Prophecy and fulfilment
What Prophecy and fulfilment means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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John the Baptist is the prophesied messenger who fulfils Old Testament prophecy, specifically Isaiah's vision of a voice calling in the wilderness.
Jesus' divine foreknowledge is shown in his prediction that Peter would deny him three times before the rooster crowed twice, which then happened.
Topics that use Prophecy and fulfilment
- Theme G: St Mark’s gospel: the life of Jesus (AQA GCSE)
- Theme H: St Mark’s Gospel as a source of religious, moral and spiritual truths (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Authority of Jesus
- Conflict with authority
- Discipleship
- Discipleship and failure
- Divine authority
- Faith
- Faith and Healing
- Faith and unbelief
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