The Role of Prophecy in Christian Apologetics

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The Role of Prophecy in Christian Apologetics

• John Oakes, PhD
• Apologetics Research Society
• 9/6/08

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Outline

• Introduction to Prophecy as Apologetics
• Prophecies of the Near Future
• Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled in the Old
  Testament
• Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled Between the
  Testaments
• Daniel!!!
• Messianic Prophecies
• Prophecies of the Kingdom
• Types, Prefigures and Foreshadows

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Required Reading

• Reasons For Belief chapters 4,5
• Daniel, Prophet to the Nations chapters 1,7-13
• From Shadow to Reality
• Extra Credit (on approval)

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Grading (if you are getting credit)

• The Reading 30
• Quiz 10
• Exam 30
• Paper 30 A research paper of 5 or more
  pages on a special topic of your choice.

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I. Introduction to Prophecy as Apologetics

• Defending the Faith
• History and Archaeology
• How We Got the Bible (including response to form
  criticism, etc.)
• Science
• Contradictions in the Bible

• Creating Faith
• World View
• Prophecy
• Miracles/Resurrection
• Claims of Jesus

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Prophecy as Apologetics

• Outline of Gospel Sermons in Acts
• Jesus fulfilled the OT prophecies of the coming
  Messiah He is the Messiah.
• Jesus worked undeniable public miracles He is
  the Son of God.
• Jesus willingly died on the cross for OUR sins
  He is savior.
• Jesus was raised from the dead Judgment is
  coming.
• Repent and be baptized.

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The Biblical Prophet

• One who announces the righteousness, the justice
  and the love of God. He or she calls people into
  a relationship with God through a call to
  repentance. Their message was doom for the
  unrepentant and grace and blessing for those who
  act justly and repent of their sin.
• A forth-teller thus says the Lord
• Aaron was Moses prophet.
• For us a fore-teller a predictor of future
  events. Historical prophecy. Predictive
  prophecy.

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The Purpose of (Predictive) Prophecy

• Warning
• Jer 258-14, Deut 2845-48 Deut 2858f
• Encouragement
• Deut 301-5 Daniel 726-27 Isaiah 22-4
• To demonstrate that God is in control God Rules
  the Nations
• Daniel, Revelation
• Evidence of new revelation from Godthat what is
  said is inspired by God.
• Luke 2444 Daniel 246-47

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Other Prophets?

• Oracles of Delphi
• Croesus
• Alexander
• Nostradamus Henry II
• The great man will be struck down in the day by a
  thunderbolt,
• The evil deed predicted by the bearer of a
  petition
• According to the prediction, another falls at
  night,
• Conflict in Reims, London and pestilence in
  Tuscany (Century I Quatrain 27)
• Jean Dixon JFK
• The pattern Not terrifically surprising or very
  vague
• Islam?

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Does a Prophecy Have a Unique Application?

• Isaiah 713-17 About Ahaz or Jesus?
• Genesis 499-11 About Judah or Jesus?
• Ezekiel 1116-20 About return from exile or the
  church?
• Hosea 111 (Matthew 215) About Israel or about
  Jesus?
• Matthew 244-44 About AD 70 or the return of
  Jesus?
• Assignment Analyze Zechariah 14 How does it
  apply?

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How to Interpret Prophecy?

• Let History do that for us. After the fact
• The ten toes in Daniel 2 are not the 10 countries
  of the EU
• Let the Bible do it for us.
• Matthew 2415 spoken through the prophet Daniel
• Matthew 414-16 Land of Zebulun and land of
  Naphtali
• Matthew 26,15,17, 33 Bethlehem, Egypt, the
  desert
• Matthew 1239-41 The sign of Jonah
• Galatians 424 These things can be taken
  figuratively

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Sir Isaac Newton
The folly of interpreters has been, to foretell
times and things, by this Prophecy, as if God
designed to make them Prophets. By this rashness
they have not only exposed themselves, but
brought the Prophecy also into contempt. The
design of God was much otherwise. He gave this
and the Prophecies of the Old Testaments, not to
gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to
foreknow things, but that after they were
fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event
and his own Providence, not the interpreters, be
then manifested thereby to the world. For the
event of things predicted many ages before, will
then be a convincing argument that the world is
governed by providence.7
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Old Testament Apologetics Short Term Prophecy

• Deuteronomy 1821-22
• You may say to yourselves, How can we know when
  a message has not been spoken by the Lord? If
  what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord
  does not take place or come true, that is a
  message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet
  spoke presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
• But. Deuteronomy 131-3
• if the sign or wonder of which he spoke takes
  place, and he says Let us follow other gods
  you must not listen to the words of that prophet
  or dreamer.

