While it is popular today to criticize or deny the integrity and infallibility of scripture, the Bible itself is proof of its claims. Forty authors over 1500 years on three different continents, most of whom never met or spoke, could not have come up with such a detailed and proven record of man’s history with a track record of 100% accuracy when speaking of future events through Bible prophecy.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 KJV – “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”
Bible critics say, “Any book can claim that of itself.” However, this breaks down quickly when you consider that what the Bible says it will do, it does. Moral standards around the world have long been established on Biblical precepts. Profitable doctrine that reproves and corrects errant thinking and practices comes from a study of God’s word. Students of Scripture are equipped for every good work.
Psalms 138:2 KJV – “I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”
If God has magnified His word even above all His name, how foolish is it to trifle with it? To reject portions and accept others, or to assign some to a place of cultural irrelevance, is to hold the Bible, and thus the God of the Bible, in low esteem.
The fact is that the book of Daniel was so stunningly accurate in its predictions of future events that many have said it couldn’t have been written beforehand, but must have actually been written after the fact. And Psalm 119 is such a literary masterpiece that it is studied by secular scholars for its sheer poetic beauty.