Bible
prophecies have correctly predicted events in secular history.
Predictions about political events borne out in
history.
|
Political
events |
Bible
reference |
©Year
Prophesied |
Fulfillment |
|
The Babylonian empire, |
Daniel 2:31-34 |
587 BC |
539-313 BC |
|
The Babylonian empire |
Daniel 2:38 |
- |
Existed |
1 |
The Medo-Persian empire |
Daniel 2:39 |
587 BC |
539-331 BC |
2 |
The Greek empire |
Daniel 2:39 |
587 BC |
331-146 BC |
3 |
The Roman empire |
Daniel 2:40 |
587 BC |
146 BC-313 |
|
The Babylonian empire. |
Daniel 7:3-7 |
587 BC |
605-539 BC |
1 |
Medo-Persian empire |
Daniel 8:3-4 |
587 BC |
539-331 BC |
2 |
The Greek empire of Alexander the Great |
Daniel 8:5-7 |
587 BC |
331-146 BC |
4 |
The sudden demise of Alexander the Great |
Daniel 8:8 |
587 BC |
146 BC |
5 |
The four generals who succeeded Alexander |
Daniel 8:8 |
587 BC |
146 BC |
Israel predictions borne out in
history.
|
Prophecy |
Bible Reference |
©Year prophesied |
Fulfillment |
1a |
Exiled to Babylon |
Deut 28:32-33,36 (Moses) |
1300 BC |
587 BC |
1b |
Exiled to Babylon |
Jeremiah 25:9 |
589 BC |
587 BC |
2 |
Jews exiled to all the kingdoms of the earth |
Deut 28:25,64 (Moses) |
1300BC |
70 |
3a |
Sacking of Jerusalem by the Romans |
Deut 28:48-57 (Moses) |
1300 BC |
70 |
3b |
Sacking of Jerusalem by the Romans |
Matt 23:37-38 |
30 |
70 |
4 |
Complete destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem |
Luke 21:5-6, 20-24 (Jesus) |
30 |
70 |
5 |
Cannibalism of babies during the siege of Jerusalem by Romans |
Deut 28:53 (Moses) |
1300 BC |
70 |
6a |
Formation of the Republic of Israel |
Deut 30:2-5 (Moses) |
1300 BC |
1948 |
6b |
Return of Jews to Israel. |
Ezekiel 37: |
593 BC |
1948 |
6c |
Unification of Israel and Judah. |
Ezekiel 37:22 |
593 BC |
1948 |
End
times prophecies.
|
Event predicted |
Bible
reference |
©Year
Prophesied |
Fulfillment |
1 |
Pestilences |
Matt 24:7 |
30 |
1981- HIV |
2 |
The seas and waves roaring |
Luke 21:25 (Jesus) |
30 |
2004 |
3 |
Earthquakes in diverse places |
Matt 24:7 |
30 |
Getting more frequent since 1945 |
4 |
Many shall run to and fro |
Daniel 12:4 |
587 BC |
Modern rapid transport |
5 |
Knowledge shall be increased |
Daniel 12:4 |
587 BC |
Information Technology |
6 |
This Gospel will be preached to all the world |
Matt 24:14 (Jesus) |
30 |
Possible from TV and internet since 1991 |
7 |
People of many nations can see the bodies of the two prophets |
Revelation 11:9 |
70 |
Possible from 1977. Satellite TV allows live observation of events |
8 |
The mark of the beast for buying and selling |
Revelation 13:16-18 |
70 |
2004 Microchip which can be implanted |
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Bible
prophecies have correctly predicted events in secular history.
It is
amazing that the Bible has predicted some of the important events in the history
of the world.
Secular history.
Secular history of the world involves kings and their conquests. Recorded history started from the Sumerians in the Euphrates river basin (Mesopotamia) in the present day Iraq. The records are in the form of cuneiform engravings in tablets of clay. Subsequently, historical records were in the form of writing on animal skins or parchment paper, statues, bas-relief pictures, mosaic, coins, paintings etc.
Babylonian
Empire.
605-539 BC.
