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 | Prophesied | Fulfilled |
| 1. Born of the seed of woman | Gen 3:15 | Gal 4:4 |
| 2. Born of a virgin | Isa 7:14 | Mt 1:18-25 |
| 3. Seed of Abraham | Gen 22:18 | Mt 1:1 |
| 4. Seed of Isaac | Gen 21:12 | Lk 3:23+34 |
| 5. Seed of Jacob | Num 24:17 | Lk 3:34 |
| 6. Seed of David | Jer 23:5 | Lk 3:31 |
| 7. Tribe of Judah | Gen 49:10 | Rev 5:5 |
| 8. Family line of Jesse | Isa 11:1 | Lk 3:32 |
| 9. Born in Bethlehem | Mic 5:2 | Mt 2:1-6 |
| 10. Herod kills the children | Jer 31:15 | Mt 2:16-18 |
Concerning his nature | Prophesied | Fulfilled |
| 11. He pre-existed creation | Mic 5:2 | 1 Pet 1:20 |
| 12. He shall be called Lord | Ps 110:1 | Acts 2:36 |
| 13. Called Immanuel (God with us) | Isa 7:14 | Mt 1:22-23 |
| 14. Prophet | Deut 18:18-19 | Acts 3:18-25 |
| 15. Priest | Ps 110:4 | Heb 5:5-6 |
| 16. Judge | Isa 33:22 | Jn 5:22-23 |
| 17. King | Ps 2:6 | Jn 18:33-37 |
| 18. Anointed by the Spirit | Isa 11:2 | Mt 3:16-17 |
| 19. His zeal for God | Ps 69:9 | Jn 2:15-17 |
Concerning his ministry | Prophesied | Fulfilled |
| 20. Preceded by a messenger | Isa 40:3 | Mt 3:1-3 |
| 21. To begin in Galilee | Isa 9:1-2 | Mt 4:12-17 |
| 22. Ministry of Miracles | Isa 35:5-6 | Mt 9:35;11:4 |
| 23. Teacher of parables | Ps 78:1-4 | Mt 13:34-35 |
| 24. He was to enter the temple | Mal 3:1 | Mt 21:10-12 |
| 25. Enter Jerusalem on donkey | Zech 9:9 | Mt 21:1-7 |
| 26. Stone of stumbling to Jews | Isa 28:16; Ps 118:22 | 1 Pet 2:6-8 |
| 27. Light to Gentiles | Isa 49:6 | Acts 13:46-48 |
The day Jesus was crucified | Prophesied | Fulfilled |
| 28. Betrayed by a friend | Ps 41:9 | Jn 13:18-27 |
| 29. Sold for 30 pieces of silver | Zech 11:12 | Mt 26:14-15 |
| 30. 30 pieces thrown in Temple | Zech 11:13 | Mt 27:3-5 |
| 31. 30 pieces buys potters field | Zech 11:13 | Mt 27:6-10 |
| 32. Forsaken by His disciples | Zech 13:7 | Mk 14:27+50 |
| 33. Accused by false witnesses | Ps 35:11+20-21 | Mt 26:59-61 |
| 34. Silent before accusers | Isa 53:7 | Mt 27:12-14 |
| 35. Wounded and bruised | Isa 53:4-6 | 1 Pet 2:21-25 |
| 36. Beaten and spit upon | Isa 50:6 | Mt 26:67-68 |
| 37. Mocked | Ps 22:6-8 | Mt 27:27-31 |
| 38. Fell under the cross | Ps 109:24-25 | Jn 19:17; Lk23:26 |
| 39. Hands and feet pierced | Ps 22:16 | Jn 20:24-28 |
| 40. Crucified with thieves | Isa 53:12 | Mt 27:38 |
| 41. Prayed for enemies | Isa 53:12 | Lk 23:34 |
| 42. Rejected by His own people | Isa 53:3 | Jn 19:14-15 |
| 43. Hated without cause | Ps 69:4 | Jn 15:25 |
| 44. Friends stood aloof | Ps 38:11 | Lk22:54;23:49 |
| 45. People wag their heads | Ps 22:7;109:25 | Mt 27:39 |
| 46. People stared at Him | Ps 22:17 | Lk 23:35 |
| 47. Cloths divided and gambled for | Ps 22:18 | Jn 19:23-24 |
| 48. Became very thirsty | Ps 22:15 | Jn 19:28 |
| 49. Gall and vinegar offered Him | Ps 69:21 | Mt 27:34 |
| 50. His forsaken cry | Ps 22:1 | Mt 27:46 |
| 51. Committed Himself to God | Ps 31:5 | Lk 23:46 |
| 52. Bones not broken | Ps 34:20 | Jn 19:32-36 |
| 53. Heart broken | Ps 69:20;22:14 | Jn 19:34 |
| 54. His side pierced | Zech 12:10 | Jn 19:34+37 |
| 55. Darkness over the land | Amos 8:9 | Lk 23:44-45 |
| 56. Buried in rich man's tomb | Isa 53:9 | Mt 27:57-60 |
His Resurrection & Ascension | Prophesied | Fulfilled |
| 57. Raised from the dead | Ps 16:8-11 | Acts 2:24-31 |
| 58. Begotten as Son of God | Ps 2:7 | Acts 13:32-35 |
| 59. Ascended to God | Ps 68:18 | Eph 2:8-10 |
| 60. Seated beside God | Ps 110:1 | Heb 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!
