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Peter proclaims: “We have also a more

sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do

well that ye take heed, as unto a light that

shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn,

and the day star arise in your hearts” (2 Peter

1:19).

Amos reveals: “Surely the Lord GOD will do

nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto

his servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7).

John testifies of what Christ said: “And now I

have told you before it come to pass, that,

when it is come to pass, ye might believe”

(John 14:29).

This is an audacious, dramatic claim, and

obviously, at this point, the Bible “burns all

its bridges” behind it. There is no “backing

out” from a claim as emphatic and final as

this. At his point, the Bible openly submits

itself to a practical, historical test. If its

prophecies come true, its claims to super-

human authorship are thereby vindicated.