God has confirmed the prophetic words
Definitions:
Biblical Texts:
1.
Isa. 39:6 - 7 6The time will surely
come when everything in you palace, and all that your fathers have stored up
until this day, will be carried off to Babylon.
Nothing will be left, says the Lord.
7And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who
will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the
palace of the king of Babylon.
2.
Isa. 45: 1 This is what the Lord says to his
anointed to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him
and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will
not be shut:
3.
Isa. 42: 9 See the former things have taken
place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them
to you.
4.
Jer. 25: 11 – 12 11This whole country
will become a desolate wasteland and these nations will serve the king of
Babylon seventy years. 12”But
when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and his
nation, the land of the Babylonians for their guilt,” Declares the Lord, “and
will make it desolate forever.
5.
Jer. 29: 10 This is what the Lord says: “When
seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my
gracious promise to bring you back to this place.
Question being answered:
The inspiration of the prophetic word comes from God.
Calvin refers to a couple of instances in the Old Testament
to give evidence that God indeed calls prophets to bring His to message to the
people. God gives the message to the
called person not only for present day but also for event which are to
come. The prophetic messages are so that
only one who has ordained all of history could have knowledge of such
events. Calvin gives Isaiah’s prophecy
of the fall of the Judah to Babylon.
Isaiah prophesied almost 100 years before the fall of Judah to Babylon
(Isa. 39:6-7). Isaiah also gives the name of the person who
would eventually end their exile, Cyrus (Isa. 45:1).. Cyrus was born about 100 years after the
death of Isaiah. Jeremiah also
prophesies of the length of the exile, seventy years (Jer. 25: 11 – 12 and Jer.
29:10). Calvin points out that these are
just but two examples out of many prophecies concerning future events, some
happening after the death of the prophet.
The prophesies at times were so detailed that no human could know these
things. Only the constructor of all
human history could have such knowledge to give to his messengers which would
then be passed on to His people.
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