According to the
Scriptures, He had to be born of a virgin in
Bethlehem, live a sinless life, ride into
Jerusalem on a foal of a donkey precisely on
April 6, 32 A.D., exactly 173,880 days after the
command to rebuild Jerusalem by the
Babylonian king Artaxerxes.
• The Jewish Messiah also had to suffer and lay down His life for our sins. This is clearly shown in
Isaiah 53. He did this for both Jews and Gentiles.
• There were over 360 prophecies foretold about the coming Jewish Messiah - hundreds of years
before Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesus fulfilled all 365 of these prophecies. Of these 360+
prophecies, there are 109 that only Jesus (Yeshua) could have fulfilled.
• His name in Greek is Jesus, and His Hebrew name is Yehoshua. In Aramaic it's:
"Yeshua".
In the "Suffering Servant" passage of Isaiah 53:5 written: 712 B.C.) where we read:
"He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed" Read Torah, Isaiah 53 3-6: "He is despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and
acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all." Written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
Isaiah 42:1 - Isaiah 42:9
Here is my servant! I have made him strong. He is my chosen one; I am pleased
with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will bring justice to the nations.
He won't shout or yell or call out in the streets.
He won't break off a bent reed or put out a dying flame, but he will make sure that
justice is done.
He won't quit or give up until he brings justice everywhere on earth, and people in
foreign nations long for his teaching.You will give sight to the blind; you will set prisoners free from dark dungeons.
Look at the below in totality! The odds against the below being fulfilled by the
only person who claimed to be the Son of God, and who died on a "tree" on
Calvary, and who rose the 3rd day are astronomical! In totality--these are no
longer "vague"! Now remember, that all these were written hundreds of years
before the birth of Christ and were documented. Isaiah & Micah wrote their
prophecies below about 700 years before Christ... Zechariah wrote about 500
years before Christ. The Psalms were written over 1000 years before Christ.
the virgin birth, and his name...
Isaiah 7:14 written: 758 BC (Before Christ)
Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a
Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Word "Immanuel" means: God with us. In the Old Testament it occurs only in
Isaiah. 7:14 and 8:8.
Isaiah 8:8 written: 758 BC (Before Christ) "And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he
reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel."
his place of birth...
Micah 5:2 written: 710 BC (Before Christ)
"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out
of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have
been from of old, from everlasting."
Jeremiah 31:15 "This is what the Lord says: 'A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are no more.'"
Matthew 2:16 "When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was
furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were
two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi."
Jesus is born of the House of David (Jesse is the
father of David)...
Isaiah 11:1 & 11:10 written: 713 BC (Before Christ)
"And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem
of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his
roots:"
"And in that day there shall stand for an ensign of
the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his
rest shall be glorious."
Isaiah 28:16 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
Therefore thus saith the LORD GOD,
Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a
tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure
foundation: he that believeth shall not make
haste.
Isaiah 53:2 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,
and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form nor
comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no
beauty that we should desire him."
John the Baptist prepares the way...
Isaiah 40:3 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in
the desert a highway for our God."
Isaiah 11:2 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)"The Spirit of the Lord will
rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge
and of the fear of the Lord."
His Own Disciples Forsake Him
the forsaking of the disciples through being offended
at him.....Psalm 31:11 written: 1042 BC (Before Christ)
Zecheriah 13:7 - "Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the Man who is My
Companion," says the LORD of hosts. "Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be
scattered; then I will turn My hand against the little ones.
Matthew 26:31 - Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because
of Me this night, for it is written: `I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock
will be scattered.'
being crucified....
Psalm 22:16 written: 1018 BC (Before Christ)
"For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my
hands and my feet."
