God

God gave us His Word, the Bible. The Bible has been produced by many people. With sixty-six books and thirty authors giving us a detailed description of God’s chosen and what happened in the world and what will continue to happen until God’s return.

A. The word “Bible” comes from the Greek word biblion which simply means “book.”

The Scriptures:

B. This word is the word we use in our translation of the Greek word graphai, which can also be translated as “writings.”

Testament:

This word is derived from the Latin word testamentum, which was used in early Latin translations of both the Greek and Hebrew words for a “will” or “covenant.”

The Bible is the most remarkable book ever written. About 40 men of several countries and many occupations did the writing. They wrote over a period of approximately 1500 years and in three languages – Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. Yet the Bible is an well-organized unity with one great theme and central figure – Yahushua. All of this would be impossible unless the Bible had one supreme Author – and it did – the Holy Spirit of God.

A. The Age Of The Bible

The earliest portions of Scripture date back more than 3,300 years. However, its message has been fresh and relevant to men of every age and generation. Its pages are still producing new gems of truth, even to those who study them the most.

B. The Demand For The Bible

It is by far the most widely circulated book in the world. Since 1804, more than 800 million Bibles and portions of Scripture have been issued. These figures are from the British and Foreign Bible Societies alone. Every year more than 22 million copies of the complete Bible and New Testament are circulated around the globe.

The Bible has been translated more than any other book. Each year we see an increase in the number of translations. The following figures reflect this steady growth.

In 1500 A.D. it had been printed in 14 languages.

In 1600 – about 40 languages.

In 1800 – about 72 languages.

In 1900 – about 567 languages.

In 1937 – about 1,000 languages

In 1970 – about 1500 languages.

In 1997 – to date, at least partially translated in more than 2100 languages.

(Wycliffe Bible Translators are currently working on an additional 1000 languages.)

it was written over a 1500-year period;

written over 40 generations;

written by over 40 authors from every walk of life including kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, poets, statesmen, scholars, etc.;

written in many different places.

Being written on material that perishes, having to be copied and recopied for hundreds of years before the invention of the printing press, did not diminish its style, correctness or existence. The Bible, compared with other ancient writings, has more manuscript evidence than any 10 pieces of classical literature combined.

Manuscript variation from copying:

Old Testament: 95% of the texts are identical with only minor variations and a few discrepancies between the Dead Sea Scrolls (dated to the 1st century) and the Masoretic text (dated to around 800 A.D.).

New Testament: New Testament manuscripts agree in 99.5% of the text (compared to only 95% for the Iliad). Additionally, the New Testament can be put together from the writings of the early church fathers, since they extensively quoted from it.

Survival Through Persecution -

The Bible has withstood vicious attacks of its enemies as no other book. Many have tried to burn it, ban it, and “outlaw it from the days of Roman emperors to present-day Communist or Islamic-dominated countries.”

Survival Through Criticism -

“Infidels for eighteen hundred years have been attempting to refute and overthrow this Book, and yet it stands today as solid as a rock. Its circulation increases, and it is more loved and cherished and read today than ever before. Infidels, with all their assaults, make about as much impression on this Book as a man with a jackhammer would on the Pyramids of Egypt. When the French monarch proposed the persecution of the Christians in his dominion, an old statesman and warrior said to him, ‘Sire, the Church of God is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.’ So the hammers of infidels have been pecking away at this Book for ages, but the hammers are worn out, and the anvil still endures. If this Book had not been the Book of God, men would have destroyed it long ago. Emperors and popes, kings and priests, princes and rulers have all tried their hand at it; they die and the book still lives.” (H.L. Hastings cited in Josh McDowell’s, Evidence that Demands A Verdict p. 21)

How did this amazingly unique book come about? A look at the following two terms will help us understand the divine origin of the Bible.

A. Revelation -

God has disclosed or revealed Himself to man. We can learn about God through these revelations.

God has revealed Himself in a general way through nature/creation. In the beauty and wonder of creation we see the signature of God (

However, a more complete disclosure or revelation of who God is, what He is like, etc., is found in the Bible. God revealed Himself in a variety of manners to His chosen authors that they might record a permanent testimony concerning God. What the authors wrote were not their own ideas – but rather God’s ideas.

God used various methods and instruments to reveal the Scriptures to His chosen authors:

Direct Voice – God spoke in an audible voice to some of them, telling them what to write down. (

Direct Writing – God visibly wrote certain of the truths Himself. (

Dreams – God used the dreams of men as a channel through which He revealed prophetic truths. (

Men – The personal experiences and spiritual lives of individuals were used by God. (Psalm 51)

Natural World – The universe, which God created, declares Him. (

Historic Events – God used the events of men to reveal His will (the Old Testament Books of Genesis and Esther).

