What is the Bible? Part 2

In today's post (and possibly future posts) we're going to continue looking at the question "What is the Bible?". Last time we looked at what the Bible is and who wrote it. We will expound on the question of who wrote the Bible, and also look into several other subjects such as how to study the Bible and how to interpret the Bible. We will also see who the key figures of the Bible are and how they fit into our lives.

Who wrote the Bible? Part 2

 The Bible was Written by approximately 40 different hands over a period of about 1500 years. If we read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, we will find a unity throughout like no other. We can read several other well known authors who write a series of books and will find that even within this series, written by this same author, that there are contradictions from one book to another. This, however, is not true with the Bible. To have this type of unique unity throughout a book that was written by so many people over such a long period of time should tell us that there is only ONE AUTHOR and that the Bible is most definitely a divinely inspired book.

 But, you may say, there are contradictions in the Bible! Most assuredly, I can say, there is not one single contradiction in the Bible! If there seems to be a contradiction, then I can 100% guarantee that it is either an error in translation or an error in interpretation. This is why I strongly suggest that, when studying the Bible, you have a good concordance that can show you what the original Hebrew or Greek word is and what the meaning of that word is. We also need to keep in mind that simple things like punctuation was not in the original scrolls and that when translations were made punctuation was added. A simple misplaced comma can change the meaning of a verse totally. As an example, if I were to write this sentence, which I want to have the meaning of  I am telling you today, we will go to the market. The meaning comes across that I am telling you today that we will go to the market on a day that is not today, but if I write this same sentence this way, I am telling you, today we will go to the market, the whole meaning of the sentence changes. As you can see, just by moving the comma from one side of the word today to the other side,  it totally changed the context of the sentence. So, this is something we need to be aware of when studying the Bible. This is why it is also a good idea to have access to more than one translation of the scriptures. We will study more on this in another segment.

I think that this is where I will end todays post. I pray that you have gained some insight from it. Please feel free to leave a comment.

Shalom