Fulfilled prophecy can be a powerful part of apologetics.
The Old Testament offers many predictions. These include the fall of Israel and Judah, the rise of King Cyrus along with the Greek and Roman Empires. Of great importance for Christian apologetics is the vast number of predictions surrounding the events of Jesus’s life. Jesus himself predicted the destruction of the temple in 70 AD, and Revelation gives an indication of what would lie ahead for the age in which we live.
Lured into looking stupid
Fascinated by end-time prophecies, many Christians have been lured into making bold claims about future events. John Napier (1550-1617), mathematician and inventor of logarithms, predicted that the end would come sometime between 1688 and 1700. John Wesley (1703-1791) predicted that the end would come by 1836 at the latest. In more recent times, Edgar Whisenant published 88 Reasons why the Rapture will be in 1988 (now out of print!). They were all wrong.
