I am curious about archeological evidence surrounding Bible prophecies. Is there any evidence that a supposed prophecy was written at a date prior to the prophesied event? or vice versa?
When I was doing my own research a few years ago ,i.e. googling stuff, I found that scholars would date the writing of prophetic books based on the prophecy itself. “Well, it was supposedly prophesying about this historical event, so it was written after said event.” is the line of reasoning I’ve generally seen used, as opposed to archeological evidence let’s say.
I get it, a scholar is going to approach the Bible as they would any other mythical book; with skepticism. But if one looks at the Bible with an open mind, they should entertain the possibility that the prophecies were written prior to said events. Then said person should examine the evidence from both sides, which is what I am intending on doing.
I figured I could google stuff, ooooor I can make a thread on RF and see if any of you fine individuals have opinions on the topic. I’m still gonna google, but I’ve done that before. RF is generally pretty resourceful.
WAR IN IRAQ:
Revelation (chapter of the bible) predicted the war in Iraq and made it clear that God will punish us if we do attack it.
Revelation 15 predicted 7 plagues (covid mutations and monkey pox? are among God's punishments for attacking Iraq).
Revelation made clear that two Satanic demons (dragon, and son beast--Bush and W. Bush) will attack Iraq, but that there is a different president who will be between their reigns. The administration that was, and is no more, and yet is again (to paraphrase the bible).
The bible predicted fearsome weapons, unlike the weapons of old. . . . shooting fire into the air, just as they did in the Iraq war.
The bible said that a coalition of many nations would be formed in mere hours (before modern communications, this was impossible)....yet it did happen.
The bible predicted (Revelation 17:18) that the most powerful nation on earth will attack Iraq and occupy and corrupt it. This is why the bible calls this nation the Whore of Babylon (we call it the United States).
NAZI GERMANY (WWII):
Nostradomus predicted a man named Hister would attack the world (and Hitler did).
GOD'S PROPHETS IN MODERN TIMES:
The attack of Iraq signals the end of the world and all life on it. Many preachers now believe that we are, indeed, in the end times. The Pope warned us not to attack Iraq because he didn't want the world to end, and he didn't want W. Bush to cast himself in the role of a Satanic Demon. This is why the Pope wrote a strongly worded See to the United States demanding that we do not attack Iraq. Many major nations (France, Germany, et al) saw no link to terrorism and urged us not to attack. God said "thou shalt not kill" and "turn the other cheek" and "don't bear false witness." Yet, W. Bush tried to instill fear (just as Satan does) to convince us to fight North Korea (which he dubbed part of the fictional Axis of Evil), and issued phony Orange Alerts to convinlce us to go to war.
W. Bush and Dick Cheney, also sent Wilson to Niger, to lie us into war with Niger (to take their resources). But Wilson refused to lie. So, W. Bush and Cheney outed his CIA wife, Valary Plame. This exposure resulted in the assassinations of many embedded CIA operatives abroad who had been captured and executed as spies.
God sent his modern Prophets to warn us with the exact wording and messages of Revelation, not to attack Iraq (one final warning from God). These prophets had already been among the world's best psychics. They could sense the evil in W. Bush...he was a Satanic demon from hell, and these prophets of God knew it.