How to Know the Bible is True

We know without a doubt that the Bible is true, because it’s prophecies are true. Bible prophecies are exact predictions of future events, and they have a very slim chance of occurring by coincidence. No other predictors, such as Nostradamus, were ever as exact in their predictions as Bible prophecy. Even in archeology and historical records, we see the exact details of the Bible confirmed.

Discoveries such as the Tel Dan Stele (900-850 BC), the Meesha Stele (846 BC), the Nabonidus Cylinder (550 BC) and the Caiaphas Ossuary establish the veracity of the Bible. No archeological find has ever invalidated the Bible. In fact, proper research of Biblical references constantly leads to startling archeological discoveries. Even people, formerly considered as fictional, are proven to have lived just like the Bible stated.

The Bible is full of prophetic utterances recorded for all posterity. Daniel foresaw the exact lineage of the four empires from Babylon to Medo-Persia to Greece to Rome. He predicted the spectacular rise of the Greek conqueror Alexander the Great to power, as well as the final division of his Greek empire by four of his surviving generals (Daniel 7:6, 8:5-8, 11:2-4).

Ezekiel’s prophesied about the destruction of the Phoenician city Tyre (Ezekiel 26). Isaiah predicted the coming reign of the Persian King Cyrus — two hundred years before his birth (Isaiah 44:28). God even prophesied to Isaiah that He would predict distant future events and bring them to pass Himself (Isaiah 41:21-23, 48:3-5). The exactness of the multitude of ancient texts also prove the veracity of the Bible.


Jesus fulfilled over three hundred Bible prophecies with unerring accuracy (Isaiah 11:1-Matthew 2:6; Genesis 35:19, 48:7; Ruth 4:11; 1 Samuel 23:23; Exodus 18:25; Psalm 90:2-John 1:1). Consider His life (Isaiah 7:14-Matthew 1:18; Micah 5:2-Matthew 2:1; Isaiah 35:5–6-Matthew 11:5), His death (Isaiah 50:6-Mark 14:65; Isaiah 53:12- Mark 14:65; Isaiah 53:9-Matthew 27:57–60), His resurrection (Psalm 16:10-Mark 16:6), His ascension into heaven (Psalm 68:18; Mark 16:19) and His exaltation at God’s right hand (Psalm 110:1; 1 Peter 3:22).


In the end times in which we live, the news consistently reports another fulfilled Biblical prophecy (1 Thessalonians 5:1-9:1). Record-breaking weather, world events such as the new nation of Israel, the revised Roman Empire in the European Union and the World Council of Churches, along with mounting Israeli-Arab hostilities and the coalition between Russia and the Middle East fulfill a major portion of end time prophecies (2 Timothy 3:3-17; Ezekiel 35-39).


Are you ready to meet King Jesus face-to-face? The Bible is true. Jesus is coming again. Be on your guard so that you many not be deceived by the error of lawless people, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom we owe all glory and honor (2 Peter 3:17-18).


Prayer:
Father God, I pray that You will open the eyes of the understanding of everyone who reads this post, so that they can see and comprehend the wonderful love You have for all of mankind. You did not just speak the world into existence (Genesis 1:1) and then leave us to function on our own (Colossians 1:17; Psalm 18:35, 20:6, 138:7; Isaiah 41:10, 48:13). You are constantly involved in the lives of anyone who will give You the time in their day (Proverbs 3:5-6). Draw us ever closer to Your heart.


Thought for the Day:
Fulfilled Prophecy proves that the Bible is true.

 

 

 

Sources:

Dr. Nelson Glueck, Rivers in the Desert [New York, Grove, 1960], p. 31).
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BiblePlaces.com/Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
©2011 The British Museum
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©2011 Zev Radovan, www.BibleLandPictures.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Divinity Within Us

God dwells in His children by the new birth we receive from Christ through Salvation (John 1:12). He rejoices as we grow in the knowledge of our salvation (1 John 3:2), but He waits for our realization that we are also temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). Once we begin to submit to the Spirit for sanctification of our flesh, then He teaches us about the divinity of Christ, which dwells within us (Galatians 2:20).

We are not separate from Christ, obeying Him in our own power. He permanently dwells in us and expresses Himself through us (Colossians 3:3). We are children of His death, but we are also children of His resurrection (Luke 20:36). We are transformed into Christ’s image in ever-increasing increments of glory, which come from the Lord’s Spirit. Then, as unveiled mirrors, we reflect to the world the glory of the Lord within us (2 Corinthians 3:18). In our daily life, as His Spirit molds us into His image, we experience and express all of the attributes of God just as He is within us, (Romans 8:29).

Jesus gives us the glory that God gave Him, so that we will be one with our triune God, just as they are one (John 17:22). If we do not recognize this divine power within us, then we will never live up to our full potential as Christians. Jesus’ sacrifice enables us to share in His divine nature and to escape the corruption in the world caused by evil human desires (2 Peter 1:4). As we mature, we attain to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ who dwells within us. We put on our new self, shaped by the Spirit to be like God with all of His virtues and holiness within us (Ephesians 4:13,24).

We often limit our understanding of life to what we perceive through our five senses. We also rely heavily only on what our human mind envisions. Yet, we ignore the supernatural and the eternal aspects of Christ within us. Therefore, we hinder the expression of God’s power in and through us. With Christ in us, it does not matter where we live, with whom we live or even if we live alone. Christ’s presence within us rises above the limitations of the natural realm and the circumstances in it. God imparts His Spirit to us in order to allow the glorious nature of Christ in us the freedom of expression through us (Colossians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 12:27).

As we grasp this fact, we realize who we really are in Christ. Then, we live by faith in the eternal, and no longer by sight in the temporal realm of life (2 Corinthians 5:7). It is not I, but Christ living in me (Galatians 2:20). When trials and tribulation afflict my life, I no longer have to overcome them. They are simply another adventure in Christ; an opportunity for Him to show His divine nature through us. Nothing, which comes into our life, is a surprise to God. He saw it all before the beginning of time (Ephesians 1:4).

Jesus completed the work of redeeming, sanctifying and perfecting us on the cross (Hebrews 10:14). Now, He is working through us to perform His purpose in each situation in our life as it occurs. We have His joy in our tribulation, because we know that God has a divine purpose for us in it. God allowed Job to experience devastating loss in his life; but He used Job for His glory in each one of them. In the end, God gave Job much more than he ever lost (Job 42:12). We enjoy God’s presence in our life now, and we look forward to dwelling with Him where righteousness reigns, in the new heaven and new earth (2 Peter 3:13).

Prayer:

Father God, when we forget that we are simply aliens and pilgrims in this world, we take life too seriously. We put all of our effort into attaining success in this world. There is no reason for us to doubt Your Word; it is true because all of its prophecies are true. Help us to believe Your Word and to allow it to transform our life as we live by the direction of Your Spirit through each moment of every day, until You decide to take us home to live with You in glory.

Thought for the Day:

As we continue to live in Christ, we walk in His holiness. When He returns for His bride, we will face him with confidence and unashamed (1 John 2:28).