There are those who look at the Bible as just another book you can pick up at Amazon or Barnes and Noble. It is no different than any of the thousands of books I can choose to read. This is not the proper way to consider the Bible when you look at it's history.
But the Bible is unlike any book ever written or read. Let me share some information about the Bible;
1) It was written over a span of 1600 years - Although we can look at the Bible and see the first book is Genesis with the last one being Revelation this is not the order in which the book was written but the order that outlines the chronological event. It begins with stating God created man and ends with man being in heaven.
2) It was written by over 40 different authors, many of who didn't know each other- Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible speaking of events that he was not there to witness. Yet the authors wrote about events they were not there to see even though when we put them all together there is no contradiction. Consider the book of Daniel. He predicted the exact year Jesus Christ was to be born over 500 years in the past. No one has ever predicted with such accuracy future events so far into the future.
3) Many chapters were written without the benefit of knowing what was in the other chapters - It's very hard to create a collaborative work when the people who wrote it never speak. The Bible does that by having each author write a piece and when it is all put together we are left with a masterpiece.
4) It was written for one specific purpose - The Bible is not a history book although it is historically correct. It is not a science book but it does not contradict science. It was written to outline the history of man's redemption and the outcome to occur to man in the future. When we keep that purpose in mind we can more clearly see why it was written the way it was written.
Only a being with Supreme Intelligence could devise a book that was written in a way that no other book in the history of mankind has been written. That is why it is still on the best sellers list worldwide.
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