Reasons We Can Trust The Bible  7 Reasons We Can Trust The Bible

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#1 Historical Evidence

Approximate Time Span between original & copy Author Date Written Earliest Copy Approximate Time Span between original & copy Number of Copies Accuracy of Copies Lucretius died 55 or 53 B.C.   1100 yrs 2 ---- Pliny A.D. 61-113 A.D. 850 750 yrs 7 Plato 427-347 B.C. A.D. 900 1200 yrs Demosthenes 4th Cent. B.C. A.D. 1100 800 yrs 8 Herodotus 480-425 B.C. 1300 yrs Suetonius A.D. 75-160 A.D. 950 Thucydides 460-400 B.C. Euripides 480-406 B.C. 9 Aristophanes 450-385 B.C. 1200 10 Caesar 100-44 B.C. 1000 Livy 59 BC-AD 17 ??? 20 Tacitus circa A.D. 100 1000 yrs Aristotle 384-322 B.C. 1400 49 Sophocles 496-406 B.C. A.D. 1000 1400 yrs 193 Homer (Iliad) 900 B.C. 400 B.C. 500 yrs 643 95% New Testament 1st Cent. A.D. (A.D. 50-100) 2nd Cent. A.D. (c. A.D. 130 f.) less than 100 years 5600 99.5%

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#2 Scientific Accuracy

a creature is in the BLOOD.” “For the LIFE of a creature is in the BLOOD.” -Leviticus 17:11

When dealing with disease, clothes & bodies should be WASHED under RUNNING WATER. (Leviticus 15:13)

“He spreads out the northern skies over EMPTY SPACE ; He suspends the EARTH over nothing.” -Job 26:7

“Have you journeyed to the SPRINGS of the SEA or walked in the recesses of the deep?” -Job 38:16

First Law of Thermodynamics: Total quantity of ENERGY & MATTER in the universe is constant. (Genesis 2:1-2)

“He sits enthroned above the CIRCLE of the earth.” -Isaiah 40:22

“The birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the PATHS of the seas.” -Psalm 8:8

Hydrological Cycle: God “draws up drops of WATER, which distill as RAIN from the mist, which the clouds drop down and pour abundantly on man” -Job 36:27-28

“The WIND goes toward the south, and turns around to the north; the WIND whirls about continually, and comes again on its circuit.” -Ecclesiastes 1:6

“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the belt of Orion - Job 38:31

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#3 Predictive Accuracy   "... I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done ..." (Isaiah 46:9-10)  

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BIBLICAL PROPHECIES FULFILLED BY JESUS The Messiah Will Be Born In Bethlehem The Messiah Will Be Born Of A Virgin The Messiah Will Be A Prophet Like Moses The Messiah Will Be Tempted By Satan The Messiah Will Enter Jerusalem Triumphantly The Messiah Will Be Rejected By His Own People The Messiah Will Be Betrayed By One Of His Followers The Messiah Will Be Betrayed For 30 Pieces Of Silver The Messiah Will Be Tried And Condemned The Messiah Will Be Silent Before His Accusers The Messiah Will Be Smitten And Spat Upon The Messiah Will Be Mocked And Taunted The Messiah To Die By Crucifixion, With Pierced Hands & Feet The Messiah Will Suffer With Sinners The Messiah’s Garments Will Be Divided By Casting Lots The Messiah’s Bones Will Not Be Broken The Messiah Will Die As A Sin Offering The Messiah Will See His Seed The Messiah Will Be Buried In A Rich Man’s Tomb The Messiah Will Be Raised From The Dead The Messiah Will Sit At God’s Right Hand JESUS AND YOU

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The bible was composed by about 40 men over a period of 1500 years. #4 Author Consistency The bible was composed by about 40 men over a period of 1500 years.

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#5 Cultural Consistency [ L ] > f

The bible is TRANSCULTURAL. Jesus was an EASTERN man and the bible an EASTERN book, yet it transpires every cultural line. CULTURE

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#6 Motive Authenticity

3 motives driving bias: FINANCIAL gain, SEXUAL LUST 3 motives driving bias: FINANCIAL gain, SEXUAL LUST* or the pursuit of POWER.    *or RELATIONAL DESIRE

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The bible is the BEST – SELLING book of all time.

I do not have enough faith to be an atheist. -Frank Turek

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” -Matthew 7:24 L Ĥ a E Ñ ĥ