Reason 5 affirmed and answered: Fulfilled prophecy is the correct test for biblical inspiration, and the Bible passes it

Mike gives the skeptic credit here: prophecy is a legitimate evidentiary test for divine origin. The argument: if the Bible contains knowledge that could only come from the mind of God — specifically, accurate predictions of future events — then human authorship alone is insufficient to explain it. Key clarifications: (a) 'After the Bible was written' must be understood in light of the fact that the 66 books were written over hundreds of years; fulfilled prophecy between books (e.g., Old Testament prophecy fulfilled in the intertestamental period) is still valid prophecy. (b) 'Wars and rumors of wars' (Matthew 24:6) is not an example of fulfilled biblical prophecy — it is Jesus explicitly saying this is NOT a sign; the Bible itself calls this non-specific. Mike finds it notable that Jesus and the skeptic agree here. (c) Short-term prophecy serves the original recipients; long-term prophecy serves future readers; God includes both. The primary example Mike offers: Ezekiel's prophecy of the destruction of Tyre — specifying that it would be thrown into the sea — was fulfilled by Alexander the Great centuries later when he threw the city's rubble into the sea to build a causeway to the island fortress. This is confirmed in secular history. Mike has 10 videos on prophetic fulfillment in his Evidence for the Bible series.