Proofs That The Bible Is The Word of Almighty God

EVANGELICAL BIBLE COLEGE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
EVANGELICAL BIBLE COLLEGE OF WESTERN

AUSTRALIA
PROOFS
THAT THE BIBLE
IS THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD.
by
PAULL R OOST [Dip Theo]
[BOOK 147]
APRIL 2002
WHO IS JESUS CHRIST?
PROOFS THAT THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD
Professor Simon Greenleaf was one of the most eminent

lawyers of all time. His Laws of Evidence for many years
were accepted by all States in the United States as the
standard methodology for evaluating cases. He was
teaching law at a university in the United States when one
of his students asked Professor Greenleaf if he would apply
his Laws of Evidence to evaluate an historical figure.
When Greenleaf agreed to the project he asked the student
who was to be the subject of the review. The student
replied that the person to be examined would be Jesus
Christ. Professor Greenleaf agreed to undertake the
examination of Jesus Christ and as a result, when he had
finished the review, Simon Greenleaf personally accepted
the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour.
Professor Greenleaf then sent an open letter to all jurists in
the United States saying in part I personally have
investigated one called Jesus Christ. I have found the
evidence concerning him to be historically accurate. I have
also discovered that Jesus Christ is more than a human
being, he is either God or nothing and having examined the
evidence it is impossible to conclude other than he is God.
Having concluded that he is God I have accepted him as
my personal Saviour. I urge all members of the legal
profession to use the Laws of Evidence to investigate the
person of the Lord Jesus Christ and if you find that he is
wrong expose him as a faker but if not consider him as your
Saviour and Lord
HOW CAN I BE SAVED?
Salvation is available for all members of the human
race.
Salvation is the most important undertaking in all of God's
universe. The salvation of sinners is never on the basis of
God's merely passing over or closing His eyes to sin. God
saves sinners on a completely righteous basis consistent
with the divine holiness of His character. This is called
grace. It relies on God so man cannot work for salvation,

neither can he deserve it. We need to realise that the
creation of this vast unmeasured universe was far less an
undertaking than the working out of God's plan to save
sinners.
However the acceptance of God's salvation by the sinner is
the most simple thing in all of life. One need not be rich,
nor wise, nor educated. Age is no barrier nor the colour of
one's skin. The reception of the enormous benefits of God's
redemption is based upon the simplest of terms so that
there is no one in all this wide universe who need be turned
away.
How do I become a Christian?
There is but one simple step divided into three parts. First
of all I have to recognise that I am a sinner (Romans 3:23;
6:23; Ezekiel 18:4; John 5:24).
Secondly, realising that if I want a relationship with
Almighty God who is perfect, and recognising that I am not
perfect, I need to look to the Lord Jesus Christ as the only
Saviour (I Corinthians 15:3; 1 Peter 2:24; lsaiah 53:6; John
3:16).
Thirdly, by the exercise of my own free will I personally
receive the Lord Jesus Christ as my Saviour, believing that
He died personally for me and that He is what He claims to
be in an individual, personal and living way (John 1:12;
3:36; Acts 16:31; 4:12).
The results of Salvation
The results of this are unbelievably wonderful:
My sins are taken away (John 1:29),
I possess eternal life now (I John 5:11,12),
I become a new creature in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17),
The Holy Spirit takes up His residence in my life (I
Corinthians 6:19),
And I will never perish (John 10:28-30).

This truthfully is life's greatest transaction. This is the goal
of all people; this is the ultimate of our existence. We invite
and exhort any reader who has not become a Christian by
trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ to follow these simple
instructions and be born again eternally into God's family
(Matthew 11:28; John 1:12; Acts 4:12; 16:31).
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CONTENTS
SECTION
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UNITY
ITS AMAZING
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2)
ITS
INDESTRUCTIBILITY
3)
ITS
HISTORICAL
ACCURACY
4)
ITS
SCIENTIFIC
ACCURACY
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5)
ITS
PROPHETIC
ACCURACY
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6)
ITS
UNIVERSAL
INFLUENCE
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7)
ITS CARE AND COPY
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8)
ITS
AMAZING
CIRCULATION
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9)
ITS
ABSOLUTE
HONESTY
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10) ITS
LIFETRANSFORMING
POWER
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11) APPLICATIONS
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FIRST SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT.

[1] - ITS AMAZING UNITY.
That the Bible is a unity is a fact no honest reader can deny.
In the preface of most Bibles, the thirty-nine (39) Old
Testament and twenty-seven (27) New Testament books are
listed in two parallel columns down the page.
However, a more accurate way would be to place the entire
sixty-six (66) collection in a clock-like circle, with GENESIS
occupying the first minute past twelve, EXODUS the second,
LEVITICUS the third and so on.
Finally, the BOOK OF REVELATION would be placed on the
number twelve, right next to GENESIS.
It is simply thrilling how these two books, GENESIS the first
and REVELATION the last, perfectly dovetail together IN A
UNITY ONLY GOD COULD CREATE. For example:
IN GENESIS, we read: "In the beginning God created the

heaven and the earth" (1:1)
IN REVELATION, we read: "I saw a new heaven and a new
earth" (21:1)
IN GENESIS, we see described the first Adam and his wife
Eve in the Garden of Eden, reigning over the earth (1:27, 28)
IN REVELATION, we see described the last Adam (Jesus
Christ) and His Bride, the Church in the City of God, reigning
over all the universe (21:9)
IN GENESIS, we are told: "and the gathering of the waters
He called seas" (1:10)
IN REVELATION, we are told:
more sea" (21:1)
"and there is no longer any
IN GENESIS God created the day and the night, the sun and
moon (1:5, 16)
IN REVELATION "and there shall no longer be any night"
(22:5) "And the city has no need of the sun, or of the moon,
to shine upon it: for the glory of God has illuminated it, and
its lamp is the Lamb" (21:23)
IN GENESIS the tree of life is denied to sinful man (3:22)
IN REVELATION the tree of life "yielded her fruit every
month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the
nations" (22:2)
IN GENESIS man hears God say:
because of you" (3:17)
"Cursed is the ground
IN REVELATION man will hear God say: "and there shall no

longer be any curse" (22:3)
IN GENESIS Satan appears to torment man (3:1)

IN REVELATION Satan disappears, himself to be tormented
forever (20:10)
IN GENESIS the old earth was punished through A FLOOD
(7:12)
IN REVELATION the new earth shall be purified through A
FIRE (2 Pet 3:6-12; Rev 21:1)
IN GENESIS, man's early home was beside a river (2:10)
IN REVELATION, man's eternal home will be beside a river
"and He showed me a river of the water of life, clear as
crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb"
(22:1)
IN GENESIS the patriarch Abraham weeps for Sarah (23:2)
IN REVELATION the children of Abraham will have God
Himself wipe away all tears from their eyes (21:4)
IN GENESIS God destroys an earthly city, wicked Sodom,
from the sands (ch. 19)
IN REVELATION God presents
Jerusalem, from the skies (21:1)
heavenly
city,
New
GENESIS ends with a believer in Egypt, lying in a coffin (50:13)

REVELATION ends with all believers in eternity, reigning
forever (21:4)
A. THIS UNITY IS ACHIEVED IN SPITE OF THE LONG

PERIOD OF TIME INVOLVED IN ITS WRITING.
1. More than fifteen (15) centuries elapsed between the
writing of GENESIS and REVELATION.
2. Nearly 400 years elapsed between the writing of
MALACHI and MATTHEW.
B. THIS UNITY IS ACHIEVED IN SPITE OF THE MANY
AUTHORS
(In all there are some forty (40) authors and their
various occupations approximately nineteen (19).
"The Lord gave the Word: great was the company of those
who published it" (Ps. 68:11)
1. MOSES was an EGYPTIAN PRINCE.
2. JOSHUA was a SOLDIER.
3. SAMUEL was a PRIEST.
4. DAVID was a KING.
5. ESTHER was a QUEEN.
6. RUTH was a HOUSEWIFE.
7. JOB was a RICH FARMER.
8. AMOS was a POOR FARMER.
9. EZRA was a SCRIBE.
10. ISAIAH was a PROPHET.
11. DANIEL was a PRIME MINISTER.
12. NEHEMIAH was a CUPBEARER.
13. MATTHEW was a TAX COLLECTOR.
14. MARK was an EVANGELIST.
15. LUKE was a PHYSICIAN.
16. JOHN was a WEALTHY FISHERMAN.
17. PETER was a POOR FISHERMAN.
18. JUDE and JAMES probably were CARPENTERS.
19. PAUL was a TENTMAKER.
C. THIS UNITY IS ACHIEVED DESPITE THE DIFFERENT

PLACES WHERE THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN.
1. In the desert (Ex. 17)
2. On Mt. Sinai (Ex. 20)
3. In Palestine (most)
4. In Egypt (Jeremiah ?)
5. On the Isle of Patmos (Revelation)
6. In Babylon (Daniel)
7. In Persia (Esther)
8. In Corinth (1 and 2 Thessalonians)
9. In Ephesus (Galatians ?)
10. In Caesarea (Luke ?)
11. From Rome (2 Timothy)
D. THIS UNITY IS ACHIEVED IS SPITE OF THE MANY
DIFFERENT STYLES OF ITS WRITING.
1. As history.
2. As prophecy.
3. As biography.
4. As autobiography.
5. As poetry.
6. As law.
7. In letter form.
8. In symbolic form.
9. In proverb form.
10. In doctrinal form.
Let us imagine a religious novel of sixty-six (66) chapters
which was begun by a single writer around the sixth century
A.D.
After the author has completed but five (5) chapters, he
suddenly dies.
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But during the next 1000 years, up to the sixteenth (16)

century, around thirty (30) amateur "free-lance" writers feel
constrained to contribute to this unfinished religious novel.
Few of these authors share anything in common. They
speak different languages, live at different times in different
countries, have totally
different
backgrounds and
occupations, and write in different styles.
Let us furthermore imagine that at the completion of the
thirty-ninth (39th) chapter, the writing for some reason
suddenly stops.
Not one word is therefore added from the sixteenth (16th)
until the twentieth (20th) century.
After this long delay it begins once again when eight (8) new
authors add the final twenty-seven (27) chapters.
With all this in mind, what would be the chances of this
religious novel becoming a moral, scientific, prophetic, and
historical unity ?
The answer is obvious-NOT ONE IN A BILLION.
YET THIS IS THE STORY OF THE BIBLE.!!!!
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SECOND SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT.

[2] - ITS INDESTRUCTIBILITY.
The story is told of a visitor who toured a blacksmith shop.
Viewing heaps of discarded hammers but only one huge
anvil, he asked: "How often do you replace your anvil ?"
With a smile the owner replied, "NEVER ! IT IS THE ANVIL
THAT WEARS OUT THE HAMMERS, YOU KNOW !"
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SO IT IS WITH THE WORD OF GOD.

The hammers of persecution, ridicule, higher criticism,
liberalism, and atheism have for centuries pounded out their
vicious blows upon the divine anvil, but all to no avail. There
they lie, in rusting piles, while the mighty anvil of the
Scriptures stands unbroken, unshaken, and unchipped.
A. ITS INDESTRUCTIBILITY IN SPITE OF POLITICAL
PERSECUTIONS (FROM THE ROMAN EMPERORS).
IN A.D. 303, EMPEROR DIOCLETIAN thought he had
destroyed every hated Bible. After many tireless years of
ruthless slaughter and destruction, he erected a column of
victory over the embers of a burned Bible. The title on the
column read: "EXTINCT IS THE NAME OF CHRISTIAN". Twenty
years later, The New Emperor Constantine offered a reward
for any remaining Bibles. Within twenty-four hours no less
than fifty copies were brought out of hiding and presented to
the Emperor.
B.
ITS INDESTRUCTIBILITY IN SPITE OF RELIGIOUS

PERSECUTIONS.
1. AS SEEN THROUGH THE PERSECUTIONS

ROMAN CATHOLIC POPES.
BY
Almost without exception, the early popes opposed the

reading and translating of the Bible.
In 1199, POPE
INNOCENT III ordered the burning of all Bibles.
2. AS SEEN THROUGH THE PERSECUTIONS LEVELLED
AGAINST JOHN WYCLIFFE AND WILLIAM TYNDALE.
Of all the heroes in church history, no two other names are
so closely associated with the Word of God as the names of
WYCLIFFE and TYNDALE.
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The very mention of these two men was no doubt sufficient

to turn the devil livid with rage. It is therefore no surprise to
read of the vicious attacks levelled against them.
[a] JOHN WYCLIFFE.
WYCLIFFE lived at a time (the early part of the fourteenth
century) when the burning question was: WHO SHALL RULE
ENGLAND, THE KING OR THE POPE ? WYCLIFFE believed the
best way to break the grievous yoke of Romanism would be
to place the Bible into the hands of the common people.
This he did by translating (for the first time in history) the
complete Bible into ENGLISH. He then organized and sent
forth a group of preachers (called the Lollards) to teach the
Word of God all across England.On December 28, 1384,
while conducting a service in the Lutterworth Church, he was
suddenly stricken with paralysis and died three days later.
After his death, those who hated his Bible translation
activities said the following things about WYCLIFFE:
"John Wycliffe, the organ of the devil, the enemy of the
Church, the confusion of the common people, the idol of
heretics, the looking glass of hypocrites, the encourager
of schism, the sower of hatred, the storehouse of lies,
the sink of flattery, was suddenly struck by the
judgement of God.....that mouth which was to speak
huge things against God and against His Saints or holy
church, was miserably drawn aside....showing plainly
that the curse which God had thundered forth against
Cain was also inflicted upon him". [From the mouth of a
Monk].
"That pestilent wretch John Wycliffe, the son of the old
serpent, the forerunner of Antichrist who had completed
his iniquity by inverting a new translation of the
Scriptures". [H.S.Miller, Biblical Introduction, P. 329]
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One would almost conclude the Saviour had this in mind

when he spoke the following words:
"These things I have spoken to you, that you may be
kept from stumbling. They will make you outcasts from
the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who
kills you to think that he is offering service to God. And
these things they will do, because they have not known
the Father, or Me"
(Jn. 16:1-3).
One final quotation from Miller's book seems appropriate
here:
"IN 1415, THE COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE which
consigned JOHN HUS and JEROME OF PRAGUE to a cruel
death, demanded that the bones of the notorious
heretic WYCLIFFE...be taken out of the consecrated
ground and scattered at a distance from the Tomb.
Thirteen years later (1428), 44 years after his death,
POPE CLEMENT VIII, ordered no further delay; the grave
was torn up, the coffin and skeleton borne down to the
bank of the River Swift, a fire was kindled, the bones
were burned, and the ashes thrown into the river.
In the words of THOMAS FULLER, so often quoted: 'The
Swift conveyed them into the Avon, the Avon into the
Severn, the Severn into the narrow seas; they into the
main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wycliffe are the
emblem of his doctrine, which is now dispersed all the
world over'". (pp. 329, 330).
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[b] WILLIAM TYNDALE (1484-1536).

