God’s Work In Men’s Hearts-And Faithfulness To His Word Series

8. The Prostitute is called a City-Babylon. Babylon is a symbol of all religious systems in rebellion against God. (For more on this, please see the message “Iraq in Prophecy” by Elmer Towns http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/iraq-in-prophecy-lesson-1-elmer-towns-sermon-on-second-coming-57715.asp

9. All of this occurs in order to accomplish God’s will-a will which He will place within the hearts of those who do not believe in Him as He is revealed in the Bible.

GOD’S WORD FULFILLED

He remembers his covenant forever,

the promise he made, for a thousand generations,

the covenant he made with Abraham,

the oath he swore to Isaac.

He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,

to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

“To you I will give the land of Canaan

as the portion you will inherit.” Psalm 105:8-11

This refers to Genesis 15-the promise God made to Abraham that the people of Israel would go into captivity in Egypt, then He would deliver them with a might hand, and bring them into the land “flowing with milk & honey”.

[God] who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd and will accomplish all that I please; he will say of Jerusalem, "Let it be rebuilt," and of the temple, "Let its foundations be laid." ' Isaiah 44:28

Matthew 1:22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

(Concerning procurement of the donkey and the triumphal entry intro Jerusalem) Matthew 21:4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

Matthew 2655 In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me. 56 But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.

John 1923 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. 24 “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.” This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, “They divided my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.” So this is what the soldiers did.

Luke 24: 44 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things.