PROPHECY
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(Note centered headings below: Bible Prophecy; Quotations)
determining true: g 3/08 7; si 300; w87 5/1 3, 5-7
meaning of term: ijwbq article 108; it-2 690-691; rr 25; bhs 208; nwt 1708; w11 12/1 11; jd 166-167; w92 2/1 3; rs 295; w87 5/1 3
not all from God: w87 5/1 3-6
‘not treating prophecies with contempt’ (1Th 5:20): w23.06 12-13
source of true: it-1 1213-1214; it-2 691; w11 12/1 11-12
“test the inspired expressions” (1Jo 4:1): it-2 694
Bible Prophecy
charts: si 343-346
fulfillments: g 11/12 15; w92 5/15 7
Genesis: si 18
Isaiah: it-1 1223
Jeremiah: it-2 34
Jesus’ Messiahship: ijwbq article 146; it-1 1223; it-2 387; bhs 209; jy 320; bh 200; g 7/12 22-23; ip-2 212; kl 37; sh 245; si 343-344
contrast with human predictions: w14 5/1 6
contrast with occult: w87 3/1 5
contrast with oracles: w99 7/15 3-7
discussion: ijwbq article 108; w23.08 8-13; it-2 690-694; bhs 23-26; bh 23-25; w12 1/1 16-17; w12 6/1 4; g 5/12 15-18; g 6/12 12-14; g 7/12 22-24; g 8/12 18-20; g 9/12 13-15; g 10/12 26-28; g 11/12 12-15; g 12/12 22-25; w08 10/1 3-4; ba 27-29; kl 17-19, 21; rs 140-141, 295-298; w87 5/1 4-7
Enoch (Jude 14, 15): it-2 132; wp17.1 11-12; w05 9/1 16; w01 9/15 30-31
examples of fulfillment: g 5/12 15-18; g 6/12 12-14; g 7/12 22-24; g 8/12 18-20; g 9/12 13-15; g 11/12 15; pc 15-16; w08 1/1 22-24; w04 12/1 11; ol 6-7; kl 18-19, 21; g95 6/22 6-8; w93 5/15 4-6; pr 15-16; w92 5/15 6-8; wi 5-7; rs 60-62
“70 weeks” (Da 9:24-27): lff lesson 15; it-1 463, 467, 635; it-2 616, 899-904; bhs 211-212; bh 197-199; w12 1/1 16; g 7/12 24; w11 8/15 8-9; g 2/11 18; bm 18-19; w06 2/15 6; dp 186-197; g95 6/22 8; w92 10/1 11-14; wi 26-27, 29; si 88, 141-142, 291; w89 3/15 21-22; gm 130-132; pe 138; w86 2/15 25; w86 10/1 5-6
70-year desolation of Judah: it-1 463, 568-569; it-2 332; g 6/12 13-14; w11 10/1 26-29; w11 11/1 22-25, 27; jr 162; w06 11/15 32; si 85; w86 1/15 8
Abraham’s descendants: g 5/12 15-18
Agabus’ prophecy of famine (Ac 11:28): bt 12; it-1 55-56, 476; w90 6/1 19; w89 12/15 19
Ahab’s house annihilated: it-2 76, 845-846
Alexander the Great: it-1 70-71, 1003; w12 6/1 4; w12 6/15 10-11; g 3/11 19-20; w08 1/1 23-24; w88 3/15 29; w88 4/15 22-24
altar at Bethel desecrated (1Ki 13:2): it-1 297; w14 5/1 5
Assyria: g 12/10 27-28
Babylon: w23.01 4-5; lff lesson 3; wp20.1 8; it-1 566-568; it-2 324; g17.3 5; mwb17.01 7; bhs 23-25; w14 2/1 16; bh 23-24; hl section 4; g 5/13 12-13; g 6/12 12-14; g 1/11 11-12; g 2/11 17-18; jr 158, 161; g 11/07 9; w06 6/1 21-22; ip-2 76-78, 106-116; ip-1 176-181, 215-225; dp 110-111; w98 4/1 19-20; ct 104-107; w97 5/1 9-11; ba 27-29; g96 2/8 8-9; wi 7; gm 122-125; rs 60-61; w88 3/1 30-31; w86 5/15 4
beasts of Daniel: w12 6/15 10-11; la 13-14; dp 129-145, 165-170; w93 5/15 6; w88 3/15 27-29; w88 4/15 22-25; w86 10/1 6-7
