Bible Prophecy and
the Prophecy of Nostradamus
The Bible and Nostradamus
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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
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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
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Failed Prophecies
Conclusions
The Bible and Nostradamus His Life
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Facts About this man
 Highly educated in:
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Greek
Latin
Mathematics
Philosophy
Magic (Science)
A Doctor of Medicine
Expert field - plague
Wealthy
 Well traveled
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 Centuries & Quatrains
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1555 published 1st edition of the
Centuries
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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
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The centuries attracted wide attention
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Though most thought it had been written by
a mad man
The Bible and Nostradamus Centuries & Quatrains
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Conclusions
Interpretation is everything
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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 humides
Peste si grande viendra _ la
grand gousse,
Proche secours, & bien loing
les remedes.
Prediction of the Great Plague of
London, 1665 - Methods
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Quatrain 03-75
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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.
Prediction of the Great Plague of
London, 1665 - Methods
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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?
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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?
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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?
Century I Quatrain 76
“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.
The Bible and Nostradamus Hitler’s Germany - Fulfilled Prophecy?
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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?
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who says when the 290 years
should begin?
 Why isn’t Charles I mentioned?
 And what about Poland, France,
Russia, America, Japan etc?
The Bible and Nostradamus Hitler’s Germany - Fulfilled Prophecy?
“This man will be called by a barbaric name
Which 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?
 Accepted Interpretations of this
Quatrain
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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 leagues
from the hemisphere, They will
live without law, exempt from
politics.”
The Bible and Nostradamus Man will go into outer-space. - Fulfilled Prophecy?
Todays Prophets ?
Space 1999
Thunderbirds
Deep Space
Nine
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
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Nothing happened in
1700
Century I Quatrain 49
 Century X, Quatrain
“The peoples of the East, by
72 predicted World
lunar influence, In the year
War III commencing
1700 will cause many to be
July 1999 “the coming
carried away, And will almost
of the King of Terror”
subdue the northern corner.”
 Nothing happened in
July 1999
The Bible and Nostradamus Conclusions
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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
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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
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Nostradamus often
contradicts himself.
Borrows from the
Bible. E.g. AntiChrist. The
Babylonian Harlot
Does not claim to
be inspired.
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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
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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
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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
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THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD
NOT THE WORDS OF A MAN
Why is that important?
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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