2 broad categories:
1) External evidence
2) Internal Evidence
There are 3-external evidences that this book is truly a miracle book:
- The Miracle of its Origination.
- The Miracle of its Preservation
- The Miracle of its Circulation.
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The miracle of it’s origination
This book is really a library of books…66 in all. These 66 books were written over a period of 1600 years.
They were written by 40 different men,
from 13 different countries, 3 different continents… and yet it all comes together as a literary masterpiece, with one central theme. That’s a miracle…with a divine Author overseeing the whole thing!
Those 40 men came from a variety of backgrounds:
They are: Doctors, fishermen, shepherds, soldiers, kings, princes, some were rich, some were poor, educated, uneducated…
If we were to take 40 men from this room today, and let’s say they were all equal in social standing, education, and background: if we put them all in a room together, the 40 of them probably couldn’t all agree on any one thing, much less everything! And yet, God’s Word stands without contradiction! And they all wrote about the same hero, Jesus Christ.
The Bible covers a variety of subjects:
- Origin of universe
- creation of man
- beginning of sin
- divine principles of government
- rise and history of Israel
- incarnation of Christ
- institution of the church
- evangelization of the world
Yet, with all of this variety, with all of these colors making its light, with a thousand threads weaving its tapestry, there is one theme from beginning to end: Jesus Christ, and the redemption of mankind.
Genesis: Seed of woman (Gen. 3:15)
Exodus: Passover lamb
Leviticus: High priest
Numbers: Pillar of cloud by day, fire by night
And we could go on and on…
Needless to say…this book is a miracle