... The test of prophecy is time ...
Dear Rita,
... if I might, -- it seems to me that the BEST test of prophecy is in the PUDDING. Certainly some (BUT NOT ME) can watch the ingredients go in and determine the "dish", but the TASTE is the true test.
So let's take a look at tasting what we already know about Scripture:
1. The commentators assert "ancient fulfillments" for the prophetic Chapters of Daniel. But the angel says in 12:4 & 9 that these prophecies CANNOT be interpreted until men travel some 60 to 600mph; and we have computer knowledge literally at our fingertips. -- So all those "ancient fulfillments" are FALSE, and the TRUE fulfillments must be MODERN.
2. The commentators assert Dan. 2 as 1,2,3,4a,4b = FOUR; but Verse 45 says 4,3,5,2,1 = FIVE
3. Math instructs us that FIVE ≠ FOUR and so we find that Scripture and History document that Dan. 7 is the delineation of the Clay "Divided Kingdom", consisting of the Three Superpowers (U.K./U.S., Russia, China) and the U.N.
And so we could continue defending Scripture and History until we run out of paper and ink. But we don't have to wait until we suffer loss to understand Bible Prophecy although some may choose to do so ... :)
With Best Regards,
Bobby Jo