Prophecy Is The Bible’s Built-In Certificate Of Divine Authenticity

The useful part

Prophecy Is The Bible's Built-In Certificate Of Divine Authenticity Todd Hampson Bible prophecy is the one line of evidence God wrote down in advance so anyone could check it. About 28 percent of the Bible was prophecy when it was written, roughly 80 percent of it has already been fulfilled to the exact detail, and the fulfillment rate on everything past is 100 percent. I grew up completely unchurched and bought the world's way of thinking hook, line, and sinker.

How it works

• I believed in evolution, thought the Bible was a book of fairy tales, and did not believe Jesus was even a historical figure.
• Then I wound up in a Christian private school for three months, and things began to change.
• As I heard bits and pieces of the Biblical claims, I doubted them all, but I wrestled with them because some people I respected sincerely believed them.
• I share that because if you have ever wondered whether faith requires you to switch off your mind, prophecy is a good place to start looking.

Details worth keeping

I could still explain most of it away in my head. There was one thing I could not explain away: fulfilled prophecy. That was the key evidence that began to break down my barriers.