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Bible Prophecy Fifty Nine

The Messiah, the King, is coming to earth a second time.

 

It is estimated that for every promise in the Bible for the Messiah 's first coming, there are five promises for His second coming.

 

Jesus Himself told His disciples many things about His second coming.

 

"Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying,  'Tell us, when will these things be?  And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age? '" (Matthew 24:3).

 

Jesus answered them and told them: (Matthew 24)

1.      Many will come and say they are the King, but they are deceivers.

2.      There shall be wars and rumors of wars.

3.      Nations shall fight other nations.

4.      There shall be widespread disease.

5.      There shall be widespread hunger and famine.

6.      There shall be widespread earthquakes.

7.      Many will betray others, and hatred will be widespread.

8.      Many false prophets will come.

9.      Many people will lose their ability to love.

10.     The good news about the Messiah will be spread throughout the earth.

11.     There will be a worldwide anti-Messiah (anti-Christ) movement that will even penetrate into God 's Temple.

12.     The tribulation and suffering in these times will be intolerable for many people.

13.     Things will be similar to when Noah went into the Ark.  People will not realize that the end is coming.  They will be going about their normal life, not paying attention to the coming destruction and judgment.

 

After these things the Messiah will return to earth to set up His Kingdom and the New World.

 

Jesus promised that those who belong to Him will receive a reward, not punishment when all these things happen.

 

	Fulfillment

 

 

The Messiah, the King, has not come the second time yet.  However, almost all of these events are now happening.  Earthquakes are at a record rate in world history, more people are starving to death then ever, more people are dying of disease than in all of history, and wars are constantly happening.  In the 20^th Century, more intense wars took place than in all of history.

 

Jesus warned that no man shall know the day and hour, not even the angels, but only His Father God in Heaven knows the exact time.

 

Bible Prophecy Sixty

 

The Messiah, the King, is coming a second time for His people who believe in Him.

 

Just before Jesus ascended back to Heaven after His resurrection He reassured His people that He would return for them.

 

"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also" (John 14).

 

There is a promise that the King, the Messiah, will return for His people Israel.

 

"And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:  'The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins '" (Romans 11:26,27).

 

There is a promise that the King, the Messiah, will destroy His enemies when He returns.

 

"And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming" (2 Thessalonians 2:8).

Bible Prophecy Sixty One

War against Israel.

There is a prophecy in Zechariah chapter 14 that states that in the last days all nations will make war against Israel just prior to the Second Coming of the King, the Messiah.

(Zechariah 14:2-9). "For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

3 Then the LORD will go forth And fight against those nations, As He fights in the day of battle.

4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.

5 Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you shall flee As you fled from the earthquake In the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus the LORD my God will come, And all the saints with You.

6 It shall come to pass in that day That there will be no light; The lights will diminish.

7 It shall be one day Which is known to the LORD--Neither day nor night. But at evening time it shall happen That it will be light.

8 And in that day it shall be That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, Half of them toward the eastern sea And half of them toward the western sea; In both summer and winter it shall occur.

9 And the LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be--"The LORD is one," And His name one."

 

Quote from an American residing in Jerusalem.  December, 2000 www.foryourglory.org: "A friend in Jerusalem reminded me today that when you look from the Old City towards the Mount of Olives, you see it flow downward into the Kidron Valley and then back up the Mount of Evil Council on the other side.  This area bears this name because every time throughout history that an enemy has laid siege to Jerusalem, they have sat upon that mountain top to draw up their battle plans...every time!  Today the United Nations headquarters sits on top of the Mount of Evil Council!  Zechariah 12:3 says that all the nations will turn against Jerusalem, including the nation you are in right now.  And where are they gathering to determine the fate of Jerusalem?  In the United Nations, which has its Jerusalem headquarters perched atop the Mount of Evil Council!

