Isaiah 41:22 — predictive prophecy as God's proof of his own existence and authority

In Isaiah 41, God is depicted in debate with false idols and gods of surrounding nations. He challenges them to predict the future as proof of deity. Mike uses this as the basis for his own apologetic argument: fulfilled predictive prophecy is strong evidence that the Bible is God's inspired word. He connects this to the Dead Sea Scrolls as historical verification that prophecy was written before fulfillment.