Does Biblical prophecy actually happen?
The evidence of fulfilled prophecy is overwhelming. We can point to hundreds of Old Testament prophecies that have been fulfilled: fulfilments during Old Testament times e.g. Jeremiah’s prediction of 70 years of captivity (Jer. 25:11, 12) and their restoration to the country after 70 years (Jer. 29:10; Ezra1:1), Isaiah’s prediction of the coming of Cyrus (Isa. 44:28; 45:1), Daniel’s predictions about the four world empires (Dan. 2; 4; 7), Isaiah’s prediction to Hezekiah (Isa. 39:6, 7), etc. As a matter of fact, the fulfilment of a prophet’s words was the test for his authenticity (Deut. 18:22). fulfilments of hundreds (!) of prophecies relating to Christ’s birth, life, sufferings, death and resurrection (see Mic. 5:2; Dan. 9:26; Psa. 22; Isa. 53 among many others; see also Q 12). fulfilments after the time of Christ on earth (destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, development of church history in Rev. 2 and 3, predictions about the end times (2 Tim. 3 etc.). There is no book in the world t
