Fulfilled Prophecy
Seven Compelling Evidences
by Dan Hayden on March 9, 2011; last featured August 3, 2014

Among the many amazing evidences that confirm the Bible’s divine origin, surely the wealth of fulfilled prophecies is near the top. Just a few examples should suffice to dumbfound all but the most hardened critics.

Accurate predictions of future events that have virtually no probability of occurring by coincidence are spectacular precisely because they seem so suprahuman. Popular prognosticators like Nostradamus have entertained generations with their elaborate fortune-telling, despite their pitiful track records of inaccuracy.

WITH IMPECCABLE ACCURACY, THE BIBLE HAS CONSISTENTLY UNVEILED THE FUTURE FOR CENTURIES.

But biblical prophecy is different from all other predictions. With incredible detail, forthright clarity, and impeccable accuracy, the Bible has consistently unveiled the future for centuries.

Critics of the Bible, for instance, have squirmed over the prophetic insights of Daniel, the sixth-century BC Jewish prophet in Babylon. With eye-opening precision, Daniel interpreted two sets of dreams, one by a pagan ruler (chapter 2) and the other by the prophet himself (chapter 7), thereby forecasting the entire course of Middle East history over the next five centuries.

Daniel describes the exact ebb and flow of four empires from Babylon to Medo-Persia to Greece to Rome. He even foresaw the meteoric rise to power of the Greek conqueror Alexander the Great, as well as the final division of his Greek empire by four of his surviving generals (Daniel 7:6, 8:5–8, 11:2–4).

Desperate to counter the implications of this prophetic phenomenon, nineteenth-century skeptics concocted dating schemes that placed the time of Daniel’s writing after the events. Careful research by modern textual scholars, however, has validated the early origin of this prophecy, establishing Daniel as the authentic author.¹ Daniel’s prophecy is a genuine “Wow,” which clearly gives evidence of the Bible’s divine nature.

Historical Prophecies

Yet the Bible is filled with other amazing, supernatural predictions, just like Daniel’s, that can be verified by historical records. Historical prophecies that spoke about the future at the time of writing but later came true are particularly effective as an evidence of Scripture’s trustworthiness.

Your ability to point to Ezekiel’s prophecy of the destruction of the Phoenician city Tyre (Ezekiel 26) or Isaiah’s amazing prediction concerning the coming reign of the Persian King Cyrus—two hundred years before his birth (Isaiah 44:28)—will certainly give you an advantage in any discussion on the Bible’s authenticity as a divine book. Only the true God can so consistently predict such distant events, as God Himself asserts (Isaiah 41:21–23, 48:3–5).²

Messianic Prophecies

Just as effective are Messianic prophecies that were validated in the New Testament. Even though the fulfillment of these predictions hundreds of years later is documented within the Bible itself rather than secular history, the impact is still impressive.

Sharing details about any one example should suffice to make your point. Consider Micah, the seventh-century BC prophet who foretold that Christ would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2). Christ’s parents, Mary and Joseph, lived in Nazareth, which was nowhere near Bethlehem. So God used a Roman census for taxation to send Jesus’s earthly parents south on an arduous journey to the little town of His birth.

Yet Micah accurately predicted this event over six hundred years before it occurred. Jesus could not have manipulated these events, nor could Luke, the historian who recorded its fulfillment. More than sixty fulfilled Messianic prophecies like this validate the Bible as the Word of God.

As you familiarise yourself with these categories of amazing biblical predictions, you will certainly be equipped to give amazing evidences that the Bible is God’s impeccable truth for mankind. Perhaps it will even add to your own excitement about your faith.

https://answersingenesis.org/is-the-bible-true/4-fulfilled-prophecy/

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OLAADEGBU: Fulfilled Prophecy
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https://answersingenesis.org/is-the-bible-true/4-fulfilled-prophecy/

Let me start by saying that Daniel's prophecy cannot be correct.
Daniel 2 & 7 mentioned 4 kingdoms (empires). If the crushing stone symbolised Jesus' kingdom then only 4 empires were expected. However, I can mention 5 empires who ruled that era before AD.
1. Babylonian Empire
2. Persian Empire
3. Macedonian Empire
4. Seleucid Empire
5. Roman Empire.
Now, if you also claim that the empires went beyond Jesus' era, I can also mention another 5 empires after that era, meaning Israel didn't get any kingdom of eternal peace as prophesied in Daniel 2&7.
1. Byzantine Empire
2. Ottoman Empire
3. British Empire
4. Spanish Empire
5. Portuguese Empire

According to Daniel 7, the new Empire(Kingdom) shall never end-this never happened.