There exists a tablet of stone describing King Nebuchadnezzar capturing
Jerusalem and bringing the inhabitants (Jews) to Babylon for exile.
This nation corresponds to the head made of
fine gold of the statue in the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar interpreted by
Daniel (Dan
2:32)
This empire is known for its majesty and grandeur
as depicted in its hanging gardens and Hammurabi Code of law. It
is also likened to a lion in its majesty.
(Dan 7:4)
Persian Empire. 539-356 BC.
There exists a Cylinder of Cyrus describing the destruction of Babylon by
King Cyrus of Persia in 539 BC.
This empire started off as an alliance of the Medes with the Persians.
The Persians eventually gained ascendancy. The empire
is likened to a ram with two horns, the Medes and Persians. (Dan 8:3)
This nation corresponds to the chest and arms made of silver in the dream of
King Nebuchadnezzar interpreted by Daniel. (Dan 2:32) The army of this empire is likened to a bear, being big and ungainly.
(Dan 7:5)
Greek Empire. 356-146 BC.
Alexander the great 356-323
BC. conquered the vastly bigger Persian armies in three decisive battles,
Granicus in 334 BC, Issus in 333BC and Gaugamela in 331 BC. He is acknowledged
to be the father of modern maneuver warfare. After a campaign which lasted 12
years, he was master of a vast area which stretched from Greece to the Punjab in
India. He died probably of Malaria at 33 years of age in Babylon..
This nation corresponds to the belly and thighs
made of brass in the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar interpreted by Daniel
(Dan 2:32). The army of this empire is likened to a
leopard, swift and maneuverable (Dan 7:6). This
empire is also likened to a ferocious goat with one horn. The single horn is
Alexander the Great. The horn was broken soon after the goat vanquished the ram
with fury (Dan 8:5). After the death of Alexander, his kingdom was
divided into four kingdoms corresponding to the four horns of the goat which
arose after the single horn was broken (Dan 8:8, 21-22): Cassander in Greece,
Lysmachus in Thrace, Seluceus I Nicator in Mesopotamia and Iran, and Ptolomy I
in the Levant and Egypt. These later consolidated into two kingdoms, the
Ptolomies and the Seleucids
One of the subsequent kings, Antiochus Epiphanes
(Epiphanes'
name means God made manifest.) sacrificed swine
in the temple at Jerusalem and declared himself as god (168 BC.) (Dan 8:9-11)
Roman Empire. 146 BC- 313 AD.
This empire is corresponds to the legs of iron
in the dream of Nebuchadnezer interpreted by Daniel (Dan 2:33). The army of this
empire is likened to a cruel beast that shows no mercy. (Dan 7:7)
Flavius Josephus records the Jewish revolt and the subsequent six-month
siege of Jerusalem by general Titus, son of Caesar Vespasian. He records the
desperate starvation in Jerusalem where mothers cannibalized
their children. (Deut 28:53,57) (Matt 24:19)
The Romans massacred about one million Jews.
The gold covered temple was burnt down
during the capture and the gold was plundered by the soldiers who took down
every stone in order to retrieve the melted gold fragments (Matt 24:2).
The remaining survivors were in such poor condition that when they were
shipped to Alexandria, Egypt for sale as slaves,
no one would buy them. (Deut 28:68)
A special coin was minted to commemorate the capture of Jerusalem. This
depicted the Emperor Vespasian looking down on a Jewish slave woman in the
presence of an olive tree depicting the state of Israel.
The Arch of Titus was erected in Rome to commemorate the victorious
Romans. It is still standing today.
The history of Israel.
What happened to Jerusalem
after it’s sacking in AD 70?
Jerusalem was under various powers
from 70 to 1948 AD.
Rome.
70
to 313 AD.
Byzantine.
313 to 636 AD.
Arabs.
636 to 1099 AD.
Latin (Roman Catholic Pope).
1099 to 1291 AD.
Mameluke.
1291 to 1516 AD.
Ottoman.
1516 to 1917 AD.
British.
1918 to 1948 AD.
