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(Part 3)
Prophecy
Here’s a really quick intro:
And yes, it’s a real woman in the video, don’t know why they put this AI picture on the front here.
Of course, there are Two vastly different Perspectives on everything under sun. One perspective is man’s perspective. It comes with men’s mindsets, men’s prejudices, man’s insecurities, men’s fatal attractions, addictions, lies, and deceptions, greed, and iniquities.
The other perspective: it comes from heaven. It comes down to earth: Through the medium of God to his Creation. God’s Heavenly Message was intended to Create an unbroken chain of love, clarity, creativity, purity, godliness, righteousness, truth, peace, and joy. The Word of God.
It also comes with the FingerPrint of God affirming its authenticity: Prophecy.
Clear. Accurate. Definitive. Observational. (Unambiguous) With specific (and sometimes exact) People, Places, Public Witnesses, Dates, Times, Seasons, and exact fulfillments, verifying and confirming the very hand of God, like no other book under the sun.
God names people by name hundreds of years before they were born, and told them their history beforehand, saying specifically what they would do. (See Isaiah 44 & 45):
28 That saith of Cyrus,
- He is my shepherd,
- and shall perform all my pleasure:
even saying to Jerusalem,
- Thou shalt be built;
and to the temple,
- Thy foundation shall be laid.
Isaiah lived and wrote his message 200 years before Cyrus was born. How could Isaiah know and write about Cyrus, without God’s Prophetic Working in him?
Isaiah told us beforehand exactly how Cyrus was going to conquer the greatest, richest, most fortified and impenetrable, Kingdom on the earth in his day.
He told us, that Cyrus would go under the city walls. And that was the very night, Daniel was invited to the King of Babylon’s Great Feast, to interpret the “Handwriting on the Wall.” (Daniel 5:7) That was the night, Belshazzar was toasting the gods of Babylon, (made with silver, and gold), and calling for the Vessel’s of the Yahweh’s Holy Temple to drink a toast to their idols.
1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus,
- whose right hand I have holden,
- to subdue nations before him;
and I will loose the loins of kings,
[That speaks to Belshazzar’s knees that shock …
Daniel 5:6 (KJV) “Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.”]
To open before him the two leaved gates;
and the gates shall not be shut;[That speaks to: How Cyrus got into the city. He diverted the river, and went under the gates that river flowed into the city, and was its life supply.]
2 I will go before thee,
and make the crooked places straight:
I will break in pieces the gates of brass,
and cut in sunder the bars of iron:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness,
and hidden riches of secret places,
that thou mayest know that I, the LORD,
which call thee by thy name,
am the God of Israel.
We also know from Daniel’s prophecy, every year Jesus would ride a donkey into Jerusalem, and be proclaimed king of Israel. This event is often called the triumphful entry. It was clearly predicted some 400 to 500 years earlier: by two profits, Daniel and Zechariah. Daniel tells us the exact year. And Zachariah tells us the exact manner Jesus would arrive in Jerusalem.
The prediction of Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey comes from the Old Testament and is fulfilled in the New Testament. Below are the relevant verses from the King James Version (KJV):
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:9 (KJV)
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.”
This verse, written around 500 years before Jesus, predicts that the Messiah would enter Jerusalem riding on a donkey.
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:1–5 (KJV)
“[…] All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.”
(See also Mark 11:1–10, Luke 19:29–40, John 12:12–16).
These verses detail the actual event and explicitly state it was done to fulfill the prophecy in Zechariah.
The Book of Daniel provides a prophecy that many scholars interpret as predicting the approximate date of Jesus’ entry:
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Daniel 9:24–25 (KJV/parallel translations)
“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks…”
This prophecy speaks of “seventy weeks” (generally understood as seventy sevens, or 490 years), with 69 weeks (483 years) from the command to rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Messiah. Scholars often associate this time period as pointing to the time when Jesus presented Himself as king entering Jerusalem—the Triumphal Entry.