 

There is no place to run or to hide from what is about to come upon the earth and it will be like no other time before or ever to come.  There is only one sanctuary - the presence of the Lord Himself.  We are likely to go through some very unpleasant things in these perilous times but let us truly rejoice because the day of the Lord 's appearing is drawing very near.  If there was ever a time to be absolutely sure that your relationship with the Lord is secure and clean and that you hold no rebellion in your heart towards Him or His Word, it is now!"  Quoted from www.foryourglory.org

 

 

Some Bible scholars feel that there are three "end time" wars.  They point to the recent wars in Iraq (2003 - 2006), which is ancient Babylon as war number one.  Jeremiah 50-51 tells of Babylon's destruction.

War number two is in the prophecy in Ezekiel chapters 38-39, stating that the nations referred to as Gog, Magog, Persia, Ethiopia and Libya will make war against Israel in the last days.  The history of these nations trace back to Russia coupled in alliance with many Arab nations.  These names can be traced.  As this paragraph is being written in 2006, there is currently a war against Israel, which is perpetrated by many of these nations.  Scholars say that eventually the rest of the nations in Ezekiel chapters 38-39 will join in.

Many prophecy teachers feel that a temporary peace perpetrated by the false Christ, the Anti-Christ, will take place after this war.

Then war number three will take place, which they say is the final Armageddon battle, which will usher in the Second Coming of Jesus.

I do not think that we are able to pinpoint exactly what war is taking place in today's headlines and link it to a certain timetable in the Scriptures.  People have been presumptuous about this for centuries.  However, if we do not recognize the fact that we are in "end time" seasons, we are fools.

God gives us a sober warning.  “[A]nd saying, 'Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.'"  “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up” (2 Peter 3:4, 10).

In recent years up to and including the year 2006, Russia has been developing close ties with many Arab nations, many of which are presently making war against Israel as this story is being written.  Even this very day as I am editing this book, July 13, 2006, a new war has just broken out in Israel.  It appears as though Syria and Iran and the militant Islamic groups are behind the attacks.  Russia's apparent motive, according to the opinion of some, is that they resent seeing America as the only world's superpower since the fall of the Soviet Union, and this is their way of coming back.

 

Quote from an American residing in Jerusalem.  December, 2000 www.foryourglory.org.

"Meanwhile in Russia, President Putin has re-instated the Communist Red flag with hammer and sickle as the national flag again and called for the re-using of Stalin era slogans.  He continues also to strengthen his ties with Arab nations, especially Syria, Iran, and Iraq."

 

In addition to the Russian threat, even up to late 2005, many European nations have taking a strong stand against Israel, agreeing with many Arabs who call Israel "occupiers."  In 2005 and early 2006, Iran has called for the complete destruction of Israel.  Others have suggested that Europe take back the Jews.  This is a supernatural prejudice founded in Satan himself.

So much of this Russian threat has come by Russia giving high tech missiles to Iran, who as this is being updated in 2006, is actively threatening Israel with total destruction from the face of the earth with these missiles.

 

Here is the prophecy for the war described in Ezekiel 38-39.

Ezekiel 38:1-23 says,

“1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

3 “and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.

4 “I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords.

5 “Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

6 “Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north and all its troops--many people are with you.

7 “Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them.

8 “After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely.

9 “You will ascend, coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.”

10 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan:

11 “You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates’ --

12 “to take plunder and to take booty, to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land.

13 “Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’”’

14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “On that day when My people Israel dwell safely, will you not know it?

15 “Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army.

16 “You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes.”

17 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Are you he of whom I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied for years in those days that I would bring you against them?

18 “And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” says the Lord GOD, “that My fury will show in My face.

19 “For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: ‘Surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel,

20 ‘so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence. The mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.’

21 “I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains,” says the Lord GOD. “Every man’s sword will be against his brother.

22 “And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

23 “Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.”’”

Ezekiel 39:1-12 says,

“1 “And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal;

2 “and I will turn you around and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel.

3 “Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand.

4 “You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

5 “You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken,” says the Lord GOD.

6 “And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.

7 “So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

8 “Surely it is coming, and it shall be done,” says the Lord GOD. “This is the day of which I have spoken.

9 “Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years.

10 “They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them,” says the Lord GOD.

11 “It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea; and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.

12 “For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.”

