Which Bible prophecies came true?
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Many reasons why. They where handed down hundred, and 2 - 3 thousand years before they were actually manifested. And some were stated that in this bloodline and that bloodline this would happen. So in order for a particular person to know the bloodline and lineage of a persons background back then in order to forcably make a prophecy, theirs no way an ordinary man, or an extraordianary for that matter man can do it. They didnt have technology and all the nessessary things in place to make it happen!
To put it further, even today, with all the technologies we have before us, we still have a hard time trying to make sense of putting the bible together in such a way that even scientist and all the great scholars of the world need fancy and magnificant computers and things to use to help figure these things out, and even today, man could not force a prophecy to happen.
Back then, with no help of technology and the use of no books to read as we have today, as only the special elete had this gift of being able to read and write. You were considered a rich man or very important if you could do these things. And they didnt come into play until much later.
It all comes down to faith. We cant buy faith and we cant see it. Either you believe or you dont. People were there in front of Jesus while he performed miracles and yet, some did not believe, while others did? It all depended on their faith and how they used it. If they decided to walk in that faith or not! We all have that choice.
God said, i set before you life or death, but CHOOSE life, so that you and your desendants might live! choosing life means walking in faith!
[h=3]John 3:16[/h]New International Version (NIV)
[SUP]16 [/SUP]For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
See how it says believes! This is where our faith steps in.
For me, i choose to believe every word of the bible as i have to take every WORD or i cant take not 1 WORD! For i know i am not GOD. Meaning, i am not smarter than him to say i can pick and choose the parts that is right and wrong thinking i know best as this would mean i know more than he does and putting him below me thinking i know it all!
I know i dont know hardly anything when it comes to such wonderful things! His ways are not our ways the bible states, so i cant even dare to think of how he can figure things out.
I do know that, He has brought me to many places in my life where i have never thought or deampt of. I planned things to go a certain way, but God lead me a different one. And now that i am here on His path, i realize that His path is so much better than the path i would have taken than the one i had chosen for myself. God is SO much smarter than me that i cant even fatham it!
He loves us all so very much! YOU TOO! He has performed many miracles in my life! Many life saving ones and others just as important, although very small to the outsider, but to me i will never forget. Like the time i had no food and was trying to raise a teenage son and crying out and praying for food around Christmas time and specifically for a loaf of bread while alone in my home in my living room and within a half an hour their was a knock at my door with a gentelman standing with a loaf of bread for me.
God is REAL! These miracles are many in my life and it happens when and IF you beleive! But the key is putting your life in His hands and letting His take the reigns... Not just partially, but fully...
I have tried to do that as best as i can.. I am not perfect at it, and i know i need Jesus every day of my life as He is the only one who sustains me and fills me when i need help. He will and can do all these things for you too, IF you let Him...
Just ask and seek Him to help you do this and He will! Trust Him,, He wont let you down...
To put it further, even today, with all the technologies we have before us, we still have a hard time trying to make sense of putting the bible together in such a way that even scientist and all the great scholars of the world need fancy and magnificant computers and things to use to help figure these things out, and even today, man could not force a prophecy to happen.
Back then, with no help of technology and the use of no books to read as we have today, as only the special elete had this gift of being able to read and write. You were considered a rich man or very important if you could do these things. And they didnt come into play until much later.
It all comes down to faith. We cant buy faith and we cant see it. Either you believe or you dont. People were there in front of Jesus while he performed miracles and yet, some did not believe, while others did? It all depended on their faith and how they used it. If they decided to walk in that faith or not! We all have that choice.
God said, i set before you life or death, but CHOOSE life, so that you and your desendants might live! choosing life means walking in faith!
[h=3]John 3:16[/h]New International Version (NIV)
[SUP]16 [/SUP]For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
See how it says believes! This is where our faith steps in.
For me, i choose to believe every word of the bible as i have to take every WORD or i cant take not 1 WORD! For i know i am not GOD. Meaning, i am not smarter than him to say i can pick and choose the parts that is right and wrong thinking i know best as this would mean i know more than he does and putting him below me thinking i know it all!
I know i dont know hardly anything when it comes to such wonderful things! His ways are not our ways the bible states, so i cant even dare to think of how he can figure things out.
I do know that, He has brought me to many places in my life where i have never thought or deampt of. I planned things to go a certain way, but God lead me a different one. And now that i am here on His path, i realize that His path is so much better than the path i would have taken than the one i had chosen for myself. God is SO much smarter than me that i cant even fatham it!