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While the exact Gregorian calendar date is debated, it is widely agreed that Jesus entered Jerusalem in the week leading up to Passover, on what is now commemorated as Palm Sunday. Many scholars link this with Nisan 10 in the Jewish calendar in the year AD 30 or AD 33, fulfilling both the meaning and timing of the prophecy (as Nisan 10 was the day the Passover lambs were chosen, symbolically aligning with Jesus’ role as the Lamb of God).
| Prophecy/Fulfillment | Bible Reference | Key Details |
|---|---|---|
| Messianic Prophecy | Zechariah 9:9 (KJV) | Messiah comes, lowly, riding on a donkey and a colt |
| Fulfillment (Event) | Matthew 21:1–5, etc. | Jesus rides into Jerusalem on donkey, crowds acclaim him |
| Predicted Date (Type) | Daniel 9:24–25 | Seventy weeks prophecy, interpreted to match this event |
| Observed Event Date | John 12:12–13, etc. | Week before Passover, widely linked to Nisan 10 |
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:9 is the Old Testament prophecy declaring the king will enter Jerusalem on a donkey.
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:1–5, Mark 11:1–10, Luke 19:29–40, and John 12:12–16 record the fulfillment.
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The Book of Daniel 9:24–25 is interpreted by many to accurately predict the timing of the Messiah’s arrival in Jerusalem, with the event matching the selection day for the Passover lamb.
These verses form the scriptural foundation for the belief that Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on a donkey was a prophesied and dated messianic event.
Not only did God write his word, in the original Hebrew, and Greek, and Aramaic languages (the most commonly used languages of the Jews in their day), but he also promised to preserve his word so that future generations could have an unmolested, and holy trustworthy testimony of God and their own languages.
This is another prophetic and powerful work of God throughout the history, showing the greatness and reliability of God to keep his own message, free from corruption. Although the enemy has gone to great lengths to try and corrupt his word, God himself has preserved it, for those who will seek it, they will find it. (Matthew 7:7)
God himself promises to preserve his word:
“The words of the LORD are pure words:
- as silver tried in a furnace of earth,
- purified seven times.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD,
- thou shalt preserve them
- from this generation for ever.”
Now: Every person has the opportunity to choose man’s words, or God’s words.
Either God’s promises are good, faithful and reliable, or they are not.
The weight of that decision should be based on evidence. God has faithfully provided that evidence.
God has not left us in the dark. God does not want us to be ignorant. God does not want us to be manipulated, and controlled, and tossed about by every false doctrine that men create.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.
- For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea
- driven with the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
- 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
From the evidence that I have investigated, over several years of research, my conclusion is that God has preserved his word, and that it is irrefutable the amount of evidence that proves this position, and provides a sound foundation that one can rest assured in and be secure in.
On the contrary, many have come to conclusions of the opposite, they don’t believe in the word of God, they don’t believe that God is able to preserve his word, and they don’t believe that there is a God, who even exists that can preserve his word. For those in this camp, it is even far more important that they investigate the message and the evidence to the contrary of their own personal beliefs and doctrines.
The difference between a fool, and a wise man from the perspective of heaven, it’s not based on how much knowledge a man might have, or how much education they have, or how many degrees and certificates they have achieved: but upon their ability to discern truth from error. Life from death. And the purpose of creation, and their place in it.
Those who can discern it are wise, those who cannot are fools.
The problem God points out is not a person’s ability to learn, it’s the desire and direction of their learning.
If one does not desire to know God, all the learning in the world won’t help them–to Know God, and to follow Jesus. Nothing can teach a man to be grateful to Jesus.
That is why God suggests that some of the most intelligent and learned people on earth are also the most ignorant.
The Lamb of God
Now, we take a Jump into one of the Oldest Prophetic Pictures in the Bible, Beginning in the Garden of Eden (in Genesis), Progressing Through the Testimony of Moses (in Exodus), Continuing through All the Law and the Prophets, and Culminating at the LORD’s Supper. His last night before His Execution on the Cross, and then Continuing the Theme all the way through the end, in the Book of Revelation.
Acts 8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
1 Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
As you can see below, there are 27 prophetic references to the Lamb of God, just in the book of Revelation alone, most of which have a futuristic prophetic timing. That tells us, that the Prophetic Time Clock of God is not in anyway completed. Those who are wise will read and learn, and base their lives around what God has freely made available to them to learn:
Let him who has ears to hear, let him hear.
- Revelation 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
- Revelation 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
- Revelation 5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
- Revelation 5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
- Revelation 6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
- Revelation 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
- Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
- Revelation 7:10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
- Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
- Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
- Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
- Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
- Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
- Revelation 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lambwhithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
- Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
- Revelation 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
- Revelation 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
- Revelation 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
- Revelation 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
- Revelation 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb‘s wife.
- Revelation 21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
- Revelation 21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
- Revelation 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
- Revelation 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb‘s book of life.
- Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
- Revelation 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: