I’ve been so busy with work recently that I haven’t had the time to think about adding more regular posts to this blog…since the 8th September, I’ve been thrown headlong into my work, and I am not complaining, as I love what I do! I am so privileged to get to work day in, day out, in the area where I am passionate – music. Whether that’s working for and singing with Epiphoni, singing with Thomas Tallis Society, going back to working backstage at Wigmore Hall, being at St Mark’s Hamilton Terrace and all the Sunday singing I do as an independent pro singer in London choirs, I truly adore the work that I do, and wouldn’t have it any other way. But even that can be a danger because busy-ness can become an idol, taking my eyes off the reality of the times in which we live and urgency of the real reason I am here – if I let it!

My real purpose is to bring the presence of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, into each and every one of those areas in which I work, and to manifest His love and compassion and truth and light and hope to each person I come into contact with. So whether you’re a friend from one of my choirs, someone I work with (or for!), or whoever you are, reading this right now, I want to be able to give you even just a hint, a clue, a taster as it were, of what it’s like to know Him. Apparently, in 12th century German Jewish tradition, when young boys started to learn Torah, the Rabbis made sure that studying and learning the words of scripture was associated with honey and sweetness to show the child that God is good and His word is sweet and nourishing. Having spent time getting to know God and His word and tasting His goodness in my life, I can think of no better illustration, and I long to be able to share that sweetness and joy with everyone in my life.

Which leads me on to the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam – repairing the world. The Jewish people know it is their purpose to restore and repair the world alongside God – a world spoiled by sin and evil – and in Jewish culture that gives ultimate worth and meaning to a life; leaving the world and one’s friends and family and contacts better for having known you and interacted with you. Whilst this isn’t a directly biblical idea (it comes from Kabbalistic roots, but is now much more mainstream as part of Jewish thought and culture), it draws on the themes of the biblical covenant between God and His bride, Israel, found first in the books of Moses and reiterated throughout the Bible. This is the meaning behind the oft-repeated phrase “I will be your God and you shall be my people” – the people of Israel agreed to this covenant and accepted the ketubah, or marriage contract of the Law given at Sinai, on the date which later became the feast of Shavuot. Contained in that contract were all of God’s promises as the husband to bless and protect them if they stayed faithful to Him, as well as the warnings of the judgement that would result if they were adulterous and went after other gods and adopted the primitive and often perverse practices of the pagan nations around them. But even in judgement God promised eventual restoration and forgiveness, and within these passages you can see the concept behind Tikkun Olam. The Jewish people are meant to be the people who show the watching world what it’s like to be in covenant relationship with God, and to bring the restoration of justice to society, and the redemption of anyone from those nations who wanted to become part of that covenant people – think Rahab and Ruth for example. The Jewish people are part of God’s process of redeeming the world back to Himself, ultimately fulfilled in Messiah Jesus, and anyone who believes on Him is adopted into that covenant people, the Bride of Messiah, to join with this amazing work.

Although, for the most part, the Jewish people reject Jesus as Messiah, their energy to bring physical healing and Tikkun Olam to the world is an inspiration to see, and the world is exponentially a better place for the existence and thriving of Jewish communities in practically every culture of the world. Many of the Jewish people I know personally are creative, arty, musical, expressive, and articulate individuals, whose intelligence and passion for social justice and equality is wonderful to see and partner with. Jewish people are also still partially fulfilling that spiritual Tikkun Olam by faithfully keeping the feasts of the Lord, His appointed times, which are all rehearsals for His amazing plans and purposes thought history. They have continually lit a candle against encroaching darkness – as is rehearsed weekly on Shabbat – and held out light, hope, life in the face of horror, persecution and death, and an unshakable trust in the promises of future restoration, and for that I am forever grateful to them – without their faithful commitment to their community, their traditions, and their Torah, my faith would be so much poorer. I am humbled and privileged to learn from them and to partner with them to bring physical Tikkun Olam to the world around me, treating people with kindness and bringing positivity, energy, creativity, integrity and justice wherever I can, to whomever God brings into my life. I also sincerely hope that by holding out the light and sweetness of the person of Messiah Yeshua whom I love with all my heart, that not only Gentiles, but also the Jewish people I know and love will come to see how He is woven into the fabric of their feasts and festivals, fits perfectly into their Scriptures as the ‘Prophet like unto Moses’, how He is Himself the ultimate fulfilment of Tikkun Olam and so, so much more, and that through having known me, they too will be able to rejoice in the joy of knowing Him as their Jewish Messiah one day soon.

Adapted from Day 109 of The Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn

It was early morning. The teacher took me on a journey to the city, through the desert, riding on camels. The purpose was to pick up supplies for the school. But, of course, he had more than one purpose in mind.

“One thing I want you to do,” he said, “keep watch over the sun.”

It was a strange directive, but I did my best, noting from time to time its position in the sky. At the journey’s end, upon our return, he questioned me.

“What did you see?” he asked.

“Nothing,” I answered. “Nothing of note. The sun was just the sun.”

“I imagine,” he said, “that at times it was obscured by the mountains, the trees, or the buildings of the city. But otherwise, I imagine it stayed the same, certainly the same size. I would also imagine that the landscape was continually changing. Everything around us was changing except the sun.”

“That’s true,” I said. “But isn’t that just the way the sun works?”

“Yes, but why is that so?” he asked. “It’s because, although a mountain or a house or even a hand held up can appear bigger than the sun and can, for a time, obscure it, the reality is that the sun’s true magnitude – its actual size – is so enormous, so colossal, that the highest mountain on earth is nothing in comparison. It doesn’t appear so in the short run, but it becomes clear over the long run. Even in our little journey, everything we saw completely changed; the hills, the mountains, everything but the sun. And if we had traveled thousands of miles, it wouldn’t have made a difference. The sun’s colossal magnitude is manifested by its changelessness.”

“And what does it reveal?” I asked.

“Two thousand years ago, Messiah said, ‘I am the Light of the World.’ Since that time, ages have begun and ended, continents and civilisations have been discovered, kingdoms and empires have risen and fallen, kings, queens, and luminaries have appeared and passed away. And some of these have, for a moment, seemed larger. For a moment in time, they obscured the Nazarene. But in the long run, over the course of the long journey we call history, they’ve all passed away. Everything has changed….except Him. All the rest lies in ruins and rubble or in the pages of history books. But He remains unchanged, undiminished, as central and pivotal and colossal as He has ever been. His origins are in eternity, as the prophet Micah said. He is the Son and the immensity of His magnitude is manifested by His changelessness.”

The Mission: Today, see all things in view of the big picture. Whatever problems or issues you have are small in comparison to Him and pass away in the magnitude of the Son.

Micah 5:2, John 8:12, Ephesians 3:16-19, Hebrews 13:8

Adapted from Day 105 from The Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn

“In the ancient world,” said the teacher, “there was born a Jewish child to an affluent family. His parents gave him two names, one Greek, one Hebrew. The one name could be translated as ‘small’ but comes from a root word meaning to pause, to desist, or to stop. His other name came from a root word that meant to ask, to seek, or to inquire. As the child grew up, he rarely paused or desisted from anything. Nor was he one to question his course. He was headstrong and passionate, intellectual and educated, arrogant even. But one day all that would change. He finally paused before a blinding light that caused him to fall to the ground.”

“The apostle Paul?” I asked.

“Yes. The name Paul, or Paulus in Latin, comes from the Greek root word pauo, which means to pause, to stop, to deist, to cease from one’s course…even to come to an end. So the name whose name was linked to pausing and stopping finally pauses and stops. God caused him finally to stop, to desist, to come to an end of himself. So his whole life, from the moment he received that name, was leading up to the moment that name would be fulfilled.”

“And what about his other name?”

“In Hebrew, “said the teacher, “the verb to ask, or to ask for, is sha’al, from which we get the name Shaul, or Saul.”

“Paul and Saul,” I said, “the man born to pause and ask.”

“And what happened,” asked the teacher, “right after he paused? God called to him, ‘Saul, Saul…!’ In Hebrew that’s like saying, ‘Ask! Ask!’. And what did Saul do? He finally asked the question: ‘Who are You, Lord?’. Finally, he who was born to ask, asked. For the first time in his life, he realised that he didn’t even know who God was. And only when he asked was he able for the first time to know. His whole life was waiting fo that moment. And his question was answered with the words, ‘I am Yeshua, Jesus…’ And so the life of the man who paused and asked would be changed forever. He would become what he was born to become.”

“You see,” said the teacher, “if you can’t stop, if you can’t pause enough to seek, you’ll never find anything more than what you already have. And if you can’t ask, then you’ll never know anything more than you already do. Pause that you might find. And ask that you might know. For we were all born to pause and ask.”

The Mission: Today, pause, stop what you’re doing, cease from your routine and your course, and with no preconceptions, seek HIM.

Isaiah 55:6-9; Jeremiah 29:11-13; Acts 9:1-8; Romans 1:1

So, September the 8th came and went, and quite obviously we’re still here! The feasts of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and now Sukkot, are happening just as they have done for thousands of years, and, as yet, they’re quite uneventful in terms of the big end times things I discussed in previous posts. Is my faith shipwrecked? No, absolutely not. I always said to people that if it didn’t happen on September the 8th, that it wouldn’t shake my confidence in the certainty that this event will happen; it just means we had to go back and have another look at our calculations. Incredibly, the very same evening – September 8th 2021 – my family and I came across some teaching from several Bible teachers to help with exactly that.

God wants us to know His plans, and He is ready and waiting to reveal knowledge and things long-hidden from previous generations, tucked away within the Scriptures, to those for whom it is relevant.

Previous generations simply didn’t need to know; they just had to be watching for Israel’s regathering. But even more importantly, God reveals His plans in each generation to those who want to know them, and who actively enquire of Him to know these things. Below is something my mother wrote based on the teachings we found that night. She is a real watcher, always enquiring and searching out the secret things, and I hope you are blessed by reading her article.

