I know this guy; he is always trying to predict the future.  “The Jet’s are set to win the Super Bowl this year.”  “Gold prices are going to fall by 50%.”  “Palin’s making a bid for the White House.”  And then, heaven forbid that it should actually happen like he said, you get that whole, “of course it did, I told you it would.”  I just role my eyes; more pathetic than prophetic.

The first week of advent traditionally looks back on the Old Testament prophecies of the coming Messiah; and they are anything but pathetic.  Consider this, over 300 prophecies concerning the messiah, his life, death, family heritage and even a lottery deciding who would take home his clothes after his execution, where fulfilled by Jesus during his life here on earth.  That’s more than just some good assumptions. In fact, some math guru by the name of Peter Stoner calculated that the possibility of one man fulfilling just forty-eight of these predictions (I guess 300 was just too big of a number for his calculator), would be 1 in 10¹⁵⁷ .  That is 1 with 157 zeros behind it.  By comparison, scientists estimate that there are only 10⁷⁹ electrons in the entire universe! It’s all just a few too many zeros for my little mind to comprehend.

But here’s what I can comprehend as I prepare my heart to celebrate the fulfillment of all of those promises:  If God’s word is that true and that accurate (and the math says that it is), then there is no reason why I should enter this Christmas season doubting any of the other promises that He has made.  This may not be the best holiday season that we have ever had, financially, economically, emotionally, or even spiritually, but none of that changes the fact that Christmas proved, once and for all, that God keeps his promises.

And that is a prediction that I can hold onto.   Merry Christmas everyone!

To the King,

David