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Short Term Prophecy Proof of a Prophet

• Presumably, most short term prophecies are NOT
  recorded.
• 1 Kings 2028..1 Kings 2029-30
• 1 Kings 2036..1 Kings 2036
• 1 Kings 2119..1 Kings 2237
• 1 Kings 2123..2 Kings 932-37
• 1 Kings 221-28...1 Kings 2231-36
• 2 Kings 71-2...2 Kings 717-20
• 2 Kings 195-7.2 Kings 1937
• Is 3733-35, 2 Kings 1932-34..Is 3736-37, 2
  Kings 1935-36

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Short Term Prophecy (cont.)

• Jeremiah 271-11.2 Kings 251-7
• Jeremiah 281-16.Jeremiah 2817
• Jeremiah 326-8, 42-44 Once more fields will
  be bought
• Daniel 424-27 You will be driven away from
  people... Daniel 428-37 All this
  happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.
• Acts 1127-28 Agabus

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Jesus and Short Term Prophecies

• John 219 Destroy this temple and I will raise
  it in three days.
• Matthew 2634 Before the rooster crows.
  Matthew2674
• Acts 14-5 In a few days you will be baptized
  with the Holy Spirit.
• Luke 2120-24 When you see Jerusalem
  surrounded by armies, you will know that its
  desolation is near.

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The Flight to Pella

• "The whole body, however, of the church at
  Jerusalem, having been commanded by a divine
  revelation, given to men of approved piety there
  before the war, removed from the city, and dwelt
  at a certain town beyond the Jordan, called
  Pella. Here those that believed in Christ, having
  removed from Jerusalem, as if holy men had
  entirely abandoned the royal city itself, and the
  whole land of Judea the divine justice, for
  their crimes against Christ and his apostles
  finally overtook them, totally destroying the
  whole generation of these evildoers form the
  earth. (Eusebius, 35.)
• "Now this sect of Nazarenes exists in Beroea in
  Coele-Syria, and in Decapolis in the district of
  Pella, and in Kochaba of Basanitis-- called
  Kohoraba in Hebrew. For thence it originated
  after the migration from Jerusalem of all the
  disciples who resided at Pella, Christ having
  instructed them to leave Jerusalem and retire
  from it on account of the impending siege. It was
  owing to this counsel that they went away, as I
  have said, to reside for a while at Pella" (Haer
  297).

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Old Testament Prophecies Being Fulfilled Today

• Hmmm.. Cant think of any

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OT Prophecies Fulfilled in the OT

• Genesis 122-3,7
• I will make you into a great nation. To
  your offspring I will give this land.
• Genesis 154-5
• count the stars so shall your offspring be
• Genesis 175-8
• Father of many nations Arabs Ishmael, Edom
  Esau, Israel
• I will establish an everlasting covenant between
  me and you
• The whole land of Canaan as an everlasting
  possession.

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Genesis 49 (the whole thing!)

• Genesis 498-11
• Judah, your brothers will praise you
• Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies
• Your fathers sons will bow down to you
• The scepter will not depart from Judah,
• Nor the rulers staff from between his feet,
• Until he comes to whom it belongs
• And the obedience of the nations is his.
• He will tether his donkey to a vine,
• His colt to the choicest branch
• He will wash his garments in wine,
• His robes in the blood of grapes.

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Deuteronomy 28, 30

• 2836-37 The Lord will drive you and the king
  you set over you to a nation unknown to you or
  your fathers. There you will worship other gods,
  gods of wood and stone. You will become a thing
  of horror and an object of scorn and ridicule to
  all the nations where the Lord will drive you.
• 2849-57
• Lamentations 410 With their own hands
  compassionate women have cooked their own
  children, who became their food when my people
  were destroyed.
• 2864,68 The Lord will scatter you among all
  nations. The Lord will send you back in ships to
  Egypt
• 303-5 The Lord will gather you again from
  all the nations where he scattered you.