Hello friends,

On the very night we thought the Rapture might happen, we came across this wonderful old teaching, made 16 years ago by a Bible teacher called Mark Biltz. Maybe you are already familiar with him – but he was new to us. It is quite possibly the best teaching on the subject of the prophetic nature of the 7 feasts of Israel that we have ever come across. It is exactly what we needed to hear these past couple of weeks (excuse the very dated live presentation from 2005!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_pGMo W8TY

The above link to his teaching is found in a document that is linked at the bottom of this article. This document explains that the true date for celebrating the feast of Trumpets this year (2021) is actually 7th/8th of October. Though Jewish people the world over are celebrating the Autumn feasts now, it is not yet the month of Tishri by the ancient calendar as set out in the Bible. This anomaly has occurred because the Torah Calendar is a medieval Jewish dating system, which uses a man-made cycle of leap and non leap years. This non-biblical system of calculations often results in the Torah calendar being a whole month out of sync with God’s prophetic clock, all year long, in order to keep in sync with the purely solar calendar of the Gregorian system.  

“…the true date for Tishri and the Feast of Trumpets this year is actually the 7th/8th October…”

Whilst this makes little or no difference to how Jewish people everywhere celebrate their festivals today, it results in them sometimes not keeping any of their feasts actually on or at the Lord’s appointed times for that year, according to how He set out for them to be calculated in Leviticus – and from the Lord’s perspective this is very significant.
The Jewish historian Josephus records that the Jews of Jesus day celebrated Passover 10 days after the sighting of the first new moon that could be viewed by two witnesses after the Spring equinox, and when the barley harvest was ripe and the sun had risen in the constellation of Aries (the Ram – significant for Passover).  This fool-proof and detailed method was how they were to determine the arrival of Nissan and declare the start of the first day of the New Year.

However, not long after 28 AD, the priests stopped using this method of calculation for declaring the start of the new year and, it is recorded that on several occasions, on Yom Kippur, the High Priest dropped dead in the Holy of Holies and had to be pulled out by a rope attached to his ankle. This was because he had entered the holiest place on earth a whole month either too early or too late.  
After 70 AD and the destruction of the Temple, this ceased to be a pressing issue, and by the 12th century Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon devised the Torah Calendar (mentioned above) to ensure that Jews throughout the Diaspora all celebrated their feasts on the same days, as this seemed to him to be the most important matter, over and above the Biblical instructions.

This year, 2021, the Torah Calendar once again stated that the start of Nissan was to be on the first new moon before the Spring Equinox rather than the new moon immediately afterwards.  So, because the start of the first month was wrong, then the start of the 7th month Tishri (and indeed every month) will also be wrong again this year. So Tishri has still not yet started by God’s calendar – it will start when the sun rises to join the moon in the constellation of the Virgin (fitting for the celebration of the Bride departing to be with her Bridegroom) which will occur on October 7th-9th, on the first new moon after the Autumn Equinox – which has just occurred yesterday, on 22nd September. Remember that the stars, sun and moon were ordained in Genesis to be “for signs and seasons” (not spring/summer/autumn/winter, but rather the mo’ed, or appointed times on God’s prophetic calendar), “and for days and years” (Genesis 1:14), and it’s absolutely not wrong to look at constellations and astronomy in this way; it has nothing to do with astrology or the new age.

It may be that though this topic is interesting to some, it seems unimportant to you today. However, I believe that if you take the time to watch and take note of Mark Biltz’s teaching in the above link you will think otherwise. Check what he says against the Bible, because that’s the only standard by which we ought to measure any teaching. Our time is very short. If, as we believe, the day and time of the rapture of the church was always meant to be known, and not hidden by the misunderstood doctrine of imminency, then what you hear will get you looking to the skies and getting yourself ready for the bridegroom. What have you got to lose? It is not sinful to be watching and getting ready and preparing ourselves and our loved ones for the biggest event of their lifetimes – whether they are saved or unsaved.  

In Revelation Jesus Himself is talking prophetically to us who are alive today – take a close look at what He is really saying about the rapture:

“But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.”

Revelation 3:3

If we therefore wake up, we will know the time of His coming to us! 

That was what my mother wrote back in September. Now, whether or not the Rapture happens on the 8th October 2021 is, in a sense, entirely besides the point. We have a clear understanding of the season of the return of the Lord for His church, and that very much seems to be the autumn feasts as God determined that they were to be celebrated and appointed, regardless of whether the modern dating system and calendar matches up. However, we do have to remember the other event that is signified by the idiom of “not knowing the day or the hour” – that of the Jewish wedding. The bride expected anywhere from a year to two years to pass, but she literally didn’t know the day or the hour of her bridegroom’s coming, and there is a big part of me that feels that we will be the same way; we’ve been given clues and pictures and foreshadowings to help us recognise the season in each year when our Heavenly Bridegroom might return, but we have not been given a date or a time, and I think there’s a reason for that. We are asked to trust and watch and wait; to prepare and not to sleep spiritually and not care, or simply ignore it all. But obsessing over a specific date isn’t going to do us any good, and unless we are shown something new and very clear, I think wisdom says that we should go on living and waiting and expecting not to know the day or the hour. It doesn’t negate the truth and certainty of the Scriptures – it simply takes Jesus’ words at face value and trusts. Below are some links to help you realise how trustworthy the Bible is, and which will help you know what to expect when the Rapture and Tribulation do begin – whenever that is.

Jonathan Cahn presents the case for the exact Birthday of Jesus – this is compelling (despite being on the Jim Baker show) and sets the stage for knowing when Jeus died and when He will therefore return.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptlsXtTf6n0

JC Lovic presents a case for the immenant return of Jesus this year by taking a closer look at the book of Daniel.  Not your usual ‘stoping of the clock’ teaching of 69 and 70 weeks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi7DD6NCGrI&t=13s

JC Lovic explains that knowing The Day Jesus Died (parts 1 and 2) is essential to understanding Biblical end times prophecy:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04E6LdRC984&t=17s

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1lH7qmdVs&t=64s

JC Lovick looks at prophecy of the end times from the very first word in the Bible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtATSQx3cjI&t=206s

This is the youtube channel of Robert Breaker who we started watching about a year ago.  He gives very clear biblical teaching and he is not afraid to chart the times we are living in from a Dispensational perspective and to look forwards to the imminent Rapture: https://www.youtube.com/user/Robertbreaker3/videos

This is the Google document we mention above, with links within it to much good teaching (up to page 33) Note that the imbedded film at the start has been strangely titled ‘Rapture’ but has nothing to do with the rapture and is actually about evangelism. https://docs.google.com/document/d/14VoBinD3jDV9yXZpb_XVj_nBe867JaZ6fCKTMGqIAms/edit

Part of understanding how relevant all this is to you, is knowing what’s really going on in the world around us. Nothing is a co-incidence, and since the beginning of the twentieth century, the globalists and those seeking to bring in a New World Order have been increasingly in control of the media to hide these things from the ordinary person. This is not a conspiracy theory. For news on the stories that really matter, which make it very clear to us that the end is very near, you need to look beyond the Mainstream Media, which is all owned and puppeteered by an unelected elite.

This link below is a website created by Patrick Wood, an economist by education, a financial analyst and writer by profession. He is a leading and critical expert on Sustainable Development, Green Economy, Agenda 21, 2030 Agenda and historic Technocracy. He is the author of Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation (2015) and co-author of Trilaterals Over Washington, Volumes I and II (1978-1980) with the late Antony C. Sutton, and he covers some of the stories that the mainstream media don’t want you to know about or understand. He is also a Christian and his testimony is also on the website. https://www.technocracy.news

And finally, here is a site about the climate change and other environmental stories from around the world – the other side of the climate change story, minus the agenda of the mainstream media, and one that needs to be taken seriously for proper understanding of what’s going on. It is another Christian website, and shows how close we are to the end, including the gospel and personal testimonies. http://www.thebigwobble.org

Day 364 from the The Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn

“How strange,” said the teacher. “We’re born into this world. We’ve never been anywhere else. And yet, we never feel at home here. It’s the only place we’ve ever known, and yet still, we’re never quite at home within it. We’re never at home with its pain and sorrows, with its growing old and dying, with its losses, its deaths, its imperfections, its darkness, its evils…and where nothing lasts and everything passes away. Even in the best of times and circumstances, there’s always something missing. It can never fill our hearts. And the longer we’re in this world, the less at home we are within it.”

He paused to look up for a moment at the starlit sky above us.

“Where does the story of Passover begin?”

“In Egypt.”

“The Israelites grew up in Egypt. It was the only home they knew. And yet they were never at home within it. And what was salvation about? Leaving Egypt and going to the Promised Land. They had never been to the Promised Land…and yet it was their home. You see, salvation is about coming home. From the Jewish people returning to the land of Israel to the prodigal son returning to his father, salvation is about coming home. And that’s the mystery…that’s why we’re never at home in this world.”

“Why? Wy are we never at home in this world?”

“Because it’s not home,” he said. “Our hearts were not made to be at home in a world of sorrows and evil and dying and death…of seeing everything we know and love grow old and pass away. We are not at home because there is a home, and this world is not it. But salvation begins on Passover. And Passover is about coming home, coming home to God, and coming home to home.”

“So home is….”

“The place for which our hearts were made…that place of no more sorrows and dying and death…and no evil or imperfection…and where nothing grows old anymore or passes away…the eternal…the Promised Land…heaven.”

“A place we’ve never been to.”

“Yes,” said the teacher, “but when we get there…then for the first time in our lives…we’ll be at home.”

The Mission: You are not yet home. Live today in the light of that. Set your heart away from that which is not home, and towards that which is.

John 17:16; Psalm 46:4-5; Hebrews 13:14; John 14:1-3

This is drawn from something my brother wrote in his letter that he left for his friends to find after the Rapture, and he did a pretty good summary of the main points of the Tribulation, so I am going to use his material and add a few of my own thoughts and some Bible references so that you can read it for yourself. The time you are about to face is going to be pretty terrifying, but it’s my hope and prayer that as you realise that God has this all not only prophesied but also completely under control, you will find the strength and peace to face these events in the confidence of faith and trust in Jesus.

