Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-12
ASSERTS PHRoPHEcIEs
OF BIBLE FULFILLED

ELSINoRE, Cal, Nov. 6.-[Editor
| HERALD: In his letter OF November
F. F. S. comments on an article writ
ten by Savonarola and quotes the fol-
lowing from it, Man stands In the inn
age of God free to choose good or evil,
and the Bible is the only true philoso-
ply of life" In reply he says no one
knows what the image of God is, and
| you can't prove the Bible by the BIZ
BILE; IL God made man with all his at
tributes, of which his will is part, then
mans will is as God made it and the
responsibility rests with Cod"
First, what Is Gods image? Heb.
1:3 Christ being the express image
of his person and brightness of his
glory" Col. $40. And have put on
the new man which is renewed in
knowledge after the image of him who
created him." Gen. 1925. And God
said, let US make man in our image
after our likeness"
F. +. S. Is wrong when he says no
one knows what is the image of God,
though we are far inferior to the Su-
rreme Being. Man was made in the
image of the Creator, thus saith the
scriptures.
Will our friend deny the scriptures,
or that Christ bore the image of hu-
man being? The records which have
withstood the assault of heather pa
ganism for centuries prove that Christ
was formed In the likeness of the Fa-
ther and that man was made in his
likeness. But man who denies the
scriptures and ridicules the Word of
God is not in his likeness. Col. 3:9-10.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye
have put off the old man with his
deeds and have put on the new man
which Is renewed in knowledge after
the image of him that created him."
He who believes in the Bible and
obeys its commandments Is in the like
ness of his Creator. Our friend states
we can't prove the Bible by the Bible.
1 wish to contradict and affirm that
the Bible can be proved by history.
For lack of space can cite only n
few instances by which it is proved
true.
Dan. 11:2. Behold there shall stand
up yet three kings in Persia, the
fourth shall be- far richer than all, and
by his strength and riches shall stir up
all against the realm of Greece" This
prophecy was made 53S b. c. by Daniel
to the Mede King Darius and every
word of this prophecy came true, the
fourth king being Ahasueres, called by
Greeks xerxes. In the third verse
Daniel speaks of the advent of Alex
ander the Great, fulfilled 203 years
later. In Dan. 116 he says: For the
kings daughter of the south shall come
agreement, but she shall not retain the
power of the arm; neither shall he
stand, nor his ARM but she shall be
given up, and they that brought hor.
and he that begat her. and he that
strengthened her I'm these times"
Antiochus II, King of Syria, reigned
260-245 y. c., was king of the north and
married Berniee, daughter of Ptolemy
II of Egypt. under agreement, but in
two years she was cast off, her father
died, her husband was poisoned by a
former. wife and Bernice murdered,
thus fulfilling the prophecy that she
would not retain power nor they who
brought her, or he who begat her
Verse 7: s. But out of a branch of
her roots shall one stand up in his es-
tate. which shall come with an army
and shall enter into the fortress of the
king of the north, and shall deal
against them and shall prevail: and
shall carry captive into Egypt their
gods, with their princes and with their
precious vessels Of silver and of gold:
and he shall continue more years than
the king of the north"
Bernice's brother, Ptolemy III. in
vaded Syria to rescue her; finding her
murdered he in his rage subdued the
whole country before returning home.
This occurred about 244 b. c. Daniel
prophesying them 300 years before their
taking place proves their divine in
spiration.
II our friend desires any further
proof that the Bible is true II will be
willingly furnished, or he can read the
prophecies that have been fulfilled and
when he has any more dreams like this
last, please smoke a better brand.
T. H