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• Joshua 626 He who rebuilds Jericho will do so
  at the cost of his firstborn and his youngest
  son. . 1 Kings1634

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Isaiah 393-7 and 2 Kings 2016-18 Fulfilled
in Daniel 13-7 Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego
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• Jeremiah 258-14
• I will summon NebuchadnezzarI will banish from
  them the sounds of joy This whole country. will
  serve the king of Babylon seventy years. But
  when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will
  punish the king of Babylon.
• Daniel 5
• Jeremiah 298-14
• When 70 years are completed for Babylon I will
  gather you from all the nations and places where
  I have banished you.
• 70 years Daniel 91-2
• 605 BC to 536 BC Captives taken.Captives
  return
• 586 BC to 516 BC Temple destroyed..
  Temple rebuilt

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Isaiah 4428-457, 13 About 730 BC

• Who says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd
• He will say to Jerusalem, Let it be rebuilt.
• And of the temple, Let its foundations be laid.
• This is what the Lord says to his annointed
• to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of
• to subdue nations before him
• to open doors before him so that gates will not
  shut
• I call you by name and bestow on you a title of
  honor
• though you do not acknowledge me.
• I will raise up Cyrus in my righteousness
• I will make all his ways straight
• He will rebuild my city and set my exiles free.
• Fulfilled in 2 Chron 3623 538 BC War of
  1812

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The Cyrus Cyllinder Fulfilling Isaiah 4428
I returned to these sacred cities on the other
side of the Tigris, the sanctuaries of which have
been in ruins for a long time, the images which
used to live therein and established for them
permanent sanctuaries. I also gathered all
their former inhabitants and returned to them
their habitations. Furthermore, I resettled upon
the command of Marduk the great lord, all the
gods of Sumer and Akkad whom Nabonidus has
brought into Babylon to the anger of the lord of
the gods, unharmed, in their former chapels,
the places which made them happy. May all the
gods whom I have resettled in their sacred cities
ask daily Bel and Nebo for long life for me and
may they recommend meto Marduk, my lord, may
they say thus Cyrus, the king who worships you
and Cambyses, his sonall of them I settled in a
peaceful place.
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Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled Between the
Testaments

• Ezekiel 263-14 Tyre.
• v. 3 I will bring many nations against you
• v. 4 I will scrape away her rubble and make her
  a bare rock.
• v. 5 She will become a place to spread fishnets.
• v. 6 Her settlements on the mainland will be
  ravaged by the sword.
• v. 7 (specifically) Nebuchadnezzar will do this.
• v. 12 They will throw your stones, timber and
  rubble into the sea.
• v. 14 It will never be rebuilt

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Fulfillment of Ezekiel 26

• Nebuchadnezzar takes mainland Tyre only after a
  siege of 13 years 586-573 BC
• Alexander attacks Tyre in 332 BC, building a
  causeway to the island of Tyre using the rubble
  from Old Tyre.
• Tyre attached again and again by Seleucids,
  Romans, Arabs, Crusaders, finally ceasing to
  exist as a city on the original site.

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Site of Ancient Tyre Today
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Tyre
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Secular historian Philip Myers in his history
textbook

• Alexander the Great reduced it Tyre to ruins.
  She recovered in a measure from this blow, but
  never regained the place she had previously held
  in the world. The larger part of the site of the
  once great city is no bare as the top of a rocka
  place where the fishermen that still frequent the
  spot spread their nets to dry.

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Daniel, Prophet to the Nations
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Theme of Daniel

• God Rules the Nations Do Not Fear!
• Message of Daniel
• Stay Righteous in an Unrighteous World
• God is in Control!

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Very Brief Outline of Daniel

• Practical examples in the lives of Daniel,
  Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego how to remain
  righteous in an unrighteous world. Ch 1, 3-6
• Prophecies of the future God Rules the Nations
  Ch 2, 7-12

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Historical Background

• 722 BC Northern Kingdom Destroyed by Assyria
• 605 BC Nubuchadnezzar (Bablyon) enters Judah,
  taking tribute and hostages (DSMA)
• 586 BC Zedekiah rebels, Nebuchadnezar destroys
  Jerusalem and the temple
• 538 BC Cyrus takes Babylon, Persians/Medes take
  control of Babylon and Judea.
• 536 BC Captives return to Judea and Jerusalem.
• 334-332 BC Alexander destroys and conquers
  Persian Empire
• 185-163 BC Antiochus Epiphanes, Seleucid Emperor,
  rules over Jerusalem. Great persecutions.
• 167 BC Temple desecrated
• 164 BC Temple rededicated by Macabeean leaders.

