Sentences with phrase «in fulfillment of prophecy»

this is not in any way a criticism of your study but rather a exhortation to conclude any study back to it's origin and that is that Christ came, he was crucified and that he rose from the dead in fulfillment of prophecy.

There is an Assyrian tradition that the wise men who came from the East to visit infant Jesus were from Edessa and that they went to Bethlehem in fulfillment of a prophecy made by Zoroaster in the seventh century BC.

But the thing that was different about this Traveler, was that He rode in on a donkey in fulfillment of prophecy.

His interest in fulfillment of prophecies and in Armageddon is documented.

Not exact matches

a) Given accurate transmission of the Christian Bible (i.e. Jewish / OT and NT), b) Given the fulfillment of foretold specific prophecies (incl: Eze 37, Rev 13) in the Christian Bible Therefore, the God of the Christians is a viable contender for this supernatural being.

a) Given accurate transmission of the Jewish Bible, b) Given the fulfillment of foretold specific prophecies (incl: Eze 37) in the Jewish Bible Therefore, the God of the Jews is a viable contender for this supernatural being.

NOTE: Note here the details that correspond in both prophecy and fulfillment (1) He was to be smitten, (2) He was to be smitten on the face (as well as the other parts of the body).

He says that he would «convert on the spot» if any of these could be shown to him: verifiable fulfillment of prophecies that couldn't have been contrived; scientific knowledge in holy books that wasn't available at the time; miraculous occurrences, especially if brought about through prayer; any direct manifestation of the divine; aliens who believed in exactly the same religion.

A lot of events, which were fulfillments of prophecies, were not under Jesus control, so that he could have manipulated in any way.

The return of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel was a fulfillment of prophecy that everyone in the world currently sees and the Bible openly predicted.

On exegetical and theological grounds, it is difficult for Christians to interpret the return to the land in our day as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy, i.e., to give the return a «political» interpretation, without abandoning the confession that in Jesus of Nazareth the Messianic age has commenced.

It was prophecied in Jeremiah 16 that a greater work than that of Moses would occur — that of gathering of the house of Israel — and one fulfillment of that prophecy is the establishment and missionary effort of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints.

... really) in Philly... several days after the vision's fulfillment... just like the OT «prophecies» about Jesus... fitting the event with the vision / prophecy... such honesty in the ranks of the Body of Christ... LoL

Jesus Christ, during the time of His earthly ministry, set up a spiritual kingdom on earth, in fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy; He being the King and all born again believers the subjects of the Kingdom, and they are now reigning with Him as Kings and priests on the earth.

a) Given accurate transmission of the Jewish Bible, b) Given the fulfillment of foretold specific prophecies (incl: Eze 37) in the Jewish Bible Therefore, the God of the Jews is a viable answer contender.

Some of the prophecies are so framed, in fact, as to preclude their fulfillment by anyone living after the first century A.D.. For example, the patriarch Jacob said, in Genesis 49:10, «The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come.»

Falwell spoke for a large number of Christian Zionists in the U.S., Christians who believe that the modern state of Israel is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy and so deserves unconditional political, financial and religious support.

The Hebrew Scriptures not only contain prophecy about Jesus, but all the stories, hopes, and longings contained within the Old Testament also find their fulfillment in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

To interpret acts of violence by those who oppose God's people as fulfillments of prophecy is to believe that God has something else in mind.

Luke, on the other hand, echoes language from the Hebrew Bible without treating it as fulfillment of prophecy, especially in the great hymns which he attributes to Mary (the «Magnificat») and Zechariah (the «Benedictus»).

There are many prophecies in thousands of religions that have regional and local fulfillment's throughout the thousands of years of recorded human history, however all of them rely solely on self fulfillment and none have any factual evidence to support any supernatural claims.

Glycon In the middle of the 100s AD, out along the south coast of the Black Sea, Glycon was the son of the God Apollo, who: came to Earth through a miraculous birth, was the Earthly manifestation of divinity, came to earth in fulfillment of divine prophecy, gave his chief believer the power of prophecy, gave believers the power to speak in tongues, performed miracles, healed the sick, and raised the deaIn the middle of the 100s AD, out along the south coast of the Black Sea, Glycon was the son of the God Apollo, who: came to Earth through a miraculous birth, was the Earthly manifestation of divinity, came to earth in fulfillment of divine prophecy, gave his chief believer the power of prophecy, gave believers the power to speak in tongues, performed miracles, healed the sick, and raised the deain fulfillment of divine prophecy, gave his chief believer the power of prophecy, gave believers the power to speak in tongues, performed miracles, healed the sick, and raised the deain tongues, performed miracles, healed the sick, and raised the dead.