My wife and I visited in Israel, in 2006, and saw first hand the tremendous battles currently raging between the Muslims and God's plan for Israel and the Jewish people.  I have seen Arab Christians taking up for our Jewish brothers and sisters.  I have seen the archeology of centuries, sometimes 27 civilizations, which attempted to displace the Jewish people from their promised land.

God is faithful to His purpose and to His promise!  He will be faithful in your life as well, to the promises that He speaks to you while you are in close relationship with Him!  God will fight this battle for Israel.  However, I believe that there are lessons for several groups of people:

1.  For those that oppose Israel. According to this prophecy, they will be destroyed in God's timing.

2.   For the Israelis. I believe that God will intervene as He has in history, when the Israelis understand their desperation for God's intervention and for their trust in Him.

3.  For Christians. We should be totally depending upon Jesus and His Word, as this is our only real security in a failing world.

 

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Bible Prophecy Sixty Two

When the Messiah comes back He will not be the same as when He left

 

John saw Him in a vision as recorded in the Book of Revelation.

 

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty" Revelation 1:8).

"Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.

His head and hair were white like wool [as in fire], as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;

He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me,  'Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last '" (Revelation 1:12-17).

 

The first time He came in the manner of a human, yet He was all God.  The purpose of His first coming was to show people how much God loved them, and to reveal the personality of God to people.

He also came so that He could be crucified and punished for your sins in order to allow you to go to Heaven.

The first time He defeated His spiritual enemies by dying on the Cross and being resurrected.  Now Satan has no more power over Him.  Satan still has power over people, but not people who have made Jesus their Lord.

If you have made Jesus your Lord, you have nothing to fear in these coming wars.  The Lord will protect those who are His.  He has even defeated death!

 

If you are Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or worship in some other religion, the message is simple.  We are not putting your religion down.  However, Jesus defeated Satan at the Cross for two simple reasons.

1.       To make it possible for you and God to be in close authentic fellowship and communication with one another.

2.       To give you a new identity, a new start in life, to birth you into a New Creation over which Satan has no more power.

 

Jesus was resurrected and then went back to Heaven.

The second time He is coming to set up His Kingdom on a New Earth.  He is coming back as King and victor.  This time He will put His enemies into the Lake of Fire, Hell, and we who believe in Him will rule and reign with Him forever.

 

"Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.  His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.  And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS" (Revelation 19:11-16).

He will put Satan into the Lake of Fire.

"The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever" (Revelation 20:10).

He will bring a New Heaven and a New Earth.

"Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea" (Revelation 21:1).

 

God will make all things new and comfort His people.

"And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying,  'Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.  And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.'

Then He who sat on the throne said,  'Behold, I make all things new. ' And He said to me,  'Write, for these words are true and faithful. ' And He said to me,  'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.

But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death '" (Revelation 21:3-8).

 

We will live in Heaven with the Messiah, the King, forever.  The Messiah, the King, is God.

 

"And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.  They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever" (Revelation 22:1-5).

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Summary of Messianic Bible Prophecies

Prophecies about Jesus.

 

There are over 300 prophecies that Jesus fulfilled in His birth, life, death, and resurrection, but consider as an example only the seventeen most prominent ones. The combined probability against these seventeen predictions occurring is equal to:

 

1 chance in 480,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. (480 billion x 1 billion x 1 trillion).

 

In the life of the Lord Jesus himself there are over 300 fulfilled prophecies.  It is ridiculous to imagine that these prophecies would all be fulfilled by accident by one person.  Only one chance in a number followed by 181 zeroes! To give you some idea of the size of this immense figure, think of a ball that is packed solidly with electrons (two and a half million billion make a line about one inch long).  Now in your mind imagine this ball expanded to the size of the universe-some four billion light-years in di­ameter (a light-year being the distance that light travels in a year at the speed of over 186,000 miles a second).  Multiply this by 600 quadrillion.  Out of this vast container of electrons, remove just one electron, and "color" it red and return it to the con­tainer, and stir it with the other electrons for a hundred years.  Then blindfold a man and send him in to pick it out the first time.  Impossible? With the same chance, Christ lived and died according to the Scriptures by "accident! "  [1]

 

Impossible? With the same chance, Jesus the Christ lived and died, was resurrected and is now alive according to the Scriptures, and all this by "accident."

