What are some of the Bible prophecies being fulfilled today? If you are reading this article, you very likely already believe in Bible prophecy. We will start with why Bible prophecy is valid and true. In fact, Bible prophecy is one of the great reasons we believe in the Bible. God says:
“Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.” (Isaiah 42:9)
God tells us things before they come to pass. The question to ask is: can a human being say what will happen on June 20 of the year 3000? No — in fact, no human being can tell us what will happen even 1,000 years from now. What does this mean? It means that if the Bible can tell us things far in advance — even 1,000 years in advance — this is remarkable. Before we look at Bible prophecy being fulfilled today, let us lay this foundation.
Bible Prophecy Being Fulfilled Today: Creation or Evolution?
Before going further, let us also establish that either creation or evolution must be true. There is one argument that, in about five years, no one has been able to refute. I have presented this argument to roughly 300 atheists, and not one could answer it.
If all things are made by natural selection, mutations, and time, can these mechanisms — which we know exist — think, plan, and feel? No. We know that everything that exists requires planning to come into being. Is it scientific to believe that complex things can simply appear without being planned?
To make a car, one needs to plan the size, the shape, the color, the materials used, and many other details that must come together in the planning phase. Without planning, the car cannot exist. How can natural selection create anything without planning? It is like saying a piece of wood became a castle, or a piece of metal became a Ferrari. Now that we have established this, let us move on to Bible prophecy being fulfilled today.
Bible Prophecy Being Fulfilled Today: The Bible Is True
There are different ways to prove that the Bible is true. Many people who do not want to take the time to read the Bible for themselves instead read articles or books about supposed contradictions in the Bible. After that, they spend years believing the Bible is filled with contradictions. We will cover the apparent contradictions in the Bible in another post.
There are no actual contradictions in the Bible — only apparent ones. The Bible is true because of its history, archaeology, and prophecy. A prophecy is something God declares in advance that comes to pass. What are some Bible prophecies that have already been fulfilled? From these, we can then examine Bible prophecy being fulfilled today.
One great Bible prophecy that everyone should start with is Daniel chapter 2. Once one has the foundation of Daniel chapter 2, they can go on to study the other prophecies built upon it. For example, Daniel 7 is the next prophecy to study, as it continues the same timeline. Revelation 13 follows after that, since the beasts of Daniel 7 are the same as the beasts in Revelation 13 — but Revelation 13 goes on to give more detail.
Daniel 2 gives us the future of the world. This prophecy was written around 650 B.C., yet it states that three kingdoms would follow Babylon, and that after those, there would be no fifth world empire, but rather a division of European nations. It is fascinating to see that this happened exactly as predicted.
In Revelation 11, we have the French Revolution predicted nearly 2,000 years in advance. Revelation 9 gives us the exact timing of the fall of the Ottoman Empire, also roughly 2,000 years in advance. The Bible is remarkably accurate. In fact, in 1838, Josiah Litch said:
“If my calculations are correct, then in two years — on August 11, 1840 — the Ottoman Empire will fall.”
Josiah Litch was studying Revelation chapter 9, written some 2,000 years earlier. How could the Bible be so accurate as to predict an event 2,000 years in advance, down to the very day? This is remarkable.
Bible Prophecy Being Fulfilled Today: King of the North and King of the South
One current prophecy being fulfilled today is the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This connects to Daniel chapter 11 — the king of the north and the king of the south. How can we identify who these kings are? These kings relate to Israel, the nation at the center of biblical prophecy. The king of the south, from Israel’s perspective, is Egypt. The king of the north, from Israel’s perspective, is Babylon and Assyria.
We read in Revelation chapter 11 of a city spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where the Lord was crucified. Which city does this refer to? This event comes at the end of the 1,260 years, placing it around 1798, as we have seen elsewhere. The 1,260 years of papal persecution ended in 1798, when Berthier took the pope captive.
“And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.” (Revelation 11:8)
Here it says the two witnesses died in the city spiritually called Sodom and Egypt. We understand this symbolically. A power on earth that arose around 1798 carried the spirit of Sodom — open sexual immorality — and the spirit of Egypt, which declared, “I do not believe in Jehovah God.” This is atheism. Which atheistic power fits this description? It can be none other than France.
“In the sixteenth century the Reformation, presenting an open Bible to the people, had sought admission to all the countries of Europe. Some nations welcomed it with gladness, as a messenger of Heaven. In other lands, popery succeeded, to a great extent, in preventing its entrance; and the light of Bible knowledge, with its elevating influences, was almost wholly excluded. In one country, though the light found entrance, it was not comprehended by the darkness. For centuries, truth and error struggled for the mastery.
At last the evil triumphed, and the truth of Heaven was thrust out. ‘This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light.’ The nation was left to reap the results of the course which she had chosen. The restraint of God’s Spirit was removed from a people that had despised the gift of his grace. Evil was permitted to come to maturity. And all the world saw the fruit of willful rejection of the light.
The war against the Bible, carried forward for so many centuries in France, culminated in the scenes of the Revolution. That terrible outbreaking was but the legitimate result of Rome’s suppression of the Scriptures. It presented the most striking illustration which the world has ever witnessed, of the working out of the papal policy — an illustration of the results to which for more than a thousand years the teaching of the Roman Church had been tending.” (The Great Controversy, p. 265.2)
“The suppression of the Scriptures during the period of papal supremacy was foretold by the prophets; and the Revelator points also to the terrible results that were to accrue especially to France from the domination of ‘the man of sin.’” (The Great Controversy, p. 265)
“The ‘great city’ in whose streets the witnesses are slain, and where their dead bodies lie, ‘is spiritually Egypt.’ Of all nations presented in Bible history, Egypt most boldly denied the existence of the living God, and resisted his commands. No monarch ever ventured upon more open and high-handed rebellion against the authority of Heaven than did the king of Egypt. When the message was brought him by Moses, in the name of the Lord, Pharaoh proudly answered, ‘Who is Jehovah, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.’ [Exodus 5:2.]
This is atheism; and the nation represented by Egypt would give voice to a similar denial of the claims of the living God, and would manifest a like spirit of unbelief and defiance. The ‘great city’ is also compared, ‘spiritually,’ to Sodom. The corruption of Sodom in breaking the law of God was especially manifested in licentiousness. And this sin was also to be a pre-eminent characteristic of the nation that should fulfill the specifications of this scripture.” (The Great Controversy, p. 269)
The king of the south represents atheism, but we understand that this power has since moved to Russia. After the French Revolution ended, Russia took up the torch of atheism. The Bible says in Daniel chapter 11 that the king of the north — modern Babylon — would enter the countries and fight against Russia, the king of the south. Who is modern Babylon, spiritually speaking? It is the papacy. We are not speaking of individual Catholic believers, who are often kind and loving people.
Rather, the Bible describes a system that stands against God, one whose members God calls out of in Revelation 18. Which countries did Russia hold influence over? All the former Soviet states, of which Ukraine was one.
Bible Prophecy Being Fulfilled Today: Daniel 11, the Last Five Verses
I will now offer a commentary on the final five verses of Daniel chapter 11.
“And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.” (Daniel 11:40)
The time of the end begins in 1798, as we have seen in other posts, and Daniel chapter 12 also confirms that the time of the end follows the conclusion of the 1,260 years of papal supremacy.
“And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.” (Daniel 12:7)
“A time, times, and half a time” is the same as 1,260 years, or 42 months. In the Jewish calendar, a month is always reckoned as 30 days. One year, plus two years, plus six months equals 42 months — and 42 months equals 1,260 days. At that time, the king of the south pushed against the king of the north. This corresponds to the papacy, allied with the United States, working to bring about Russia’s downfall.
“He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.” (Daniel 11:41)
“He,” referring to the papacy, will enter the glorious land — the United States. This is still future; we are currently living between these two verses. Many countries, it says, will adopt the papacy’s beliefs and doctrines. But Edom and Moab — representing Christians who do not keep the Sabbath but whom God still regards as faithful — will escape the Sunday law, or the mark of the beast. Ammon and Moab are neighboring nations to Israel; modern spiritual Israel being the remnant of Revelation 12, or the three angels’ message group.
We are describing here this remarkable instance of Bible prophecy being fulfilled today: the battle between the papacy and atheism, both vying to rule the world. On one side, the papacy seeks to bring every nation under its dominion. On the other, Russia seeks to regain the territories it has lost.