Holy Spirit – The Spirit of God guided men as they penned His words (

B. Inspiration

The key verse is

How do we know when writings are inspired by God? The Bible itself tells us what characteristics writings must have to be considered inspired by God. They must:

Be spoken from, and in the name of, the Lord (

Exalt and glorify God (

Direct the love of men toward God (

Draw men to repent of their rebellion against God and to submit fully to Him (

Prophecies come to fulfillment with 100 percent accuracy (

Support the laws, precepts, and principles set forth in the rest of Scripture-without contradiction (

Communicate truth, and only truth, in all disciplines of knowledge (

A. Revelation – is God’s activity in giving truth to the human mind.

B. Inspiration – is God’s activity in producing a record of his revealed truth.

Most are unaware that the King James version of the bible, the main reference work for modern Christian scholars and worshippers, was only put together, collated and edited in the 17th century. This being just one of many revisions. Every time the bible underwent an edit, throughout its several dozen editions, it was subject to the various ecclesiastical notions and changing political ambitions of the day. To put it bluntly, the authorities regularly changed it to suit their needs. So the bible we see in our churches, schools and universities today, is not a balanced representation of the incredible and empowering spirituality from which Christianity originated many eons ago. Of course, it is not meant to be.

Many of the savior characteristics also apply to other deities too. Like Attis of Phrygia, Dionysus/Bacchus, Krishna, Mithra and Zoroastra. One thing is for sure, they are most certainly nothing to do with Christianity or Jesus.

For those uncertain of the Solar Cult link to Christianity, it is most patently observable in the latter’s adoption of Mithraism, dedicated to the worship of the sun god Mithra. Prevalent in Persia (Iran) in about 400 BC, Mithraism was the most wide-spread religion in the Western World, with its teachings, art and temples scattered throughout Europe (including Britain), which then comprised the known civilized world. Even in the early centuries of Christianity, it thrived.

After a few hundred years of the two systems of religion running somewhat parallel, in around AD 377 a decidedly rampant Christianity decided it was powerful enough to suppress its former rival. It achieved this using the Borg method of assimilation – absorbing the enemy, keeping the good bits and discarding the bad (or inappropriate) bits, until the enemy is no longer existent. And so, Mithraism disappeared; though its rituals, festivals, iconography and symbolism were determinedly co-opted and re-branded until they became part of the Christian theology.

In AD 325, at the Congress of Nicaea, Emperor Constantine gathered together a bunch of bishops to help consolidate Christianity as the official state religion of Rome. From this quasi-political assembly, Jesus was formally declared to be the Son of God. The new Mithra. The new Horus. Erasing the real Jesus and replacing him with an archetypal Solar God, thus doing away with the real liberating teachings of Jesus. This was not a profound theological battle, it was not a complex study of ancient mystical traditions – it was a colossal psyop. Constantine himself was a conceited and disturbed man. He had several members of his friends and family butchered in the most vicious ways, as well as being responsible for countless military and civilian deaths. Constantine knew that Christianity forgave repentant sinners and permitted them passage to the higher world, unlike Mithraism. As Constantine had committed some truly monstrous crimes, he felt he must do something to quell his deeply tormented mind. When he became sick, knowing he may not recover, Constantine summoned the Arianizing bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia (the city in which he lay dying) as his baptizer. He delayed his own baptism to the last minute, so as to be absolved from as much of his terrible sin as possible. He died on 22nd May 337.

Let’s let it here with how to describe it; The Book of the Supernatural…a.k.a…THE BIBLE!

Satan

Howard Phillip Love craft (1890-1937) gave us many novels, poetry, films,  but more importantly to the Satanists he gave the Necronomicon. He admittedly said the book came to him in a dream. There are historical “Books of the Dead” coming from both Egyptian and Tibetan cultures, and in some manner their existence may have inspired HPL. These books contain incantations essentially designed to aid the disembodied soul on its journey through the Underworld of each mythology for which they were written. In the excerpts Lovecraft wrote in his tales, supposedly coming from the Necronomicon, we mainly find cautionary erudition concerning magical powers and practices stemming from alien entities with godlike powers, who are said to exist in other dimensions, neither alive nor dead, and who will return to earth someday “when the stars are again right.” Obviously given to him by the Ascended Masters/fallen angels who are demonic! As far as any more information about it, I refuse to give it respect it‘s not due.