In 1945 two
shocking events occurred. One was the detonation of nuclear weapons in Japan and
the other was the discovery of the death camps of Auschwitz, Treblinka, Belzec,
Sobibor, Majdanek and Buchenwald. The
Holocaust saw the systematic extermination (genocide) of about 6 million Jews by
Nazi Germany.
Moved to
remorse, the leaders of the nations of the world supported the creation of the
state of Israel in Palestine. In 1948, the independent Republic of Israel was
formed with the recognition of the United Nations.
Many Jews
came back from 70 countries to settle in the land. Almost immediately, the Jews
faced war from their Arab neighbors. A rag-tag civilian army of about 20,000 men
battled the combined military might of Egypt, Jordan and Syria and emerged
victorious after six months of bitter fighting.
The Sinai war
of 1954 saw the Arab invaders losing the Sinai Peninsula to Israel.
In the
six-day war of 1967, the Arab Invaders lost Jerusalem and the west bank of the
Jordan River to Israel.
In the Yom
Kippur war of 1973, the invader Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel.
The land
became populated, with many Jews returning from the countries of the Diaspora.
It had about 3 million inhabitants before the Romans sacked it in AD 70. The
population dwindled to about 5,000 in the 1300s. It rose to about 1 million in
1954 and about 5 million in 2004. The towns became cities (Ezek 37:1-28).
Since 1948,
the land became fertile and productive. Its fruits became widely available
worldwide.
Israel since
independence in 1948 has been a focus of trouble in the Middle East and for the
rest of the world. From being a victim, the Jews with the victories in the four
wars and the subjugation of the Palestinian people, they have taken on the role
of the big bully. Sympathy for them is now on the decline. The Palestinians are
now spawning terrorist activities in order to achieve the political aim of
creating an independent Palestinian nation. Groups with political ambitions in
other Arab states have jumped on the fashionable wagon of Islamic fundamentalism
to perpetrate systematic terrorism.
The European
nations have decided to co-operate and formed European Common Market. They have
further unified by forming the European Union and using a common currency. With
the United States’ invasion of Iraq, the European nations are distancing
themselves from the United States. However they are still connected by The North
Atlantic Treaty Organization. This is being expanded to include some of the
states of the former Soviet Bloc.
The United States, which is mainly ethnically derived form the European
peoples can be considered as an offshoot of the European nations. However, the
Jews in the United States have a disproportionately large political influence.
They comprise the captains of industry, professions and media. It is no wonder
that the United States is subsidizing Israel to the tune of about a billion
dollars a year in assistance of various kinds.
There have
been numerous attempts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. The European
nations and the United States have tried to broker peace deals without success
so far. The election of Hamas by the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza has
further complicated the situation. The failed war against Hezbollah in Lebanon
has added to insecurity in Israel.
Recent
History
Knowledge has increased
exponentially within the last century (Dan 12:4).
With the development of nuclear technology,
the means is now available to result in mutual assured destruction. The
experience at Hiroshima and Nagasaki showed that humans can
become vaporized in the intense heat of a nuclear explosion.
With the rise of the United States of America and the Soviet Union, the
world moved into the cold war era. The protagonists threatened mutual assured
destruction (MAD) on each other. They continued their war
by proxy in Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East (Matt 24:6-7, Luke 21:10).
Natural disasters are on the rise (Luke 21:11). It is estimated that
there were only 3 to 6 major earthquakes per
century until the 20th century. For the past 100 years, there have
been more than 35 major earthquakes, with most of them occurring after 1950. In
2004, there was a major undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra producing a
tsunami which claimed thousands of lives. The
countries bordering the Indian Ocean are not known to experience tsunamis. It is
postulated that the regular underground nuclear testing since the 1940’s may
partly contribute to the earthquakes.
Freak weather like drought, tornadoes and floods
are occurring more frequently. An example is flooding from Hurricane
Katrina.
The population
of the world is rapidly increasing. Forests are being cleared. Natural
resources are being depleted. Pollution is also on the increase. These may be
contributing to global warming.
