The BIBLE blows me away! Did you know Jesus Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem as recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, was foretold in the Old Testament by the prophet Daniel over 500 years before Jesus was even born? God told Daniel exactly when the Messiah would come. And AMAZINGLY, Jesus entrance into Jerusalem on that first Palm Sunday where people hailed Him the “Son of David” (which is a Messianic phrase) happened. Learned individuals have devoted decades to studying this passage in Daniel 9:24-26 and calculated the precise timeline. (See Sir Robert Anderson in The Coming Prince and J. Dwight Pentecost in Things to Come: A Study in Eschatology – pages 239-250.) INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE, God told Daniel there would be a certain amount of time, starting from a specific point in the future, and then Messiah would come. The FACT is, with a lot of precise calculations, considering the Jewish calendar and leap years, etc. the two points in time are just as God said they would be. And Jesus’ being proclaimed Messiah on that first Palm Sunday happened on the very day God said.
Some people think a Christian’s belief in God is all based on a nebulous faith but has no basis in fact. NOT TRUE! Our faith is SOLID! We believe in a God who knows the end from the beginning and has written it down in His book—The HOLY BIBLE. There is OVERWHELMING evidence that ONLY GOD could have inspired men to write it—revealing to them what would happen hundreds and even thousands of years in advance.
What is personally encouraging about all this information is God tells us in His Book, He loves us. Just as He knows the future about BIG things like when Messiah would come, He knows the future He wants for you and me. And it is GOOD! (Jeremiah 29:11). My job is simply to fit into His plan and let Him have the reins of my life so His GOOD plan can be accomplished. I pray you are blessed today.