TYNDALE was one of the greatest translators of God's Word
who ever lived. He was born in England, and so skilled in
seven (7) languages (Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish,
English, and Dutch), that whichever he might be speaking
one would believe that language was his native tongue. Our
own KING JAMES VERSION is practically a fifth revision of
Tyndale's, and it retains many of the words and much of the
character, form, and style of his version.
In 1525, he printed the first copy ever produced of the New
Testament in English. His overall goal in life was perhaps best
expressed through a statement he made in 1521:
"I defy the Pope and all his laws; if God spares my life,
ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the
plough shall know....the Scripture".
"In 1529, an amusing and thrilling event happened in
England and Europe concerning the Word of God.
TYNDALE had been driven from England and had fled to
Germany, but had continued producing New Testaments
and slipping them back into England.
One day, the BISHOP OF LONDON (Bishop Tunstall)
mentioned to a British merchant, a man named
PACKINGTON and a secret friend of TYNDALE, his desire
to buy up all copies of the New Testament.
Said Packington, 'My Lord, if it be your pleasure, I can
buy them. for I know where they are sold, if it be in your
Lord's pleasure to pay for them. I will then assure you
to have every book of them that is imprinted'.
Said the Bishop, 'Gentle master Packington, do your
diligence and get them; and with all my heart I will pay
for them whatsoever they cost you, for the books are
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erroneous....and I intend to destroy them all, and burn

them at St. Paul's Cross'.
PACKINGTON then came to TYNDALE and said, 'William,
I know that thou art a poor man, and hast a heap of
New Testaments and books by thee, by the which thou
hast endangered thy friends and beggared thyself; and I
have now gotten thee a merchant, which with ready
money shall dispatch thee of all that thou hast, if you
think it so profitable to thyself'.
'Who is the merchant ?' asked TYNDALE.
'THE BISHOP OF LONDON', answered Packington.
'Oh, that is because he will burn them'.
'Yes, marry, but what of that ? The Bishop will burn
them anyhow, and it is best that you should have the
money for enabling you to imprint others instead'.
'I shall do this', said TYNDALE, 'For these two benefits
shall come thereof: First, I shall get money to bring
myself out of debt, and the whole world will cry out
against the burning of God's Word; and Second, the
overplus of the money that shall remain to me shall
make me more studious to correct the said New
Testament, and so newly to imprint the same once
again, and I trust the second will be much better than
ever was the first'.
So the bargain was made. THE BISHOP had the books,
PACKINGTON had the thanks, and TYNDALE had the
money. Later, a man named CONSTANTINE was being
tried as a heretic, and the judge promised him favour if
he would tell how TYNDALE received so much help in
printing so many Testaments.
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He replied, 'My Lord, I will tell you truly: It is THE

BISHOP OF LONDON that hath helped, for he hath
bestowed among us a great deal of money upon the
New Testaments to burn them, and that hath been, and
yet is, our chief help and comfort'".
(Biblical
Introduction, p.334).
Again a quote from Miller's textbook:
"On Friday, October 6, 1536, TYNDALE was executed.
By the Emperor's laws, only Anabaptists were burned
alive, so he escaped that fate. (Anabaptists were
members of a 16th century Protestant movement that
believed in adult baptism).
He was led out and permitted to engage in a few
moments of prayer. With fervent zeal and a loud voice
he cried, 'Lord, open the King of England's eyes !'
Then his feet were bound to the stake, the iron chain
was fastened around his neck, with a hemp rope loosely
tied in a noose, and faggots and straw were heaped
around him.
At a given signal the rope was tightened, and TYNDALE
was strangled to death. Then the torch was applied,
and the body was quickly consumed". (pp. 338,339)
C. ITS INDESTRUCTIBILITY IN
PHILOSOPHICAL
PERSECUTION.
SPITE
OF
HERE SEVERAL CASES COME TO MIND:

1. VOLTAIRE.
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He once said, "Another century and there will be not a Bible

on the earth". The century gone, and the circulation of the
Bible is one of the marvels of the age.
After he died, his old printing press and the very house
where he lived was purchased by the GENEVA BIBLE
SOCIETY and made a depot for Bibles !!
On December 24, 1933, the British Government brought the
valuable CODEX SINAITICUS from the Russians for half a
million dollars. On that same day, a first edition of Voltaire's
work sold for eleven cents in Paris bookshops.
2.
THOMAS PAINE.
He once said, "I have gone through the Bible as a man

would go through a forest with an axe to fell trees. I have
cut down tree after tree; here they lie. They will never grow
again".
TOM PAINE thought he had demolished the Bible, but since
he crawled into a drunkard's grave in 1809, the Bible has
leaped forward as never before.
3.
JOSEPH STALIN.
This murderous butcher took over all of Russia at the death

of LENIN in the late nineteen twenties.
From this point on until his death in the fifties, Stalin
instituted a "BAN THE BIBLE" purge from the U.S.S.R. such as
had never been witnessed before.
This miserable man literally attempted to wipe the Word of
God and the God of the Word from the Russian minds.
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DID HE SUCCEED? A recent poll taken in Russia show that

today more people than ever before believe in God and his
Word
THIRD SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT.

[3] ITS HISTORICAL ACCURACY.
Less than a century ago, the agnostic took great glee in
sneeringly referring to the "hundreds of historical mistakes"
in the Bible. But then came the science of ARCHAEOLOGY
and with each shovel full of dirt the sneers have become less
visible, until today they scarcely can be seen.
When one thinks of historical scholarship and the Bible, three
brilliant scholars come to mind.
SIR WILLIAM RAMSEY.
For many years RAMSEY was professor of humanity at the
University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He was, in his time, the
world's most eminent authority on the geography and history
of ancient Asia Minor (Turkey today). In his zeal to study
every available early document concerning that period and
area, he undertook an intensive research of the New
Testament book of ACTS and also the GOSPEL OF LUKE.
This study, however, was approached with much scepticism.
At that time he penned the following description of the BOOK
OF ACTS.
"....a highly imaginative and carefully colored
account of primitive Christianity".
But after many years of intensive study, this scholar, who
began an unbeliever, became a staunch defender of the
Word of God. The absolute historical accuracy of Luke's
writings, even in the most minute details, captured first his
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brain and then his heart. RAMSEY authored many books, but
one of his better known is entitled: "The Bearing of Recent
Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament".
RAMSEY'S overall opinion of the Bible is perhaps best seen in
the following quote:
"I take the view that Luke's history is
unsurpassed in regard to its trustworthiness....you may press
the words of Luke in a degree beyond any other historian's
and they stand the keenest scrutiny and the hardest
treatment".
WILLIAM F. ALBRIGHT.
One of the greatest and most respected oriental scholars
who ever lived was William F. Albright. He writes the following
concerning the Bible and his historical findings: "The reader
may rest assured: nothing has been found to disturb a
reasonable faith, and nothing has been discovered which can
disprove a single theological doctrine....We no longer trouble
ourselves with attempts to 'harmonize' religion and science,
or to 'prove' the Bible. The Bible can stand for itself". (Robert
Young, Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible, p. 51)
C.
ROBERT DICK WILSON.
Probably the most qualified Old Testament linguist of all

time was Robert Dick Wilson. He was born in 1856 and took
his undergraduate work at Princeton University graduating in
1876. He then completed both the M.A. and the Ph.D. After
this, he spent two years at the University of Berlin in further
postgraduate studies. WILSON taught Old Testament courses
at Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburg and returned to
Princeton where he received international fame as a Hebrew
scholar without peer.
He was perfectly at home in over forty (40) ancient Semitic
languages. Dr. Wilson writes the following about himself:
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"If a man is called an expert, the first thing to be done is

to establish the fact that he is such. One expert may be
worth more than a million other witnesses that are not
experts.
Before a man has the right to speak about the history
and the language....of the Old Testament, the Christian
Church has the right to demand that a man should
establish his ability to do so.
For forty-five (45) years continuously, since I left college,
I have devoted myself to the one great study of the Old
Testament, in all its languages, in all its archaeology, in
all its translations, and as far as possible in everything
bearing upon its text and history.
I tell you this so that you may see why I can and do
speak as an expert. I may add that the result of my
forty-five (45) years of study of the Bible has led me all
the time to a firmer faith that in the Old Testament we
have a true historical account of the history of the
Israelite people; and I have a right to commend this to
some of those bright men and women who think that
they can laugh at the old-time Christian and believer in
the Word of God....
I have claimed to be an expert. Have I the right to do so
? Well, when I was in the Seminary I used to read my
New Testament in nine different languages. I learned
my Hebrew by heart, so that I could recite it without the
intermission of a syllable....as soon as I graduated from
the Seminary, I became a teacher of Hebrew for a year
and then I went to Germany.
When I got to Heidelburg, I made a decision. I decidedand did it with prayer-to consecrate my life to the study
of the Old Testament.
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I was twenty-five then; and I judged from the life of my

ancestors that I should live to be seventy; so that I
should have forty-five years to work.
I divided the period into three parts. The first fifteen
(15) years I would devote to the study of the languages
necessary. For the second fifteen I was going to devote
myself to the study of the text of the Old Testament; and
I reserved the last fifteen years for the work of writing
the results of my previous studies and investigations, so
as to give them to the world. And the Lord has enabled
me to carry out that plan almost to a year".
AUTHENTICATED BY ARCHAEOLOGY
HALLEY'S
BIBLE
HANDBOOK
lists
some
examples. , UNGER'S BIBLE HANDBOOK lists 96.
112
A summary of both these lists would include the following, all

given to prove the historical accuracy of the Bible.
1. THE GARDEN OF EDEN (Genesis. 2:8-14).
ARCHAEOLOGY has long established that the lower TigrisEuphrates Valley in Mesopotamia (where Eden was located)
was the cradle of civilization. Many ancient peoples record a
beautiful pain-free land. One Middle East account is called
the EPIC OF EMMERKAR, and speaks glowingly of a land
known as DILMUN.
Archaeologist Clifford Wilson writes:
"We are told that birth in that land was without distress until
ENKI ate certain plants that involved a deadly curse. The Epic
tells us that the land was a clear and pure place, that the lion
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did not kill, and the lamb and the lion lived together
peacefully. There was no sickness and mankind had only one
speech by which he addressed the gods". (Rocks, Relics and
Biblical Reliability, p.21)
2. THE FALL OF MAN (Genesis 3:1-24)
Many non-Hebrew cultures record this event.
It is found in the BABYLONIAN tablet called THE TEMPTATION
SEAL,
in the ASSYRIAN ARCHIVES (7th century B.C.), referred to as
THE ADAM AND EVE SEAL,
and in the EGYPTIAN LIBRARY OF AMEN-HOTEP III (14th
century B.C.).
In 1932, E. Speiser of the University of Pennsylvania
discovered a similar temptation seal, showing a fruit bearing
tree. On the right are a man and woman. She is picking fruit
from the tree. Behind her is a serpent.
There is also a strong resemblance existing between the
CHERUBIM (present at the fall, see Gen. 3:24) as described
by EZEKIEL (Ezek. 1), and the WINGED LION statues which
guarded the ancient religious temples of Mesopotamia.
The SPHINX in Egypt may also owe its design to the
appearance of the CHERUBIM.
Worldwide traditions of the fall are found among Chinese,
Hindu, Greek, Persian, and other peoples.
3. THE LONGEVITY OF EARLY MANKIND (Genesis 5:132)
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The oldest known outline of world history is the WELDBLUMDELL PRISM, written around 2170 B.C. This outline
includes a list of eight (8) pre-flood rulers. The shortest reign
was said to have been 18,600 years, while the longest
covered a period of 43,200 years.
Of course this was gross exaggeration, but the point is that
the historical root for all this may be found in the GENESIS
account which does accurately state that METHUSELAH did
indeed live to be 969 years of age.
A common objection to this and other so-called legends
would claim that early mankind simply invented myths of
their ancestors doing things they wished they could have
done. However, the fallacy of this argument may be
demonstrated by the fact that there is no ancient legend of a
nation or tribe of flying men, in spite of the fact that all men
everywhere have always longed to soar into the skies.
How could men live so long at that time ?
The average age of the patriarchs mentioned in Genesis 5
was 912 years. Several factors doubtless contributed to this
amazing phenomenon.
As a slow developing cancer will often take several years
to destroy a healthy body, SO THE PHYSICAL RESULTS
OF SIN SETTLED DOWN UPON THE BODIES OF MEN.
Prior to the flood there apparently existed many times
the amount of water vapour in the upper atmosphere
that there is today. (Compare Gen. 1:7 with 7:11).
This vapour, although invisible to the eye, would
nevertheless function as A FILTERING PROTECTION AND
SHIELD AGAINST THE AMOUNT OF INTENSE RADIATION
FALLING UPON THE EARTH FROM THE SUN.
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Scientific research is now demonstrating that RADIATION

CAN APPRECIABLY REDUCE THE LIFE SPAN OF LIVING
TISSUE AND ACTUALLY CAUSE THE CELLS TO SPEED UP
THE PROCESS.
Of course, after the flood that protective watery canopy
disappeared as it fell upon the earth in the form of rain.
4. THE UNIVERSAL FLOOD (Genesis 6:1-9:29).
WHEN DID THE FLOOD BEGIN ?
Creation scientist F. Filby suggests that it began in November
(the seventeenth day of the second month on Noah's
calendar; Genesis. 7:11). He points out that this fact and
date is indelibly enshrined in the memory of the human race,
pointing out that to many people around the world,
NOVEMBER brings out the Day of the Dead (in the western
world, November 2 is "All Soul's Day").
HOW LONG DID THE FLOOD LAST ?
It is believed that 371 days elapsed from the time Noah
entered the ark (Gen 7:11) Until the day he stepped out (Gen
8:18).
WHAT MAY HAVE TRIGGERED THE FLOOD ?
Dr, Henry Morris suggests the following: A secondary source
of water is postulated, existing in vast subterranean heated
and pressurized reservoirs in the earth's mantle. The actual
trigger to unleash these stored waters may have been an
EARTHQUAKE. This earthquake would not only allow the
underground waters to surface through the fractured earth,
but would also result in immense amounts of DUST blown
skyward which would then initiate the condensation and
precipitation of the water canopy.
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There is so much evidence concerning the flood in Noah's

day that one scarcely knows where to start.
It can be
demonstrated that, without exception, EVERY MAJOR HUMAN
CULTURE HAS A FLOOD TRADITION. Especially is this true in
the ancient Babylonian civilization, as seen by their EPIC OF
GILGAMESH.
Some years ago, ROD WALLIN a New Tribes missionary
began his work among a primitive people in the highlands of
New Guinea. He was the first white man ever to set foot in
that area. Many years were spent learning their difficult
language. He then discovered to his astonishment that these
natives had A DETAILED FLOOD TRADITION.
5. THE TOWER OF BABEL
(Genesis. 11:1-9).
The passage in Genesis 11 does not teach that early

mankind stupidly attempted to build a tower which would
reach into outer space ! Especially to be noted are the words
in verse 4 "may reach". They are in italics to show they are
supplied by the translators and therefore not in the original
Hebrew text. In reality the phrase should read: "WHOSE TOP
IS HEAVEN".
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE suggests that the TOWER OF
BABEL was in reality a building given to ASTROLOGY, or the
heathen worship of the heavens.
Among the ruins of ancient Babylon is a building 47 metres
high with a 122 metre base. It was constructed of dried
bricks in seven stages , to correspond with the known planets
to which they were dedicated. The lowermost was BLACK,
the color of SATURN, the next ORANGE, for JUPITER, the third
RED, for MARS, and so on. These stages were surmounted
by a lofty tower, on the summit of which were the signs of
the ZODIAC.
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Dr. Barnhouse writes:- "It was an open, definite turning to

