Jesus’ and Daniel’s Amazing Prophecy

by Terry Wane Benton

Consider one of the most amazing prophecies in all of Scripture. Jesus is leaving the temple when his disciples call his attention to its buildings. As they gaze upon the temple's massive stone and magnificent buildings, Jesus utters the unthinkable: "I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down" (Matthew 24:2; see also Mark 13:2 and Luke 21:6). One generation later this prophecy, no doubt still emblazoned upon the tablet of their consciousness, became a vivid and horrifying reality. [Hank Hanegraff, Has God Spoke? Memorable Proofs of the Bible's Divine Inspiration, p.30].

Daniel 9:24ff prophesied that after the Messiah was “cut off,” the temple would be destroyed. Jesus and Daniel, by the Holy Spirit, team together to forever demonstrate that Jesus and the Old Testament prophecies are one unit under God’s approval. The temple fell to the Romans in AD 70, proving both Daniel and Jesus were correct, and the Jews suffered rejection by God.

All of this is too amazing to dismiss as a lucky guess. The Roman government had only recently helped rebuild and refurbish the temple compound and would dismantle it in less than 60 years. Daniel pinpointed it in time (Daniel 9:24f). Jesus was cut off according to that prophecy. Shortly after, the relatively new temple was torn down in “this generation” (Matthew 24). It forever verifies that God confirms the scriptures of the Bible and Jesus. No man by human wisdom alone could get these things right by lucky guess! This is the wisdom and work of God.

Christ is the dependable rock on which we must stand. Are you standing on this solid Rock?