Perhaps
the
Bible had just .
one
author.
Perhaps
it
was the God of .
the
Universe.
What
if the Bible is True?
Miraculous
Unity
-There
is a great amount of agreement, sometimes “point by point,”
throughout the Bible. This is miraculous when one considers that the
66 books were written by at least 40 writers, each from vastly
different cultures, different backgrounds, in different locations,
and in different circumstances.
The
Bible is
NOT
Afraid
to be Tested
Are
you surprised?
Don’t
Be!!
Question:
How do we know that the Bible has been
accurately passed down to us?
Answer:
We have more than 5,000
manuscripts existing today and there are
several million people who still speak the original languages (Hebrew
& Greek). We do not depend
on a translation because we have direct access in the original
languages.*
*Between
the 99.5% accuracy
“word for word” of the ancient manuscripts, and the fact that
there are more extant
manuscripts of the Bible than any other ancient writing proves strong
reliability that far exceeds all other
books of antiquity.
Science
and Medicine
-The
book of Leviticus contains amazing medical insights far ahead of its
time including circumcision on the 8th day, washing hands after
touching someone infected, quarantine of those who had been in
contact with the dead, and many other sanitation procedures which we
take for granted today but they couldn’t have known about without
divine guidance.
100%
perfect prophecy
This
is one of the many proofs we have that
the Bible is completely accurate beyond human reason. (I Thess. 5:21
Test everything.
Hold on to the good).
Prophecy
Scripture Odds
Isaiah’s
naming of Cyrus nearly Isaiah 44:28-45:3 1/10,000
two
centuries in advance
Daniel's
400 years of precisely Daniel 8 1/1,000,000
predicted
history
The
detailed prophecy of the Ezekiel 26 1/100,000
destruction
of Tyre, hundreds
of
years in advance
>More
than 500 years before the time of Jesus, Daniel predicted to the year
when the Messiah would be killed (Daniel 9.25-26)
These
were unbelievable predictions!
The likelihood that these prophecies came true by some random chain
of events is all but impossible. Also remember that this is only an
extremely short “glimpse” of predictions spoken of in the Bible
by God's prophets. Of the events that were to have taken place by
now, every one happened just the way they predicted it would. No
other "sacred writing" has such perfectly
accurate predictions of the future.
-In
33 AD, Jesus was crucified (a prophecy)
and died (a prophecy).
Three days later he rose from the dead (another
prophecy), after which he was seen by
over 500 witnesses. These miracles and others were done many times in
front of thousands for over 3 years.
Archaeology
-No
archaeological discovery has ever contradicted a Biblical reference.
Scores of archaeological findings have been made which confirm the
Bible’s reliability. In addition, dozen of times the descriptions
given in the Bible have led to great archaeological discoveries.
-About
two thousand years elapsed between the time the Dead
Sea Scrolls were
deposited in the caves of the barren hills surrounding the Dead Sea
and their discovery in 1947.
The fact that they survived for twenty centuries, that they were
found accidentally by Bedouin shepherds, that they are the largest
and oldest body of manuscripts relating to the Bible and to the time
of Jesus of Nazareth make them a truly remarkable archaeological find
offering credence to the accuracy of the Masoretic Texts written much
later.
-
As well as consistency throughout, and brutal honesty of the Bible
writers, archaeology confirms our reasons to believe in the Bible, If
Luke was so painstakingly accurate in his historical reporting, on
what basis may we assume inaccuracy in his reporting of matters that
were far more important, not only to him but to others as well; such
as, the resurrection of Jesus—the
most influential evidence of Jesus' authenticity of being Christ.
This, says Luke, was firmly established by “many convincing proofs”
(Acts 1:3).
(Luke
is the gospel which gives the most information about locations and
rulers)
-Sir
William Ramsey, one of the greatest
archaeologists of all time, spent 30 years of his life trying to
disprove the New Testament, especially Luke's writings. After much
intensive research, with many expecting a thorough refutation of
Christianity, Ramsey concluded that Luke was one of the greatest
historians of all time and leading Ramsey to become a Christian.
(This is a rather ironic pattern
followed by many who have tried to disprove the Bible through their
own research and ended up believing it)
The
longer archaeology does its work
the
more the bible is proven true
-Some
scholars argued that King David was a myth, until 1993
when a stone monument was discovered at
Tel Dan, near the border of Syria and Israel. It mentioned a victory
over King David and the house of David, just as indicated in I
Kings 15:20.
JERUSALEM
Nov 10, 2005
-Archaeologists
digging at the biblical home of Goliath unearthed a shard of pottery
bearing an inscription of the Philistine's name —a
find they claimed lends historical credence to the Bible's
description of David's battle with the giant.
The
New Testament Record has never been successfully refuted
Christians
were strongly persecuted by both the Jews and the Roman government.
If the New Testament writings were false, these two groups would have
produced a great deal of evidence to stop the growth of this "sect."
None exists. Furthermore, the New Testament writings circulated
during the lifetimes of thousands of people who had actually seen
Jesus' miracles and other historic events. No one ever
refuted the New Testament writings.
Original
article by Living Hope International Ministries
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