Satan and the beginning of devil worship. This is why the
Bible everywhere pronounces a curse on those who consult
the sun, the moon, and the stars of heaven". "Lest we be
scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth". (Gen
11:4).
Over two dozen ancient temple towers in Mesopotamia called
ZIGGURATS have been excavated.
6. ABRAHAM'S BIRTHPLACE (Genesis 11:27-31).
For years the sceptic ridiculed the actual existence of UR.
But during the years of 1922-1934, C.T. Wooley of the British
museum thoroughly explored the secrets of these ruins.
World-famous archaeologist C.L.WOOLEY'S excavation in
1922-34 in MESOPOTAMIA has made UR OF THE CHALDEES
one of the best known ancient sites of all times.
When ABRAHAM left Ur in 2000 B.C. the city was at the
height of its splendour as a commercial and religious centre.
(See also Josh. 24:2).
The old foundations were still standing, with long water
troughs coated with bitumen. Deep grooves made with
knives on the great brick tables showed where the
SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS had been dissected. They were cooked
on the hearths of the temple kitchens. Even the ovens for
baking bread were there.
"After 3800 years," noted Wooley in his diary, "we were able
to light the fire again and put into commission once more the
oldest kitchen in the world." "Oils, cereals, fruit, wool and
cattle made their way into vast warehouses, perishable
articles went to the temple shops. Many goods were
manufactured in factories owned by the temple, for example
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in the spinning-mills which the priests managed .One

workshop produced twelve different kinds of fashionable
clothing. Tablets found in this place gave the names of the
mill-girls and their quota of rations... Ur of the Chaldees was
a powerful, prosperous, colourful and busy capital city..."
(The Bible As History, Werner Keller, p. 42)
Wooley wandered through those alleyways, past the great
temples, and exclaimed in his diary: "We must radically alter
our view of the Hebrew patriarch when we see that his
earlier years were passed in such sophisticated surrounding.
He was the citizen of a great city and inherited the traditions
of an old and highly organized civilization. THE HOUSES
THEMSELVES REVEAL COMFORT AND EVEN LUXURY. We
found copies of the hymns which were used in the services of
the temple and together with them, mathematical tables."
7. THE HITTITE EMPIRE [Gen. 15.20).
"And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of
Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites..."
(Ex. 3:17).
THE HITTITES are mentioned forty-seven
(47) times in the
Old
Testament.
ESAU
married
a
Hittite
wife
(Gen.26:34,35;36:2), and one of David's generals (URIAH)
was a Hittite (2 Sam.11:13).
However, prior to the nineteenth century the only mention
of the Hittites was in the biblical record. This caused the
liberal critics to ridicule and sneer at the "HISTORICAL
FABLES" of the Scriptures. BUT IN 1906 ALL THIS CHANGED.
German archaeologist HUGO WINKLER discovered in ASIA
MINOR the city of BOGHAZ- KEUL,an ancient Hittite capital.
Over 10,000 tablets were excavated from the area. This
confirms JOSHUA'S description of the entire western fertile
crescent as the "LAND OF THE HITTITES" (Josh. 1:4).
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Many scholars now consider the HITTITES one of the three

most influential peoples of ancient history. They were the first
to discover the secret of IRON-SMELTING after the universal
flood.
IN 1925 scholar A.H. SAYCE wrote a book entitled, "The
Hittites, The Story of a Forgotten Empire". THE HITTITES
occupied much of MESOPOTAMIA for awhile, and nearly
defeated the Egyptians, forcing RAMSES II into a peace treaty
after the battle of KADESH in the twelfth century B.C. Their
empire was later destroyed by the ASSYRIANS in 717 B.C.
8. ABRAHAM'S VISIT TO EGYPT
(Gen. 12:10-20).
Due to insufficient time tonight, many of the following Old

Testament events which also have been authenticated by
archaeology will simply be alluded to briefly and not
extended upon.
9. ABRAHAM'S BATTLE WITH THE KINGS IN GENESIS
14.
This chapter records THE FIRST WAR in the Bible. The last
great battle can be found in REVELATION 19:11-21. Until that
time human wars will continue. It has been pointed out by
the Society of International Law at London that there have
been only 268 years of peace during the past 4000 years of
human history, despite the signing of more than 8000
separate peace treaties!!
Nine (9) nations were involved in this particular war. It began
when five (5) kings, located in the DEAD SEA AREA, revolted
against CHED-OR-LAOMER, KING OF ELAM, and his three
allies. The Dead Sea Confederation, which included SODOM
was wiped out during a pitched battle. LOT, who had moved
into the wicked city, was taken captive along with thousands
of others. GOD would scarcely have bothered to record this
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pagan dog fight between nine heathen cities were it not for
these four little words, "AND THEY TOOK LOT!"
LOT still belonged to God. He didn't act like it, he didn't look,
talk, dress, or walk like it, BUT GOD KNOWS HIS OWN. (See 2
Tim. 2:19; 2 Pet. 2:7.) Abraham learned of this and
immediately armed his 318 trained servants for battle. We
learn a number of things about Abraham's character from
this single action.
a) HE WAS A MAN OF SYMPATHY
He could have said, "It serves him right," or, "He had it
coming to him," but he didn't. Abram was fulfilling the truth
that would later be written in Matthew 7:1 and Galatians 6:1
b) HE WAS PREPARED
Abram kept in shape, spiritually, socially, mentally, and
physically. God often cannot use a Christian, NOT BECAUSE
HE IS UNCLEAN, BUT BECAUSE HE IS UNPREPARED. The
BIBLE has much to say about PREPARATION (See 2
Chronicles. 12:14; 19:3; 27:6; Matthew. 3:3; Luke. 12:47; 2
Timothy. 2:21.)
After a forced night march, ABRAHAM caught up with them
just north of Damascus and defeated them after a sudden
surprise attack.
10. THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND
(Genesis.18-19).
GOMORRAH
WILLIAM ALBRIGHT found at the Southeast corner of the

DEAD SEA great quantities of relics of a period dating
between 2500 and 2000 B.C., with evidence of a dense
population which for some reason ceased abruptly around
2000 B.C. The evidence indicated an earthquake and an
explosion.
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11. JOSEPH AND POTIPHAR'S WIFE (Genesis. 39).

There is an Egyptian story entitled "A Tale of Two Brothers"
which may have for its foundation the events related in
Genesis 39. A copy of it can be seen today in the BRITISH
MUSEUM. The editor of the English edition of Brugsch's
"History of Egypt" surmises that this story had its roots from
that incident.
In the Egyptian account a married man sends his younger
brother, who was un-married, and to whom he had entrusted
everything to his home, to bring some seed corn. The wife
tempts him. He refuses. She, angered, reports to her
husband that the brother made several advances. The
husband plans to kill him. The brother then flees, but later
becomes KING OF EGYPT.
12. ISRAEL'S ENTRANCE INTO EGYPT (Exodus 1:1-6)
JOSEPH went to Egypt during a period when a foreign Semitic
people, known as the HYKSOS, had taken over and ruled
Egypt. The fact that Joseph was Semitic and from the same
general area probably made it easier for the PHARAOH to
elevate him to such a high post than if the Pharaoh had been
a native Egyptian.
When the Hyksos were finally expelled, not only would the
Egyptians have regarded foreign Semitic people who had
settled in Egypt under the preceding administration as a
military threat (see Ex. 1:9,10), but their continued presence
would have been a constant reminder of their former foreign
overlords.
Hence, all the ingredients were present for the
ENSLAVEMENT OF ISRAEL, although they had nothing to do
with the earlier subjugation of the Egyptians by the Hyksos.
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13. THE EPISODE OF THE BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW

(Exodus. 1:11; 5:7-19).
Some years ago, world-famous Egyptologist Eric Peet stated
the account in Exodus 5 was in error, showing the ignorance
of MOSES, for straw was totally unnecessary in making bricks
because of the nature of the Nile mud.
BUT IN 1883 another archaeologist named Naville succeeded
in unearthing what was believed to be some storepits at TELL
EL MASKHUTA on the edge of GOSHEN.
He identified the place as PITHOM, one of Pharaoh's treasure
cities (Ex. 1:11), where the Israelites made bricks. He found
the walls of those structures were made with bricks, some of
which had straw and some did not.
After this, in another area, an ancient Egyptian document
called the PAPYRUS ANASTASI was unearthed. It contained
the lament of an officer who had to erect buildings on the
northern frontier of Egypt. The inscription read: "I am
without equipment. There are no people to make bricks and
there is no straw in the district."
14. THE DEATH OF PHARAOH'S FIRSTBORN
12:29).
(Exodus.
Most believe that the Pharaoh of the ten plagues was

AMENHOTEP II. For some reason his son did not succeed him
after his death. This is probably explained by the above
verse. (Ex. 12:29).
15. THE FALL OF JERICHO (Joshua .6:1-27).
The British archaeologist JOHN GARSTANG found evidence
that Jericho was destroyed about 1400 B.C. (about the date
given to Joshua) and that the walls had fallen flat, outward,
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and down the hillside. This was extremely unusual, for had
the city been captured the usual way, its walls would have
been PUSHED INWARD by the ramming weapons of that day.
He also found the layer of ashes left by Joshua's fire. (See
Josh. 6:24).
John Garstang, found under the ashes and fallen walls, in the
ruins of storehouses, an abundance of food stuffs, wheat,
barley, dates, lentils, and such, turned to charcoal by intense
heat. The question may be asked why the conquerors did not
appropriate these spoils of war.? This is readily answered by
Joshua 6:18, where Israel is forbidden to take anything
(except the gold and silver to be used in the Temple).
16. Deborah's victory of the Canaanites
4:23,24;5:19).
Judges.
The Oriental Institute, excavating in 1937 at MEGIDDO (one

of the capital cities of the Canaanites), found in the stratum
of twelfth century B.C., indications of a tremendous fire.
Underneath the floor of the palace of that city they recovered
200 pieces of beautifully carved ivory and gold ornaments.
One shows a group of captives presenting tribute presents to
a Canaanite king. These could well be Israelites prior to the
great victory at the base of Mount. TABOR.
17. SOLOMON'S STABLES {1 Kings. 9:19; 10:26-29).
The Oriental Institute has found the ruins of Solomon's
stables with their stone hitching-poles and mangers.
18. SOLOMON'S COPPER FURNANCES (1 Kings .7 AND

SOLOMON'S NAVY (1 Kings. 9).
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Archaeological discoveries relating to SOLOMON'S TIME are

quite remarkable. Professor Albright has observed that the
age of Solomon was one of the most flourishing periods in
the history of PALESTINE.
Evidence of vast storehouses of wealth have been found in
excavated cities of HAZOR, MEGIDDO, BETH SHEMESH and
other trading centres of the day. It is evident from the Bible
(1 Ki. 7:46) that SOLOMON must have had considerable
sources of COPPER. Many tonnes would have been required
for all the BRASS items used in the TEMPLE.
There is little doubt about the existence of mines and metalworking furnaces in the JORDAN area of Palestine.
Archaeologist Nelson Glucck writes: "I found fragments of
slag on some of the tells north of ADMAH and especially
upon the site of ancient SUCCOTH. In Solomon's time this
entire district in the Jordan Valley hummed with industrial
activity devoted to the turning out of finished metal articles
for the adornment of the NEW TEMPLE." (The River Jordan, p.
146).
J.A.Thompson writes:
"It is interesting to learn from the Bible that Solomon had a
PORT on the Red Sea ... that a port existed here is borne out
by the excavations at EZION GEBER. The town produced
various pieces of evidence which pointed to the existence of
a PORT there. In the first place, there were many items
which may very easily be reconciled with sea activity, such
as copper and iron nails, pieces of rope of various kinds and
pieces of tar. Further, there were items found here which
came from other lands. Some were of EGYPTIAN origin and
yet others came from SOUTHERN ARABIA. All of this points to
a centre of trade in which the sea played a great part." (The
Bible and Archaeology p. 106)
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19. SHISHAK'S INVASION (1 Kings. 14:25-28).

Archaeological findings show SHISHAK was the founder of the
twenty-second dynasty. His gold-masked body was
discovered at TANIS in 1938-1939. His victory inscriptions
found at THEBES list the towns taken in JUDAH and ISRAEL.
20. THE BUILDING OF SAMARIA BY OMRI
16:24).
(1 Kings.
Harvard University archaeologists have excavated SAMARIA

and discovered the foundation of OMRI'S PALACE, but nothing
older than Omri, evidence that he was the founder of the city.
His name is also mentioned on the famous MOABITE STONE.
Omri's fame in the world of his day is also attested to by the
Assyrians' reference to him in the Black Obelisk of
SHALMANESER III over a century later. In fact, after Omri,
Israel was known to her enemies as BIT-HUMRI, "the house of
Omri."
21. THE REBUILDING OF JERICHO {1 Kings. 16:34).
M. F. UNGER WRITES:
"The rebuilding of JERICHO is COMPLETELY confirmed by
archaeological diggings. Recent excavations trace the city's
occupation from dim antiquity ... the Bible stands confirmed
on this point, with no occupational levels from JOSHUA'S time
to AHAB'S era, when small ruins from the century point to
HIEL'S rebuilding the site." (Unger's Bible Handbook, p. 220)
22. AHAB'S HOUSE OF IVORY (1 Kings. 22:39).
A Harvard University expedition in 1908-1910 found, in
Samaria, the ruins of this house. Its walls had been faced
with ivory. There were thousands of pieces of the most
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exquisitely carved and inlaid panels, plaques, cabinets, and

couches.
23. JEZEBEL'S COSMETIC BOX (2 Kings. 9:30).
The actual saucers in which JEZEBEL mixed her cosmetics
have been found in SAMARIA among the ruins of AHAB'S
IVORY HOUSE.
24. THE ASSYRIANS CAPTIVITY OF NORTHERN ISRAEL

(2 Kings 15:29).
From the hand of these Assyrian kings we read the following
excavated inscriptions: "The House of Omri and all its people
together with their goods I carried off to Assyria. PEKAH their
king they deposed and I placed HOSHEA over them as king.
From him I received 10 talents of gold and 1000 talents of
silver." (Pul)
"In my first year I captured Samaria. I took captive 27,290
people. People of other lands, who never paid tribute, I
settled in Samaria." (Sargon)
25. THE TUNNEL OF
Chronicles 32:3, 4).
HEZEKIAH
(2
Kings:20;2
The most important source of water in ancient Jerusalem was

the SPRING OF GIHON situated just east of the temple area in
the KIDRON VALLEY. Accordingly, it was exposed to an
attacking enemy.
To counteract this, HEZEKIAH had
constructed a great conduit leading from the Gihon spring
outside the city to a special reservoir inside the city called
the POOL OF SILOAM.
This conduit, 600 metres long and hewn out of the solid rock,
is one of the most amazing devices for water supply in all the
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biblical period. Workmen, employing hand picks, operating in

zigzag fashion from opposite sides and finally meeting in the
middle, excavated a conduit that averages approx 2 metres
in height. The pool of Siloam reservoir measures about 10
metres by 6 metres.
Archaeologically
the
most
interesting
thing
about
HEZEKIAH'S TUNNEL is the six-line inscription in classical
Hebrew beautifully cut at the wall of the conduit about 6
metres from the SILOAM end of the AQUEDUCT.
In 1180 two small Arab boys were playing in that area when
one of them discovered it.
The inscription reads: "The boring through is completed.
Now this is the story of the boring through. While the
workmen were still lifting pick to pick, each toward his
neighbour, and while three cubits remained to be cut
through, each heard the voice of the other ..."
The inscription was subsequently chiseled out of the rock and
taken by the Turkish government to the archaeological
museum of ISTANBUL.
26. THE REIGN OF BELSHAZZAR (Daniel 5)
Until 1853 no mention of BELSHAZZAR was found in
Babylonian records, and NABONIDAS (555-538 B.C.), was
known to have been the LAST KING OF BABYLON. To the
critics this was one of the evidences that the BOOK OF
DANIEL was not historical.
But in 1853 an inscription was found in a cornerstone of a
temple built by NABONIDAS in UR to a god, which reads:
"May I, Nabonidas, king of Babylon, not sin against thee.
And may reverence for thee dwell in the heart of Belshazzar,
my first-born, a favourite son."
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From other inscriptions it has been learned that NABONIDAS,

much of the time, was in retirement outside of Babylon, and
that BELSHAZZAR was in control of the army and the
government, co-regent with his father, and that it was he
who surrendered to CYRUS. This explains how DANIEL could
be 'third ruler' in the kingdom" (Dan. 5:16, 29).
27. THE FALL OF BABYLON (Daniel 5).
Old Testament Hebrew scholar LEON WOOD writes: "The
word for 'PLASTER' is used also in the Hebrew, meaning
'CHALK' or 'LIME' (e.g., Isa. 27:9). The surface on which the
writing appeared was apparently of LIME PLASTER.
The archaeologist KOLDEWAY, who excavated BABYLON, says
that the largest room he found in the palace complex was 18
metres wide by 55 metres long, and had PLASTERED WALLS.
He tells also of a niche in one of the long walls, opposite the
entrance, in which he suggests THE KING may have been
seated during such time of feasting. Against a white
plastered surface, any dark object would have stood out
distinctly." (A Commentary on Daniel, p. 136).
Concerning the actual capture of the city, the Greek historian
HERODOTUS tells us that the Babylonian armies at first
moved north to challenge the advancing PERSIAN troops, but
were soon driven back behind the walls of Babylon.
CYRUS then proceeded to divert the Euphrates River from its
normal bed, under the walls of the city, channelling the
waters to a near-by reservoir he had dug.
Another Greek historian, XENOPHON, states that entrance
was made into the city at a time WHEN THE BABYLONIANS
WERE FEASTING AT A DRUNKEN ORGY.
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28. THE EDICT OF CYRUS (Ezra. 1:2, 3; 2 Chronicles.

