The Probablity of Jesus Fulfilling Old Testament Prophecies

Several mathematicians have generated statistical studies of the probablity of Jesus fulfilling the Old Testament prophecies about the promised messiah..  The numbers are quite formidable.  Dr. Peter Stoner, the author of Science Speaks, has calculated the odds of Jesus fulfilling only eight of the over 300 biblical prophecies of the messiah.  The number Dr. Stoner derived by Dr. Stoner:1 in 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Several of the eight prophecies chosen by Dr. Stoner were chosen specifically because Jesus could not have “fixed” them.  (Born in Bethlehem, there would be a forerunner announcing his arrival, he would enter Jerusalem riding on a donkey, betrayed by a friend, betrayed for 30 pieces of silver, the 30 pieces of silver used to buy a potter’s field, titally innocent, crucified.)   

Read more on this subject at the following link:

http://www.goodnewsdispatch.org/math.html 

It should be remembered that overwhelming  probability statistics are not proofs.  All proofs, and dis-proofs, of God, ultimately fail.