Dictionary of Bible Themes: 1424 predictions

1424 predictions

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Speaking authoritatively of the future. Since God knows the future he is able to reveal it to people beforehand. Predictions, which are often but not necessarily contained in prophecies, should not be confused with promises or expressions of intention.

God's knowledge of the future

Genesis 41:15-16,28 See also Genesis 18:17; Numbers 24:2-4; Isaiah 44:24-26

Impossible to predict the future apart from God

Ecclesiastes 8:7 See also Ecclesiastes 7:14; Isaiah 41:22-24

Jesus Christ predicted the future

Concerning his death and resurrection

Matthew 16:21 pp Mark 8:31 pp Luke 9:22 See also Matthew 17:22-23 pp Mark 9:31 pp Luke 9:44; Matthew 20:18-19 pp Mark 10:33-34 pp Luke 18:31-33; John 2:19-21; John 12:32-33

Concerning the donkey on which he would enter Jerusalem

Matthew 21:1-3 pp Mark 11:1-3 pp Luke 19:29-31

The fall of Jerusalem

Matthew 24:1-2 pp Mark 13:1-2 pp Luke 21:5-6; Matthew 24:15-25 pp Mark 13:14-23 pp Luke 21:20-24

That Judas would betray him

Matthew 26:21-25 pp Mark 14:18-20; Luke 22:21; John 13:21,26

That Peter would deny him

Matthew 26:34 pp Mark 14:30 pp Luke 22:34 See also John 13:38

Concerning the nature of Peter's death

John 21:18-19

The ability to interpret dreams and so predict the future

Genesis 40:9-13,16-19; Genesis 41:28-32; Daniel 2:45; Daniel 8:26; Daniel 10:14

Predictions were made through OT prophets

1 Samuel 15:28; Samuel 28:16-17; 1 Kings 11:29-32; Hebrews 3:5

Predictions made through some of the first Christians

Acts 11:27-28 See also Acts 21:10-11; Jude 17-18

False predictions

Jeremiah 28:8-17 See also Isaiah 47:13-15; Acts 16:16

The Messiah predicted

1 Peter 1:10-11 Most OT references to the coming of the kingdom of God and his Messiah are not, strictly speaking, predictions but promises made by God in which he expresses his intention to save his people through the Messiah. See also Acts 7:52