Lesson
VIII
Bible
Prophecy - I
July 8, 2007
Text – 2 Timothy
To study the Bible is to
study, history, geography and prophecy
I
Over one quarter of the Bible when written, was
written as prophecy
Genesis 41:25,28,32 here are examples
Deuteronomy
2
Peter 1:19-21 it is a more sure word of prophecy
II Prophecy is a Revelation from God or it is nothing
Isaiah
Isaiah
41:21-23 who but God can show what will
happen?
Jeremiah
28:9 shall come to pass
Ezekiel
III “Prophecy
must be of God for only One who
foreknows can foretell” (A.T. Pierson)
1
Foreknowledge does not belong to man
Proverbs
27: 1 thou knowest
not what a day may bring forth
James
4:13-15 ye know not what shall be on the morrow
2.
Foreknowledge does belong to God
Romans
8:28-29 whom He did foreknow
Jeremiah
1:5 I knew thee
Psalm
139:1-4 God knows!
Psalm 139:
13-16 covered me in my mother’s womb
Acts 15: 18 known unto God are all his
ways
Isaiah 46:9-10 He
knows the end from the beginning.
2
Prophecy is only possible because of God’s foreknowledge
Isaiah
44:26- 45:1-4 is an example
IV There are Two
Categories of Bible Prophecy
1.
Prophecies already fulfilled
Zechariah
9:9 cf Matthew 21:1-5
2.
Prophecies yet to be
fulfilled
Zechariah
V.
Fulfilled Prophecies thus far, have become history
1 The birth of John
Malachi
3:1 cf Matthew 11:10
2
The birth of Jesus
Isaiah
7:14 cf Matthew 1:22,23