36:22, 23).
The findings of archaeology have fully documented this edict.
Excavations including the NABONIDUS CHRONICLE, the
CYRUS CYLINDER, and other written documents show us
CYRUS was a master of propaganda and knew how to exploit
every occasion to the best advantage for himself.
He had a well-known policy of returning the gods to their own
homes. A part of the CYRUS CYLINDER testifies to this
practice: "I also gathered all the former inhabitants and
returned them to their former habitations ... may all the gods
whom I have resettled in their sacred cities daily ask BEL and
NEBO for a long life for me ..."
29. THE REPENTANCE OF NINEVEH IN JONAH'S DAY
(Jonah 4).
History has shown that during the reign of SHALMANESER II
(the King of Nineveh in Jonah's time), there was a sudden
religious movement which resulted in a change from the
worship of many gods to that of one God whom they called
NEBO. NEBO was probably the Assyrian name for the Hebrew
ELOHIM (Gen. 1:1). It would seem that in earlier days he had
been worshipped as the supreme and only God. To the
worship of this God the nation now returned.
FOURTH SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT.

[4] ITS SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY.
Although the Bible is primarily a spiritual message from God
and not specifically a scientific textbook, all scientific
statements found in the Scriptures must nevertheless be
taken literally and at face value.
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Actually, the Bible contains far more specific scientific

statements than one might realize. Some of these precepts
would include:
THE FACT THAT THE EARTH IS SPHERICAL.
Some seven (7) centuries B.C. the Hebrew prophet ISAIAH
wrote: "It is He that sits above the circle of the earth..."
(Isaiah. 40:22).
While it is true that a few Greek philosophers did postulate
this as early as 540 B.C., the common man held the earth to
be flat until the introduction of the compass and the
fifteenth-century voyages of COLUMBUS and MAGELLAN.
THE FACT THAT THE EARTH IS SUSPENDED IN SPACE.
The BOOK OF JOB is thought to be one of the oldest in the
Bible, written perhaps earlier than 1500 B.C.
At this time one of the most advanced "scientific" theories
concerning the earth was that our planet was flat and rested
securely upon the back of a gigantic turtle who was slowly
plodding through a cosmic sea of some sort.
But note the refreshing (and accurate) words of JOB: "He
stretches out the North over empty space, and hangs the
earth on nothing" (Job 26:7). All this was not known by the
scientists of the world until the writings of SIR ISAAC
NEWTON in A.D. 1687.
THE FACT THAT THE STARS ARE INNUMERABLE.
Nearly twenty centuries B.C., God spoke to ABRAHAM one
night and said:
"Look now toward the heavens, and count
the stars, if you are able to count them: and He said to him,
So shall your descendants be" (Genesis. 15:5).
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ABRAHAM must have at first wondered about this. God was

promising him to be the founder of a nation whose
descendants would be as uncountable as the stars. BUT
ABRAHAM COULD COUNT THE STARS !!
There they were a little under 1200 visible to the naked eye.
Was his future nation to be limited to this small number ?
Although we are not told so, he must have reasoned that
perhaps there were "a few more" up there that he couldn't
see. And he would not be disappointed, for today scientists
tell us there are probably as many stars in the heavens as
there are grains of sand on all the sea shores of the world.
In fact, in a previous conversation with Abraham, God used
this very comparison. "And I will make your descendants as
the dust of the earth: so that if anyone can number the dust
of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered"
(Gen. 13:16).
Thus does the Bible describe the heavens.
Jeremiah 33:22; Hebrews 11:12).
(See also
But what about the scientific opinion of that day ? As late as

A.D. 150 the famous astronomer PTOLEMY dogmatically
declared the number of the stars to be EXACTLY 1056
THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MOUNTAINS AND CANYONS
IN THE SEA.
As recently as a century ago, the ocean's volume and size
was viewed as a watery bowl, which sloped from the
coastline gently downward toward the middle, where it was
deepest.
It then was thought to proceed upward to the
other side.
Of course we now know this to be totally untrue. Some of the
highest mountains and deepest canyons are located on the
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floor of the Pacific Ocean. In fact, the deepest hole yet found
is the MARIANAS TRENCH, just off the Philippines; it is over
11 kilometres deep !!
But long before ocean science discovered this, the Bible
graphically described it. During one of his songs of
deliverance, DAVID spoke of the "canyons of the sea" in 2
Sam. 22:16. And a backslidden prophet named Jonah
described in Jonah 2:6 the submerged mountains during the
world's first submarine trip !
THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SPRINGS AND FOUNTAINS
IN THE SEA.
Shortly after World War II, research ships discovered many
underwater volcanoes. The number is estimated today to be
at least 10,000. Further research by DR. WILLIAM W. RUBEY
of the U.S. Geological Survey has shown the present rate of
water increase from underwater volcanic outlets to be 430
million tonnes each year.
The earth's heat drives the entrapped water from the
underground molten rock and forces it out through one of
these natural openings. This interesting fact is vividly
described in at least three Old Testament passages. (See
Genesis 7:11; 8:2; Proverbs 8:28).
THE FACT THAT THERE ARE WATERY PATHS (OCEAN
CURRENTS) IN THE SEA.
In his booklet "Has God Spoken ?" Author A.O.SCHNABEL
writes the following: 'David said in Psalm 8:8 that God had
subjected all things to men, including: 'Whatever passes
through the paths of the sea'. The HEBREW word 'PATHS'
carries the literal meaning of 'CUSTOMARY ROADS'.
MATTHEW FOUNTAINE MAURY is called "The Pathfinder of the
Seas'. This American is the father of today's oceanography
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and responsible for the establishment of the Annapolis

Academy. A statue of Maury stands in Richmond, Virginia charts of the sea in one hand, and Bible in the other. Until
Maury's efforts there were no charts or sailing lanes.
One day during a temporary illness, his eldest son was
reading to him from the Bible, and read Psalm 8:8. Maury
stopped him and said, 'Read that again'. After hearing it
again, he exclaimed, 'It is enough-if the Word of God says
there are paths in the sea, they must be there, and I am
going to find them'. Within a few years he had charted the
sea lanes and currents. His Physical Geography of the Sea
was the first textbook of modern oceanography".
THE FACT OF THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE.
This would include precipitation, evaporation, cloud
construction, movements of moisture by wind circuits, etc.
(See Job 26:8; 36:27,28; 37:16; 38:25-27; Psalm. 135:7;
Ecclesiastes 1:6, 7).
THE FACT THAT ALL LIVING THINGS ARE REPRODUCED
AFTER THEIR OWN KIND.
"And God created the great sea monsters, and every living
creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after
their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw
that it was good". (Gen 1:21).
"And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of
every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they
shall be male and female". (Gen 6:19).
For hundreds of years scientists followed the spontaneous
generation theory of ARISTOTLE (350 B.C.) They believed
eggs of all lower animals (insects, etc.) were formed out of
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rotting substance. Frogs and other small sea life, they

thought, had their own origin in slime pools.
In fact, it was not until 1862 that LOUIS PASTEUR proved
once for all that there was no such thing as spontaneous
generation. Then, in 1865, a monk named JOHANN MENDEL
demonstrated even more forcibly the rigid laws of heredity.
But one could learn all this in the first few chapters of the
Bible.
THE FACTS INVOLVED IN HEALTH AND SANITATION.
The great law was given in the Bible by MOSES, of course,
who established hundreds of rules to govern health and
sanitation. MOSES grew up in the court of PHARAOH,
spending the first forty (40) years of his life there. About this
time a famous ancient medical book called "THE PAPYRUS
EBERS" was being written in EGYPT. Because of Egypt's role
in the world at that time, this work soon achieved fame as
the official standard for its day. Actually it was filled with
quack cures, old wives tales, and practically every false
superstition of its day.
In his book "None of These Diseases", author S. McMillen
writes: "Several hundred remedies for diseases are advised
in the Papyrus Ebers. The drugs include 'lizard's blood,
swine's teeth, putrid meat, stinking fat, moisture from pig's
ears, milk goose grease, donkeys' hoofs, animal fats from
various sources, excreta from animals, including human
beings, antelopes, dogs, cats, and even flies". (p. 11)
The point of all the above is simply this - Moses was well
acquainted with all the medical knowledge of his day. Yet in
all his writings and proven remedies concerning health and
sanitation, he never once even indirectly refers to the false
"cures" found in the PAPYRUS EBERS.
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Let us now examine what he did prescribe for the health of

marching Israel:
CONCERNING SICKNESS.
MOSES gave comprehensive laws concerning sickness. These
included laws for those having LEPROSY or cases with OPEN
SORES. He thus laid down rules for the recognition of infected
individuals, for quarantine or isolation, and concerning the
uncleanliness of anything touched by these people.
In other words, Moses recorded laws comparable to modern
health and sanitation practice in most civilized countries
today.
Again, to quote from "None of These Diseases":
"For many
hundreds of years the dreaded disease LEPROSY had killed
countless millions of people in Europe. The extent of the
horrible malady among Europeans is given by Dr. George
Rosen, Columbia University professor of Public Health:
"Leprosy cast the greatest blight that threw its shadow over
the daily life of medieval humanity. Not even THE BLACK
DEATH in the fourteenth century....produced a similar state
of fright...'
What did the physicians offer to stop the ever-increasing
ravages of leprosy? Some taught that it was brought on by
eating hot food, pepper, garlic and the meat of diseased
hogs.
Other physicians said it was caused by malign
conjunctions of the planets. Naturally, their suggestions for
prevention were utterly worthless...
What [finally] brought the major plagues of the Dark Ages
under control ?
GEORGE ROSEN gives us the answer:
'Leadership was taken by the church, as the physicians had
nothing to offer. The church took as its guiding principle the
concept of contagion as embodied in the Old Testament....
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This idea and its practical consequences are defined with

great clarity in the book of LEVITICUS...once the condition of
Leprosy had been established, the patient was to be
segregated and excluded from the community.
Following the precepts laid down in Leviticus the church
undertook the task of combating leprosy....It accomplished
the first great feat...in methodical eradication of disease".
CONCERNING SANITATION.
Two quotes from DR. MCMILLEN are helpful here: "Up to the
close of the eighteenth (18th) century, hygienic provisions,
even in the great capitals, were quite primitive. It was the
rule for excrement to be dumped into the streets which were
unpaved and filthy. Powerful stenches gripped villages and
cities. It was a heyday for flies as they bred in the filth and
spread intestinal disease that killed millions.Such waste of
human lives that could have been saved if people had only
taken seriously God's provision for freeing man of diseases !
With one sentence the Book of books pointed the way to
deliverance from the deadly epidemics of typhoid, cholera,
and dysentery:
"You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out
there to use it, you must carry a spade among your gear and
dig a hole, have easement, and turn to cover the excrement"
(Deut. 23:12, 13, Berkeley)". (p.15)
DR. MCMILLEN goes on to say that until the beginning of this
century there was a frightful mortality rate in the hospitals of
the world due to infection CAUSED BY DOCTORS NOT
WASHING THEIR HANDS.
In the maternity ward alone of the world-famous VIENNA
MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL, one out of every six women
died due to infection. McMillen then writes: "Such
mortality would not have occurred if surgeons had only
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followed the method God gave to Moses regarding the

meticulous method of hand washing and changing of clothes
after contact with infectious diseases. The Scriptural method
specified not merely washing in a basin, but repeated
washings in running water, with time intervals allowed for
drying and exposure to sun to kill bacteria not washed off".
(pp. 17, 18).
CONCERNING CIRCUMCISION.
Some final thoughts from McMillen are extremely appropriate
here. In the third chapter of his book he discusses the
astonishing scarcity of CERVICAL CANCER among Jewish
women. Medical science has now attributed this blessing to
the rite of circumcision practiced by Jewish males. This
simple operation prevents the growth of cancer-producing
SMEGMA BACILLUS which during physical relations can be
transferred from the uncircumcised male to the female.
McMillen then writes: "There is one final but remarkably
unique fact about the matter of circumcision. In November,
1946, an article in The Journal of the American Medical
Association listed the reasons why circumcision of the
newborn male is advisable. Three months later a letter from
another specialist appeared in the same journal. He agreed
heartily with the writer of the article on the advantages of
circumcision, but he criticized him for failing to mention THE
SAFEST TIME to perform the operation. This is a point well
taken.
Emmett Holt and Rustin McIntosh report that a newborn
infant has a peculiar susceptibility to bleeding between the
second and fifth days of life. It is felt that the tendency to
haemorrhage is due to the fact that the important bloodclotting element, VITAMIN K, is not formed until the fifth to
the seventh day....
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A second element which is also necessary for the normal

clotting of blood is PROTHROMBIN.
It appears (based on
data from the science of Paediatrics) that an eight-day (8) old
baby has more available PROTHROMBIN than on any other
day in its entire life.
Thus one observes that from a
consideration
of
VITAMIN
K
and
PROTHROMBIN
determinations, the perfect day to perform a circumcision is
THE EIGHTH DAY". (pp. 21-23)
Keeping all this in mind, one simply marvels at the accuracy
of the Bible when the following passage is read: "God said
further to Abraham, "Now as for you, you shall keep My
covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout
their generations. "This is My covenant, which you shall
keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you;
every male among you shall be circumcised. "And you shall
be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be
the sign of the covenant between Me and you. "And every
male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised
throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the
house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who
is not of your descendants" (Gen 17:9-12)
THE FACTS CONCERNING THE HUMAN BLOODSTREAM.
The Bible is also an accurate commentator on human blood.
In Leviticus 17:11, God lays down one of his key statements
concerning this subject. Here He declares:
"For the life of
the flesh is in the blood".
One searches in vain to read in this ancient Book any
reference whatsoever to that false medical practice known as
BLOODLETTING which plagued mankind from the fourth
century B.C. until the nineteenth century A.D. Only eternity
will reveal how many sick individuals were actually killed
though this "cure".
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No other nonbiblical writer understood the nature of blood. In

