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Celebrities / Re: Chinedu Nwadike Dies In Abuja Hospital by boboenny: 6:56am On Mar 28, 2022 |
May his soul rest in peace |
Technology Market / Cctv Camera by boboenny: 7:48am On Jul 20, 2019 |
Hello gurus, please does anyone has idea/address of where CCTV cameras are been sold in ibadan, preferably in either ibadan North or Ido local government area? Thanks. |
Literature / Re: What Is The Most Difficult Book You've Ever Read? by boboenny: 4:21pm On Jan 17, 2019 |
Macbeth |
Religion / Re: Winners Chapel Shiloh 2018 Thread: Everything You Need To Know by boboenny: 3:06pm On Nov 29, 2018 |
Any small scale hotels for lodging throughout the programme and how much are they? Or can people sleep on the camp ground or auditorium? |
Romance / Re: Man Peeping At His Fiancee In The Bathroom In Pre-Wedding Photos by boboenny: 2:24pm On Sep 24, 2018 |
Another Nollywood |
Agriculture / Pregnancy Disappearance In Pigs by boboenny: 10:19pm On May 12, 2018 |
Pig farmers in the house, please what makes pregnancy disappears in a pig at a later stage of gestation? the situation looks mysterious to me. a pig was confirmed pregnant in my farm, didn't come to heat for two months only for the pregnancy to disappear later. is there any explanation to this? what causes it and how do I guard against future occurrence? |
Agriculture / Re: Pig Farmers Lets Meet Here by boboenny: 12:41pm On Jan 13, 2018 |
boboenny: |
Agriculture / Re: Pig Farmers Lets Meet Here by boboenny: 3:33pm On Jan 12, 2018 |
Dear experts, please which signs should I watch out for when my pig is pregnant. I have put a male pig with my sow for almost two months. they don't cross in my presence and i don't know if she is pregnant. I feel like separating them. are there signs to watch out for to show my pig is pregnant? I have read everything on this forum it seems no one has written about it. awaiting ur responses. thanks |
Sports / Free Live Sport Tv by boboenny: 9:52am On Dec 04, 2017 |
dear nairalander football fan, please which online football free tv can you recommend. mobdro and untv suddenly stopped working. thanks |
Agriculture / Re: Urgent Help My Pig Is Sick. by boboenny: 8:55am On Sep 05, 2017 |
thanks for your care. I got to the farm this morning I saw that the pig is still alive, I was advised to give B.Co to aid its appetite but the one I could lay my hand upon is the B.Co (injection) used by human being. I don't know if it can also work. I am a learner in this job, your advice is needed please. |
Agriculture / Re: Urgent Help My Pig Is Sick. by boboenny: 6:30pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
20kg but with its inability to eat the weight must have reduced. it has been inactive, I don't know what to do. |
Agriculture / Re: Urgent Help My Pig Is Sick. by boboenny: 3:24pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
I hope I won't kill the pig with 5ml. I read the dosage on the drug. |
Agriculture / Urgent Help My Pig Is Sick. by boboenny: 1:55pm On Sep 04, 2017 |
dear expert in the house. currently I have a sick pig (grower). we have dewormed, given iron and multivitamins. all these were done yesterday. today, when we did not see any improvement, we injected it with oxytetracycline (L.A) 5ml. up till now it is not responding. it's not eating, it's not standing up. please what do i do. I contacted a vet doctor, she's the one who recommended L.A. please help. |
Religion / Re: Bishop David & Faith Oyedepo Celebrate 35th Wedding Anniversary (Photos) by boboenny: 4:02pm On Aug 21, 2017 |
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congratulations |
Romance / Re: Sexual Arouser by boboenny: 10:11pm On Jul 06, 2017 |
MrDandy: that's why I have used the word wet in the first place. in fact anyone close to her can see the wetness on her back cloth. I just want to know if it is normal or seek medical attention. |
Romance / Re: Sexual Arouser by boboenny: 10:02pm On Jul 06, 2017 |
Kondomatic:the back of her skirt usually wet. or can we call that leaking |
Romance / Sexual Arouser by boboenny: 9:55pm On Jul 06, 2017 |
hello dear nairalander, please when one's wife gets sexually aroused and gets wet, does the wetness permeates through the back of her skirt? this is a serious concern. the back of her skirt keeps wet. is this normal? thanks. |
Agriculture / Re: When Do Pigs Show Heat? by boboenny: 8:56pm On Jul 04, 2017 |
please what should be the expected weight of a pig of 6 months old. I pray I am not under feeding them. I won't to know if they are gaining weight or not. tganks |
Agriculture / Re: When Do Pigs Show Heat? by boboenny: 11:15am On Jul 01, 2017 |
they are from the same mother. any risk? |
Agriculture / When Do Pigs Show Heat? by boboenny: 6:29pm On Jun 30, 2017 |
pig farmers in the house, I need your tutorial. I am new in piggery. I got some winners in February this year. They were born in January 10. I am feeding them well. However, I thought by 6 months old they should start showing heat. My question is at what age does a pig start showing heat? There is one male pig with them thinking that will aid the heat. but nothing, though they are of the same age. please your professional tutorial is coveted.1. when will they show heat? 2. should I separate the male from them now or keep them together? thanks. |
Education / Re: 2017 JAMB Change Of Course/Institution Thread by boboenny: 11:59am On May 27, 2017 |
[color=#006600][/color] Please when will the change of course be out and how does one go about it? |
Religion / Re: Be Mindful Of Christ's Obedience At The Cross - Joseph Prince by boboenny: 9:23am On Apr 17, 2017 |
But just as our position as sinners is not based on what we do, but what the first Adam did, in the same way, we are forever righteous today not because of what we do, but because of what Christ, the last Adam, did on the cross. bomb |
Politics / Re: Where Is Our Presido? by boboenny: 8:15pm On Feb 05, 2017 |
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the National Assembly of his desire to extend his vacation citing medical reasons. The president had gone on a 10-day vacation in the UK which also included medical check-up and was expected back in the country on Monday, January 6. Since his trip to the UK, there has been runour that the president had passed away although this was refuted by his media aides. However, in a statement by Mr Femi Adesina who is the special adviser to the president on media and publicity on Sunday, January 5, the president said he had to “complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors.” President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors. The President had planned to return to Abuja this evening, but was advised to complete the test cycle before returning. The notice has since been dispatched to the Senate President, and Speaker, House of Representatives. Mr. President expresses his sincere gratitude to Nigerians for their concern, prayers and kind wishes. Meanwhile, Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo reacted to the rumour that President Buhari had died describing those peddling the rumour as wicked. He said the president needed “our prayers and best wishes, which will ginger his morale to come back more stronger and better.” Obasanjo said the issue needed not be politicised and said it was wrong to wish anyone dead irrespective of differences and recalled he has been the victim of rumoured death while in office. He said: “If you don’t like him, wait for another election, not going about to say he is dead. No matter his health situation, we should pray for him to recover quick and come back more stronger and better. “For anyone wishing him dead, such person or group of persons are callous, wicked and treacherous." we still dey wait. we will give him all the time. but when we are tired we will revolt. |
Religion / Re: Happy 50th Birthday To Pastor Sam Adeyemi by boboenny: 8:45am On Feb 03, 2017 |
happy birthday |
Politics / Re: Where Is Our Presido? by boboenny: 7:35pm On Jan 31, 2017 |
SalamRushdie:we dey wait! 1 Like |
Politics / Where Is Our Presido? by boboenny: 9:29am On Jan 31, 2017 |
it is more than ten days now that the president left this country. When he was going the presidency told us he was going for a ten day leave and within this ten days he would have a check up. it is more than ten days now nobody has come out to tell us what is happening to our president. what we are seeing are just pictures which we don't know when and where they were taken. is this another hide and seek game? isn't the presidency playing on our intelligence? can't somebody come out and tell us that the president is increasing his leave because he has not fully enjoyed himself? we need to know we want to know. where is our president? |
Business / Re: Cocoa Production In Nigeria: How To Start The Business by boboenny: 4:23pm On Jan 04, 2017 |
VastFinder: how many plots of land will a beginner need and what is the planting distance? 1 Like |
Religion / Re: Men Of God Whose Prophecies Failed In The Year 2016 by boboenny: 10:01pm On Jan 01, 2017 |
Understanding
Prophetic
Fulfillment
(All quoted scripture comes from the
New American Standard Bible [NASB])
Thomas S. Gibson
Students of prophecy, both modern and Biblical,
watch for the fulfillment of the various
prophecies of God. But do we really understand
how these prophecies are fulfilled? What I wish
to do in this article is to look at the Biblical
fulfillment of prophecies, including what the Word
says about conditional prophecies , to gain a full
understanding from God’s perspective.