 

Isaiah 42:9 says, “Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.

 

 

 

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[1] Pratney, Winkie, a handbook for FOLLOWERS OF JESUS – Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, MN. 1977 page 72

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Bible Prophecy Fifty Four

Prophecy about the city of Jericho.[1]

 

"Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying,  'Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates '" (Joshua 6:26).

 

Fulfillment

 

Joshua 6:26 was written around 1380 B.C.  This prophecy specifically predicted:

1) The city of Jericho would be rebuilt.

Fulfilled when King Ahab had Hiel rebuild Jericho.

 

2) When the builder lays the new Jericho 's foundations his oldest son would die.

Fulfilled when Hiel 's oldest son Abiram died.

 

3) When the builder sets up the city 's gates his youngest son would die.

Fulfilled when Hiel 's youngest son Segub died. I Kings 16:34.

 

 

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Bible Prophecy Fifty Five

Daniel 's prophecy about the coming of the Messiah to Jerusalem.

 

One of the most amazing prophecies in the Word of God is Daniel 's prophecy in Daniel Chapter 9 telling the exact day that Jesus would enter Jerusalem to be crucified, 500 years before it happened!

 

 

Daniel had been shown many prophecies in visions.  Chapter 9 of Daniel records the angel Gabriel coming to Daniel and speaking the most amazing prophecy to him.

 

He told him that God 's people would have a period of 70 weeks cut out of history for them, during which time several things would take place.

 

69 of the 70 weeks have been fulfilled in actual history.  There is a pause of thousands of years, and then the last week will be fulfilled.  This is a common thing in Bible prophecy. In a spiritual way we are in the last week, now in our lives today.

 

The word week is "shabua," which in Hebrew means seven; it is like saying a dozen.  The entire Old Testament proves this out; when a week is spoken of it means seven, and it usually associated with years (Leviticus 25).  Daniel was thinking in terms of periods of seven years for each "week."

 

We are going to focus on the 69 weeks, which now is history and prophecy fulfilled in a supernatural way.

 

The year in Old Testament terms was not 365 days but 360 days; proven in Genesis 7:11- 8:3.  It verifies that the flood lasted 150 days and then it gave us the five-month period by dates.

 

The starting point for this prophetic event was to be the issuance of a command to rebuild Jerusalem, including the streets, the walls, and the moat as a protection against the enemies.

 

"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" (Daniel 9:25).

 

The starting point was the command to rebuild the City, and that was given in Nehemiah 2:1.  It was the month of Nisan in the 20th year of King Artaxerxes.  He began his reign in 465 BC, + 20 years = 445 BC, so the decree took place in 445 BC the month of Nisan.  445 BC Nisan = March 14.

 

69 weeks X 7 X 360 days = 173,880 days.

 

Now for the rest of the math:

 

	Fulfillment

 

Add to March 14, 445 BC 173,880 days = April 6, 32 AD, which is the very day Jesus rode into Jerusalem in his triumphal entry.  What an amazing prophecy and fulfillment!

Bible Prophecy Fifty Six

One of the most amazing prophecies was given by Ezekiel

It was the foretelling of the very month (maybe even to the day) of Israel 's return to the Promised Land after being away over 1,900 years.  The year was 1948!

In 70 AD, a little more than 30 years after Jesus was resurrected, the Roman General Titus came and destroyed Jerusalem.  The Jews dispersed all over the world. Multitudes of civilizations have come to Israel to steal God 's promise. Later, in the 1940s, Hitler tried to destroy the last traces of Jews from the face of the earth.

They are the only race of people to survive thousands of years without a country!  In 1948 (during my own lifetime) after World War II and Hitler 's failure, the Jews came back and formed a new country called Israel.  I watched it on TV!  I saw the United Nations vote to ordain this.

 

Ezekiel was given this prophecy in a most unusual way from God.

"Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

Lie also on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it. According to the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.

For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side; then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on you a day for each year" (Ezekiel 4:3-6).