fact, many scientists (HEROPHILOS, for example, a physician
in the medical museum at Alexandria, Egypt) believed blood
to be a carrier of disease instead of life.
The death of the American President GEORGE WASHINGTON
is thought to have been due in part to excessive bloodletting.
THE
FACTS INVOLVED
THERMODYNAMICS.
IN
THE
TWO
LAWS
OF
Apart from gravity itself, two of the most solid and immutable
laws in all physics are the first and second laws of
thermodynamics. ALBERT EINSTEIN himself testified that in
all the known universe there is no time or place where the
two do not apply.
THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS - THAT OF ENERGY
CONSERVATION.
This law states that although energy can change forms, it
cannot be either created or destroyed and therefore the sum
total remains constant. THUS NO ENERGY IS NOW BEING
CREATED OR DESTROYED ANYWHERE IN THE KNOWN
UNIVERSE.
THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS - THAT OF
ENERGY DETERIORATION.
This law states that when energy is being transformed from
one state to another, some of it is turned into heat energy
which cannot be converted back into useful forms. IN OTHER
WORDS, THIS UNIVERSE MAY BE LOOKED UPON AS A
WOUND-UP CLOCK THAT IS SLOWLY RUNNING DOWN.
These two absolute laws were not fully realized
established by scientists until around A.D. 1850.
or
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Yet there are literally dozens of specific references to these

laws in the Word of God.
PASSAGES DESCRIBING THE FIRST LAW.
"Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all
their hosts. And by the seventh day God completed His work
which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from
all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all
His work which God had created and made" (Gen 2:1-3).
"By the Word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the
breath of His mouth all their host. He gathers the waters of
the sea together as a heap: He lays up the deeps in
storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the
inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For he spoke,
and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast" (Ps. 33:69).
"Of old Thou didst found the earth: and the heavens are the
work of Thy hands" (Ps. 102:25).
"For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He said,
"As I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter my rest":
although His works were finished from the foundation of the
world. For the one who has entered His rest has himself also
rested from his works, as God did from His".
(Heb. 4:3, 10).
PASSAGES DESCRIBING THE SECOND LAW.
"Even they will perish, but Thou dost endure: And all of them
will wear out like a garment: like clothing Thou wilt change
them, and they will be changed" (PS.102:26).
"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed
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to us. For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly

for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was
subjected to futility, not of its own will, but because of Him
who subjected it, in hope. That the creation itself also will be
set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the
glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole
creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together,
until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves, having
the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the
redemption of our body" (Rom. 8:18-23).
And, "Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of
the earth; and the heavens are the works of Thy hands:
They will perish; but Thou remainest; and they all will
become old as a garment; and as a mantle Thou wilt roll
them up, as a garment they will also be changed: but Thou
art the same, and Thy years will not come to an end"
(Heb. 1:10-12).
GOD brought the FIRST LAW into being after the original
creation (see Genesis 1:31)
And He instituted the SECOND LAW after man's fall (Genesis
3:17).
Finally, it may be assumed that both laws will be rescinded
after the Great White Throne Judgement.
"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the
former things shall not be remembered or come to mind"
(Isa. 65:17).
"For just as the new heavens and the new earth which I
make will endure before Me, "declares the Lord", so your
offspring and your name will endure" (Isa. 66:22).
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"But according to His promise we are looking for new

heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells" (2
Pet 3:13).
"And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first
heaven and the first earth passed away; and there is no
longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride
adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the
throne saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men,
and He shall dwell among them, and they shall be His
people, and God Himself shall be among them, and He shall
wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall no
longer be any death, there shall no longer be any mourning,
or crying, or pain, the first things have passed away". And
He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all
things new". And he said, "Write for these words are faithful
and true" (Rev. 21:1-5).
Here then are a number of scientific principles accurately
described in the Bible, some of them centuries before man
discovered them.
Not only does the Word of God include that which is
scientifically correct, but it also totally avoids the "Scientific"
nonsense that is found in all other ancient religious writings.
THE EGYPTIANS believed the world was hatched from a great
cosmic egg. The egg had wings and flew. This resulted in
MITOSIS (a method of cell division, in which the nucleus
divides into two daughter nuclei, each containing the same
number of chromosomes as the parent nucleus).
They also believed the sun was a reflection of the earth's
light, and that man sprang from little white worms they found
in the slime which oozes after the overflow of the NILE.
In the sacred VEDAS OF INDIA which contain all the sacred
writings of HINDUISM we read: "The moon is 50,000 leagues
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higher than the sun, and shines by its own light; night is
caused by the sun's setting behind a huge mountain, several
thousand feet high, located in the centre of the earth. That
this world, flat and triangular is composed of seven statesone of honey, another of sugar, a third of butter, and still
another of wine, and the whole mass is borne on the heads
of countless elephants which in shaking produce
earthquakes".
IN THE LIBRARY OF THE LOUVRE IN PARIS there are 5.6 kms
of obsolete science books.
In 1861 the French Academy of Science published a brochure
of fifty-one (51) "scientific facts" which supposedly
contradicted the Bible. These were used by the atheists of
that day in ridiculing Christians. TODAY ALL FIFTY-ONE (51)
OF THOSE "FACTS" ARE UNACCEPTABLE TO MODERN
SCIENTISTS.
Surely the devout Christian can utter a hearty "AMEN" with
DR. JAMES DWIGHT DANA of Yale University, probably the
most eminent geologist in American history, who once
addressed a graduating class in these words: "Young men !
As you go out into the world to face scientific problems,
remember that I, an old man who has known only science all
his life long, say to you, that there is nothing truer in all the
universe than the scientific statements contained in the Word
of God !".
FIFTH SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT.

[5] PROPHETICAL ACCURACY.
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One of the acid tests of any religion is its ability TO PREDICT

THE FUTURE. In this area (as in all other areas) the Bible
reigns supreme. One searches in vain through the pages of
other sacred writings to find even a single line of accurate
prophecy.
Some seven (7) centuries B.C. the Hebrew prophet ISAIAH
wrote in Isaiah 41:22-23:- "Let them bring forth and declare
to us what is going to take place; As for the former events,
declare what they were, That we may consider them, and
know their outcome; or announce to us what is coming.
Declare the things that are going to come afterward, that we
may know that you are gods; Indeed, do good or evil, that we
may anxiously look about us and fear together"
(Isa.
41:22,23)
SO BE IT !
We now consider the amazingly accurate
prophecies under the following categories:
PROPHECIES DEALING WITH THE NATION ISRAEL.
Israel would become a great nation (Gen. 12:1-3).
Her kings would come out of the tribes of Judah (Gen. 49:10).
She would spend 400 years in Egypt (Gen. 15:13).
The nation would suffer a civil war (1 Ki. 11:31).
The nation would spend seventy years in Babylon (Jer. 25:11;
29:10).
She would return (in part) to Jerusalem after the seventy
years (Dan. 9:1,2).
Israel would eventually be scattered among the nations of
the world (Deut. 28:25,64; Lev. 26:33).
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Israel would become a byword among these nations (Deut.

28:37).
Israel would loan to many nations, but borrow from none
(Deut. 28:12).
She would be hounded and persecuted (Deut. 28:65-67).
Israel would neverthless retain her identity (Lev. 26:44; Jer.
46:28).
She would remain alone and aloof among the nations (Num.
23:9).
Israel would reject her Messiah (Isa.53).
Because of this, her enemies would dwell in her land (Lev.
26:32; Lk. 21:24).
Jerusalem would be destroyed (Lk. 19:41-44; 21:20).
Israel would, in spite of all these things, endure forever (Gen.
17:7; Isa. 66:22; Jer. 31:35,36; Mt. 24:34).
Israel would return to Palestine in the latter days prior to the
2nd Coming of Christ (Deut. 30:3; Ezek. 36:24; 37:1-14;
38:1-39:29).
PROPHECIES DEALING
NATIONS.
WITH
VARIOUS
GENTILE
EDOM.
ESAU, Jacob's brother, was the founder of the nation Edom
(see Gen. 36).
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Years after his death, Edom refused to help Israel, the nation
founded by Jacob (see Num. 20) and actually delighted in
persecuting God's people.
Because of this, God pronounced doom upon Edom.
According to various biblical prophecies:
A. The commerce was to cease.
B. Their race was to become extinct.
C. Their land was to be desolate (Jer. 49:17,18;
7; Obadiah; Mal. 1:4).
Ezek.35:3-
All this has taken place in spite of her unbelievable strong

fortified capital, PETRA.
In A.D. 636 Petra was captured by MOHAMMED, and shortly
after this PETRA and EDOM drop from the pages of history.
BABYLON.
BABYLON was the first of four (4) world powers mentioned in
Daniel 2:31-43, and in Daniel 7:1-8 Daniel prophesied the
demise of mighty Babylon, as did Isaiah (Isa 13:17-19) and
Jeremiah (51:11).
This literally happened on the night of October 13, 539 B.C.,
when DARIUS the Median captured the city by diverting the
course of the EUPHRATES RIVER which had flowed under the
walls of the city. (See Dan. 5).
MEDIA-PERSIA.
One of the most remarkable passages on prophecy is found
in DANIEL 8:1-7,20,21, written beside a river in 551 B.C.
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In a vision DANIEL is told of a series of battles that would not

take place until some 217 years later.
Here the prophet describes for us the crushing defeats of
DARIUS III (here pictured as a ram) by the Greek ALEXANDER
THE GREAT (symbolized as a he-goat).
This took place in three decisive battles-GRANICUS, in 334
B.C; ISSUS, in 333 B.C; and GAUGAMELA, in 331 B.C.
GREECE.
In this same chapter, DANIEL predicts the dissolution of the
Greek empire (upon the death of Alexander) into four smaller
and separate powers, each ruled over by one of his generals
(Dan. 7:6; 8:8, 20,21).
This happened in exact detail in 301 B.C. after Alexander
died of a raging fever at the age of thirty-three in Babylon.
ROME.
In DANIEL 2:40, 41 we read: "Then there will be a fourth
kingdom as strong as iron: inasmuch as iron crushes and
shatters all things, so, like iron that breaks in pieces, it will
crush and break all these in pieces. And in that you saw the
feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it will
be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of
iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common
clay".
Here Daniel rightly predicted that ROME the fourth kingdom
(which would come into power between the times of
NEBUCHADNEZZAR and CHRIST) should be "AS STRONG AS
IRON".
AND SO ROME WAS. By 300 B.C. ROME had become a major
power in the Mediterranean world. By 200 B.C., she had
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conquered CARTHAGE, her archenemy. In 63 B.C., the Roman

general POMPEY entered JERUSALEM.
DANIEL noted in his prophecy, however, that, "It will be a
divided kingdom". This of course, happened in A.D. 364.
EGYPT.
Some 600 years before Christ, the prophet EZEKIEL wrote:
"In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth on the
month, the Word of the Lord came to me saying, "Son of
man, set your face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and
prophesy against him and against all Egypt. It will be the
lowest of the kingdoms and it will never again lift itself up
above the nations. And I shall make them so small that they
will not rule over the nations". (Ezek. 29:1,2,15).
The history of Egypt is, of course, one of the oldest in
recorded Western civilization. The country was united into a
single kingdom about 3200 B.C. and was ruled by a
succession of dynasties down to the time of Alexander the
Great, who conquered Egypt in 332 B.C.
We note that EZEKIEL does not predict the disappearance of
Egypt, as he did concerning EDOM (35:3-7), but simply the
demise of Egypt. The prophecy was that Egypt would be cut
short and never again become a single world power.
THIS PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED TO THE LAST LETTER.
RUSSIA.
See EZEKIEL 38:39. (Russia will be discussed later when we
deal with prophecies concerning LAST-DAY CONDITIONS).
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C. PROPHECIES DEALING WITH SPECIFIC CITIES.

TYRE.
EZEKIEL'S prophecy in chapter 26 concerning the city of
TYRE is surely one of the greatest in the entire Bible. TYRE
was actually two cities, one on the coastline, some 96kms
northwest from Jerusalem, and the other on an island, 800
metres out in the Mediterranean Sea.
In this prophecy, EZEKIEL predicts:
The Babylonian king, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, was to capture
the city.
Other nations would later participate in Tyre's destruction.
The city was to be scrapped and made flat, like the top of a
rock.
It was to become a place for the spreading of nets.
Its stones and timber were to be laid in the sea (Zech. 9:3,4).
The city was never to be rebuilt.
HAS ALL THIS TAKEN PLACE ?
Consider the following historical facts: EZEKIEL wrote all this
around 590 B.C. Some four years later, 586 B.C.,
NEBUCHADNEZZAR surrounded the city of TYRE. The siege
lasted thirteen years and in 573 B.C. the coastal city was
destroyed. But he could not capture the island city.
During the next 241 years the ISLAND CITY OF TYRE dwelt in
safety and would have doubtless ridiculed Ezekiel's prophecy
concerning total destruction. BUT in 332 B.C. ALEXANDER
THE GREAT arrived upon the scene and the island city was
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doomed. ALEXANDER built a bridge leading from the

coastline to the island by throwing the debris of the old city
into the water.In doing this he literally scraped the coastline
clean.
(Some years ago an American archaeologist named Edward
Robinson discovered forty or fifty marble columns beneath
the water along the shores of ancient Tyre).
After a seven-month siege, ALEXANDER took the island city
and destroyed it.
From this point on, the surrounding coastal area has been
used by local fishermen to spread and dry their nets.
TYRE has never been rebuilt in spite of the well-known
nearby freshwater SPRINGS OF ROSELAIN, which yield some
10,000 gallons of water daily.
JERICHO.
In the sixth chapter of JOSHUA we see described the fall of
Jericho's walls and the subsequent destruction of the city.
Immediately after this, Joshua makes an amazing threefold
prophecy about this fallen city.
That Jericho would be rebuilt again by one man.
That the builder's oldest son would die when the work on the
city had begun.
That the builder's youngest son would die when the work was
completed. (See Josh. 6:26).
JOSHUA uttered those words around 1450 B.C.
DID ALL THIS HAPPEN ?
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Some five (5) centuries after this, in 930 B.C., we are told:
That a man named HIEL from BETHEL rebuilt Jericho. That as
he laid the foundations, his oldest son, ABIRAM, died. That
when he completed the gates, his youngest son, SEGUB,
died. (read 1 Ki. 16:34).
NINEVEH. (Nahum 1-3).
During the time of JONAH, God had spared the wicked city of
NINEVEH by using that Hebrew prophet (after an unpleasant
submarine trip) to preach repentance.
But the city had soon returned to its evil ways. So around
650 B.C., another prophet, NAHUM, predicted the complete
overthrow of NINEVEH.
At the time of this prophecy, NINEVEH appeared to be
impregnable; her walls were one hundred feet high and
broad enough for chariots to drive upon.
The city had a circumference of 96kms and was adorned by
more than 1,200 strong towers.
In spite of all this, the city fell, less than forty (40) years after
Nahum's prophecy.
An alliance of MEDES and BABYLONIANS broke through her
walls during August of 612 B.C., after a two-month siege.
The victory was due in part to the releasing of the city's
water supply by traitors within.
The destruction was so total that ALEXANDER THE GREAT
marched his troops over the desolate ground which had once
given support to her mighty buildings, AND NEVER KNEW
THERE HAD ONCE BEEN A CITY THERE !!
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JERUSALEM.
21:20-24).
- (Matthew. 24:1,2 Luke. 19:41-44;
These sad words were uttered by JESUS Himself. He predicted

