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


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)


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 - 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


• 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


Conclusions Interpretation is everything

• Language to Language• Interpreting Anagrams• Making Sense of Symbols used• Making guesses at dates


•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.


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 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 - 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?


•Yes the Prophecy came true

•BUT...


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?


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 !


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 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.


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?



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.”


Todays Prophets ?

Space 1999

Thunderbirds

Deep SpaceNine


•Jules Verne ?

•H.G. Wells ?

The Bible and Nostradamus




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 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 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

Bible Prophecy and the Prophecy of Nostradamus

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