prophecy
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(from Letters from A Skeptic by Dr. Gregory Boyd and Edward K. Boyd)
"The Bible contains a good deal of fulfilled prophetic material which is explainable only on the supposition that this book is God's Word."
Prophecies about the coming Christ from the Old Testament that are fulfliled in the New Testament:
Fortelling His place of birth as Bethlehem
-Numbers 24:17,19; Micah 5:2 and others
His lineage from Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David
-Genesis 12:3 and 21:12; 2 Samuel 7:13
His forerunner, John the Baptist
-Isaiah 40:3, Malachi 3:1
His vicarious suffering and death
-Isaiah 53
His crucifixion, before crucifixion was a mode of execution
Psalms 22:16; Zechariah 12:10
His execution with common criminals
Isaiah 53:9,12
His divinity
Isaiah 9:6, Jeremiah 23:6; Micah 5:2, etc.
"How is that to be explained? It goes miles beyond what "chance" would warrant."
(from Letters from A Skeptic by Dr. Gregory Boyd and Edward K. Boyd)
"The Bible contains a good deal of fulfilled prophetic material which is explainable only on the supposition that this book is God's Word."
Prophecies about the coming Christ from the Old Testament that are fulfliled in the New Testament:
Fortelling His place of birth as Bethlehem
-Numbers 24:17,19; Micah 5:2 and others
His lineage from Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David
-Genesis 12:3 and 21:12; 2 Samuel 7:13
His forerunner, John the Baptist
-Isaiah 40:3, Malachi 3:1
His vicarious suffering and death
-Isaiah 53
His crucifixion, before crucifixion was a mode of execution
Psalms 22:16; Zechariah 12:10
His execution with common criminals
Isaiah 53:9,12
His divinity
Isaiah 9:6, Jeremiah 23:6; Micah 5:2, etc.
"How is that to be explained? It goes miles beyond what "chance" would warrant."