Philippines in Bible Prophecy

From: Christian Sermon Central

It is interesting to know for a Filipino that the Philippine country is one prophetically mentioned in the Bible. The Bible foretold that somewhere in the East will give glory to the Lord in the islands of the sea.

It was not the intention of the Spaniard explorer and circumnavigates the world and landed the Philippine island to bring Christianity in the country. This was only happened just to fulfill what is written in the Bible two thousand years ago or centuries.

Somewhere in the book of Isaiah chapter 24 verse 15 reads “Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea” (NIV).

Many Christians believed that the prophecy of the Bible was fulfilled by the Spaniards when they were arrived the Philippine Island and Christianize in the land, since the Philippines is the only recognized Christian archipelago in the Pacific covering East Asia that qualifies of fulfilling the prophecy in the book of Isaiah 24:15.

That is exactly what is mentioned in the history and research books based on the findings of historian and archeologist that Philippines is the only country in the east with multitude of islands and the only Christian country in East Asia.

But in this article we present the biblical facts on how the Philippines fulfill the prophecy in the book of Isaiah chapter 24.

First, it is a good to get the solid background of Christianity from the bible and how Christianity arrived to this Christian country in the Far East of Asia. As the Bible give its account about Christianity in the book of Acts chapter 11 in the particular verse of 26 where disciples are called Christian first in Antioch.

The Christian disciples in Antioch were the Christian Jews converted during the time when the believers from Jerusalem were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen (verse 19).

Christians are individual person called by God unto Him as a Church built upon the rock by Jesus Christ (Matthew 16:18), and the Church Jesus built was in Jerusalem (Acts 8:1, 11:22). With this preceding information about the Church or Christianity, we can be sure of our faith if our Christian beliefs aligned to the Christian belief from Jerusalem.

Going back to the main subject of this article, how the Philippines fulfill the prophecy about Christianity in the country. As we knew from the Bible that genuine Christian were from Jerusalem (Acts 8:1, 11:22), built upon the rock by the Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 16:18) and called Christians after the name Christ. Beginning in Jerusalem, repentance and remission of sins should be preached in the name Jesus Christ, this is where we are called Christian because we put up with that name after Christ (Luke 24:47).

The Cross of Magellan, Cebu

Christians from Jerusalem were witnesses of Jesus Christ both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth (Acts 1:8). The reason why God allows the persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and that they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria (Acts 8:1) is because God wants the gospel to be preached all over the world including the Philippines.


More Biblical References

Did you know that more and more Filipinos are becoming aware of the significant and important roles of the Philippines and its people (of course) nowadays when it comes to biblical prophesies during the last days? I strongly believe that their individual consciousness are becoming atoned to the universal Maharlikan consciousness which was common during their glorious days. I say this because even most of the visitors coming to this blogsite are following a common trend, The Philippines in Bible Prophecy. You may check the Live Traffic Feed on the left side below and you will find out how true it is.

Surprisingly, do you also know that the Philippines, though not literally called by that name but by its geographical descriptions is in many times mentioned in the pages of the Bible, more particularly when it mentions about the “islands afar off” in Isaiah 66:19 and Jeremiah 31:10, or that “isles of the sea” or the “isles from the ends of the earth” in Matthew 12:42. Few words are not enough to convince you but there are lots of evidences and proofs so overwhelming that anyone just need enough time reading those sources and contemplate on them for one to find out the truth in all those claims.

In addition to that, just recently I have found a website in which it features their own findings about the Philippines using geography and history in interpreting the Bible. And they believe this land (country) is more than what it seems as they able to prove that the Philippines was the ancient land of Havilah, the land of Adam and Eve east of Eden rich of gold mentioned in Genesis, the same place where Noah lived and build the ark. It is also the King Solomon’s land of gold, the land called Ophir where many nations and historians were so obsessed to find because of its abundance of gold.

And here is the link to that website I have mentioned which is worthy of recommendations, The God Culture. You may watch their videos in Youtube. I will feature them in my next posts.

And lastly, just for the sake of supplemental readings and as a matter of review to my previous posts, you may also click the continuations of this topic in Part 2 and Part 3, including A Land in the Far East and In the East, In Eden, to have a greater insight on this subject.

Thank you for reading.