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1)
Bible Has all
the Answers.
My friend
what ever
question you
have like, how
did the universe get
its start,
or
what is the
meaning of life
or what is your
purpose in life?
Through the
Bible we learn
the difference
between right
and wrong, love
and hate!
We also learn
about the
history of the
world, the
universe and
about peoples
and nations.
We learn about
being wise in
Gods eyes as
well as we learn
to love and
care more about
others than our
selves!
(
res-0, 1, 2
)
2)
What is the
Bible? The
word Bible
(Greek-Biblia)
originally in
Greek means
"Book."
The Bible was
given
this name
because it is
the book
of Gods words to
us. The
Bible is also
sometimes called
scripture, a
word meaning
"something
written."
The Bible is
like a library
of 66 books put
together in one
big book.
But all the
books in the
Bible talk
about the same
subject: Gods
message to us.
The Bible tells
us about God,
shows us God's
mighty acts
in the lives of
his people and
describes how
people responded
to God.
From the Bible
we learn what
God is like and
what he expects
of us. (res-1f1)
3) How
the Bible Was
Written. It
took about 2000
years for the
Bible to be
completely
written--from
Genesis at
the
time of
Moses, to
Revelation.
It took
countless
numbers of years
for all of Bible
was written. The
books of the
Bible had many
different
authors, living
at different
times and in
different
places.
Yet none of
these writers
contradicts one
another.
The authors
(prophets) did not
know each other
either. God guided
them via his
Holy Spirit and
direct
communication, so
that they wrote
in their words
what he wanted
them to say.
This means that
the Bible is
completely
dependable and
trust worthy
book. We
can believe
everything that
it says because
it comes from
God threw his
special chosen
servants.
(res-1f2)
4) The Old
Testament.
The
Bible has two
major
parts---the Old
Testament and
the New
Testament.
The Old
Testament is a
collection of 39
books.
Both Jews and
Christians
accept these
books as
scripture.
The Old
Testament starts
with the
creation of the
Universe and of
the human race.
Then it
continues with
the history of
Gods chosen
people---Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob
and their
descendents.
whom God formed
into the nation
of
Israel. In
the Old
Testament God
begins to show
his plan for
saving people
from sin.
Through his
prophets he
promised many
times to send
the Messiah, the
savior of
sinners.
(
res-1f2
)
5) The New
Testament.
The New
Testament is
made up of 27
books accepted
by Christians as
scripture.
It
tells
about the coming
of the Messiah,
Jesus Christ,
and about the
beginnings of
the Christian
Church, the Body
of Jesus Christ. It describes
the life, death
and resurrection
of Jesus Christ.
It explains why
he died, and it
teaches us how
we can
be saved
from sin.
It also teaches
us how to live a
Holy and Godly
Christian Life. (
res-1f3
)
6) How the Bible
Came to Us.
When the books
of the Bible
were first
written, the
only way people
could have
a
copy was for
someone to write
it out entirely
by hand.
This work was
done by men
called scribes
who spent
their entire
days copying the
Bible letter by
letter.
Because this was
a long, tiresome
job, few people
had their
own copy of the
Bible. The Bible
usually took a
year to copy and
it would cost a
man, a years
wages.
The Old
Testament was
first written in
the Hebrew and
Aramaic
languages.
About 250 years
before Jesus
birth, it was
translated into
Greek (this text
was called the
Septuagint).
All of the New
Testament was
written
in Greek since
Greek was the
main language in
that part of the
world.
About 350 years
after Jesus
death, Jerome,
who was a leader
in the early
church,
translated the
Bible into Latin,
to which became
the new worlds
language that
consist of many
languages. This
language
commonly spoken
by many people
at that time.
Several hundred
years later,
most people
no longer spoke
Latin. But
even so Jerome's
translation,
called the
Vulgate, was the
official Bible
in Western Europe
for more than
1000 years.
In the late
1300s, John
Wycliffe came to
believe that it
was important
for all
Christians to
read the Bible
in their
own language.
He and his
followers were
the first to
translate the
whole Bible into
English.
But because the
printing press
had not yet been
invented, copies
were made by
hand and very
few were
available. This
was not a
complete Bible
with the NT in
it. It was
a Miles
Coverdale that
translated and
published the
complete Bible
as we know it
today.
During the last
100 years many
new English
translations of
the Bible have
been made.
The goal of
translating each
new version of
the Bible has
been to make a
translation of
God's Word in
the peoples
language of that
time so the
people can
easily read and
understand it!
Bibles such as
KJV were not
mean for people
of today that
does not speak
the KJV
language, but
instead it was
meant for people
of the KJV's
days that spoke
that language!
The Biblical
Language of
today, The New
International
Version of the
Bible
was finished in
1978, and is one of
the most
important
English-Language
translations.
The translators
carefully
studied
the
Greek and Hebrew
manuscripts, so
they would know
exactly what the
writers of the
Bible were
saying, and the
scriptures
actual meanings.
Then they
translated the
Bible into the
style of English
we speak today,
so we can
understand Gods
message, (
res-1f4
)
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