Since I have used the term “ conditional
prophecies ” in the last paragraph I need to
explain what I mean by it. A conditional prophecy
simply does not happen unless certain conditions
apply; or will only happen if certain
circumstances occur. For example, if a prophecy
stated that a certain judgment would occur if the
people do not repent, and then repentance takes
place, then this prophecy would not happen. This
would not mean a failure of the prophecy, but
rather that the conditions for the fulfillment were
not met.
There is another aspect of the fulfillment that
also needs to be addressed. It is this that I wish
to look at first. After which I will come back to
deal with the conditional type of prophecy.
When a prophecy is fulfilled in front of our eyes
would we recognized it? Would we be able to
say, “Yes, I can see this prophecy being fulfilled
now?”
Of course, there are many circumstances in
which we would be able to say this. But I wish
to point out that many prophecies are not
fulfilled in such a simple context. Many are
fulfilled in strange and unpredictable ways.
Indeed, as I will point out below, the revealed
prophecies of God rarely give us enough
information to understand the circumstances of
how it will be fulfilled.
Look first at these Messianic prophecies from
the Old Testament Scriptures and compare them
to how they were fulfilled in the New Testament.
3 A voice is called, “Clear the Way for the
Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the
desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3
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1 Now in those days John the Baptist came,
preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
2 “Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at
hand.”
3 For this is the one referred to by Isaiah
the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying
in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of
the Lord, Make His paths straight!’” Matthew
3:1-3
Now we understand that the quote from Isaiah is
a reference to John the Baptist preparing the
way for the Messiah. However, if you did not
have the New Testament to confirm that this
indeed referred to John the Baptist and Jesus,
how would you understand the way in which it
would be fulfilled? It is very clear that until it is
quoted in the New Testament people did not
have an understanding of what it meant or how it
would come to pass.
Another example from Jeremiah:
15 Thus says the Lord, “A voice is heard in
Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children; She
refused to be comforted for her children,
Because they are no more.” Jeremiah 31:15
-----
16 Then when Herod saw that he had been
tricked by the magi, he became very
enraged, and went and slew all the male
children who were in Bethlehem and all its
environs, from two years old and under,
according to the time which he had
ascertained from the magi.
17 Then that which was spoken through
Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping
and great morning, Rachel weeping for her
children; And she refused to be comforted,
Because they were no more .” Matthew
2:16-18
The circumstances that surrounded this sad
fulfillment were not clear until it actually took
place. While we can determine that the children
were killed, we cannot know how or when this
would come to pass.
Another example from the prophet Isaiah makes
the difficultly in understanding prophetic
fulfillment even more clear.
1 But there will be no more gloom for her
who was in anguish; in earlier times He
treated the land of Zebulun and the land of
Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall
make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on
the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the
Gentiles.
