1. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics

3. Lesson 4 Ù The Bible…The Only Book Ë The Nature Of The Bible A literary work containing fulfilled prophecies Prophecies written in the O.T. hundreds of years before the events actually took place Release of Jews from captivity by Cyrus, king of Persia Ù ca. 538 B.C. Spoken of by Isaiah some 170 years before Cyrus even born Isa 44:28 HOW ??

4. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics Lesson 4 Ù The Bible…The Only Book Ë The Nature Of The Bible A literary work containing fulfilled prophecies Prophecies written in the O.T. hundreds of years before the events actually took place Birth of the Messiah to a virgin in Bethlehem Spoken of by prophets some 700 years before it happened Isa 7:14 Mic 5:1-5 cp. Mt 2:3-6 HOW ??

5. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics Lesson 4 Ù The Bible…The Only Book Ë The Nature Of The Bible A scientifically & historically “validated” book The Bible is not a science or history book However, it continues to be a book that is “validated” or “confirmed” by discoveries Not that the Bible needs proving…rather, we keep seeing the Bible to have been correct all along

6. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics Lesson 4 Ù The Bible…The Only Book Ë The Nature Of The Bible A scientifically & historically “validated” book Examples of such accuracies in the Bible: The former world-wide paradigm that the Earth was flat Ù disproved by Magellan in 1519 What the Bible already said Isa 40:22 Prov 8:27

7. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics Lesson 4 Ù The Bible…The Only Book Ë The Nature Of The Bible A scientifically & historically “validated” book Examples of such accuracies in the Bible: The former belief that the Earth is held in its place on the back of a giant turtle, or on the back & shoulders of the giant strongman Atlas Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity in 1664

8. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics Lesson 4 Ù The Bible…The Only Book Ë The Nature Of The Bible A scientifically & historically “validated” book Examples of such accuracies in the Bible: The Bible already had the answer Job 26:7 When we saw the Earth from outer space pictures, we were reminded again of the Bible’s accuracy

9. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics Lesson 4 Ù The Bible…The Only Book Ë The Nature Of The Bible A scientifically & historically “validated” book Examples of such accuracies in the Bible: The British Museum expedition of 1929 confirmed a world-wide flood from centuries past The Bible already stated this as fact Gen 6-8

10. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics Lesson 4 Ù The Bible…The Only Book Ë The Nature Of The Bible A scientifically & historically “validated” book Examples of such accuracies in the Bible: The most accurate dimensions of ship building Once again, the Bible already knew Gen 6:15 30 : 5 : 3 LWH

11. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics Lesson 4 Ù The Bible…The Only Book Ë The Nature Of The Bible A scientifically & historically “validated” book Examples of such accuracies in the Bible: The existence of basic oceanographic lanes Discovered & charted by Matthew Fontaine Maury “The Father Of Oceanography” Already known by the Bible Psa 8:8

12. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics Lesson 4 Ù The Bible…The Only Book Ë The Nature Of The Bible A scientifically & historically “validated” book Examples of such accuracies in the Bible: Many other examples could be cited These prove the Bible possesses information man eventually discovers…thus validating the Scripture

13. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics Lesson 4 Ù The Bible…The Only Book Ì The Inerrancy Of The Bible “Inerrancy” = “To be infallibly & inherently correct; to be free from error” [Webster] This connects the nature of God Himself with the nature of His word A connection made by Heb 4:12-13 Our view of God must match our view of Him

14. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics Lesson 4 Ù The Bible…The Only Book Ì The Inerrancy Of The Bible What we know re: God’s character… Num 23:19 Titus 1:2 Heb 6:18 What we know re: the source of Scripture… 2 Tim 3:16-17 Therefore, we know His word only contains truth…it has no error or false information

15. Thematic Studies In Bible Basics