Did you know that the bible is the only book?

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that hangs its entire credibility to write history in advance, without error.
prophecy after prophecy has been fullfilled exactly as the bible said. example Jesus predicted that Jerusalem would be destroyed and not one stone would be left unturned in 70 ad it was.
history confirms that the bible is correct. yet people deny it. the bible has the best evidence that it is authentic to the letter. compared to any other ancient writtings in the world.
the bible predicted Israel would be reborn and never be scattered again in the last days. and after 2000 years of exile in 1948 it was.
In Mathew 24 Jesus talks about the things that would happen when the end was near and they are all happening now.
Have you read your bible lately??? Jesus is the way the truth and the life.

Answer 1

Interesting - of course it's very easy to have hind sight and to interpret events as you wish, saying "such and so happened like this, and the bible says this, so that must be the fulfillment of the prophecy!"

Funny thing about prophecy - point any one out, and I can go back through history and give you at least three different examples of when that specific event supposedly happened.

Answer 2

Well your first mistake is describing the bible as A book....it is many books. All of which were written at different times, by different people, with some direct plagarism of the Tora (Judaism).

The problem with your statement is "phrophecy fullfilled". There is no way to verify exactly when the prophecy was written and what the exact words of the prophecy were, and who actually said it first...was it said before or after the event occured. You can believe this to be true, but you can't prove it to be true.

So to answer your question......No the bible is not the only book which prophecy is full filled. Ever hear of a Farmer's Almanac ?

I can vaguely predict America will be destroyed, and eventually it will. I can predict that there will be an earthquake which will destroy California.....If I wrote it down before it happens, is that considered prophecy ? Maybe not now...but 2000 years from now it might be.

Answer 3

Although the Gospels may have been written after the destruction of Jerusalem and thus in light of it, there is no real reason to doubt that Jesus of Nazareth predicted the destruction. Not only was he not the only one to do so, he wasn't even the only person named Jesus to do so, as Flavius Josephus helpfully records. Jesus of Nazareth did so several decades earlier, however.

As for the formation of the modern state of Israel, this was in large part the result of Lord Balfour's conviction that such prophetic texts needed to be fulfilled, and so he took it upon himself to bring about their fullfilment. In that case, it is a bit like Elisha's prediction that Jehu would overthrow Ahab - the prediction brought it about!

If the Bible's credibility hangs on its predictions then you have a serious problem. Daniel predicts that the death of Antiochus Epiphanes will be followed closely by the end of the world. Revelation makes similar predictions about Nero. And of course, Jonah would have to be considered a false prophet - he said that before 40 days passed Ninevah would be overthrown, and it didn't happen. But in actual fact, prophecy in the Bible is not about prediction - it is a declaration of what God will do in response to current events, precisely with the aim that people change direction and avert the disaster. So your suggestion that all Biblical prophecies will come to pass is at odds with the way the Bible itself depicts both prophecy and God.

Answer 4

Jesus hasn't returned as Messiah yet, has he? Judgment Day hasn't come upon us either. I suppose Nostradamus could be mentioned here. He didn't directly predict things, neither has the Bible. People look at what he said, and twist it somewhat so it looks like they were correct in prophesying. He may have predicted things such as wars (those happen in mankind), but, people think these things are more amazing than they really are.

Answer 5

The Prophet Jeremiah references the lifestyles of the Prophet Isaiah in his writings, each e book previous the Torah references the Torah, the commencing up of Exodus references activities that befell in Genesis, the pseudogryphical (falsely named) epistles attributed to Peter reference the Pauline epistles, etc. you're properly suited that it is not any longer one consistent e book, yet from the attitude of historic diagnosis the inconsistencies are themselves substantial as they supply context to the consistencies, besides as offering a framework for inferring the writers attitude. in keeping with danger you're able to discover interpreting Jude and II Peter (especially bankruptcy 2) an exciting adventure: they are definitely the comparable writing, with different beginning and shutting boilerplate tagged on the ends and attributed to different authors.

Answer 6

So, in a book written sometime after 70 AD, there is a prediction about something that will happen in 70 AD. And we are supposed to be amazed by that?

How about I write a Holy Book and place in it a prophet of the FSM who lived I'm going to say lived in 1935. I'll write that he predicted World War II, the Kennedy Assassination, and 9/11. It will be proof that the FSM is real because all his prophecies came true. LOL.

Answer 7

Most of the Bible started out being carved on stone slabs. Does the first Bible exist today and do they have to move it by crane because it weighs 5000 tons?

Answer 8

Nostradamus also predicted alot of stuff from the Bible but I see no mention of his name in it. The Bible is a riddle. People interpert it to make it what they want it to be; Im pretty sure when the Bible was talking about two brothers who would tear a great kingdom apart, they werent talking about the twin towers. But some people made it out to seem like that

Answer 9

I firmly believe in the authenticity of the Holy Bible and yes, it's the living word of God. I also believe that the Holy Bible forewarns us of the coming end and that we are to prepare for it- that Jesus is indeed the ONLY way to the Father. He is the way, the truth and the life.

We are living exactly what the Word says. And we are to get ready for His coming back.

Answer 10

Well, sort of. It isn't "the Bible" that has the authority. It was Jesus who had the authority, and who could certainly know of future events since He was and is God. The Bible is simply a record of what He said.