From the Bible, mostly the book of Revelation, along with the Old Testament prophet Daniel and Jesus’ own teachings on the End Times, we are given a clear picture of the outline of the 7-year tribulation:

– It will begin precisely with the signing of an historic peace deal primarily with Israel, allowing the Jews to finally rebuild their temple in Jerusalem (Daniel 9:27). This may or may not follow the Gog and Magog war that I described in a previous 2-part post (Ezekiel 38-39). This peace deal will be initiated by the Antichrist, a certain world leader who will seem to be a truly wonderful, charismatic man with a plan to save the world from its current chaos (Daniel 7:8, 1 Thessalonians 2:3-4, 9-10).

– This leader will then preside over the formation of a fully global government, likely with a digital global currency (Revelation 13). This will be effectively a New World Order, and it will have been brought in as the “Great Reset” we all ‘needed’ to cope with the global chaos and economic collapse that is coming. The results of such a global crash will be worldwide shortages, starvation, lawlessness, and death, which exactly mirror the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th seal judgements in Revelation 6.

– The Antichrist will be backed up by another very significant, revered public figure (most likely a religious figure of some kind) who will act as a spokesperson for the Antichrist at first. He is referred to in Revelation as the dragon and to Christians as the False Prophet. From our knowledge, this spokesperson looks very likely to be the current Pope, for various reasons, and he will likely lead the way to the creation of a One World Religion of ‘peace and tolerance’, especially between the three Abrahamic faiths, completely denying the truth of the God he claims to represent (Revelation 13:11-15).

– The identity of the Antichrist himself is less clear. That being said, I have my personal suspicions. Barack Obama and Emmanuel Macron have both caught my eye for different reasons. But, as I do not know for sure, this is purely my own speculation and so I will say no more. Whoever he is, it will be obvious when he comes to power, and 10 of the leaders of various global regions or supranational entities will give over their power to him to preside over the new global system being set up. He will likely destroy three of these leaders in the process, according to Daniel 7:8.

– The Antichrist will be viewed by most of the world as a saviour figure, almost like a second Jesus. The Jews may even begin thinking he is their messiah. But he is not their messiah, and nor is he a saviour. He is the exact opposite. He is referred to in both Daniel and Revelation as The Beast, and he will be the most evil dictator ever to rise to power in the history of our planet, ruling purely by fear and brute force in the end. He may not seem like this for the first few years to ordinary people who don’t know what to be looking out for, but at a certain point it will be completely clear to the whole world who he really is.

– Exactly 3.5 years after the signing of the peace deal with Israel, at the halfway point of the 7 years of Tribulation, the Antichrist himself will break this deal, begin persecuting the Jewish people, and set up an image of himself in the Jewish temple, demanding that the entire world worship him as a god under the new global religion that has been being set up by the False Prophet.

– He will at some point appear to suffer a fatal attack or wound, and yet recover, almost as if he has come back to life from the dead, thus “proving” his supposed divinity (Revelation 13:3). Do not be fooled. His spiritual powers will come from Satan, not God. This man, taken over and possessed willingly by Satan, is the devil’s copy of Jesus. Remember that possession by a demon or in this case, the devil himself, does not absolve someone of responsibility for what they do; this possession is the result of a pact with Satan, made knowingly and willingly in rejection of God, and in return for the immense power of being the global leader – he will be full of evil and power, and intent on killing as many as possible, especially those who believe in the one true God.

– The Antichrist and the False Prophet will also demand that all people in the world take a specific mark, either on/in their hands or their foreheads, that will allow them to continue to participate unimpeded in society (to travel, to buy and sell, etc: Revelation 13:16-18). This will likely be a form of digital ID nanotechnology, such as a quantum dot tattoo or nanoparticles injected into people’s bodies (this already exists and is not science fiction), which will make them trackable and able to be manipulated, controlled and hunted down, like the Chinese Communist Social Credit system of today, just much, much worse. The False Prophet will push this Mark of the Beast, the infamous 666, especially hard – so if that figure is in fact the Pope, you will know.

– Anyone who does not worship the Antichrist as god or take his mark will be hunted, arrested, and ultimately killed. There is even indication that anyone who does not comply will specifically be beheaded (Revelation 20:4). But if you have placed your faith and trust in Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, you will go straight to be with Him and us in heaven; not even the Antichrist can take that away from you.

– The Bible isn’t clear exactly when this will happen, but at some point during all these tumultuous things, 144, 000 Jewish people will recognise and receive Jesus as their Messiah, and they will be sealed and commissioned by God to take this message of salvation out to the whole world (Revelation 7:1-8). They will become His messengers and as a result of their witness, many millions of people – ‘a great multitude which no-one could number’ – will believe and be saved (Revelation 7:9-17). This harvest of people who turn to God will prove that anyone who seeks after the true God will indeed find Him (Jeremiah 29:11-13), and those who desire good and right and truth will find salvation in Jesus, the Way the Truth and the Life (John 14:6).

– At some point, God will specifically send two men, two witnesses, to declare the truth of Jesus’ offer of salvation to the world (Revelation 11). They may well be previously known biblical men, such as Moses, Elijah or Enoch. Or they may not. Their identity is not really important, but their message of salvation is. They will be like Old Testament prophets in their power and anointing, and will also perform supernatural feats, miracles, and cause supernatural judgments to occur on those who hate God, specifically judgments seen before in Scripture, such as withholding rain, turning water to blood, and bringing plagues, just like in Exodus. Because of their witness to the one true God, the Antichrist will kill them, but 3.5 days later they will be resurrected, most likely in Jerusalem (Revelation 11:8), before the eyes of the whole world and then ascend back into Heaven.

– Meanwhile, wars and natural disasters will have been continuing to increase over the entire 7 years; flooding, contamination of the oceans, fires, asteroids hitting the earth, earthquakes, hailstorms, solar flares, plagues, and much more. In fact, by the end, the world will be in such a horrific state that if Jesus did not return mankind would ultimately go extinct (Matthew 24:22). To learn more about the details of what will happen during the 7 years of the tribulation, see chapter 4 of “Rapture (Under Attack)” by Tim LaHaye, which breaks down the book of Revelation into clear simplicity.

One piece of advice I strongly suggest you heed is this: stay away from the significant cities or capitals of the liberal, backslidden post-christian world, which will come under especially harsh judgement. These cities, such as London, Paris and New York, will be places of huge destruction and death because of what they have stood for in their blatant rebellion against God and His laws. By the time you get this far into the Tribulation, you need to get out into the countryside and get off grid as much as you can; stay away from technology and pharmaceuticals and learn to be self-sufficient in small groups to support each other and survive, keeping your faith in Jesus above anything else.

But please don’t lose hope my friend; Jesus will return.

The Antichrist will persecute Jewish people and Christian believers with complete obsession, and in his satanic hatred of God, he will gather the nations of the world together to fight against Jerusalem, to overthrow it and destroy the nation of Israel once and for all, as they represent God and His promises (Zechariah 12:9). But Jesus will not allow His covenant people to be destroyed, and He will come back in time to save His people, His land, and His Holy City (Zechariah 12, 13, and 14), and in that Day, Israel will finally recognise Him as their promised, long-rejected Messiah, and they will mourn and repent on the most powerful Yom Kippur ever to be kept.

You see, exactly 7 years after the Antichrist signs his peace deal with Israel, and exactly 3.5 years after that peace deal is broken, Jesus will return, and we will return with Him. This is the fulfilment of the solemn Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. Jesus will come down from the clouds physically and visibly, in power and great glory, as King and Judge, to stand on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and save it from the forces of evil, His feet splitting it in half as He touches down (Daniel 7:13-14, Zechariah 14:3-4) .

This day is the Day of the Lord, the Day of Judgement, and may well occur in 2028 if the tribulation begins soon after the rapture in 2021. However, please remember that regardless of what year the tribulation begins, it will last 7 years and Jesus will return at the end of those 7 years, whether that be 2028, 2029, 2030, etc. As soon as the Antichrist signs his peace deal with Israel, start counting down 7 years. The day of Jesus’ second coming will begin a new era on Earth – one of victory over evil, the setting right of all wrong, and the fixing of the mess the natural world and the environment is in. Jesus will rule righteously over the whole earth from Jerusalem for this new period of 1,000 years. 1,000 years of peace. This time is described in many beautiful passages in the Bible and speaks of no more war, almost no death except in the case of someone choosing to commit evil, and such harmony on Earth that even animals will no longer pose any threat. Lions will sleep alongside lambs, children will play with snakes, nothing will kill or destroy, and we will finally be able to live life the way that God originally intended for us to live; in loving harmony with Him and all around us.

Please know that if you put your trust in Jesus, nothing can separate you from the love of God, and you will be saved. Remember and hold onto His word:

‘What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:

“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.’

Romans 8:31-39

No, this isn’t a conspiracy theory and I’m not a nutter. This is one of the most sinister developments of 2020/2021, but behind the scenes it goes way further back than 2020 and has been decades in the planning. I’m not going to be able to convince you just with this post, but the information is all out there and it’s not even hidden; you need to do your own research and choose what you do with that information. It’s not comfortable, but we have been seeing this leading the world towards the global antichrist system described in Revelation, and because you are going to be facing this in the coming years, I feel I need to warn you.

The ‘Great Reset’ is an initiative that has been proposed by the World Economic Forum (WEF).   Klaus Schwab is the founder and chairman of the World Economic Forum in Davos which annually brings together the heads of state of the world’s major countries to discuss world affairs. Davos in January 2021 was specifically about the Great Economic Reset. This article discusses the claims of a controversial video made by the World Economic Forum and posted in October 2020, claiming that by 2030 we will ‘own nothing, and be happy.’ There is no secret to any of this, and the world’s most powerful elites, unelected (by the general population), and mostly from sectors like banking, finance and business, as well as left-leaning politics, openly plan to hijack the covid-19 crisis to bring this global paradigm shift to pass. Interestingly, and by no coincidence as far as I’m concerned, the WEF, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others hosted a huge war-games style ‘pandemic preparedness’ exercise called Event 201 on 18th October 2019 in New York, the culmination of many such exercises over the past few years. They discussed how to handle a deadly virus outbreak, how to control populations, how to conduct successful propaganda campaigns to get people to take a vaccine, and how to control ‘misinformation’. This is all part of The Rockefeller Foundation’s ‘Operation Lockstep’, launched in 2010. See here and here for more information – download these articles before they are censored.

