Prophecy Thread of Week 10

Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary Definition of Truth:
Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be. The truth of history constitutes its whole value. We rely on the truth of the scriptural prophecies.

ABRAM TO BECOME A GREAT NATION

The promise to Abram is one of the key prophecies in the entire Bible. First because it establishes an eternal covenant with God’s chosen people Israel. Second because believers in Jesus Christ have been given the same promise (Gal 3:14). The initial fulfillment was Israel’s great population growth while in Egypt. However, there is a literal fulfillment still yet to come when Jesus Christ returns to earth and Israel is freed from all her enemies.

PROMISED

THE PROMISE TO ABRAM

1957 BC, 1922 BC (U)

Gen 12:2a “I will make you into a great nation,

THE PROMISE REMEMBERED, ABRAM WALKS THE WHOLE PROMISE LAND

1935 BC

Gen 13:16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.

ISAAC AND REBEKAH

1875 BC

Gen 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you increase to thousands upon thousands; may your offspring possess the cities of their enemies.”

JACOB PREPARES TO MEET ESAU

Gen 32:12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’ ”

JACOB GOES TO EGYPT

1722 BC

Gen 46:3 “I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

FULFILLED

HEBREW PEOPLE GREATLY MULTIPLY

1620 BC

Exo 1:7 but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

DAVID REIGNS

1023 BC (U)

2Sa 17:11 “So I advise you: Let all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba—as numerous as the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, with you yourself leading them into battle.

WILL BE FULFILLED

NATURAL ISRAEL IN THE KINGDOM (TRIBULATION SURVIVORS)

ONE THOUSAND YEAR REIGN

Gen 28:14a Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.

Prophecies declared are in blue, prophecies fulfilled are in red, prophecies currently being fulfilled are in green, and prophecies to be fulfilled are in orange. Bold historical context dates are from Jeff Swanson's The Plan dating system, and dates marked (U) are Archbishop Ussher's 1658 dating system.
** The date of this prophecy is in its referential context: the verse has been moved to the time frame of its contextual orientation.

Today's reading is drawn from The Plan: The Chronology of God's Word from Creation to Completion, available in both NIV and KJV editions.

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