Page 45 - The Prophetic Word Newsletter Archive 2009

We need only to look to the words of the prophet Isaiah to establish that God Himself uses the contents of
prophecy as His stamp of authenticity as the one and only true God:

“ ‘PRESENT YOUR CASE,’ SAYS THE LORD, ‘BRING FORTH YOUR STRONG REASONS,’
SAYS THE KING OF JACOB. LET THEM BRING FORTH AND SHOW US WHAT WILL HAPPEN;
LET THEM SHOW THE FORMER THINGS, WHAT THEY WERE, THAT WE MAY CONSIDER THEM,
AND KNOW THE LATTER END OF THEM; OR DECLARE TO US THE THINGS THAT ARE TO COME.
SHOW THE THINGS THAT ARE TO COME HEREAFTER, THAT WE MAY KNOW THAT YOU ARE
GODS...INDEED YOU ARE NOTHING, AND YOUR WORK IS NOTHING; HE WHO CHOOSES YOU IS

AN ABOMINATION...WHO HAS DECLARED FROM THE BEGINNING, THAT WE MAY
KNOW?...SURELY THERE IS NO ONE WHO SHOWS, SURELY THERE IS NO ONE WHO DECLARES...”

Isaiah 41:21-26 excerpts
“I AM THE LORD, THAT IS MY NAME; AND MY GLORY I WILL NOT GIVE TO ANOTHER, NOR MY

PRAISE TO GRAVEN IMAGES. BEHOLD THE FORMER THINGS HAVE COME TO PASS, AND NEW
THINGS I DECLARE; BEFORE THEY SPRING FORTH I TELL YOU OF THEM.”
Isaiah 42:8-9

“LET ALL THE NATIONS BE GATHERED TOGETHER, AND LET THE PEOPLE BE ASSEMBLED. WHO
AMONG YOU CAN DECLARE THIS, AND SHOW US FORMER THINGS? LET THEM BRING OUT

THEIR WITNESSES, THAT THEY MAY BE JUSTIFIED...BEFORE ME THERE WAS NO GOD FORMED,
NOR SHALL THERE BE AFTER ME. I, EVEN I, AM THE LORD, AND BESIDES ME THERE IS NO

SAVIOR. I HAVE DECLARED AND SAVED. I HAVE PROCLAIMED, AND THERE WAS NO FOREIGN
GOD AMONG YOU. THEREFORE YOU ARE MY WITNESSES,’ SAYS THE LORD, ‘THAT I AM GOD.’”

Isaiah 43:9-12 excerpts
“THUS SAYS THE LORD, THE KING OF ISRAEL, AND HIS REDEEMER, THE LORD OF HOSTS;

‘I AM THE FIRST AND I AM THE LAST; BESIDES ME THERE IS NO GOD. AND WHO CAN
PROCLAIM AS I DO? THEN LET HIM DECLARE IT AND SET IT IN ORDER FOR ME, SINCE I

APPOINTED THE ANCIENT PEOPLE, AND THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING AND SHALL
COME...HAVE I NOT TOLD YOU FROM THAT TIME, AND DECLARE IT? YOU ARE MY WITNESSES.

IS THERE ANY GOD BESIDES ME? INDEED THERE IS NO OTHER ROCK; I KNOW NOT ONE.”
Isaiah 44:6-8

“TELL AND BRING FORTH YOUR CASE; YES, LET THEM TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER.
WHO HAS DECLARED THIS FROM ANCIENT TIME? WHO HAS TOLD IT FROM THAT TIME?

HAVE NOT I, THE LORD? AND THERE IS NO OTHER GOD BESIDES ME...”
Isaiah 45:21

“ ...I AM GOD THERE IS NO OTHER; I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE ME, DECLARING THE
END FROM THE BEGINNING, AND FROM ANCIENT TIMES THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET

DONE...INDEED I HAVE SPOKEN IT; I WILL ALSO BRING IT TO PASS. I HAVE PURPOSED IT;
I WILL ALSO DO IT.”
Isaiah 46:9-11