Yes—biblical prophecy is unique because no other religious book foretells events hundreds and even thousands of years in advance with exact fulfillment.
Les Feldick points out that no religious book can tell the future 2,500 years in advance, yet the Bible's Old Testament prophecies have been fulfilled in exact detail. Prophecy is so certain that Peter called it a "more sure word" than the Transfiguration. Because God has already fulfilled hundreds of prophecies, the Bible proves itself to be a supernatural Book.
2 Peter 1:19 — It directly identifies Bible prophecy as a "more sure word" that believers are to heed.
2 Peter 1:20-21 — It shows prophecy's origin was not human reasoning but holy men moved by the Holy Spirit.
Second Peter 1:19-21 speaks directly to the uniqueness of Bible prophecy. The Scripture says believers have "a more sure word of prophecy" and are to take heed to it "as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts." It then explains the source of that prophecy: "no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." The Bible therefore presents prophecy as originating with God, not with human thinkers or religious traditions.
Les Feldick repeatedly answers this question by pointing to fulfilled prophecy. He asks whether any religious book can tell the future 2,500 years in advance and says not one can; he can find no fulfilled prophecy in any other religion's book. The Bible, by contrast, contains prophecy that foretold events hundreds and thousands of years in advance, and every one that should have been fulfilled has come true. He calls this the reason he believes the Book from cover to cover. Peter's statement about "a more sure word of prophecy" is central to Les's teaching. At the Transfiguration Peter heard the voice from heaven, yet Peter said prophecy is even more sure than that experience. Prophecy is a light in a dark place until the day dawn and the Day Star arises. Les also emphasizes God's exact timing: Old Testament prophecy not only foretells an event, it places it in a time frame, and it always happens exactly as God said. This type of prophecy is associated with the nation of Israel. He points to Daniel, written around 607-606 B.C., as proof that all Gentile empires were revealed beforehand, and notes there were 360-some prophecies about Christ's first coming, all fulfilled to the last detail.
Les says he cannot think of a single book of religion that can tell the future 2,500 years in advance—not one. He states there is not a single word of prophecy actually being fulfilled in any book of religion in the world except the Bible. When people compare the Koran or other sacred books to Scripture, he responds with a challenge: Can any of them predict something five years in advance, let alone five hundred or a thousand?
Les points out that much of the prophecy in this Book foretold events hundreds of years, even thousands of years, in advance, and it has all come true. Since so much of the timeline has already been fulfilled, he rests on the Word of God as absolute truth. He also notes there are 360-some prophecies concerning Christ's first coming, and every one was fulfilled to the last detail. His conclusion is simple: if God has already fulfilled the first half of His prophetic proclamation, why would anyone doubt He will fulfill the last?
Les explains 2 Peter 1:19 from the account of the Transfiguration. Peter, James, and John heard the voice from heaven on the Holy Mount, but Peter still wrote that we have "a more sure word of prophecy." Les says the point is that prophecy is even more confirming than that glorious experience. Readers are to take heed to it as a light shining in a dark place until the day dawn and the Day Star arise in their hearts.
Les teaches that true Old Testament prophecy has two elements: God foretells something and puts it in a time frame. Whether the fulfillment is forty years, seventy years, five hundred years, or even a thousand years away, it will happen exactly as God said. He also stresses that this kind of prophecy is always associated only with the nation of Israel.
Les says Daniel's book, written about 607-606 B.C., was stamped by God as a book of prophecy. In it, Daniel unfolds all the Gentile empires that would come down through history. For Les, the supernatural way these books were put together shows that mortal men could never have thought of such things.
Prophecy: A More Sure Word
Les explains that Peter considered the prophetic word even more sure than the Mount of Transfiguration, so believers should pay attention to prophecy as a light in a dark place.
No Other Religious Book Can Do This
Les challenges that no religious book can tell the future 2,500 years in advance; only the Bible has prophecy being fulfilled.
Fulfilled Prophecy Makes the Book Absolute
Les says so much prophecy has already come true that the whole Word of God can be trusted as absolute and sure.
True Prophecy Has a Time Frame
Les defines true Old Testament prophecy as God foretelling an event within a specific time frame, and it always happens exactly as God said, tied to Israel.
Five-Year Challenge
Les asks whether any religious book can predict even five years in advance; no other book can, let alone five hundred or a thousand.
Daniel's Supernatural Structure
Les points out that Daniel, written about 607-606 B.C., is a book of prophecy that reveals all Gentile empires, showing the Bible is supernaturally put together.
Daniel Predicts the Gentile Empires
Les repeats that Daniel's book is stamped as prophecy and predicts every Gentile empire coming down through history.
Christ's First Coming Prophecies All Fulfilled
Les notes that 360-some prophecies about Christ's first coming were fulfilled to the last detail; if God fulfilled the first half, He will fulfill the rest.
2 Peter 1:19: We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Peter says prophecy is even more sure than the Transfiguration he had just witnessed.
2 Peter 1:20: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
This guards the uniqueness of prophecy from private, human interpretation.
2 Peter 1:21: For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
This explains the source of prophecy: holy men moved by the Holy Spirit.
According to Les Feldick, no. He points out there is not a single word of prophecy actually being fulfilled in any book of religion in the world except the Bible. He also challenges readers to name another religious book that can tell a prophecy five years in advance, let alone five hundred or a thousand.
All the prophecies that were due to be fulfilled have come true. Les says much Old Testament prophecy foretold events hundreds and thousands of years in advance, and it has all come true, including 360-some prophecies about Christ's first coming fulfilled to the last detail.
Because if God fulfilled the first half of His prophetic proclamation, there is no reason to doubt He will fulfill the last. Fulfilled prophecy shows the Bible is a supernatural Book that can be trusted as absolute.
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