Dr. Elmer Towns in the article “Arguments that the Bible is the Word of God” gives ten opportunities for Christians to share with not only non-believers, but with fellow Christians that the Bible is the Word of God. Reading, I discovered that each message compliments the other. Each argument is able to stand alone while under a skeptic scrutiny, but combined becomes a powerful message. One argument has always been in my own conversation is the empirical fulfillment of prophecy. Prophecy is the infallible revelation of God. The Bible is filled with prophecy that was foretold sometime hundreds of years before the event occurred. Every prophecy that is fulfilled glorifies and aggrandize the almighty God. No man can see into the future. However the “prophets” were men who received divine messages directly from God and recorded HIs word for future generations. There are
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The prophet Isaiah envisioned the state of Israel once again becoming an independent nation: Isaiah 66:7-8
“Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son. Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.”
No sooner than Israel declared its independence, the Arab neighbors of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Lebanon attacked threatening to drive them back in the sea. This was seen as the the “labor pains” that Isaiah had mentioned. Also, Isaiah describes the movement for Jews to return to the “promise land” as a movement called Zionism. The independence was not granted because of a war, but as a result of World War II. President Truman of the United States, a God fearing man knew it was the fulfillment of God's will. As a result, the same day he recognized the State of
The prophet Isaiah envisioned the state of Israel once again becoming an independent nation: Isaiah 66:7-8
“Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son. Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.”
No sooner than Israel declared its independence, the Arab neighbors of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Lebanon attacked threatening to drive them back in the sea. This was seen as the the “labor pains” that Isaiah had mentioned. Also, Isaiah describes the movement for Jews to return to the “promise land” as a movement called Zionism. The independence was not granted because of a war, but as a result of World War II. President Truman of the United States, a God fearing man knew it was the fulfillment of God's will. As a result, the same day he recognized the State of