Lesson 15: God is Wise

 Isaiah 42:8-9 "I am the LORD; that is My name; My glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."

According to our text, God is so Wise that He not only knows the past, but He even knows the future before it happens. That is why the first reason we know God is Wise is because God Knows the Beginning from the End. How do we know? Through Bible Prophecy. Throughout the Bible we see evidence of God's wisdom by His predictions of specific events, some of them hundreds of years in advance that have literally been fulfilled, right down to the last detail. What are some of these specific prophecies that have literally been fulfilled showing us that God alone is Wise? The first fulfilled prophecy showing us that God is Wise is about the rise and fall of nations.

Daniel 2:36, 38, 39-40, 45 - “This was the dream. Now we will tell the king its interpretation…you are the head of gold. Another kingdom inferior to you shall arise after you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things. And like iron that crushes, it shall break and crush all these…God has made known to the king what shall be after this."

God told Nebuchadnezzar what was going to happen! What we see here is Daniel's amazing prophecy of the rise of four totally different nations existing hundreds of years apart from each other. The first nation was Nebuchadnezzar's or Babylon, the second was the Medo-Persian empire, the third was the Grecian empire with Alexander the Great and the fourth empire was the Roman empire which will be revived in the last days.


You may not think this is important but skeptics sure do. They admit that Daniel accurately predicted the rise of these four empires, right down to small details. In fact, they believe it so much that they try to deny its supernatural origin by claiming that the Book of Daniel was written after the events took place. This does not hold up to the textual evidence and it only reveals that the skeptics are really saying, "Do not confuse me with the facts."

The Bible not only accurately predicted the rise of nations but it also predicted their downfall. Many of them were destroyed because of their ill-treatment of the Jewish people. For example, the Bible specifically predicted in the Book of Nahum that the nation of Nineveh would be permanently destroyed by fire, would easily be captured, their army officers would desert, and that they would even be drunk in their final hours. Did God get it right? Of course! God is Wise. Not only did Nineveh cease to exist shortly after this prophecy, but just like Nahum said, archaeologists have uncovered a layer of ash in its ruins showing it was destroyed by fire. Ancient Babylonian records reveal that Nineveh was easily overtaken and that their officers fled the scene, and a Greek historian even records for us that, "The king gave much wine to his soldiers that night" which caused them to be drunk!

* Memorize: Isaiah 46:9-10 – “…I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all My purpose.’”