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Is Jesus for Real? Mathematical Proof! Bible Timelines Online : Jesus, is He really the Messiah? Is Jesus for Real? Mathematical Proof! Original source: http://www.bibletimelines.net/article/24/articles-brief-and-to-the- point/jesus-is-he-really-the-messiah The fact that Jesus was born and actually did live is not what this page is all about. What this page is attempting to answer is, "Was the Jesus of the Bible who He claimed He was? Was He really God's Son? Was Jesus the Messiah?" There are over 300 prophecies listed below that point directly to the Messiah. Here is an example of just 8 : The time of His birth (see the Daniel 8 & 9 Timeline). He would be born in Bethlehem. (Micah 5:2) He would be born of a virgin. (Isaiah 7:14) He would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver. (Zechariah 11:12) He would be mocked. (Psalm 22:7,8) He would be crucified. (John 3:14) He would be pierced. (Psalms 22:16) He would die with the wicked, but He would be buried with the rich. (Isaiah 53:9) Mathematics & Astronomy Professor Peter W. Stoner has made the statement that the chances of just 8 prophecies (like these) coming true by sheer chance is 1 in 1017 (100,000,000,000,000,000). That would be equivalent to covering the whole state of Texas with silver dollars two feet deep and then expecting a blindfolded man to walk across the state and on the very first try find the ONE coin you marked (roughly equivalent to the Province of Ontario being 1.5 feet deep). And if we were to add only 8 more similar prophecies, for a total of 16, the odds would be 1 x 1028 x 1017 or 1 in 1045 (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) Using the same type of illustration as above, if we were to press this many silver dollars (1045) into a ball and place the center of this ball where the center of our Sun is, this silver ball's outer edge would be in approximately the same area as the orbit of Neptune (almost to Pluto.). One man fulfilling all 16 prophecies by sheer chance would be like sending a blind-folded person out to find one specific silver dollar that has been marked and has been mixed up somewhere in this huge ball and actually finding it the first time! (Keep in mind that this is a three-dimensional BALL, not a disk like our Solar System.) Professor Stoner gives us yet another illustration, but this time, because a silver dollar, and even the atom, would be too large for this one he chose to use just the electron that orbits the nucleus of the atom. The electron is one of the smallest particles of matter known to man. It is so small that if you lined up 2.5 x 1015 (2,500,000,000,000,000) single file you would end up with a line that is only 1 inch long. (If we were going to count the electrons in this line one inch long, and counted 250 each minute, and if we counted day and night, it would take us 19,000,000 years to count just the one-inch line of electrons.) Now back to Stoner's illustration. Using only 48 of the prophecies that Jesus fulfilled it was calculated that the chances of one person fulfilling these by sheer chance would be 1 in 10157. To help us understand how huge this number is he suggested taking 10157 electrons and pressing them into a solid ball. This ball, made entirely of electrons, would pretty much fill, not just our galaxy, but the entire known universe. (At the time Stoner's book was written the universe was known to be at least 6 billion light years in all directions. Stoner's known universe would need to be filled about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times.) Once again we would mark just one electron, blindfold a man and send him out to find that one electron. Peter Stoner then states, "To the extent, then, that we know this blindfolded man cannot pick out the marked electron, we know that the Bible is inspired. This is not merely evidence. It is proof of the Bible's inspiration by God--proof so definite that the universe is not large enough to hold the evidence." Professor Stoner then made the comment that, "Any man who rejects Christ as the Son of God is rejecting a fact proved perhaps more absolutely than any other fact in the world." (For more details on these illustrations and others by Professor Peter W. Stoner, you can read just his chapter entitled, The Christ of Prophecy, or you can read his entire book, Science Speaks, online.) And the fact that Jesus had no control over things like where, when and how He was born, or where He was buried just adds to the available evidence that He did not just work to make sure that all of the prophecies were fulfilled so that people would believe Him to be the Messiah. Jesus was, and is, the Messiah. He is real! "Unbelief will ever find excuse for doubt, and will reason away the most positive proof." The Desire of Ages, page 386 Below is a list of over 300 Old Testament references referring to the Messiah, and their fulfillment in Jesus Christ. (If you were to give each of these prophecies the ridiculously low probability of 1 chance in 10 of coming true by sheer chance, you would end up with a number well over the 1 in 10157 seen above.) 