God said this would be a sign to Israel.  He told Ezekiel to lie on his left side 390 days (representing 390 years), and then lie on his right side 40 days (representing 40 years), or a total of 430 years.   This would be a sign to Israel that their punishment would be for 430 years.

In the spring of 536 BC they were released from Babylon.  If you count the 70 years of captivity in Babylon, they still had 360 years left (430- 70 = 360).

However, nothing happened at the end of this 360-year period.  The majority of the Jews were still in Babylon, now known as Iraq and Iran, and they were still backslidden people.  They had failed to repent of their disobedience.

The solution to this mystery is in Leviticus 26 where it states that the punishments for Israel are based on her obedience and disobedience to His commands.  God said here that if Israel did not repent, the punishments would be multiplied by 7 [2].

 

This means that the 360 years of further punishment prophesied by Ezekiel was multiplied by 7 (360 X 7 = 2,520 Biblical years).  A Biblical year was 360 days.  Converting this to our calendar years that would total 2,483.8 years (2,520 X 360 = 907,200 days) / 365.25 = 2,483.8 years)

 

 

Ending of Babylonian

Captivity was in             536 BC

 

Plus                            2,483.8 calendar years

 

Equals                         1,947.4

 

Adjust for no zero year.

between 1 BC and AD 1                  1

Therefore the captivity of

Israel would end in          May 1948

Which was the date Israel became a nation; May 14, 1948.

 

This great day marked the first time since the days of Solomon that a united Israel took its place as a sovereign and independent state among the nations of the world.

 

This is more proof that God is the Author of the Bible.

Such prophecies being fulfilled in this way are beyond human manipulation.  It also shows that Israel is part of God 's plan and that we are living in very special days; some call it end times.  We do not know when things on this earth will change, when Jesus will come back, when anything will happen, but we do know that in 1948 a major Bible historical event took place!

Bible Prophecy Fifty Seven

Fulfilled Prophecy: Evidence for the Reliability of the Bible

By Hugh Ross, Ph.D. [3]

Unique among all books ever written, the Bible accurately foretells specific events-in detail-many years, sometimes centuries, before they occur. Approximately 2500 prophecies appear in the pages of the Bible, about 2000 of which already have been fulfilled to the letter—no errors.

(The remaining 500 or so reach into the future and may be seen unfolding as days go by.)  Since the probability for any one of these prophecies having been fulfilled by chance averages less than one in ten (figured very conservatively) and since the prophecies are for the most part independent of one another, the odds for all these prophecies having been fulfilled by chance without error is less than one in 102000 (that is 1 with 2000 zeros written after it)!

God is not the only one, however, who uses forecasts of future events to get people 's attention. Satan does, too.  Through clairvoyants (such as Jeanne Dixon and Edgar Cayce), mediums, spiritists, and others, come remarkable predictions, though rarely with more than about 60 percent accuracy, never with total accuracy.  Messages from Satan, furthermore, fail to match the detail of Bible prophecies, nor do they include a call to repentance.

The acid test for identifying a prophet of God is recorded by Moses in Deuteronomy 18:21-22.  According to this Bible passage (and others), God 's prophets, as distinct from Satan 's spokesmen, are 100 percent accurate in their predictions. There is no room for error.

As economy does not permit an explanation of all the Biblical prophecies that have been fulfilled, what follows in a discussion of a few that exemplify the high degree of specificity, the range of projection, and/or the "supernature" of the predicted events. Readers are encouraged to select others, as well, and to carefully examine their historicity.

(1) The prophet Isaiah foretold that a conqueror named Cyrus would destroy seemingly impregnable Babylon and subdue Egypt along with most of the rest of the known world. This same man, said Isaiah, would decide to let the Jewish exiles in his territory go free without any payment of ransom (Isaiah 44:28; 45:1; and 45:13). Isaiah made this prophecy 150 years before Cyrus was born, 180 years before Cyrus performed any of these feats (and he did, eventually, perform them all), and 80 years before the Jews were taken into exile.

 

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 1015.)

