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Bible Prophecy and the Prophecy of Nostradamus
The Bible and Nostradamus
The Bible Claims to be uniquely inspired by God
How can we test whether this claim is true? How do we know that the Bible could not
have been written by a man? Only by comparing the Bible with
prophecies of men.
The Bible and Nostradamus Life of Nostradamus, his background, education
Centuries & Quatrains How Nostradamus made the his predictions Specific “Fulfilled” Prophecies
• Death of King Henry II• Hitler’s Germany• Man going into outer space
Failed Prophecies Conclusions
The Bible and Nostradamus - His Life
Born in the Provençal city of St. Rémy (Avignon)
Born 14th Dec. 1503 According to tradition his father’s
ancestors were eminent physicians, renowned for their learning
Family Jewish Catholics Directly descended from rabbis,
physicians and philosophers
The Bible and Nostradamus - His Life
In 1522, (18) left Avignon - Montpellier to study medicine
At only 21 he received a license to practice
He specialized in “le charbon” - bubonic / pneumonic plague
The Bible and Nostradamus -
His Life
Married & settled in Agen
His wife and two children died of plague
His wife's family sued for the return of her dowry
The Bible and Nostradamus - His Life He fell under suspicion
of heresy in 1538 He fled to Lombardy,
and later to Sicily. 1544 found him in
Marseilles 1546 he was invited to
Aix - to cure plague Remarried
The Bible and Nostradamus - His Life Aix voted him a
pension He moved to Salon de
craux where he aquired the name “the seer of Salon”
He was summonsed to Lyon to treat bubonic plague
The Bible and Nostradamus - His Life The prediction of the
accidental death of King Henri II of France in the summer of 1559 gave Nostradamus the reputation he has today
In 1566 he died probably of kidney failure resulting from heart disease (63)
The Bible and Nostradamus - His Life
Facts About this man Highly educated in:
• Greek• Latin• Mathematics• Philosophy• Magic (Science) • A Doctor of Medicine• Expert field - plague
Wealthy Well traveled
Life of Nostradamus, his background, educationCenturies & QuatrainsHow Nostradamus made the his predictionsSpecific “Fulfilled” Prophecies
Death of King Henry IIHitler’s GermanyMan going into outer space
Failed PropheciesConclusions
The Bible and Nostradamus - His Life
The Bible and Nostradamus - Centuries & Quatrains
1555 published 1st edition of the Centuries A Centuary
• 100 prophecies• Each of four lines (Quatrain)• Written in rhyming verse• All are totally self-contained • Seldom does one quatrain relate to the
adjoining quatrain
The Bible and Nostradamus - Centuries & Quatrains
• Written in the language of the occult• Nostradamus embellished the rhymes with
Latin, Hebrew, Portuguese and anagrams.
• He neglected to use specific dates
The centuries attracted wide attention
Though most thought it had been written by a mad man
The Bible and Nostradamus - Centuries & Quatrains
Conclusions Interpretation is everything
• Language to Language• Interpreting Anagrams• Making Sense of Symbols used• Making guesses at dates
The Bible and Nostradamus - His Life
•Life of Nostradamus, his background, education•Centuries & Quatrains•How Nostradamus made the his predictions•Specific “Fulfilled” Prophecies
•Death of King Henry II•Hitler’s Germany•Man going into outer space
•Failed Prophecies•Conclusions
Prediction of the Great Plague of London, 1665 - Methods
•Quatrain 03-75
Pau, Verone, Vicenne Sarragousse,De glaiues loings, terroirs de sang humidesPeste si grande viendra _ la grand gousse,Proche secours, & bien loing les remedes.
Prediction of the Great Plague of London, 1665 - Methods
Quatrain 03-75 Pau, Verona, Vicenza,
Saragossa,From distant swords lands wet with blood:Very great plague will come with the great shell,Relief near, and the remedies very far.
How did he predict the great plague?
He was a doctor of medicine.
He was treating plague.
Would a doctor in his position today be hailed a prophet?
Prediction of the Great Plague of London, 1665 - Methods
Prediction of the Great Plague of London, 1665 - Methods Conclusions He drew upon his vast knowledge He used vagaries that could mean anything He rarely used dates, so that events were
not fixed in time There is no chronological order to centuries.
Prediction of the Great Plague of London, 1665 - Methods Parts of the predictions are meaningless -
what was the great shell? Important information missed out - what
about the rats that brought the plague? He confused the reader
The Bible and Nostradamus - His Life
•Life of Nostradamus, his background, education•Centuries & Quatrains•How Nostradamus made the his predictions•Specific “Fulfilled” Prophecies
•Death of King Henry II•Hitler’s Germany•Man going into outer space
•Failed Prophecies•Conclusions
The Bible and Nostradamus - Death of the Lion - Fulfilled Prophecy?
“The young Lion shall overcome the old
On a warlike field in single combat,
He will pierce his eyes in a cage of gold,
One of two breakings, then he shall die a cruel death.”
The Bible and Nostradamus - Death of the Lion - Fulfilled Prophecy? King Henri II used a Lion as his emblem He died during a jousting contest The accident occurred on the third day By Montgomery Coryes 33 year old Scot. Montgomerys lance splintered Two wounds:
• one to throat• other through visa into his eye
Was the Prophecy Fulfilled?
