Unmatched Fulfillment of Prophecies
The Bible stands alone among literature. Prophecies written hundreds of years before an event have been fulfilled with 100% accuracy. There are approximately 2500 prophecies in the Bible, 2000 of which already have been completely fulfilled -- the remaining 500 speak of future events.
The chance of any one man fulfilling just eight prophecies has been calculated by Peter W. Stoner in Science Speaks at 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000 -- yet 60 major Old Testament prophecies, having 270 ramifications were fulfilled by the life of Jesus. An example of the precisely fulfilled prophecies include the place of His birth, Bethlehem (prophesied in Micah 5:2, fulfilled in Luke 2:4-7); that He would be born of a virgin (prophesied in Isaiah 4:17, fulfilled in Luke 1:26-31); that He would be despised and rejected by Jews (prophesied in Isaiah 53:3, fulfilled in John 1:1, Luke 23:18); that He would be betrayed by a friend (Judas) for thirty pieces of silver cast on the floor of the Temple and used to buy a potter's field (prophesied in Zechariah 11:11-13, fulfilled in Matthew 27:3-10).
Fulfilled prophecy extends to the present day -- consider the people of Israel. In Genesis 12:2,3 and 13:13-15, God promised Abraham a great nation, a great name and a land that will belong to his descendants forever and through Abraham, that all families of the earth will be blessed. At the time, Abraham was 75 years old and his wife was barren. The prophecy was fulfilled when Abraham was 90 years old (Genesis 21:2) when his wife Sarah miraculously bore him a son. Over the next several hundred years, the nation promised to Abraham appeared (Exodus 1:7).
2006-12-02 19:11:17 · 8 answers · asked by ? 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You have mush for brains.
2006-12-02 19:15:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
1. Micah 5:2- refers to the line of King David, He was from Bethalem
2. Isaiah 4:17- the verse dose not say virgin and was fufilled in the next chapter
3. Isaiah 53:3- nowhere in Isaiah 53 dose it talk about the messiah
4. same with Zechariah 11:11-13
good try but not good enough
2006-12-02 19:36:51 · answer #2 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some of these "prophesies" are repeated and counted as a different prophesy. Such as "Jesus foretold the destruction of Jerusalem" and "Daniel foretold the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple." Hmm..yeah. Then there are some as ridiculous as "the people of Israel would be scattered worldwide." But I'll take your word for it smart guy.
2006-12-02 19:27:59 · answer #3 · answered by Jay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's easy to fulfill made up prophesy in hindsight when the accounts are written after the fact of reported events.
2006-12-02 19:21:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ok, when, in one book, a prophecy from EARLIER in the book is fulfilled LATER in the book, that isn't prophecy. It's called foreshadowing.
Hemingway did it far, far better.
2006-12-02 19:13:43 · answer #5 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
If your belief is really true, try reading something that challenges it. Not just something that supports it.
Check out your "prophecies" on infidels.org. My. Oh. My!
2006-12-02 19:16:53 · answer #6 · answered by Black Parade Billie 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
none of that is right you are useing a fairy tale as if it is real history in the real world and its not it is a con
2006-12-02 22:53:07 · answer #7 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol check this out.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm
2006-12-02 19:14:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