In June 2020, while most of the world was pre-occupied with the effects of the global lockdowns and chaos, the WEF hosted and announced their ‘Great Reset’ initiative, with support from leaders of industrialised nations and the UN and IMF.  This will involve a lethal mixture of elitist capitalism and radical Marxist socialism to reshape society.  In his book ‘The Fourth International Revolution’ Klaus Schwab writes that this will be ‘a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work and relate to one another. In its scale, scope and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before.’  

Schwab has activated his network of 10,000 ‘Global Shapers’ in 428 cities (known as global hubs) across 148 countries for the purpose of implementing this planned remedy.  The crisis caused by coronavirus and the fear of ‘catastrophic global warming’ are to be used as the catalyst for change as the world adopts the WEF slogan ‘Build Back Better.’  If you pay attention, you will find world leaders keep using this phrase to show they are onside with this process.  Boris Johnson said it in his speech at the G7 Conference, as has Joe Biden for the USA, and Ursula von der Leyen for the EU.

Five years ago, in 2016, Schwab gave an interview in which he promised that an implantable “global health pass” microchip would be unveiled within the next 10 years to track and control all of humanity. As part of his globalist “Great Reset” agenda, Schwab explained that eventually it will be a requirement for humans to be microchipped in order to buy and sell, just as Revelation 13:16 prophesies.  Answering an interview question about when this will be, Schwab responded, “Certainly in the next 10 years.  And at first we will implant them in our clothes. And then we could imagine that we will implant them in our brains, or in our skin.”  You can (at the time of writing) watch him saying this at https://www.bitchute.com/video/SplJW72J5l9w/ 

If he is correct in this, we are heading for a global social control matrix using advanced technology to monitor the population and ensure they comply with government demands. Failure to do so will result in being shut out of society. This is already happening in Communist China, unsurprisingly, and also in Australia, where people are being forced to comply with Big Brother technology to check on their whereabouts using geolocation and facial recognition, another feature even in the developing UK vaccine passport app-based system. This is a deeply worrying loss of autonomy and privacy, and will seamlessly lead into the 666 Mark of the Beast system in roughly 3.5 years’ time.

This all also fits in well with the population control narrative that globalists have been speaking quite plainly about for many years. Leading international figures such as David Attenborough and Prince Philip have expressed the view that human beings are the worst thing for the planet, and that population growth needs to be severely restricted for the sake of the environment. Prince Philip is famously quoted from 1988 as saying that in the event of reincarnation he would like to come back as a deadly virus to contribute something to the problem of ‘overpopulation.’ Bill Gates is quoted as saying in a Ted Talk that you can control human population with vaccines, and he said it with nonchalance, as if this was an entirely acceptable idea for reducing Co2 and saving the planet. This belief that somehow we are the plague on this planet has some seriously problematic ethical and moral overtones, and ties in with the globalist agenda of control and complete submission.

1984 will arrive a bit later than the date for George Orwell’s novel of the future, but the 666 system of Revelation 13 will come bang on time for the events of the last days prophecies of the Bible to be fulfilled. Make no mistake, this is exactly where all this is headed, and nothing that happens on the world stage, or even behind it, is a co-incidence. China’s Communist Party owns vast stakes in American corporations and the banking system, and it plans to pull most of its investments at some point in the near future, which will naturally precipitate or contribute to the global financial crisis that we have been on the way to for a very long time now. This is predicted to make the crash of 2008 look insignificant in comparison, and it is exactly what the Great Reset is looking for. The disappearance of billions of people will also cause a significant impact on the global economy and the resulting chaos and instability will be the exact situation they are looking for to implement their plans for a technocratic Marxist society.

Revelation 13 describes in detail the system whereby all peoples everywhere are forced to ‘worship’ or swear allegiance to the Antichrist dictator who takes the reins during the Tribulation, and that every person is required to receive a mark in order to buy and sell – in other words in order to participate in normal society. This was technological science fiction up until the last couple of decades or less, but now it is frighteningly possible and easy, and the world’s populations have been heavily conditioned into accepting a society like this ‘for the greater good’ by many events over the past few years; none more powerfully than the response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the vaccinated vs unvaccinated polarisation of society. People have been made to fear Covid so much that they will do practically anything the government demands and have got to the stage where self-policing is much more effective than direct mandates. Beware of this psychology and resist it. Do your research and think critically like a free human being who has dignity and a valid opinion, even if it goes against what the majority seem to believe or think. If the Rapture has proven anything, it has shown yet again that the Bible’s prophecy is reliable and true, and if that logic is followed through, this antichrist world system is literally around the corner and you need to be prepared to make your choice for or against it. This article and video by my Pastor, Tony Pearce, is very helpful in explaining Revelation 13 – have a read and download the material whilst it’s still available and uncensored.

The Bible is clear that those who accept the Mark of the Beast, whatever form that comes in, make the choice knowingly, rejecting God and truth, and choosing instead to follow the evil of the current world system, giving worship to the Antichrist, who is empowered by Satan himself. Therefore taking the Mark is an unredeemable decision, and those who do so will be condemned to eternity with the Antichrist in Hell. But God DOES NOT want this for anyone, and that is why this prophecy exists – to warn you now, so that you can make the choice that leads to life. Please do so, and call on the Name of Jesus the Messiah for salvation and wisdom and help – He will never let you down.

You’re probably wondering, if the point of the Rapture was to take the church before the Tribulation, why there are so many Christians left behind, including major figures like the Pope and various Archbishops or figures like Rick Warren. Perhaps you consider yourself to be a Christian, and yet you’re still here, and you’re confused. This is not an easy topic, and I will try to answer as gently as I can, but I believe that Jesus warned us about this, too.

Just because a person goes to church, has been christened/baptised, confirmed or has had their first communion, it doesn’t make them automatically a Christian. Christianity, unlike any other religion or faith in the world, is not a cultural concept or something that you are just ‘born into’. Christianity generally, worldwide, ranks first place in net gains through conversion from other religions, and according to The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion, in mid-2005, approximately 15.5 million converted to Christianity annually from another religion, whilst approximately 11.7 million left Christianity annually, and most of them becoming irreligious, resulting in a net gain of 3.8 million.

These figures, whilst impressive-sounding, can never be truly representative of the numbers of believers, because large proportions of stats like this come from countries where people are openly allowed to belong to whichever religion they like without having to make any serious sacrifices for that choice – in other words its culturally acceptable to belong to a religion or go to church without having to really believe anything inside. In other parts of the world however, that’s a very different matter. To become a Christian in North Korea, China, Afghanistan, India, Iran, Pakistan, or any other country where lethal persecution of Christians is a daily occurrence, is to quite literally risk your life for your beliefs, and the fastest growing churches are the underground churches, the secret believers about whom we may never fully know this side of eternity. Some have to live a double-life, appearing to remain within Islam or Hinduism or Communism etc, whilst holding clandestine meetings and sharing their faith one-on-one for fear of being discovered. That is why you may have known or have heard of people who appeared to be another religion; especially Muslims or Orthodox Jews, but have disappeared along with open believers – and on the flip side, why many, many cultural Christians are still here, stunned and confused.

You see, it all comes down to personal faith. You can be the loveliest person, faithfully in church every week of your life, doing good in the community, knowing the liturgy inside out, singing the liturgy every week, or even becoming ordained, and yet have never truly understood or taken the necessary step to be saved. If your faith was in your own goodness or merit by doing these things, or in the goodness of the church or your priest or your Pope, it was in the wrong place. The sixteenth century reformers had the right idea when they coined the motto “Sola fide” – by faith alone – and when they fought and died for the right to have the Bible in our native languages so that the plow boy could know the scriptures better than the priest, as William Tyndale famously said. Christians in nations where they are daily killed for their faith know all too well what they believe, and they chosen to believe that even though it would be culturally safer and more logical to remain Muslim or whatever else they once were. They have committed their life to a God they know personally, through His word and His Spirit, losing all fear of death because they know that their souls are secure in the Saviour.

The true God is a personal God, and He wants a personal connection, a relationship, with each and every person. Even as far back as Abraham, being God’s chosen father of the Jewish people didn’t automatically mean he was saved; he was still a sinner in need of redemption. Neither did his physical circumcision count for anything other than an external symbol of what had already gone on inwardly in his heart. Rabbi Sha’ul, known to the New Testament Gentile church as the Apostle Paul, wrote passionately about the need for personal faith for salvation. He was as Jewish as they come; of the tribe of Benjamin, circumcised on the eight day, trained by Gamaliel, a Pharisee, and a teacher of the Law, but none of that counted for salvation because he had entirely missed the point until he realised who the Messiah was according to his own Scriptures and accepted Him by faith. He wrote of Abraham:

‘For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”…How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.’

Romans 4:3, 10-12 – emphasis mine

The point I am making is that religious observance doesn’t count for anything before God. We have all got to accept that by the standard of the law, we are sinners in need of a Saviour, and that our goodness can never outweigh our sinfulness inside. Our pride doesn’t like that, and it’s a humbling realisation to make, but the Bible is full, from beginning to end, of the same message; we need a Redeemer, and without Him we are headed for an eternity separated from God in the place He only intended for the devil and his demons; hell. This is because sin ruins everything it touches, inside and out, and God is holy – He cannot permit sin in His presence. But He loves us with an everlasting love, and doesn’t want anyone to have to go through that. So Jesus came, willingly, to live the perfect life that we could never live, according to the Law of Moses, and then to die on the cross, bearing the sin and shame of all humanity for all time, and taking the wrath of God for all that sin has done to His creation. He was separated from God for a short time so that we would never have to go to an eternity without Him, and then He rose again, breaking the curse of sin and death, because He Himself was innocent – death could not hold Him. He was your substitute, and He will freely give you forgiveness and eternal life because He has paid the price for it, if you will repent, ask Him for that forgiveness and invite Him to be your Lord and Saviour.

