WHY STUDY THE BIBLE?
INTRODUCTION
Hello and Welcome! I am delighted bcos Today, I start a new series which am excited about;Unlocking the Bible?
There is no doubt that many desire to read the bible but are frustrated, and abandon with time. Genesis, many read but do not understand.
Many don’t read it because they are not aware of the benefits
yet the Bible is Gods Book to us.The most important book ever written.
There are tips tools and techniques.
Very important 2 episodes why must you study the Bible: Scientific (some consider the Bible Prescientific) Spiritual
- Unique among all books ever writtenis the Bible. The Bible is true and can truly AND fully trusted. There are several reasons why we can trust the Bible and hold it as true.
- The content of the Book. This is the only book that fully explains the Origin, Purpose, Meaning, Destiny and Future of life, the earth and man with clear coherence, empirical evidences and consistent relevance to humans. No other book does that
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- NOT FICTIONAL. The Bible’s historic contents like when such and such happened, names of ancient kings and people etc have been proven to be accurate,
- The Bible’s scientific content have been proven to be accurate, even though those scientific statements where made long before science could find them out. Example – the Bible says that the earth floats freely in space and is spherical long before science could determine that and while men held the general belief that the earth was flat. Job 26:7 (written 3,500 years ago): “He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.” (Earth’s free float in space)
- Isaiah 40:22 (written 2,800 years ago): “It is He who sits above the circle of the earth.” (Earth is Circular, not flat)
- Noah’s ark, Garden Eden, Jericho’s walls
- The nature of the book – written by so many people over so many years with a thread-line and a plot that is complete, coherent and full, yet no contradictions.
- 100% Accurate PropheciesIsaiah 66:7,8 (700 BC), the prophet gives a strange prophecy: “Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.” In 1922 the League of Nations (UN) gave Great Britain the mandate (political authority) over Palestine. On May 14, 1948, Britain withdrew her mandate, and the nation of Israel was “born in a day
The Rise and Fall of Nations and Leaders
- Greek, Roman Empire predicted by Daniel 2v39,40Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Head-Gold Babylon, arms chest silver Babylon, Medes/Persia, Rome, Greek, EU
- Tyre, Sidon (close to Beirut, Lebanon)
- Destruction of Jerusalem (Matt 24v1,2 Luke 21, AD 70)
- The Coming of the Messiah Isa 53v5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 700 years before Jesus Birth
- The Old Testament prophets declared, among many other things, that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2)to a virgin (Isaiah 7:14), be betrayed for thirty pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12,13), die by crucifixion (Psalm 22), and be buried in a rich man’s tomb (Isaiah 53:9).
- There was only one person who fits all of the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Mary.
- Astounding Mathematical Odds
There are more than 25 Bible prophecies concerning Palestine that have been literally fulfilled. Probability estimations conclude that the chances of these being randomly fulfilled are less than one chance in 33 million.
Conclusion
A book so accurate may as well hold the key to your future, secret solution to your problem, recipe for your success. Here is the incredible implication. If God did write the Bible through the pens of men (see 2 Timothy 3:16), then its wisdom for you & I to take heed to this book and read it.Next Episode The Bible will Speak for itself.
