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“And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts”
2 Pet. 1:19
“And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts”
Prophetic Word Confirmed
W.E. VINE: “Though much of OTprophecy was purely predictive…prophecy is not necessarily, noreven primarily, fore-telling. It isthe forth-telling of the will ofGod, whether with reference tothe past, the the present, or the future”
B.B.Baxter: “Prophecy deals with events and human affairs which do not happen in casual order but are unpredictable. A prophecy must be more than a good guess. It must possess sufficient accuracy as to be capable of verification”
Isaiah 9:6-7Isaiah was so sure of God’s prophecy, he wrote as if it
already has happened.
“For unto us a child IS born, unto us a Son IS given”
Isaiah 55:11“So shall my word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to me void, but it
shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in
the thing for which I sent it”
GOD’S CHALLENGE!“’Present your case,’ says the Lord. ‘Bring forth your strong reasons… Let them bring forth and show us what will happen… declare to us things to come. Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know you are gods” (Isaiah 41:21-23ff)
SEC L.
EXPERTS
PSYCHICS
WORLD
RE L.
DENOMI
N.
J.WITNESSES
MORMONS
WHISENANT
Isaiah 44:6-8“I am the First and I am the Last; besides me there is no God. And who can proclaim as I do? Then let him declare it...”
God challenges anyone to prophesy as He can!
Isaiah 46:9-10“I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning”
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What’s so impressive about a book that makes a prediction and later in the same book the prediction comes true?
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XThe Bible is a
library of 66 books written by over 40
men over 1500 years – and filled with hundreds of
fulfilled prophecies
What then does it
say about your
future?
ISHMAEL
“He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation” (Gen. 17:20)
ISHMAEL
“a child, Josiah, by name, shall be born…” (1 Kings 13:1-3)
JOSIAH
ISHMAEL
“the Lord will bring a nation against you from afar… scatter you among the peoples” (Deut. 28:15f, 49-50, 64-65)
JOSIAH
DEST.JERUS.
ISHMAEL
“serve the king of Babylon 70 years…” (Jer. 25:11-12; 29:10; Ezra 1:1)
JOSIAH
DEST.JERUS.
BABYLON
CAP.
ISHMAEL
“Cyrus… Jerusalem, ‘You shall be built’” (Isa. 44:28-45:1 Ezra 1:1)
JOSIAH
DEST.JERUS.
BABYLON
CAP.
K ING CYRUS
ISHMAEL
JOSIAH
DEST.JERUS.
BABYLON
CAP.
K ING CYRUS
NINEVEH
World Empire 7 mile outer wall100’ tall & 50’ thickMoat 150’ wideTowers 200’ high2000’ from inner wall
ISHMAEL
JOSIAH
DEST.JERUS.
BABYLON
CAP.
K ING CYRUS
NINEVEH
Nahum Prophesied
Flooded (1:8)
Drunkenness (1:10)
Burned (3:13)
Never rebuilt (3:19)
ISHMAEL
JOSIAH
DEST.JERUS.
BABYLON
CAP.
K ING CYRUS
NINEVAH
World EmpireWalls enclosed 196sq.mi.Each side 14mi.long311’ high & 87’ thick8 chariots ride abreast100 brass gates250 watchtowers 411’high
BABYLON
ISHMAEL
JOSIAH
DEST.JERUS.
BABYLON
CAP.
K ING CYRUS
NINEVAH
Prophecy Not inhabited again Covered with swamps Desert creatures Place of heaps (Isa. 13:19-21; 14:23 Jer. 51:37)
BABYLON
ISHMAEL
JOSIAH
DEST.JERUS.
BABYLON
CAP.
K ING CYRUS
NINEVAH
Ezek. 26:3-8King Neb. destroyLike a bare rockPlace fishermen spread nets
BABYLON
TYRE
ISHMAEL
JOSIAH
DEST.JERUS.
BABYLON
CAP.
K ING CYRUS
NINEVEH
BABYLON
TYRE
BORN OF VIRGIN
Isa. 7:14
HOUSE OF
DAVID
Lu. 1:26f
BETHLEHEM
Jer. 23:5
JERUS.DONKEY
Mic. 5:2
Matt. 2:1Lu. 3:23
30
P.SILVER
Zech. 9:9
Lu.19:35f
LOTS CAST
Zech.11:12
Matt. 26:15
Psa. 34:20
John 19:33
NO
BROKE
N BONE
John 19:23f
Psa. 22:18
OVER 300MESSIANIC
PROPHECIES
Chances of fulfilling only eight prophecies is 1 in 1017
1 in 1017 silver dollars would cover Texas 2 feet deep
Mark one and try to find it blindfolded!
“To Him all the
prophets witness”
Acts 10:43
Eph. 2:20“members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets
OT ProphecyIsaiah 2:2-4Latter days
Lord’s houseAll nations
Law Jerusalem
Daniel 2:31-45Roman Empire
Everlasting Kingdom
Joel 2:28-32FutureSpirit
SalvationJerusalem
Jeremiah 31:31-34Future
New CovenantSalvation
Micah 4:1-3; 5:2Latter days
Lord’s houseAll people
LawJerusalemBethlehem
GospelsJo. 3:1-6; Matt. 3:1-3
John the baptizerCrying in wilderness
Prepares wayfor JesusRepent
Kingdom at handMatthew 4:17
Jesus identifiedRepent
Kingdom at hand
Matthew 16:18-19I will build My churchChurch and kingdom
are the same
Mark 9:1Kingdom coming with
power in that generation
Mark 15:16-20; 16:1fJesus is crucified
Jesus is risenon the 3rd day
PentecostActs 1:3
Jesus speaking about the Kingdom
Acts 1:4-8Apostles
Stay in JerusalemReceive power when
Holy Spirit comes
Acts 2:1-4Day of Pentecost
JerusalemApostles
Receive Holy Spirit
Acts 2:16Peter preaches“This is that”
What Joel spoke
Acts 2:36-47Salvation
Repent & BaptizedBelieved
Lord added saved to His one church
JOEL
2
ISAIAH 2
DANIEL
2
JERE
M.
31
ACTS
2
Jesus salvation messagerepeatedly appealed
to the prophets
“O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!...Andbeginning at Moses and all
the prophets, He expoundedto them in all the Scriptures
the things concerning Himself” (Luke 24:25-27)
PENTECOST
SOLO
M.
PORCH
STEPHEN
PHILIP
CORNELIUS
ANTIOCH
AGRIPPA
PAUL
ROME
• Prophecy was written for your benefit today (1 Pet. 1:10-12)
– Read it– Rightly divide it– Obey it– Remember it– Live it– Hasten it– Guard yourself with it
“You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul”
“And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts” (2 Pet. 1:19)
