Bible says nothing about universal apostasy happening? Or when, exactly, did at partial apostasy occur? Why doesn’t the Bible mention anything about this - yes it says individuals will become apostates, but not that the entire church would need “restoring”

Jesus promised that the gates of hades would not prevail against his church, so why is there no scriptural prophecy predicting a need for restoration?

Isaiah predicted - how the Assyrians would conquer the Sumarians and send them into exile

Prophecies of the Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple

1. Moses' covenant warnings

   • Deuteronomy 28:49–57

   • Foreign nations would besiege Israel's cities, causing famine and devastation.

   • Deuteronomy 28:63–68 foretells scattering among the nations.

2. Isaiah

   • Book of Isaiah 39:5–7

   • Isaiah tells Hezekiah that all the treasures of Jerusalem and his descendants would be carried off to Babylon.

3. Micah

   • Book of Micah 3:12

   • "Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins."

   • This is one of the clearest pre-exilic predictions of Jerusalem's destruction.

4. Jeremiah

   • Book of Jeremiah 7:12–15

   • Jerusalem and the Temple would suffer the fate of Shiloh if the people did not repent.

   • Jeremiah 19:3–9, 21:10, 25:8–11, and 26:6 all predict Jerusalem's destruction by Babylon.

5. Ezekiel

   • Book of Ezekiel 5:5–17

   • Predicts siege, famine, pestilence, and scattering.

   • Ezekiel 24:21 explicitly foretells the profanation and destruction of the Temple

Prophecies of the Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple

1. Moses' covenant warnings

   • Deuteronomy 28:49–57

   • Foreign nations would besiege Israel's cities, causing famine and devastation.

   • Deuteronomy 28:63–68 foretells scattering among the nations.

2. Isaiah

   • Book of Isaiah 39:5–7

   • Isaiah tells Hezekiah that all the treasures of Jerusalem and his descendants would be carried off to Babylon.

3. Micah

   • Book of Micah 3:12

   • "Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins."

   • This is one of the clearest pre-exilic predictions of Jerusalem's destruction.

4. Jeremiah

   • Book of Jeremiah 7:12–15

   • Jerusalem and the Temple would suffer the fate of Shiloh if the people did not repent.

   • Jeremiah 19:3–9, 21:10, 25:8–11, and 26:6 all predict Jerusalem's destruction by Babylon.

5. Ezekiel

   • Book of Ezekiel 5:5–17

   • Predicts siege, famine, pestilence, and scattering.

   • Ezekiel 24:21 explicitly foretells the profanation and destruction of the Temple

Prophecies of the Destruction of the Northern Kingdom (Israel)

1. Amos

   • Book of Amos 5:27; 6:7; 7:17

   • Israel would go into exile beyond Damascus.

   • Samaria would fall because of its sins.

2. Hosea

   • Book of Hosea 9:3, 13:16, 14:1

   • Predicts the destruction of Samaria and the exile of the northern tribes.

3. Isaiah

   • Book of Isaiah 7:8; 8:4

   • Foretells the collapse of Ephraim (the northern kingdom) under Assyrian conquest.

Prophecies of Exile and Dispersion

1. Leviticus

   • Book of Leviticus 26:31–33

   • God warns that He will lay their cities waste, destroy their sanctuaries, and scatter them among the nations.

2. Deuteronomy

   • Deuteronomy 4:25–31; 28:64

   • Predicts dispersion among the nations if Israel abandons the covenant.

3. Jeremiah

   • Book of Jeremiah 9:11–16

   • Jerusalem would become ruins and the people would be scattered.

4. Ezekiel

   • Book of Ezekiel 12:15; 22:15

   • Repeatedly predicts scattering among the nations.

Prophecies Concerning the Northern Kingdom of Israel

Amos (8th century BC)

Amos

Amos 5:27

• Predicts exile "beyond Damascus."

Amos 7:17

• Predicts Israel's captivity.

Amos 8:2

• "The end has come upon my people Israel."

Fulfilled in the Assyrian conquest of Israel in 722 BC.

Hosea (8th century BC)

Hosea

Hosea 9:3

• Israel will be removed from the land.

Hosea 10:6–8

• Predicts destruction of Samaria.

Hosea 13:16

• Foretells the fall of Samaria.

