The Bible was written over a span of 1,500 years by
about 40 writers.
It has a singular goal which is the salvation of man. It
records the creation, the fall of man from fellowship with God, the
measures God took to make fellowship possible again and the
instructions on how to do that.
Preserved
in more than 25,000 manuscripts,
the textual evidence is greater for both the Old and New Testaments
than any other ancient document.
The early church writers quoted the New Testament enough that it
could be reconstructed from their writings alone.
The Bible contains a
record of the History of God's people and their interactions with
other peoples. In every case, the Bible agrees with history.
There has never been an archeological discovery that contradicts an
existing historical event recorded in the Bible.
The Bible contains
prophecy and fulfillment. There is not a single case of
any prophecy pointing to events that have occurred that has not been
fulfilled. There are hundreds of them concerning Jesus and the
events of His life and death, written centuries before He lived on
earth. Only an all knowing God could be capable of such an
accomplishment.
The Bible could not
exist as written without divine intervention. It is the most
historically accurate, well preserved collection of writings in
existence today. It is the divinely inspired self
authenticating Word of God.
