Biblical
Prophecy
Prophecy is so important that
it is mention six times in the first three chapters of Matthew as conclusive evidence that Jesus indeed was the Messiah.
Herod, as wicked as he was,
understood how accurate the Biblical Prophets were when he was trying to get to the bottom of the wise men's tale.
Although Herod had no regard
for the Old Testament prophets, he certainly had respect for what they said--so much so that he slaughtered every
boy chlid, two years old and under, in the area the prophets said the Messiah would be born.
Now there is a Lutheran theologian
who has published a book in which she claims the Biblical Prophets did not foretell the future--I believe Herod would
debate her on that and be willing to put his money where his mouth is.