You mentioned Ezekiel 26 predicted the destruction of Tyre. Well, Ezekiel 29:9 predicted Egypt's desolation into a waste land; Egypt is still here today! Other nations- Philistia, Moab, Edom, etc were all prophesied to be destroyed too. This shows this were random probable guesses since kingdoms then were routinely conquered.
Its not any better than Nostradamus' prophecy which was linked to 9/11 events after occuring.
These "predictions" were very normal in those days of wars and constant conquests when kingdoms and empires would take up arms and conquer territories so such "prophecy" would likely come sooner or later-nothing special.

Your quote Micah 5:3 doesn't even say anything other than a woman will give birth to a son to rule Israel. This is quite laughable since only a woman can definitely bear children. Its vagueness is such that it could have meant any child; no name, parents name or specific time of birth was even mentioned.

Your quote Isaiah 44:28 to have prophesied the leadership of Cyrus of persia.
The book of Isaiah has long been proven to have been written not by one but by upto three authors. Chapters 40-end were written by anonymous authors around 6th century, during and after the exile - nothing predictive here since it was during Cyrus' era.

As regards Jesus, the Talmud had predicted through Micah and Isaiah the coming of a king called IMMANUEL. Jesus' name in Hebrew was YESHUA, meaning "GOD SAVES". Immanuel however, means "GOD WITH US".
These names are completely different and Jesus was not named Immanuel at any time. Only his follower had over centuries, tried to link them together.

Liveair:

Let me start by saying that Daniel's prophecy cannot be correct.
Daniel 2 & 7 mentioned 4 kingdoms (empires). If the crushing stone symbolised Jesus' kingdom then only 4 empires were expected. However, I can mention 5 empires who ruled that era before AD.
1. Babylonian Empire
2. Persian Empire
3. Macedonian Empire
4. Seleucid Empire
5. Roman Empire.
Now, if you also claim that the empires went beyond Jesus' era, I can also mention another 5 empires after that era, meaning Israel didn't get any kingdom of eternal peace as prophesied in Daniel 2&7.
1. Byzantine Empire
2. Ottoman Empire
3. British Empire
4. Spanish Empire
5. Portuguese Empire

According to Daniel 7, the new Empire(Kingdom) shall never end-this never happened.

You mentioned Ezekiel 26 predicted the destruction of Tyre. Well, Ezekiel 29:9 predicted Egypt's desolation into a waste land; Egypt is still here today! Other nations- Philistia, Moab, Edom, etc were all prophesied to be destroyed too. This shows this were random probable guesses since kingdoms then were routinely conquered.
Its not any better than Nostradamus' prophecy which was linked to 9/11 events after occuring.
These "predictions" were very normal in those days of wars and constant conquests when kingdoms and empires would take up arms and conquer territories so such "prophecy" would likely come sooner or later-nothing special.

Your quote Micah 5:3 doesn't even say anything other than a woman will give birth to a son to rule Israel. This is quite laughable since only a woman can definitely bear children. Its vagueness is such that it could have meant any child; no name, parents name or specific time of birth was even mentioned.

Your quote Isaiah 44:28 to have prophesied the leadership of Cyrus of persia.
The book of Isaiah has long been proven to have been written not by one but by upto three authors. Chapters 40-end were written by anonymous authors around 6th century, during and after the exile - nothing predictive here since it was during Cyrus' era.

As regards Jesus, the Talmud had predicted through Micah and Isaiah the coming of a king called IMMANUEL. Jesus' name in Hebrew was YESHUA, meaning "GOD SAVES". Immanuel however, means "GOD WITH US".
These names are completely different and Jesus was not named Immanuel at any time. Only his follower had over centuries, tried to link them together.

These prophesies are "closed" to you. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and see the glory of God.

OLAADEGBU:

These prophesies are "closed" to you. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and see the glory of God.

This attempt to ignore the facts is at best lame.

OLAADEGBU:

Sharing details about any one example should suffice to make your point. Consider Micah, the seventh-century BC prophet who foretold that Christ would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2). Christ’s parents, Mary and Joseph, lived in Nazareth, which was nowhere near Bethlehem. So God used a Roman census for taxation to send Jesus’s earthly parents south on an arduous journey to the little town of His birth.

