The Ancient Book

Dead Sea Scroll-Isaiah (1QIsa^b)

If there is a God who is all-knowing and all-powerful, and who is personally interested and involved in some way with humankind, we should expect evidences of God's agency in historical records tracing back to antiquity. The Bible is just the type of thing we would expect.

The ancient nature of the Bible is often asserted as evidence in itself that it can hardly be relevant for us today in the 21st century. But its very antiquity places it in an arena with very few competitors for being the revelation of a God who—historically and presently—interacts with humankind, if we are willing to consider the possibility that such a revelation may exist.

Simple reason dictates that if we want to know the truth of the God of the Bible, we need to study it for ourselves. If indeed the God of the Bible is real and continues to engage with humankind today, any tradition, vision, word from a minister or even from a brilliant angel that is contrary to the Bible itself cannot claim to be the word of the God of the Bible who is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Galatians 1:8, Matthew 24:23-24, Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8). Furthermore, we should be aware that the Bible repeatedly forbids communication with spirits that claim to be the dead, and we can be certain that such spirits are imposters and are not sent from God (Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Isaiah 8:19-20, Leviticus 19:31, Leviticus 20:6)! The Bible is the measure of Bible religion, the measure by which anything that claims to come from the God of the Bible must be evaluated (Isaiah 8:20).

We understand that there are many who are distrustful of anything claiming to be an authority on religious matters, and unfortunately, this is not without cause. But before latching onto any claims about the God of the Bible—whether bad or good—it is only sensible to study this book for yourself. We don't encourage anyone to make an uninformed decision to believe the Bible. But if you sense that perhaps there may be a God who is reaching out to you and encouraging you to read this book, by all means, do so! You will undoubtedly find things that are difficult to understand and even apparent contradictions. There may well be things you will sharply disagree with. But rather than setting out to prove the entirety of the Bible to be true or false, we encourage you to simply study to find truth. We believe the effort will be well worth it!

Suggestions for further study

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Amazing Facts

BibleUniverse.com

It Is Written

The Bible Sabbath

Which day is the Lord's day - the Christian Sabbath? The answer may surprise you!

SabbathTruth.com is an excellent resource to begin your study.

What the Bible Says About Death

Are the Dead Really Dead? - A Bible study by Amazing Facts

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