and takes on the indignation of the Lord. UNTIL the end of verse 9 where he did not wait for the grace of God as you and I do, but he waited for the justice of God. He is the man unworthy of the punishment though he took their guilt. He is innocent and worthy to take up his life again. Micah concludes with God forgiving his people.
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Got a few days?...months? The late D. James Kennedy, founder and senior pastor of Coral Ridge Ministries (Truths that Transform, etc.) used to say that Jesus alone fulfilled over 100 prophesies made in the Old Testament. I think it would be easier to ask "What prophesies didn't come true?". Then, of course, the story hasn't ended yet.
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I think really, as Scott said, the only ones fulfilled since Christ departed is the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in Ad 70.
As for any more. Jesus speaks of "birth pangs" in which he states that a group of things will get exponentially worse as the end draws near.
1. Natural disasters: As someone mentioned earlier, the severity and frequency of natural disasters such as Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Floods, Hurricaines and tornadoes has getting more and more sever these past 100 years. And the further we go into the future, the more exponentially severe they get. (no it is not the fault of Global warming!)
2. Wars and rumors of wars. I think we see this today. America is in three different wars right now. Look at how many wars have been on earth since the end of WW2
3. Famine: Population growth on Earth has grown exponentially in the last 100 years. Scientists believe by 2050 there will not be enough food to feed everyone. as population will outgrow food production.
4. many antichrists: Look at the amount of cults which have arisen in the last 100 years. And there seem to be more and more coming every day.
But again, these are merely birth pangs, And they will ghet worse until tribulation. where these birth pangs will be like a walk in the park.
And Yes, Israel being restored. But even this is not fully fulfilled yet. For not all Israel is there, The temple is not rebuilt. And her king is not sitting on his throne.
As for any more. Jesus speaks of "birth pangs" in which he states that a group of things will get exponentially worse as the end draws near.
1. Natural disasters: As someone mentioned earlier, the severity and frequency of natural disasters such as Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Floods, Hurricaines and tornadoes has getting more and more sever these past 100 years. And the further we go into the future, the more exponentially severe they get. (no it is not the fault of Global warming!)
2. Wars and rumors of wars. I think we see this today. America is in three different wars right now. Look at how many wars have been on earth since the end of WW2
3. Famine: Population growth on Earth has grown exponentially in the last 100 years. Scientists believe by 2050 there will not be enough food to feed everyone. as population will outgrow food production.
4. many antichrists: Look at the amount of cults which have arisen in the last 100 years. And there seem to be more and more coming every day.
But again, these are merely birth pangs, And they will ghet worse until tribulation. where these birth pangs will be like a walk in the park.
And Yes, Israel being restored. But even this is not fully fulfilled yet. For not all Israel is there, The temple is not rebuilt. And her king is not sitting on his throne.
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Is.23 Prophecy concerning Tyre written around 740 B.C.
14Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
The city was destroyed & remained so by Nebuchadnezzar approx. 200 years later. It remained in ruins for 70 years.
16Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
18And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
Jesus & Paul visited & had an impact on Tyre. The wealth of the city was poured into the church as recorded by Eusebius who lived 200 years after Christ said the money it's citizens gave went to support of the spread of the gospel. In the 4th century AD, Jerome wrote the same.
Isaiah 14:23
New Living Translation
“I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls,filled with swamps and marshes.I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction.I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”Babylon known for its highly developed culture had canals dug so that water would flow from the Euphrates. After it's destruction the lack of maintenance caused the water to overrun the land, making it a land of marshes & stagnant pools , filled with wild animals.
14Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
The city was destroyed & remained so by Nebuchadnezzar approx. 200 years later. It remained in ruins for 70 years.
16Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
18And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
Jesus & Paul visited & had an impact on Tyre. The wealth of the city was poured into the church as recorded by Eusebius who lived 200 years after Christ said the money it's citizens gave went to support of the spread of the gospel. In the 4th century AD, Jerome wrote the same.
Isaiah 14:23
New Living Translation
“I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls,filled with swamps and marshes.I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction.I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”Babylon known for its highly developed culture had canals dug so that water would flow from the Euphrates. After it's destruction the lack of maintenance caused the water to overrun the land, making it a land of marshes & stagnant pools , filled with wild animals.