Bible Prophecy Overview

The main reason people believe in the Bible is because of three reasons:

Historical Accuracy
Worldview Accuracy
Prophetic Accuracy

Historical Accuracy speaks of the accurate portrayal of historical events in the Bible. Archaeologists are finding out almost every day that the Bible is amazingly accurate when speaking of the past.

Worldview Accuracy speaks of the accurate portrayal of mankind and their predicament. Psychologists and others who study man are finding every day that the Bible speaks amazing truths about the nature of man. It also speaks completely accurately about God.

Prophetic Accuracy is what I want to talk about in this article. About 1/3rd of the Bible is predictions about the future. The main predictions are about the first coming of Jesus the Christ and the second coming of Jesus the Christ. The first coming already occured in about 3 A.D. with the birth of Jesus the Christ in Bethlehem. In fact, this birth place was actually a fullfillment of prophecy in Micah 5:2. The second coming is coming soon and will happen after the Great Tribulation on the earth.

If God wanted us to know who He was, how would he tell us? The Bible says, we know that these words are from Him, because He tells of things before they happen. God predicts things in the future so that we can know for sure that the Bible is God's word. That is the simplicity of prophecy. There is no one else in the world that can predict the future.

Now you may be asking, what about Nostredomus or psychics or something like that. There has always since the beginning of time been people who claim to be able to predict the future. The Bible says that unless they are 100% accurate they are not from God. Nostredomus made numerous general predictions using metaphors and allegories. None of his predictions give any specifics that make it impossible to be just a shot in the dark. Psychics generally have relations with the demonic realm, which are fallen angels. These fallen angels can make educated guesses on what may happen in the future since they have been around since the beginning of time, and they can definitely give the psychic information about a persons past making it seem more reliable, but demons can't tell psychics about the future.

There is only One Person that can tell the future. That Person is God. The Bible has over 300 prophecies that were fulfilled in the birth, life, and death of Jesus the Christ. The Bible also has 1,000's of other prophecies about future events that were fulfilled 100's of years later. These prophecies are not just vague, general predictions. These prophecies give specific details that could not possibly be from anyone other than God Himself. Here is a partial list of some of the most amazing prophecies that have been fulfilled:

Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2)
Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on a Donkey prior to His death (Zechariah 9:9)
Cyrus' declaration of Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple (Isaiah 44:28 and 45:1)
The Date of Jesus' Death (Daniel 9:25-26)

For an awesome look at fulfilled prophecies in the Bible visit 100 Fulfilled Prophecies.