The document discusses prophets and prophecies in the Bible. It provides examples of prophecies from the Old Testament that were fulfilled in the New Testament, demonstrating the Bible's validity as the word of God. Specifically, it mentions prophecies about Jesus' birth, crucifixion details, and resurrection that were written centuries before the events occurred. The document also discusses false prophets throughout history whose predictions failed, contrasting them with God's true prophets whose prophecies came to pass.

1. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• Prophets and their prophecies
• 1 Sam 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to
inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to
the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was
beforetime called a Seer.)
• Deut 18:21-22 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How
shall we know the word which the Lord hath not
spoken? 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of
the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass,
that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but
the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou
shalt not be afraid of him. KJV
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2. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• False Prophets
• Matt 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
• Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall
rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it
were possible, even the elect. KJV
• Luke 6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of
you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. KJV
• 2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the
people, even as there shall be false teachers among
you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even
denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon
themselves swift destruction. KJV
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3. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• False Prophets
• Elijah and the 450 prophets of Baal and the
400 prophets of the groves
• 1 Kings 18:17-39
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4. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• False Prophets - (Cont’d) – Old Testament
• 1 Kings 22:6-17 Then the king of Israel gathered
the prophets together, about four hundred
men, and said unto them, Shall I go against
Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And
they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into
the hand of the king. ……hasten hither Micaiah
• Jer 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the
priests bear rule by their means; and my people
love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end
thereof? KJV
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5. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent
• NOSTRADAMUS - It is not meant that there is
anything more than an accidental coincidence
between the prophecies of Nostradamus and the
events by which they have been ostensibly verified.
The verification is ascribed to no inspiration, to no
natural or supernatural endowments, to no
astrology, to no other science or art, but to that
supreme source of Nostradamus's renown, to luck
(Diva Fortuna).
• (from McClintock and Strong Encyclopedia, Electronic
Database. Copyright © 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 by
Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
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6. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent
• NOSTRADAMUS - Most academic sources maintain
that the associations made between world events
and Nostradamus's quatrains are largely the result of
misinterpretations or mistranslations (sometimes
deliberate) or else are so tenuous as to render them
useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power.
Moreover, none of the sources listed offers any
evidence that anyone has ever interpreted any of
Nostradamus's quatrains specifically enough to allow
a clear identification of any event in advance.
Lemesurier, Peter, The Unknown Nostradamus, 2003
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7. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent
• NOSTRADAMUS
• "Under one shall be peace, and everywhere clemency,
But not a long while; then shall be plundering and
rebellion,
By a denyal shall town, land, and sea be assaulted;
There shall be dead and taken prisoners the third part of a
million."
(from McClintock and Strong Encyclopedia, Electronic
Database. Copyright © 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 by
Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
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8. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
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False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent
Judge J. F. Rutherford – Jehovah’s Witness
Millions Now Living Will Never Die – 1920
“…there will be a resurrection of
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and other faithful ones of
old, and that these will have the first favor, we
expect 1925 to witness the return of these
faithful men of Israel from the condition of
death, being resurrected and fully restored…”
pg 88.
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9. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
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False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent
Judge J. F Rutherford – Jehovah’s Witness
Millions Now Living Will Never Die – 1920
“Therefore we may confidently expect that
1925 will mark the return of
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the faithful
prophets named by the Apostle in Hebrews
chapter eleven, to the condition of human
perfection.” pg 89-90
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10. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent
• Cunningham Boyle – founder of Shiloh True
Light Church of Christ predicted Jesus would
appear in 1970. Flake Braswell closed his
upholstery business and many in the Lucknow
True Light group left their jobs. Clyde Huntley,
elder, committed suicide, some left the church.
Most re-established their normal activities and
Flake Braswell re-opened his business.
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11. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent
• Hal Lindsey – Late Great Planet Earth
• Since “a generation in the Bible is something like
forty years, then,” Lindsey predicted in 1970,
“within forty years or so of 1948, all these things
could take place.” Pg 54
• By “all these things” Lindsey clearly means all the
events leading to and including Christ’s Return. To
give support to this prediction, he adds: “Many
scholars who have studied Bible prophecy all their
lives believe that this is so.” pg 54
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12. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• False Prophets (Cont’d) More Recent
• Hal Lindsey – Late Great Planet Earth
• What this means is that, according to
Lindsey’s prophetic scenario, within the forty
years of the last generation which began in
1948, that is, by 1988, all the prophecies
pointing to Christ’s Return must be fulfilled.
Pg 42
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13. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• God’s Prophets & Their Prophesy
• Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give
you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and
bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
BC 714
• Matt 1:22-23 22 Now all this was done, that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord
by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall
be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and
they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us. KJV
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14. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• Daniel 2:38 - thou art the head of gold
(Babylonian kingdom 580BC)
• Dan 2:39a – after thee another kingdom inferior
(Medo-Persian 550BC-330BC)
• Dan 2:39b – third kingdom of brass (Greek
330BC-146BC)
• Dan 2:40 -43 – fourth kingdom (Roman 146BC476AD
• Dan 2:44-45 In the days of these kings… a
kingdom that shall never be destroyed Lk 1:33
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15. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• Is 44:28 – That saith of Cyrus (in 712BC) ..to
Jerusalem thou shalt be built . Jerusalem was
standing and the temple complete when Isaiah
wrote this. 100 years later Babylon overcame
the city and destroyed the temple. Per Ezra 1:2
Cyrus gave the charge to rebuild Jerusalem in
the first year of his reign, approx. 550BC.
• Is 13:1, 17-20 I will stir up the Medes against
them (Babylon) 712BC . The Medes destroyed
Babylon approx. 550BC
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16. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• Ps 22:1My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me? why art thou so far from
helping me, and from the words of my
roaring? 1040BC
• Matt 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus
cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama
sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?
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17. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• Ps 22:18 They part my garments among
them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 1040BC
• Mark 15:24 And when they had crucified him,
they parted his garments, casting lots upon
them, what every man should take. KJV
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18. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• Ps 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the
assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they
pierced my hands and my feet. 1040BC
• John 20:25 The other disciples therefore said
unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said
unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the
print of the nails, and put my finger into the
print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his
side, I will not believe. KJV
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19. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• Ps 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of
them is broken. 1040BC
• John 19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and
saw that he was dead already, they brake not his
legs:
• John 19:36 For these things were done, that the
scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall
not be broken. KJV
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20. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• Ps 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul to
Sheol; neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to
see corruption. 1040BC
• Acts 2:31 he foreseeing (this) spake of the
resurrection of the Christ, that neither was
he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see
corruption. ASV
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21. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• Acts 2:36-37 Therefore let all the house of
Israel know assuredly, that God hath made
that same Jesus, whom ye have
crucified, both Lord and Christ.
• 37 Now when they heard this, they were
pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter
and to the rest of the apostles, Men and
brethren, what shall we do? KJV
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22. THE BIBLE – THE WORD OF GOD
• Acts 2:38
Repent and be baptized
• Mk 16:16
Believe and be baptized
• Acts 8:35-38 Belief, confession and baptism
in water
• John 8:31-32 Continue in His word
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