i took time off and began studying the prophecies. my wife spent much time at the library. she obtained documentation from reference books and various sources, which i would check against the scriptures to see if the prophecies took place. i worked on it day and night. one week went by, and then a month. no stone was left unturned. every prophecy we were able to document proved to be true. i was astonished, but still not convinced. later, people would show me what appeared to be mistakes and contradictions in the bible. turned out, these were not contradictions, but only a lack of research on their part. stubborn, that’s me. even after four months of intensive study, night and day, authenticating prophecy after prophecy, i was still skeptical. i became more determined. it wasn’t possible that the sixty–six books of the bible, written by many people over hundreds of years, would not have some errors. thousands of prophecies, and every one perfect? no