He loves us all so very much! YOU TOO! He has performed many miracles in my life! Many life saving ones and others just as important, although very small to the outsider, but to me i will never forget. Like the time i had no food and was trying to raise a teenage son and crying out and praying for food around Christmas time and specifically for a loaf of bread while alone in my home in my living room and within a half an hour their was a knock at my door with a gentelman standing with a loaf of bread for me.
God is REAL! These miracles are many in my life and it happens when and IF you beleive! But the key is putting your life in His hands and letting His take the reigns... Not just partially, but fully...
I have tried to do that as best as i can.. I am not perfect at it, and i know i need Jesus every day of my life as He is the only one who sustains me and fills me when i need help. He will and can do all these things for you too, IF you let Him...
Just ask and seek Him to help you do this and He will! Trust Him,, He wont let you down...
Here are some prophecies that came true in the bible ... Prophecy 1: “For the reason that you [the Israelites] did not obey my [God’s] words, here I am sending . . . to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, . . . and I will bring them [the Babylonians] against this land and against its inhabitants . . . And all this land must become a devastated place, an object of astonishment, and these nations will have to serve the king of Babylon seventy years.”—Jeremiah 25:8-11.
Fulfillment: After an extended siege, Nebuchadnezzar sacked Jerusalem in 607 B.C.E. He also conquered other Judean cities, including Lachish and Azekah. (Jeremiah 34:6, 7) He deported most of the survivors to Babylon, where they were held captive for 70 years.
Prophecy 2: “In accord with the fulfilling of seventy years at Babylon I [Jehovah] shall turn my attention to you people [the Jewish exiles], and I will establish toward you my good word in bringing you back to this place [the land of Judah].”—Jeremiah 29:10.
Fulfillment: After 70 years of exile, from 607 to 537 B.C.E., King Cyrus of Persia released the Jewish captives and allowed them to return to their homeland to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.—Ezra 1:2-4.
Prophecy 3: “Babylon, the decoration of kingdoms, the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans, must become as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. She will never be inhabited.”—Isaiah 13:19, 20.
Fulfillment: In a shocking turn of events, the mighty world power of Babylon fell before a combined army of Medes and Persians in 539 B.C.E.* The city never fully recovered. Rather, it slowly declined and eventually became a desolate waste “without an inhabitant.”—Jeremiah 51:37
Fulfillment: After an extended siege, Nebuchadnezzar sacked Jerusalem in 607 B.C.E. He also conquered other Judean cities, including Lachish and Azekah. (Jeremiah 34:6, 7) He deported most of the survivors to Babylon, where they were held captive for 70 years.
Prophecy 2: “In accord with the fulfilling of seventy years at Babylon I [Jehovah] shall turn my attention to you people [the Jewish exiles], and I will establish toward you my good word in bringing you back to this place [the land of Judah].”—Jeremiah 29:10.
Fulfillment: After 70 years of exile, from 607 to 537 B.C.E., King Cyrus of Persia released the Jewish captives and allowed them to return to their homeland to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.—Ezra 1:2-4.
Prophecy 3: “Babylon, the decoration of kingdoms, the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans, must become as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. She will never be inhabited.”—Isaiah 13:19, 20.
Fulfillment: In a shocking turn of events, the mighty world power of Babylon fell before a combined army of Medes and Persians in 539 B.C.E.* The city never fully recovered. Rather, it slowly declined and eventually became a desolate waste “without an inhabitant.”—Jeremiah 51:37
Deuteronomy 28:54"The sensitive and very refined man among you will be hostile toward his brother, toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the rest of his children whom he leaves behind,so that he will not give any of them the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he has nothing left in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates."
If you look in the projects where most of the lost tribes of Israel reside God said as a curse, they will be very hostile towards their brother. Everyday in the ghettos the Jews are shooting each other and hate his own brother for the littlest reasons. He also has children with a woman but then leaves her because he feels he is not worthy enough to take care of them due to the state in which his enemy has put the Israelites through, so it will be hard for them to care for their children as other nations. Both the Israelite man and woman are out of error.