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Historical Background (cont.)

• Battle of Actium 31 BC Ptolemaic Greek power
  destroyed
• 6 BC Birth of Jesus
• AD 30 Crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus
• AD 70 Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus
• AD 81-96 Domitian, emperor of Rome
• AD 395 Final division of Rome into East and West
• AD 476 Last emperor of Western Rome
• AD 1453 Byzantium (Eastern Rome) taken by
  Ottomans
• AD 2014 Jesus comes back to rule in Jerusalem

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Babylonian Empire c. 1750 BC and c. 600 BC  
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  Achaemenid Persian/Median Empire at its Height
c. 450 BC  
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Alexander the Great Empire Nations c. 330 BC
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Daniel Chapter Three

• Righteousness in a religious context Standing
  up for God and for the truth
• The fires of persecution.
• I will bow my head, but not my heart.
• What would you have done?
• Appn Persecution of Diocletian

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Daniel Chapter Two Nebuchadnezzars Vision of a
Great Statue
   
 
Part of the Statue Nation
Head of Gold Babylon
Chest of Silver Persia/Media (539 BC)
Belly of Bronze Greece (331 BC)
Legs of Iron Rome (31 BC)
 
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Babylon Persia/Media Greece Rome A divided
kingdom
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Daniel 7 Ten Horns and a Little Horn
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  The First Eleven Emperors of Rome
 
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Domitian (c. 81-96 AD)
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Daniel Chapter Eight A Ram and a Goat
Ancient Susa and the Ulai Canal
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Alexander the Great
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The Four Horns of Daniel Eight
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Daniel 8 The Abomination of Desolation 
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Daniel Chaper Nine The Messiah Comes to
Jerusalem

• Seventy sevens 490 years
• The decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem
• Ezra 713-16 458 BC
• 458 - 490 AD 32
• No (no zero BC) AD 33

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Romans Taking Spoils of Jerusalem from the Arch
of Titus, Rome, c. 81 AD
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    Roman General and Emperor Titus who destroyed
Jerusalem in AD 70  
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The Kings of the South and the Kings of the North
in Daniel Eleven
  (v. 6) After some early, indecisive struggles,
the Ptolemaic kingdom and the Seleucid kingdom
will agree to share power peacefully. In order to
seal the deal, Ptolemy II
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Daniel 1136-45The Final End of the Greek
Kingdoms
Marc Antony (Museum of Fine Art, Budapest)
Bust of Octavian/Augustus as high priest. Museo
Nacional de Arte Romano,

• http//www.livius.org/

Cleopatra (Altes Museum, Berlin)
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The Theme of Daniel Eleven

• Those who are wise will instruct many, though for
  a time they will fall by the sword or be burned
  or captured or plundered. When they fall, they
  will receive a little help, and many who are not
  sincere will join them. Some of the wise will
  stumble, so that they may be refined, purified
  and made spotless until the time of the end, for
  it will come at the appointed time. 1133-35

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Daniel Chapter Twelve The Time of the End

• Those who are wise will shine like the brightness
  of the heavens, and those who lead many to
  righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
• Daniel 123-4

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Questions?
www.evidenceforchristianity.org
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Jesus of Nazareth Man, Myth or Messiah?

• Dr. John Oakes,
• June 29, 2008

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• Messianic Prophecies
• What is a Reasonable Conclusion?
• What is a Reasonable Response?

Acts Chapter Two Jesus fulfilled the messianic
prophecies, therefore he is Messiah Jesus
worked miracles, therefore he is Lord Jesus was
crucified and rose from the dead, therefore he is
savior Repent and be baptized.
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Messianic Prophecies

• You diligently study the Scriptures becauseyou
  think that by them you possess eternal life.
  These are the Scriptures that testify about me,
  yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
  John 539,40
• He said to them, This is what I told you while I
  was still with you Everything must be fulfilled
  that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the
  Prophets and the Psalms. Luke 2444

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Question 1 How do I know these prophecies
really were written down hundreds of years before
the events?

