The Bible records prophecies of things that were to
happen in the future. foretelling specific events centuries
before they happen with 100% accuracy is something only an all
knowing God can accomplish. Prophecy and fulfillment is how
God authenticated His word.
How else would Isaiah
know that Jesus would be born of a virgin 700 years ahead of time.
How else could Zechariah know that Jesus would ride in to Jerusalem
on a donkey 500 years before it happened?
How else
could King David know that anyone would cast lots for Jesus'
clothing at his crucifixion 1000 years ahead it?
How else
could Micah know Jesus would be born in Bethlehem 800 years before
His birth?
There
are over 400 prophecies of certain details of and events in Jesus
life. Every single one of them has come true with meticulous
precision with the only exceptions being the prophecies regarding
His next coming.
The odds of a
man going along with and fulfilling just 8 of these prophecies, that
are going to result in his own death, has been calculated at 1 in
1,000,000,000,000,000,000. That many credit cards would cover the
state of Texas 2 feet deep. We would have a far better chance
of winning the lottery than anyone arranging the details of their
life and death with such precision. The odds of all 400
of them coming true has been calculated at 1 in 10 with 157 zeroes
behind it.
Two takeaways
from this is are:
1 The odds of
the Bible being wrong is 1 in 10 with 157 zeroes behind it.
2. “Any
man who rejects Christ as the Son of God is rejecting a fact, proved
perhaps more absolutely than any other fact in the world.”
The prophecies contained
within the Bible could not exist without divine intervention.
It is the divinely inspired self authenticating Word of God.
You can bet your life on that.