Deuteronomy 28:56"The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and sensitivity, will refuse[SUP][a][/SUP] to the husband of her bosom, and to her son and her daughter,"
The Israelite women of today show no respect to their husbands which is why, the lost Israelite women are known for being single parents(Also as stated in previous verse, for other reasons also). Look in the projects, it is one parent households, society through the "women empowerment movement" and Satan has put in the hearts of the Israelite woman "you do not need an husband, chase him away and you will be better off without him. The government will take better care of you and your children then he can"
Deuteronomy 28:68“And the Lord will take you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you, ‘You shall never see it again.’ And there you shall be offered for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
When the Israelites arrived to America(America is spiritual Egypt look at your dollar bill, Obilisk white house, it is also Babylon) as slaves on ships, this also fufilled prophecy. There God said the slaves would be auctioned off which happened, every word of God is true and not one is a lie, nor will fail. The Most High also stated, "no one will buy you" buy is synonymous with "redeem" which means to save. God said no one will be able to save them. There are "many" other prophecies I can point out, but these are the most obvious so I thought I would share them. It would be evil of me to hide the truth. But God is about to "end their humiliation" as said in Ezekiel.
If you look in the projects where most of the lost tribes of Israel reside God said as a curse, they will be very hostile towards their brother. Everyday in the ghettos the Jews are shooting each other and hate his own brother for the littlest reasons. He also has children with a woman but then leaves her because he feels he is not worthy enough to take care of them due to the state in which his enemy has put the Israelites through, so it will be hard for them to care for their children as other nations. Both the Israelite man and woman are out of error.
Deuteronomy 28:56"The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and sensitivity, will refuse[SUP][a][/SUP] to the husband of her bosom, and to her son and her daughter,"
The Israelite women of today show no respect to their husbands which is why, the lost Israelite women are known for being single parents(Also as stated in previous verse, for other reasons also). Look in the projects, it is one parent households, society through the "women empowerment movement" and Satan has put in the hearts of the Israelite woman "you do not need an husband, chase him away and you will be better off without him. The government will take better care of you and your children then he can"
Deuteronomy 28:68“And the Lord will take you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you, ‘You shall never see it again.’ And there you shall be offered for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
When the Israelites arrived to America(America is spiritual Egypt look at your dollar bill, Obilisk white house, it is also Babylon) as slaves on ships, this also fufilled prophecy. There God said the slaves would be auctioned off which happened, every word of God is true and not one is a lie, nor will fail. The Most High also stated, "no one will buy you" buy is synonymous with "redeem" which means to save. God said no one will be able to save them. There are "many" other prophecies I can point out, but these are the most obvious so I thought I would share them. It would be evil of me to hide the truth. But God is about to "end their humiliation" as said in Ezekiel.
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You really need to research the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth. For much of my younger life, there were many scholars who refused to accept that Jesus of Nazareth was anything more than a fable. However, virtually every scholar of antiquity now believes the Jesus, the man, existed. They almost all agree that he was baptized by John the Baptist and shortly after was crucified by Pontius Pilate. Now, I don't expect a historian to publish that he raised the dead, performed miracles, walked on water, etc. But the historical evidence of those two events is no longer in dispute among the academic community.
The Psalms predicted the Messiah's death by crucifixion, literally hundreds of years before crucifixion existed!!! That's a startling revelation. The events of Jesus' life were foretold in the Old Testament. I know that it takes a certain amount of faith to believe some of the New Testament story, and I take it that is difficult for you. But the simple study of Jesus as a historical figure reveals some very EYE-POPPING things that were long denied and are now accepted.
History will never accept the performing of miracles, but the details of Jesus' life become more clear with each decade. At some point we have to accept that enough coincidences exist to research beyond the historical. That is what led me to faith, and I believe that if we do the research with an open mind, and then read the Word of God to go along, the truth is revealed to us.
The Psalms predicted the Messiah's death by crucifixion, literally hundreds of years before crucifixion existed!!! That's a startling revelation. The events of Jesus' life were foretold in the Old Testament. I know that it takes a certain amount of faith to believe some of the New Testament story, and I take it that is difficult for you. But the simple study of Jesus as a historical figure reveals some very EYE-POPPING things that were long denied and are now accepted.
History will never accept the performing of miracles, but the details of Jesus' life become more clear with each decade. At some point we have to accept that enough coincidences exist to research beyond the historical. That is what led me to faith, and I believe that if we do the research with an open mind, and then read the Word of God to go along, the truth is revealed to us.
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Actually many reasons.
