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Apologetics. Session 1 – Intro and Prophecies about Jesus. “But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect” - 1 Peter 3:15.
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Apologetics Session 1 – Intro and Prophecies about Jesus “But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect” - 1 Peter 3:15
1- Intro / Prophecies about Jesus • 2- Prophecies about Israel / End Times • 3- Archeology Exodus • 4- Archeology Israel and other • 5- Science of the Bible – Creation • 6- Science of the Bible – Flood/Other • 7- Integrity of Bible Text/Bible Codes • 8- Other Religions and their beliefs Apologetics
“Defense”, Acts 17 – Paul Reasoned • Not for arguing, defending • Not blind faith • Strengthen your faith – “treasure things in your heart” Luke 2:19 Apologetics
Let them (other gods) bring forth and declare to us what is going to take place; As for the former events, declare what they were, That we may consider them and know their outcome. Or announce to us what is coming; Declare the things that are going to come afterward, That we may know that you are gods; -Isaiah 41:22-23 NASB Now I tell you before it comes, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am [He]. -John 13:19 NASB Why Prophecy?
Mortal Sorrow The Blessed God Shall Come Down Preaching Despairing Rest NAME MEANING Adam Man is Seth Appointed Enosh Kenan but Mahalalel Jared Enoch Methusaleh His Death Shall Bring the One of the first Prophecies Lamech Noah
Daniel lived in Babylon Wrote the book during the fifth century BC The Prophecy of Daniel
(Daniel 9:25-26) “From the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild JerusalemuntilMessiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat even in times of distress” “Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut-off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary...” Daniel’s 70th Week
7 weeks 62 weeks 69 “weeks” Messiah is cut-off Decree to rebuild temple Jerusalem Destroyed Timeline
7 + 62 = 69 weeks • 69 X 7 = 483 Hebrew/lunar years • 483 X 360 = 173,880 days • 173,880 days / 365 = 476 Solar years Note: Hebrews used 360 day years Week/“seven” = period of 7 years Calculation...
Neh 2:1-8 ”And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes…I said to the king, "If it please the king, and if your servant has found favor before you, send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may rebuild it." When?
476 solar years Messiah is cut-off Decree to rebuild temple Jerusalem Destroyed March 14, 445 BC April 7, 32 AD 476 solar years (no 0 AD) (Nehemiah 2:1-8) (Luke 19:42-44) Timeline
The triumphal entry (aka Palm Sunday) “And when Jesus approached, He saw the city (Jerusalem) and wept over it, saying, ‘If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you and surround you, and hem you in on every side, and level you to the ground and your children with you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.” -Luke 19:42-44 What happened on that day?
Who were the magi from the east? Daniel 4:9 “master of the magicians” Daniel 5:11 “magicians, astrologers, etc” More about Jesus’s birth