Jerusalem would be destroyed, her citizens would be
slaughtered, and her Temple would be completely wrecked,
with not one stone left upon another.
This all literally happened less than forty (40) years later. IN
FEBRUARY of A.D. 70, the Roman general TITUS surrounded
JERUSALEM with 80,000 men to crush a revolt that had
begun some five years back. IN APRIL of that year he began
the siege in earnest. Conditions soon became desperate
within the city walls. Women ate their own children, and
grown men fought to the death over a piece of bird's dung
for food!
FINALLY, IN SEPTEMBER of the same year, the walls were
battered down and the slaughter began. When the smoke
had cleared, OVER HALF-MILLION JEWS LAY DEAD. A number
of these had been crucified by TITUS.
Eventually the Temple was levelled and the ground under it
plowed up, JUST AS OUR LORD HAD PREDICTED !!
D.
PROPHECIES
INDIVIDUALS.
DEALING
WITH
PARTICULAR
JOSIAH.
The following incident concerns a wicked Israelite king
named JEROBOAM: "Now behold, there came a man of God
from Judah to Bethel by the Word of the Lord, while Jeroboam
was standing by the altar to burn incense. And he cried
against the altar by the Word of the Lord, and said, "O altar,
alter, thus says the Lord, 'Behold, a son shall be born to the
house of David, Josiah by name, and on you he shall sacrifice
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the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and
human bones shall be burned on you". (1 Ki. 13:1,2).
This all took place in 975 B.C. Some 350 years then went by;
and in 624 B.C., we are told of the actions of a new king of
Israel: "Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the
high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he
broke down. Then he demolished its stones, ground them to
dust, and burned the Asherah. Now when Josiah turned, he
saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent
and took the bones from the graves and burned them on the
altar and defiled it according to the Word of the Lord which
the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things".
(2 Ki. 23:15, 16, TLB).
2. CYRUS.
Perhaps the greatest Old Testament prophet was ISAIAH.
For some sixty-two (62) years this eloquent and godly man
wrote and preached. But even though JERUSALEM was at rest
when he ministered, ISAIAH predicted her captivity (as did
also JEREMIAH; see Jer. 25:12; 29:10) and subsequent
restoration. "It is I who says of Cyrus, "He is My shepherd !,
and he will perform all My desire". And he declares of
Jerusalem, She will be built', and of the temple, your
foundation will be laid". (Isa. 44:28).
ISAIAH penned these words around 712 B.C. By 606 B.C.,
Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian king, had captured
Jerusalem and had led away many captive Jews into his
capital (read Psalm. 137).
For seventy (70) long years they remained here. This was all
predicted, of course, by JEREMIAH (Jer. 25:12; 29:10).
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Then, in 536 B.C., the miracle happened. The prophet EZRA

tells us: "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order
to fulfill the Word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the
Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he
sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put
it in writing, saying, "Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'The
Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of
the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in
Jerusalem, which is in Judah". (Ezra 1:1,2).
SO THEN, ISAIAH rightly predicted that CYRUS would allow
the Jews to return and rebuild their Temple in Jerusalem 176
YEARS BEFORE IT HAPPENED !!.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
Although DANIEL does not refer to him by name, there seems
little doubt that Alexander is the "he-goat" mentioned in
Daniel 8:3-8. Alexander was the first real world conqueror.
He crossed the HELLESPONT in the spring of 334 B.C. and
soon met and crushed the Persian troops at the battle of
Issus in 333 B.C.
JOSPEHUS, the Jewish historian, tells us that when Alexander
approached Jerusalem, he was met at the gates by the high
priest, who thereupon proceeded to show him that his
victories over the Persians had all been prophesied by
DANIEL in 553 B.C., SOME 220 YEARS IN ADVANCE !!
The Greek warrior was reportedly so impressed at all this that
he worshiped the high priest and spared Jerusalem.
ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES.
Like Alexander, ANTIOCHUS is not mentioned by name, but is
surely referred to in DANIEL 8:9-14. ANTIOCHUS was a
bloodthirsty Jew-hating Syrian general who conquered
Palestine in 167 B.C.
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He then entered the Temple Holy of Holies and horribly

desecrated it by slaughtering a hog on the altar ! DANIEL
FORESAW THIS TERRIBLE EVENT SOME 386 YEARS BEFORE IT
HAPPENED.
JOHN THE BAPTIST.
In ISAIAH 40:3-5, the prophet correctly describes THE
FUTURE MESSAGE of John the Baptist 700 YEARS IN
ADVANCE. (see also Mt. 3:1-3).
E. PROPHECIES FULFILLED BY OUR LORD DURING HIS
EARTHLY MINISTRY.
In the OLD TESTAMENT there are some thirty-seven (37)
basic prophecies concerning the earthly ministry of the
anticipated Saviour.
WHILE UPON THIS EARTH, JESUS CHRIST ACCURATELY
FULFILLED EVERY SINGLE PREDICTION.!!!!!
Consider the following texts:
He would be born of a virgin (cf. Isa
7:14 with Mt. 1:22, 23).
He would be given the throne of David

with Lk. 1:31).
(cf. 2 Sam. 7:12, 13
He would be called Emmanuel (cf. Isa.7:14 with Mt 1:23).

He would be rejected by His own (cf.Isa. 53:3 with Jn. 1:11;
7:5).
He would have a forerunner (cf. Isa.40:3-5; Mal. 3:1 with Mt.
3:1-3; Lk.1:76-78; 3:3-6).
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He would be born in Bethlehem

2:5,6).
(cf.Micah 5:2, 3 with Mt.
He would be visited by the magi and presented with gifts

cf.Isa 60:3,6,9 with Mt. 2:11).
He would be in Egypt for a season (cf.Hosea 11:1 with Mt
2:15).
His birthplace would suffer a massacre of infants (cf. Jer. 31:5
with Mt.2:17,18).
He would be called a Nazarene (cf. Isa 11:1 with Mt. 2:23).
He would be zealous for his Father (cf. Ps. 69:9 with Jn. 2:1317).
He would be filled with God's Spirit
with Lk.4:18,19).
(cf. Isa 61:1-3; 11:2
He would be a light to the Gentiles cf. Isa 42:1-3,6,7 with Mt.

4:13-16; 12:18-21).
He would heal many (cf. Isa. 53:4 with Mt. 8:16, 17).
He would deal gently with the Gentiles
with Mt. 12:17-21).
(Cf. Isa. 9:1,2; 42:1-3
He would speak in parables (cf. Isa.6:9,10, with Mt.13:10-15).

He would make a triumphal entry into Jerusalem (cf. Zech
9:9 with Mt.21:4,5)
He would be praised by little children
21:16).
(cf. Ps. 8:2 with Mt.
He would be the rejected cornerstone (cf Ps.118:22,23 with

Mt.21:42).
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His miracles would not be believed cf. Isa 53:1 with Jn 12:37,
38).
His friend would betray him for thirty pieces of silver {cf. Ps.
41:9; 55:12-14; Zech 11:12,13 with Mt. 26:14-16,21-25).
He would be a man of sorrows
26:37,38).
(cf. Isa 53:3 with Mt.
He would be foresaken by his disciples (cf. Zech 13:7 with

Mt. 26:31, 56).
He would be scourged and spat upon cf. Isa.50:6 with Mt.
26:67; 27:26).
His price money would be used to buy a potter's field (cf. Jer
18:1-4; 19:1-3 Zech 11:12,13 with Mt. 27:9,10).
He would be crucified between two thieves (cf. Isa 53:12 with
Mt. 27:38; Mk 15:27,28; Lk 22:37).
He would be given vinegar to drink cf. Ps 69:21 with Mt.
27:34,48).
He would suffer the piercing of his hands and feet (cf. Ps
22:16; Zech 12:10 with Mk 15:25; Jn 19:34,37, 20:25-27).
His garments would be parted and gambled for (cf. Ps. 22:18
with Lk
23:34; Jn 19:23, 24).
He would be surrounded and ridiculed by his enemies (cf. Ps
22:7, 8 with Mt. 27:39-44; Mk. 15:29-32).
He would thirst (cf. Ps 22:15 with Jn 19:28).
He would commend His spirit to the Father (cf Ps. 31:5 with
Lk. 23:46).
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His bones would not be broken (cf. Ex.12:46; Num 9:12; Ps

34:20 with Jn 19:33-36).
He would be stared at in death
27:36; Jn 19:37).
(cf.Zech 12:10 with Mt.
He would be buried with the rich (cf.Isa 59:9 with Mt. 27:5760).
He would be raised from the dead (cf.Ps. 16:10 with Mt 28:27).
He would ascend (cf. Ps 24:7-10 with Mk 16:19; Lk 24:50).
[See Prophecy Book by Peter Moses for more details on the
subject of prophecy]
SIXTH SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT.
ITS UNIVERSAL INFLUENCE UPON CIVILIZATION.
1) WESTERN CIVILISATION IS FOUNDED DIRECTLY UPON THE
BIBLE AND ITS TEACHINGS.
In Acts 16:9, the Apostle Paul, obedient to his heavenly
vision, directed his 2nd missionary journey TOWARD EUROPE
instead of ASIA and the EAST.
2) THE WORLD'S CALENDAR AND MOST OF ITS HOLIDAYS
stem from the BIBLE. CHRISTMAS/EASTER etc. This is the
year, 1995 "AD" which means "Anno Domini", or, "YEAR OF
OUR LORD".
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3) It was clearly the Bible WHICH ELEVATED THE BLOOD

DRINKING BARBARIC SAVAGES OF THE BRITISH ISLES to
DECENCY.
4) THE BIBLE HAS PRODUCED THE LAW OF THE WESTERN
WORLD. Early attempts of governing forms, such as the
ENGLISH COMMON LAW, THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THE MAGNA
CARTA and our own CONSTITUTION, are all based in God's
gift to MOSES on MT. SINAI, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS !
5)
THE BIBLE has influenced, if not directed,

advancement of ALL FINE ARTS. For example:-
the
A) LITERATURE:
RUSKIN -quotes OVER 5,000 SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES in his
writings. MILTON - his greatest works are based on the WORD
OF GOD, as are SHAKESPEARE, SCOTT, COLLERIDGE, POPE,
BRYANT, LONGFELLOW, KIPLING, CARLYLE, MCCAULAY,
HAWTHORN, IRVING and others.
B) ART:
Many WORLD-FAMOUS PAINTINGS depicting well-known
scenes in the BIBLE are preserved today. THESE PAINTINGS
CAN BE FOUND IN EVERY IMPORTANT MUSEUM ON EARTH.
They have been done by the GREATEST AND MOST
TALENTED ARTISTS OF ALL TIME. These would include
LEONARDO
DA
VINCI,
REMBRANDT,
RAPHAEL,
MICHELANGELO, and others.
C)
MUSIC:
THE BIBLE has produced more inspiring music than all other
combined books in the world.
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BACH: History has concluded that Johann Sebastian Bach

"anticipated every important musical idea that has been born
since his day". He is the inspiration of the PIANIST, the
ORGANIST, and the COMPOSER. BACH was a zealous
LUTHERAN who devoted most of his GENIUS to churchcentred music.
We could also consider:MENDELSSOHN composer of "ST. PAUL, ELIJAH"
BRAHMS
-"REQUIEM"
BEETHOVEN
-"MT. OF OLIVES", "SAMSON & DELILAH"
HANDEL
"MESSIAH" (He quotes from 15 books of
the Bible)
HAYDN
"THE CREATION"
SEVENTH SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT

ITS CARE AND COPY.
NO OTHER BOOK IN HISTORY has been copied as many times
and with as much care as has been the Word of God.
The TALMUD (The Primary source of Jewish law) lists the
following rules for copying the Old Testament:1)
THE PARCHMENT had to be made from THE SKIN OF A

CLEAN ANIMAL, prepared by a JEW ONLY and was to be
fastened by strings from CLEAN ANIMALS.
2)
EACH COLUMN must have NO LESS THAN 48, OR MORE

THAN 60 lines.
3)
THE INK must be of no other colour than BLACK, and had

to be prepared according to a SPECIAL RECIPE.
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4)
NO WORD OR LETTER COULD BE WRITTEN FROM

MEMORY. The Scribe had to have AN AUTHENTIC COPY
before him, and he had to READ AND PRONOUNCE
ALOUD EACH WORD before writing it.
5)
He had to reverently WIPE HIS PEN EACH TIME BEFORE

WRITING THE WORD OF GOD, and had to WASH HIS
WHOLE BODY, before writing the sacred name JEHOVAH.
6)
ONE MISTAKE on a sheet CONDEMNED THE WHOLE

SHEET; if THREE MISTAKES were found on any page, THE
ENTIRE MANUSCRIPT WAS CONDEMNED.
7)
EVERY WORD and EVERY LETTER was COUNTED and if a

letter had been omitted, or an extra letter inserted, or if
one letter TOUCHED ANOTHER, the Manuscript was AT
ONCE CONDEMNED AND DESTROYED.
THE OLD RABBI would give a solemn warning to each young

scribe, "TAKE HEED HOW YOU DO YOUR WORK, FOR YOUR
WORK IS THE WORK OF HEAVEN, FOR TO DROP OR ADD A
LETTER OF A MANUSCRIPT CAUSES YOU TO BECOME A
DESTROYER OF THE WORLD".
The scribe was also told that while he was writing, IF EVEN A
KING would enter the room and speak to him, the scribe was
to IGNORE HIM until he finished the page he was working on,
LEST HE MAKE A MISTAKE.
In fact, in some texts, EACH LETTER WAS INDIVIDUALLY
COUNTED. Thus, in copying the Old Testament they would
note that the letter "ALEPH" (1st letter in the Hebrew
alphabet) occurred 42,377 times, and so on....
According to Wescott & Hort, the points in which we cannot
be sure of the original words are INSIGNIFICANT in proportion
to the bulk of the whole...SOME 1/1000 !
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Thus ONLY 1 LETTER OUT OF 1,580 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

is open to question and NONE OF THESE UNCERTAINTIES
WOULD CHANGE IN THE SLIGHTEST ANY DOCTRINAL
TEACHING !!
TODAY, there are almost 5,000 ancient Greek manuscripts of
the NEW TESTAMENT. This perhaps doesn't seem like many
until one considers that:1)
1,500 YEARS AFTER HERODOTUS wrote his history there

was ONLY 1 COPY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
2)
1,200 YEARS AFTER PLATO wrote his classic, THERE WAS

ONLY 1 MANUSCRIPT IN THE WORLD.
3)
Today there exist only a few manuscripts of EURIPEDES,

VIRGIL and CICERO.
EIGHTH SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT.

ITS AMAZING CIRCULATION.
When DAVID HUME said, "I see the twilight of Christianity and
the Bible", he was much confused, for he could not tell the
sunrise from the sunset!
A. Only one-half of one percent of all books published
survive seven (7) years. Eighty percent (80%) of all books
are forgotten in one year.
For example, let us imagine that during this year, 200 new
books are published in Australia.
Statistics show that by next year only forty of these 200 will
remain.
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At the end of the seventh year, of the original 200, ONLY ONE
LONELY BOOK WILL SURVIVE.
What other ancient religious book can even remotely be
compared to the Bible ? Where could one go today to
purchase a copy of ZEN VEDAS, or the Egyptian Book of the
Dead?
In fact, dozens of religions which once flourished have simply
disappeared from the face of the earth without leaving the
slightest trace.
But the smallest child can walk into almost any bookstore in
Australia and pick up a copy of the Word of God !!
NINTH SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT.