“He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.” (Daniel 11:42)
Here we see that the papacy, the king of the north, will extend its influence over many countries. This point is repeated, signaling its importance. We can see that one day, the papacy will come to control many nations on earth.
“But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.” (Daniel 11:43)
The papacy will control the world not only through governments, but also through the global economy. Both wealthy nations (represented by the Ethiopians) and poorer nations (represented by the Libyans) will follow in the papacy’s steps.
“But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.” (Daniel 11:44)
Here we see that the king from the east represents Jesus, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, who will send tidings — a message. The three angels’ message is the final message for planet Earth. The Revelation 18 message, calling the whole world to the light of righteousness by faith, is also part of this final call. These messages trouble the papacy, even as the mark of the beast is being enforced.
“And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.” (Daniel 11:45)
The papacy will even establish its influence within the United States — “the glorious holy mountain” — and Europe. But the end of Babylon, the king of the north, the antichrist, also called in Scripture “the man of sin,” will surely come. This is certainly Bible prophecy being fulfilled today. Some of these verses remain unfulfilled — we currently live in the time of verse 40, with the remaining verses soon to be fulfilled.
Bible Prophecy Being Fulfilled Today: The Papacy and Protestants Unite
The Bible tells us that Babylon has daughters — if you’ve read our post on who Babylon is, this becomes clear. Here we will see that the Protestant churches have departed from the truth and now exist in a Babylonian state.
“And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” (Revelation 17:5)
If the papacy is Babylon — which is easy to demonstrate from Scripture — then she is described as the mother church, meaning the Protestant churches are her daughters. What has happened to these Protestant daughters? Bible prophecy being fulfilled today includes the slow, creeping movement we now see in the United States and around the world, in which the Catholic Church is increasingly joining together with Protestant churches.
This would have been unthinkable at the time of the Reformation, when many reformers were killed for their faith. Yet this prophecy — of the mother church reuniting with her daughters — is coming to pass. The mark of the beast will ultimately be enforced by the papacy and Protestants together, against the remnant movement of Revelation 12.
Revelation 13 is the key passage explaining this joining of forces between the papacy and Protestant America. This may seem impossible today, but it will sadly come to pass.
“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.” (Revelation 13:11)
A beast, or power, arises in a place with relatively few people — in Bible symbolism, waters represent peoples and multitudes, while earth represents sparsely populated regions. Around 1798, another power emerges, beginning gently, like a lamb, like Jesus — but ultimately speaking like Satan. This is none other than the United States. The Bible says this power gives authority to the first beast. Which nation on earth has the influence to lead the whole world to worship the papacy and follow its teachings? The United States.
What a sad history lies ahead — but let us remain faithful to God. These two prophecies are part of Bible prophecy being fulfilled today.
“And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.” (Revelation 13:12)
What power did the papacy once hold? The Inquisition — control over both religious and civil authority. The United States will lead the whole world to follow the papacy. The papacy suffered a deadly wound when Napoleon sent Berthier to Rome and took the pope captive; at that time, it seemed the papacy was finished. But that deadly wound has been healing — and during World War II, Mussolini granted Vatican City to the Catholic Church. The wound continues to heal, to the point that the papacy will one day soon rule the world.
“And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.” (Revelation 13:13)
We see these two powers performing what appear to be miracles. We know Satan is capable of performing miracles — we see this also in Exodus, when Pharaoh’s magicians performed similar feats. Sadly, many people will be deceived by Babylon, as evil angels work behind this religious power to deceive millions.
“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.” (Revelation 13:14)
Here we see deception unfolding. Because of these miracles, people are deceived into believing they come from God. Most of the world will be deceived. They will “make an image” to the papacy — recreating something similar to what the papacy once did, namely the Inquisition. Everyone will be required to follow the mark of the beast: Sunday observance.
There you have it, my friend — two clear examples of Bible prophecy being fulfilled today. The Bible is true. You can trust God. Jesus truly cares for you. Jesus loves you. Jesus knows what you are going through and can deliver you from all your troubles. Why not invite Jesus into your heart right now? Repeat: Father God, please help me. Deliver me from trouble and sickness. Bless and prosper me. Forgive my sins. Give me Your righteousness. In the name of Jesus, amen.
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