What are the Odds?

When Jesus Christ came the first time, He fulfilled many Biblical prophecies, more than 300 according to some Biblical scholars.  One mathematician I read about did a statistical probability analysis related specifically to just 8 prophecies out of the hundreds.  You may already be familiar with it.  Those eight were:

1.      Born in Bethlehem

2.      Preceded by a messenger like John the Baptist

3.      Entering Jerusalem on a donkey

4.      Betrayed by a friend

5.      Have His hands and feet pierced

6.      Sold for thirty pieces of silver

7.      The silver thrown into the Potter’s house to buy the potter’s field

8.      Silent before His accusers as He is crucified with transgressors

The analysis showed that the chances of any one human being randomly fulfilling just these 8 prophecies by “chance” are 1 in 10 to the 17th power.  That’s 1 in 100 billion millions.  To help us get our head around those kinds of odds, I have read it described as being the equivalent of covering the entire state of Texas in silver half-dollar coins two feet deep, randomly marking one of them with an X, randomly placing it somewhere within the state borders, blindfolding a person, and then giving them one chance to pick the right coin.  That’s how likely it is that any one man would happen to fulfill just these eight prophesies by “random chance”.

Fast forward a couple thousand years.  Today there are many end-times prophecies being fulfilled right before our eyes.  There are definitely a lot more than just eight, but for the sake of symmetry in my illustration (though admittedly not necessarily statistical equivalency), I am going to pick just eight that jump out in my mind:

1.      The dry bones of Ezekiel 37 alive and back in the land of Israel, with only 50 days left before it rolls over from 70 years to year 71

2.      The geo-political alignment of Ezekiel 38 in place on Israel’s northern border

3.      The technology to fulfill Revelation 13’s one-world economy via the Mark of the Beast now clearly exists.

4.      The potential forerunner of a Daniel 9:27 peace treaty with many is supposed to be announced in a couple of weeks.

5.      The 3rd Temple about to be rebuilt, including the altar dedicated back in December

6.      A reason why Jesus would need to cut the days short for the sake of the elect (weapons of mass destruction that could easily annihilate the entire human race).

7.      The one-world ecumenical religion that the Pope is pushing to bring Islam, unbelieving Judaism, and apostate Christianity all under one umbrella of damnation

8.      The social conditions that characterize the world today in terms of the days of Noah, the days of Lot, and the description of 2 Tim 3:1-5

In considering the second list of eight, I now ask the relevant corollary question.  What are the odds that any random time in history would just coincidentally happen to fulfill all these conditions at the same time?  I’m no mathematical statistician, but it has got to be 1 out of some huge number, just like when He came the first time.  That would mean He is about to come again in the clouds for His Bride.  We believe You Lord and to the extent any unbelief may have crept into our hearts to somehow cause us to doubt in even the slightest that you are about to call us up and take us to Abba's house where You have prepared a place for us, we say help our unbelief.  Maranatha!!!