Predictions 2 (Even COOLER!)


Yesterday we talked about some of the crazy stories of the Bible, and some of the prophesies that were made by writers of the Old Testament then later proved true by science.  

However, the Bible contains NO CRAZIER story than the one that claims that a man named Jesus is the son of God, and that He was sent to Earth to pay the penalty for our sins. And then, after He suffered and died, He rose from the dead...

Wait - What?!?!

YEP, that in a nutshell...is the cornerstone of our faith.

And as we said yesterday, the prophetic verses of the Bible are there so that when they are later proved to be TRUE, God's declaration in Isaiah 46:9-10 "I am God and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times the things that are not yet done" might also be proved true.  

So let's look at some of the Old Testament prophesies about Jesus, and where they were fulfilled:

Friends - either we can believe that all of these little predictions that later are recorded to have come true in the life of Jesus are interesting coincidences - OR we can recognize them for what they are - signs from God pointing us to Jesus as the Messiah.

And if we believe that latter one is true - then here's what's coming next:

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all his angels are with him, he ill sit on his glorious throne.  The people of every nation will be gathered in front of him.  He will separate them as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.  He will put the sheep on his right but the goats on his left.  Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, my Father has blessed you!  Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.'" - Matthew 25:31-34

Are you ready for it?


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Petition for Prayers

Image
Hi there - today is my 400th post and I am wrestling a bit... so I'm asking for your prayers. I started this blog o ver a year ago, convinced it was something God wanted me to do.  It was way out of my comfort zone, and certainly not something I’d have done 10 years before, but  I had hoped that i n some way, it might help people get closer to Him. I knew that once I had finally given my life to God, EVERYTHING in my life changed, and  I desperately wanted people to experience the same JOY and PEACE I have felt since making that decision.   As they say, “I was like a poor beggar telling others where they could find food”. For months, the posts flowed easily and I would feel the Holy Spirit's inspiration…the words on the page practically writing themselves.  However, I'm not sure that is still the case.  Sometimes I feel as if I am struggling to hear His voice, and I honestly don't want to be writing MY thoughts - I want to be sharing HIS. So, I'm going to t...
Read more

The Journey to the Cross (Day 4 - THE LADDER)

Image
In the city of Jerusalem stands a church called  The Church of the Holy Sepulcher.   It has been proposed as the place of both the death and resurrection of Jesus, and it has been a place for pilgrimages since the 4th century. Considered holy, the site is cared for by no less than six denominations including Greek Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, Roman Catholic, Coptic, Ethiopian and Syriac Orthodox.  As such, it has been carefully parsed out into sections.  And sadly, arguments and violent clashes are not uncommon. Jim visited the church once on a trip with Northridge and told me about "The Immovable Ladder".  Apparently the ladder is a " bizzare outcome of religious stubbornness pushed to extremes. " For " Sometime in the first half of the 18th century, someone placed a ladder up against the wall of the church. No one is sure who he was, or more importantly, to which sect he belonged.  The ladder remains there to this day.  No one dares touch it, l...
Read more

The Journey to the Cross (Day 3 - ONLY JESUS)

Image
Today’s Holy Week post has me thinking about the 12 disciples. ONLY JESUS Can you name Jesus' 12 disciples?  If you've been watching The Chosen or reading your Bible regularly, you might be able to.  However - there are some, who - at least for me, are a bit in the shadows. Sure I know Simon/Peter, and his brother Andrew .  And then there was James and John, the sons of Thunder (or Zebedee to be exact).  There was Matthew, and Thomas, and Judas Iscariot.  And there was Simon the Zealot, and another James...but...but...a nd here is where my mind isn't as good at remembering.   So I Googled it. There was also Philip - a Jewish man from Bethsaida who apparently was the one to tell Nathaniel (another lesser known disciple) that "The One" Moses and the prophets had foretold in the Old Testament, was here.  Following Jesus' death Philip became a missionary in Greece and for his outspoken faith proclaiming Jesus as the Son of God - Philip was stoned and...
Read more