ITS ABSOLUTE HONESTY.
Perhaps no other single statement so completely summarizes
the Bible as does the following:
"THE BIBLE IS NOT A BOOK THAT MAN COULD WRITE IT HE
WOULD, OR WOULD WRITE IF HE COULD". Let us analyze
this one section at a time.
"MAN COULD NOT WRITE THE BIBLE IS HE WOULD".
Even if a man had all the necessary spirituality he could not
know the facts involved in the historical, scientific, and
prophetical statements we have previously seen in the Bible.
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Thus, without God's direction the Bible is not a book that man
could write if he would.
"MAN WOULD NOT WRITE THE BIBLE IF HE COULD".
Suppose God would give sinful man all the necessary facts
and abilities to write the Bible. What then ? Man still would
not write it correctly if he could. Note the following reasons:
A. BECAUSE OF THE BAD THINGS GOD WRITES ABOUT SOME
OF HIS FRIENDS.
Here five (5) men immediately come to mind. Most of these
individuals are mentioned in the Faith Hall of Fame (Hebrew
11).
1.
NOAH. Indeed a man of God. He walked with God, he

was a just man (Gen 6:9), and be obeyed God (Heb
11:7).
Yet after the flood this great hero of the faith gets dead
drunk and exposes his nakedness and shame to his
entire family (Gen 9:20-24). SURELY A MERE HUMAN
AUTHOR WOULD NOT HAVE WRITTEN ALL THIS ??
2.
MOSES. The meekest man in all the earth during his

time (Num 12:3), and a leader who single-handedly led
an entire nation of enslaved Hebrews out of captivity in
Egypt.
But en route to Palestine we read of his anger and direct
disobedience to the clearly revealed Word of God. (see
Num 20:7-12). SURELY MAN WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED
THIS PART OF MOSES' RECORD ??
3.
DAVID. Without exception the grandest human king who

ever sat upon the throne. God himself would testify that
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here was "a man after His own heart" (see 1 Sam 13:14;
16:7,12,13).
DAVID'S FEARLESSNESS (1 Sam 17:34-36, 49), LOVE
FOR GOD (Ps 18, 103, etc)., AND KINDNESS (1 Sam
24:6,7) were universally known.
But in 2 Samuel 11 this same king is accurately accused
of lust, adultery, lying, and cold-blooded murder. WHO
BUT GOD WOULD WRITE IN SUCH A MANNER ?
4.
ELIJAH.
Few other Old Testament prophets are as
colourful and exciting as ELIJAH THE TISHBITE.
In 1 Kings 18, he champions the cause of God against
450 priests of Satan, but in the very next chapter he is
pictured as running for his very life from a mere
woman !!
5.
PETER. Self-appointed spokesman for Christ who so

confidently assured the Saviour that, "Even though all
may fall away because of You, I WILL NEVER FALL AWAY"
(Mt. 26:33).
But in the hour of Jesus' great need we read if Peter:
"Then he began to curse and swear, "I DO NOT KNOW
THE MAN" (Mt. 26:74).
B.
BECAUSE OF THE GOOD THINGS GOD WRITES ABOUT

SOME OF HIS ENEMIES.
As we have already seen, on many occasions God records

bad things about his friends, and he often mentions good
things about his enemies.
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This can be seen in the accounts of ESAU (Gen 33);

ARTAXERXES (Neh 2); DARIUS (Dan 6); GAMALIEL (Acts 5:3439); JULIUS (Acts 27:1-3); etc.
The point of all the above is simply this-THE BIBLE IS NOT AN
EDITED BOOK. GOD LITERALLY "TELLS IT LIKE IT IS". Human
authors, however sincere, simply do not consistently write
this way.
C.
BECAUSE OF CERTAIN DOCTRINES REPUGNANT TO THE

NATURAL MIND.
Many examples could be listed here, but the following three

will demonstrate this:
1. THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL HELL. (See Rev 14:10,11).
2. THE DOCTRINE OF MAN'S TOTAL HELPLESSNESS. (See Rom
7:18; Eph 2:8,9).
3.THE DOCTRINE OF FINAL JUDGEMENT UPON SAVED AND
UNSAVED. (See 1 Cor 3:9-15; Rev 20:11-15).
TENTH SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT.

ITS LIFE TRANSFORMING POWER.
According to an ancient proverb-"The proof of the pudding is
in the eating". So it is.
Undoubtedly the greatest proof of all that the Bible is indeed
God's Word is ITS AMAZING ABILITY TO CHANGE CORRUPT
HUMANITY.
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THE BIBLE IS A BEAUTIFUL PALACE built of sixty-six blocks of

solid marble-THE SIXTY SIX BOOKS OF THE BIBLE. In the first
chapter of GENESIS we enter the vestibule, filled with the
mighty acts of CREATION.
The vestibule gives access to the law courts-THE FIVE BOOKS
OF MOSES-passing through which we come to the picture
gallery of THE HISTORICAL BOOKS. Here we find hung upon
the walls scenes of battlefields, representations of heroic
deeds, and portraits of eminent men belonging to the early
days of the world's history.
Beyond the picture gallery we find the philosopher's
chamber-THE BOOK OF JOB-passing through which we enter
the music room-THE BOOK OF PSALMS-where we listen to the
grandest strains that ever fell on human ears.
Then we come to the business office-THE BOOK OF
PROVERBS-where right in the centre of the room, stands
facing us the motto, "Righteousness exaltheth a nation, but
sin is a reproach to any people".
From the business office we pass in to the chapelECCLESIASTES, or the SONG OF SOLOMON with the rose of
sharon and the lily of the valley, and all manner of fine
perfume and fruit and flowers and singing birds.
Finally we reach the observatory-THE PROPHETS, with their
telescopes fixed on near and distant stars, and all directed
toward "the Bright and Morning Star", that was soon to arise.
Crossing the court we come to the audience chamber of the
King-THE GOSPELS-where we find four vivid lifelike portraits
of the King himself. Next we enter the workroom of the Holy
Spirit-THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES-and beyond that the
correspondence room-THE EPISTLES-where we see PAUL and
PETER and JAMES and JOHN and JUDE busy at their desks.
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Before leaving we stand a moment in the outside gallery-the

REVELATION-where we look upon some striking pictures of
the judgements to come, and the glories to be revealed,
concluding with an awe-inspiring picture of the throne room
of the King.
"A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH".
Now, having established the authenticity and authority of
God's Word, the Bible, let's move on to the greatest single
issue in human life which affects human destiny for all
eternity, which we shall appropriately call:- "A MATTER OF
LIFE AND DEATH".
PRESUMED GUILTY
IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT THAT YOU ARE SEATED IN A
COURTROOM. YOU ARE ON TRIAL FOR MURDER, A CRIME
THAT CARRIES THE DEATH PENALTY. The evidence against
you has been delivered to the jury and your attorney has
presented your defence. Now you await the jury's verdict.
A hush falls over the Courtroom as the jury foreman steps
forward. You rise to your feet and face the judge. You know
one fact no one else in the Courtroom knows for certain: YOU
COMMITTED THE CRIME. As the jury foreman announces the
verdict of GUILTY, you are not surprised.
The judge pounds the gavel and solemnly pronounces your
death sentence. YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE PENALTY AND
YOUR LAWYER CANNOT PROTECT YOU. YOU ARE HELPLESS
TO SAVE YOURSELF.
But as you are led away from the courtroom in handcuffs, an
unknown man steps forward. This man is a complete
stranger to you.
"I AM WILLING TO TAKE YOUR
PUNISHMENT," he says. "I WILL BE YOUR SUBSTITUTE".
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The judge leans forward to question him. At last, satisfied by

the man's qualifications, he accepts the stranger as your
substitute. The handcuffs are removed from your wrists and
put on his. WHILE THIS MAN UNDESERVEDLY GOES TO HIS
DEATH IN YOUR PLACE, YOU ARE SET FREE. YOU ARE
ALLOWED TO LIVE - EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE GUILTY BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE HAS TAKEN YOUR PUNISHMENT AS
YOUR SUBSTITUTE.
FROM DEATH TO LIFE
YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT EVERY HUMAN
BEING IS BORN CONDEMNED UNDER GOD'S DEATH PENALTY.
HOWEVER, GOD HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO AVOID
THAT FATE. He offers you freedom and eternal life with
Himself, as a gracious gift.
GOD THE FATHER SENT HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST, TO BE YOUR
SUBSTITUTE AND FREE YOU FROM THIS DEATH PENALTY. The
Bible, God's written Word, says:"For God so loved the world, that he gave His only
begotten [uniquely born] Son, that Whoever believes in
Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did
not send the Son into the world to judge the world; but
that the world should be saved through Him. He who
believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe
has been judged already, because he has not believed in
the name of the only begotten [uniquely born] Son of
God".
(John 3:16-18).
YOU ARE GUILTY, HELPLESS TO SAVE YOURSELF FROM THIS
DEATH PENALTY. THERE IS NO ABILITY YOU POSSESS NOR
ANY WORK YOU CAN PERFORM TO REDEEM YOURSELF. BUT
GOD HAS PROVIDED AN ESCAPE FROM ETERNAL
CONDEMNATION. THE PRICE FOR YOUR FREEDOM WAS PAID
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BY YOUR SUBSTITUTE, JESUS CHRIST, WHEN HE DIED ON THE

CROSS. You can receive God's grace gift of eternal life BY
ONE SIMPLE ACT OF FAITH.
"Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be
saved." (Acts 16:31a)
Believing in Christ means that you accept as true the fact
that He died on the cross AS YOUR PERSONAL SUBSTITUTE.
In the moment that you truly believe this, YOU ARE
DECLARED INNOCENT AND YOUR DEATH PENALTY IS
REMOVED.
GOD GIVES YOU ETERNAL LIFE AND
GUARANTEES YOUR SALVATION.
INSTANTLY, YOU ARE
BROUGHT INTO AN ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
SEPARATED FROM GOD

Until this moment you may not have been aware that YOU
WERE BORN UNDER A SENTENCE OF DEATH. You may think
of yourself as a "Good Person" and you feel that God would
NEVER condemn you. BUT, GOD HAS CONDEMNED YOU,
YOU ARE GUILTY AND ONLY CHRIST CAN SAVE YOU. In
Christ's own words that Gospel message is:
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one
comes to the Father, but through Me." (John
14:6b)
AT THE MOMENT WE WERE BORN, A BARRIER EXISTED
BETWEEN US AND GOD. THIS BARRIER SEPARATED MAN
FROM GOD. SINCE GOD IS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY, HIS
STANDARDS ARE PERFECT.
UNDERSTANDABLY, GOD
CANNOT ACCEPT OR APPROVE OF US BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
PERFECT.
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As it is written, "There is none righteous, not

even one." (Romans 3:10)
The Bible tells us that man is NOT perfect. As human beings,
we are born flawed with a sinful nature that tempts us to
commit offences against God. As a result, OUR HEREDITARY
SINFUL NATURE MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US, THROUGH
OUR OWN EFFORTS, TO BE ACCEPTED BY GOD.
"Therefore, just as through one man [Adam], sin
entered into the world, and death through sin,
and so death spread to all men, because all
sinned." (Romans 5:12)
"For all of us have become like one who is
unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a
filthy garment." (Isaiah 64:6a)
IF WE ARE HONEST WITH OURSELVES, WE HAVE TO ADMIT
THAT WE DO SIN. But what you may not realise is that THE
TEMPTATION TO SIN ORIGINATES FROM YOUR INBORN
FLAWED NATURE. And because of this sinful nature YOU
CANNOT MEET GOD'S STANDARDS.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God." (Romans 3:23)
OUR INBORN MARRED NATURE SEPARATED US FROM GOD.
THERE ARE NO "GOOD PEOPLE" BY GOD'S STANDARDS. No
one can be "GOOD ENOUGH" by his own desire or works to
remove this barrier that separated man from God.
IMPERFECT MAN IS ON ONE SIDE OF THE BARRIER....AND
PERFECT GOD IS ON THE OTHER.
TRAPPED IN THE SLAVE MARKET
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The bible calls man's side of the barrier A SLAVE MARKET.

WE ARE SLAVES TO OUR OWN CORRUPT, SINFUL NATURE.
Slaves cannot redeem themselves nor purchase their own
freedom. Every human being is BORN INTO this slave
market. Christ said,
"Truly, truly, I say to you, every one who commits
sin is the slave of sin." (John 8:34)
INSIDE THE SLAVE MARKET, THERE IS NO FUTURE. THE
LEGACY OF OUR SLAVERY IS CONDEMNATION, ETERNAL
SEPARATION AND PUNISHMENT FROM GOD.
HOWEVER,
EVEN THOUGH MAN IS BORN UNDER THE DEATH PENALTY,
GOD'S GRACE PROVIDES HOPE. GRACE IS SOMETHING YOU
CANNOT EARN. BECAUSE OF HIS PERFECT LOVE, GOD
OFFERS EVERY HUMAN BEING A CHOICE BETWEEN DEATH
AND ETERNAL LIFE.
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of
God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
(Romans 6:23)
GOD DOES NOT ABANDON YOU IN THE SLAVE MARKET OF
SIN. He has provided everything for you and every other
human being to leave slavery and enter into an eternal
relationship with Him.
THE BARRIER REMOVED

In order to free us from the slave market of sin, GOD
DESIGNED A MEANS BY WHICH HIS PERFECT STANDARDS
CAN BE MET. GOD, THE FATHER, SENT HIS SON, JESUS
CHRIST, TO REMOVE THE BARRIER BETWEEN GOD AND MAN.
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Jesus Christ is UNIQUE because He is both PERFECT GOD and

PERFECT MAN. NOT ONLY IS JESUS CHRIST HUMAN, BUT HE
IS ALSO JUST AS MUCH GOD AS THE FATHER WHO SENT HIM:
"I and the Father are one" (John 10:30)
When Jesus Christ came to earth to become the GOD-MAN,
HE WAS BORN OUTSIDE THE SLAVE MARKET: HIS HUMANITY
WAS PERFECT. BECAUSE OF HIS UNIQUE BIRTH, HE ALONE
HAD NO SINFUL NATURE. He never committed a sin Himself,
and no divine punishment was due Him. ONLY CHRIST WAS
QUALIFIED ON HIS OWN MERIT TO MEET THE PERFECT
STANDARDS OF GOD.
Only Christ could purchase our
freedom because He was free from sin and outside the slave
market.
GOD THE FATHER AS THE SUPREME JUDGE
ACCEPTED CHRIST AS OUR SUBSTITUTE.
AS THE ONLY PERFECT MAN IN HISTORY, JESUS CHRIST
CHOSE TO GO TO THE CROSS AND BE JUDGED FOR MAN'S
SINS, AS MAN'S SUBSTITUTE.
"He [God] made Him [Christ] who knew no sin to
be sin on our behalf, that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:21)
HE PAID THE DEATH PENALTY ON THE CROSS FOR YOU AND
EVERY OTHER HUMAN BEING. EVERY SIN EVER COMMITTED PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE - WAS JUDGED IN ONE MOMENT
ON THE CROSS.
God the Father pronounced the sentence and Jesus Christ
submitted Himself to it on man's behalf AS MAN'S
SUBSTITUTE.
"As being found in appearance as a man, He
humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the
point of death, even death on a cross."
(Philippians 2:8)
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BY ACCEPTING OUR PUNISHMENT, JESUS CHRIST BECAME

