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Giving Bible readers what God said not what translators think God meant
Jesus was not just a prophet—He was the Prophet promised in Deuteronomy 18:15, the divine voice who fulfilled and finalized God's revelation to mankind.
Isaiah warned Judah against foreign alliances, preached repentance, and foretold judgment and restoration amid political turmoil and moral decay.
The Bible's predictive prophecy uniquely affirms its divine origin and reliability, highlighting Jesus as the foretold Messiah.
We first direct attention to the apocalyptic form and method of the Book of Joel. His prophecy is arranged in two leading divisions. The first part consists of a twofold revelation of judgment. Each revelation is accompanied by words of divine counsel and promise (chapters 1:1–2:27). The second part goes over a portion of the same field again, but delineates more clearly the blessings and triumphs which shall accompany the day of Jehovah (chapters 2:28–3:21; Hebrew text, chapters 3 and 4).