Yet Micah accurately predicted this event over six hundred years before it occurred. Jesus could not have manipulated these events, nor could Luke, the historian who recorded its fulfillment. More than sixty fulfilled Messianic prophecies like this validate the Bible as the Word of God.

As you familiarise yourself with these categories of amazing biblical predictions, you will certainly be equipped to give amazing evidences that the Bible is God’s impeccable truth for mankind. Perhaps it will even add to your own excitement about your faith.

https://answersingenesis.org/is-the-bible-true/4-fulfilled-prophecy/

Micah smashka.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/religion-spirituality/1449967-micah-5-2-not-about-jesus.html

Micah 5:2 in the KJV was forged. Someone changed the Hebrew translation of "ancient of days" to the word "everlasting."

"compelling" is such a wrong choice of diction...Methinks

Weah96: Micah 5:2 in the KJV was forged. Someone changed the Hebrew translation of "ancient of days" to the word "everlasting."

Wow, incisive.

Merry Sunday y'all

Liveair:

This attempt to ignore the facts is at best lame.

It's like trying to describe aroma of coffee, can you?

Weah96:

Micah 5:2 in the KJV was forged. Someone changed the Hebrew translation of "ancient of days" to the word "everlasting."

Strawman's argument.

Infomizer:

"compelling" is such a wrong choice of diction...Methinks

It might not be compelling to those whose minds are already made up and do not want to be confused with the facts.

Liveair:

Wow, incisive.

What is incisive? What is ancient of days and what is everlasting?

OLAADEGBU:

It's like trying to describe aroma of coffee, can you?

That in itself is a description!
ANYTHING can be described.

dammyjay93: Merry Sunday y'all

Very merry Sundan too. Welcome!

OLAADEGBU:

It might not be compelling to those whose minds are already made up and do not want to be confused with the facts.

Pls what facts? Facts without proof?

OLAADEGBU:

It might not be compelling to those whose minds are already made up and do not want to be confused with the facts.

Just as it is compelling to those whose minds are already made up and do not want to be confused with the facts. Apparently, "facts" as implied in your statement is questionable too... Methinks

Liveair:

That in itself is a description!
ANYTHING can be described.

I challenge you to describe the aroma of coffee and let's see how far you will go.

Liveair:

Pls what facts? Facts without proof?

The onus is on you to debunk the facts presented in the OP.

Infomizer:

Just as it is compelling to those whose minds are already made up and do not want to be confused with the facts. Apparently, "facts" as implied in your statement is questionable too... Methinks

Those facts presented in the OP are not only facts but truths that are supernatural in origin.

OLAADEGBU:

I challenge you to describe the aroma of coffee and let's see how far you will go.

You are looking but am not sure you see.
"Aroma of coffee" is a description!

OLAADEGBU:

The onus is on you to debunk the facts presented in the OP.

Go back to my 1st post (6th on this thread). Your "facts" were debunked. Pls let's try and stick to presentation of irrefutable facts here.

OLAADEGBU:

Those facts presented in the OP are not only facts but truths that are supernatural in origin.

The authority with which claims are made by your ilk is quite appalling. Heard about what happens to a lie that has stayed for too long? The truth ain't absolute here bro and thus can't be generalized. Supernatural? That I can't afford to delve into here.

Liveair:

You are looking but am not sure you see.
"Aroma of coffee" is a description!

What is it, if it's a description?

Liveair:

Go back to my 1st post (6th on this thread). Your "facts" were debunked. Pls let's try and stick to presentation of irrefutable facts here.

How did that post debunk the OP? All those are just your assertions made by bible critics who don't even understand bible prophecy.

Infomizer:

The authority with which claims are made by your ilk is quite appalling. Heard about what happens to a lie that has stayed for too long? The truth ain't absolute here bro and thus can't be generalized. Supernatural? That I can't afford to delve into here.

And you are here to teach us the truth?

Liveair:
This attempt to ignore the facts is at best lame.

It is not an "attempt". He's programmed thus.

OLAADEGBU:

And you are here to teach us the truth?

Me ke?
The last time i checked, you were the one peddling it o! I may not even know the truth myself, but as far as baloney detection is concerned, I try small, and the OP, my friend, is pure baloney.