They are high testimonies to the prophetic soul of Paul; and as such, I cannot have any desire to weaken their force.

But there is nothing in them that can establish the theory of supernaturalism, in the face of his great mistake as to the speedy return of Christ from heaven.
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As for the Old Testament, if all its prophecies about Babylon and Tyre and Edom and Ishmael and the four Monarchies were both true and supernatural, what would this prove?
That God had been pleased to reveal something of coming history to certain eminent men of Hebrew antiquity.

That is all.

We should receive this conclusion with an otiose faith.