The Bible is TRUSTWORTHY
by Daniel Carandang
written by Ashley Petallano
Our circumstances can sometimes freak the living daylights out of us. When life gives us lemons, we don't know how to make decent juice. Unexpected events can break us: loss of a loved one, heart-breaking conflicts and the likes. We're in search for answers and if we're not grounded in the truth, we are easily shaken.
Majority of our questions in life can be found in one controversial book: THE BIBLE.
For years, many have doubted the reality of it being the Word of God. Those who stand against God and His truths have tried to disprove its trustfulness. But they are wrong. Because no matter what happens- the BIBLE will always be TRUSTWORTHY.
There have been many incidents proving the Bible:
In 1947, a young Bedouin found himself faced to face with a cave, known as the Qumram cave which was located near the Dead Sea. His young goat had gone inside the mysterious cave. The young boy, hesitant at first, finally decided to go inside. Little did he know, he was about to bump into the greatest discovery of all time:
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
It is significant due to the fact that these scrolls are the earliest known surviving manuscripts of works later included in the Hebrew Bible, all the deuterocanonicals and extra-biblical manuscripts. Original biblical manuscripts that is.
In 1950, the Ebla tablets of the Ebla archives were discovered. These tablets proved that Sodom and Gomorrah did exist. Another amazing account would be that of an Ossuary discovered to be that of James, brother of Jesus.
ALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AFFIRM THE BIBLE!
Even in the field of science, the Bible has proven its worth.
Centuries ago, people believed that the Earth was flat. A society was even formed base on this belief. Those who dared to say that the Earth was not flat, rather it was round, were killed. But the prophet Isaiah says otherwise:
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
and spreads them out like a tent to live in
The truth of the Earth hanging on nothing is also written in the Bible.
He spreads out the northern skies over empty space;
he suspends the earth over nothing.
Even something as complicated as the hydraulic cycle is also written!
“He draws up the drops of water,
which distill as rain to the streams[a];
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
and abundant showers fall on mankind.
These seem impossible but they are only possible with a God who spoke the Word.
When it comes to prophecies, the Bible is unbeatable. All three hundred prophecies stored in its pages have been- wait for it- FULFILLED. Every single one of them. The possibility of two of them occurring is considered impossible but all three hundred?
Let's take a look at two major prophecies:
There was a period in time when the nation Israel did not exist. The Jews wandered from one place to another for 2000 years. With all the exiles and the turmoil the nation went thru, its people were forced to disband and settle all over the world. But according to the prophet Ezekiel, the Lord would not allow His people to be disbanded forever. He will gather them.
A man named Lord James Belford introduced the idea of rebuilding Israel as a nation first but the idea was scrapped during latter years. When Adolf Hitler rose to power, six million Jews died under his reign. World War II caused them to run for their lives and be separated more. However, at the end of the war, President Harry Truman of the United States declared that it was time for the Jews to return home.
In 1947, Israel was born.
It all took place in one day. Impossible?
Who has ever heard of such things?
Who has ever seen things like this?
Can a country be born in a day
or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
In 1950, the Ebla tablets of the Ebla archives were discovered. These tablets proved that Sodom and Gomorrah did exist. Another amazing account would be that of an Ossuary discovered to be that of James, brother of Jesus.
ALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AFFIRM THE BIBLE!
Even in the field of science, the Bible has proven its worth.
Centuries ago, people believed that the Earth was flat. A society was even formed base on this belief. Those who dared to say that the Earth was not flat, rather it was round, were killed. But the prophet Isaiah says otherwise:
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
and spreads them out like a tent to live in
Isaiah 40:22
The truth of the Earth hanging on nothing is also written in the Bible.
He spreads out the northern skies over empty space;
he suspends the earth over nothing.
Job 26:7
Even something as complicated as the hydraulic cycle is also written!
“He draws up the drops of water,
which distill as rain to the streams[a];
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
and abundant showers fall on mankind.
Job 36:27-28
These seem impossible but they are only possible with a God who spoke the Word.
When it comes to prophecies, the Bible is unbeatable. All three hundred prophecies stored in its pages have been- wait for it- FULFILLED. Every single one of them. The possibility of two of them occurring is considered impossible but all three hundred?
Let's take a look at two major prophecies:
There was a period in time when the nation Israel did not exist. The Jews wandered from one place to another for 2000 years. With all the exiles and the turmoil the nation went thru, its people were forced to disband and settle all over the world. But according to the prophet Ezekiel, the Lord would not allow His people to be disbanded forever. He will gather them.
A man named Lord James Belford introduced the idea of rebuilding Israel as a nation first but the idea was scrapped during latter years. When Adolf Hitler rose to power, six million Jews died under his reign. World War II caused them to run for their lives and be separated more. However, at the end of the war, President Harry Truman of the United States declared that it was time for the Jews to return home.
In 1947, Israel was born.
It all took place in one day. Impossible?
Who has ever heard of such things?
Who has ever seen things like this?
Can a country be born in a day
or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Isaiah 66:8a
The next major prophecy concerns the most controversial character of all time: JESUS.
There have been a number of prophecies concerning Jesus that have been fulfilled. Here are 8 of them:
- Him being born of a virgin
- being born in Bethlehem
- riding through Jerusalem in a donkey
- betrayed by Judas for thirty pieces of silver
- the same 30 pieces of silver thrown in the temple
- His crucifixion (Psalm 22)
- buried in a cave (Isaiah 53)
- His ressurection
The probability of one prophecy coming true in a man's life is already a big deal and quite the impossibility but the probability of eight? The chances are (in statistical terms)1 x 10 to the 17th power. 17 ZEROES! Imagine! It is unthinkable, unimaginable! Except God intervened. The Bible's prophetic nature testifies to its supernatural nature.
The
There have been a number of prophecies concerning Jesus that have been fulfilled. Here are 8 of them:
- Him being born of a virgin
- being born in Bethlehem
- riding through Jerusalem in a donkey
- betrayed by Judas for thirty pieces of silver
- the same 30 pieces of silver thrown in the temple
- His crucifixion (Psalm 22)
- buried in a cave (Isaiah 53)
- His ressurection
The probability of one prophecy coming true in a man's life is already a big deal and quite the impossibility but the probability of eight? The chances are (in statistical terms)1 x 10 to the 17th power. 17 ZEROES! Imagine! It is unthinkable, unimaginable! Except God intervened. The Bible's prophetic nature testifies to its supernatural nature.
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