• Septuagint translation of the Old Testament into
  Greek 220-150 BC
• Dead Sea Scrolls.250-50 BC
• Conclusion All the prophecies we will consider
  certainly were written before 250 BC, almost
  certainly before 300 BC and most likely all
  before 400 BC.

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Qumran Cave 4
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Column I The Great Qumran Isaiah Scroll 150 BC
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Question 2 How do I know these things really
happened?

• Josephus When Pilate, at the suggestion of
  the principal men among us, had condemned him to
  the cross, those that loved him at the first did
  not forsake him And the tribe of Christians so
  named from him are not extinct to this day.
• Cornelius Tacitus Hence, to suppress the
  rumor, Nero falsely charged with the guilt and
  punished with the most exquisite tortures, the
  persons commonly called Christians, who were
  hated for their enormities. Christus, the
  founder of the name, was put to death by Pontius
  Pilate, procurator of Judea in the reign of
  Tiberius
• Jewish Talmud On the eve of the Passover they
  hanged Yeshu and the herald went before him for
  forty days saying Yeshu has practiced sorcery
  and beguiled and led astray Israel.

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Question 3 Are these, in fact, prophecies of
the Messiah? (or are we taking them out of
context) Hint If the Jews themselves
acknowledged them to be messianic, that is very
strong evidence. I have tried to select
prophecies which even a Jewish person is likely
to admit is about the Messiah.
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• Question 4 Could Jesus, planning on deceiving
  the people into believing he was the Messiah,
  have read the Old Testament and tried to fulfill
  all the prophecies?

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Garden of Gethsemane Mount of Olives
12/18/2001
Israel 1999 Expedition
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Fortress Antonia Where Jesus was condemned
12/18/2001
Israel 1999 Expedition
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Courtyard of Flagellation Where Jesus was
scourged
12/18/2001
Israel 1999 Expedition
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Old City Streets
12/18/2001
Israel 1999 Expedition
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Note The following prophecies are the ones I
would personally use in an evangelistic study of
to increase the faith of a relatively young
Christian.
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Isaiah 531-13 He was despised and rejected by
men, a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering.
(v. 3) But he was pierced for our
transgressions, he was crushed for our
iniquities the punishment that brought us peace
was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
(v. 5) (John 1931-37) He was oppressed and
afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth he was
led like a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep
before her shearers is silent, so he did not open
his mouth. (v. 7)
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Micah 52 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathrah, though
you are small among the clans of Judah, out of
you will come for me one who will be ruler over
Israel, whose origins are from old, from ancient
times. Isaiah 91,6 In the past he humbled the
land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in
the future he will honor Galilee of the Gentiles,
by the way of the sea, along the Jordan. For
to us a child is born And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace.
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Psalm 2216-18 Dogs have surrounded me a band
of evil men have encircled me, they have
pierced my hands and my feet. I can count all my
bones (John 193-37) people stare and
gloat over me. They divide my garments among
them and cast lots for my clothing. (John
1923,24)
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Zechariah 1112,13 I told them, If you think
it best, give me my pay but if not, keep it.
so they paid me thirty pieces of silver.
(Matthew 2614-16)
And the Lord said to me, Throw it to the
potterthe handsome price at which they priced
me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and
threw them into the house of the Lord, to the
potter. (Matthew 273-8)
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Daniel 924-26 Seventy sevens are decreed for
your people and your holy city to finish
transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for
wickedness, to bring in everlasting
righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and
to anoint the most holy. Know and understand
this From the issuing of the decree to restore
and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Anointed One,
the ruler comes, there will be seven sevens and
sixty two sevens Decree of Artaxerxes (Ezra
712-26) 458 BC 458 BC - 490 years -32 (no
zero BC)
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According to the Old Testament, the Messiah must

• Be born in Bethlehem
• Be raised in Galilee near Nazareth
• Be despised and rejected by men
• Be meek and silent before his accusers
• Be pierced
• Be crucified
• Have his garments divided and gambled over
• Be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver
• Come to Jerusalem to make atonement for sin in
  about AD 33
• And many more.
• Was all this an accident, or did God plan all
  along for the Passion of the Christ for
  forgiveness of sins? What do you think?
• Man, Myth or Messiah?

