Daniel 9:25; “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”
John 12:12-13; “On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.”
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Announced to his people 483 years, to the exact day, after the decree to rebuild the city of Jerusalem… This is one of the most incredible prophecies in the Bible. You’ll want to take note of the circumstance taking place when this prophecy was delivered and the same goes for its fulfillment. When witnessing to your Mormon loved ones ask for opinions and give demonstrative answers from the Bible implementing the 5 W’s and an H.
The Book of Mormon gives prophecies to ‘one-up’ the Bible by giving unrealistic prophecies about Joseph Smith, Columbus, et al. Show them with this set of biblical scriptures how the Bible’s prophecies are trustworthy by using historical facts. God promised from the beginning that man needed a Redeemer, the Law required specific tasks performed, etc. The historical facts are built one upon another giving a solid foundation of how things came to be and didn’t just randomly show up in scripture.
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2 Nephi 3:11-15; “But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed of thy loins—and not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have already gone forth among them. 12 Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days, and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord. 13 And out of weakness he shall be made strong, in that day when my work shall commence among all my people, unto the restoring thee, O house of Israel, saith the Lord. 14 And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise; 15 And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the thing, which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation.”
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