Jesus bears our sins at Calvary...
Isaiah 53:4 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten
of God, and afflicted."
Isaiah 53:5 (Suffering Servant Passage) written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."
Messiah will be Rejected in Israel:
Isaiah 8:14 written: 742 BC (Before Christ)
"And he shall be a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both
the houses of Israel, for a gin and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
Isaiah 53:3 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as
it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah 53:11 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my
righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities."
the taunt of nondeliverance...
Psalm 22:7-8 written: 1018 BC (Before Christ)
"All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,"
"He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him."
Soldiers gave Jesus vinegar to drink as he hung on the cross
Psalm 69:21 written: 1018 BC (Before Christ)
"They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst."
none of his bones were broken...
Psalm 34:20 written: 1042 BC (Before Christ)
keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken."
the gambling for his garments...
Psalm 22:18 written: 1018 BC (Before Christ)
"They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture."
being forsaken by God...
Psalm 22:1 "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me,
and the words of my roaring?" "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani"
the yielding of his spirit into the hands of his
Father...
Psalm 31:5 written: 1042 BC (Before Christ)
"Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth."
being included with sinners....and prayer for
his enemies...
Isaiah 53:12 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the
strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the
transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."
Darkness reported at Christ's Crucifixion
Amos 8:9 written: 787 BC (Before Christ)
"And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of God, that I will cause the sun to go
down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:"
Coincidence? A pagan historian by the name of Thallus, who lived shortly after the resurrection of Christ (about A.D. 52)
wrote concerning a miraculous darkness that covered the earth at the Passover of A.D. 32 and attempted to explain it
as an eclipse of the sun. There was no eclipse of the sun that year.
being proven guiltless...buried in a rich man's
tomb...
Isaiah 53:9 written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
"And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no
violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth."
The resurrection of Jesus/Yeshua
Psalm 16:10 written: 1018 BC (Before Christ)
"For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."
Jesus Ascended into Heaven - witnessed by many:
Psalm 68:18 "When you ascended on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts from men,
even from the rebellious--that you, O Lord God, might dwell there."
His Victory over death
Isaiah 25:8 written: 712 BC (Before Christ) - He will swallow up death forever, and the
Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His people he will take
away from all the earth; for the LORD has spoken.
A priest like Melchizedek
Psalm 110:4 - The LORD has sworn and will
according to the order of Melchizedek."
The Jewish Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a) from the Tannaitic Period
recorded: "On the eve of the Passover Yeshu [the Nazarene] was hanged"....
On the eve of the Passover Yeshu [the Nazarene] was hanged. For forty days before the execution took place a
herald went forth and cried, "He is going forth to be stoned because he has practiced sorcery and enticed Israel
to apostasy. Anyone who can say anything in his favor, let him come and plead on his behalf." And since nothing
was brought forward in his favor, he was hanged on the eve of Passover." Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a)
The emperor Tiberius reigned from 14-37A.D. This is the period during which
Jesus the Christ died on the cross . Tacitus wrote about how the beliefs of this
group (Christians) "Broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of (these ideas),
but even in Rome", and he goes on to describe how the Christians were widely
hated, and many put to death in Rome. All this accords with the New Testament
record of Jesus, the disciples and the apostles first spreading their teaching in
Judaea, and then throughout the Roman world, including Rome, with great
opposition to them.
THE RELIABILITY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
Liberal scholars have long argued that the New Testament cannot be considered reliable as it was,
in their opinion, written over 100 years after the events it described. If this were true, considering
that the authors claims to have personally witnessed their accounts, the Scriptures must be false,
or at least unreliable. So widespread were these sentiments, and so loudly and publicly
proclaimed, that even today, after overwhelming documentary evidence proves that these texts
were written within 30-35 years of the actual events, many still believe them to be historically
inaccurate. Capitalizing on this feeling, many scholars now claim that these Scriptures, while
accurate historically, must have been contaminated over the years with additional and erroneous
information, accounts and statements by well-meaning believers during the last few decades of the
first century.
Consider that the modern scholars now possess over 5000 manuscript copies of the New
Testament in the original Greek, as well as over 15,000 manuscripts in other languages, all from
the first few centuries of this era. No other important historical or religious text has more than a few
dozen copies surviving from this time. These 20,000 different texts can be shown to contain some
minor differences, in spelling for example, but no difference in even one small fact or single
doctrine. These documents give scholars the strongest possible evidence to confirm the accuracy
of the New Testament text as well as confirming their widespread distribution among the churches during the last four decades of the first century.
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