Hello ,
The American Atheists have put up billboards in past holiday seasons. Have you seen one?
Here is what it says: "You KNOW it's a Myth. This Season, Celebrate REASON."
This slogan attached to a Christmas scene of the wise men following the Star completes this amazing message. In response to that billboard, we need to do just that, be reasonable. Let me explain.
Dr. Peter Stoner, Professor Emeritus of Science at Westmont College, wrote a book entitled Science Speaks, (Moody Press, 1969, P.109) in which he wrote about the law of "compound probability" in reference to just 8 of the prophecies foretold about Jesus coming true.
He said that the odds of one man accidently fulfilling 8 of these detailed prophecies is 1 in 10 to the 17th power. That's 1 with 17 zero's after it. Let me show you what that number looks like so you'll enjoy the true impact:
100000000000000000
In order for you to understand how incredible that number is in regards to fulfilled prophecy he gave this illustration.
Let's imagine you had that many silver dollars.. 1 in 10 to the 17th power. Those silver dollars would cover the entire land mass of Texas to a depth of 2 feet. Now, let's suppose you took one of those silver dollars and marked with a red dot and then dropped it from an airplane. Then, you thoroughly stirred up the entire mass.
Now, you blind-fold a friend and tell them they can go wherever they want in the state of Texas. But sometime they must stop, reach down in that two feet of silver dollars and try to pull up that one specific coin marked with the red dot. What are the odds that they are going to select the red dotted coin?
Dr. Stoner wrote that those are the same odds of 8 of these prophesies being fulfilled in this detail by Jesus. Seems reasonable to me that Jesus was and is who He claimed to be. This holiday season, are you enjoying the fact that Jesus is your Redeemer?
Have a great day and God bless!
