What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy? One might ask, “what is prophecy? or what does it mean to prophesy?“ In simple terms, to prophesy is to speak prophecy. Prophecy is the noun and prophesy is the verb. When asked for the basic definition of prophecy, we can say without doubt that “it is a message from God.” Thus, to prophesy is to proclaim a message from God. They one who carries-out this task is referred to as a Prophet. Even though foretelling is often associated with prophecy, revealing the future is not necessarily a must-be element of prophecy. However, due to the fact that God clearly knows the future, any authoritative word about the future must of necessity be a prophecy, a divinely inspired message from God.

In the Old Testament of the Bible, we can read about prophets who simply spoke their divinely received messages to a king or to the people (e.g., Samuel, Nathan, Elijah, and Elisha). In later times, God sent forth a series of “writing prophets.” The messages of the “writing prophets” are preserved in Scripture (e.g., Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, and Malachi). For most cases, the “writing prophets” would preface their utterances with words like “this is what the Lord says” (NIV) or “thus saith the Lord” (KJV). This is an indication that God had communicated something to the prophets who stood to speak directly for Him to the people. Let’s support this point by reading from 2 Peter 1:21 – “For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”

What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Deuteronomy teaches us about two signs of a true prophet. First, a true prophet must not direct people to follow other gods. Second, when a true prophet speaks what he hears from God about the future, it will come to pass except God changes His mind (Jonah 3:10). God always backup the words of a true prophet and does not allow his words to fall on the ground without a reason. However, God remains the Sovereign ruler and sole decision maker. He does as He likes for the Scripture tells us that God is not a respecter of men. He commanded Prophet Jonah to proclaim the message that “In forty days Nineveh would be destroyed for its wicked and evil ways” (Jonah 3:4).

Prophet Jonah proclaimed the message and upon hearing it, the King, all his subjects, and even the animals in the land were forbidden to eat. The king called all his subjects to fast and pray earnestly to God as they abandon their wicked and evil ways with hope that God might change His mind about punishing them. God saw their sincerity and changed His mind about the punishment (Jonah 3:10). This did not make Jonah a false prophet. God even rebuked Jonah for questioning Him about the prophecy not coming to pass (Jonah 4:4). Thus, we are not very OK with the saying that “if a prophet’s prediction fail to come to pass, he is a false prophet.” A true prophet of God can proclaim a message that God has not spoken (Deuteronomy 18:22) but has allowed it to happen so (read 1 King 22:20 -25 ).

What does the Scripture say about Prophecy?

The Scripture tells us how God would often give the Prophet a message about something that would happen in the short term, to give him credibility on the more long-term message. A good example to better explain what we are trying to say here is that of Prophet Jeremiah when he told the leaders of Judah that the nation would be conquered by Babylon. Another “prophet,” a charlatan by name Hananiah, stood up against Prophet Jeremiah’s message claiming that God had given him a different message, thereby proving that Jeremiah was a false prophet. Upon hearing this, Jeremiah told Hananiah that within a year he, Hananiah, would be dead, and within a year Hananiah died (Jeremiah 28). This high level of prophetic accuracy in predicting the future gave more credibility to Jeremiah’s other prophecies.

In the New Testament of the Bible, John the Baptist proclaims that the Kingdom of God is near as the Messiah is already in the midst of Israel’s children. He further identifies Jesus as the Messiah meaning the “Anointed One” or “Promised Savior.” In the New Testament we also hear about Prophets and their accomplishments (1 Corinthians 12:27-31; Acts 13:1; Acts 11:27-28; Ephesians 4:11; 1 Corinthians 14:2,3; Ephesians 2:20; Acts 21:10; Acts 21:9; and Revelation 19:10). Still in the New Testament, we perceive Apostles walking in the prophetic role as they spoke directly and authoritative for God. The words that were spoken by the Apostles are preserved today in Scripture. Ephesians 2:20 points to the Apostles and Prophets as being the very foundation of the Church, with Jesus Christ in place as the cornerstone.