2 The people who walk in darkness Will see a
great light; Those who live in a dark land, The
light will shine on them. Isaiah 9:1-2
-----
12 Now when He [Jesus] heard that John had
been taken into custody, He withdrew into
Galilee;
13 and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled
in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the
region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
14 This was to fulfill what was spoken
through Isaiah the prophet saying,
15 “The Land of Zebulun and the land of
Naphtali, By way of the sea, Beyond the
Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles––
16 “The people who were sitting in darkness
saw a great light, And to those who were
sitting in the land and shadow of death, Upon
them a light dawned. Matthew 4:12-16
As we look at the prophecy in Isaiah it is beyond
the understanding provided to see the meaning
of the passage. It would be impossible for
someone who was not familiar with the
fulfillment in the New Testament to explain what
the meaning is, or under what circumstances it
would be fulfilled. There is no indication that this
is a reference to the movements of the Messiah.
One last example that I will use is found in
Psalms.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will
utter dark sayings of old, Psalms 78:2
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34 All these things Jesus spoke to the
multitudes in parables, and He did not speak
to them without a parable,
35 so that what was spoken through the
prophet might be fulfilled, saying, “I will open
My mouth in parables; I will utter things
hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Matthew 13:34-35
We find this prophecy in Psalms does not
mention the Messiah. Indeed there is no
indication that this is even a prophecy. The
statement in Psalms leaves the reader with no
clue as to its meaning.
Such is the situation with respect to many of the
various prophecies concerning Jesus’ first
coming. They are fulfilled in every way. But they
also give only part of the facts of their
fulfillment. They are a small part of the overall
view. When we read a prophecy it is dangerous
to assume that we can understand exactly how
it will be fulfilled and the facts that may surround
it.
Many prophecies in the Word of God are similar
to this. Even prophecy today has this aspect to
it. God reveals only parts of the picture of what
is to come. It is only by perfect hindsight that
we can properly understand the full meaning of
any given prophecy.
Much of the reason for this lies in the fact that
we are to walk by faith, not by sight (II
Corinthians 5:7). If we were to know all the facts
of what is to come, we would try and figure out
how to walk through the circumstances with our
own flesh; rather than to walk by faith, by the
leading of the Holy Spirit , and in the protection
of our God.
To understand prophetic fulfillment even more
completely we need to look at conditional
prophecies.
10 “Now as for you, son of man, say to the
house of Israel, ‘Thus you have spoken,
saying, “Surely our transgressions and our
sins are upon us, and we are rotting away in
them; how then can we survive?”’
11 “Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the
Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of
the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn
from his way and live . Turn back, turn back
from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O
house of Israel?’
12 “And you, son of man, say to your fellow
citizens, ‘The righteousness of a righteous
man will not deliver him in the day of his
transgression, and as for the wickedness of
the wicked, he will not stumble because of it
in the day when he turns from his
wickedness; whereas a righteous man will
not be able to live by his righteousness on
the day when he commits sin.’
13 “ When I say to the righteous he will
surely live, and he so trusts in his
righteousness that he commits iniquity,
none of his righteous deeds will be
remembered; but in that same iniquity of his
which he has committed he will die .
14 “But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will
surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and
practices justice and righteousness ,
15 if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays
back what he has taken by robbery, walks by
the statutes which ensure life without
committing iniquity, he will surely live; he
shall not die .
16 “None of his sins that he has committed
will be remember against him. He has
practiced justice and righteousness; he will
surely live. Ezekiel 33:10-16
This is quite a passage of Scripture! The prophet
Ezekiel has had God outline to him the method in
which He handles judgmental prophecies and
whether they will be fulfilled or not .
That is correct! Not all judgments of God are
carried out . There are always conditions even if
it is not specifically stated within the prophecy.
If a man or a nation repents, the judgments that
God has proclaimed against them will not be
carried out. This is an important revelation of
how fair God is, and even more important to
understanding why some judgments of God are
not carried out when there is true repentance
from the heart.
We find an example of this in the book of Jonah.
1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah
the second time, saying,
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and
proclaim to it the proclamation which I am
going to tell you.”