boundaries of Promised Land reach Euphrates (Ge 15:18; 1Ch 18:3): w05 10/1 11
Christianity to become global: g 9/12 13-14
Christianity to be corrupted: w24.02 3-4; g 9/12 14-15
Christianity to be fiercely opposed: w22.07 9; g 9/12 14
Cyrus the Great: lff lesson 3; wp20.1 8; wp18.2 6; it-1 566-569, 1222-1223; w14 5/1 5-6; g 5/13 12-13; g 1/11 12; g 2/11 17-18; w06 6/1 21-22; ip-2 70-72, 76-82; dp 150-151; w97 5/1 9-11; ba 27-28; g96 2/8 8-9; si 119; rs 60-61; w88 3/15 27
disappearance or persistence of ancient civilizations: w08 1/1 22-23
disgusting thing (Da 9:27): it-1 635; w12 4/15 25-26; dp 195-196; w96 6/1 15-16
Edom: it-1 681-682; jr 163; rs 61; ws 123-125
Egypt conquered by Nebuchadnezzar: jr 161
Eli’s house: it-2 1218
exile in Babylon: rr 96-97, 106; gm 117-120
Greece (ancient): lff lesson 3; w12 6/1 4; w08 1/1 23-24; w88 4/15 22-25
handwriting on wall (Da 5): dp 98-113; w86 10/1 3-4; w86 11/15 3-4
harvests in Revelation: re 125-126
Hosea: it-1 1148; si 145
image of wild beast (scarlet-colored wild beast): w22.05 10; re 194-195, 246-248; w88 6/1 25-28
Isaiah: it-1 1223; w08 10/1 4-6; ct 104-111; si 119
Isaiah’s sons: it-1 1219; it-2 296-297
Israel’s apostasy after Moses dies: w24.02 3
Jacob’s deathbed prophecy (Ge 49): w25.06 2-13; it-1 1246; it-2 206; ia 142; w12 1/1 29; si 17
Jeremiah: it-2 34; jr 154-155, 157-163; si 129
Jerusalem (607 B.C.E.): it-2 194; rr 66-67; w04 11/15 17; wi 7; si 164-165
Jerusalem (70 C.E.): wp18.2 8-9; it-1 866; g 4/11 12-13; w09 5/1 27; w07 4/1 8-11; w03 1/1 8-9; w99 5/1 11; w97 4/1 5-6; w96 8/15 16-18; w94 3/15 30-31; wi 29-30; si 188, 336-337; rs 61-62; w88 1/1 30-31; g87 6/8 18; w86 5/15 4
Jerusalem “surrounded by encamped armies” (Lu 21:20): w15 7/15 14-15; g 4/11 12; w94 3/15 30
Jezebel eaten by dogs at Jezreel (1Ki 21:23; 2Ki 9:31-37): jr 120-121
Joshua’s curse on rebuilding Jericho: it-1 25-26, 1106; w98 9/15 21-22; si 42
Kings (first book): si 68-69
Kings (second book): si 73
kings of north and south (Da 11, 12): w20.05 2-16; dp 211-285; w87 7/1 11-16, 19; w86 10/15 3-7
Lamech’s, regarding son Noah: it-2 192; w17.06 8; wp17.1 11; w13 4/1 14; w13 8/1 15; ia 22; w01 11/15 29; w96 11/1 8
last days: ijwbq articles 111, 185; lff lesson 3; wp18.2 7; w15 5/1 6-8; g 10/12 26-28; w08 8/1 5-6; w08 10/1 6-8; w06 9/15 4-6; w04 2/1 20; w92 5/1 22-23; gt chapter 111; w90 3/15 8-9; gm 134-148; w88 10/1 3-7; w88 10/15 3-7; w86 5/15 5
Medo-Persia: w12 6/15 10; g99 4/8 25-27; g99 8/8 25-27; w88 3/15 26-29
Messiah: ijwbq article 146; it-2 354, 386-388; g 2/15 14; nwt 14-15; w12 1/1 16; g 7/12 22-24; w11 8/15 8-16; w09 1/15 21-29; kl 37; g95 6/22 7-8; w93 5/15 6; w92 10/1 10-14; sh 236, 239-240, 245; si 119, 343-344; gm 130-133; g88 8/8 26-27; w87 6/15 31; w87 7/15 6; tp 61-63
Moab: it-2 421-422
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream image (Da 2): mrt article 125; w22.07 4-5; it-1 1186-1187; w12 6/15 9-11, 15-16, 19; g 5/11 15-17; dp 46-62
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream tree (Da 4): w86 10/1 3; w86 11/1 4-5
Nineveh destroyed: w21.11 31; it-2 504-505; g17.3 5; w14 5/1 4-5; w07 11/15 9; si 164-165; w89 5/15 24-25; w88 2/15 28
Noph (Memphis) and No (Thebes) in Egypt: g 11/10 17; w03 7/1 32
Obadiah: jd 162-163; si 152
on time: w12 5/15 18-19
Psalms: it-2 709-711
regarding Timothy (1Ti 1:18; 4:14): bt 121; it-2 1105; w15 11/1 14; w08 9/15 30; w99 9/15 29
Samaria destroyed: it-2 846; w05 11/15 29-30; w88 2/15 26-27
“seven times” (Da 4): w22.07 3; lff lesson 32; it-1 133-135; bhs 217-220; w14 11/1 8-9, 11; bh 216-218; dp 82-97; w90 10/15 18-19; si 140, 142; w89 3/15 21-22; pe 138-141; rs 95-97; w86 11/1 4-7; tp 70-73
Tyre: it-2 531, 1136; g 3/11 20; w08 1/1 23; w08 6/1 27; w07 10/15 19; ip-1 252-254; wi 7; si 169; gm 120-122; w88 4/15 23
“Way of Holiness” (Isa 35:8, 9): w23.05 15-17, 19; it-1 1128; w08 5/15 26-28; w86 5/1 15
world powers: w12 6/15 7-18; g95 6/22 6-7; gm 125-130
Zechariah: it-2 1226
Zephaniah: it-2 1230-1231
first century:
disciples at Pentecost: w20.04 6-7; it-2 697; jd 167; w02 8/1 15
gift of the spirit: it-1 938-939; it-2 693
first prophecy (Ge 3:15): w24.08 3; w23.10 20-21; w22.07 14-19; it-1 521-522; it-2 18-19, 62, 67, 1198; w16.08 9; w14 10/15 8-9; kr 33, 35; w12 6/15 7-11, 19; w09 5/15 22; bm 5; w07 12/1 23-29; w06 2/15 4; w06 6/1 23-24; re 10-14, 286-295; wt 33-35; w00 5/15 15-16; ct 119; w96 6/1 9-14; gm 150-161; w88 9/1 9, 11-12; w87 5/1 5
aid in understanding prophecies about world powers: w12 6/15 7-11
chart summarizing: w11 1/1 10
festivals of Mosaic Law shed light: w07 1/1 20-25
gradual revelation: w16.09 25-26
resurrection implied by: it-2 784-785; w05 5/1 11-12
forms of prophecy: ijwbq article 108; it-2 693-694; nwt 1708
prophetic patterns (types and antitypes): w15 3/15 9-11, 17-18; w15 6/15 32
visions: it-2 1159
future fulfillment: w14 5/1 7; nwt 20-21; w12 9/15 3-12; g 11/12 12-14; g 12/12 22-25; rs 296-297; g88 8/8 27; w86 5/15 6-7
how to study prophecy: w23.08 9-10
importance to Christians: w25.03 16-17; w20.07 12-13; rs 297
inspiration: si 9-10
not from “private interpretation” (2Pe 1:20): it-1 1213; w11 12/1 11-12; w00 4/1 16
proof of: w92 5/15 6-8; si 342-343; gm 117-148; g88 8/8 26-27
interpretation: it-1 1213-1214; it-2 694; w11 12/1 12-13; re 9, 119, 246-248
“lamp shining in a dark place” (2Pe 1:19): w00 4/1 14-15; w97 9/1 12-13; w91 2/1 29
“last days” in: it-2 205-206; nwt 1702
multiple fulfillment: it-2 692-693
Isaiah: it-1 1223; ip-2 17-18
Isaiah 11:6-9: w18.12 5; mwb16.12 7; kr 232-234, 236; ip-1 163-165
Isaiah 28: ip-1 287-289, 291-296; w91 6/1 10-25
