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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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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 41:23
18th Century
Theologian
That we may know that ye are gods—The prediction of future events is the highest evidence of omniscience and, consequently, of divinity. In …
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 41:23
19th Century
Bishop
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…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 41:23
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Isaiah 41:23
17th Century
Pastor
Show the things that are to come hereafter From henceforward to the consummation of all things: so the Targum, ``show wha…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 41:21–29
17th Century
Minister
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…