The Bible
Written over a period of 1500 years by 40 different people of totally
different backgrounds and in 3 different languages.(Hebrew, Aramic, Greek)
Take 10 writers to write on some subject. They won't agree, but the Bible does.
The books that are truly in the Bible are referenced by other books in the
Bible. There are only 66 books that are truly part of the Bible.
From the beginning to the end it tells of God's plan for the salvation of man.
- In Genesis when man rebelled, God told them to offer a blood sacrifice.
- All the way through the Old Testament, God sent prophets to correct their ways.
- In the New Testament, God sent His only son Jesus to die in our place.
Jesus claims to be the theme of the Bible.
- John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth and the light. No man cometh unto the
father but by me."
- John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God"
- John 5:39 "Search the scriptures: for in them ye think ye have eternal life:
and they are they which testify of me."
- John 5:46 "... had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote
of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my
words?"
- Luke 24:27 "And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto
them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself."