by Terry Wane Benton<\/p>\n
If God was just made up, and the records of the Israelites that gave us the Old Testament were totally made up by them, then they were not very smart. They predicted their own demise and their rejection of their Messiah, making themselves look ridiculous. Who makes up a story about a god who constantly rebukes them for stubbornness and foolish idolatry and makes up prophecies about a coming Messiah that they will reject and cut off? Then, after they cut off their long-awaited Messiah, they predict that their temple system will get destroyed (Daniel 9:24ff).<\/p>\n
If the Bible is human in origin, it holds amazing prophecies that no Israelite could predict with accuracy, a shameful storyline of Israelite betrayal of their God over and over. It has them rejecting the stone that would become the chief cornerstone of a different nation, has them cutting off their Messiah, and ends in the destruction of their temple system and priesthood for their God.<\/p>\n
They could not have prophesied by human wisdom alone because their predictions are of a Child who would be called “mighty God<\/em>” (Isaiah 9:6). They would not have written such a shameful history, shameful rejection of their Messiah, and shameful end to their temple system. Therefore, the Bible is not fully human in origin! Holy men of God spoke as they were moved along by the Holy Spirit (II Peter 1:19ff).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Terry Wane Benton If God was just made up, and the records of the Israelites that gave us the Old Testament were totally made up by them, then they were not very smart. They predicted their own demise and their rejection of their Messiah, making themselves look ridiculous. 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