Ezekiel 29

    Over the years i have only ever known one person named Zeke. This was in the first grade (i think) and i have no idea if his name was Ezekiel and Zeke was his nickname, or whether Zeke was his whole name. In any event while i was cruising through part of Ezekiel yesterday I read through chapter 29 again, which contains the following prophecy.Speaking of Egypt, it reads, "I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never  again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore. (verses 14 & 15 NKJV)
     Without attempting to be scientifically precise Ezekiel is receiving this revelation roughly five centuries before Christ. There is no way that, humanly speaking, he could know the future history of Egypt to the present day. The reality is that this prophecy has been literally fulfilled. The spectacular civilization of Egypt that many school history books begin with was in the past. Since Ezekiel, Egypt has been ruled by others including Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander the Great and his successors, the Roman Empire, Persians, Byzantines, Umayyid, Abbasid, Mamluk, and Turkish Moslem dynasties, and finally the British Empire. Even with independence under Nasser and his successors the country with the second largest population in Africa has been defeated by little Israel repeatedly. Current woes continue the fulfillment of this prophecy. God is omniscient.
    This is only one of many historically verifiable prophecies in this uniquely inspired Book. God is faithful.