Our Verse: Isa 46:10 Only I (God) can tell you the future before it even happens.

God knows the end of time from the beginning of time. It is a part of His nature to know all things. Our human term for this is omniscient- all knowing. This means that every fact from all time is known to God. Bible study, as explained in the prior two episodes, helps us understand this phenomenon about God.

Today, let's focus on one element of our Bible data analysis– Prophecy. The entirety of God's Word, Old Testament and New, is an amazing matrix of knowledge. Included in that matrix is the foretelling of events in human history. Events are foretold years or even centuries before they happen.

The key prophetic events foretold in the Bible relate to Jesus of Nazareth. History is actually His story.

Here is a great example:
Isa 9:6 “For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he shall be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace”

This foretelling of Jesus life was written over 600 years before his birth.
Many other facts, including his birthplace, were foretold hundreds of years before He arrived.

God simply knew these historical dates and events and communicated them into the minds of prophets like Isaiah long before they happened. No one but God can tell us the future before it happens.

Now... that is only the events in the past! There are also future events foretold in the Scriptures. That is a future episode! Maybe more than one!

God wants us to have confidence in Him and His words. Get right to your work- comparing different verses, and your confidence in God will grow.