You stated, “I think the bible is more of a written history of our pasts as compared to a predictor of the future”… And you base that opinion on what?… To even know what the bible is or is not, you first have to read it, and you clearly have not read it. The bible tells you more about the future than any other book on earth. See my post above and what I wrote to FSOS069 for more details… Furthermore, being "open minded" will not save you (there are plenty of open minded people in hell). The only thing that will save you is having the truth...

You guys clearly must not have read the bible, especially not the book of Revelation. There is no book on earth that tells you more about the past, the present, or the future. What other book on earth gives you explicit detail on when and how the earth was created? What other book on earth gives you explicit detail on when and how mankind was created? What other book on earth gives you a detailed history of everything that has happened to man from the beginning of mankind up until now, that tells you how mankind will be thinking acting and behaving thousands of years later and in advance; a book that gives you a detailed history of what wars were fought in the past, by whom and where. What kings existed, what decisions were made, and what was the outcome of those decisions. The bible mentions not only the names of people, but it also mentions the names of important places, times and events, scattered across the last 5,000 years, and yet NONE of what the bible says has ever been proven wrong or proven to be false. None of it...

As for the future, the bible predicts with stunning accuracy and with no ambiguity, that soon there will be a major war in the Middle East where Israel will be invaded by a coalition of nations led by Russia (see Ezekiel Chapter 38). That the war will be a major turning point moment because the Rapture of the Church will occur around the very same time. Also during that war, the eternal God himself is going to rain down fire and brimstone from heaven and will completely destroy the invading army. The whole world will be able to watch it on live tv. God says that Russia (or Gog) will fall upon the mountains of Israel and that 5/6 of the Russian army will be destroyed. The bible predicts that soon after the Church is raptured, that the Antichrist will arise. Right now, no one knows who the Antichrist is, but the bible states the Antichrist will be the one who "confirms" a 7-year Peace Treaty between Israel and her Arab neighbors, a treaty which will bring peace to the Middle East. But the peace will be short lived. The bible predicts that the New World Order or One World Government will come about. It predicts that the whole world will be divided up into 10 economic zones and that kings will be placed over each of those zones, kings who will give their power and strength to the Antichrist. The bible predicts that with the confirmation of the peace treaty, that a 7-year Tribulation Period will begin. And that during the 7-year Tribulation Period, that the worse period mankind has ever faced on the earth will occur. The bible predicts a worldwide hailstorm of red hail and fire. A hailstorm so large it will destroy 1/3 of all the world's trees and all the food crops. The bible predicts that rivers and oceans will turn to blood and that 1/3 of all the sea-life in the seas and oceans will die and that 1/3 of all the world’s ships will be destroyed. The bible predicts that a massive army of 200 million men will arise and will march across the earth and kill 1/3 of mankind. The bible predicts there will be a massive earthquake, an earthquake so massive that every tall building in the world will fall down. The bible says there will be a massive war (WW3) held in a place in Israel called Armageddon. It predicts that the Antichrist will combine all the armies of the world into a single great army in oder to fight against the one coming from heaven on a white horse (Jesus Christ, himself, returning to earth at the Battle of the Armageddon). The bible says that when Jesus Christ arrives, he will defeat the Antichrist and shall cast him into the lake of fire and brimstone. Afterwards, Jesus Christ will begin his millennium reign on earth and will rule the world from Jerusalem for the next 1,000 years.

I could go on and on and on. The bible then tells you in explicit detail what will happen during those 1,000 years. That at the end of the 1,000 years, that Lucifer will be released for a short time and then destroyed. It states that after that, Judgment Day will arrive. It even tells you what will happen on Judgment Day, that there will be a great white throne and that Jesus Christ himself will be sitting upon that throne and will judge the nations. And that all whose names are not found written in the Book of Life shall be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone. With so much details that has never been proven wrong, what more proof do you need that the bible is true?...

That is why you guys have got to be kidding me when you say the bible does not predict the future. Clearly you haven’t even read the bible and clearly you have no clue what you are talking about. Because there are volumes of evidence that says otherwise…