Genuine divine Bible prophecy

Prophecy is foretelling an event in such detail before it happens so as to necessarily require divine guidance. The Bible is a book containing hundreds of detailed prophecies. There are, for example, well over 60 distinct predictions in regard to our divine Saviour Jesus Christ. Here is a sample of just 10 prophecies that foretold the crucifixion of Christ. Not only were the predictions made 1000 years before Christ came from heaven to earth, but they were made over 500 years before crucifixion was first used anywhere in the world as a form of capital punishment! Crucifixion didn't exist when the prophecies were made.

A scientist picked out 48 such prophecies and determined that the probability of one man randomly fulfilling them all is 1 in 10 to the exponent of 157. That is one followed by 157 zeros! Your chances of winning a typical lottery jackpot is about 1 in 108. (100,000,000) Yet, Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies!

Concerning his birth ProphesiedFulfilled
1. Born of the seed of womanGen 3:15Gal 4:4
2. Born of a virginIsa 7:14Mt 1:18-25
3. Seed of AbrahamGen 22:18Mt 1:1
4. Seed of IsaacGen 21:12Lk 3:23+34
5. Seed of JacobNum 24:17Lk 3:34
6. Seed of DavidJer 23:5Lk 3:31
7. Tribe of JudahGen 49:10Rev 5:5
8. Family line of JesseIsa 11:1Lk 3:32
9. Born in BethlehemMic 5:2Mt 2:1-6
10. Herod kills the childrenJer 31:15Mt 2:16-18

Concerning his nature

Prophesied

Fulfilled

11. He pre-existed creationMic 5:21 Pet 1:20
12. He shall be called LordPs 110:1Acts 2:36
13. Called Immanuel (God with us)Isa 7:14 Mt 1:22-23
14. ProphetDeut 18:18-19Acts 3:18-25
15. PriestPs 110:4Heb 5:5-6
16. JudgeIsa 33:22Jn 5:22-23
17. KingPs 2:6Jn 18:33-37
18. Anointed by the SpiritIsa 11:2Mt 3:16-17
19. His zeal for GodPs 69:9Jn 2:15-17

Concerning his ministry

Prophesied

Fulfilled

20. Preceded by a messengerIsa 40:3Mt 3:1-3
21. To begin in GalileeIsa 9:1-2Mt 4:12-17
22. Ministry of MiraclesIsa 35:5-6Mt 9:35;11:4
23. Teacher of parablesPs 78:1-4Mt 13:34-35
24. He was to enter the templeMal 3:1Mt 21:10-12
25. Enter Jerusalem on donkeyZech 9:9Mt 21:1-7
26. Stone of stumbling to JewsIsa 28:16; Ps 118:22 1 Pet 2:6-8
27. Light to GentilesIsa 49:6Acts 13:46-48

The day Jesus was crucified

Prophesied

Fulfilled

28. Betrayed by a friendPs 41:9Jn 13:18-27
29. Sold for 30 pieces of silverZech 11:12 Mt 26:14-15
30. 30 pieces thrown in TempleZech 11:13 Mt 27:3-5
31. 30 pieces buys potters fieldZech 11:13 Mt 27:6-10
32. Forsaken by His disciplesZech 13:7Mk 14:27+50
33. Accused by false witnessesPs 35:11+20-21 Mt 26:59-61
34. Silent before accusersIsa 53:7Mt 27:12-14
35. Wounded and bruisedIsa 53:4-61 Pet 2:21-25
36. Beaten and spit uponIsa 50:6Mt 26:67-68
37. MockedPs 22:6-8Mt 27:27-31
38. Fell under the crossPs 109:24-25Jn 19:17; Lk23:26
39. Hands and feet piercedPs 22:16Jn 20:24-28
40. Crucified with thievesIsa 53:12Mt 27:38
41. Prayed for enemiesIsa 53:12Lk 23:34
42. Rejected by His own peopleIsa 53:3Jn 19:14-15
43. Hated without causePs 69:4Jn 15:25
44. Friends stood aloofPs 38:11Lk22:54;23:49
45. People wag their headsPs 22:7;109:25 Mt 27:39
46. People stared at HimPs 22:17Lk 23:35
47. Cloths divided and gambled forPs 22:18 Jn 19:23-24
48. Became very thirstyPs 22:15Jn 19:28
49. Gall and vinegar offered HimPs 69:21 Mt 27:34
50. His forsaken cryPs 22:1Mt 27:46
51. Committed Himself to GodPs 31:5Lk 23:46
52. Bones not brokenPs 34:20Jn 19:32-36
53. Heart brokenPs 69:20;22:14Jn 19:34
54. His side piercedZech 12:10Jn 19:34+37
55. Darkness over the landAmos 8:9Lk 23:44-45
56. Buried in rich man's tombIsa 53:9Mt 27:57-60

His Resurrection & Ascension

Prophesied

Fulfilled

57. Raised from the deadPs 16:8-11Acts 2:24-31
58. Begotten as Son of GodPs 2:7Acts 13:32-35
59. Ascended to HeavenPs 68:18Eph 4:8-10; John 3:13
60. Seated beside GodPs 110:1Heb 1:3+13

Today, the only way Bible scoffers can explain away this astronomical probability is to discredit the prophecies in one way or another. Their only alternative is to accept that God is the author of the Scriptures. The Bible is a reliable book of genuine divine prophecy. You can trust it!

The evidence of divine prophecy presented here is just a tiny portion of the proofs available to establish the divine origin of the Bible. Yet, they are more than sufficient to prove the inspiration of the Bible. There will always be men who scoff at the Bible. You, however, can be confident when you read your Bible that God is the author, for it is written:

"We constantly thank God that when you received from us the word of God's message, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God" (1 Thessalonians 2:13).

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