Daniel 12:11
“And from the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.”
I am not sure what this prediction is referring to, but Daniel makes many of them. One of them predicts the day Jesus will enter Jerusalem. A Scottish private eye proved it. He had to convert our calendar to the Jewish one, but it started at the beginning of the count to the triumphal entry. That’s why Jesus scolded them for not knowing the time of His coming. They should have.
God is amazing. He gives this amazing reason for us to trust Him. No one else can predict the future like Him. There’s another amazing one in Isaiah. He predicts that king Cyrus will commission that the jews will return to their homeland in Isaiah 44, 45. He did this 150 years before Cyrus’ time. We can trust God and the bible.
As a young christian I recall having a small crisis of faith. How could I be sure all of this was true. The biggest fact that gave me assurance was bible prophesy. Only God could do it and He did it many times in scripture. Jesus fulfilled many in His life time. I believe He fulfilled about 28 on the day of His death. Many of them He couldn’t possible arrange. It was a miracle of God.
The bible is amazing. It gives us wisdom on how to live. It tells us how to know God, how to pray, how to have peace with God and the the peace of God. It tells us what’s important to God, it gives life and many, many other things. It’s a roadmap in life. It’s God’s instruction book to us. I’ve heard it said that life doesn’t come with a handbook on how to live. It does in the bible.
Thank You, Lord, for prophecy. It gives us confidence in You as well as how sure the bible is. We can trust Your book.