The prophecy in the last words of John's Gospel, that if the many other things which Jesus did were to be written, the world itself would not contain the books, comes close to fulfillment in the oft - repeated enterprise of writing a life of Christ or an interpretation of some aspect of his teaching.

This means that the fulfillment of these eight prophecies alone proves that God inspired the writing of those prophecies to a definiteness which lacks only one change in 1017 of being absolute.

For example, in light of the self - humbling fulfillment of both law and prophecy in Jesus Christ, biblically sanctioned religious persecution or genocide can never again be even remotely conceived as an answer to religious and racial diversity.

Note that Matthew, in his zeal to work out a literal fulfillment of the prophecy, misreads the Old Testament prophecy, and has Jesus in the awkward situation of riding on two animals at once.

One of the ancient prophets — the same, indeed, who spoke of the «king coming in gentleness» — also drew a picture of a good time to come when men of all nations will go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts; and on that day the prophet adds, «there shall no more be a trader in the house of the Lord of hosts,» 11 Jesus was offering symbolically a fulfillment of that prophecy, in line with his basic affirmation that the kingdom of God is here.

I was in high school, doing some sort of Bible study centered around Christ's fulfillment of prophecy, and I encountered Matthew 2:12 - 15, where Matthew recounts the family of the young Jesus feeing Egypt.

Christological exegesis, when applied to the Old Testament, often takes the form of typological exegesis in which the acts of God in Old Testament history as well as the prophecies of his servants are seen to have their fulfillment in Jesus Christ.

To insist on a literal fulfillment of all the Old Testament prophecies, as dispensationalists do, is to contradict the New Testament assertion that the church is the New Israel and that at least some of these prophecies have their fulfillment in the church of Jesus Christ.

But Gloege points out that there is evidence in the Jewish Targum, 21 which «shows that Jesus» resurrection «on the third day» was regarded as the fulfillment of Hosea's prophecy by Christians at a very early date; it erased the precise chronological reference «after two days» and «on the third day» and replaced them by the more general phrases «in the days of consolation» and «on the day of resurrection», in order to exclude the Christian interpretation.»

a) Given accurate transmission of the Christian Bible (i.e. Jewish / OT and NT), b) Given the fulfillment of foretold specific prophecies (incl: Eze 37, Rev 13) in the Christian Bible Therefore, the God of the Christians is a viable contender for this Creator.

In this section of the Gospel, Matthew completes his description of the fulfillment of that prophecy with the acceptance of Jesus as king by the people in JerusaleIn this section of the Gospel, Matthew completes his description of the fulfillment of that prophecy with the acceptance of Jesus as king by the people in Jerusalein Jerusalem.

But so much changed with the incarnation of Jesus, I am not sure how helpful this might have been, except in the area of the fulfillment of prophecy.

The fulfillment of this prophecy in the birth of Christ is one of the most widely known and widely celebrated facts in history.

In his Pentecost sermon, Peter says that the gift of the Spirit is a fulfillment of a prophecy from the prophet Joel.

Wanting to see the historical evidence for this, Yuval followed along as I pointed to a list of Messianic prophecies given in the Tanach (Old Testament) and their fulfillment in the B'rit Hadashah (New Testament).

No wonder Christians find in Jesus the fulfillment of the great prophecy: «Comfort my people» (Is.

Is it possible that the revelation had a contemporary «fulfillment» in the Roman Empire, and similar to many other revelations and prophecies, has had and / or will have additional «fulfillments» at later dates, some of which may have yet to happen?

We do not know exactly what «oracles» means; it usually is used of Old Testament prophecies understood in relation to Jesus, but by extension it may also have included the words of Jesus himself:, or the fulfillment of the prophecies.

Even in the action of Judas, Matthew sees the fulfillment of prophecy.

Often, therefore, when Matthew narrates an important event in the life of Jesus, he calls the reader's attention to a prophecy in the Old Testament of which this event is the fulfillment.

Biblically, the arguments for God's existence are the continued existence of the Jewish people, fulfillment of prophecy, and design in creation.

He also describes the entry as fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah in which the king will «speak peace» and forswear war (Zech.

And the Christmas story is related only in Matthew and Luke, mainly to confirm fulfillment of various prophecies that Jesus is the One (it was, and still is, the basis of the gospel message — that the scrolls spoke of Him).

John says that this is in fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy (Psalm 22:18).

Isolating ourselves from others in an effort to more effectively dive into our gadgets has long - term consequences as a self - fulfilling prophecy — a prophecy of a lack of social fulfillment.