How can Christians insist that the Bible's prophecies are all true?

Question

"Thus says the Lord Jehovah: I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He and his people with him, the most ruthless of nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land, and they shall draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain. And I will dry up the Nile and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners; I am Jehovah; I have spoken." -Ezekiel 30:10-12

The problem is that this NEVER HAPPENED!

How do you deal with the fact that this is a blatantly false prophecy?

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Answer 1

It WILL.

Answer 2

Because they weren't making prophesies about things which lay centuries or millenia into the future; only a decade or two, and they were usually astute enough to be right.

Answer 3

There is the following comment in Wikipedia:

It would appear that following the pacification of Tyre, Nebuchadrezzar turned again to Egypt. A clay tablet, now in the British Museum, bears the following inscription referring to his wars:

"In the 37th year of Nebuchadrezzar, king of the country of Babylon, he went to Mitzraim (Egypt) to make war. Amasis, king of Egypt, collected [his army], and marched and spread abroad."

So we do know that Nebuchadrezzar did invade Egypt. The tablet doesn't apparently describe the damage done to Egypt but that is not unusual for middle eastern writings. "Losers" in battle tended not to include all the details so perhaps this clay tablet was written by the Egyptians. I did some research just now on this tablet but couldn't find much on it. But its in the British Museum. You can certainly contact them for more information.  

Answer 4

Hummm.. once Egypt was  LOT bigger than it was now.  The Sahara Desert wasn't a desert, either.   Egypt was a BIG deal.  THE most powerful nation ever.  

All that is left is ruins from that glorious age.   That prophecy happened.

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/r...

http://www.livescience.com/history/06072...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...

Answer 5

Actually, it's not necessarily a false prophecy.  Some have made the case the Babylon did invade Egypt and laid it waste...but since the Babylonian empire did not survive and Egypt did, it might not have been written about by Egypt...there might have been a coverup.  WHo knows.  Interesting question though, first time I heard it...I'll star ya anyhow.

Answer 6

They haven't read the bible. Don't forget the last prophecy:god would come and defeat Nero(the roman emporer) and bring us all to heaven. Been waiting a good 100 years for that

Answer 7

All the so called "prophesies" are debunked here.

The Christians should take a look at it.

http://www.happierabroad.com/Debunking_C...

http://www.geocities.com/wwu777us/Debunk...

Answer 8

there were times in the bible that false Prophets arose..but what about the fact that Jesus was prophesied three hundred years before his time?? and how about Revelations is slowly coming true before our eyes??

Answer 9

Brainwashed by the church. Prophesies are meant to be changed. Prophets read time-lines based upon the current consciousness manifested on earth, these can be changed by man's will. But to think that the Bible has remained true to the all the original authors words is kind of ludicrous, someone has a hard time telling the same story twice, let alone thousands of times, over thousands of years, while being translated into different languages.

Answer 10

you must read more....the Bible doesn't read like any other book on this planet.

Jan Brady