Chapter 40 The Bible and Prophecy

Looking at the Bible as a collection of prophecies, it is inevitable to pursue those prophecies that were once hit by the Bible. Many prophecies in the "Bible" record what will happen in the future, but the prophecies recorded in the "Old Testament" have all been fulfilled in the "New Testament". Take the birth of Jesus as an example. There are at least seven places in the Old Testament that mention this historic moment, and the sufferings that Jesus will suffer in the world have been mentioned. In the first place, God said: "Again I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and the offspring of the woman. The offspring of the woman will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel. "At that time, it was a serpent who was talking to God.In Christianity, the snake represents Satan, and Jesus is the "descendant of the woman" referred to by God.The achievements of Jesus in Christianity represented by the cross will start a war of hatred from generation to generation with the devil represented by Satan.

The second mentions that God still needs to make preparations for the redemption of mankind.Jesus Christ is the descendant of Abraham. God once promised Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you." In the "New Testament", Saint Paul said: "The promise was originally spoken to Abraham and his descendants. .God does not say many descendants, referring to many people, but your one descendant, referring to one person, that is Christ.” From the current point of view, it is obvious that Jesus can have such a high religious status. covered by the radiance of God. In the third passage, the virgin conceives. The "Bible" mentions: "Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign, and a virgin will conceive and bear a son, and he will be named Emmanuel." This is also the matter of Mary, the mother of Jesus, who was pregnant before marriage.

The fourth mentions the place where Jesus was born. The original text of the "Bible" is written like this: "Bethlehem Ephratah, you are small among the cities of Judah. ​​From you will come out for me One who will be ruler in Israel. His origins are from of old, from the beginning of time. There it is.” And the place where Jesus was finally born was Bethlehem. The fifth place talks about the tragedy of Jesus being betrayed by Judas for thirty dollars. The "Bible" records: "I said to them, if you think it is good, give me my wages, otherwise, let it go. So they gave me thirty yuan as my wages. The Lord commanded me to say, take all The estimated value was good and I threw it to the potter. So I threw the thirty coins to the potter in the temple of the Lord.” The “I” in this passage is the image of Judah; The good value appraised by all people", there is no other choice but Jesus who represents the thought of God.This passage is describing the betrayal of Jesus Christ by Judas.

In the sixth place, the crucifixion of Jesus is mentioned. It is written in the "Old Testament": "The dogs surrounded me, the evil party surrounded me, they pierced my hands and my feet. I can count my bones, and they stared at me." Obviously , the "I" here can be understood as Jesus himself.It has become an indisputable fact that Jesus suffered severe injuries to his hands, feet and ribs when he was crucified. The seventh place happened after Jesus was crucified. It is clearly mentioned in the Bible that none of Jesus' bones were broken.God had asked His elect to sacrifice a lamb, but not a single bone of the lamb could be broken.And in a kingdom full of sins, Jesus bore all the sins for the ignorant people. He was like the "sacrificed lamb" and redeemed the sins of all people.It's just recorded in the "Bible" that originally the soldiers wanted to break the crucified man's legs so that they could die earlier, but when it was Jesus' turn, they found that he was dead, so they didn't break his leg bones.This is the ending that echoes the front and back.

In addition to a large number of pages in the "Bible" mentioning the deeds of Jesus and various prophecies about him, there are also a large number of prophecies that coincide with the historical development of later generations. For example, it is mentioned in the "Old Testament": "I will scatter them among the nations, scatter them among the nations, and punish them according to their actions." As God's chosen people, the Jews are scattered all over the world because of their impiety.Later, the book wrote: "I will collect you from all countries, gather you from all nations, and lead you back to your own land." In 1948, Israel was re-established, which should be the best verification of the prophecy of the Bible.

In addition, the doomsday prophecy that scares everyone the most, the Bible also mentions various signs. The first sign is war. It is written in the Bible: "You also shall hear wars and rumors of wars." Ge, it's all up to people to make their own decisions. The second sign is civil war. It is written in the Bible: "Nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom." This sentence is most fulfilled in today's world.Criticism within the nation has become the most serious internal affairs issue, and all countries in the world are without exception. The third sign is natural disasters. It is written in the Bible: "There will be famines and earthquakes in many places." Nowadays, there are frequent famines in Africa and India, and earthquakes occur frequently. It is difficult to say that these are not the precursors of the end.

The fourth sign is the persecution of Christians. It is written in the Bible: "At that time, people will put you in trouble and kill you. And you will be hated by all peoples because of my name." Because of different beliefs, there will be mutual Disputes to the point of persecuting Christians.This is no news in human history, especially the bloody lesson of the persecution of the Jews. The fifth sign is moral decay. The "Bible" wrote: "Only because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many people gradually became cold." It was his own moral bottom line that caused the entire social order to collapse. After gradually giving up his beliefs, he even gave up the future he could grasp.

The sixth sign is the boom in tourism and knowledge explosion. It is written in the Bible: "Daniel, hide this word and close this book. Until the end of the day, many people will come and go, and knowledge will increase." Here, the growth of human civilization and the explosion of knowledge are regarded as the world Writing about the harbinger of the doomsday is exactly the same as when the local people were afraid that the Tongtian Tower built by humans would endanger their own safety. Perhaps it is precisely for this reason that, as the most incredible sign of doomsday, it may also be the root cause that eventually leads to the destruction of human civilization.Various Hollywood science fiction blockbusters have already exhausted their tongues to show us the disasters brought about by the out-of-control technology.Perhaps this is the last prophecy to mankind in the Bible.

People can paranoidly think that all this is just a way for the Bible to justify itself, so whether it is really possible to regard the Bible as a book of prophecy, the real focus should be on the prophecy part of the New Testament.