A reasonable, thinking mind
will examine
God’s Word

Gutenberg Bible,
printed 1452-1455 in Mainz, Germany, by Johannes Gutenberg

The Bible has been miraculously preserved

The Tyndale Bible

Qumran Caves

Dead Sea Scrolls   

St. Catherine's Monastery

Sinaitic Manuscript

The Geneva Bible

The Bible points and refers to one prominent character:
Jesus of Nazareth.

  
Pool of Siloam
John 9:11.

Golgotha
John 19:17

Garden Tomb
John 19:41

The disciples
were committed
to an unpopular cause.

What motivated
the writers of Scripture?

Jeremiah

 The Biblical writers were honest and faithful
to the Lord.

The writers
were acquainted first hand
with the facts

Moses Leading Israel Out of Egypt

The Israelites lived under the government
of God

The Levitical Priesthood

The privileges
of the priests
were limited

Priest in
Most Holy

Ark of Covenant in the Most Holy

A theocratic government
was established

Moses

The people
asked
for a king

Samuel anointing
Saul king

Judges –
"Ye shall hear the small as well as the great..."
Deuteronomy 1:17

Breastplate of the High Priest which had the Urim and Thummim

The High Priest

"Jubilee"
– the economic leveler

All the laws were
read aloud

God’s government protected Israel
from dictatorship.

Laws displayed love for the stranger

Ruth and Boaz

Animals were not forgotten, but were protected by laws of kindness.

Animals were not to be unequally yoked.

Tithing
was voluntary.

The Widow's Mite

The Priests had
no inheritance
in the land.

The High Priest

No provision
was made
for honoring
the priests.

Protection for widows
and orphans

Wage protection...

Honor for
the elderly

"Thou shalt rise up
before the
hoary head
and honor the face
of the old man,
and fear thy God:
I am the LORD."
Leviticus 19:32

Scientific sanitation

All this is evidence
of a wise, just
and loving God.

"Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction and of patience." James 5:10

Elijah Reproves King Ahab

The Prophets

"For the prophecy came not
in old time
by the will of man:
but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit."
2 Peter 1:21

Exhorting the Israelites
to Repentance

Deborah
Reproving and Warning

Daniel in the Den of Lions

Prophets of God

The link
between the
Old and New Testaments

The Bible has
one plan,
one spirit,
one aim, and
one purpose

The Bible contains more than
morals, maxims, and words of comfort.

The Bible was written
by many pens
at various times
under different circumstances.

There is the redemption theme...

"...with his stripes we are healed."
Isaiah 53:5

Before Pilate

Jesus' Resurrection

The ransom price...

The blessing
for ALL...

The selection of
a "little flock"...

The Bible tells of Messiah and his kingdom...

And how death and sorrow will be wiped away

The Bible gives the hope of the resurrection...

Interior of
Jesus' Tomb

"...in Christ shall all be made alive"

The Old Testament is confirmed by the
New Testament writers, written 2,000 years apart, as well as by other Old Testament writers.

Dead Sea Scrolls

Jesus Healing

To eliminate the miracles
from the Bible
would invalidate
the testimony of its principal writers.

NOAH
Genesis 6 and 7 -
Matthew. 24:38

JONAH
Jonah 1:17 -
Matthew 12:40

ADAM AND EVE
Genesis 2:7,19 -
1 Corinthians 15:45

JOSHUA
Joshua 10:12 -
Isaiah 28:21, Habakkuk 3:11,
Zechariah 14:1,6,7

BALAAM
Numbers 22 and 31:16 -
2 Peter 2:15,16 & Jude 11

Seeds grow –
we cannot tell how...
nor can the wisest philosopher
explain the miracle.

The Bible’s
own testimony convinces us that
God is its Author