Handbook of Biblical Evidences: The Facts On *Jesus *Creation *The Bible by John Ankerberg

Author:John Ankerberg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2009-08-03T03:20:00+00:00

Is Christ the Theme of the Bible?

Dr. Geisler documents that Christ is the theme of both testaments of the Bible as well as each of the eight major sections of Scripture. Further, Christocentric themes are found in each one of the sixty-six books of the Bible. As a sample, he lists the following:

Old Testament

New Testament

It is literally true that the Bible is all about Christ.'

Probability Considerations and Messianic Prophecy

In light of our discussion, let us take just one aspect of Bible prophecy-Messianic prophecy-and apply the laws of probability to this subject just as we did earlier to evolutionary theory.

Anyone can make predictions. Having them fulfilled is another story entirely. The more statements you make about the future and the greater the detail, the better the chances proportionately, even exponentially, that you will be proven wrong. For example, think how difficult it would be for someone to predict the exact city in which the birth of a future U.S. president would take place 500 years from now. But that's what the prophet Micah did with the birthplace of the Messiah 700 years before He was born (Micah 5:2).

How difficult do you think it would be to indicate the precise kind of death that a new, unknown religious leader would experience a thousand years from today? Could you invent and predict today a new method of execution not currently known, one that won't even be invented for hundreds of years? That's what David did in 1000 B.C. when he wrote Psalm 22. Or, how difficult would it be to predict the specific date of the appearance of some great future leader hundreds of years in advance? But that's what the prophet Daniel did 530 years before Christ (Daniel 9:24-27) .10

On the other hand, if you created 50 specific prophecies about some man in the future you will never meet, how difficult do you think it would be for that man to fulfill all 50 of your predictions? How hard would it be for him if 25 of your predictions were about what other people would do to him and were completely beyond his control?

For example, how could someone "arrange" to be born in a specific family (Genesis 12:2-3; 17:1, 5-7; 22:18 with Matthew chapter 1 and Galatians 3:15-16)? How does someone "arrange" in advance to have his parents give birth to him in a specified city, which is not their own (Micah 5:2 with Matthew 2:5-6; Luke 2:1-7)? How does one "arrange" to be virgin born (Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:26-35; Matthew 1:18-24)? How does one plan to be considered a prophet "like Moses" (Deuteronomy 18:15 with John 1:45; 5:46; 6:14; 7:40; Acts 3:17-26; 7:37)? How does someone orchestrate (a) his own death, including being put to death by the strange method of crucifixion, (b) being put to death, not alone, but with company, specifically two criminals, and (c) then arrange to have his executioners gamble for his clothes during the execution (Psalm 22; Isaiah 53 with Matthew 27:31-38)?

And how could someone organize

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