Why Believe Biblical Predictions?
Channel: Galen Currah
Date: 2017-12-01

Why Believe Biblical Predictions?
Because the prophets had to prove that they spoke the truth.
Bible quotations taken from the English Standard Version (2016)
Music by Natrix

Thesis

Biblical prophets proved their authenticity by predicting a near future and a far future, besides making end-times predictions.

Importance

According to the “Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy” (1973), The Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible together contain no fewer than 713 testable predictions, of which some were fulfilled immediately, and others some time later, whilst the rest await their fulfillment. 

Logic

Before Israelites would trust a prophet’s message, the prophet had to make predictions that came to pass in his life time. Before they would accept his message as Scripture, others of his predictions would have to come to pass some years later. When both kinds of predictions had come to pass, Israelites would believe his predictions about end-times events.

“Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.” Isaiah 42:9

21 Scriptural examples

1. The Prophet Moses (15th century) 

Near prediction Exodus 11:4-5
Far prediction Deuteronomy 18:18
End-times prediction Deuteronomy 4:30

2. The Prophet (King) David (1000-960 BCE)

Near prediction 1 Kings 1:30
Far prediction Psalms 110:4
End-times prediction Psalms 17:15

3. The Prophet Nathan (1000-960)

Near prediction 2 Samuel 12:14
Far prediction 1 Chronicles 17:11
End-times prediction 1 Chronicles 17:14

4. The Prophet Joel (9th century)

Near prediction Joel 2:13
Far prediction Joel 2:28
End-times prediction Joel 3:2

5. The Prophet Elijah (875-848)

Near prediction 1 Kings 17:1
Far prediction 1 Kings 21:29
End-times prediction Nil.

6. The Prophet Elisha (848-779)

Near prediction 2 Kings 8:10
Far prediction 2 Kings 8:1
End-times prediction Nil

7. The Prophet Obadiah (855-840)

Near prediction Obadiah 1:15
Far prediction (100 years later) Obadiah 1:8
End-times prediction Obadiah 1:21

8. The Prophet Isaiah (740-681)

Near prediction Isaiah 38:5
Far prediction Isaiah 53:11
End-times prediction Isaiah 24:21

9. The Prophet Amos (760-750)

Near prediction Amos 3:11
Far prediction Amos 2:5
End-times prediction Amos 9:11

10. The Prophet Micah (750-686)

Near prediction Micah 3:12
Far prediction Micah 5:2
End-times prediction Micah 5:4

11. The Prophet Hosea (750-715)

Near prediction Hosea 10:6
Far prediction Hosea 5:15
End-times prediction Hosea 3:5

12. The Prophet Nahum (663-612)

Near prediction Nahum 1:13
Far prediction (612) Nahum 3:1
End-times prediction Nahum 1:15

13. The Prophet Zephaniah (640-609)

Near prediction Zephaniah 2:4
Far prediction Zephaniah 2:13
End-times prediction Zephaniah 3:20

14. The Prophet Habakkuk (640-609)p

Near prediction Habakkuk 1:6
Far prediction Habakkuk 3:16
End-times prediction Habakkuk 2:14

15. The Prophet Jeremiah (626-585)

Near prediction Jeremiah 29:7
Far prediction Jeremiah 50:2
End-times prediction Jeremiah 31:31

16. The Prophet Daniel (603-530)

Near prediction Daniel 9:25
Far prediction Daniel 9:26
End-times prediction Daniel 12:2

17. The Prophet Ezekiel (593-570)

Near prediction Ezekiel 21:19
Far prediction Ezekiel 20:41
End-times prediction Ezekiel 47:1

18. The Prophet Haggai (520)

Near prediction Haggai 2:19
Far prediction Haggai 2:7
End-times prediction Haggai 2:9

19. The Prophet Zechariah (520-480)

Near prediction Zechariah 6:15
Far prediction Zechariah 9:9
End-times prediction Zechariah 13:9

20. The Prophet Malachi (440-430)

Near prediction Malachi 3:10
Far prediction Malachi 3:1
End-times prediction Malachi 3:2

21. The Prophet (Messiah) Jesus (29-33 CE)

Near prediction Matthew 26:2
Far prediction John 14:16
End-times prediction Matthew 24:30

Conclusion

Be on guard against every so-called prophet and supposed holy book that have not proven themselves by their precise predictions that have come to pass.

Crucified and risen from death, Jesus Christ declared:

“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Luke 24:44