The social
fabric of the world is being changed. Permissive lifestyles like homosexuality
and fornication are becoming more acceptable. The family unit is being
threatened.
Coincidental
with this is the outbreak and rapid spread of Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus
(AIDS virus). Large swathes of populations all over the world, especially in
Africa are being affected. Other new viruses are emerging. These include those
responsible for the Mad Cow Disease, Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
(SARS) and Bird Flu and Ebola. These can be called pestilences
(Matt 24:7, Luke 21:11).
The world resources are also unequally controlled. It is
estimated that 90% of the world’s resources are under the control of 10% of
the world’s population. This means that there is opulence in the midst of
poverty. Famine is widespread in Africa (Matt
24:7, Luke 21:11).
We are now in
an age where some activities are not even imaginable only 200 years ago. Vast
amounts of information can be stored in tiny computer chips. Computer chips have
been implanted in human beings for purposes of identification.
With the help
of television and satellite telecommunications, the whole world can see what is
happening real-time at any one location. People can move
to and fro over vast distances in short periods of time with air travel
(Dan 12:4).
With multi-national corporations and modern telecommunications and transport,
the world economy is becoming increasingly globalised.
The framework for economic globalization is assisted by institutions like the
United Nations and its affiliated bodies like the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund. The U.N. also provides the political framework to
punish errant nations as happened to Iraq in the first Gulf War in 1991.
However it is powerless against powerful nations like the United
States when it invaded Iraq without approval of the Security Council of the
United Nations.
The second
half of the 20th century has seen the emergence of ecumenism,
not only among the various Christian Church denominations but also among various
religions. The momentum is from religious intolerance to religious tolerance and
towards religious acceptance. The differences of doctrine are increasingly being
watered down even to the extent that evangelism would no longer be relevant. The
motto is the common fatherhood of God and the common brotherhood of man
irrespective of religion. I believe that terrorism in the name of religion may
stimulate a reaction of increased motivation towards ecumenism. This would
culminate in the widespread acceptance of a common world religion. The secret
society of Freemasons is already practicing this. Membership is only by
invitation. Interestingly, a disproportionate number of the members happen to be
world financial and political heavyweights.
Prediction
of events which have yet to occur.
The
major events in history mentioned above have been accurately predicted in the
Bible. Some were predicted as far back as 1,300 BC.
What does the
Bible say of the future? With the presence of increase in natural disasters,
wars, famine and epidemics of new diseases, I believe the stage is now set for
further predicted events to unfold (Matt 24:6-7, Luke 21:10-11).
The foretold
events include the rebuilding of the Temple (Ezek 37:27), the emergence of a
political personality labeled the Beast (Dan 7:24-25, Matt 24:24, Rev 13:1-2),
who would insist that his mark be placed on people (Rev
13:11-18), the emergence of another personality called the False Prophet (Rev
16:13, Matt 24:23-24) who would edify the Beast and the emergence of two
witnesses (Rev 11:3-6) who would prophesy against the Beast and the False
Prophet.
The people of
the whole world would be able to see the death and resurrection of these two
prophets in Israel (Rev 11:7-12). When it was predicted in 30 AD, it would be
inconceivable for an event in Jerusalem to be instantly seen by people all over
the world. However now with modern technology like satellite telecommunication,
this capability is now a reality.
The Beast
would lead armies against Israel (Rev 19:17-21). Jesus would come to the rescue
of Israel. The final
conflict (Rev: 20:1-10) and the curtain falls.
Proof text of Bible prophecy and prediction of future events.
(Prophecy
of Moses. 1300 BC. )
Deut
28:14-68 (This contains
predictions about the exile to Babylon in 597BC, the siege of Jerusalem
by the Romans in AD 70, and the diaspora of AD 70 to 1946
14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this
day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken
unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and
his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses
shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: (history
of Israel)
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the
increase of thy kind, and the flocks of thy sheep.
19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou
goest out.
20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou
settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou
perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast
forsaken me.
