The Advent reading during the Christmas Eve service alluded to the fact during the birth of Jesus, the
Spirit of Prophecy was alive. Some Bible scholars suggest there are more than 300 prophetic
Scriptures completed in the life of Jesus. Circumstances such as his birthplace, lineage, and method
of execution were beyond his control and could not have been accidentally or deliberately fulfilled.
In the book Science Speaks, Peter Stoner and Robert Newman, discuss the statistical improbability of
one man, whether accidentally or deliberately, fulfilling just eight of the prophecies Jesus fulfilled.
The chance of this happening, they say, is 1 in 1017 power. Stoner gives an illustration that helps
visualize the magnitude of such odds:
Suppose that we take 1017 silver dollars and lay them on the face of Texas. They will cover all of the
state two feet deep. Now mark one of these silver dollars and stir the whole mass thoroughly, all over
the state. Blindfold a man and tell him that he can travel as far as he wishes, but he must pick up one
silver dollar and say that this is the right one. What chance would he have of getting the right one?
Just the same chance that the prophets would have had of writing these eight prophecies and having
them all come true in any one man, from their day to the present time, providing they wrote using
their own wisdom.
The mathematical improbability of 300, or 44, or even just eight fulfilled prophesies of Jesus stands
as evidence to his messiahship. For the Gospel writers, one of the main reasons for believing in Jesus
was the way his life fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah.
(https://www.thoughtco.com/prophecies-of-jesus-fulfilled-700159)
Closing out the Evergreen Sermon Series; study some of the following promises: 1. Messiah was to
be born in Bethlehem Micah 5:2 Matthew 2:1-6 Luke 2:1-20. 2. Messiah was to be born of a virgin
Isaiah 7:14 Matthew 1:18-25 Luke 1:26-38
Spirit of Prophecy was alive. Some Bible scholars suggest there are more than 300 prophetic
Scriptures completed in the life of Jesus. Circumstances such as his birthplace, lineage, and method
of execution were beyond his control and could not have been accidentally or deliberately fulfilled.
In the book Science Speaks, Peter Stoner and Robert Newman, discuss the statistical improbability of
one man, whether accidentally or deliberately, fulfilling just eight of the prophecies Jesus fulfilled.
The chance of this happening, they say, is 1 in 1017 power. Stoner gives an illustration that helps
visualize the magnitude of such odds:
Suppose that we take 1017 silver dollars and lay them on the face of Texas. They will cover all of the
state two feet deep. Now mark one of these silver dollars and stir the whole mass thoroughly, all over
the state. Blindfold a man and tell him that he can travel as far as he wishes, but he must pick up one
silver dollar and say that this is the right one. What chance would he have of getting the right one?
Just the same chance that the prophets would have had of writing these eight prophecies and having
them all come true in any one man, from their day to the present time, providing they wrote using
their own wisdom.
The mathematical improbability of 300, or 44, or even just eight fulfilled prophesies of Jesus stands
as evidence to his messiahship. For the Gospel writers, one of the main reasons for believing in Jesus
was the way his life fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah.
(https://www.thoughtco.com/prophecies-of-jesus-fulfilled-700159)
Closing out the Evergreen Sermon Series; study some of the following promises: 1. Messiah was to
be born in Bethlehem Micah 5:2 Matthew 2:1-6 Luke 2:1-20. 2. Messiah was to be born of a virgin
Isaiah 7:14 Matthew 1:18-25 Luke 1:26-38
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