Throughout the many years I have dedicated to lecturing on our faith, I have encountered an astonishing number of falsehoods and legends surrounding biblical topics. Sadly, many believers remain unfamiliar with the origins and historical preservation of the Holy Bible. They often overlook the fact that the Bible is the most thoroughly documented work of antiquity—far surpassing all other texts of its era in terms of manuscript evidence and historical support.
Based on the information I have presented in this chapter, those who hold a Bible in their hands can be assured that this sacred text carries the same message that its original authors intended, without corruption or manipulation over time.
Thanks to the preservation of thousands of ancient manuscripts—now housed in museums and libraries around the world—the public could examine and compare these ancient sources. Such comparisons consistently affirm the faithfulness of the biblical message, demonstrating that despite the passing of centuries, its content has been reliably transmitted.
I also presented evidence regarding the approximate period in which the biblical manuscripts are believed to have originated, based on the consensus of leading scholars and experts. By using this information, we can identify the timeframe in which the author lived. If that author predicted an event that later came to pass, and the writing is demonstrably older than the event itself, then we possess clear evidence that the writer was a true prophet.
The dating of the prophecy is crucial. It allows us to confirm that the prophecy was indeed written before the event occurred. While we may not always have the precise date the prophecy was delivered, having a reliable timeframe is sufficient. The predictions examined in this chapter describe events that took place centuries after they were made. The Book of Daniel, for example, is preserved in manuscripts from his era, confirming that his prophecies predated the events they so accurately described.
Of course, people have been making predictions about the future since before the time of Moses, and many continue to do so in the world today. However, simply attempting to foresee the future does not make someone a prophet.
As shown throughout this chapter, a true prophecy must meet two essential criteria. First, the prophecy must be revealed—a divine disclosure that reflects the prophet’s close relationship with God. Second, the prophecy must be fulfilled—the predicted event must actually come to pass.
Those who personally encountered the prophets in biblical times could attest to the first requirement, often identifying divine calling through miracles[1] or the prophet’s own sacrifice or suffering[2]. However, they could not yet verify the second requirement, as the events were still in the future.
Over time, as the events unfolded exactly as foretold, the people of Israel and later generations came to recognize the authenticity of the prophets’ words. Their prophecies were then preserved in Scripture—not only as records of what was said, but also as testimonies of fulfilled divine revelation.
We are currently witnessing the fulfillment of hundreds of prophecies, many of which can now be clearly recognized and dated with precision, even though they were predicted centuries in advance. The accuracy of the prophecies revealed by Daniel in chapter eleven is far beyond the reach of human speculation or imagination.
It is essential to remember that Daniel’s prophecies encompass some of the most significant events across a 400-year span of history. This prophetic timeline begins during the reign of Cyrus ii the Great (bc 559–530) in Persia and concludes during the reign of Antiochus iv Epiphanes (bc 175–163) in Syria.
Ask yourself: Is it feasible for anyone to construct a detailed narrative, filled with marriages, conquests, defeats, political alliances, royal successions, betrayals, inheritances, wars, exiles, heroes, villains, victors, and victims, hundreds of years before those events unfolded?
Is this not conclusive evidence that Daniel’s words reflect the voice of the One who owns and commands history? Could Daniel himself have been unaware of God’s calling and divine selection? And if this is true of Daniel, does it not raise the same question for every other prophet who wrote with such authority and accuracy?
This chapter has demonstrated a variety of fulfilled prophecies—some concerning blessings and restoration, others foretelling judgment and suffering. Yet the greatest prophecies, the most profound and consequential, are those which declared that God would become man—that He would be born of a virgin, live among us, and through His life, death, and resurrection, transform the course of human history.
These messianic prophecies are the most significant, not because they were the most dramatic, but because of their universal impact.
God had made a most significant promise to Abram:
The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people, and the house of your father, and go to the land to which I will lead you. “I will make of you a great people and I will bless you. I will make your name great and it will become a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. And through you all the nations on the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:1-3)
“God’s chosen people” were the descendants of Abram, and they carried this divine promise in their hearts and minds throughout their lives. It was a truth instilled in them from childhood, and they held on to it with unshakable hope, even as they approached death—the conviction that the promise would soon be fulfilled. God has chosen us to be His people. Could there be any greater hope? What greater future could exist for a people chosen by the Creator from among nations, entrusted with the purpose of blessing all the families of the earth?
And yet, the promise came with a single expectation: fidelity. God required faithfulness in return for the covenant established through their encounter with Him. Despite witnessing miracles and undeniable acts of divine power, the people repeatedly failed to uphold their part of the covenant. As a result, they were subjected to a long sequence of captivities and foreign domination—first by the Egyptians, then the Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Greeks, and finally the Romans.
There were brief periods of greatness, particularly during the reign of King David, when the people believed they might finally embrace the long-awaited promise. But once again, human passions prevailed, and they turned their backs on the Lord. Nevertheless, hope never vanished. When the prophets began to proclaim that God would send His Son to restore Israel, Jewish hearts were filled with expectation (Luke 2:25). The coming of the Messiah became their deepest longing—a Redeemer who would bring freedom, prosperity, and glory unmatched by any other nation.
The prophets did not speak in vague or cryptic terms. They gave precise, detailed information that would enable clear and unmistakable identification of the Messiah. I compiled a list of forty-one prophecies that are the most straightforward to recognize, yet the total number exceeds three hundred.
So how can we explain this?
How could so many details—given by dozens of individuals, living in different eras, spread across various regions, and with no communication among them—align so perfectly to identify one person?
According to my analysis, the probability of a single individual fulfilling these prophecies is 1 in 10¹⁸¹. And yet, it happened.
To suggest this is a mere coincidence is to believe that such an outcome could occur by chance—by an unimaginable series of random alignments. But this number does not point to luck. It serves as clear, objective, and compelling evidence that the prophets spoke because God revealed it to them.
Those who are today referred to as “seers” or clairvoyants, celebrated for their supposed ability to foresee the future, are in most cases simply engaging in a form of statistical analysis. They gather as much data as possible on a given subject and then make predictions based on trends and probabilities. Whether it is forecasting the outcome of the next World Cup, the results of a presidential election, or a potential plane crash in Europe, their predictions can often be explained through probability theory combined with extensive research and publicly available information.
If their predictions prove wrong, the consequences are minimal—at worst, they lose followers or public interest and may need to find another platform or career. In contrast, the stakes for ancient prophets were immeasurably higher.
In biblical times, claiming to speak for God was not taken lightly. To falsely present oneself as having direct communication with the Creator was considered a grave offense. The penalty for doing so was not ridicule or a drop in popularity—it was often banishment or even death. The Old Testament contains some of the strongest warnings and condemnations against false prophets:
This word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to those whose prophesies are formulated in their own minds: Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God: Disaster will engulf those foolish prophets who follow thoughts that are fabricated in their own imaginations and have received no visions. Your prophets, O Israel, are like jackals foraging among ruins. They have not bothered to reinforce the breaches in the walls of the house of Israel so that it may stand firm in battle on the day of the Lord. The visions they saw were false, and their divinations were baseless. They assert: “Thus says the Lord,” despite the fact that the Lord did not send them, and then they expect their words to be proved true. Have you not seen false visions or uttered lying divinations when you have asserted, “Thus says the Lord,” even though I have not said any such thing? Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Because you have spoken untruths and proclaimed false predictions, I have now set myself in opposition to you, says the Lord God. My hand will be raised against those prophets whose visions are baseless and whose divinations are clearly false. They will not be granted any position in the council of my people, nor will their names be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they be permitted to set foot in the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Because they lead my people astray, crying aloud, “Peace!” when there is no peace, and because, when the people were repairing a flimsy wall, these prophets concealed its flaws by smearing whitewash on it, say to those who covered it with whitewash that it will collapse, for I will cause rain to fall in torrents, and I will send hailstones hurtling down and unleash a wind of gale force. When the wall collapses that you have smeared with whitewash and it falls to the ground so that its foundations will be laid bare, you will be destroyed along with it, and thus you will know that I am the Lord. Therefore, thus says the Lord God: I intend to unleash a violent storm wind in my rage, torrential rain in my anger, and hailstones in my fury, and I will shatter the wall that you smeared with whitewash and knock it to the ground and lay bare its foundations. It will fall, and you will perish beneath it. Then you will know that I am the Lord. When I have vented my fury upon the wall and upon those who smeared it with whitewash, I will say to you, “The wall is gone, and so are those who smeared it— the prophets of Israel who prophesied about Jerusalem and envisioned peace for it when there was no peace,” says the Lord God. (Ezekiel 13:1-16)
The indisputable confirmation that God has maintained communication with us—His children— lies in the complete fulfillment of the many prophecies that foretold detailed aspects of the Messiah’s life. Through these revelations, God not only spoke to us, but also gave us the assurance that those whom He chose as His messengers were genuine, and that His message is true.
Can we honestly believe that a prophet who accurately described the coming of the Messiah—often centuries in advance—could have somehow lied about everything else? Is it not compelling evidence that these exceptional individuals were indeed inspired by God?
Why, then, would we assume that our Heavenly Father desired to communicate only during the prophetic era, only to fall silent thereafter? As I stated in the introduction to this chapter, God’s Word is unchanging, just as He Himself is immutable. What He revealed through the prophets remains as relevant today as it was in their time.
Therefore, it is entirely correct to affirm that God continues to communicate with us—not only through the beauty of Creation, and the deep emotions written on the human heart, but also, and most explicitly, through the living and enduring Word found in the Bible.