21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed
thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an
inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with
blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is
under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall
it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine
enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before
them: and shalt be removed into all
the kingdoms of the earth. (The diaspora
of AD 70 to 1948)
26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and
unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and
with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of
heart:
29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou
shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled
evermore, and no man shall save thee.
30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt
build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard,
and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof:
thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be
restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt
have none to rescue them.
32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto
another people, (Babylon)
and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and
there shall be no might in thine hand.
33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a
nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and
crushed alway:
34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt
see.
35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch
that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou
shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have
known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.(Babylon)
37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among
all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little
in; for the locust shall consume it.
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the
wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not
anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they
shall go into captivity.
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou
shalt come down very low.
44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head,
and thou shalt be the tail.
45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and
overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the
voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he
commanded thee:
46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed
for ever.
47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness
of heart, for the abundance of all things;
48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against
thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and
he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far,
from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue
thou shalt not understand;
50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of
the old, nor shew favour to the young: (The
Roman Empire)
51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy
land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn,
wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have
destroyed thee.
52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls
come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he
shall besiege
thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God
hath given thee.
53 And thou shalt eat
the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters,
which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness,
wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be
evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the
remnant of his children which he shall leave:
55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh
of his children whom he shall eat:
because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith
thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the
sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall
be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her
daughter,
57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between
her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat
them for want of all things secretly in
the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy
gates.
58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in
this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY
GOD;
59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed,
even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long
continuance.
60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast
afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of
this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven
for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good,
and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to
bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou
goest to possess it.
64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people,
from the one end of the earth even unto the other; (The
diaspora) and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor
thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of
thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and
failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and
thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even
thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith
thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt
again with ships, by the way whereof I
spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and
there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Deut 30:1-20 (This contains predictions
about the gathering of Hebrews from many nations and the restoration of the
nation state of Israel in 1948)
30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the
blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them
to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to
all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart,
and with all thy soul;
3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity,
and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather
thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered
thee.
4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from
thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land
which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it;
(The re-establishment of the nation of Israel in 1948.)
and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed,
to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou
mayest live.
7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them
that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his
commandments which I command thee this day.
9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in
the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy
land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he
rejoiced over thy fathers:
10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his
commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if
thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from
thee, neither is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to
heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the
sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that
thou mayest do it.
15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his
ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou
mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land
whither thou goest to possess it.
17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn
away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall
not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to
possess it.
19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I
have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore
choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice,
and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy
days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
(Prophecy of Ezekiel. Between 593 BC. and 571 BC.)
Ezek
37:1-28 (This contains predictions about the
gathering of the Hebrews from many nations and the restoration of the nation
state of Israel in 1948)
37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the
spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the
valley which was full of bones,
2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many
in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live?
And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry
bones, hear the word of the LORD.
5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter
into you, and ye shall live:
6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover
you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that
I am the LORD.
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise,
and behold a shaking,
and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came
up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in
them.
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to
the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and
breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath
came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an
exceeding great army.
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the
whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our
hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my
people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come
up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my
people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live,
and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have
spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah,
and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and
write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel
his companions:
17 And join them one to another into one
stick;(unified nation of Israel)
and they shall become one in thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou
not shew us what thou meanest by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of
Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows,
and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one
stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I
will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone,
and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: (restoration
of the Nation of Israel in 1948)
22 And I will make them one nation
in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them
all: and they shall be no more two nations,
neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with
their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save
them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse
them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one
shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do
them.
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant,
wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and
their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David
shall be their prince for ever.
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an
everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and
will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I
will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my
sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Ezek
38:1-23 (This contains predictions about the
events in Israel during the end- times in future.)
38:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the
land of Magog,
the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the chief
prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee
forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all
sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them
handling swords:
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of
them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah
of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are
assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come
into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many
people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is
brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover
the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time
shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go
to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls,
and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate
places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the
nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the
land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions
thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered
thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle
and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely,
shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north
parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a
great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the
land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will
bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be
sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my
servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that
I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the
land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that
day there shall be a great shaking in the land of
Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the
beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all
the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the
mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall
shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith
the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with
blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many
people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great
hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known
in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I
am the LORD.
