And She [Mary] Gave Birth To A Son, A Male Child, Who Is To Rule All The Nations With A Rod Of Iron;

And she [Mary] gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up [taken] to God and to His throne.

Book of Revelation 12:5

God ... summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.

Romans 4:17, NET Bible Conclusion: Prophecy Written As History! In the Bible, God prophesies the entire history of time (not just past history) from the beginning. (Compare Isaiah 46:10)!

Now at that time Michael ['who is like God'], the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise [from the dead]. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; … and many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake … and those who have insight will shine brightly … and knowledge will increase.

Daniel 12:1-4

[These] men … have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection has already taken place.

2 Timothy 2:18 Conclusion: Christ's resurrection is yet to come!

A Response to Academic Atheism

You totally misunderstood my position. When I stated that "The difference between a theist and an atheist is the degree to which God has revealed himself to them,” I was not referring to biblical revelation—I was referring to “personal” revelation. Knowledge of God doesn’t come from a philosophical inquiry or from reading the Bible, but from a deep existential experience (in the Heideggerian sense) where a “personal revelation” takes place! Perhaps you’re not familiar with my work. I’m convinced that the Bible is a collection of mythic prophecies, not a record of historical events. For example, I totally agree with you that the story of Noah is a myth. Even the story of Jesus is a myth in a certain sense. Jesus never existed—he is not an established figure in history, and the gospels simply borrow material from the Old Testament to prove that he is the messianic fulfillment of the Jews! So the gospels are mythical: theological. I’ll grant you that. However, the rest of the New Testament gives us a very different account of Jesus, one that is not historical but rather prophetic and apocalyptic:

“For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” (Revelation 19:10), NOT history!

“God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these LAST DAYS has spoken to us in His Son” (Hebrews 1:1-2, emphasis added).

“Once IN THE END OF THE WORLD hath he [Jesus] appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice [death] of himself” (Hebrews 9:26, emphasis added).

Conclusion: the Bible is a collection of “theologies” or mythic prophecies that point to the messianic age when Jesus Christ will appear once and for all “at the consummation of the ages” (Hebrews 9:26, New American Standard). And this truth is not known by reading the Bible but through a “personal” revelation. Hence I believe!

All those prepared for battle shall set out and camp opposite the king of the Kittim and all the forces of Belial that are assembled with him for a day of vengeance.

War Scroll, Column 15, Lines 2-3