declaring the end from the beginning Isaiah 46
![“declaring the end from the beginning” – Isaiah 46: 10 GOD’S TELESCOPE “declaring the end from the beginning” – Isaiah 46: 10 GOD’S TELESCOPE](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4dba51164aa09b0948e4c67b765cbc6d/image-1.jpg)
“declaring the end from the beginning” – Isaiah 46: 10 GOD’S TELESCOPE
![God’s Telescope • It is not a piece of scientific equipment, it is his God’s Telescope • It is not a piece of scientific equipment, it is his](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4dba51164aa09b0948e4c67b765cbc6d/image-2.jpg)
God’s Telescope • It is not a piece of scientific equipment, it is his magnificent mind and his all-knowing (omniscient) nature • God knows many things in detail before they will occur; he looks into the far future and sees all • Man may be able to accurately predict some future events (weather, stock market, political races, sporting events, etc. ), but God perfectly prophesies future events
![God’s Telescope • Consider how God looked into the future concerning nations (Isaiah 13 God’s Telescope • Consider how God looked into the future concerning nations (Isaiah 13](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4dba51164aa09b0948e4c67b765cbc6d/image-3.jpg)
God’s Telescope • Consider how God looked into the future concerning nations (Isaiah 13 -23) • Consider how God looked into the future concerning individuals (Isaiah 44: 28; 45: 1) • Consider how God looked into the future concerning his coming Messiah (Isaiah 53; this is one of 300 prophesies concerning the Christ)
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God’s Telescope and the Fall of Tyre Ezekiel 26 Ezekiel’s Prophecy Historical Record 1. Many nations would come against her because of her pride (26: 1 -3) 2. Her mainland inhabitants would first be slain by the Babylonians (26: 4 -11) Tyre attacked by Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Armenia Babylonians attacked Tyre shortly after this prophecy, from 585 to 573 B. C.
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God’s Telescope and the Fall of Tyre Ezekiel 26 Ezekiel’s Prophecy Historical Record 3. Tyre would be scraped clean, laid bare, and its materials thrown into the sea (26: 4 -6, 12 -14) In 332 B. C. , Alexander the Great leveled “mainlain Tyre” and used the materials to build a causeway out to “island Tyre” (200 ft. x ½ mile) Today, parts of “mainland Tyre” are under water and “island Tyre” contains ruins from the Crusader period 4. Tyre would never be rebuilt (26: 15 -21)
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God’s Telescope and the Fall of Tyre Ezekiel 26
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God’s Telescope and the Fall of Tyre Ezekiel 26
![God’s Telescope • OT prophets past three tests: 1) remoteness (wording that is far God’s Telescope • OT prophets past three tests: 1) remoteness (wording that is far](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4dba51164aa09b0948e4c67b765cbc6d/image-8.jpg)
God’s Telescope • OT prophets past three tests: 1) remoteness (wording that is far removed from the fulfillment date) 2) clarity (wording that is clear and specific) 3) numerical weight (wording that mentions multiple things about one particular event)
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God’s Telescope • OT prophets were prophets, not reporters or historians (recording events after they happened) • Ezekiel gave his prophetic message about Tyre in 586 B. C. (1: 1 -2; 8: 1; 20: 1; 24: 1; 26: 1; 29: 1, 17; 30: 20; 31: 1; 32: 1, 17; 33: 21; 40: 1) • The book of Ezekiel is included in the LXX (250 B. C. )
![Lessons For Today • God’s omniscience brings comfort to the troublehearted (Acts 18: 4 Lessons For Today • God’s omniscience brings comfort to the troublehearted (Acts 18: 4](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4dba51164aa09b0948e4c67b765cbc6d/image-10.jpg)
Lessons For Today • God’s omniscience brings comfort to the troublehearted (Acts 18: 4 -10; 1 Cor. 2: 3) • God knows all and sees all (Heb. 4: 12 -13) • God’s word of prophecy is his divine word, not man’s word (2 Pet. 1: 19 -20) • God’s word about future events always comes true; therefore, be ready (2 Peter 3: 8 -14) • God’s word of prophecy is to be read and obeyed (Rev. 1: 3)
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