The Whole History of the Jewish People Was Foretold in the Bible

• Now I’m going to point out to you another unique fact about the Jewish people, absolutely unique. Their whole history was foretold in prophecy. That’s not true of any other nation, but the whole history of the Jewish people from Abraham onward was foretold in prophecy in the Bible. And I’m going to give you altogether sixteen stages in the outworking of prophecy which are predicted concerning Israel.
• Number 1, and I could give you a Scripture reference for each one of these but time would not really permit. The first three were all given to Abraham. The prediction of their enslavement in Egypt, No. 1. No. 2 – Their deliverance with wealth from Egypt, and remember Abraham was told they’ll come out with much possession.
• They’d been slaves and in one night, one period of twenty-four hours, they became wealthy with the wealth of the Egyptians. A remarkable fact predicted before. Their possession of the Land of Canaan was predicted to Abraham. And then we go on to Deuteronomy and other books, No.
• 4 – That they would turn to idolatry in the Promised Land was clearly predicted and certainly fulfilled. No. 5 – That God would establish a center of worship in Jerusalem. No. 6 – That the Northern Kingdom, called Israel, would be carried into captivity in Assyria. No. 7 – That the Southern Kingdom, called Judah, would be carried into captivity in Babylon.
• No. 8 – The destruction of the first temple, that was the one built by Solomon, was predicted in detail. No. 9 – The return of a small remnant from Babylon was predicted. No. 10 – The destruction of the second temple, the one that stood in the days of Jesus — He Himself predicted in detail. And it’s interesting.
• You go to Jerusalem today and the Jewish guides will lead you round the temple area and they will show you stones that are just standing on their own, and they’ll say: “You see it was predicted that every stone would be thrown down. Not one stone would be left standing upon another.” I tell you our Jewish guides believe a lot more about the Bible than some Christian preachers.
• All right. No. 11 – It was predicted, Leviticus 26 and elsewhere, many other places, that because of disobedience they would be scattered among the nations, the Gentiles. No. 12 – That they would endure persecution and oppression among the Gentiles. That certainly has been fulfilled. No. 13 – That they would be regathered from all nations.
• That is being fulfilled before our eyes and it’s important that we see that. So thirteen of the predictions have been fulfilled. There remain three more, as I see it, that are still to be fulfilled. The gathering of all nations against Jerusalem in war. No. 14. No. 15 – The supernatural revelation of Messiah to His people.
• No. 16 – The coming of Messiah in glory and power to establish His Kingdom on earth. So out of sixteen predictions, thirteen have been fulfilled. according to my mathematics, and I’m not very strong on mathematics, but I think that’s about eighty-one percent. Now I would have to say I don’t think that we’re crazy fanatics if we believe that the remaining three predictions will be fulfilled.