Post by Ben on Jun 17, 2014 16:53:28 GMT
Verses 21-23: "Produce your cause, saith Yahweh; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together."
Yahweh issues this challenge to those who follow other gods. Only Yahweh of Israel is capable of prophesying what will happen, and it is through these prophecies (like the Apocalypse, Ezekiel 38, etc.) that we continue to see His plan unfolding before us. Here are some other references that came to mind.
Yahweh issues this challenge to those who follow other gods. Only Yahweh of Israel is capable of prophesying what will happen, and it is through these prophecies (like the Apocalypse, Ezekiel 38, etc.) that we continue to see His plan unfolding before us. Here are some other references that came to mind.
- "When a prophet speaketh in the name of Yahweh, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Yahweh hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him." (Deuteronomy 18:22)
- "If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul." (Deuteronomy 13:1-3)
- "The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that Yahweh hath truly sent him." (Jeremiah 28:9)