This is a very important question that millions of people around the world are asking. Here at earthlastday.com, we hope, by the help of God, to answer this question.
There are a few things that make one a Bible believer. Many atheists think — and after talking to many of my atheist friends, I’ve found that they believe a Christian believes in the Bible for no reason.
In fact, there are many reasons why I believe in the Bible, and these arguments and reasons are so powerful that one cannot help but believe that the Bible is true.
How to Prove That the Bible Is True? Prophecy
If this were the only reason to believe in the Bible, it would be enough, as the proof that the Bible is true from Bible prophecy is overwhelming.
God says:
“I tell you things before they come to pass, that you may know that I am God.”
Here, God is saying that because He knows the future, this itself is proof that the Bible is true. Many people have told me that those prophecies are very vague, unreliable, and could be interpreted any way.
After they tell me that, I say: explain to me the 1,260-day prophecy, the 2,300-day prophecy of Daniel 8:14, the two witnesses of Revelation 11, the loud cry of Revelation 18, and the pale horse of Revelation 6.
Nobody who says the Bible is not true has ever been able to explain those prophecies. I could go on listing many more prophecies in the Bible. This shows that those who don’t believe in the Bible do so because they have never really studied it closely.
How can one judge the Bible by what it merely seems to say? Wouldn’t it be better to read and study the Bible closely before passing judgment? Is your eternal destiny not worth the time to investigate? If your eternal life depends on following truth rather than error, is it not worth the time to read and know? Yes.
How to Prove That the Bible Is True? A Few Bible Prophecies
So what are these Bible prophecies that prove the Bible is true?
Daniel chapter 2 describes a dream that Nebuchadnezzar had around 600 BC. In this dream, the king of Babylon sees an image made of four metals, representing four kingdoms, starting with Babylon.
This is quite interesting — here, God is telling us what would happen two thousand years in advance. Can a man tell us what will happen next week with absolute accuracy? No. Can any man tell us, 100 percent of the time, what will happen in a year? No. So what does it mean that God can tell us the future? It means: 1) God lives outside of time, in the future, 2) that God is divine, and 3) that the Bible is true.
Because God can do something that no man can do, this proves that the Bible is true. Daniel chapter 2 says that three kingdoms would follow Babylon, each lesser in power. How could the Bible know not only the exact number of kingdoms to follow Babylon, but also that those kingdoms would be lesser in power?
How could the Bible know that there would be no fifth kingdom after Babylon? How could the Bible know that there would be ten tribes, and that some of those pagan tribes would disappear after Rome? How could the Bible know that the tribes of Europe would try to become one nation and never succeed? Daniel 2 is the proof.
When Daniel says, “after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you,” we see that Media and Persia took over from Babylon. Then Greece followed, then Rome. After Rome, no fifth kingdom arose, as the nations of Europe took Rome’s place and Europe became divided.
This prophecy is incredible in its accuracy. There is no doubt — only God could write this prophecy so many years in advance. Media, Greece, and Rome did not yet exist when this was written in the book of Daniel chapter 2.
Another amazing Bible prophecy is Isaiah 53, also written around 700 BC. These prophecies date back to before the deportation of Israel to Babylon.
In Isaiah 53, it says that Jesus would die on the cross. How could the Bible know that 700 years in advance? In Daniel chapter 9, it even tells us the year Jesus would be baptized and crucified. Daniel 9 says that from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to the Messiah’s anointing (baptism) would be 483 years. 483 years from 457 BC, when Jerusalem was rebuilt, brings us to AD 27. This is quite incredible — here too we see the Bible’s remarkable accuracy.
Not only that, but the Bible says in Daniel 9 that seven years later, or “one week” later, the Jews would be rejected as a nation. This happened when Stephen was stoned. Then, in the midst of this week, or seven years, Jesus would be crucified. This is a remarkably accurate Bible prophecy.
Could a man devise such a prophecy? No — it is too exact and detailed. This prophecy gives us five events that had to happen at the exact times written in advance: the rebuilding of Jerusalem, the baptism of Jesus, the death of Jesus, the rejection of Israel as a nation, and the cleansing of the sanctuary. Mathematically, it is impossible for a human to line up five events in the future occurring within a span of 2,300 years. This is truly impressive Bible prophecy.
How to Prove That the Bible Is True? The Fall of the Ottoman Empire
Before going into other ways to prove that the Bible is true, let’s look at Revelation chapter 9. Here the Bible gives us a time frame. It tells us a power would arise whose teaching would obscure Bible truth. It describes warriors who wear yellow and hyacinth-colored armor, with hair like women and teeth like lions. Their horses are so swift that it seems their tails carry stinging power. They make war like scorpions.
Which power on earth had such remarkable horses and warriors in their army? The Muslims of the Ottoman Empire. The Bible gives us a time frame — a year, month, day, and hour. Calculating this using the day-year principle, we arrive at 391 years and 15 days. This time prophecy ends on August 11, 1840. This is quite incredible.
Revelation chapter 9 is one amazing way this prophecy gives the exact day the Ottoman Empire would fall — written nearly two thousand years in advance, down to the very day.
How could the Bible not be from God when such incredibly exact and precise prophecies are found within it? In fact, Josiah Litch said in 1838, two years before the event, “If my calculations are true, from Revelation chapter 9, then the Ottoman Empire should fall in August 1840.”
How to Prove That the Bible Is True? The French Revolution
Keep in mind, friend, that we are giving you only a small portion of the prophecies in the Bible in this article. Understanding just the life of Jesus alone, the Bible contains around 300 prophecies, often written 600 years in advance. None of the Bible’s prophecies has ever failed.
Some Bible prophecies were conditional, meaning God said something would happen, and it did not happen because of people’s behavior changing. For example, Jonah said Nineveh would be destroyed in a few days, and it did not happen — this prophecy was conditional. Its fulfillment depended on the people of Nineveh remaining wicked. All the people of Nineveh repented, and God did not destroy the city. But all unconditional Bible prophecies came to pass. This is why we can trust the Bible to be inspired by God.
The Bible gives us this time frame of 1,260 years. It starts from the papacy’s establishment in 538 and ends 1,260 years later, when the papacy lost its power in 1798, when Berthier came to Rome. The Bible tells us in Revelation 11 that a power would arise right after this time frame — a power that would make war against the Bible for three and a half years.
Which power arose around 1798 and waged war against the Bible? The French Revolution. How could the Bible know that 1,260 years in advance?
How to Prove That the Bible Is True? Archaeology
We now move to archaeology. Ron Wyatt is an amazing servant of God; his findings are stunning. Ron Wyatt claimed to have found the ark of Noah, the crossing site of the Red Sea, Mount Sinai, the ark of the covenant, and the place where Moses struck the rock. Du Plessis’s videos are amazing and give compelling evidence from archaeology that the Bible is true.
If one wants to know that the Bible is true, one only needs an honest heart, seeking without prejudice for what is truth. A few archaeological finds that support the Bible’s truth include:
- The Nag Hammadi Library, found by scholar James Brashler
- The Tel Dan (“House of David”) Stele
- The Ain Dara Temple, found by scholar John Monson
- The Babylonian siege tower and arrowheads
- The Stepped Stone Structure
- Ashkelon’s Arched Gate
- The “Mona Lisa of the Galilee” mosaic
- St. Peter’s House, found by James F. Strange and Biblical Archaeology Review editor Hershel Shanks
- The Siloam Pool in Jesus’ time
- The “Yahweh and His Asherah” inscription
How to Prove That the Bible Is True? Creation
There is no doubt that God created the universe. Visit our forum’s creation and evolution discussion panel, where you can discuss and post your thoughts.
Creation itself does not, by itself, prove the Bible true, since other religions also believe in a form of creation. But the Bible teaches that the earth is about 6,000 years old, while other religions that believe in creation often claim it took millions of years. In this, we can support the Bible’s claim that the earth is no more than about 6,000 years old.
The oldest trees on earth are about 4,000 years old — even atheists confirm this. If the earth were billions of years old, why don’t we have trees that are millions of years old? The oldest coral reef on earth is about 4,000 years old. Australian researchers studied the Great Barrier Reef and found that, at its rate of growth, the reef could not be more than about 4,000 years old.
The rate of sediment deposit in deltas also supports that the earth is not millions of years old. Every year, deltas deposit sediment, so it is fairly easy to estimate a delta’s age by how much sediment accumulates each year. The oldest deltas appear to be no more than about 4,000 years old. If the earth were billions of years old, and deltas grow from sediment deposits, why don’t we have deltas that are thousands of miles long? It is because the earth cannot be more than about 6,000 years old.
How to Prove That the Bible Is True? The Moon Is Slowly Moving Away from Earth
The moon is slowly moving away from the earth. Going back in time, the moon would have been closer to earth. If evolution were true, going back to roughly the time evolution claims early life appeared, the moon would have been touching the earth. In that case, no life would have been possible. Yet evolution teaches that early life forms appeared hundreds of millions of years ago. This cannot be reconciled, since if the moon were touching the earth at that time, no life could have existed.
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