Peace be to you. Throughout the course of history, there have been many who have appeared

upon its stage and declared that they came from God and were messengers of God. At this stage

of our inquiry, each and every one of them has a right to be heard.

There's no reason why we should pick out Christ at this particular moment,

any more than anyone else.

But we do, however, have a right to suggest certain tests or standards by which each of

these claimants can be judged.

We simply cannot allow anyone to appear upon the stage of history and say, here I am.

Believe me.

Or this is a book which an angel gave me I want you to read it it comes

from God when we start a discussion of revealed religion we are never to

abdicate human reason nor are we ever to lose sight of the

fact that we are in history. Therefore, one of the arguments that we will use is what might be

called the argument of prophecy or prediction.

Namely, has any one of the claimants ever been pre-announced or foretold?

Certainly the least that God could do if he sends a messenger to this earth is to say,

I pre-announce him. I am going to let you know that he is coming.

Our friends do that, and they come to visit us.

Appointments are made in business. And certainly God should let us know that

His Messiah or Christ or His divine son is coming to this earth. Now it might be argued, but there are many other great world religions and we should investigate

them.

That is true.

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