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Old Testament Prophecy Content New Testament Fulfillment
Genesis 315 Satan will attack the Messiah, but the Messiah will destroy the work of Satan. Matthew 41-11, Luke 41-13
Genesis 4910,11 The Messiah will be from Judah (also hints about a vine, a colt, a branch and blood/grapes) Matthew 12,3
Deut 1815-18 God will raise up a prophet like, but greater than Moses. Matthew 2111, Mark 615
Psalm 1610,11 The Messiah will not be abandoned to the grave (will be resurrected). John 219, Luke 241-7
Psalm 2215-18 The Messiah will be crucified, his bones not broken, his clothing divided and gambled over. John 196,7, John 1931-34, John 1923,24
Psalm 315 The Messiah will commit his spirit into the hands of God. Luke 2346
Psalm 699,21 The Messiah will show zeal for Gods house. He will be given gall and vinegar to drink. John 212-17, Matthew 2734, Luke 2336
Psalm 1101,4 The Messiah will be a priest in the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 711-18
Psalm 11822,23 The Messiah will be rejected, but will become the foundation of the Kingdom of God. Matthew 2337, Acts 410
Isaiah 714 The Messiah will be born of a virgin. Luke 126-38
Isaiah 91,2,6,7 The Messiah will be from Galilee in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. Matthew 412-16
Isaiah 111,2 The Messiah will be descended from Jesse and will be a Branch (Nazarene). Matthew 15,6, John 145,46, Matthew 223
Isaiah 355,6 The Messiah will heal the deaf, the blind and the physically disabled. Mark 732-25, 822-26, 23-12
Isaiah 421-4 The Messiah will be miraculously humble. John 81-11
Isaiah 53 The Messiah will be despised, he will suffer physically, he will be pierced, he will take on himself the sin of mankind, he will be silent before his accusers, and will be buried with the rich. Matthew 2715-18, John 1933-35, Mark 1460,61, 153-5, Mark 1542-46
Daniel 924-27 The Messiah will come to Jerusalem to bring salvation somewhere between AD 26-33. Luke 31,2
Micah 52 The Messiah will be born in Bethlehem Ephrathah. Luke 21-7
Zechariah 69-15 The Messiah will be a king and a priest, and will bring harmony between the two. John 1837, Hebrews 711-17
Zechariah 99-11 The Messiah will ride as a king into Jerusalem riding on a donkey and the colt of that donkey. Matthew 211-7
Zechariah 1110-14 The Messiah will be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver. The money will be thrown to the potter. Matthew 2614-16, Matthew 276,7
Zechariah 137 When the Messiah is attacked, his sheep will be scattered. Mark 1450,51

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Other Major Messianic Prophecies

• Genesis 315 He will crush your head.
• Genesis 4910-11 He will wash his garments in
  wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
• Deuteronomy 1815-19 a prophet like you from
  among your brothers.
• Psalm 1610,11 Your Holy One will not see decay.
• Psalm 698-9,21 Zeal for your house consumes me.
• Psalm 1101,4 to my Lord You are a priest
  forever of the order of Milchizedek.
• Psalm 11822-23 The stone the builders rejected

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Other Major Messianic Prophecies

• Isaiah 714 The maiden will be with child.
• Isaiah 111-2, Zechariah 69-15 The Branch, the
  stump, the root of Jesse.
• Isaiah 421-3 My chosen one. A bruised reed he
  will not break.
• Zechariah 99-11 your King riding on a donkey
• Zechariah 1210-11 the one they have pierced

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Prophecies of the Kingdom of God

• As a general rule, kingdom prophecies tend to be
  more double and even triple prophecies because of
  the nature of the Kingdom of God.
• These are more apologetics for the believer than
  for the non-believer.
• One thing for sure, Jesus talked about the
  Kingdom of God a lot.

