What Is Prophecy? | Bible Questions - JW. ORG A prophecy is a message inspired by God, a divine revelation The Bible says that prophets “spoke from God as they were moved by holy spirit ” (2 Peter 1: 20, 21) So a prophet is one who receives God’s message and transmits it to others —Acts 3: 18
Prophecy - JW. ORG Prophecy may be an inspired moral teaching, an expression of a divine command or judgment, or a declaration of something to come Prediction, or foretelling, is not the basic thought conveyed by the root verbs in the original languages (Heb , na·vaʼʹ; Gr , pro·phe·teuʹo); yet it forms an
Jesus’ Prophecy: The Great Tribulation the Last Days, When? | Study 4 Upon further examination of Jesus’ prophecy, however, we perceived that a part of Jesus’ prophecy about the last days has two fulfillments ( Matt 24:4-22 ) There was an initial fulfillment in Judea in the first century C E , and there would be a worldwide fulfillment in our day
Jesus’ Prophecy: The Great Tribulation the Last Days —When? | Simplified This prophecy will have a second and larger fulfillment The United Nations is “the disgusting thing,” and Christendom is viewed as “a holy place” by its followers The United Nations will attack Christendom and the rest of Babylon the Great, as also foretold at Revelation 17:16-18
Jesus Fulfills Isaiah’s Prophecy | Life of Jesus - JW. ORG he fulfills isaiah’s prophecy Upon learning that the Pharisees and the party followers of Herod plan to kill him, Jesus and his disciples withdraw to the Sea of Galilee Great crowds flock to him from all over —from Galilee, the coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon, the eastern side of the Jordan River, Jerusalem, and Idumea farther south
Bible Prophecies That Have Come True Prophecy Fulfilled Today - JW. ORG This remarkable prophecy is but one of dozens found in the Bible that unerringly came true a Unlike the predictions of men, often attributed to their false gods, Bible prophecies originate with the One who proclaimed: “From the beginning I foretell the outcome, and from long ago the things that have not yet been done ” —Isaiah 46:10
Prophecies That Came True - JW. ORG What prophecy did Daniel see of the march of world powers, and how was this fulfilled? 20 In the sixth century B C E , during the Jewish exile in Babylon, another prophet, Daniel, was inspired to record some remarkable visions foretelling the future course of world events
The Last Days—Accurate Bible Prophecy, Part 6 - JW. ORG Prophecy 2: “There will be food shortages ” —Matthew 24:7 Fulfillment: Famine caused more than 70 million deaths in the 20th century and continues to be a global problem What the evidence reveals: According to the United Nations, hunger is the world’s greatest health risk, and 1 in 7 people worldwide currently do not have enough to eat
Prophecy - Definition and Meaning | Bible Dictionary - JW. ORG An inspired message, whether a revelation of divine will or the proclamation of it Prophecy may be an inspired moral teaching, an expression of a divine command or judgment, or a declaration of something to come —Eze 37:9, 10; Da 9:24; Mt 13:14; 2Pe 1:20, 21
Are We Living in “the Last Days”? - JW. ORG The sign of ‘the last days’ is clear in Bible prophecy News reports match what the Bible foretold at 2 Timothy 3, Matthew 24, and Luke 21