This is the only way to God, and if you have never prayed a prayer of repentance like that, you have never truly been a Christian. If you continue to rely on your own imperfect goodness rather than Jesus’ sinless perfection, you can never be freed from the sentence that is over each person who breaks God’s Laws. Please hear me right; I’m not saying that being a good person isn’t important; of course it is! But ultimately, it cannot save you, and there are a lot of people who have been left behind because God knew that they hadn’t understood or submitted to Him in their hearts, and He is giving those people – the good, lovely, decent, upright, truth-seeking religious or non-religious people of the world, one final chance to come to Jesus and make that life-or-death decision. What will you choose? Please, choose life!

“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and live!”

Ezekiel 18:30-32

“Come now, and let us reason together,”

Says the Lord,

“Though your sins are like scarlet,

They shall be as white as snow;

Though they are red like crimson,

They shall be as wool.”

Isaiah 1:18

‘Surely He has borne our griefs

And carried our sorrows;

Yet we esteemed Him stricken,

Smitten by God, and afflicted.

But He was wounded for our transgressions,

He was bruised for our iniquities;

The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,

And by His stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray;

We have turned, every one, to his own way;

And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.’

Isaiah 53: 4-6

‘Seek the Lord while He may be found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.” ‘

Isaiah 55:6-9

‘And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.” ‘

John 8:11

‘There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.’

Romans 8:1 – emphasis mine

‘Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.’

2 Corinthians 5:21 – emphasis mine

‘The Lord is not slack concerning His promise [to come again to judge evil], as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.’

2 Peter 3:9

‘After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number [saved out of the Tribulation, the time you are in now!], of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” ‘

Revelation 7:9-10

As we saw from the previous post, there is a strong case for not only the Messiah, but also specifically Jesus being found embedded deep in the Old Testament, and we haven’t even discussed the so called ‘theophanies’ – moments when the Hebrew clearly indicates God taking a human form and meeting with Old Testament characters in person! When you begin to see how precisely and beautifully the Scriptures are constructed, despite being written by approx 40 individuals in different locations around the ancient world, over the course of 1500 years or so, you realise what a completely unique and incredible book this is, and there is nothing that the higher critics can do to discredit or nullify what God has done through His Word.

Ultimately, above the human authors, the Bible was written by God. Second Timothy 3:16 tells us that the Bible was “breathed out” by God. Except for the giving of the stone tablets of the Law, which was written by God’s own hand (Exodus 31:18), God inspired the human authors of the Bible so that, while using their own writing styles and personalities, they still recorded exactly what God intended. The Bible was not dictated by God per se, but it was perfectly guided and entirely inspired by Him.

Humanly speaking, the Bible was written by approximately 40 men of diverse backgrounds over the course of 1500 years. Isaiah was a prophet, Ezra was a priest, Matthew was a tax-collector, John was a fisherman, Paul was a tentmaker, Moses was a shepherd, Luke was a physician. Despite being penned by different authors over 15 centuries, the Bible does not contradict itself and does not contain any errors. The authors all present different perspectives, but they all proclaim the same one true God, and the same one way of salvation—Jesus Christ (John 14:6; Acts 4:12). Here are the books of the Bible along with the name of who is most assumed by biblical scholars to be the author, along with the approximate date of authorship:

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy = Moses – 1400 B.C.
Joshua = Joshua – 1350 B.C.
Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel = Samuel/Nathan/Gad – 1000 – 900 B.C.
1 Kings, 2 Kings = Jeremiah – 600 B.C.
1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah = Ezra – 450 B.C.
Esther = Mordecai – 400 B.C.
Job = Moses – 1400 B.C.
Psalms = several different authors, mostly David – 1000 – 400 B.C.
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon = Solomon – 900 B.C.
Isaiah = Isaiah – 700 B.C.
Jeremiah, Lamentations = Jeremiah – 600 B.C.
Ezekiel = Ezekiel – 550 B.C.
Daniel = Daniel – 550 B.C.
Hosea = Hosea – 750 B.C.
Joel = Joel – 850 B.C.
Amos = Amos – 750 B.C.
Obadiah = Obadiah – 600 B.C.
Jonah = Jonah – 700 B.C.
Micah = Micah – 700 B.C.
Nahum = Nahum – 650 B.C.
Habakkuk = Habakkuk – 600 B.C.
Zephaniah = Zephaniah – 650 B.C.
Haggai = Haggai – 520 B.C.
Zechariah = Zechariah – 500 B.C.
Malachi = Malachi – 430 B.C.
Matthew = Matthew – A.D. 55
Mark = John Mark – A.D. 50
Luke = Luke – A.D. 60
John = John – A.D. 90
Acts = Luke – A.D. 62
Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon = Paul – A.D. 50-70
Hebrews = unknown, mostly likely Paul, Luke, Barnabas, or Apollos – A.D. 65 
James = James – A.D. 45
1 Peter, 2 Peter = Peter – A.D. 60
1 John, 2 John, 3 John = John – A.D. 90
Jude = Jude – A.D. 60
Revelation = John – A.D. 90

Liberal scholars have tried very hard to discredit the Bible and its sources, but nothing they say ultimately holds water, and the witness of the scriptures themselves is powerful. No human could have constructed this book as a religious system, well-intentioned at best or fraudulent at worst, simply because it suited them to do so; it is the only faith book that is not only verifiable by science, history, archeology, and corroborated by numerous contemporary secular sources, but also woven together with literally hundreds of proven prophecies that all give testimony to its validity and divine origin. For the Gospels specifically, I would highly recommend you read The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel (there’s also a film version), and hear the perspective of the historical and biblical experts themselves.

Just before I finish, I want to draw your attention to the dates for the Gospels’ authorship on that list above. Look how soon after Jesus’ death and resurrection they were written – 20 to 60 years after the events themselves, written by eye-witnesses. Considering that the two earliest biographies of Alexander the Great were written by Arrian and Plutarch over four hundred years after Alexander’s death in 323 BC, and they are still generally considered to be trustworthy, this gap of a few decades is so small as to be negligible. In fact, the whole New Testament was completed in the form we have it today within 60 to 70 years after Jesus’ death and resurrection, which means that by ancient standards, and if we judge the New Testament the same way that historians determine the accuracy of any other ancient source, it stands up incredibly well. Sir Frederic Kenyon, former director of the British Museum, and author of The Palaeolography of Greek Papyri, said that:

“in no other case is the interval of time between the composition of the book and the date of the earliest manuscripts so short as that of the New Testament.”

Kenyon, Frederic – Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament

He also said, almost 40 years later, that:

“The last foundation for any doubt that the Scriptures have come down to us substantially as they were written has now been removed.”

Kenyon, Frederic – The Bible and Archeology

There are almost 24,000 ancient manuscripts in existence of partial or complete New Testament copies in Greek, Latin Vulgate, Ethiopic, Slavic, and Armenian languages. 5,664 of those are Greek. Compare that to the next most well-documented work of antiquity, Homer’s Iliad, for which there are fewer than 650 Greek manuscripts surviving, some of them very fragmentary. These all date from the second and third centuries or later, and Homer composed the work in approximately 800 BC. The mountain of documentary evidence for the New Testament is, quite simply, vast.

If, like me, you find ancient history fascinating, this should pique your interest to research more, and as you do so, let it build your faith and lead you to trust this incredible Book and its incredible Author.

When Jesus came the first time, He came as the Suffering Servant, as the Lamb of God, as the Messiah who would redeem His people from their spiritual slavery. The Jewish people at the time were so keen for a political Messiah to boot out the Romans and restore the kingdom to Israel that they completely missed (or in the case of the religious leaders, simply ignored) the myriad references in their own scriptures to a suffering Messiah/Redeemer. The conquering King Messiah was a completely scriptural and valid expectation, just not for that time, and they misunderstood the plan.

However, many ordinary Jewish people did recognise the signs that were given in prophecies to indicate that He was both Messiah and God, and they believed in Him, both at the time and afterwards – the early church was entirely Jewish to begin with! Many Jewish people today are seeking for answers and coming to realisation that Jesus – Yeshua – is not a Gentile invention or a Gentile god; rather He is through-and-through ‘kosher’ and the fulfilment of their own scriptures. Both Jewish and Gentile scholars reckon that there are somewhere between 200 and 400 distinct references and prophecies concerning the Messiah in the Old Testament. Here are 365 such references to the prophecies that Jesus fulfilled to the very letter and at the exact moment in time for which they were intended:

1. Genesis 3:15…..Seed of a woman (virgin birth)…..Luke 1:35, Matthew 1:18-20
2. Genesis 3:15…..He will bruise Satan’s head…..Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 3:8
3. Genesis 5:24….The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated….Mark 6:19
4. Genesis 9:26-27…The God of Shem will be the Son of Shem…Luke 3:36
5. Genesis 12:3…As Abraham’s seed, will bless all nations…Acts 3:25,26
6. Genesis 12:7…The The Promise made made to Abraham’s Seed…Galatians 3:16
7. Genesis 14:18…A priest after Melchizedek…Hebrews 6:20
8. Genesis 14:18……..A King also……..Hebrews 7:2
9. Genesis 14:18…The Last Supper foreshadowed…Matthew 26:26-29
10. Genesis 17:19…….The Seed of Isaac…….Romans. 9:7
11. Genesis 21:12 …Seed of Isaac…Romans 9:7, Hebrews 11:18
12. Genesis 22:8…The Lamb of God promised…John 1:29
13. Genesis 22:18…As Isaac’s seed, will bless all nations…Galatians 3:16
14. Genesis26:2-5..The Seed of Isaac promised as the Redeemer..Hebrews 11:18
15. Genesis 49:10…The time of His coming…Luke 2:1-7; Galatians 4:4
16. Genesis 49:10…….The Seed of Judah…….Luke 3:33
17. Genesis 49:10……Called Shiloh or One Sent……John 17:3
18. Genesis 49:10…To come before Judah lost identity…John 11:47-52
19. Genesis 49:10…To Him shall the obedience of the people be…John 10:16
20. Exodus 3:13,14……..The Great “I Am”…….John 4:26
21. Exodus 12:5…A Lamb without blemish…1 Pet. 1:19
22. Exodus 12:13…The blood of the Lamb saves Romans wrath…Romans. 5:8
23. Exodus 12:21-27…Christ is our Passover…I Corinthians 5:7
24. Exodus 12:46…Not a bone of the Lamb to be broken…John 19:31-36
25. Exodus 13:2…Blessing to first born son…Luke 2:23
26. Exodus 15:2…His exaltation predicted as Yeshua…Acts 7:55, 56
27. Exodus 15:11…His Character-Holiness…Luke 1:35; Acts 4:27
28. Exodus 17:6…The Spiritual Rock of Israel…I Corinthians 10:4
29. Exodus 33:19…His Character-Merciful…Luke 1:72
30. Leviticus 14:11…The leper cleansed-Sign to priesthood..Luke5:12-14; Acts 6:7
31. Leviticus 16:15-17…Prefigures Christ’s once-for-all death…Hebrews 9:7-14
32. Leviticus 16:27…Suffering outside the Camp…Matthew 27:33; Hebrews 13:11, 12
33. Leviticus 17:11…The Blood-the life of the flesh…Matthew 26:28; Mark 10:45
34. Leviticus 17:11…It is the blood that makes atonement…1 John 3:14-18
35. Leviticus 23:36-37…The Drink-offering: “If any man thirst.” ..John 19:31-36
36. Numbers 9:12…Not a bone of Him broken…John 19:31-36
37. Numbers 21:9…The serpent on a pole-Christ lifted up…John 3:14-18
38. Numbers 24:8… Flight to Egypt…Matthew 2:14
39. Numbers 24:17…Time: “I shall see him, but not now.”…Galatians 4:4
40. Numbers 24:17-19…A star out of Jacob…Matthew 2:2, Luke 1:33,78, Revelation 22:16
41. Deuteronomy 18:15…”This is of a truth that prophet.”…John 6:14
42. Deuteronomy 18:15-16…”Had ye believed Moses, ye would believe me.”…John 5:45-47
43. Deuteronomy 18:18…Sent by the Father to speak His word…John 8:28, 29
44. Deuteronomy 18:19…Whoever will not hear must bear his sin…John 12:15
45. Deuteronomy 21:13-23…As a prophet…John 6:14; 7:40, Acts 3:22,23
46. Deuteronomy 21:23…Cursed is he that hangs on a tree…Galatians 3:10-13
47. Ruth 4:4-9…Christ, our kinsman, has redeemed us…Ephesians 1:3-7
48. 1 Samuel 2:10…Shall be an anointed King to the Lord…Matthew 28:18; John 12:15
49. 2 Samuel 7:12…David’s Seed…Matthew 1:1
50. 2 Samuel 7:14a…The Son of God… Luke 1:32
51. 2 Samuel 7:16…David’s house established forever…Luke 3:31; Revelation 22:16
52. 2 Samuel 23:2-4…would be the “Rock”…1 Corinthians 10:4
53. 2 Samuel 23:2-4…would be as the “light of the morning”…Revelation 22:16
54. 2 Kings 2:11…The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated…Luke 24:51
55. 1 Chronicles 17:11…David’s Seed…Matthew 1:1; 9:27
56. 1 Chronicles 17:12, 13a…To reign on David’s throne forever…Luke 1:32, 33
57. 1 Chronicles 17:13a…”I will be His Father, He…my Son.”…Hebrews 1:5
58. Job 19:23-27…The Resurrection predicted…John 5:24-29
59. Psalms 2:1-3…The enmity of kings foreordained…Acts 4:25-28
60. Psalms 2:2…To own the title, Anointed (Christ)…Acts 2:36
61. Psalms 2:6…His Character-Holiness…John 8:46; Revelation 3:7
62. Psalms 2:6…To own the title King…Matthew 2:2
63. Psalms 2:7…Declared the Beloved Son…Matthew 3:17
64. Psalms 2:7, 8…The Crucifixion and Resurrection intimated…Acts 13:29-33
65. Psalms 2:12…Life comes through faith in Him…John 20:31
66. Psalms 8:2…The mouths of babes perfect His praise…Matthew 21:16
67. Psalms 8:5, 6…His humiliation and exaltation…Luke 24:50-53; 1 Corinthians 15:27
68. Psalms 16:10…Was not to see corruption…Acts 2:31
69. Psalms 16:9-11…Was to arise from the dead…John 20:9
70. Psalms 17;15…The resurrection predicted…Luke 24:6
71. Psalms 22:1…Forsaken because of sins of others…2 Corinthians 5:21
72. Psalms 22:1…Words spoken from Calvary, “My God…” Mark 15:34
73. Psalms 22:2…Darkness upon Calvary…Matthew 27:45
74. Psalms 22:7…They shoot out the lip and shake the head…Matthew 27:39
75. Psalms 22:8..” He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him “…Matthew 27:43
76. Psalms 22:9……Born the Savior……Luke 2:7
77. Psalms 22:14…Died of a broken (ruptured) heart…John 19:34
78. Psalms 22:14,15…Suffered agony on Calvary…Mark 15:34-37
79. Psalms 22:15……..He thirsted……..John 19:28
80. Psalms 22:16…They pierced His hands and His feet….John 19:34,37;20:27
81. Psalms 22:17,18…Stripped Him before the stares of men…Luke 23:34,35
82. Psalms 22:18…..They parted His garments…..John 19:23,24
83. Psalms 22:20,21…He committed Himself to God…Luke23:46
84. Psalms 22:20,21..Satanic power bruising the Redeemer’s heel.. Hebrews 2:14
85. Psalms 22:22…..His Resurrection declared…..John 20:17
86. Psalms 22:27…He shall be the governor of the nations…Col 1:16
87. Psalms 22:31……”It is finished”……John 19:30
88. Psalms 23:1….”I am the Good Shepherd”….John 10:11
89. Psalms 24:3……His exaltation predicted……Acts 1:11; Phil. 2:9
90. Psalms 27:12…Accused by false witnesses…Matthew 26:60,61, Mark 14:57,58
91. Psalms 30:3……His resurrection predicted……Acts 2:32
92. Psalms 31:5…”Into thy hands I commit my spirit”…Luke 23:46
93. Psalms 31:11…His acquaintances fled from Him…Mark 14:50
94. Psalms 31:13…They took counsel to put Him to death…John 11:53
95. Psalms 31:14,15…” He trusted in God, let Him deliver him”…Matthew 27:43
96. Psalms 34:20…..Not a bone of Him broken…..John 19:31-36
97. Psalms 35:11….False witnesses rose up against Him….Matthew 26:59
98. Psalms 35:19…He was hated without a cause…John 15:25
99. Psalms 38:11…..His friends stood afar off…..Luke 23:49
100. Psalms 40:2-5…The joy of His resurrection predicted…John 20:20
101. Psalms 40:6-8….His delight-the will of the Father….John 4:34
102. Psalms 40:9….He was to preach the Righteousness in Israel….Matthew 4:17
103. Psalms 40:14…Confronted by adversaries in the Garden…John
104. Psalms 41:9…..Betrayed by a familiar friend…..John 13:18
105. Psalms 45:2…Words of Grace come from His lips.. Luke 4:22
106. Psalms 45:6…To own the title, God or Elohim…Hebrews 1:8
107. Psalms 45:7…A special anointing by the Holy Spirit…Matthew3:16; Hebrews1:9
108. Psalms 45:7,8…Called the Christ (Messiah or Anointed)…Luke 2:11
109. Psalms 49:15…His Resurrection…Acts 2:27; 13:35, Mark 16:6
110. Psalms 55:12-14…Betrayed by a friend, not an enemy…John 13:18
111. Psalms 55:15…Unrepentant death of the Betrayer…Matthew 27:3-5; Acts 1:16-19
112. Psalms 68:18…To give gifts to men…Ephesians 4:7-16
113. Psalms 68:18…Ascended into Heaven…Luke 24:51
114. Psalms 69:4…Hated without a cause…John 15:25
115. Psalms 69:8…A stranger to own brethren…Luke 8:20,21
116. Psalms 69:9…Zealous for the Lord’s House…John 2:17
117. Psalms 69:14-20…Messiah’s anguish of soul before crucifixion…Matthew 26:36-45
118. Psalms 69:20…”My soul is exceeding sorrowful.”…Matthew 26:38
119. Psalms 69:21…Given vinegar in thirst…Matthew 27:34
120. Psalms 69:26…The Savior given and smitten by God…John 17:4; 18:11
121. Psalms 72:10,11…Great persons were to visit Him…Matthew 2:1-11
122. Psalms 72:16…The corn of wheat to fall into the Ground…John 12:24
123. Psalms 72:17…His name, Yinon, will produce offspring…John 1:12,13
124. Psalms 72:17…All nations shall be blessed by Him…Acts 2:11,12,41
125. Psalms 78:1.2…He would teach in parables…Matthew 13:34-35