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Prophecies of the Kingdom of God
Prophesied Quality of the Kingdom of God Old Testament Prophecies (and New Testament fulfillment)
Establishment of the Kingdom. Jeremiah 3131-34 (Hebrews 915) Ezekiel 3624-27 (John 1613-15, Acts 238)
Who will be the King? Ezekiel 3423,24 (John 1014, Ephesians 122,23) Hosea 35 Joel 228-32 (Acts 216-21) Zechariah 131,2
Extent of the Kingdom of God. Isaiah 496, 426 Isaiah 22-4 Isaiah 541 (Galatians 426-28) Ezekiel 1722-24 Zechariah 210,11
Relationship between King and subjects. Exodus 195,6 (1 Peter 29, 1 Timothy 25 Ezekiel 3724-28 (2 Corinthians 66) Ezekiel 1119,20 Hosea 110,11, 223 (Romans 925,26)
Relationships between subjects in the Kingdom of God. Isaiah 116-10 (Galatians 326-28)
Persecution of the Kingdom of God. Daniel 76-8 Daniel 719-25
Power and Endurance of the Kingdom of God. Daniel 726,27 Amos 911 2 Samuel 712-14 Daniel 244
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Kingdom Prophecies in Zechariah

• Zechariah 210-12
• Zechariah 38-10
• Zechariah 69-15
• Zechariah 81-7
• Zechariah 910
• Zechariah 131-3
• Zechariah 14 the whole thing!!!

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More Prophecies of the Kingdom

• Daniel 244 In the time of those kings
• Jeremiah 3131-14 A new covenant and a new kind
  of relationship between God and his people.
• Isaiah 22-4, 116-12 The mountain of the
  Lords temple
• Joel 228-32 In the last days
• Ezekiel 1722-24 Birds of every kind will nest
  in it.
• Ezekiel 3724-28 My servant David will be king
  prince forever.
• Exodus 195-6 A kingdom of priests and a holy
  nation.

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From Shadowto Reality

• Types, prefigures and foreshadows as evidence
  for the inspiration of the Bible

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• John 539-40 You diligently study the Scriptures
  because you think that by them you possess
  eternal life. These are the Scriptures that
  testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to
  have life.
• Old Testament like a play.
• Old Testament like a mystery.

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Foreshadow An object, event, person or
situation which stands for something similar, but
of greater significance in the future. Prefigure
A specific thing which stands for another
specific thing similar to it in the future. Type
and Antitype A person or thing regarded as the
symbol of someone or something which is yet to
appear
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Proposed Rules of Interpretation of Types and
Foreshadows

• If a New Testament writer says that an Old
  Testament event or person is a prefigure/prophecy/
  foreshadow/type, then it is.
• If an Old Testament passage works as a
  foreshadow/prophecy prefigure/type
  both in the general sense and in the details, it
  almost certainly is a legitimate example.
• If one already knows that a general event in the
  Old Testament is a foreshadow/prefigure the one
  is more safe in assuming that the details are as
  well.ost certainly a legitimate example.

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Outline

• Historical Foreshadows
• Prefigures of the Messiah
• Types and the Tabernacle/Temple
• Old Testament and New Testament Priesthood
• The Old Covenant prefigures the New Covenant
• Levitical Laws as Prefugures
• Festivals as Foreshadows
• Messianic Prophecy
• Kingdom Prophecy

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Historical Foreshadows

• 1 Corinthians 1011 These things happened to
  them as examples and were written down as
  warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the
  ages has come.
• A little example Numbers 214-9.

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Foreshadows surrounding Abraham

• Isaac children of promise us
• Ishmael children born in the usual way Israel
• Hagar Old Covenant Mt. Sinai present
  Jerusalem
• Sarah New Covenant the Jerusalem that is
  above

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  Historical type/antitype in the
Exodus
 
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Prefigures of Jesus Christ

• Adam
• Melchizedek, Isaac, Joseph
• Moses
• Joshua
• Deborah, Samson, Saul
• David
• Elijah, Jonah
• Daniel, Cyrus
• Joshua the priest, Esther

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Parallels Between Moses and Jesus  
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Type/Antitype Relationships in the Tabernacle  
Hebrews 914
Titus 35
John 648-51
Psalm 1327,8
The angels in heaven
Ezekiel 1015-22
 
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Model of The Jewish Tabernacle Hebrews 1019-20
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Type and Antitype in the First and Second
Covenants    
 
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Sacrificial Type and Antitype
 
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First Covenant Festivals as Types
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