![]() The Chinese translation most commonly used, Chinese Union, was translated in 1919 and can be a little difficult to understand. After comparing the manuscripts, teams of experts then translate them into native languages of countries all over the world. The ones that are left are extremely accurate. It was so strict that many copies were burned by the scribes because they weren’t copied accurately enough. The Jews had a very strict system for copying sacred writings. These date back in some cases to within a hundred years of the original writings. So how can we be sure that what we have today is the same? In comparison with other classic books from history, there are far more manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments than any other book. The Bible was written thousands of years ago and mostly in Hebrew and Greek. ![]() If a group of men were required to write different chapters of a novel with no outline the result would be a mess. Yet amazingly it all fits together into one perfect, unified whole! The same theme of one problem – sin – and one solution – the Savior – unifies the entire book. Nearly forty authors wrote parts of the Bible and it was written in several languages. The last book was completed by the disciple John before 100 A.D. The first books of the Bible were written by Moses around 1500 B.C. The events in the Bible cannot be disproved and in many cases have been verified through other historical sources as well as archaeology. God wants us to know what really happened. The events and people recorded inside are actual. Unlike many religious books of other religions, the Bible is a historical book. It is also referred to as God’s Word, because it comes from God to us. The Bible is sometimes called Scripture, which means holy writings. Each book is divided into chapters and verses, like a library, so that we can find the information we are looking for quickly. It also contains many principles that God wants His children to know and follow.Įach section of the Bible is also divided into books. It fulfills the prophecies in the Old Testament and shows us that God did send a Savior to the world to save humans from the terrible problem of sin (Matthew 1:21). The New Testament was written after Jesus came and describes His life and how the good news of His death and resurrection spread across the world. Therefore the Old Testament establishes the fact that man needs a Savior and in it God promises that He will send one (Isaiah 49:6-7). We see that even though God specifically chose and blessed a certain group of people, the Israelites, they still did not follow Him. In the Old Testament we learn of God’s creation of the world, the fall of the world into sin, and the helplessness of humans to overcome this problem of sin. ![]() The Old Testament contains more material than the New Testament. These are called the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Bible is divided into two basic parts.
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