126. Psalms 78:2b…To speak the Wisdom of God with authority…Matthew 7:29
127. Psalms 88:8…They stood afar off and watched…Luke 23:49
128. Psalms 89:26…Messiah will call God His Father…Matthew 11:27
129. Psalms 89:27…Emmanuel to be higher than earthly kings…Luke 1:32,33
130. Psalms 89:35-37…David’s Seed, throne, kingdom endure forever…Luke 1:32,33
131. Psalms 89:36-37…His character-Faithfulness…Revelation 1:5
132. Psalms 90:2…He is from everlasting (Micah 5:2)…John 1:1
133. Psalms 91:11,12…Identified as Messianic; used to tempt Christ…Luke 4:10,11
134. Psalms 97:9…His exaltation predicted…Acts 1:11;Ephesians 1:20
135. Psalms 100:5…His character-Goodness…Matthew 19:16,17
136. Psalms 102:1-11…The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary…John 21:16-30
137. Psalms 102:16…Son of Man comes in Glory…Luke 21:24  Revelation 12:5-10
138. Psalms 102:25-27…Messiah is the Preexistence Son…Hebrews 1:10-12
139. Psalms 109:4…Prays for His enemies…Luke 23:34
140. Psalms 109:7,8…Another to succeed Judas…Acts 1:16-20
141. Psalms 109:25…Ridiculed…Matthew 27:39
142. Psalms 110:1…Son of David…Matthew 22:43
143. Psalms 110:1…To ascend to the right-hand of the Father…Mark16:19
144. Psalms 110:1…David’s son called Lord…Matthew 22:44,45
145. Psalms 110:4…A priest after Melchizedek’s order…Hebrews 6:20
146. Psalms 112:4…His character-Compassionate, Gracious, et al… Matthew 9:36
147. Psalms 118:17,18…Messiah’s Resurrection assured…Luke 24:5-7;1 Corinthians 15:20
148. Psalms 118:22,23…The rejected stone is Head of the corner…Matthew 21:42,43
149. Psalms 118:26a…The Blessed One presented to Israel…Matthew 21:9
150. Psalms 118:26b…To come while Temple standing…Matthew 21:12-15
151. Psalms 132:11…The Seed of David (the fruit of His Body)…Luke 1:32
152. Psalms 138:1-6…The supremacy of David’s Seed amazes kings… Matthew 2:2-6
153. Psalms 147:3,6…The earthly ministry of Christ described…Luke 4:18
154. Psalms 1:23…He will send the Spirit of God… John 16:7
155. Proverbs 8:22-23…The Messiah would be from everlasting…John 17:5
156. Proverbs 30:4…Declared to be the Son of God…John 3:13, Romans 1:2-4, 10:6-9, 2 Peter 1:17
157. Song of Solomon 5:16…The altogether lovely One…John 1:17
158. Isaiah 2:2-4…Repentance for the nations…Luke 24:47
159. Isaiah 4:2…Messiah reigning
160. Isaiah 5:1-6…Son of God’s vineyard: a parable of judgment
161. Isaiah 6:1…When Isaiah saw His glory… John 12:40-41
162. Isaiah 6:9-10…Parables fall on deaf ears…Matthew 13:13-15
163. Isaiah 6:9-12…Blinded to Christ and deaf to His words…Acts 28:23-29
164. Isaiah 7:14…To be born of a virgin…Luke 1:35
165. Isaiah 7:14…To be Emmanuel-God with us… Matthew 1:18-23
166. Isaiah 8:8…Called Emmanuel…Matthew 28:20
167. Isaiah 8:14…A stone of stumbling, a Rock of offense… 1 Pet. 2:8
168. Isaiah 9:1,2…His ministry to begin in Galilee…Matthew 4:12-17
169. Isaiah 9:6…A child born-Humanity…Luke 1:31
170. Isaiah 9:6…A Son given-Deity…Luke 1:32; John 1:14; 1 Tim. 3:16
171. Isaiah 9:6…Declared to be the Son of God with power… Romans. 1:3,4
172. Isaiah 9:6…The Wonderful One, Peleh…Luke 4:22
173. Isaiah 9:6…The Counselor, Yaatz…Matthew 13:54
174. Isaiah 9:6…The Mighty God, El Gibor…Matthew 11:20
175. Isaiah 9:6…The Everlasting Father, Avi Adth…John 8:58
176. Isaiah 9:6…The Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom…John 16:33
177. Isaiah 9:7…To establish an everlasting kingdom…Luke 1:32-33
178. Isaiah 9:7…His Character-Just…John 5:30
179. Isaiah 9:7…No end to his Government, Throne, and Peace…Luke 1:32-33
180. Isaiah 11:1…Called a Nazarene-the Branch, Netzer…Matthew 2:23
181. Isaiah 11:1…A rod out of Jesse-Son of Jesse…Luke 3:23,32
182. Isaiah 11:2…The anointed One by the Spirit…Matthew 3:16,17
183. Isaiah 11:2…His Character-Wisdom, Understanding, et al….John 4:4-26
184. Isaiah 11:4…His Character-Truth…John 14:6
185. Isaiah 11:10…The Gentiles seek Him…John 12:18-21
186. Isaiah 12:2…Called Jesus-Yeshua (salvation)…Matthew 1:21
187. Isaiah 16:4,5…Reigning in mercy…Luke 1:31-33
188. Isaiah 22:21-25…Peg in a sure place…Revelation 3:7
189. Isaiah 25:8…The Resurrection predicted…I Corinthians 15:54
190. Isaiah 26:19…His power of Resurrection predicted…John 11:43,44
191. Isaiah 28:16…The Messiah is the precious corner stone…Acts 4:11,12
192. Isaiah 29:13…He indicated hypocritical obedience to His Word…Matthew 15:7-9
193. Isaiah 29:14…The wise are confounded by the Word…I Corinthians 1:18-31
194. Isaiah 32:2…A Refuge-A man shall be a hiding place…Matthew 23:37
195. Isaiah 33:22…Son of the Highest…Luke 1:32; 1 Timothy 1:17 6:15
196. Isaiah 35:4…He will come and save you…Matthew 1:21
197. Isaiah 35:5…To have a ministry of miracles…Matthew 11:4-6
198. Isaiah 40:3,4…Preceded by forerunner…John 1:23
199. Isaiah 40:9…”Behold your God.”…John 1:36;19:14
200. Isaiah 40:11…A shepherd-compassionate life-giver…John 10:10-18
201. Isaiah 42:1-4…The Servant-as a faithful, patient redeemer… Matthew 12:18-21
202. Isaiah 42:2…Meek and lowly… Matthew 11:28-30
203. Isaiah 42:3…He brings hope for the hopeless
204. Isaiah 42:4…The nations shall wait on His teachings… John 12:20-26
205. Isaiah 42:6…The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles…Luke 2:32
206. Isaiah 42:1,6…His is a Worldwide compassion… Matthew 28:19,20
207. Isaiah 42:7…Blind eyes opened… John 9:25-38
208. Isaiah 42:13-25…Messiah’s actions at His second coming…Revelation
209. Isaiah 43:11…He is the only Savior… Acts 4:12
210. Isaiah 44:3…He will send the Spirit of God… John 16:7,13
211. Isaiah 45:23…He will be the Judge… John 5:22;Romans 14:11
212. Isaiah 48:12…The First and the Last…John 1:30; Revelation 1:8,17
213. Isaiah 48:17…He came as a Teacher…John 3:2
214. Isaiah 49:1…Called from the womb-His humanity…Matthew 1:18
215. Isaiah 49:5…A Servant from the womb…Luke 1:31; Phil. 2:7
216. Isaiah 49:6…He is Salvation for Israel…Luke 2:29-32
217. Isaiah 49:6…He is the Light of the Gentiles…Acts 13:47
218. Isaiah 49:6…He is Salvation unto the ends of the earth… Acts 15:7-18
219. Isaiah 49:7…He is despised of the Nation… John 8:48-49
220. Isaiah 50:3…Heaven is clothed in black at His humiliation… Luke 23:44,45
221. Isaiah 50:4…He is a learned counselor for the weary… Matthew 11:28,29
222. Isaiah 50:5…The Servant bound willingly to obedience… Matthew 26:39
223. Isaiah 50:6a…”I gave my back to the smiters.”… Matthew 27:26
224. Isaiah 50:6b…He was smitten on the cheeks… Matthew 26:67
225. Isaiah 50:6c…He was spat upon… Matthew 27:30
226. Isaiah 52:4-5…Suffered vicariously…Mark 15:3,4,27,28; Luke 23:1-25,32-34
227. Isaiah 52:7…To publish good tidings of peace… Luke 4:14,15
228. Isaiah 52:13…The Servant exalted…Acts 1:8-11; Ephesians 1:19-22
229. Isaiah 52:13…Behold, My Servant… Matthew 17:5; Phil. 2:5-8
230. Isaiah 52:14…The Servant shockingly abused… Luke 18:31-34; Matthew 26:67,68
231. Isaiah 52:15…Nations startled by message of the Servant… Romans. 15:18-21
232. Isaiah 52:15…His blood shed to make atonement for all… Revelation 1:5
233. Isaiah 53:1…His people would not believe Him… John 12:37-38
234. Isaiah 53:2a…He would grow up in a poor family…. Luke 2:7
235. Isaiah 53:2b…Appearance of an ordinary man… Phil. 2:7-8
236. Isaiah 53:3a…Despised…. Luke 4:28-29
237. Isaiah 53:3b…Rejected… Matthew 27:21-23
238. Isaiah 53:3c…Great sorrow and grief… Luke 19:41-42
239. Isaiah 53:3d…Men hide from being associated with Him… Mark 14:50-52
240. Isaiah 53:4a…He would have a healing ministry… Luke 6:17-19
241. Isaiah 53:4b…He would bear the sins of the world… 1 Pet. 2:24
242. Isaiah 53:4c…Thought to be cursed by God… Matthew 27:41-43
243. Isaiah 53:5a…Bears penalty for mankind’s transgressions… Luke 23:33
244. Isaiah 53:5b…His sacrifice would provide peace between man and God… Col. 1:20
245. Isaiah 53:5c…His back would be whipped… Matthew 27:26
246. Isaiah 53:6a…He would be the sin-bearer for all mankind…Galatians 1:4
247. Isaiah 53:6b…God’s will that He bear sin for all mankind… 1 John 4:10
248. Isaiah 53:7a…Oppressed and afflicted… Matthew 27:27-31
249. Isaiah 53:7b…Silent before his accusers… Matthew 27:12-14
250. Isaiah 53:7c…Sacrificial lamb… John 1:29
251. Isaiah 53:8a…Confined and persecuted… Matthew 26:47-27:31
252. Isaiah 53:8b…He would be judged… John 18:13-22
253. Isaiah 53:8c…Killed…. Matthew 27:35
