JESUS CHRIST: GOD-MAN - Vital Christianity

"In regard to the Great Book I have only to say that it is the best gift which
God has ever given to men. All the good from the Saviour of the world is
communicated to us through this book."
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The German philosopher Goethe testified,
"I esteem the gospels to be thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from
them the reflected splendor of sublimity proceeding from the person of
Jesus Christ, and of as divine a kind as was ever manifested upon earth."21
Even though many books of the Bible were written in the early days of human knowledge
and development when its authors were not aware of modern discoveries, what they wrote has
never been seriously contradicted by later discoveries (this does not mean that there are not
certain historical questions that remain unresolved). That is amazing and is also incredible how
these ancient writings of Scripture are so adaptable to modern situations.
Biblical truth bypasses mere human discovery as it reaches from the distant past to the
future revealing facts which only God could know. The comprehensive truth presented in the
Bible is not to be compared with any other literature in human history.
Fulfilled Prophecy
As we have already seen in the previous chapter, a further indication that the Bible is the
Word of God is in the remarkable number of fulfilled prophecies it contains. These are not
vague generalities given by modern fortune tellers that are susceptible to easy misinterpretation.
Numerous Bible prophecies are very specific in detail and the authentication and veracity of the
prophet rests on their accuracy. Scripture itself makes it clear that fulfilled prophecy is one of the
evidences of the supernatural origin of the word of its prophets (Jer 28:9; Dt 18:21-22).
The God of the Bible—The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—sets Himself apart from
other gods or deities by His ability to prophecy:
"I am the Lord; that is My name! I will not give My glory to another or My praise
to idols.
See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they
spring into being I announce them to you" (Isa 42:8-9).
Only Almighty God can foretell the course of history. God challenged the idols Israel
was worshiping to do the same:
"'Present your case,' says the Lord. 'Set forth your arguments,' says Jacob's King.
'Bring in your idols to tell us what is going to happen. Tell us what the former
things were, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome.