Is the Bible Real?

IS THE BIBLE REALLY THE WORD OF GOD???

Many doubt the validity of the Bible as God’s Spoken Words. Up till today there is still debates after debates on Biblical arguments and as we all know, not everyone believes that the Bible is the Real Stuff. There are many things we could alkf about which might shake your faith but one thing I tell you – the Bible has always been and will always be THE REAL STUFF...

Why?

Many reasons I can give you. But today I will share on one powerful reason that will surprise you.

If you want to know whether the Bible is really God’s Word, look at the Jews.

In Genesis chapter 12 God said to a man named Abram (later Abraham):

Genesis 12:2-6
The Lord said to Abram,
“Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.
I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you;
I will make your name great, and I will make you a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse;
And all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

These are the words of God that will change the whole world thousands of years later. The call of Abraham has a sevenfold structure if you notice: (1) “I will make you into a great nation.” (2) “I will bless you.” (3) “I will make your name great” (4) “you will be a blessing” (5) “I will bless those who bless you.” (6) “whoever curses you I will curse.” (7) “all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

And the number Seven is a Biblical number of perfection. Therefore, the call of Abraham was a perfect call in which God will use to bring the Good News to all people on earth.

This is the REAL STUFF:

If you notice, all of the promises of God to Abraham have been fulfilled. Hundreds of years after God made these promises to Abraham; the great nation had indeed appeared and numbering in millions! They were led into the promise land by their Jewish leader Moses.

God warned them that if they disobeyed God, He will cause them to be scattered and be spread throughout all the earth when their enemies attacked them. They did not heed God’s warning and disobeyed God many times. But by God’s grace and compassion, God promised that He will bring all of them back into their land again.

In the Bible, the Israelites were attacked by a lot of enemies but each and everyone of their enemies were wiped off!

In 606 B.C. King Nebuchadnezzar took the Jewish captive to Babylon and returned in 588 B.C., and after a long siege he burned the city and temples. But in the end as God promised, they were brought back to their homeland again. But in 70 A.D., Titus the Roman conqueror attacked their city and removed them once more from their homeland. He destroyed Jerusalem and scattered the people.

Then for almost 1900 years the Jews wandered around the earth as strangers who were persecuted from every side! During the World War II Holocaust, more than 6 million Jews were put to death in Nazi concentration camps!

Then against all odds, on May 14, 1948, the state of Israel was reborn and every Jews started to return from all over the world! And since then, they have survived numerous wars such as the 1956 war with Arab, 1967 Six-Day War and the 1973 Holy Day War (Yom-Kippur War), 1982 Palestinian guerillas war and many more. Yet they grew in numbers!

God also promised that all peoples on earth will be blessed through Abraham. This promise came through as well! All descendants of Abraham are Jewish people and Jewish people have been a blessing throughout the earth.

A short list of Jewish people who had contributed greatly to the world:

1. Albert Einstein, Physics
2. Levi Strauss, Jeans, 1873
3. Maurice Levy , Lipstick, 1915
4. Lazlo Biro, Ballpoint Pen, 1938
5. J. Robert Oppenheimer,, Atomic Bomb, 1945
6. Edwin Herbert Land, Instant Photography, 1947
7. Denis Gabor, Holography, 1948
8. Peter Carl Goldmark, Long Playing Record, 1948
9. Robert Adler, Television Remote Control, 1950
10. Edward Teller, Thermonuclear Bomb, 1952
11. Paul M. Zoll, Defibrillator, 1952 and Cardiac Pacemaker, 1952
12. Gregory Pincus, Contraceptives, early 1950s
13. Charles Ginsburg, Videotape, 1950s
14. Gordon Gould, Laser, 1958
15. Stanley N. Cohen, Genetic Engineering, 1973
16. Jason Lanier, Virtual Reality, 1989
17. Niels Bohr, Physics
18. Karl Marx

And the list goes on... Moreover, 22 percent of Nobel Prize winners are Jews!

God promised Abraham that he will make him into a great nation and true indeed. The Jewish population in the world is now more than 14million!!! It is about 20% of the whole world’s population! Wow! Jews fill every corner of the earth today as prophesied in the Bible!

So now do you believe that the Bible is true?

While filming a movie in Israel in 1976, two Christian filmmakers named Josh McDowell and Don Steward met with a very high official of the Israelite government. They asked him how did the Jewish people managed to survive so many wars and tribulations that should have made the Jewish people extinct. His answer was:

“Although most of the people in my country would claim to be atheists, don’t you believe it. I think that all of us know deep down inside that some force greater than us has been protecting this nation.”

And we all know that the “force” is the Almighty God.

The Jews are the Bible's testimony.

-Zlwin Chew.