1 Genesis 3:15 Seed of a woman (virgin birth) Luke 1:35; Matthew 1:18-20 2 Genesis 3:15 He will bruise Satan's head Hebrews 2:14; 1 John 3:18 The bodily ascension to heaven 3 Genesis 5:24 Mark 6:19 illustrated Genesis 9:26- The God of Shem will be the Son 4 Luke 3:36 27 of Shem As Abraham's seed will bless all 5 Genesis 12:3 Acts 3:25, 26 nations The Promise made to Abraham's 6 Genesis 12:7 Galatians 3:16 Seed 7 Genesis 14:18 A priest after Melchizedek Hebrews 6:20 8 Genesis 14:18 A King also Hebrews 7:2 9 Genesis 14:18 The Last Supper foreshadowed Matthew 26:26-29 10 Genesis 17:19 The Seed of Isaac Romans 9:7 11 Genesis 21:1 Seed of Isaac Romans 9:7:; Hebrews 11:18 12 Genesis 22:8 The Lamb of God promised John 1:29 As Isaac's seed will bless all 13 Genesis 22:18 Galatians 3:16 nations The Seed of Isaac promised as 14 Genesis26:2-5 Hebrews11:18 the Redeemer 15 Genesis 49:10 The time of His coming Luke 2:1-7; Galatians 4:4 16 Genesis 49:10 The Seed of Judah Luke 3:33 17 Genesis 49:10 Called Shiloh or One Sent John 17:3 To come before Judah lost its 18 Genesis 49:10 identity John 11:47-52 To Him shall the obedience of the 19 Genesis 49:10 John 10:16 people be Exodus 3:13, 20 The Great "I Am" John 4:26 14 21 Exodus 12:5 A Lamb without blemish 1 Pet 1:19 The blood of the Lamb saves 22 Exodus 12:13 Romans 5:8 Romans wrath Exodus 12:21- 23 Christ is our Passover 1 Corinthians 5:7 27 Not a bone of the Lamb to be 24 Exodus 12:46 John 19:31-36 broken 25 Exodus 13:2 Blessing to first born son Luke 2:23 His exaltation predicted as 26 Exodus 15:2 Acts 7:55, 56 Yeshua 27 Exodus 15:11 His Character-Holiness Luke 1:35; Acts 4:27 28 Exodus 17:6 The Spiritual Rock of Israel 1 Corinthians 10:4 29 Exodus 33:19 His Character-Merciful Luke 1:72 The leper cleansed-Sign to 30 Leviticus14:11 Luke5:12-14; Acts 6:7 priesthood Prefigures Christ's once-for-all 31 Leviticus16:15- Hebrews 9:7-14 death 17 Matthew 27:33; Hebrews 13:11, 32 Leviticus16:27 Suffering outside the Camp 12 Leviticus17:11 33 The Blood-the life of the flesh Matthew 26:28; Mark 10:45 It is the blood that makes 34 Leviticus17:11 1 John 3:14-18 atonement The Drink-offering: "If any man 35 Leviticus23:36- John 19:31-36 thirst" 37 36 Numbers 9:12 Not a bone of Him broken John 19:31-36 The serpent on a pole-Christ 37 Numbers 21:9 John 3:14-18 lifted up 38 Numbers 24:8 Flight to Egypt Matthew 2:14 Numbers Time: "I shall see him, but not 39 Galatians 4:4 24:17 now" Numbers Matthew 2:2; Luke 1:33, 78; 40 A star out of Jacob 24:17-19 Revelation 22:16 41 Deuteronomy "This is of a truth that prophet" John 6:14 18:15 Deuteronomy "Had ye believed Moses ye 42 John 5:45-47 18:15-16 would believe me." Deuteronomy Sent by the Father to speak His 43 John 8:28, 29 18:18 word Deuteronomy Whoever will not hear must bear 44 John 12:15 18:19 his sin Deuteronomy 45 As a prophet John 6:14; 7:40; Acts 3:22, 23 21:13 Deuteronomy 46 Cursed is he that hangs on a tree Galatians 3:10-13 21:23 "Christ our kinsman has 47 Ruth 4:4-9 Ephesians 1:3-7 redeemed us" Shall be an anointed King to the 48 1 Samuel 2:10 Matthew 28:18; John 12:15 Lord 49 2 Samuel 7:12 David's Seed Matthew 1:1 50 2 Samuel 7:14 The Son of God Luke 1:32 51 2 Samuel 7:16 David's house established forever Luke 3:31; Rev 22:16 52 2 Samuel 23:2 would be the “Rock 1 Corinthians 10:4 would be as the “light of the 53 2 Samuel 23:2 Revelation 22:16 morning The bodily ascension to heaven 54 2 Kings 2:11 Luke 24:51 illustrated 1 Chronicles 55 David's Seed Matthew 1:1; 9:27 17:11 1 Chronicles 56 17:12, 13 To reign on David's throne forever Luke 1:32, 33 1 Chronicles 57 "I will be His Father, He my Son" Hebrews 1:5 17:13a 58 Job 19:23-27 The Resurrection predicted John 5:24-29 59 Psalms 2:1-3 The enmity of kings foreordained Acts 4:25-28 60 Psalms 2:2 To own the title Anointed (Christ) Acts 2:36 61 Psalms 2:6 His Character-Holiness John 8:46; Rev 3:7 62 Psalms 2:6 To own the title King Matthew 2:2 63 Psalms 2:7 Declared the Beloved Son Matthew 3:17 The Crucifixion and Resurrection 64 Psalms 2:7-8 intimated Acts 13:29-33 65 Psalms 2:12 Life comes through faith in Him John 20:31 66 Psalms 8:2 The mouths of babes perfect His Matthew 21:16 praise Luke 24:50-53; 1 Corinthians 67 Psalms 8:5, 6 His humiliation and exaltation 15:27 68 Psalms 16:10 Was not to see corruption Acts 2:31 Psalms 16:9- 69 Was to arise from the dead John 20:9 11 70 Psalms 17:15 The resurrection predicted Luke 24:6 Forsaken because of sins of 71 Psalms 22:1 2 Corinthians 5:21 others Words spoken from Calvary "My 72 Psalms 22:1 Mark 15:34
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