The Purpose of a Prophecy - Part 1

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Knowing something before it happens is divine

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I have told you these things before they happen so that when they do happen, you will believe. John 14:29 NLT

Isaiah 42:9 - Everything I prophesied has come true, and now I will prophesy again. I will tell you the future before it happens.” NLT

Go with me to the city of Jerusalem 

Just before 605BC - 2600 years in the past

Parents of Daniel - 10-12 years old ? His whole life he had been learning of a coming event

Jeremiah the prophet - 2 roles of a prophet - foretelling an truth telling

Jeremiah 25:1-11 

Why 70 years? ---Leviticus 25:1-7, Lev 20-22

According to the Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary, the 70 years was “the exact number of years of Sabbaths in four hundred and ninety years, the period from Saul to the Babylonian captivity. …

We learn later that yet again in Daniel 9:24 - 70 weeks (490 years) 

DAY/YEAR ---Numbers 14:34, Ezekiel 4:6

Jeremiah 29:1-10----------------Jeremiah 29:11 - emphasize this

ENTER DANIEL - Interesting factoid, prophecies are foretold my someone and announced as fulfilled by someone. Daniel lives his entire adult life in Babylon. 

Daniel 9:1-2----Daniel’s understanding of prophecy brought encouragement

Jesus described how people knew more about the weather than the signs of the times - Matthew 16:1-3) - is it possible we know more about the climate today than the signs of our times?

In the coming weeks we are going to be talking about prophecy for our day, what should we be teaching our kids? Preparing for? 

I have told you these things before they happen so that when they do happen, you will believe. John 14:29 NLT