OUR SUBSTITUTE.
AS OUR SUBSTITUTE, HE MET THE
PERFECT STANDARDS OF GOD FOR US AND REMOVED THE
BARRIER BETWEEN MAN AND GOD FOREVER.
THE SLAVE MARKET OPENED
JESUS CHRIST HAS REMOVED THE CHAINS FROM THE SLAVE
MARKET. YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE. YOU NOW HAVE ACCESS
TO GOD.
Everything necessary to remove the barrier
between you and God has already been accomplished.
"For there is one God, and one mediator also
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who
gave Himself as ransom for all." (1 Timothy 2:56a)
JESUS CHRIST HAS WILLINGLY ACCEPTED THE DEATH
SENTENCE IN YOUR PLACE. YOU HAVE BEEN FREED! YOU
ARE NO LONGER A PRISONER OF THE SLAVE MARKET.
HOW DO YOU LEAVE THE SLAVE MARKET? There is nothing
you must DO or SAY or CHANGE to be free. You already have
access to freedom. FAITH is the only requirement. FAITH IS
SIMPLY BELIEVING IN THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS CHRIST.
GOD REQUIRES NOTHING OF YOU EXCEPT BELIEF. HE GIVES
YOU ETERNAL LIFE. YOU RECEIVE BY FAITH THE FREE GIFT
HE IS OFFERING.
"But as many as received Him, to them He gave
the power to become children of God, even to
those who believe in His name." (John 1:12)
GRACE AND FAITH
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YOUR PERSONAL WORTH is not an issue to God. NO ONE

CAN MEET HIS STANDARDS. YOUR PERSONAL SINS are not
an issue to God. He has already tried and closed the case of
human sin. YOUR "GOOD DEEDS" AND WORKS are not an
issue to God. HE OFFERS SALVATION BY GRACE THROUGH
FAITH, NOT BY WORKS.
"For by grace you have been saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift
of God; not as a result of works, that no one
should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)
GOD'S POLICY IS SALVATION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH.
JESUS CHRIST PROVIDES YOUR SALVATION. FAITH IN CHRIST
AS YOUR SAVIOUR IS THE ONLY MEANS BY WHICH YOU
RECEIVE GOD'S SAVING GRACE.
HOW TO BE SAVED
FAITH, THEN, IS THE KEY TO YOUR SALVATION. JESUS CHRIST
HAS SET YOU FREE and that means you have been released
to make your own choice about Him. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO DECIDE EITHER FOR OR AGAINST CHRIST.
"He who believes in the Son has eternal life;
but he who does not believe the Son shall not
see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
(John 3:36)
EVEN AT YOUR BEST, YOU CAN NEVER EARN OR DESERVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. Only the object of your faith,
JESUS CHRIST, has the MERIT. YOUR FAITH IN THE WORK OF
CHRIST ON THE CROSS AS YOUR SUBSTITUTE MAKES YOUR
SALVATION POSSIBLE.
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FAITH IS SIMPLY YOUR DECISION TO RECEIVE THE MESSAGE

OF CHRIST AS TRUE. FAITH ALONE, IN CHRIST ALONE, IS
SALVATION.
You respond to God the Father by simply forming the words
privately in your mind, "I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED
ON THE CROSS AS MY SUBSTITUTE". YOU ARE SAVED THE
MOMENT YOU BELIEVE. GOD GIVES YOU ETERNAL LIFE. YOU
ARE "BORN AGAIN".
"Unless one is born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God". (John 3:3b)
"He who hears My word, and believes Him
who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not
come into judgment, but has passed out of
death into life". (John 5:24)
LIFE OR DEATH
YOUR DECISION ABOUT CHRIST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
DECISION OF YOUR LIFE. YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN ETERNAL
FUTURE. If you do not believe, you will remain outside of
God's family and never have eternal life.
"I am the resurrection and the life; he who
believes in Me shall live even if he dies, and
everyone who lives and believes in Me shall
never die". (John 11:25-26a)
YOUR NAME IS BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE IF YOU
DIE WITHOUT BELIEVING IN JESUS CHRIST. You will stand
before the Supreme Court of Heaven to be judged and
condemned. Anyone whose name is missing from this book
is sentenced to spend eternity in the lake of fire.
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"And if anyone's name was not found written

in the Book Of Life, he was thrown into the
lake of fire". (Revelation 20:15)
THERE IS NO ETERNAL PUNISHMENT FOR THE BELIEVER IN
CHRIST.
THE DEATH SENTENCE HAS BEEN REMOVED FOREVER.
"There is therefore now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of
the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you
free from the law of sin and of death".
(Romans 8:1-2)
FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, GOD OFFERS A
LIFE OF MEANING, PURPOSE, AND DESTINY.
LIFE IN GOD'S FAMILY
WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN CHRIST, YOU ENTER INTO A NEW AND
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. YOU ARE IN HIS
FAMILY. EVERY BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST IS GOD'S CHILD
AND ALWAYS WILL BE.
"For you are all sons of God through faith in
Christ Jesus". (Galatians 3:26)
Your new status as a believer DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE
NOW PERFECT. YOU STILL POSSESS YOUR SINFUL NATURE,
AND WILL CONTINUE TO SIN AND MAKE MISTAKES. In a
family, some children may turn out well and some may not.
And so it is with believers. All believers will fail, some more
than others. BUT GOD NEVER ABANDONS ANY OF HIS
CHILDREN. No matter how often or how badly you may fail
as a believer, you have a secure position with God WHICH
NEVER ENDS.
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"And I give eternal life to them, and they shall

never perish; and no one shall snatch them
out of My hand". (John 10:28)
YOUR NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS PERMANENT AND
ETERNAL. YOU CANNOT LOSE YOUR SALVATION ONCE YOU
HAVE BELIEVED IN CHRIST. You have left behind the slave
market of sin forever and you have the ultimate security;
GOD'S UNCONDITIONAL PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
GOD'S PERFECTION IS YOUR GUARANTEE. HE ALWAYS LOVES
YOU. HE NEVER ALTERS HIS STANDARDS NOR CHANGES A
PROMISE HE HAS MADE TO YOU. THE BARRIER IS GONE
FOREVER! NOTHING CAN EVER AGAIN SEPARATE YOU AS A
BELIEVER FROM GOD. NOTHING CAN TAKE AWAY YOUR
ETERNAL SALVATION.
"For I am convinced that neither death, nor
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor
height, nor depth, nor any other created
thing, shall be able to separate us from the
love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord".
(Romans 8:38-39)
AFTER SALVATION, WHAT ?
AS A NEW BELIEVER, YOU HAVE ENTERED INTO A NEW LIFE.
YOU NOW HAVE A PERMANENT UNION WITH GOD THE
FATHER AND HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST.
YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN ! !
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"Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new

creature; the old things passed away; behold,
new things have come". (2 Corinthians 5:17)
AS A NEW BELIEVER, YOU IMMEDIATELY BEGIN RECEIVING
DIVINE SUPPORT. GOD WILL ALWAYS PROVIDE FOR YOU BOTH NOW, WHILE YOU ARE ON EARTH, AND AFTER YOU DIE,
WHEN YOU WILL LIVE WITH HIM FOREVER IN HEAVEN.
"My God shall supply all your needs on the
basis of the riches of His glory in Christ
Jesus". (Philippians 4:19)
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every
spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in
Christ". (Ephesians 1:3)
EVEN WHEN WE SIN, GOD'S MARVELLOUS GRACE FURNISHES
A WAY FOR US TO ADJUST OUR COURSE AND CONTINUE TO
FULFIL HIS DIVINE PLAN FOR OUR LIVES.
SIMPLY STATED:"If we confess [name] our sins [to God, the
Father], He is faithful and righteous to forgive
us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness". (1 John 1:9)
THEREFORE, AT THE MOMENT OF YOUR SALVATION, YOU
HAVE ALL OF THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO LIVE THE
CHRISTIAN WAY OF LIFE. You can understand God's plan for
your life by learning bible doctrine from a pastor-teacher.
THE BIBLE, WHICH IS "THE MIND OF CHRIST" IS GOD'S GUIDE
FOR YOUR NEW LIFE (1 Corinthians 2:16).
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God provides pastors to clearly and accurately communicate

His Word to you - if you have a desire to learn. What is
important is listening regularly and concentrating on what
the Bible has to say. BY LEARNING, THINKING AND APPLYING
BIBLE DOCTRINE, YOU WILL GROW SPIRITUALLY IN YOUR
NEW LIFE.
Spiritual growth after salvation, as well as
Christian "good works," come only as a result of studying and
using the Word of God.
YOUR ETERNAL ALTERNATIVES
ETERNITY IS A LONG, LONG TIME. COMPARED TO ETERNITY,
TIME IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET. YOUR FINITE MIND CANNOT
FULLY GRASP THE REALITY OF TIME WITHOUT END. YOU
HAVE ONLY A FEW SHORT YEARS, PERHAPS LESS THAN YOU
THINK, TO PREPARE FOR LIFE AFTER DEATH. OUR LIVES
HANG BY A VERY FINE THREAD, INDEED.
WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN CHRIST, YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD
TO:"an inheritance which is imperishable and
undefiled and will not fade away, RESERVED IN
HEAVEN FOR YOU." (1 Peter 1:4)
THE BIBLE REVEALS ONLY A LITTLE ABOUT HEAVEN, BUT
ASSURES US THAT IT IS GLORIOUS BEYOND OUR WILDEST
IMAGINATION:
"And He shall wipe away every tear from their
eyes; and there shall no longer be any death;
there shall no longer be any mourning, or crying,
or pain. (Revelation 21:4a)
MOST ASTOUNDING OF ALL, YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE CHRIST
WHO IS:PROOFS THAT THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD
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"The radiance of His [God the Father's] glory and

the exact representation of His nature".
(Hebrews 1:3a)
NOW, SHOULD YOU DECIDE THAT YOU DON'T WISH TO
ACCEPT GOD'S GRACIOUS, FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE
PURCHASED FOR YOU BY THE SACRIFICIAL DEATH OF HIS
BELOVED SON AS YOUR SUBSTITUTE, YOU WILL BE
CHOOSING FOR YOURSELF AN ENDLESS NIGHTMARE. GOD
CAN DO NO MORE FOR YOU.
TO SPURN AND REJECT THE ONE WHO LOVED YOU AND
WILLINGLY SUFFERED UNTOLD AGONY ON THE CROSS AS
YOUR SUBSTITUTE HAS APPALLING AND ETERNAL
CONSEQUENCES.
THE ALTERNATIVE IS THE LAKE OF FIRE, the final destination
of Satan and his angels (Matthew 25:41). This place of
eternal suffering and pain imprisons for endless eons all who
refuse God's marvellous offer for freedom from the slave
market of sin.
GLIMPSE INTO THIS TORMENT AND
HOPELESSNESS FOR THE UNBELIEVER:"And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat
on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens
fled away, and there was found no place for them.
And I saw the dead, small and great stand before
God, and the books were opened.
And whosoever was not found written in the Book
of Life, was cast into the Lake of Fire".
(Revelation 20:11-15)
THE CHOICE IS YOURS
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET MADE A CHOICE ABOUT YOUR
ETERNAL FUTURE, YOU ARE WITHOUT CHRIST, WITHOUT
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HOPE AND WITHOUT ETERNAL LIFE. YOU STAND GUILTY,

DESTINED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE. HOWEVER, JESUS CHRIST
HAD YOU PERSONALLY IN MIND WHEN HE WENT TO THE
CROSS. CHRIST TOOK YOUR PLACE AND ACCEPTED YOUR
PUNISHMENT. HE DIED AS YOUR SUBSTITUTE.
"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in
that while we were yet sinners, Christ died as a
substitute for us." (Romans 5:8)
GOD HAS GIVEN YOU THE FREEDOM TO MAKE YOUR OWN
CHOICE ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. HE WILL NEVER COERCE YOU,
NOR SUPERIMPOSE HIS WILL OVER YOURS IN THIS MATTER.
RIGHT NOW, AT THIS VERY MOMENT, BY A SIMPLE ACT OF
FAITH YOU CAN HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten [uniquely born] Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish, but have
eternal life." (John 3:16)
THIS IS YOUR OWN VERY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE
GOD'S FREE GIFT TO YOU. YOUR CHOICE FOR CHRIST IS A
PRIVATE DECISION. NO ONE ELSE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION
FOR YOU...AND NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO FORCE YOU TO
MAKE ANY DECISION. YOU MUST DECIDE FOR YOURSELF.
IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR OWN SOUL, YOU CAN SIMPLY TELL
GOD THE FATHER THAT YOU ARE BELIEVING IN JESUS CHRIST
AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOUR. IN THAT VERY MOMENT, YOUR
ETERNAL FUTURE WILL BE ASSURED.
IF YOU DECIDE TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST, YOU CAN BE
ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
FROM THE MOMENT THAT YOU BELIEVE. YOU WILL SHARE
AN ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. YOU WILL LIVE WITH
HIM FOREVER IN HEAVEN.
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FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE IS SALVATION !

- ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD, OR ETERNAL
CONDEMNATION THE CHOICE IS YOURS
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APPLICATIONS
SOME WONDERFUL FUNCTIONS OF THE BIBLE

IT UPHOLDS (Ps. 119:116).
IT ORDERS STEPS (Ps. 119:133).
IT PRODUCES JOY (Ps. 119:162).
IT STRENGTHENS (Ps. 119:28; 1 Jn. 2:14).
IT GIVES HOPE (Ps. 119:74, 81).
IT GIVES LIGHT (Ps. 119:105, 130).
IT GIVES UNDERSTANDING (Ps. 119:169).
IT SHOWS GOD'S WILL (Isa. 55:11).
IT BUILDS UP (Acts. 20:32).
IT PRODUCES FRUIT (Jn. 15:7).
IT CONVICTS OF SIN (Heb. 4:12).
IT CONVERTS THE SOUL (Jas. 1:18; 1 Pet. 1:23).
IT CLEANSES THE CONSCIENCE (Jn. 15:3).
IT CONSECRATES LIFE (Jn. 17:17).
IT CORRECTS THE WRONG (2 Tim. 3:16).
IT CONFIRMS THE RIGHT (Jn. 8:31).
IT COMFORTS THE HEART (Ps. 119:50, 54).
A CHRISTIAN'S RESPONSE TO THE WORD OF GOD.

READ IT (Deut. 31:11; Isa. 34:16; Lk. 4:16; Eph. 3:4; Col.
3:16; 4:1; 1 Thess. 5:27; 2 Tim. 4:13; Rev. 1:3).
HEED IT (Ps. 119:9; 1 Tim. 4:16).
SEED IT (Mt. 28:19, 20).
DESIRE IT (1 Pet. 2:2).
PREACH IT (2 Tim. 4:2)
RIGHTLY DIVIDE IT (2 Tim. 2:15).
LIVE BY IT (Mt. 4:4)
USE IT (Eph. 6:17).
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SUFFER FOR IT, AND IF NEED BE, DIE FOR IT (Rev. 1:9; 6:9;
20:4).
THE CHILD OF GOD IS TO:KNOW IT in his HEAD

STOW IT in his HEART
SHOW IT in his LIFE
SOW IT in the WORLD:
(Deuteronomy 4:1-10; 12:32; Joshua 1:8; Psalm 33:6;
Proverbs 30:5-6; Mark 4:24; Luke 8:12; John 12:48-50;
Romans 8:7; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Hebrews 1:1-3; 2:1-4;
Revelation 1:1-3; 20:12; 22:18-19).
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