Ezekiel 39:1-29 (This contains predictions
about the events in Israel during the end-times in future.)
39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth
part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and
will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to
fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the
people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every
sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them
that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will
not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the
heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day
whereof I have spoken.
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on
fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the
arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire
seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of
the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil
those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will
give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the
passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the
passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall
call it The valley of Hamon-gog.
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be
burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a
renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the
land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth,
to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone,
then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley
of Hamon-gog.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the
land.
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered
fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather
yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a
great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink
blood.
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of
the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of
Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of
my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty
men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my
judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD
their God from that day and forward.
23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for
their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from
them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the
sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I
done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of
Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my
holy name;
26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they
have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made
them afraid.
27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of
their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which cause them to be led
into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land,
and have left none of them any more there.
29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my
spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
(Prophecy of Jeremiah.
589 B.C.)
Jer 25:1-14 (This
contains predictions about the
carrying away of people of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar in 587 BC,)
25:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first
year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto
this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come
unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not
hearkened.
4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the
prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined
your ear to hear.
5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the
evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and
to your fathers for ever and ever:
6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to
worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I
will do you no hurt.
7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might
provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the
north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar
the king of Babylon,
my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants
thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy
them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness,
the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the
millstones, and the light of the candle.
11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these
nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are
accomplished, that I will punish the king of
Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for
their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual
desolations.
13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against
it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied
against all the nations.
14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I
will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of
their own hands.
(Prophecy of Daniel. 587 to 562 BC.)
Dan
2:1-49 (This contains predictions about
what shall be in the latter days. Following the Babylonian empire will be
the Medo-Persian Empire. This would be followed by the Greek Empire and the Roman
Empire. What happens during the end-times in
future is also described.)
2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the
sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and
stood before the king.
3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was
troubled to know the dream.
4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell
thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye
will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall
be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation
thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour:
therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we
will shew the interpretation of it.
8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time,
because ye see the thing is gone from me.
9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for
you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the
time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew
me the interpretation thereof.
10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the
earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor
ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there
is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling
is not with flesh.
12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy
all the wise men of Babylon.
13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought
Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the
king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty
from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and
that he would shew the king the interpretation.
17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
18 That they would desire mercies of the God of
heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not
perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night
vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for
ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up
kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know
understanding:
22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he
knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me
wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for
thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy
the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise
men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the
interpretation.
25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king
in haste and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah,
that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was
Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have
seen, and the interpretation thereof?
27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the
king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the
soothsayers, shew unto the king;
28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets,
and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what
shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy
head upon thy bed, are these;
29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what
should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to
thee what shall come to pass.
30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have
more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the
interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy
heart.
31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This
great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form
thereof was terrible.
32 This image's head was of fine gold,
his breast and his arms of silver,
his belly and his thighs of brass,
33 His legs
of iron, his feet
part of iron and part of clay.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone
was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron
and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,
broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for
them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the
whole earth.
36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the
king.
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a
kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the
fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over
them all. Thou art this head of gold.
(The Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar)
39 And after thee shall arise another
kingdom inferior to thee, (The silver
is the Medo-Persian Empire) and another
third kingdom of brass,
which shall bear rule over all the earth. (
The Greek Empire of Alexander the great.)
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be
strong as iron:
forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that
breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. (The
Roman Empire.)
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and
toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron,
the kingdom shall be divided;
but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou
sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of
clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not
cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom
shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in
pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without
hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver,
and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass
hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and
commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a
God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou
couldest reveal this secret.
48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and
made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors
over all the wise men of Babylon.
49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,
over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the
king.
Dan 7:1-28 (End of Belshazzar 539 BC) (This
contains predictions about the nations following the Babylonian Empire:
the Medo-Persian Empire, the Greek Empire and the Roman Empire.)
