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Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.
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The Ultimate Test of Divinity
God issues a challenge that only He can meet: accurately declare the future. Commentators explain that the ability to foretell events is a supreme demonstration of omniscience and divinity. While other religions might attribute events to their gods after the fact, only the God of the Bible proves His sovereignty by telling what is to come and then bringing it to pass.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That we may know that ye are gods—The prediction of future events is the highest evidence of omniscience and, consequently, of divinity. In …
19th Century
Anglican
Do good, or do evil. —The challenge reminds us of Elijah’s on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:27). Can the heathen point to a…
16th Century
Protestant
Do good, or do evil. It must not be supposed that to do evil means, in this passage, to commit injustice, which is contrary to th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Show the things that are to come hereafter From henceforward to the consummation of all things: so the Targum, ``show wha…
Nothing more is needed to show the folly of sin than to consider the reasons given in its defense. There is nothing in idols worthy of regard. They…
13th Century
Catholic
Let the islands keep silence before me. Here the prophet begins to strengthen the people for a firm expectation based on the lov…
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