fulfilled prophecy
Foretelling come true
A fulfilled prophecy is a prediction that has come to pass—a foretold event that actually occurred.
The phrase appears most often in religious contexts, where believers point to fulfilled prophecies as evidence of divine foreknowledge: Christians cite dozens of fulfilled prophecies in the life of Jesus.
Skeptics may dispute whether the prediction preceded the event or whether the match is genuine.
- predictionForecast of coming events
- foretoldPredicted future events
- come to passTo eventually occur
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
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- ApologeticsGod's existence, moral arguments, problem of evil, theism, Thomas Aquinas
fulfilled prophecylucky guess
Correct by accident
chance occurrence · random chance · self-fulfilling prophecy · confirmation bias · apophenia
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