1. DTC 2016 PROPHECY

2. NOT ALL PROPHECIES ARE CREATED EQUAL.

3. SOME ARE HOAXES "In the City of God there will be a great thunder, Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb, The third big war will begin when the big city is burning." - Nostradamus 1654 Nostradamus (1503-1566)

4. SOME ARE HOAXES "In the City of God there will be a great thunder, Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb, The third big war will begin when the big city is burning." - Nostradamus 1654

5. SOME ARE HOAXES "In the City of God there will be a great thunder, Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb, The third big war will begin when the big city is burning." - Nostradamus 1654 Neil Marshall (not really!)

6. SOME ARE COINCIDENCE In the year that is to come soon, and not far from Venus. The two greatest ones of Asia and Africa. Shall be said to come from the Rhine and Hister Crying and tears shall be at Malta on the Italian Shore. Nostradamus (1503-1566)

7. SOME ARE COINCIDENCE In the year that is to come soon, and not far from Venus. The two greatest ones of Asia and Africa. Shall be said to come from the Rhine and Hister Crying and tears shall be at Malta on the Italian Shore. Adolph Hitler

8. SOME ARE AMBIGUOUS The great man will be struck down in the day by a thunderbolt, An evil deed foretold by the bearer of a petition. According to the prediction, another falls at night time. Conflict at Reims, London and a pestilence in Tuscany. Nostradamus (1503-1566)

9. SOME ARE AMBIGUOUS The great man will be struck down in the day by a thunderbolt, An evil deed foretold by the bearer of a petition. According to the prediction, another falls at night time. Conflict at Reims, London and a pestilence in Tuscany. John & Bobby Kennedy

10. FULFILLED PROPHECIES DON’T PROVE A MESSAGE IS FROM GOD. Deuteronomy 13:1-4 If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder, 2 and if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and he says, “Let us follow other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let us worship them,” 3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The L ORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 It is the L ORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.

11. UNFULFILLED PROPHECIES PROVE A MESSAGE IS NOT FROM GOD. Deuteronomy 18:20-22 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death." 21 You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the L ORD ?” 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the L ORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the L ORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.

12. CYRUS Isaiah 44:24-28 “…I am the L ORD … 26 who carries out the words of his servants and fulfills the predictions of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘It shall be inhabited,’ of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be built,’ and of their ruins, ‘I will restore them,’ … 28 who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd and will accomplish all that I please; he will say of Jerusalem, “Let it be rebuilt,” and of the temple, “Let its foundations be laid.”’” NIV

13. CYRUS Ezra 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the L ORD spoken by Jeremiah, the L ORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and to put it in writing: NIV

14. JOSIAH 1 Kings 13:1-2 By the word of the L ORD a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. 2 He cried out against the altar by the word of the L ORD : “O altar, altar! This is what the L ORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who now make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.’” NIV

15. JOSIAH 2 Kings 23:16 Then Josiah looked around, and when he saw the tombs that were there on the hillside, he had the bones removed from them and burned on the altar to defile it, in accordance with the word of the L ORD proclaimed by the man of God who foretold these things. NIV

16. What problem makes it hard for skeptical people to accept these prophecies?

17. It is hard to verify that the prophecies predate the fulfilment of those prophecies.

18. TYRE (IN MODERN LEBANON) Ezekiel 26:3-14 Therefore this is what the Sovereign L ORD says: I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea casting up its waves. 4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. 5 Out in the sea she will become a place to spread fishnets…

19. TYRE (IN MODERN LEBANON) … 7 “For this is what the Sovereign L ORD says: From the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon… 8 He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you… 14 I will make you a bare rock… NIV

20. TYRE (IN MODERN LEBANON) Nebuchadnezzar ~580 B.C.

21. TYRE (IN MODERN LEBANON) Nebuchadnezzar ~580 B.C. Alexander the Great ~332 B.C.

22. TYRE (IN MODERN LEBANON) Alexander the Great ~332 B.C.

23. TYRE (IN MODERN LEBANON) “How unlikely it all was! What kind of human foresight would have enabled a man to foresee that a thriving city stretching for twenty miles along the shore, of which seven miles were densely populated and built up with large buildings, would one day be desolated and then laid in the midst of the sea, even its very dust? But it all came to pass.” Arthur Custance (1910-1985), Canadian anthropologist, scientist, and author

24. TYRE (IN MODERN LEBANON) “If Ezekiel had looked at Tyre in his day and had made these seven predictions in human wisdom, these estimates mean that there would have been only one chance in 75,000,000 of their all coming true. They all came true in the minutest detail.” Peter M. Stoner (Science speaks, Moody Press, 1963)

