What Can You Learn About the Creator From a Book? -Conclusion of Real Predictions

If you visit Jerusalem, you can view fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A recording by archaeologist Professor Yigael Udin explains:  "Not more than about five or six hundred years elapsed between when the actual words of Isaiah were said and this scroll was copied in the 2nd century B.C. It is an amazing thing that although the original scroll in the museum is more than 2,000 years old how close it is to the Bible we read today either in Hebrew or in the translations which were made from the original."

Clearly, this should affect  our view. Of what? Well, it should put to rest any critical doubts that the book of Isaiah is nothing but prophecy after the fact.  There is now scientific proof that a cop of the writings of Isaiah was made well over a hundred years before Jesus was even born and long  before the desolation of Babylon. Consequently, how can there be any doubt that Isaiah's writings predicted both the final outcome for Babylon and the unjust sufferings, type of death, and treatment of the Messiah?  And the historical facts eliminate any basis for disputing that Isaiah accurate predicted the Jew's captivity and their release from Babylon.  Such fulfilled predictions constitute just one of many lines of evidence that the real Author of the Bible is the Creator and that the Bible is "inspired of God." -2 Timothy 3:16.

There are many other indications of divine authorship of the Bible. These include the astronomical, geologic, and medical accuracy of the Bible; the internal harmony of its books, written by scores of men over many hundreds of years; its agreement with many facts of secular history and archaeology; and its moral code that excelled codes of surrounding peoples of those times and that is still recognized as without equal. These and other lines of evidence have convinced countless diligent and honest people that the Bible is authentically a book from our Creator. 

This can also help us to draw some valid conclusions about the Creator-helping us to see his qualities.  Does not his ability to look forward in time testify that he has perceptive abilities beyond what we  humans have?  Humans do not know what will occur in the distant  future, nor can they control it.   The Creator can. He can both foresee the future and arrange events so that his will is carried out. Appropriately, Isaiah describes the Creator as "the One  telling from the beginning the finale, and from long ago, the things that have not been done; the One saying, 'My own counsel will stand, and everything that is my delight  I shall do.' " - Isaiah 46:10; 55:11. 

Next time: What Can You Learn About the Creator From a Book? - Getting to Know the Author Better 

From the book Is There a Creator That Cares About You?