 

(2) Mighty Babylon, 196 miles square, was enclosed not only by a moat, but also by a double wall 330 feet high, each part 90 feet thick. It was said by unanimous popular opinion to be indestructible, yet two Bible prophets declared its doom.  These prophets further claimed that the ruins would be avoided by travelers, that the city would never again be inhabited, and that its stones would not even be moved for use as building material (Isaiah 13:17-22 and Jeremiah 51:26, 43).  Their description is, in fact, the well-documented history of the famous citadel.

 

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 109.)

 

(3) The exact location and construction sequence of Jerusalem 's nine suburbs was predicted by Jeremiah about 2600 years ago. He referred to the time of this building project as "the last days," that is, the time period of Israel 's second rebirth as a nation in the land of Palestine (Jeremiah 31:38-40).  This rebirth became history in 1948, and the construction of the nine suburbs has gone forward precisely in the locations and in the sequence predicted.

 

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 1018.)

 

(4) The prophet Moses foretold (with some additions by Jeremiah and Jesus) that the ancient Jewish nation would be conquered twice and that the people would be carried off as slaves each time, first by the Babylonians (for a period of 70 years), and then by a fourth world kingdom (which we know as the Roman Empire).  The second conqueror, Moses said, would take the Jews captive to Egypt in ships, selling them or giving them away as slaves to all parts of the world. Both of these predictions were fulfilled to the letter, the first in 607 B.C. and the second in 70 A.D. God 's spokesmen said, further, that the Jews would remain scattered throughout the entire world for many generations, but without becoming assimilated by the peoples or of other nations, and that the Jews would one day return to the land of Palestine to re-establish for a second time their nation (Deuteronomy 29; Isaiah 11:11-13; Jeremiah 25:11; Hosea 3:4-5 and Luke 21:23-24).

This prophetic statement sweeps across 3500 years of history to its complete fulfillment—in our lifetime.

 

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 120.)

 

(5) Jeremiah predicted that despite its fertility and despite the accessibility of its water supply, the land of Edom (today a part of Jordan) would become a barren, uninhabited wasteland (Jeremiah 49:15-20; Ezekiel 25:12-14).  His description accurately tells the history of that now bleak region.

 

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 105.)

 

(6) The day of Elijah's supernatural departure from Earth was predicted unanimously—and accurately, according to the eye-witness account—by a group of fifty prophets (II Kings 2:3-11).

 

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 109).

 

(7) Jahaziel prophesied that King Jehoshaphat and a tiny band of men would defeat an enormous, well-equipped, well-trained army without even having to fight. Just as predicted, the King and his troops stood looking on as their foes were supernaturally destroyed to the last man (II Chronicles 20).

 

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 108).

 

(8) One prophet of God (unnamed, but probably Shemiah) said that a future king of Judah, named Josiah, would take the bones of all the occultic priests (priests of the "high places") of Israel 's King Jeroboam and burn them on Jeroboam 's altar (I Kings 13:2 and II Kings 23:15-18).  This event occurred approximately 300 years after it was foretold.

 

(Probability of chance fulfillment = 1 in 1013).

 

Given that the Bible proves so reliable a document, there is every reason to expect that the remaining 500 prophecies, those slated for the "time of the end," also will be fulfilled to the last letter.

 

Who can afford to ignore these coming events, much less miss out on the immeasurable blessings offered to anyone and everyone who submits to the control of the Bible 's author, Jesus Christ?  (See the paper entitled Grace for a list of these benefits.)  Would a reasonable person take lightly God 's warning of judgment for those who reject what they know to be true about Jesus Christ and the Bible, or who reject Jesus ' claim on their lives?

 

 

 

Bible Prophecy Fifty Eight

Prophecies about Israel coming back into their land.

 

In 70 AD the Romans destroyed Israel and scattered the Jewish (Hebrew) people all over the world.  In the late 1930 and early 1940s, Hitler attempted to destroy all the Jewish people living in Europe.

Israel had never ceased being a people, but they also never had a land, or a country.  They were scattered among all the nations of the world.

 

"I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste" (Leviticus 26:33).

"And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you" (Deuteronomy 4:27).

 

"Then the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known--wood and stone" (Deuteronomy 28:64).

The chances of Israel surviving were nearly impossible.  No other society or group of people has ever survived without a country!  However God prophesied not only Israel 's scattering, but also their re-gathering!

