Over 500 years before the birth of christ a predictive prophecy was given that foretold the exact time of christs death. Not only was christs miraculous birth prophetically revealed, but god planned his lineage from the very beginning. Princeton religious scholar elaine pagels puts the new testaments last book in historical context. The book of revelation, as all other prophecies yet unfulfilled, will be most meaningful to those to whom it can be said, these things took place, in order that it might be fulfilled. Its our hope that your faith is strengthened as you peruse these prophecies about jesus. Always remember that one of the strong evidences of divine inspiration of the bible not found in other religious books of either past or present consists of its hundreds of fulfilled prophecies. Walter schmithals, noting that this gospel also contains verses in which jesus appears to predict his passion, suggests that these represent the earlier traditions available to the author, and the three death predictions are redactional creations. A new president or pope may temporarily speed up or slow down fulfillment, but the final outcome is assured by bible prophecy. The last book of the bible is titled the revelation of jesus christ.
Prophecy predicted, history reveals, up to the day, month and year of its fulfillment. Isaiah, author of the longest book of prophecy in the old testament, clearly foretells christ s suffering and death at the hands of his own people. Christs death and resurrection in the old testament. Nevertheless, jehovah revealed to daniel information that would make it possible to pinpoint the time when jesus would be anointed, or appointed, as the messiah, or christ. The book of daniel predicted that god would miraculously destroy antiochus epiphanes, resurrect the righteous dead, and set up an everlasting, worldwide israelite empire three and a half years after the desecration of the temple.
An indepth study of the book of mormon reveals this to be true. This is the question and answer for bible trivia level 50. In the gospel of mark, generally agreed to be the earliest gospel, written around the year 70, jesus predicts his death three times. There are several references in the synoptic gospels the gospels of matthew, mark and luke to jesus predicting his own death, the first two occasions building up to the final prediction of his crucifixion. Isaiah predicts in more detail that cut off means cut off from the land of the living i. In it god has recorded the sources and foundations of many nations, events, ideas and principles that we need to understand the past, present and future from gods perspective. This pastor predicted the end would occur in his book the end. The usa in bible prophecy bible study guides amazing facts. The biblea book of accurate prophecy, part 4 watchtower.
Zechariahs amazing prophecy of the betrayal of christ. Jesus death in bible prophecy if the fulfillment of the previous prophecies were not convincing, the prophecies centering on jesus death and resurrection are quite astonishing. If we look at the intricacy of the drama of the events of jesus crucifixion, we see that some amazing things took place so that old testament prophetic utterances were fulfilled to the minutest detail. This section presents thirtyone prophecies about jesus christ. Since the year of christs death in golgotha is well known according to the following words of the lords servant. Here are six old testament prophecies christians believe were fulfilled by the death of jesus.
It seems that excavators uncovered a quote from the book of isaiah, used to encourage the jewish people. The old testament is filled with prophecies and types of jesus suffering and death and resurrection as payment for the sins of the world, and the new testament points those out. The jewish new testament lists 52 prophecies fulfilled in christs birth, life and death as stated in 81 passages in the old testament david stern, pp. Seven prophecies that must be fulfilled before jesus. This prediction of daniels was fulfilled in the triumphant entry of jesus into jerusalem there presented as israels christ exactly 173 880 days after the persian decree to. Christians believe jesus fulfilled many prophecies about his death when he died on a cross and rose again. Christs cut off predicted in detail by the old testament prophets. Scholar reveals how coronavirus was predicted in the bible. Old testament messianic prophecies quoted in the new testament. But this denial in itself fulfills this prophecy making these of the camp of. The last two prophecies predict the time of jesus death and his return to life. The first prophecy part three the book of genesis is rightly named.
It is often shortened to revelation or the apocalypse. List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events wikipedia. Sister lucia dos santos, one of the three children who witnessed the marian apparitions at fatima, died in 2005. Even though these prophecies were written by several different men over many years, they were divinely fulfilled. You should know and understand that from the issuing of the word to restore and to rebuild jerusalem until messiah the leader. What the bible says about davids prophecies of christs.
This minister predicted the end in his book i predict 2000. The prediction occurred at least four thousand years before jesus was born. The jews at the time of jesus birth were under the domination of the repressive romans and were looking for a messiah to deliver them from the hands of the. This quote was written on a block of stone on the western wall of herods temple. Game levels the game bible trivia answers contains 214 levels, you are in the level 50. It is a powerful evidence of the accuracy of the bible and its divine inspiration. How would the death of the pope or the election of a new president affect the prophecy of the united states in revelation. The prophet daniel lived more than 500 years before the birth of jesus. Some people would say that this beast in johns vision has already come and gone hitler caused hundreds of thousands of jews and countless others to be marked and murdered. There were thirtythree prophecies fulfilled on the single day when the lord jesus died. At the time matthew penned his gospel record some twenty to thirty years after christs death, the place was still known as the field of blood 27.
