Questions About The Bible Answered!

The bible is written by 40 authors over a period of 1600 years. 30 wrote the Old Testament (OT) and 10 wrote the New Testament (NT). The first author was called Moses. He lived between the years 1500 BC – 1300 BC. Therefore, it is estimated that the earliest record of the bible was written around 1400 BC. The last author was named Apostle John and his last writings were written around the year 95 AD. You may ask, “It has been 3000 years since Moses first wrote the book of Genesis, so how did his writings survive till now?” Unfortunately, it did not. Then how do we know it is real? It is because there were over 5000 complete or partial copies copied by people in the past. Thousands of these copies also matched each other amazingly. There is no major variation within the copies; therefore, we are sure that it is real.

And of course there was a great diversity in language, culture and time lapse when the bible was written throughout the 1600 years. By looking at the writing style of the authors, it is clear that there is no mechanical word-for-word dictation. It means the writer did not copy one word by one word of what God had said. It is clear that the authors had their own style of writing and their personalities were very evident through their writing. They could also have been influenced by the style way of writing during their time. This showed us something. The Holy Spirit (God) gave the writers the message God intended to give mankind and guided them to write it out through their own unique style of writing. That is not amazing. The amazing part is all 66 chapters gave one unified message, “God’s love for mankind”. Imagine this: 40 writers, 1600 years, yet 1 message. Tell me! How can it be faked? Only God can create such an amazing thing. Praise God! Therefore, there were not 40 authors, but only 1 main author. And that author is God.

The next question you might ask is; are the miracles Jesus performed as stated in the bible real? Of course! Then you say, “But it is scientifically proven that it is impossible”. Of course! If man can do it, what is so great about God? Then it would not be called miracles. The question you should be asking is, “Is the bible real?” If you believe the bible is real, then you would believe in the miracles Jesus performed.

Some have asked me this question, “Why did God kill people and destroy cities when He loved mankind so much?” Is this question difficult? NO! God obviously desires for sinners to repent and go closer to Him. However, there is a point when evil is very contagious (like SARS or H1N1). When evil is so pervasive that immorality, degradation, and barbarity that it invaded every aspect of life. In the past, innocent children were sacrificed to idols and male & female prostitution took place in the temple. God’s people were in danger of being infected! God did not want His people to be infected, thus He had no choice but to unleash His wrath! One example of preventing more innocent people from dying is the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Yes, no doubt innocent and guilty people perished together in the bombing; however, it had put an end to future killings by the Japanese. Did you know from then on, countries decided not to use war as a tool but as a form of defence? This PREVENTED future world wars and MUCH MORE innocent lives from being lost. THANK YOU GOD!

Another question was, “Is the bible translated accurately?” For those who do not know, English is a live subject, it means it constantly changes. Therefore, there is a need for bible scholars to continue to update the bible. Secondly, the bible was written in many different languages (e.g. Hebrew, Greek and more). For some words in Hebrew or Greek, it cannot be directly translated to express the certain emotion and expression of the writer. Therefore, words are formed to bring that feeling to the reader. Some direct translations are also difficult to understand and it is unreadable as the grammar and vocabulary did not exist back then. Therefore bible scholars have translated in a way to express the certain emotions the authors wanted to express to us.

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God Bless You!