God chose Moses as one of the prophets who shared the closest relationship with Him. On numerous occasions, they engaged in direct communion that lasted for days, such as during the time Moses received the Ten Commandments: “Moses remained with the Lord for forty days and forty nights” (Exodus 34:28).
During these extended encounters, Moses had the unique opportunity to speak with God on a wide range of subjects—including the origin of the universe. Like many of us, Moses was curious. He wanted to understand how everything began, where it came from, and how it all came into being.
It is important to emphasize that, while we now live in an age of scientific advancement, where many pieces of the Creation puzzle are slowly being assembled, this knowledge is very recent. Just a hundred years ago, much of what we now understand was still a mystery. Even more so in the time when Genesis was written, approximately 3,700 years ago.
And yet, in Genesis, Moses described Creation in a way that remarkably aligns with the modern scientific understanding of the universe. How can this be explained? How could someone from an ancient, pre-scientific era record an account that so closely matches what science confirms today?
Of course, we must account for the non-technical language used in Genesis—understandable and appropriate for a message intended for all people across all generations. But consider the essence of what Moses recorded: that the universe had a beginning, that light emerged, that life came from matter, that water was the starting point of existence, and so on. These concepts align with scientific theories such as the Big Bang and the evolution of life from primordial elements.
Is this not powerful evidence of Moses’ extraordinary closeness to the Creator? Could such accuracy be possible without divine guidance?
The information presented in Genesis stands as an empirical indicator of the Creator’s communication with humanity. Once again, to suggest that the author of this narrative was simply lucky in correctly describing each major event of Creation—and doing so with such remarkable detail and accuracy—is to stretch the limits of the law of probability beyond reason.
Other religions, like those I referenced earlier in this argument, chose more poetic and symbolic paths in their attempts to answer the great question of the universe’s origin. Their authors, drawing from myth and imagination, crafted stories that sought meaning but lacked detail—especially when compared to the modern scientific understanding of the cosmos.
In contrast, it is our Bible that presents a narrative with specific elements that, despite being written in ancient times and in non-technical language, remarkably align with the current scientific account of Creation. This astonishing convergence defies purely human reasoning or historical coincidence. It is further evidence that the true author of Genesis is none other than the Creator Himself—the One who possessed perfect knowledge of the events described.
Only the Owner of Creation could have provided such a narrative. He alone had access to the full truth behind the formation of the universe, and He chose to reveal it through divine revelation to His servant.
This reality offers a compelling answer to a set of common questions posed by many deists and skeptics: What makes us think we follow the true God? How can we be sure we are not worshiping the wrong deity? Why not the god of Hinduism, or another ancient faith?
If those gods were the true creators, then their sacred texts would contain creation accounts that align with observable reality. But as we know, they do not. Their narratives, while rich in metaphor, diverge sharply from scientific knowledge.
The Bible has never claimed to be a textbook of science, geography, or astronomy. Yet it is impossible to ignore the fact that it contains information in these areas—surprising, accurate information that was entirely unknown at the time it was written. The biblical authors referred to a wide range of facts that humanity would not come to understand until just the last few centuries.
Can the references I have presented in this chapter truly be dismissed as mere poetry? I acknowledge that it’s possible some of these statements—such as the mention of the vast number of stars, their differences, the Earth floating in space, its roundness, the water cycle, or even the first and second laws of thermodynamics—were written using figures of speech, like the ones discussed earlier in this work. Perhaps the authors were indeed using poetic language.
But then the real question arises: Why did these “poetic” descriptions turn out to be scientifically accurate—validated thousands of years later? And why do we not find the same level of clarity or truth in the sacred texts of other religions?
Beneath all the evidence presented in this chapter lies a single unifying conclusion: The Bible could not have been written by human intellect alone. Dozens of authors, most of whom never met, living thousands of kilometers apart, across different cultures, eras, and empires, speaking different languages, and coming from vastly different backgrounds—from slaves to kings, from murderers to generals—produced seventy-three books that are remarkably consistent, theologically unified, and free from contradiction.
In addressing the question of whether God communicates with us, the reader should come away with a deep sense of peace and certainty: He has indeed spoken. Through the Bible, He established a secure, enduring communication bridge with us—His children—as we wait for the day, we are united with Him.
Does God communicate with us? There is no doubt about it.
He has, and He still does.
[1]See 1 Kings 17:17–24, Exodus 14:21–31, Numbers 20:7–11, Numbers 22:21–35, Joshua 10:12–14, 1 Samuel 12:18, 2 Kings 4:2–7, Daniel 6:16–23, Jonah 2:1–10, among others.
[2]According to tradition, the prophet Isaiah was killed by King Manasseh. Jewish tradition also holds that the prophets Ezekiel and Jeremiah died as martyrs.