254. Isaiah 53:8d…Dies for the sins of the world… 1 John 2:2
255. Isaiah 53:9a…Buried in a rich man’s grave… Matthew 27:57
256. Isaiah 53:9b…Innocent and had done no violence… Mark 15:3
257. Isaiah 53:9c…No deceit in his mouth… John 18:38
258. Isaiah 53:10a…God’s will that He die for mankind… John 18:11
259. Isaiah 53:10b…An offering for sin… Matthew 20:28
260. Isaiah 53:10c…Resurrected and live forever…. Mark 16:16
261. Isaiah 53:10d…He would prosper… John 17:1-5
262. Isaiah 53:11a…God fully satisfied with His suffering… John 12:27
263. Isaiah 53:11b…God’s servant… Romans. 5:18-19
264. Isaiah 53:11c…He would justify man before God… Romans. 5:8-9
265. Isaiah 53:11d…The sin-bearer for all mankind… Hebrews 9:28
266. Isaiah 53:12a…Exalted by God because of his sacrifice… Matthew 28:18
267. Isaiah 53:12b…He would give up his life to save mankind… Luke 23:46
268. Isaiah 53:12c…Grouped with criminals… Luke 23:32
269. Isaiah 53:12d…Sin-bearer for all mankind… 2 Corinthians 5:21
270. Isaiah 53:12e…Intercede to God in behalf of mankind… Luke 23:34
271. Isaiah 55:1…Every one come who is thirsty…New Testament
272. Isaiah 55:3…Resurrected by God… Acts 13:34
273. Isaiah 55:4…A witness… John 18:37
274. Isaiah 55:5…Foreign nations come to God…Acts
275. Isaiah 59:15-16a…He would come to provide salvation… John 6:40
276. Isaiah 59:15-16b…Intercessor between man and God… Matthew 10:32
277. Isaiah 59:20…He would come to Zion as their Redeemer… Luke 2:38
278. Isaiah 60:1-3…Nations walk in the light…Luke 2:32
279. Isaiah 61:1-2a…The Spirit of God upon him… Matthew 3:16-17
280. Isaiah 61:1-2b…The Messiah would preach the good news… Luke 4:17-21
281. Isaiah 61:1-2c…Provide freedom from the bondage of sin and death… John 8:31-32
282. Isaiah 61:1-2…Proclaim a period of grace… John 5:24
283. Isaiah 62:1-2…Called by an new name…Luke 2:32, Revelation 3:12
284. Isaiah 62:11…Thy King Cometh, Entered Jerusalem on Colt…Matthew 21:7
285. Isaiah 63:1-3…A vesture dipped in blood…Revelation 19:13
286. Isaiah 63:8,9…Afflicted with the afflicted…Matthew 25:34-40
287. Isaiah 65:9…The elect shall inherit…Romans 11 5-7, Hebrews 7:14, Revelation 5:5
288. Isaiah 65:17-25…New heaven/New Earth…2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:1
289. Isaiah 66:18-19…All nations come to God…New Testament
290. Jeremiah23:5-6a…Descendant of David…Luke 3:23-31
291. Jeremiah 23:5-6b…The Messiah would be God… John 13:13
292. Jeremiah 23:5-6c…The Messiah would be both God and Man… 1 Tim. 3:16
293. Jeremiah 30:9…Born a King…John 18:37, Revelation 1:5
294. Jeremiah 31:15…Massacre of infants…Matthew 2:16-18
295. Jeremiah 31:22…Born of a virgin… Matthew 1:18-20
296. Jeremiah 31:31…The Messiah would be the new covenant… Matthew 26:28
297. Jeremiah 33:14-15…Descendant of David… Luke 3:23-31
298. Ezekiel 17:22-24…Descendant of David… Luke 3:23-31
299. Ezekiel 21:26,27…The humble exalted…Luke 1:52
300. Ezekiel 34:23-24…Descendant of David… Matthew 1:1
301. Daniel 2:34-35…Stone cut without hands…Acts 4:10-12
302. Daniel 2:44,45…His Kingdom Triumphant…Luke 1:33, 1 Corinthians 15:24, Revelation 11:15
303. Dan. 7:13-14a…He would ascend into heaven… Acts 1:9-11
304. Dan. 7:13-14b…Highly exalted… Ephesians 1:20-22
305. Dan. 7:13-14c…His dominion would be everlasting… Luke 1:31-33
306. Daniel 7:27…Kingdom for the Saints…Luke 1:33, 1 Corinthians 15:24, Revelation 11:15
307. Dan. 9:24a…To make an end to sins… Galatians 1:3-5
308. Dan. 9:24b…He would be holy… Luke 1:35
309. Dan. 9:25…Announced to his people 483 years, to the exact day, after the decree to rebuild the city of Jerusalem… John 12:12-13
310. Dan. 9:26a…Killed… Matthew 27:35
311. Dan. 9:26b…Die for the sins of the world… Hebrews 2:9
312. Dan. 9:26c…Killed before the destruction of the temple… Matthew 27:50-51
313. Dan. 10:5-6…Messiah in a glorified state… Revelation 1:13-16
314. Hosea 3:5…Israel restored…John 18:37, Romans 11:25-27
315. Hosea 11:1, Numbers 24:8…Flight to Egypt…Matthew 2:14
316. Hosea 13:14…He would defeat death… 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
317. Joel 2:28-32…Promise of the Spirit…Acts 2:17-21, Romans 10:13
318. Joel 2:32…Offer salvation to all mankind… Romans. 10:12-13
319. Micah 2:12-13…Israel Regathered…John 10:14,26
320. Micah 4:1-8…The Kingdom established – place of Birth Bethlehem…Luke 1:33, Matthew 2:1, Luke 2:4,10,11
321. Micah 5:2a…Born in Bethlehem… Matthew 2:1-2
322. Micah 5:2b…God’s servant… John 15:10
323. Micah 5:2c…from everlasting… John 8:58
324. Haggai 2:6-9…He would visit the second Temple… Luke 2:27-32
325. Haggai 2:23…Descendant of Zerubbabel… Luke 3:23-27
326. Joel 2:28-32…Promise of the Spirit…Acts 2:17-21, Romans 10:13
327. Amos 8:9…The Sun Darkened…Matthew 24:29, Acts 2:20, Revelation 6:12
328. Amos 9:11-12…Restoration of tabernacle…Acts 14:16-18
329. Habakkuk 2:14…Earth filled with knowledge of the glory of the Lord…Romans 11:26, Revelation 21:23-26
330. Zechariah 2:10-13…The Lamb on the Throne…Revelation 5:13, 6:9, 21:24
331. Zechariah 3:8…God’s servant… John 17:4
332. Zechariah 6:12-13…Priest and King… Hebrews 8:1
333. Zechariah 9:9a…Greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem… Matthew 21:8-10
334. Zechariah 9:9b…Beheld as King… John 12:12-13
335. Zechariah 9:9c…The Messiah would be just… John 5:30
336. Zechariah 9:9d…The Messiah would bring salvation… Luke 19:10
337. Zechariah 9:9e…The Messiah would be humble… Matthew 11:29
338. Zechariah 9:9f…Presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey… Matthew 21:6-9
339. Zechariah 10:4…The cornerstone… Ephesians 2:20
340. Zechariah 11:4-6a…At His coming, Israel to have unfit leaders… Matthew 23:1-4
341. Zechariah 11:4-6b…Rejection causes God to remove His protection.. Luke 19:41-44
342. Zechariah 11:4-6c…Rejected in favor of another king… John 19:13-15
343. Zechariah 11:7…Ministry to “poor,” the believing remnant… Matthew 9:35-36
344. Zechariah 11:8a…Unbelief forces Messiah to reject them… Matthew 23:33
345. Zechariah 11:8b…Despised… Matthew 27:20
346. Zechariah 11:9…Stops ministering to the those who rejected Him… Matthew 13:10-11
347. Zechariah 11:10-11a…Rejection causes God to remove protection… Luke 19:41-44
348. Zechariah 11:10-11b…The Messiah would be God… John 14:7
349. Zechariah 11:12-13a…Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver… Matthew 26:14-15
350. Zechariah 11:12-13b…Rejected… Matthew 26:14-15
351. Zechariah 11:12-13c…Thirty pieces of silver thrown into the house of the Lord… Matthew 27:3-5
352. Zechariah 11:12-13d…The Messiah would be God… John 12:45
353. Zechariah 12:10a…The Messiah’s body would be pierced… John 19:34-37
354. Zechariah 12:10b…The Messiah would be both God and man… John 10:30
355. Zechariah 12:10c…The Messiah would be rejected… John 1:11
356. Zechariah 13:7a…God’s will He die for mankind… John 18:11
357. Zechariah 13:7b…A violent death… Matthew 27:35
358. Zechariah 13:7c…Both God and man.. John 14:9
359. Zechariah 13:7d…Israel scattered as a result of rejecting Him… Matthew 26:31-56
360. Malachi 3:1a…Messenger to prepare the way for Messiah… Matthew 11:10
361. Malachi 3:1b…Sudden appearance at the temple… Mark 11:15-16
362. Malachi 3:1c…Messenger of the new covenant… Luke 4:43
363. Malachi 3:3…Our Sins Are Purged…Luke 1:78, John 1:9; 12:46, 2 Peter 1:19, Revelation 2:28; 19:11-16; 22:16
364. Malachi 4:5…Forerunner in the spirit of Elijah… Matthew 3:1-2
365. Malachi 4:6…Forerunner would turn many to righteousness… Luke 1:16-17

Credit for this list goes to https://eternalevangelism.com/353-prophecies-fulfilled-in-jesus-christ/

When Jesus came the first time, He said clearly that He was coming back one day, this time as the conquering King. If all these prophecies were fulfilled so completely accurately, is it not simply logical to assert that the Second Coming is just as certain? The fact that the Rapture happened and the believers are all gone now points to the beginning of the very end of time as we know it, and the Bible predicted this down to the letter, too, for those with the eyes and heart to see it. God reveals the secrets that He has woven into His word for those who are open and seeking the truth; please be one of those people and allow God to speak to you through His inerrant word and lead YOU to the Saviour.