7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a
dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told
the sum of the matters.
2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four
winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
3 And four great beasts
came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
4 The first was like a lion,
and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and
it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a
man's heart was given to it. (Babylonian
Empire)
5 And behold another beast, a second,
like to a bear, ( and it raised up
itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth
of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. (Medo-Persian
Empire)
6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like
a leopard,
which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four
heads; and dominion was given to it. (Greek
Empire of Alexander the great.)
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth
beast, (The Roman Empire)
dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it
had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the
residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were
before it; and it had ten horns.
8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of
the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in
this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great
things.
9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient
of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his
head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as
burning fire.
10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands
ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the
judgment was set, and the books were opened.
11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I
beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the
burning flame.
12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet
their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the
Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of
days, and they brought him near before him.
14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people,
nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting
dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed.
15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of
my head troubled me.
16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all
this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
17 These great beasts,
which are four,
are four kings,
which shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the
kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast,
which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of
iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the
residue with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head,
and of the other which came up, and before whom three
fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and
a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his
fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against
them;
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment
was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the
saints possessed the kingdom.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the
fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall
devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down,
and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of
this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another
shall rise after
them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three
kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High,
and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to
change times and laws: and they shall be
given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume
and to destroy it unto the end.
27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the
whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much
troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my
heart.
Daniel 8:1-27 (This contains predictions about
the nations following Babylonian Empire: the Medo-Persian Empire, the Greek
Empire and the Roman Empire.)
8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a
vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared
unto me at the first.
2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan
in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I
was by the river of Ulai.
3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river
a ram
which had two horns: and the two horns were
high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. (Medo-Persian
Empire) 4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and
southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that
could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became
great.
5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat
came from the west on the face of the whole
earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a
notable horn between his eyes. (Greek
Alexander the great.)
6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had there
seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury (anger) of his
power.
7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against
him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the
ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon
him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great:
and when he was strong, the great horn was broken;
and for it came up four
notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn,
which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward
the pleasant land.
10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the
host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and
by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary
was cast down.
12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of
transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and
prospered.
13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain
saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice,
and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to
be trodden under foot?
14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three
hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought
for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said,
Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon
my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the
end shall be the vision.
18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the
ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of
the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
20 The ram which thou
sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the rough goat is
the king of Grecia: and the great horn
that is between his eyes is the first king.
(Alexander the great)
22 Now that being broken, whereas four
stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his
power.
23 And in the latter time of their
kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a
king of fierce countenance, and understanding
dark sentences, shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own
power: and he shall destroy wonderfully,
and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy
the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and
he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many:
he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes (Jesus);
but he shall be broken without hand.
26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true:
wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did
the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision,
but none understood it.
Dan 9:24-27 (This contains predictions about
the events occurring during the end-times.)
24 Seventy weeks (490
years) are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to
finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation
for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the
vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 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,(49
years) and threescore and two weeks:(434
years) the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in
troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks (434
years) shall Messiah be cut off,
but not for himself: and the people of the prince that
shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof
shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations
are determined.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for
one week:(seven years) and in
the midst of the week (after three and a
half years) he shall cause the sacrifice and
the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he
shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall
be poured upon the desolate.
Dan
12:4 (This contains predictions about the
end-times.)
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of
the end: many shall run to and fro (modern
rapid transport), and knowledge shall be
increased (the scientific and
information technology age).
(Prophecy of Jesus. 30 AD.)
Matt
23:34-39 (This contains predictions about the
sacking of Jerusalem
AD. 70.)
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and
some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in
your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the
blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye
slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
(The sacking of Jerusalem in AD. 70)
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye
shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Matt
24:1-51 (This contains predictions about the
sacking of Jerusalem by the Romans in AD 70 when the temple would be completely
demolished. This also contains
predictions about the events of end-times)
24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to
him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There
shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him
privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what
shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive
you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;
and shall deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars:
see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end
is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom: and there shall be famines,
and pestilences,
and earthquakes,
in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and
shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall
betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall
deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in
all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of
desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand
in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his
house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them
that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath
day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of
the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved:
but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it
not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false
prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it
were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not
forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west;
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and
the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in
heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the
Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall
gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the
other.
