Things The Bible Got Right

Things The Bible Got Right

By

Allen D. Edge

 

The Holy Bible is a book that expresses the mind and heart of God as God is known in the Judeo Christian Faith.  It is the foundation of the Judeo Christian Faith. 

The Holy Bible was written by the prophets and apostles who were inspired by the Holy Spirit. "Above all," says Peter in 2 Peter 1:20,21 "you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." (NIV). The Bible was written by many men. The 39 books of the Old Testament were written in the Hebrew language. The first five books, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, were written by Moses who lived about 1,500 B.C. As other men were inspired by God, they gave their special messages. The last book of the Old Testament was written about 400 B.C. by Malachi.

 

The 27 books of the New Testament were written in the Greek language. Matthew, John and Peter were members of the special group of twelve disciples who followed Jesus for the 32 years of His ministry. They wrote eight of the New Testament books.

 

The other authors were: Mark, a young man, probably no older than a teenager at the time of Jesus' ministry, and was a son of an early Christian family. Luke wrote two books, Luke and Acts, was a Christian physician, and was probably the only Gentile author of any of the books of the Bible. The others were all Jews.

 

Two of the authors in the New Testament, James and Jude, were brothers of Jesus (either half-brothers or foster brothers). The apostle Paul wrote thirteen, some think fourteen, of the New Testament books.

 

The Bible has been translated many times into many languages. One of the first translations was from the Hebrew of the Old Testament into Greek two or three centuries before the Christian era, and was for Jews who lived in Greek speaking lands. This translation was called the Septuagint. Later the Bible has been translated into nearly every language spoken.

 

The first English translation was made in about A.D. 1388 by an English scholar named John Wycliffe. The most popular English translation for centuries was the King James Version, authorized by King James I of England in 1611. In the last century, many translations have been made into more contemporary English.   Source: http://www.biblebay.org/article.php?id=2

 

The Bible is the Word of God.  It is the manual for all creation. The Bible gives specific guidelines on how to get the optimum results out of life. This treatment of “Things The Bible Got Right” will reveal truths that are apparent and truths that have been hidden. 

 

We live in a world, not so unlike the ancient world, where man’s intellect is worshipped above spirituality.  Today there are countless detractors of the Bible.  They have spent millions of dollars producing movies to debunk the relevance and accuracy of the Bible. There are on-going debates over the origin of mankind and life itself. Yet, an even cursory examination of the Holy Scriptures will demonstrate that God’s Word is the set and man’s intellect is the subset.

 

We’ll cover issues such as the origin of life, the existence of God, Himself, Jesus, the Christ, physical, emotional, and spiritual health, sexuality, the function of art, the purpose of prayer, inescapable laws such as reciprocity, attraction, association, and much more.  You have heard and hear so much about the problems and errors with the scriptures.  Now let’s examine and celebrate “The Things The Bible Got Right”.

 

(more to come)