Facts about Prophecy

Behold, prophecy is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit (Romans 12:6–8). Today, some people hold that the gift of prophecy continues while others hold that it ceased when the foundation period of the church was complete. 1 Corinthians 12-14 happens to be the longest New Testament passage relating to the gift of prophecy in details. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit will be with His followers forever (John 14:16). Apostle Paul knowing the the Holy Spirit was to be with the followers of Jesus Christ for all times wrote saying that “The Spirit’s presence is shown in some way in each person for the good of all” (1 Corinthians 12:7). The manifestation of the Holy Spirit in us is perceived through its gifts for the good of God’s people (1 Corinthians 12).

Apostle Paul wrote much on the gift of prophecy and speaking in tongues to the Church at Corinth upon hearing that they were misusing the gifts. One problem they had was that whenever believers gathered, too many prophets were speaking at the same time. That is, they were interrupting each other to boot. Apostle Paul called them to order by saying that whenever they gather, at most two or three prophets should speak, and they should do so one at a time. Apostle Paul further calls on the other spiritually mature individuals in the Christian gathering to evaluate what the prophet says (1 Corinthians 14:29–31). Perhaps the best understanding here is that some believers in Corinth thought that they were getting a divinely inspired word directly from God, but they could have been wrong; therefore, they needed to submit their prophecies to the judgement of the Church.

What you should know about Prophecy

Unlike the Old Testament, if a New Testament prophecy is found contradicting the Scripture or the Revelatory Teachings of Jesus Christ (Gospel), such is considered contrary to sound doctrine and should be rejected. It is in this light that Revelation 19:10 tells us that the testimony of Jesus Christ is the spirit of prophecy. Hence, no teaching contrary to that of Christ should ever be welcomed by His followers. Also read the Key Teachings of Jesus Christ in order to learn more on what the Bible says about prophecy.

Revelation 19:9-10 – “Then the angel said to me, “Write this: happy are those who have been invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb.” And the angel added, “These are the true words of God.” I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Don’t do it! I am a servant together with you and with your fellow-believers, all those who hold to the truth that Jesus revealed. Worship God!” For the truth that Jesus revealed is what inspires the prophets.” Jesus said “And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many” (Matthew 24:11). Here, Jesus did not say “all prophets who will come after me are false” neither did He point to the end of the prophetic office. However, we are certain that any prophet who rises with a message different from the testimony of Jesus Christ is not of God.

What The Bible Says About Prophecy

1 John 4:1 – “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”

Amos 3:7 – “Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.”

1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 – “But test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.”

2 Peter 1:21 – “For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”

1 Corinthians 13:2 – “If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”

Ephesians 2:19-20 – “Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.”

Matthew 7:15 – “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.”

Matthew 7:12 – “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

2 Kings 20:5 – “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.’”

Group 1 – What The Bible Says About Prophecy

Romans 3:21-22 – “But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile.”

Isaiah 7:14 – “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.“

1 John 4:4 – “You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.“

Acts 19:5-6 – “On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.”

Amos 3:7 – “For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.”

2 Peter 1:21 – “For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”

Matthew 5:17 – “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.”

Zechariah 9:9 – “Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Matthew 1:22-23 – “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).”

Group 2 – What The Bible Says About Prophecy

1 Corinthians 14:3 – “On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.”

Acts 2:16-21 – “But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. …“

2 Peter 2:1-22 – “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; …”

Group 3 – What The Bible Says About Prophecy

Joel 2:28-32 – ““And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit. “And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.”

Isaiah 46:10 – “Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’”

2 Timothy 3:16 – “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,”

Micah 5:2 – “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.”

1 Corinthians 14:1 – “Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.”

1 John 2:18 – “Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.”

Group 4 – What The Bible Says About Prophecy

Deuteronomy 18:18-22 – “I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. …”

Acts 13:27 – “For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.”

1 Corinthians 12:4-11 – “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, …”

Group 5 – What The Bible Says About Prophecy

2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 – “Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.”

Isaiah 7:14 – “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

John 13:18 – “I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’”

Acts 2:25-28 – For David says concerning him, “‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’”

Acts 2:30 – “Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,”

Ezekiel 34:1 – “The word of the Lord came to me:”

Group 6 – What The Bible Says About Prophecy

Hebrews 8:8-12 – “For he finds fault with them when he says: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, …””

Acts 1:16 – “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.”

Acts 2:6-21 – “And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, …”

Luke 7:27 – This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’”

Group 7 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

1 Corinthians 12:1-31 – “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; …”

Romans 11:26 – “And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;”

Luke 1:70 – “As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,”

Isaiah 53:1-12 – “Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. …”

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Group 8 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Revelation 1:3 – “Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.”

Acts 13:35 – “Therefore he says also in another psalm, “‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’”

Acts 3:22 – “Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.”

Zechariah 12:10 – “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.”

Zechariah 9:9 – “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Acts 13:40 – “Beware, therefore, lest what is said in the Prophets should come about:”

Luke 1:33 – “And he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

Mark 9:11-13 – “And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?” And he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.””

Group 9 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

2 Peter 1:19 – “And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,”

Hebrews 1:9 – “You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”

Ezekiel 37:15 – “The word of the Lord came to me:”

Mark 15:27-29 – “And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,”

Psalm 22:1-31 – “To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. ...”

Mark 14:27 – And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’”

Hosea 6:2 – “After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.”

Group 10 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Acts 13:34 – “And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, “‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’”

John 19:37 – And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”

Jude 1:17 – “But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Genesis 22:18 – “And in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

Revelation 1:1 – “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,”

Psalm 2:7 – “I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.””

Deuteronomy 18:15-19 – “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ And the Lord said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.”

Group 11 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Luke 4:18 – “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,”

John 12:13 – “So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!””

Psalm 22:18 – “They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.“

Ezekiel 35:1 – “The word of the Lord came to me:”

Ezekiel 32:1 – “In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:”

Revelation 19:10 – “Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Isaiah 53:12 – “Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.”

Luke 20:42 – “For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,””

Group 12 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Acts 13:33 – “This he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, “‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’”

Psalm 22:1 – “To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?”

Acts 26:23 – “That the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Acts 15:17 – “That the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things.”

Luke 1:17 – “And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

Luke 23:46 – Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last.”

Luke 2:32 – “A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

John 19:28 – “After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.””

Acts 3:25 – “You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’”

Group 13 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Genesis 3:15 – “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

Malachi 3:1 – “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.”

Matthew 27:35 – “And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.”

Matthew 24:36 – “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.”

Acts 2:31 – “He foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.”

John 2:19 – Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

2 Timothy 2:15 – “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”

John 19:34 – “But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.”

John 6:45 – “It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—”

Psalm 110:4 – “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.””

Group 14 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Daniel 7:1-28 – “In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter. Daniel declared, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. The first was like a lion and had eagles’ wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it. And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; …”

Genesis 12:3 – “I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Group 15 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Psalm 16:10 – “For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.”

Psalm 69:25 – “May their camp be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents.”

Psalm 69:21 – “They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.”

Isaiah 11:1 – “There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.“

Ezekiel 33:1 – “The word of the Lord came to me:”

Jeremiah 31:15 – Thus says the Lord: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”

Group 16 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Romans 9:33 – As it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

Acts 13:47 – For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

Revelation 1:7 – “Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.”

Genesis 17:19 – God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.”

Group 17 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Matthew 27:46 – “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?””

John 12:15 – “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!”

Luke 22:37 – “For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about me has its fulfillment.”

Acts 1:20 – “For it is written in the Book of Psalms, “‘May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it’; and “‘Let another take his office.’“

Group 18 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Ezekiel 32:17 – “In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:”

Daniel 12:8-9 – “I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, “O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?” He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.”

Daniel 2:44 – “And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,”

Group 19 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Matthew 24:1-51 – “Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?” And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. …”

Group 20 – What Does The Bible Say About Prophecy?

Isaiah 53:3 – “He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”

Jeremiah 23:5 – “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.”

Isaiah 53:9 – “And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.”