1. Many witnesses
2. many of his followers were executed and tortured, they went to their deaths refusing to reject him (how many people would suffer so greatly for what they knew was a lie?)
3. Historians, such as josephus and others. write of him and things he did in his life.
1. Many witnesses
2. many of his followers were executed and tortured, they went to their deaths refusing to reject him (how many people would suffer so greatly for what they knew was a lie?)
3. Historians, such as josephus and others. write of him and things he did in his life.
This is a good question. I believe the bible is Gods word for one reason...the prophecies have come true. There are more than 10,000 of them in the Bible. if they did not prove true, I would throw the Bible in the trash can.
Here is the one I love the most. It was written by Daniel.
Daniel wrote his book in 536 Before the Common Era. He wrote a prophecy about a man not yet born the man he wrote about was a Greek, Alexander the Great, who was born in 356 of the Common Era. This prophecy came true to the letter. Daniel did not know what the prophecy was about, and asked God. God told Daniel, it would be sealed up until the time of the end. That prophecy is un-sealed.
Read it for yourself in Daniel Chapter 8.
Here is the one I love the most. It was written by Daniel.
Daniel wrote his book in 536 Before the Common Era. He wrote a prophecy about a man not yet born the man he wrote about was a Greek, Alexander the Great, who was born in 356 of the Common Era. This prophecy came true to the letter. Daniel did not know what the prophecy was about, and asked God. God told Daniel, it would be sealed up until the time of the end. That prophecy is un-sealed.
Read it for yourself in Daniel Chapter 8.
I can't find any of the eyewitness accounts. All I can find is Paul saying there were
eyewitnesses but he wasn't even there. He wasn't even alive at the time of the crucifixion.
So his testimony is based on hearsay decades after the claim, correct?
Where is this info from, the Bible? Are there any other sources that claim this?
Suicide bombers die all the time for their cause. Does this mean that what they
believe in is true?
Josephus accounts are a known forgery and are rejected by scholars.
One, he was a religious Jew, and never considered becoming a christian...yet that passage has him saying about jesus, "he was the christ (messiah)." If he thought jesus was the promised messiah, he would have become a christian, and he didn't.
Two, the statement interrupts the flow of the surrounding text, and doesn't fit in at all.
Three, several early christian writers knew of Josephus' works, and quoted him (about other things). Yet when those same writers were making arguments for an historical jesus (and yes, they made them then, because many non-christians at the time didn't believe jesus was a real person that had lived), they didn't quote this passage from Josephus, even though they knew his works and had copies of them. That's evidence that the passage was not in Josephus' works at the time.
All evidence points to it being a much later insertion, not something Josephus actually wrote.
Not that it really matters...not having been alive yet when bible jesus supposedly lived, Josephus can offer no eyewitness verification of him anyway.
eyewitnesses but he wasn't even there. He wasn't even alive at the time of the crucifixion.
So his testimony is based on hearsay decades after the claim, correct?
Where is this info from, the Bible? Are there any other sources that claim this?
Suicide bombers die all the time for their cause. Does this mean that what they
believe in is true?
Josephus accounts are a known forgery and are rejected by scholars.
One, he was a religious Jew, and never considered becoming a christian...yet that passage has him saying about jesus, "he was the christ (messiah)." If he thought jesus was the promised messiah, he would have become a christian, and he didn't.
Two, the statement interrupts the flow of the surrounding text, and doesn't fit in at all.
Three, several early christian writers knew of Josephus' works, and quoted him (about other things). Yet when those same writers were making arguments for an historical jesus (and yes, they made them then, because many non-christians at the time didn't believe jesus was a real person that had lived), they didn't quote this passage from Josephus, even though they knew his works and had copies of them. That's evidence that the passage was not in Josephus' works at the time.
All evidence points to it being a much later insertion, not something Josephus actually wrote.
Not that it really matters...not having been alive yet when bible jesus supposedly lived, Josephus can offer no eyewitness verification of him anyway.
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I guess I just don't see any of those prophecies all that convincing. If the Bible foresaw 9/11 or the outbreak of
Aids in the 1980's and actually mentioned it then that might mean something. All of these so-called prophecies
are pretty vague and very weak if you want to be honest about it. It must all come down to faith I guess.
Aids in the 1980's and actually mentioned it then that might mean something. All of these so-called prophecies
are pretty vague and very weak if you want to be honest about it. It must all come down to faith I guess.
