God’s Prophetic Word: Fulfilled Prophecy – Proof of the Bible’s Divine Origin

Prophecies About Israel The Nation – Gen. 12:2; Ex. 12:37 The Land – Gen. 12:7; 15:18; Josh. 21:43,45 To Be Scattered if They Served Idols - Josh. 23:14 -16 King of Israel Served Idols from Beginning - I Kings 12:28-29 Into Assyrian Captivity – 722 -721 B.C. Kings of Judah Later Did Likewise (Manasseh) Into Babylonian Captivity – 606-605, 597, 586 B.C. A Remnant Will Return After 70 Years – Jer. 29:10; Jer. 23:3

OT History Ends With the Remnant Back in the Land Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah & Malachi all cover this period of time. Ezra 1:1-4; Nehemiah 1:3 Zerubbabel Led First Group Back in 536 B.C. Ezra Led a Second Group Back Nehemiah Led a Third Group Back & Rebuilt Walls

Prophecies About Other Nations Isaiah 13 -19 – Babylon, Moab, Syria, Ethiopia, Egypt Daniel 2:37-44 – A Succession of Kingdoms Babylonian Persian Grecian Roman Ezekiel 26:3-5 – City of Tyre Scraped Bare Like a Rock / Cast Into the Sea Alexander The Great Fulfilled!

Prophecies About Cyrus Isaiah 44:28 ; 45:1-4 Called Him by Name Cyrus Born 599 B.C. – Isaiah Wrote c.720 B.C. Yet God called his Name and described his Role over 100 Years Before He was Born! How Did Isaiah Know That??? (2 Pet. 1:20)

Prophecies About Christ Virgin Birth – Isaiah 7:14 Place of Birth - Micah 5:2 Establishment of His Kingdom – Isaiah 2:2-3; Daniel 2:44 His Death – Isaiah 53 His Resurrection – Psalm 16:10 His Ascension & Coronation – Daniel 7:13-14

Prophecies About Christ (Continued) Josh McDowell, (Evidences That Demand a Verdict – vol 1) quotes Peter Stoner, who says: “The chance that any man might have lived down to the present time and fulfilled eight prophecies is one in ten to the 17th power. That would be 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000.” (That is with just 8 prophecies!)

Prophecies About Christ (Continued) Peter Stoner Illustrates further: “We take (10 to the 17th) silver dollars lay them on the face of Texas. They will cover all of the state 2-feet deep. Now, mark one of these silver dollars & stir the whole mass thoroughly, all over the state. Blindfold a man and tell him that he can travel as far as he wishes, but he must pick up one silver dollar and say that this is the right one…”

Prophecies About Christ (Continued) Peter Stoner: “…What chance would he have of getting the right one? Just the same chance that the prophets would have had of writing these eight prophecies and having them all come true in any one man - - - provided they wrote them in their own wisdom.” (p. 167)

But WAIT! That was Just 8 Prophecies! There are 332 Prophecies about Christ! The probability changes to 1 in 64 to the 97th power! 1 640,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 2 Peter 1:20 Takes On New Meaning!

God’s Prophetic Word: Fulfilled Prophecy – Proof of the Bible’s Divine Origin