Isaiah 35: w18.12 5; w96 2/15 8-18; ws 129-135
Isaiah 59:20, 21: ip-2 299-302
Isaiah 60: w24.07 30-31; ip-2 303-304, 306-320
Isaiah 65: w24.04 20-21; w18.12 5; ip-2 372-373, 379-389
Ezekiel: rr 96-107, 109-110
Ezekiel 37:1-14: rr 112-117, 119
Ezekiel 47:1-12: rr 202-203, 205-210
Daniel 4: ijwbq article 75; lff lesson 32; w07 9/1 18
Hosea: it-1 1148; si 145
Joel: w98 5/1 14-15
Zephaniah: w96 3/1 8-18
Babylon to be destroyed, desolated (Jer 50, 51): jr 164-165
Balaam’s prophecy (Nu 24): it-2 206
“day of Jehovah”: jd 36-37
“day of salvation” (Isa 49:8; 2Co 6:1, 2): yb06 3-4
‘disgusting thing causing desolation’ (Da 9:27; 11:31; 12:11): it-1 635; w13 7/15 4-5; w96 6/1 14-19
Elijah to come (Mal 4:5): w91 9/15 22; w89 7/1 30
handwriting on wall (Da 5): w87 9/1 24-28
Jacob’s deathbed prophecy (Ge 49): it-2 206
last days: it-2 679, 941; jy 257-258; w99 5/1 12-13; w97 4/1 5-6; w96 8/15 19-20; w94 2/15 11-13; gt chapter 111; w90 3/15 8-9; w90 10/15 17; w88 10/1 3; tp 75-77
Lord comes to temple (Mal 3): w13 7/15 10-12; w92 12/1 12-14; w87 6/15 10-15
man in linen (Eze 9): rr 172-180; w16.06 16-17; w16.12 18; w88 9/15 14-15
‘mountain of the house of Jehovah lifted up’ (Isa 2:2; Mic 4:1): it-2 445
nations shaken, precious things come in (Hag 2:6, 7, 21, 22): w21.09 15-18
“pour out my spirit on every sort of flesh” (Joe 2:28): w20.04 6-7; jd 167
preaching “this good news of the kingdom” (Mt 24:14; Mr 13:10): it-2 673; w99 8/15 19-24
“Rachel is weeping over her sons” (Jer 31:15): it-2 727, 731; w14 12/15 21; jr 162
restoration prophecies: w18.12 4-5; it-1 634; it-2 257; rr 12-13; kr 231-237; re 303
‘seven shepherds, eight dukes’ (Mic 5:5): w13 11/15 16, 18-20
streaming to Jehovah’s house (Isa 2:2-4; Mic 4:1-4): it-2 206
“wars to cease” (Ps 46:8-10): ijwbq article 189; it-2 1169
not all are predictions: ijwbq article 108
not written after fulfillment: w08 1/1 23-24; ct 106-111; ba 28-29; wi 5-6
prophetic names: it-2 465-466
“prophetic word” (2Pe 1:19): w97 9/1 12-13; km 12/94 3-4; w93 7/15 16
having faith in: w00 5/15 15-19
paying attention to: w00 4/1 12-17
purpose: w23.08 8-9; it-2 692-693; w15 9/1 16; jr 155; w87 5/1 5; w87 8/15 31
reliability: w23.01 4-5; w23.08 9; w99 7/15 4-8; w93 5/15 4-7; rs 155
superiority: w00 1/15 3
time in prophecy:
“appointed time is near” (Re 1:3): re 17
days: it-1 593
“immediately after the tribulation” (Mt 24:29): it-2 1127; w94 2/15 18-20
“shortly take place” (Re 1:1): re 15-16
years: it-2 1215; si 282
time of fulfillment: it-2 692-693
understanding of: w20.04 2; it-2 1141
universal court case based on: w88 2/1 13-20
Witnesses’ insight into: w89 3/15 21-22
Quotations
Bible prophecies so numerous, accidental fulfillment infinitely improbable: w12 6/1 4
he who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years: w99 7/15 4; w93 5/15 3