I have an analytical friend who claims to be “early” in his Spiritual Journey. He is an active seeker and by his words and deeds, I see him as being further along Christ’s path then he does.
Nevertheless, I did some on line research using A.I. and looked at Bible prophesy statistics to share with him. The following is abbreviated from my message to him.
I have left Live “links” throughout this message in case you wish to “drill down” further.
The Bible contains 1,817 prophecies145. This total includes 1,239 prophecies in the Old Testament and 578 prophecies in the New Testament1. These prophecies encompass 8,352 verses in the Bible1.
Regarding fulfillment, opinions vary:
- Some sources claim that approximately 80% of total prophecies have been fulfilled3.
- Others state that at least half of all biblical predictions have already been fulfilled precisely as declared4.
To calculate the mathematical odds of fulfilling the given numbers of prophecies, we’ll use the probability calculations provided in the search results. Peter Stoner’s work, which has been reviewed and found to be dependable by the American Scientific Affiliation, provides a basis for these calculations58.
- For 2,000 prophecies fulfilled:
The probability would be astronomically small, far beyond 1 in 10^157, which was calculated for just 48 prophecies5. - For half of all biblical predictions (approximately 908 prophecies):
This would also result in an incredibly small probability, significantly smaller than 1 in 10^157.
To put this in perspective, in his book , Science in Perspective , Peter Stoner calculated that the probability of fulfilling just 8 prophecies is 1 in 10^17 (1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000) 58. The probability of fulfilling 48 prophecies was calculated to be 1 in 10^1575.
Given these figures, the probability of fulfilling 789 or more prophecies would be so small that it’s effectively impossible to occur by chance. The number would have so many zeros after the decimal point that it would be challenging to express conventionally.
In more visual terms, the probability of fulfilling just 8 prophecies is likened to a blindfolded person finding a single marked silver dollar in a pile covering the entire state of Texas two feet deep8. The probability of fulfilling hundreds of prophecies would be exponentially more improbable than this already incredibly unlikely scenario. My faith remains firm!
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