These provide a powerful confirmation of the accuracy of bible prophecy. Here are eight prophecies predicting elements of jesus birth and childhood. Old testament prophecies about the birth of jesus christ chapel. Fatima visionary predicted final battle would be over. Jesus and the hidden contradictions of the gospels. It eliminates all other cities and towns throughout the world as a place in which the messiah. This prophecy in the book of daniel written over 500 years before jesus was born also warned jerusalem and the jewish temple sanctuary would be destroyed after messiah jesus. The nations will be blessed through abrahams lineage. If the gospel was not predicted, then jesus death was not predicted.
Daniel s commentary on bible prophecy download ebook pdf. The new testament frequently cites jewish scripture to support the claim of the early christians that jesus was the promised jewish messiah, but only a handful. End times bible prophecy is devoted to speaking the truth and teaching the amazing prophecies in the word of god. Rabbi yosef pinto claims the onset of the deadly virus to have been predicted in the book of ezekiel in the hebrew bible.
Where do the hebrew scriptures prophesy the death and. If the church was unexpected and unpredicted, then jesus death must also have been unexpected and unpredicted. Prophecy reveals important messages from god and provides a lens through which to interpret our world and our circumstances. Considering the theological weight that it carries in the new testament, one might expect a clear prophecy concerning the messiahs resurrection. Zechariah lived and prophesied more than 500 years before christs first coming, yet his prophetic book tells us a great deal about our world of today. The gospel is the message of salvation by the death of jesus 1 corinthians 15. This verse is the most amazing prophecy about christs first coming, but it has been dropped by so many who claim christianity. In our last post we saw that daniel had predicted that the christ would be cut off after a specified cycle of years. How daniels prophecy foretells the messiahs arrival. The old testament contains over 300 prophecies of the birth, ministry, death, resurrection and ascension of jesus the messiah. Isaiah 53, the classic messianic prophecy known as the suffering servant prophecy, also details the death of messiah for the sins of his people.
The prophecy will be fulfilled no matter who is pope or president. The lord reveals his secrets to his servants the prophets. In many ways the old testament pointed forward to christs. The prophecy, which was written about 700 years before the birth of jesus, is effective in a simple way. This prophecy is contained in the ninth chapter of the old testament book of daniel. The old testament contains well over 100 distinct prophecies about jesus a conservative estimate. Still, the apostles and other new testament writers do a good job of filling us in. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to jesus to drink. But before her death, she predicted that the final battle between christ and satan. Yet when confronted with this prophecy, many who call themselves christian will mock at the book of wisdom denying that god inspired it.
The day that the antichrist is revealed will be the most fearful and confusing day imaginable. Supposedly, the prophets predicted jesus christs birth, ministry, death, and resurrection centuries before he existed. This servant is cut off from the land of the living. Take for instance, the prophetic exactness of christs death. These titles come from the greek word apokalupsis meaning disclosure or revelation used in the first verse of the first chapter. Although secular accounts say little about the nature of jesus death, respected roman historian tacitus, born. Since jesus of nazareth began preaching, over 350 old testament passages have been cited as prophetic anticipations of his life and death. While the synoptic gospels each include the three predictions of jesus passion, only luke indicates, strictly speaking, that they. More than 700 years before jesus was even born, isaiah provides details of his life and death. Many of these messianic prophecies deal with his death. Zechariahs prophecy thus is shown to be most remarkable. If you found out that the answer or solution is not accurate, please leave. Josh mcdowell, in his book, evidence that demands a verdict, tells us that 29 prophecies from the old testament, which speak of the betrayal, trial, death, and burial of our lord, spoken at various times by many different voices during the five centuries from 100 to 500 b. Prophecies fulfilled by the crucifixion of jesus christ.
Since it is easter season, and christians around the world are commemorating the death and resurrection of jesus christ, i thought it would be good to take a look at three prophecies from the old. This 18thcentury preacher predicted that christs thousandyear reign would begin in this year. This is exactly the term daniel used when he predicted what would happen to the christ after he was presented to israel as their messiah. Even to christians who know what is happening and look forward to the coming of christ, it will still be a shock to experience the antichrists rise. Anyone familiar with the scourging and crucifixion of jesus christ can see the obvious parallels, and the writers of the gospel accountsespecially matthewbring them out through direct quotations of this psalm. Fundamentalists say the fulfillment of prophecy proves the divine inspiration of the bible. Prophet isaiah who predicted the coming of jesus christ to salvage mankind from sin.
He was a shepherd from tekoa, a small village in the hill country of judah, but his message was for the whole house of israel and the nations. Matthews gospel adds a prediction, before he and his disciples enter jerusalem. Jesus then reveals a new prophecy that jerusalem and the temple would be destroyed. Was christs manner of death predicted in deuteronomy. The preaching of the apostles was based upon the premise that christs death, burial, and resurrection was the fulfillment of old testament prophecy cf. The hebrew bible, known to christians as the old testament, introduces the concept of a messiah, an anointed one of god who will come to usher in an era wh. Hidden in deuteronomy is yet another prophecy about the messiah. Jesus christs life and death in prophecy united church.
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