There is plenty of evidence God used the writers in the bible since their remaining prophecies coordinate perfectly with each other. There are many atheists who scoff at the bible. They claim they are the reasonable ones. However, the activity in the bible that they completely disregard tells a different story.
Why should somebody believe Jesus is going to return when He has been gone for almost two thousand years? There are numerous statements in the bible which show the belief in His return is grounded in reality.
One such place is Joel 2:29-32. Joel is quoting God in these verses. There it says, Even upon the menservants and upon the maidservants in those days will I pour out My spirit. And I will show signs and wonders in the heavens, and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. And whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered and saved.
What important facts are there to learn from this statement? Joel says God will pour out His spirit. The Joel immediately associates the spirit of God with deadly events in the air and on the ground. Why would God want this statement in the bible?
There are several good reasons. One is it says that people will die in the air in this verse. This was not possible in the days of Jesus. So this verse links the return of Jesus with the future ability for people to die in the air. This proves it is the bible’s position that Jesus can not return until it is possible for people to die in the air.
This bible verse has a lot of value for people who believe a return of Jesus is imminent since it associates an intervention by God with the ability for people to die in the air. At the time the bible was written, it was not possible for people to die in the air. Now it is possible. This statement gives bible writers credibility since his miraculous forecast has come true. This verse should be used by bible believers to show they are not out of touch with reality for supporting the return of Jesus. It shows their belief is rational. The irrational one is the person who does not read and honors their own egotistical bluster.
Why else would God want to associate with this statement? Because it is terrible for the killers of the world when God performs around deadly events in the air and on the ground. God is building His intervention against murder around this deadly activity. When Joel says God will pour out His spirit around death events it is a very ominous event for those who killed somebody where they agreed with it and God did not.
This statement by Joel also creates a need for a biblical figure who knows when God is coming out and performing around deadly acts in the air and on the ground. The other prophets need to build their outcomes around this biblical figure in order for the all of the words of the prophets to agree with each other. The fact that numerous prophets who never met each other combined in this exact coordinated effort is important. The fact the bible is built exactly this way produces solid evidence that the bible is going to win a war of truth.
Do people who attack the bible tell you these things? No. Neither do a lot of people who try to use the bible to claim this or that will happen. Unfortunately, they both are concealing important action that qualifies as evidence that God built His plans to intervene against murder in the bible.
A person should not attack evidence that is terrible for your killer. That is what you do when you attack us.
Ezekiel is another valuable biblical prophet. He has some words that show the bible is still active. Ezekiel was born into a family of priests about 600 years before Jesus.
The first chapter of his book is used by the followers of Jesus as a prophecy that the gospel would come in four parts, as it did. They say the four gospels portray Jesus as a King (lion), Servant ox), Man, and Deity (eagle).
Later in chapters 9 and 10 Ezekiel recorded his vision. He had a vision of a future biblical figure, a man in linen. Ezekiel described an outcome where those in the sanctuary who do not grieve well around deadly events deserve to die. It also says the man in linen was given words from the gospel to say.
What important facts should somebody get from this action in Ezekiel? His prophecy is in need for the gospel to come in four parts. It did. He needs the gospel to speak of a future biblical figure. Jesus did when He said Elijah will come and get things restored and ready. Ezekiel also needs an assist from other prophets. He needs them to create additional information to help tell when the man in linen is here. The word of Ezekiel is also a threat to those who go to a sanctuary in a church or synagogue. His word means these people in a sanctuary do not have a right to exult themselves over an innocent person who has been killed in front of God. They should take Ezekiel seriously since everything he has needed has come true.
Ezekiel also says in 10:4 that the Lord is glorified over this activity. That is true since God is glorifying those who grieve over and above those who do not.
These words also create a need for a person to show up and say I am the one Ezekiel saw in this vision. It is much like there is a need for John the Baptist to claim he is the one who fulfills Isaiah 40:3 after Isaiah said someone would go live in the desert and play an important role in identifying the messiah.
The words of Ezekiel are also useful in identifying Jesus as the messiah. This is so since he prophesied the gospel would come in four parts. The man in linen is used to help cleanse the sanctuary of those who lack grief over murder. Chapter 10 shows he is being given words from the gospel to say. This specific action directly links Jesus and the gospel writers with an intervention against murder.
Those who reject Jesus as the messiah commonly say Jesus can not be the messiah because murder did not end with his first coming. These words show the plan to intervene against murder in the church and synagogue is finished with a person who arrives after the four gospels were written. Jesus showed He is very knowledgeable of this plan when He said a nazarite will come and get things restored and ready.
Another valuable use of one’s ability to reason is to ask the question what is God trying to communicate to man? Exodus 12 is one of the better places in the bible to start to know the answer to this question. Verses 29 and 30 in the 12th chapter of Exodus says, At midnight the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. Pharaoh rose up in the night, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
God wants this event in the bible for some important reasons. It shows how much power God has over man. It shows God knows who you are and where you live and can come out and remove you at any time.
The prophets in the bible all say this dominating power is going to be used again. They say the next time it is used will be on a worldwide scale, not just in one country.
A lot of work in the bible has gone into proving this event is likely to happen again. That is what is taking place when Jacob, Moses and Jesus all say a nazarite will be used to get things restored and ready. And then the prophets create a lot of activity that can only be fulfilled by this nazarite they spoke of. The action the prophets made for him does get things restored and ready. restored and ready for what? Another dominant intervention by God.
The bible should be viewed in this logical way so people can avoid saying sensational things. It also makes people feel like the bible is going to win when people get into the strategy and teamwork of biblical figures.
Jesus described a future event where two people will be sleeping in the same bed, and one will be taken away and the other will be left here to live. He also says no one knows the day, month or year when God is going to use the same power God used in the passover. Only God knows the exact hour. If a person says they know the exact time of an intervention by God, they are glorifying themselves over Jesus. They are also ignoring important biblical strategy which helps produce a final warning. The closest one can get to God on this matter is to see the nazarite God made to use the strategy of the prophets- which produces the final warning.