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Predictive Prophecy:The Bible Predicts Future!

Prophet defined, Exodus 7:1-2 Foretelling vs. Forth-telling,

Moses was a prophet, Deuteronomy 18:15 Moses spoke about the past, Genesis 1 Daniel spoke about Babylon during the

Babylonian empire (Daniel 2) and Persia duringits rule (Daniel 9)

Prophet proven, Deuteronomy 18:20-22;Jeremiah 28:9

Prophecies were intended: To establish Gods word, Mark 16:20 To expose false prophets, Isaiah 41:23


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Predictive Prophecy:The Bible Predicts Future!

If the Old Testamentdid not predictfuture events, then

we have no reasonto trust messianicprophecies either.

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Predictive prophecy establishes Godscredibility and the reliability of HisScriptures.


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Predictive Prophecy:Isaiah, c. 740-680 B.C.

1. Prophesied during the reign of Judahskings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah(Isaiah 1:1)

2. Chapters 1-39 Babylon defeated, Isaiah 13:1-14:23 c. 539 B.C., approx. 200 years earlier!

3. Chapters 40-55

Persian King Cyrus by name! Isaiah 44:28ff Cyrus became King of Persia c. 559 B.C., and

defeated the Medes c. 550 B.C.

4. Chapters 55-66


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Predictive Prophecy:Cyrus, King of Persia

Isaiah (c. 740-701 B.C., Isaiah 1:1) predictedCyrus before he was born, Isaiah 44:24-45:3

Isaiah predicted Cyrus would allow Jerusalem

to be rebuilt (538 B.C.) before Babylondestroyed it, Isaiah 44:28

Cyrus Cylinder says thesame thing as Ezra 1:1-8,3:7, 4:3; 2 Chronicles36:22-23


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Isiaiah 740-680 BC


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Predictive Prophecy:Daniel, c. 626-536 B.C.

1. Medo-PersianEmpire (Daniel 2, 7-8)

2. Greek Empire(Daniel 2, 7-8)

3. The Divided GreekEmpire (Daniel 8:8)

4. A Fourth Kingdom(Daniel 2, 7)

5. Gods Kingdom(Daniel 2, 8)

1. Persia defeatsBabylon, 539 B.C.

2. Greece Defeats 333

B.C.3. Alexander dies & his

kingdom is divided,323 B.C.

4. Rome is the FourthKingdom, 63 B.C.

5. Acts 2, 30 AD


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Jeremiah 51:37: "And Babylon will

become a heap of ruins.


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The Bible Predicts the Future- The Septuagint, c. 285 B.C.

Greek translationof Old Testament

Translated by 72

scholars inAlexandria, Egypt Contains ALL of the

OT messianicprophecies

Thus, none werewritten after thefact.


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Predictive ProphecyMessianic Prophecies

Psalm 22:1

Psalm 22:8 Psalm 22:16-18

Isaiah 40:3

Mark 15:34

Matthew 27:43 Matthew 27:35

John the Baptist,Matthew 3:1-3

Remember the Septuagint, c. 285 B.C.


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The Bible predicts yourfuture also!

Matthew 7:21

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