Prophecies Concerning Judah, Jerusalem, and the First Temple

Isaiah (8th century BC)

Isaiah

Isaiah 5:5–6

• Jerusalem compared to a vineyard that will be laid waste.

Isaiah 39:5–7

• Predicts Babylonian captivity and the removal of royal descendants.

Isaiah 64:10–11

• Speaks of Zion's desolation and the Temple being burned.

Micah (8th century BC)

Micah

Micah 3:12

• "Zion shall be plowed as a field."

• Jerusalem will become ruins.

• The Temple mount will become overgrown.

This prophecy is specifically cited in Jeremiah 26:18 as a warning to Jerusalem.

Jeremiah (late 7th–early 6th century BC)

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 7:12–15

• Compares the Temple to Shiloh and warns it will be rejected.

Jeremiah 19:7–9

• Predicts siege, slaughter, and famine.

Jeremiah 21:10

• Jerusalem will be delivered into Babylon's hands.

Jeremiah 25:8–11

• Predicts seventy years of desolation.

Jeremiah 26:6

• The Temple will become like Shiloh.

Jeremiah 34:2

• Jerusalem will be burned with fire.

Ezekiel (6th century BC)

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 5:5–17

• Predicts famine, sword, pestilence, and scattering.

Ezekiel 7:20–22

• The sanctuary will be profaned.

Ezekiel 9–10

• God's glory departs from the Temple.

Ezekiel 24:21

• God will profane "the sanctuary."

Prophecies of Exile and Scattering

Zechariah

Zechariah

Zechariah 7:13–14

• Predicts scattering among the nations.

Daniel

Daniel

Daniel 9:26

• Predicts that "the city and the sanctuary" will be destroyed after the coming of the anointed one.

This passage is unique because many Christians interpret it as referring to the destruction of the Second Temple in AD 70, while Jewish interpretations vary.

Prophecies Specifically Comparing the Temple to Shiloh

A particularly important theme is the warning that Jerusalem's Temple could be destroyed just as the sanctuary at Shiloh had been:

• Book of Jeremiah 7:12–14

• Book of Jeremiah 26:4–6

This directly challenged the popular belief that the Temple guaranteed Jerusalem's safety.

Summary

The principal Old Testament prophecies of the destruction of Jewish cities, communities, and the Temple are found in Leviticus 26, Deuteronomy 28, Isaiah 39, Micah 3, Jeremiah 7, 19, 25, and 26, Ezekiel 5 and 24, Amos 5–7, and Hosea 9 and 13. These passages consistently warn of siege, destruction, exile, and dispersion as consequences of covenant unfaithfulness, culminating historically in the Assyrian conquest of Israel and the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple.

Jeremiah predicted how the Babylonians would conquer Judea and destroy the Temple and the Jews would not be able to return until 70 years later; he gives specific years and times

Jesus predicted how the Romans would destroy the Second Temple “leaving not one stone upon the other”

the Bible calls the church “the temple of the Living God” so why doesn’t the Bible say anything about the church going off the rails in the first or second century?

The birth of Jesus was foretold by Isaiah “and the increase of his government will know no end”?? (check this quote); and by the Angel Gabriel to Mary “and of his kingdom there will be no end” (Lk 1:33)

Jesus’ parables in Matthew 13 describes his kingdom as a field with both weeds and wheat, not that the weeds choke out the wheat also like a mustard seed and like leaven rising in bread —> then Mt 16:16-18 the word “prevail” is the same as in Exodus 17:11

Jesus told the Twelve that “I am with you always to the close of the age”, at the Last Supper he promised the guidance of the Holy Spirit “in all truth”. The church was incorporated spiritually into Jesus, Paul calls the church his bride, like a one flesh union; he calls the church the fullness of Him in all”

Christianity grew quickly - Paul told the Colossians that the church was bearing fruit and growing;

Daniel 2: King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream about a statue (head of gold = his own Babylonian empire; breast/arms of silver = Medo-Persian empire, abdomen/thighs of bronze = Greek empire; legs of iron = and feet of iron + clay = Roman Empire. Daniel promised the authority of the final kingdom would ever fail (its sovereignty will never be given to another people) not just some remnant of people, on a rock (describing Jesus) which became a whole mountain that filled the entire earth

yet this church failed but 400 years later canonized the New Testament?