Which bible "prophecies" cannot fit into any of these categories?

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There are several mundane ways in which a prediction of the future can be fulfilled:

* Retrodiction. The "prophecy" can be written or modified after the events fulfilling it have already occurred.
* Vagueness. The prophecy can be worded in such a way that people can interpret any outcome as a fulfillment. Nostradomus's prophecies are all of this type. Vagueness works particularly well when people are religiously motivated to believe the prophecies.
* Inevitability. The prophecy can predict something that is almost sure to happen, such as the collapse of a city. Since nothing lasts forever, the city is sure to fall someday. If it has not, it can be said that according to prophecy, it will.
* Denial. One can claim that the fulfilling events occurred even if they have not. Or, more commonly, one can forget that the prophecy was ever made.
* Self-fulfillment. A person or group can act deliberately to satisfy a known prophecy.

Which prophecies in the Bible cannot fit into one or more of those categories?
So... what's the actual prophecy?
 
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None of what is predeicted in Isaiah 53, stripes, bruises et al was any of those, just for a for instance


I really think you stepped in it this time.....do you really wanna go there, are you ready for what you will find
 
It's amusing that so many believers have given you examples showing "prophecies" that fit into those categories, but claiming they don't. Hilarious, actually :)

Peace.
 
This one is pretty precise!

*For you know this first, that in the last days there will come ridiculers with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires and saying: “Where is this promised presence of his? Why, from the day our forefathers fell asleep [in death], all things are continuing exactly as from creation’s beginning.

2 Peter chapter 3
 
From the date when Ezekiel measured the visionary temple in Ezekiel 40 unto 1948 when Israel became a nation
Look at Isaac Newton's views on prophecy.
Isaac Newton surmised Israel would return in 1949, it actually depends on how you look at the founding date of Israel

Newton says the "62 weeks," or 434-year part was fulfilled at the First Coming, and the "seven weeks," or 49-year part will apply to the Second Coming. And three centuries ago he saw in the Scriptures and wrote about the rebirth of Israel at a time when such a thought was preposterous. By faith, he foresaw a "friendly kingdom" someday again issuing the "commandment to restore and build Jerusalem." Now, centuries later, that "friendly kingdom" may have been the United Nations, which decreed Israel's rebirth in November, 1947, causing Israel to be reborn in May, 1948. However, Israel did not officially declare Jerusalem its capital until January 23, 1950, some believe the beginning of the 49-year countdown until the Jubilee year (50th anniversary), which will conclude at the end of Jewish year 5760 on September 30, 2000.
 
Well for one, how about Psalm 22, especially the part that says: "they have pierced my hands and my feet" and "they divide my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots". I would say that is a pretty accurate description of events.
 
All of them. There was only hundreds of prophecies about Jesus before he was even born. For example in Psalm 22, describes many events specifically of what happened when Jesus was on the cross.

Another good one is foretelling of Alexandar the great long before Greece was even a power in the book of Daniel. The little horn of Grecia. Daniel 8.

There are a many others. Symbolic most often is used because it is only meant for those with the wisdom and knowledge to know such things, not the fools.
 
- Israel becoming a nation again
- The coming of, death, and resurrection of Jesus
 
Psalm 22

Was written well before events of Jesus' life and death.
Included specific incidents and words.
Deals with an individual so no inevitability.
Events really did happen and were witnessed by many people.
Neither the Romans nor the Jews acted deliberately to do the things they did.

That's just the first one that came to mind. I'm sure I could think of lots more if I were so inclined.
 
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