What does God and Math have in common?

The prophecy Micah 5:2

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah though you are small among the clans of Judah out of you will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old from ancient times” (NIV Micah 5:2).

Prophecy fulfillment in Mathew 2:1

“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of king Herod, magi from the east came to Jerusalem” (NIV Mathew 2:1).

The prophecy Isaiah 40:3

“ A voice of one calling “ in the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord make straight in the dessert a highway for our God” ( NIV Isaiah 40: 3).

The prophecy fulfillment in Mathew 3-1:3

“In those days John the Baptist come, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, repent for the kingdom of heaven has come near. This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, prepare the way for the Lord make strait paths for him” (NIV Mathew 3- 1:3).

The prophecy Zechariah 9:9

“Rejoice greatly daughter of Zion! Shout daughter of Jerusalem! See your king come to you righteous and victorious lowly and riding on a donkey” (NIV Zechariah 9:9).

The prophecy fulfilled in Luke 19: 35 -37

Verse 35: “And they brought it to Jesus and throwing their cloaks on the colt, the set Jesus on it” (Luke 19:35).

Verse 36: “And as he rode along they spread their cloaks on the road” (Luke 19:36).

Verse 37: “As he was drawing near already on the way down the Mount of Olives the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen” ( Luke 19: 37).

The prophecy Psalms 41:9

“Even my closest friend whom I trusted the one who ate my bread has lifted his heals against me” (NIV, Psalms 41:9).

The prophecy fulfilled in Mathew 10: 4

“Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him” (NIV, Mathew10:4).

The prophecy Zechariah 11:12-13

“I told them “if you think it best give me my pay but if not keep it” “So they paid me their pieces of silver” (Zechariah 11: 12).

“And the Lord said to me” Throw it to the potter”- the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord” (Zechariah 11:13).

The prophecy fulfilled in Mathew 26:15

“And ask what are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you? So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver” (Mathew 26:15).

The prophecy Zachariah 11:13

“And the Lord said to me” Throw it to the potter”- the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord” (Zechariah 11:13).

The prophecy fulfilled in Mathew 27:5-7

“And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed and he went away and hanged himself” (NIV, Mathew 27-5).

“The chief priest took the pieces of silver and said; it is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury since it is the price of blood, and they conferred together and with money bought the potter’s field as a burial place for strangers” ( Mathew 27:6-7).

The prophecy Isaiah 53:7

“ He was oppressed and afflicted yet he did not open his mouth he was led like a lamb to the slaughter and as sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth” ( Isaiah 53:7).

The prophecy fulfilled Mathew 27:12 -19

“And when he was accused of the chief present and elders, he answered nothing” (Mathew 27:12).

“Then said Pilate unto him, hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? (Mathew, 27:13).

“And he answered him to never a word is so much that the governor marveled greatly” (Mathew 27:14).

“Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release a prisoner chosen by the crowed” (Mathew, 27:15).

“At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas” (Mathew 27:16).

“So when the crowd had gathered. Pilate asked them which one do you want me to release to you Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ” (Mathew 27:17).

“For he knew it was out of self- interest that they had handed Jesus over to him” (Mathew 27:18).

“While Pilate was sitting on the Judes seat, his wife sent him this message “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him” (Mathew 20:19).

The Prophecy Psalms 22:16

“Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hand and my feet” (Psalms 22:16).

The prophecy fulfilled Luke 23:33

“When they came to the place called the skill, they crucified him there, along with criminals- one on his right the other on his left” (Luke 23:33).

I believe math is one of the greatest ways to prove the Bible is the word of God. When studying probability in statistics we come to understand probability is a mathematical calculation to express the knowledge or belief that an event will occurred or has occurred (Larson & Faber, 2009). Unlike any other book in the world, the Bible is the only book to make predictions about the future hundreds of years in advance and have those predictions fulfilled (n.d 2010).  The Bible has 2500 prophecies and 2000 been fulfilled. The Bible is different from predictions made by psychics in the fact they are very specific and none of the predictions failed. A study done about the predictions of psychics it was determined 92% or the predictions failed or were wrong. None of the prophecy of the Bible has ever been wrong. Statistically speaking having a few Bible prophecies happing by chance would be impossible, due to their very specific nature let alone 2000.The best explanation for the fulfillments of these predictions so accurately, is the Bible transcends human understanding and divinely inspired by God, who knows all things including the beginning and the end (Geisler, 2010). The probability of Micah naming the birthplace of the Messiah was 1-100,000. The probabilities of other Bible prophecy occurred are much greater and yet they were predicated accurately 2000 times, this could not happen statistically speaking, so God is the only explanation (n.d 2010). 

References

Geisler, L, Norman. (2010). How can we know the Bible is the word of God? Religion today, 18

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Larson, Farber (2009). Elementary Statistics. Upper Saddle River,
  

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ND (2010, Aug 4). End times. Retrieved from http://www.end-times-prophecy.org