25. DANIEL AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR Daniel 2:39-41 "After you [Babylon], another kingdom will rise, inferior to yours [Medo-Persia]. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth [Greece (Alexander the Great)]. 40 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron — for iron breaks and smashes everything — and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others [Rome]… NIV

26. DANIEL AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR Daniel 8:20-21 The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. 21 The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king. NIV

27. DANIEL AND OTHERS Daniel 11:2-4 “Now then, I tell you the truth: Three more kings will appear in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. When he has gained power by his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece. 3 Then a mighty king will appear, who will rule with great power and do as he pleases. 4 After he has appeared, his empire will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the power he exercised, because his empire will be uprooted and given to others. NIV

28. DANIEL AND OTHERS Daniel 11:2-4 “Now then, I tell you the truth: Three more kings [after Cyrus] will appear in Persia [Cambyses, Smerdis, Darius], and then a fourth [Xerxes, son of Darius], who will be far richer than all the others [Justin says, “He had so great an abundance of riches in his kingdom, that although rivers were dried up by his numerous armies, yet his wealth remained unexhausted.”]. When he has gained power by his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece…

29. DANIEL AND OTHERS … 3 Then a mighty king will appear [Alexander the Great], who will rule with great power and do as he pleases. 4 After he has appeared, his empire will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. [It was torn apart by civil war and give to the Diadochi (successors), who were his four generals] It will not go to his descendants [all were killed], nor will it have the power he exercised, because his empire will be uprooted and given to others. NIV

30. PROPHECIES OF CHRIST (MESSIANIC)

31. PROPHECIES OF CHRIST Daniel 9:25-26 “Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. NIV

32. PROPHECIES OF CHRIST Daniel 9:25-26 …From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’… 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be cut off… 446 B.C. Decree of Artaxerxes permitting the rebuilding of Jerusalem “Seven ‘sevens,’ [rebuilding Jerusalem] and sixty-two ‘sevens’” = (7x7) + (62x7) = 483 483 x 360/365 = 476 years 476 years – 446 B.C. = 30 A.D Jesus was born about 4 B.C. + 33 years – 1 year (no year 0) = 30 A.D.

33. PROPHECIES OF CHRIST Daniel 9:25-26 …From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’… 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be cut off… 446 B.C. Decree of Artaxerxes permitting the rebuilding of Jerusalem “Seven ‘sevens,’ [rebuilding Jerusalem] and sixty-two ‘sevens’” = (7x7) + (62x7) = 483 483 x 360/365 = 476 years 476 years – 446 B.C. = 30 A.D Jesus was born about 4 B.C. + 33 years – 1 year (no year 0) = 30 A.D.

34. PROPHECIES OF CHRIST Daniel 9:25-26 …From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’… 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be cut off… 446 B.C. Decree of Artaxerxes permitting the rebuilding of Jerusalem “Seven ‘sevens,’ [rebuilding Jerusalem] and sixty-two ‘sevens’” = (7x7) + (62x7) = 483 483 x 360/365 = 476 years 476 years – 446 B.C. = 30 A.D Jesus was born about 4 B.C. + 33 years – 1 year (no year 0) = 30 A.D.

35. PROPHECIES OF CHRIST Daniel 9:25-26 …From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’… 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be cut off… 446 B.C. Decree of Artaxerxes permitting the rebuilding of Jerusalem “Seven ‘sevens,’ [rebuilding Jerusalem] and sixty-two ‘sevens’” = (7x7) + (62x7) = 483 483 x 360/365 = 476 years 476 years – 446 B.C. = 30 A.D Jesus was born about 4 B.C. + 33 years – 1 year (no year 0) = 30 A.D.

36. PROPHECIES OF CHRIST Daniel 9:25-26 …From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’… 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be cut off… 446 B.C. Decree of Artaxerxes permitting the rebuilding of Jerusalem “Seven ‘sevens,’ [rebuilding Jerusalem] and sixty-two ‘sevens’” = (7x7) + (62x7) = 483 483 x 360/365 = 476 years 476 years – 446 B.C. = 30 A.D Jesus was born about 4 B.C. + 33 years – 1 year (no year 0) = 30 A.D.

37. ISRAEL RESTORED Genesis 12:2-3 “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” NIV

38. ISRAEL RESTORED Isaiah 11:11-12 In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea. 12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth. NIV

39. ISRAEL RESTORED Isaiah 66:8 Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children. NIV84

40. ISRAEL RESTORED United Nations, May 1948

41. WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH US?

42. Revelation 22:12 “Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done.” NIV