The Bible and Nostradamus - Death of the Lion - Fulfilled Prophecy?
•Yes the Prophecy came true
•BUT...
The Bible and Nostradamus - Death of the Lion - Fulfilled Prophecy?
Nearly all nobles have Lions affiliated with them.
Is 33 young? - people didn’t live long (Nostradamus died at 63)
Almost every jousting match had its fatalities.
Every noble who could afford gold wore it Is the King named?
The Bible and Nostradamus - Death of the Lion - Fulfilled Prophecy?
Most accidents at jousting matches ended painfully.
Jousting matches occurred as often as football matches now.
There is no time fix on this Quatrain When carefully examined he is stating events
that anyone could guess at. And get it right !
The Bible and Nostradamus - Death of the Lion - Fulfilled Prophecy?
Carls Quatrain
At a football match
Sometime a player
wearing red will fall over and
damage their knee, and never
be able to play again.
The Bible and Nostradamus - Hitler’s Germany - Fulfilled Prophecy?
“Seven times you will see the British nation change;Tinged with blood for two hundred and ninety years:
Not at all free through German support,
Aries fears for his ‘pole’ Bastarnien.
Century I Quatrain 76
The Bible and Nostradamus - Hitler’s Germany - Fulfilled Prophecy?
The time period is specific. Britain & Germany are named. The prophecy was spotted by Magda
Goebbals (wife of Hilters’ Minister of Propaganda) - It was used for propaganda.
If the beginning is the execution of King Charles I in 1649 then this gives 1939.
The Bible and Nostradamus - Hitler’s Germany - Fulfilled Prophecy?
But who says when the 290 years should begin?
Why isn’t Charles I mentioned? And what about Poland, France,
Russia, America, Japan etc?
“This man will be called by a barbaric nameWhich the three sisters will have received,
He will speak to a great people in words and actions,He will have fame and renown beyond any other man.”
•Is this speaking of Adolf Hitler?
The Bible and Nostradamus - Hitler’s Germany - Fulfilled Prophecy?
The Bible and Nostradamus - Hitler’s Germany - Fulfilled Prophecy?
Accepted Interpretations of this Quatrain • Adolf Hitler
• Napoleon Bonapart
• Ghandi
• Elvis Presley
•It fits any of them•Who says Adolf is a barbaric name?
The Bible and Nostradamus - Man will go into outer-space. - Fulfilled Prophecy?
“Samarobin one hundred leaguesfrom the hemisphere, They willlive without law, exempt from politics.”
The Bible and Nostradamus - Man will go into outer-space. - Fulfilled Prophecy?
Todays Prophets ?
Space 1999
Thunderbirds
Deep SpaceNine
The Bible and Nostradamus - Man will go into outer-space. - Fulfilled Prophecy?
•Jules Verne ?
•H.G. Wells ?
The Bible and Nostradamus
•Life of Nostradamus, his background, education•Centuries & Quatrains•How Nostradamus made the his predictions•Specific “Fulfilled” Prophecies
•Death of King Henry II•Hitler’s Germany•Man going into outer space
•Failed Prophecies•Conclusions
The Bible and Nostradamus - Failed Predictions
Nothing happened in 1700
Century X, Quatrain 72 predicted World War III commencing July 1999 “the coming of the King of Terror”
Nothing happened in July 1999
Century I Quatrain 49
“The peoples of the East, bylunar influence, In the year1700 will cause many to becarried away, And will almost subdue the northern corner.”
The Bible and Nostradamus - Conclusions
He drew on personal experience He drew on personal knowledge He used logical probability He used huge vagaries that could mean
anything at all.
The Bible and Nostradamus - Conclusions
His prophecies were not fixed in time He did nothing that an educated person
could not do in any age He used a language that is designed to hide
truth, it is vague, and difficult to translate. HE GOT PROPHECIES WRONG !
The Bible and Nostradamus -Additional Information
Nostradamus often contradicts himself.
Borrows from the Bible. E.g. Anti-Christ. The Babylonian Harlot
Does not claim to be inspired.
Nostradamus predicts things that physically cannot happen although believed possible in his time e.g. 40 years of constant rain.
The Bible and Nostradamus - The point of all this
The prophets of the Bible were the lowest of men.
The prophecies of the Bible are accurate to the letter.
The Bible is 100% consistent. No prophecy of the Bible has been wrong. The Bible predicts using knowledge far
beyond what was known when written.
The Bible and Nostradamus - The point of all this
The Bible gives precise fixed dates The Bible Interprets itself, it explains what
the symbols mean. The Bible is written in clear, precise
language Why is the Bible so different to
Nostradamus?
The Bible and Nostradamus - The point of all this
THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD NOT THE WORDS OF A MAN
Why is that important?
Comparing the Bible to Nostradamus’ Prophecy has given us evidence that the Bible was not written by man.
In our hands we hold the Word of Almighty God
Why is that important?
This means:- We have a responsibility to read what our
maker has told us. We have a responsibility to obey Him. That there is something beyond the here and
now Our prayer is that you will come to
understand what is promised in the Bible