Just read these and if you can discredit them, congrats to you, even though I highly doubt you can.
First example of a fulfilled prophecy:
The City of Tyre.
In the Bible, Ezekiel was a prophet. In the Bible he predicted the destruction of Tyre thousands of years before it happened, being bold enough to say every bit of Tyre would be swept into the sea. Alexander the Great, which everyone agrees is real, right? was conquering Old Tyre. As he did so, he realized his navy couldn't get him to New Tyre to conquer it. So he took the remains of Old Tyre, every stone, piece of lumber, scrap, anything and dumped it into the sea. He made a bridge and conquered New Tyre.
If you don't take my word for it, read here about the bridge being made of "stones and wood": http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070515-alexander-great_2.html
Another prophecy is the Immaculate Conception, or Virgin Conception.
Jesus' birth was predicted in detail, in the 8th century BC. Of course many people know he was born, even other religions believe so.
Here are biblical quotes as proof (it shows both liberal and conservative views. For the sake of my argument, I'm referring to the Conservative views, which in my opinion are much less foggy): http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_proi.htm
The Nation of Israel rising again.
Israel and the land around it has been in controversy and dispute for thousands of years. In the Bible many references are made to Israelites being enslaved and Israel itself being taken over. In 1948, Israel regained independence, as foretold in Ezekiel 37:11-13 and reads: "Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel. When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the Lord."
Jesus will be hated for no reason (Psalm 69:4). Fulfillment: John 15:25
Above are my references for this prophecy. If you met a random man on the street that offered you a hundred dollars, would you throw stones at him? I didn't think so. The prophecy was made to say that when Jesus began his ministry, he would be hated without cause. WHY? If you read the verse Psalm 69:4, it says that Jesus will be "forced to restore what he did not steal." That obviously that came true. The guy was nailed to a cross.
My last one will be that the Crucifixion was foretold.
In Psalms (which for you less informed, was written well before the time of Jesus) the Crucifixion of Jesus was written in detail. Read it in Psalms 22 all of the chapter.
There are many many more I could put down, but here are a few major ones I thought you would like. If there is anything that you would like me to clarify, I will try my best. Realize I haven't gotten to understand every element of the Bible (I'm 13). If these are true, how can you take the position that the Bible is filled with falsehoods and illogical references?
The thing with Ezekiel was that he was right when he said the city was permenantly destroyed. The old city which existed then was destroyed completely. (everything being swept into the sea) Realistically, I could build a city in my backyard and call it Tyre and contradict the Bible. BUT, what was being said was that the city would be completely destroyed. Aside of Isaiah, no reference was made to it being rebuilt. I believe that argument made sense.
Even though I haven't been able to find any reference of the Immaculate Conception outside of the Bible, apparently Israel was just recently given its independence back google it, the Cruxifiction has been refered to many first century historians. Go to wikipedia and look under "Cruxifixion of Jesus". Also, Jesus being hated unjustly was the reason for his Cruxifiction, which was proved earlier. Hope those references are better for you.
First example of a fulfilled prophecy:
The City of Tyre.
In the Bible, Ezekiel was a prophet. In the Bible he predicted the destruction of Tyre thousands of years before it happened, being bold enough to say every bit of Tyre would be swept into the sea. Alexander the Great, which everyone agrees is real, right? was conquering Old Tyre. As he did so, he realized his navy couldn't get him to New Tyre to conquer it. So he took the remains of Old Tyre, every stone, piece of lumber, scrap, anything and dumped it into the sea. He made a bridge and conquered New Tyre.
If you don't take my word for it, read here about the bridge being made of "stones and wood": http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070515-alexander-great_2.html
Another prophecy is the Immaculate Conception, or Virgin Conception.
Jesus' birth was predicted in detail, in the 8th century BC. Of course many people know he was born, even other religions believe so.
Here are biblical quotes as proof (it shows both liberal and conservative views. For the sake of my argument, I'm referring to the Conservative views, which in my opinion are much less foggy): http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_proi.htm
The Nation of Israel rising again.
Israel and the land around it has been in controversy and dispute for thousands of years. In the Bible many references are made to Israelites being enslaved and Israel itself being taken over. In 1948, Israel regained independence, as foretold in Ezekiel 37:11-13 and reads: "Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel. When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the Lord."
Jesus will be hated for no reason (Psalm 69:4). Fulfillment: John 15:25
Above are my references for this prophecy. If you met a random man on the street that offered you a hundred dollars, would you throw stones at him? I didn't think so. The prophecy was made to say that when Jesus began his ministry, he would be hated without cause. WHY? If you read the verse Psalm 69:4, it says that Jesus will be "forced to restore what he did not steal." That obviously that came true. The guy was nailed to a cross.
My last one will be that the Crucifixion was foretold.
In Psalms (which for you less informed, was written well before the time of Jesus) the Crucifixion of Jesus was written in detail. Read it in Psalms 22 all of the chapter.
There are many many more I could put down, but here are a few major ones I thought you would like. If there is anything that you would like me to clarify, I will try my best. Realize I haven't gotten to understand every element of the Bible (I'm 13). If these are true, how can you take the position that the Bible is filled with falsehoods and illogical references?
The thing with Ezekiel was that he was right when he said the city was permenantly destroyed. The old city which existed then was destroyed completely. (everything being swept into the sea) Realistically, I could build a city in my backyard and call it Tyre and contradict the Bible. BUT, what was being said was that the city would be completely destroyed. Aside of Isaiah, no reference was made to it being rebuilt. I believe that argument made sense.
Even though I haven't been able to find any reference of the Immaculate Conception outside of the Bible, apparently Israel was just recently given its independence back google it, the Cruxifiction has been refered to many first century historians. Go to wikipedia and look under "Cruxifixion of Jesus". Also, Jesus being hated unjustly was the reason for his Cruxifiction, which was proved earlier. Hope those references are better for you.