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender,
and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,
know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these
things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no,
not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall
also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they
were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day
that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took
them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other
left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the
other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the
thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house
to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye
think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler
over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his
coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the
drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and
in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke
21:5-28 (This contains predictions about the
siege and sacking of Jerusalem by the Romans in AD 70 when the temple would be
completely demolished. This also
contains predictions about the events of the end-times)
5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and
gifts, he said,
6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will
come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall
not be thrown down. (The complete
destruction of the temple during the sacking of Jerusalem in AD. 70)
7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things
be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my
name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after
them.
9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these
things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
11 And great earthquakes
shall be in divers places, and famines,
and pestilences;
and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute
you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before
kings and rulers for my name's sake.
13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall
answer:
15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not
be able to gainsay nor resist.
16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and
friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed
with armies, then know that the desolation
thereof is nigh. (Roman siege of
Jerusalem by Titus.)
21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and
let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in
the countries enter thereinto.
22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be
fulfilled.
23 But woe unto them
that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! (
cannibalism of babies.) for there shall
be great distress in the land, and wrath upon
this people.
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword,
and shall be led away captive into all nations: (diaspora)
and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the
Gentiles be fulfilled.
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in
the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress
of nations, with perplexity; the sea
and the waves roaring (tsunami);
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which
are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming
in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your
heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
( Prophecy of John. 90 AD.)
(This contains predictions about the events of the end-times)
Rev 9:15-16
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day,
and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of
men.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two
hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. (200
million man army from nations of the east))
Rev 11:3-13
3 And I will give power unto my two
witnesses, and they shall prophesy a
thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the
God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and
devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner
be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their
prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the
earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the
beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against
them, and shall overcome them, and kill
them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street
of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our
Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and
nations shall see
their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead
bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry,
and shall send gifts one to another; because
these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into
them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw
them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.
And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake,
and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men
seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of
heaven.
Rev
13:1-18
13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a
beast rise up out of the sea, having
seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten
crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a
leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear,
and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the
dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound
was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power
unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast,
saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies;
and power was given unto him to continue forty and two
months (three and a half years).
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and
his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:
and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues,
and nations.
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.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with
the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of
the saints.
11 And I beheld another
beast coming up out of the earth;
and he had two horns like a lamb ((the
false prophet), and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth
the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly
wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on
the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by
the means of those miracles which he had
power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth,
that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and
did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the
beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as
many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to
receive a mark in their right hand, or in their
foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he
that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore
and six.
Rev
16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and
the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the
kings of the east might be prepared.
Rev
16:13
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the
dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet.
Rev
17:1-18
17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and
talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment
of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the
inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit
upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of
blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet
colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup
in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood
of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the
mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven
heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that
dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of
life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and
is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven
heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,
and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue
a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is
the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are
ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive
power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and
strength unto the beast.
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.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth,
are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the
whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn
her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will,
and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God
shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is
that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Rev
19:17-21
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice,
saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather
yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh
of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the
flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and
their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,
and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the
false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived
them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his
image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse,
which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their
flesh.
Revelation
20:1-10
20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless
pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,
which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon
him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should
be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them:
and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for
the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image,
neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they
lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand
years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the
second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and
shall reign with him a thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his
prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the
earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to
battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the
saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven,
and devoured them.
10 And the devil (the
dragon) that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where the beast and the false
prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Resource material:
The Concise Oxford Dictionary, Tenth Edition, 2001:
Josephus,
Flavius. The Essential Works. Translated and edited by Paul L. Maier. Angus
Hudson Ltd, Concorde House. Grenville Place, Mill Hill. London NW7 3SA. ISBN
0-8254-3260-X. © 1994.
The Holy Bible. King James Version.
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