Why are they plenty of unfulfilled prophecies in the Bible?

Question

"I can give you a list of unfulfilled prophecies. For example if you read

1- Genesis, Chapter No. 4, Verse No. 12, it says… ‘God told Cain: you will never be able to settle you will be a wanderer.’ Few Verses later on Genesis, Chapter No.4, Verse No.17, says…‘Cain built up a city’ – unfulfilled prophecy.

2- If you read Jeremiah, Chapter No.36, Verse No.30, it says that…‘Jehoiachin the father of Jehoiachin… no one will be able to sit on his throne - The throne of David, no one will be able to sit after Jehoiachin.’ If you read later on, II Kings, Chapter No 24, Verse No 6, it says that… ‘Jehoiachin after he died, later on Jehoiachin sat on the throne’ - Unfulfilled prophecy.

3- One is sufficient to prove it is not the word of God - I can give plenty. If you read Ezekiel, Chapter No 26, it says that…‘Nebuchader, he will destroyed Tyre.’ We come to know that Alexander the great, was the person who destroyed Tyre - Unfulfilled prophecy.

4- Isaiah, Chapter No. 7, Verse No 14, says, prophesying of…‘The coming of a person who will be born to a virgin - his name shall be Emmanuel.’ They say… the Christians - it refers to Jesus Christ peace be upon him. Born to a virgin - the Hebrew word there is ‘amla’, which means not ‘a virgin’- ‘a young lady.’ The word for ‘virgin’ in Hebrew is, ‘baitula’, which is not there. Even if you agree - we are using concordance - we agree… ‘Virgin’… ‘Virgin’ - No problem. It says… ‘He will be called Immanuel.’ No where in the Bible is Jesus Christ peace be upon him, is called as Immanuel - Unfulfilled prophecy.

I can give several, plenty unfulfilled prophecies - One is sufficient to prove the Bible wrong - I have given a few. "

Although I am a believer ,BUT that's proving the Bible is not the orginal bible of God but just a human fault scripture and misinterpreted or ....

From a Muslim Believer

Answer 1

Its not so much that the prophecies were unfulfilled, but that they were just plain wrong.

In order for prophecies to be prophecies ALL must be correct. If you're wrong on one then it was only luck that proved the others to be correct, thus negating their value as 'prophecy'.

Answer 2

1) Genesis 4:12 (KJV) "A fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be in the earth." In other words, a runaway and a traveler. It doesn't say anything about never having a home.

2) If you read the entire prophecy of Jeremiah 36, you will understand that the prophecy applies to King Jehoiakim who was the king of Judah at the time of the Babylonian conquest. The prophecy was telling the king that none of his children would inherit the throne. His son, Jehoiachin, ruled for only 3 months, and he didn't rule over the nation. Babylon was already in power. All scholars agree that Jehoiakim was the last king of Judah.

3) Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Tyre after a siege of 13 years in 573 BC. Alexander came along 200 years later and destroyed the rebuilt city.

4)Immanuel means "God with us". Jesus was God in human flesh and He walked among men. So He was with us.

There is a great debate over the word "alma." Some say that it means young woman or maiden. That does not discount the meaning of the word "virgin", since as in the Middle East today, it would be assumed culturally that any young, unmarried woman would be a virgin.

The fact that someone who is hostile to the Bible finds fault with it is hardly surprising. But your poor research does nothing to prove the Bible is wrong.

Answer 3

TIME MUST BE KNOWN BEFORE PROPHECY CAN BE KNOWN

Noah #10, born 1056, Gen.7:6; age 600 at flood, has 350 years at year 2006.
Gen.9:28,29;

Abraham son #20 in genealogy of Jesus Matt.1:1-7; Gen.12:4; Year 2083.
Abraham age 175, Gen.25:7,9; dies year 2183, 527 yrs aft-flood, 1883 B. C.

David son #34 in genealogy of Jesus, years 2959 to 2989 to 3029. 1303 to 1333 to 1373 years after flood, 1107 to 1077 to 1037 B. C.

At year 3460, 1804 years after flood, 907 years after Moses dies, Solomon's 420 year old temple is gone, Solomon died 391 years ago, the Promised Land is desolate, no kings, all captive to Babylon world Empire #3, 606 B. C.
Books: Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel 1:2; Daniel [ 633 ] 606 B. C. [ 533 ];
Eze.1:2;
Jehoicahin son #48, lineage of Joseph, husband of Mary, Mary is lineage of Luke 3:22-31, Nathan son of David, Luke 3:32-38; Mary is the mother of Jesus son #62, will be in Rome world Empire #6.

At year 2513, Moses was at Exodus and the bible will come forth from 3560 years ago at 2007 after Christ, the bible in circulation in the world 396 years.

HOLY PROPHETS AND THEIR TIME PERIOD IN BIBLE TO APOSTLES

The time they give the prophecy and the time it is fulfilled must be known.

Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Moses, Joshua, Deborah,
Samuel, Gad, Nathan, Ahijah, Shemaiah, Jehu, Elijah, Elisha, Micaiah,
Amittai, Jonah, Isaiah, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk,
Zephaniah, Micah, Huldah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Ezra, Hanani,
Nehemiah, Mordecai, Haggai, Zechariah Malachi, John the Baptist. JESUS:
Matt.3:16; 6:9-13; 16:16; 22:37-40; John 14:13,14,28; 16:23,26 [ in Jesus name ].
Jesus and the 12 to 120 ANOINTED WITH HOLY SPIRIT Acts 1:13,15,26;

Isaiah 44:28 [ 827 to 714 B. C. & Cyrus Ezra 1:1-3; 536 B. C. gives decree ];
Unless prophecy is given in this order, there is no proof of anything.

Answer 4

Your second responder (besides this entire laughable and already dealt with rant) are the reasons more Christians are ignoring these stupid questions. Really. You must have something better to do with your time than show how ignorant you truly are.

Answer 5

I call Him Emmanuel so that does fulfill prophecy.

Answer 6

Was Peter Pan real or the figment of my imagination I seen him for real on the telly so this prooves he really existed!.

Answer 7

alot of prophecies haven't been fufilled but God's Name Jehovah means that God can fulfill any promise he makes and can carry out any purpose he has in mind.He will fufill them just cause they are not not doesn't mean they wont

Answer 8

You missed Adam eating the apple and the death that didn't happen until he was like 900.

Here come the apologists though.

Answer 9

Answers will range from "You're misinterpreting the Bible" to "But they have been fulfilled" to "Go to hell, stinking Heathen!!"

Answer 10

I love the excuse that you must be reading out of context.