PROPHECY,PROBABILITY & GOD
Isa 42:6 (NIV) I, the LORD, have called you inrighteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make youto be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles,
Isa 49:6 (NIV) he says: "It is too small a thing foryou to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those ofIsrael I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you maybring my salvation to the ends of the earth."
Dan 9:25-26 (NIV) Know and understand this: From theissuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One,the ruler, comes, there will be seven `sevens,' and sixty-two `sevens.' It willbe rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After thesixty-two `sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. Thepeople of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Theend will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolationshave been decreed.
Hosea 3:4-5 (NIV) For the Israelites will live many dayswithout king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod oridol. 5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the LORD their God andDavid their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to his blessings inthe last days.
Memphis/Thebes:
Ezek 30:13-16 (NIV) This is what the Sovereign LORD says:"I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. Nolonger will there be a prince in Egypt, and I will spread fear throughout theland. 14 I will lay waste Upper Egypt, set fire to Zoan and inflict punishmenton Thebes. 15 I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt,and cut off the hordes of Thebes. 16 I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium willwrithe in agony. Thebes will be taken by storm; Memphis will be in constantdistress.
Tyre/Sidon:
Ezek 26:3-14 (NIV) therefore this is what the SovereignLORD says: I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you,like the sea casting up its waves. 4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre andpull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. 5Out in the sea she will become a place to spread fishnets, for I have spoken, declaresthe Sovereign LORD. She will become plunder for the nations, 6 and hersettlements on the mainland will be ravaged by the sword. Then they will knowthat I am the LORD. 7 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: From the northI am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings,with horses and chariots, with horsemen and a great army. 8 He will ravage yoursettlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works againstyou, build a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you. 9 He willdirect the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish yourtowers with his weapons. 10 His horses will be so many that they will cover youwith dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the war horses, wagons andchariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have beenbroken through. 11 The hoofs of his horses will trample all your streets; hewill kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground.12 They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise; they will breakdown your walls and demolish your fine houses and throw your stones, timber andrubble into the sea. 13 I will put an end to your noisy songs, and the music ofyour harps will be heard no more. 14 I will make you a bare rock, and you willbecome a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt, for I the LORDhave spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.
Ezek 28:22-23 (NIV) and say: This is what the SovereignLORD says: "I am against you, O Sidon, and I will gain glory within you.They will know that I am the LORD, when I inflict punishment on her and showmyself holy within her. 23 I will send a plague upon her
and make blood flow in her streets. The slain will fallwithin her, with the sword against her on every side. Then they will know thatI am the LORD.
Babylon/Nineveh:
Isa 13:20-22 (NIV) She[Babylon] will never be inhabitedor lived in through all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there, noshepherd will rest his flocks there. 21 But desert creatures will lie there,jackals will fill her houses; there the owls will dwell, and there the wildgoats will leap about. 22 Hyenas will howl in her strongholds, jackals in herluxurious palaces. Her time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
Jer 51:26 (NIV) "No rock will be taken from you[Babylon]for a cornerstone, nor any stone for a foundation, for you will be desolateforever," declares the LORD.
Zeph 2:13 (NIV) He will stretch out his hand against thenorth and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate and dry as thedesert. 14 Flocks and herds will lie down there, creatures of every kind. Thedesert owl and the screech owl will roost on her columns. Their calls will echothrough the windows, rubble will be in the doorways, the beams of cedar will beexposed. 15 This is the carefree city [Nineveh]that lived in safety. She saidto herself, "I am, and there is none besides me." What a ruin she hasbecome, a lair for wild beasts! All who pass by her scoff
and shake their fists.
Capernaum/Nazareth:
Matt 11:20 (NIV) Then Jesus began to denounce the citiesin which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.21 "Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles that wereperformed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repentedlong ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearablefor Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum,will you be lifted up to the skies? No, you will go down to the depths. {[23]Greek Hades}If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed inSodom, it would have remained to this day. 24 But I tell you that it will bemore bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you."
Totalprobability of good guess: 3 x 10-17