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the skeplics don't bel ieve lhose
miracles ever occurred.
Sorne people will say
answered
prayer
is lhe proof of inspiration.
But the skeplic has had no prayers
answered.
He doesn'l believe thal
anybody
ELSE
has.
There is, however, one source of
irrefutable
PROOF!
The Bible itself purporls to be
the infallible, divine revelation of
l he future? Who wrote
this
blis–
tering challenge lo lhe skeplics,
recorded in Isaiah 41:21-23?–
"Now, the Eterna! críes, bring
your case forward, now, J acob's
King críes, state your proofs."
Yes,
state your
PROOFS! "Let
us hear what happened in the
past, that we may pender it, or
show me what is
yet to be,
that
we may watch how it turns out;
Field Marshal and First Viscount Allenby (1861-1936); First Earl of Balfour
(1848-1930), author of the Balfour Declaration; First Viscount Samuel (1870-
1963), first British high commissioner for Palestine.
truth, revealed by the very Cre–
ator and Divine Ruler of the en–
tire universe. In your Bible,
One
is quoted,
claiming that HE
is
God,
speaking in the first person,
saying that he can make and un–
make nations, that he can carry
out his judgments over millenni–
ums of time, claiming that he can
foretell infallibly the future of cit–
ies and empires, but that
no
MAN
can.
TAUNTING the Skeptics
WHO
rs
this,
quoted as sayi ng,
" ... 1
am God, and there is none
like me, declaring the end from the
beginning and from ancient times
things not yet done, saying, 'My
counsel shall stand ... ' "? One is
quoted saying tbose very words in
Isaíah 46:9-10, RSV.
Who is this
claiming to foretell
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yes, Jet us hear
what is
COMrNG,
that we may be sure you are
gods; come, do something or
other that we may marvel at the
sight!- why,
you
are things of
naught, you can do nothing at
all!" (Moffatt translation).
There is the taunt of tbe One
quoted
as being God, and quoted
in the fi rst person, taunting skep–
tics, saying: "Why,
you're
nothing
at all. Come on! Let's hear your
arguments
that we may watch
whether it turns out. Predict what
is going to happen in the future,
and Jet us watch and see wbether
you
can foretell. Have
you
the
power to bring it about? Are you
a God? Do
you
rule lhe universe?
Can you
make and unmake na–
tions?
Can you pronounce a sen–
lence or a decree on a nation, and
bring
it
to
PASS?"
That
is the
launl of the God of the Bible lo
the doubter.
Prophecy is a PROOF of God
P rophecy is a proof of
divine reve–
lation!
If
One, in the Bible, speak–
ing and claiming to be God, can
make prophecies and tell what is
going lO happen in the future to
nalions, to cities, to empires, lhen
if it actually happens
in every case,
and without a miss, you'll know
that
was a real God speaking.
But, if it were sorne person writ–
ing this, sorne
human mortal
writ–
ing in ignorance, groping in super–
stition, making great boasls, and
claiming that he could foretell
what was going to happen to proud
cities, to nations, to great empires,
and then it never happens, yo
u
know that
that
man was merely
writing make-believe
out of his
own imagination.
Yes, prophecy is a proofof God,
a proof
of the divine revelation of
the Bible. Prophecy is a taunling
challenge that the skeptic
dares
not accept!
History shows human civiliza–
tion started with the development
of a few single cities-Babylon,
Nineveh and others. Tbese city–
stales developed into the earliesl
nations- Assyria, Egypt, Israel,
Phoenicia, Chaldea, etc. Then ,
about the 7th century
s.c.,
the first
empire over nalions was formed by
the ancient king Nebuchadnezzar
of Babylon- lhe Chaldean Empire.
About 604-585 B.C. the Chaldean
armies invaded and took captive
the Jews in the land of Judea.
Among these J ewish captives, re–
moved from their land and de–
ported lO Babylon and Chaldea,
was a very brilliant J ewish lad
named Daniel.
Prophecy Concerning Judah
T here is one prophecy concerning
the Jewish people, that they were
to be invaded and conquered,
driven out of lheir land, and pun–
ished for a period of 2,520 years.
(See Levit icus 26:14-39 and, for a
full explanalion, write for our free
book
The United States and
Britian in Prophecy.)
Now, pul
that logelher with otber prophe–
cies, such as Haggai 2:20-22. Ex–
aclly 2,520 years from the time
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The
PLAIN TRUTH