Matt 5:14

In 3 out of 4 Gospels of the Bible (Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:11), the signs of the end times are mentioned (for God to have mentioned these more than once, it must be of critical significance).


Taken from Matthew 24:6 - 9, 14:
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, see that ye be not troubled, for all (these things) must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these (are) the beginning of sorrows.

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

This passage of scripture in the Bible mentions,
01. wars
02. rumours of wars
03. nation shall rise against nation (translated from the original Greek, ethnic conflicts)
04. kingdom against kingdom
05. famines
06. pestilences (epidemic of disease: an epidemic of a highly contagious or infectious disease such as bubonic plague)
07. earthquakes, in divers places
08. martyrdom (the original 12 apostles were all martyred)
09. persecution of Christians
10. tremendous growth in the number of believers ( a worldwide phenomenon),

and much more if you read on, in the Bible.

Recent history (and you will not need to be a history buff to know this) will prove all the abovementioned.


So what are the odds that these prophecies were fulfilled by chance?

Let's do some math.

Let's consider only 10 prophecies.

There are 40 years to a bibilical generation. So there arer 50 generations from Christ till today.

Thus,
The odds are 1 in 50 of any of these prophecies occuring in our lifetime,

1 event = 1 x 50 (1 in 50 chance)
2 events = 50 x 50 (1 in 2,500)
3 events = 50 x 50 (3 times) (1 in 125,000)
4 events = 50 x 50 (4 times) (1 in 6.25 million)
5 events = 50 x 50 (5 times) (1 in 312.5 million)
6 events = 50 x 50 (6 times) (1 in 15.6 billion)
7 events = 50 x 50 (7 times) (1 in 780 billion)
8 events = 50 x 50 (8 times) (1 in 39 trillion)
9 events = 50 x 50 (9 times) (1 in 1,950 trillion)
10 events = 50 x 50 (10 times) (1 in 97,500 billion)

Amen! I thank God for divine revelation, that I might be blessed to be a blessing.

Posted on Skanque, 15th April 2005