"I will restore the captivity of my people, Israel…I will plant them in their land, and they will not again be rooted out from their land, which I have given them, says the Lord your God."  (Amos 9:14, 15)

 

Ezekiel 36:24-30 says,  "For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.

25 "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.

26 "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

27 "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

28 "Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.

29 "I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. I will call for the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine upon you.

30 "And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations."

There are equally profound prophecies in Ezekiel 37, Jeremiah 16 and dozens of other Scriptures.

 

	Fulfillment

 

 

In the late 1800s and early 1900s Jews began returning to the Land once know as Israel.  There were world wars through which God used Briton and the United States to bring about His purposes.

In 1948, on May 14^th, Israel officially became a nation once more.  Later in 1967 and 1976, during wars with their neighboring nations, Israel also possessed Jerusalem again.

This was the "beginning of the end."  This event was needed before the King, or the Messiah could return to earth.  I feel privileged that I actually saw that event take place on TV.  I was only eight years old.

According to Bible prophecy about the future, and the Second coming of the King or Messiah, this event put the "end time clock" into motion. It has been ticking ever since!

 

 

The Dead Sea Scrolls – Supernatural Evidence!

Just prior to, even on the eve of, Israel becoming established as a nation in 1947-1948, an amazing discovery was made of many ancient Scripture scrolls that had been hidden in caves in Israel by the Essences sect of Israelites.  These scrolls were over 2,000 years old.

A shepherd boy had thrown a stone into a cave near Qumran Israel, and instead of scarring off a predator, he heard his stone "clink ' against an object.  He discovered several beautiful clay pots filled with ancient scrolls.

The result is that the entire Book of Isaiah was recovered together with the Psalms, Job, Habakkuk, seven complete Bible books and many other partial scrolls.

Also was discovered a record of how this sect believed.  They were very prophetic and believed that an "end times" would come in which the "children of darkness" would have one last confrontation with the "children of light."  They were looking for the Messiah.  Their life was one of total and continual consecration to the Lord reflected in their daily living.  These scrolls are now in a museum in Jerusalem.

 

 

 

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[1] Wayne Mckellips - copyright 1996,1999,2000.  http://www.trustthebible.com/prophecy.htm

[2] Grant Jeffreys, The Signature of God Page (Toronto, Ontario: Frontier Research Publications, Inc. 1996) 167.

[3] http://www.reasons.org/

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Bible Prophecy Fifty

The Messiah would be raised from the dead.

"I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope. For You will not leave my soul in Sheol [Hell], Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore" (Psalms 16:8-11).

 

Fulfillment

"[W]hom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. For David says concerning Him:  'I foresaw the LORD always before my face, For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken. Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope. For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence. '

Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption" (Acts 2:24-31).

 

Jesus is alive!

 

Bible Prophecy Fifty One

The Messiah would be born again from the dead as the Son of God.

"I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me,  'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You '" (Psalms 2:7).

 

Fulfillment

"And we declare to you glad tidings--that promise which was made to the fathers. God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm:  'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. ' ' And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, He has spoken thus:  'I will give you the sure mercies of David. ' Therefore He also says in another Psalm:  'You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption '" (Acts 13:32-35).

 

"For to which of the angels did He ever say:  'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You '? And again:  'I will be to Him a Father, And He shall be to Me a Son '?" (Hebrews 1:5).

 

Here is a mystery revealed. Jesus was raised from the dead as a "new creation" or a new species of being that never existed before.

 

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17).

 

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Bible Prophecy Fifty Two

The Messiah would ascend back to Heaven to God.

"You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious, That the LORD God might dwell there" (Psalms 68:18).

 

	Fulfillment

"And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven" (Luke 24:50,51).

 

 

Bible Prophecy Fifty Three

The Messiah would be seated at the right hand of God on His throne.

 

"The LORD said to my Lord,  'Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool '" (Psalms 110:1).

 

	Fulfillment

"If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God" (Colossians 3:1).

"[W]ho being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high" (Hebrews 1:3).

"Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins" (Acts 5:31).