3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh
according to the word of the Lord. Now
Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a
three days walk.
4 Then Jonah began to go through the city
one day’s walk; and he cried out and said,
“ Yet forty days and Nineveh will be
overthrown .”
5 Then the people of Nineveh believed in
God; and they called a fast and put on
sackcloth from the greatest to the least of
them .
6 When the word reached the king of
Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside
his robe from him, covered himself with
sackcloth, and sat on the ashes.
7 And he issued a proclamation and it said,
“In Nineveh by the decree of the king and
his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or
flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or
drink water.
8 “But both man and beast must be covered
with sackcloth; and let men call on God
earnestly that each may turn from his
wicked way and from the violence which is
in his hands.
9 “Who knows, God may turn and relent, and
withdraw His burning anger so that we shall
not perish?”
10 When God saw their deeds, that they
turned from their wicked way, then God
relented concerning the calamity which He
had declared He would bring upon them. And
he did not do it . Jonah 3:1-10
As we look at the prophecy found in verse 4 we
see that there are no conditions stated where
this would not occur. But even though there
were no conditions within the prophecy for them
to repent of their sins and God would spare
them; they nevertheless went ahead with
repentance because they had nothing to lose.
They clearly believed the prophecy and wanted
to turn back to God no matter what would
happen.
Remember what was stated in Ezekiel:
14 “But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will
surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and
practices justice and righteousness,
15 if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays
back what he has taken by robbery, walks by
the statutes which ensure life without
committing iniquity, he will surely live; he
shall not die .
16 “None of his sins that he has committed
will be remember against him. He has
practiced justice and righteousness; he will
surely live. Ezekiel 33:14-16
So, therefore, no one who has committed evil,
when he repents, can be judged. God therefore,
turned away from the judgments that He had
prophesied on Nineveh because they repented
from the heart and turned away from the sin
which they had committed.
In understanding the fulfillment of any given
prophecy we must take into account that we will
not be able to have knowledge of all the facts
concerning its completion. It is only in hindsight
that we gain full knowledge to its meaning.
Remember that judgmental prophecies have for
their purpose to bring people to repentance.
Once that repentance comes there is no need for
the judgments. Even when the judgments do
come they tend to be drawn out over time by
God to give the people more time to repent. God
is slow to anger. But it is sure that the anger
will come if the sin is continued . It is only when
repentance does not come that the judgments
will be brought down upon us from on high.
Before we claim to understand what God is
saying we need to realize that God sees this
from an entirely different view that we do. He
sometimes deliberately holds back information so
that we do not have all the facts. This results in
our having to live by faith and in daily direction
from the Holy Spirit , rather than our attempting
to understand a few words from God and live
according to our mental capacity.
It is sure that our own designs in living will
result in trouble; but God’s direction will always
be correct! |
Travel / Re: Which Of These 9 Driving Categories Do You Belong? by boboenny: 2:11pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
120 kph is okay on naija road. any speed beyond this is to meet the Lord by the riverside |
Career / Re: BREAKING: Why Some Nigerian Civil Servants Have Not Received November Salary by boboenny: 10:14pm On Dec 21, 2016 |
clueless and directionless.[b]clueless and directionless.[/b]clueless and directionless. |
Religion / Re: Man Tears The Holy Bible And Got Blasted (Photos) by boboenny: 9:25pm On Dec 17, 2016 |
I did this several years back, but what I tore then is what I am carrying around today preaching. his salvation is closer than he expects. Mark my words and put the date down. no one can battle with the Lord. 3 Likes |
Religion / Re: Bishop David Oyedepo Is Not Greedy - He Helped My Family Twice by boboenny: 10:34am On Dec 15, 2016 |
topdee: go and read the bible and stop been ignorant here. the fathers of Faith, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon and lots more were stunningly rich and they made it to heaven with their wealth. they even controlled their generations. go to the bible and read if you 've one. no portion of the bible goes against a christian/pastor being rich. read 2 Corinthians 8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich |
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