the bible – the word of god - prophecy

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THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD

• Prophets and their prophecies • 1 Sam 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to

inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

• Deut 18:21-22 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken? 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. KJV

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THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD• False Prophets• Matt 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in

sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.• Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and

shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. KJV

• Luke 6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. KJV

• 2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. KJV

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• False Prophets

• Elijah and the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of the groves

• 1 Kings 18:17-39

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• False Prophets - (Cont’d) – Old Testament• 1 Kings 22:6-17 Then the king of Israel gathered the

prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. ……hasten hither Micaiah

• Jer 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? KJV

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• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent• NOSTRADAMUS - It is not meant that there is anything more

than an accidental coincidence between the prophecies of Nostradamus and the events by which they have been ostensibly verified. The verification is ascribed to no inspiration, to no natural or supernatural endowments, to no astrology, to no other science or art, but to that supreme source of Nostradamus's renown, to luck (Diva Fortuna).

• (from McClintock and Strong Encyclopedia, Electronic Database. Copyright © 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)

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• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent• NOSTRADAMUS - Most academic sources maintain that the

associations made between world events and Nostradamus's quatrains are largely the result of misinterpretations or mistranslations (sometimes deliberate) or else are so tenuous as to render them useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power. Moreover, none of the sources listed offers any evidence that anyone has ever interpreted any of Nostradamus's quatrains specifically enough to allow a clear identification of any event in advance. Lemesurier, Peter, The Unknown Nostradamus, 2003

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THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent• NOSTRADAMUS

• "Under one shall be peace, and everywhere clemency, But not a long while; then shall be plundering and rebellion,By a denyal shall town, land, and sea be assaulted;There shall be dead and taken prisoners the third part of a million."

(from McClintock and Strong Encyclopedia, Electronic Database. Copyright © 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)

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• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent• Judge J. F. Rutherford – Jehovah’s Witness• Millions Now Living Will Never Die – 1920• “…there will be a resurrection of Abraham,

Isaac, Jacob and other faithful ones of old, and that these will have the first favor, we expect 1925 to witness the return of these faithful men of Israel from the condition of death, being resurrected and fully restored…” pg 88.

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• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent• Judge J. F Rutherford – Jehovah’s Witness• Millions Now Living Will Never Die – 1920• “Therefore we may confidently expect that

1925 will mark the return of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the faithful prophets named by the Apostle in Hebrews chapter eleven, to the condition of human perfection.” pg 89-90

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• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent• Cunningham Boyle – founder of Shiloh True

Light Church of Christ predicted Jesus would appear in 1970. Flake Braswell closed his upholstery business and many in the Lucknow True Light group left their jobs. Clyde Huntley, elder, committed suicide, some left the church. Most re-established their normal activities and Flake Braswell re-opened his business.

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THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent• Hal Lindsey – Late Great Planet Earth• Since “a generation in the Bible is something like forty years,

then,” Lindsey predicted in 1970, “within forty years or so of 1948, all these things could take place.” Pg 54

• By “all these things” Lindsey clearly means all the events leading to and including Christ’s Return. To give support to this prediction, he adds: “Many scholars who have studied Bible prophecy all their lives believe that this is so.” pg 54

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• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent• Hal Lindsey – Late Great Planet Earth• What this means is that, according to

Lindsey’s prophetic scenario, within the forty years of the last generation which began in 1948, that is, by 1988, all the prophecies pointing to Christ’s Return must be fulfilled. Pg 42

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• God’s Prophets & Their Prophesy • Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign;

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. BC 714

• Matt 1:22-23 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. KJV

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• Daniel 2:38 - thou art the head of gold (Babylonian kingdom 580BC)

• Dan 2:39a – after thee another kingdom inferior (Medo-Persian 550BC-330BC)

• Dan 2:39b – third kingdom of brass (Greek 330BC-146BC)

• Dan 2:40 -43 – fourth kingdom (Roman 146BC-476AD

• Dan 2:44-45 In the days of these kings… a kingdom that shall never be destroyed Lk 1:33

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• Is 44:28 – That saith of Cyrus (in 712BC) ..to Jerusalem thou shalt be built . Jerusalem was standing and the temple complete when Isaiah wrote this. 100 years later Babylon overcame the city and destroyed the temple. Per Ezra 1:2 Cyrus gave the charge to rebuild Jerusalem in the first year of his reign, approx. 550BC.

• Is 13:1, 17-20 I will stir up the Medes against them (Babylon) 712BC . The Medes destroyed Babylon approx. 550BC

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• Ps 22:1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 1040BC

• Matt 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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• Ps 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 1040BC

• Mark 15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. KJV

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• Ps 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 1040BC

• John 20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. KJV

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• Ps 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. 1040BC

• John 19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

• John 19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. KJV

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• Ps 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. 1040BC

• Acts 2:31 he foreseeing (this) spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. ASV

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• Acts 2:36-37 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

• 37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? KJV

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• Acts 2:38 Repent and be baptized

• Mk 16:16 Believe and be baptized

• Acts 8:35-38 Belief, confession and baptism in water

• John 8:31-32 Continue in His word

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