Background Information
In eight articles, the website tries to convince the readers that the Bible is a unique book. It also discusses the construction of the Bible and the themes it deals with. It emphasizes the conviction that all the texts of the Bible have been written through the Inspiration of God.
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What makes the Bible unique?The Bible is the oldest book on earth. The Bible presents to mankind the thoughts and the words of the one that made the world and everything that exists: our Creator |
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God will repair all the damage that Satan has causedHow will God see to it that the paradise-like earth he had in mind when He created our planet and when he created man will still become a reality? |
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The construction of the BibleThe Bible consists of 66 books. The first 39 books were originally written in Hebrew. The last 27 books of the Bible were originally written in Greek. |
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The Bible texts were written through InspirationPeople can be sure that the Bible contains all the messages that God has sent to mankind and that it does not contain texts that do not come from God |
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What is the Bible about?In the Bible we get answers to questions like: Who made the earth and why? Who made life and man and why? Why must people suffer, get old and die? |
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How the Holy Scriptures reached usThere is every reason to believe that what we now consider the original Bible-texts are indeed the texts that were written through the inspiration of God |
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The catastrophic beginning of the history of mankindThe history of Adam and Eve in paradise shows that after the creation of the first human pair something went terribly wrong. The history of mankind began with a catastrophe |
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Translations of the BibleBy the end of the twentieth century the Bible had been translated into over 2000 languages; almost all people can read it in their native tongue |
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Now that we know what makes the Bible unique, what it is about and what it means that all the texts have been written through the inspiration of God we can begin studying the Bible as such. For this purpose the maker of the website has written the BIBLICAL HISTORY section. |
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