Expert: Thurman C. Petty, Jr. - 9/10/2007

Question
Ezekiel 26: 1-13, "Now it came about in the eleventh year ... that the word of the Lord came to me saying, 2 son of man, because Tyre said concerning Jerusalem ... 3 therefore, thus says the Lord God, 'Behold I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, ... 4 and they will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers' ... 7 for thus says the Lord God, 'Behold I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings ... 9 and the blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. 10 ... when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached, 11 with the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will come down to the ground. 12 Also, they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise, break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses,  and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water. 13 So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more. 14 ... for I the Lord have spoken,' declares the Lord God."

Nebuchadnezzar was turned away..so is this false prophecy?

Eze. 29: 1-19, "In the tenth year ... the word of the Lord came upon me saying, 2 'son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against Egypt ... 9 and the land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste.  Then they will know that I am the Lord ... 11  ... and it will not be inhabited for forty years. 12 So I shall make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate for forty years, and I shall scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands ... 15 It will be the lowest of the kingdoms; and it will never again lift itself up above the nations' ... 19 Therefore, thus says the Lord God, 'Behold, I shall give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her wealth, and capture her spoil, and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army.'"

this seems to be the case aswell??????

Answer
Chris, Read Daniel 2 and compare it with history. It confirmed my faith in the Bible. Read about Jesus. Confirm your relationship with Him. Read Revelation and see how the typology of Old Testament prophets is used to point out that some of their fulfillments were yet future to John's time.

Prophecy is often conditional:
Ezek 33:13  When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Ezek 33:14  Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
Ezek 33:15  If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Ezek 33:16  None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right;

There are many things in the Bible that are hard for us to understand, and many things that may not make sense to us. Our understanding of the Bible is limited at best, and our understanding of history is limited at best. Perhaps we are missing something here that is important to our understanding of these prophecies and their fulfillments, and we may never find out the real answer to it.

Chris, if you really want to find fault with the Bible, then just throw the Bible out, it is of no benefit to you. On the other hand, if you want to be a child of God, then find what is true, and let those things that are beyond our understanding go for now. We can ask God about them when we reach the kingdom.

Thurman C. Petty, Jr.
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