SUPER BOOK "THE BIBLE'"

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WHAT IS THE BIBLE?
The Bible is a Book of Books-66 Books in fact. The word Bible is a plural word meaning Books. The 66 Books form one Book called THE BIBLE. About 40 different men wrote those 66 books over a period of 1600 years. Obviously they could not have been alive at the same time and hence, they could not have consulted one another about the things they were writing. Even then they all agree perfectly in all the different things they wrote over long period of time. The 40 different authors of the Bible were different kind of men all together and from all classes of society. Among writers of the Old Testament, Moses was well educated, good administrator and leader of people. There were David and Solomon, they were powerful kings of Israel. Daniel, carried away from his home into exile, who rose to be Prime Minister in Govt. of Babylone. Amos was a shepherd who has no desire to be a Prophet, but what a fearless one he was. There was Ezra, an official in the court of the King of Parsia. Among the writers of the New Testament was a great variety of men. Matthew was a Jew who collected taxes for the Roman Conquerors of the Palestine. Luke was a Doctor. Peter, James and John were Fishermen. Paul was converted Rabbi. Many men many different backgrounds, many years apart, yet all their writings agree. The Bible is truly a book of books. There must be something behind such remarkable unity. But it is not something. It is Someone. It is GOD. Though there were many men who wrote the Bible, in a sense there is only one author, God, who knows everything, planned the Bible guided each of the human authors so that each wrote without contradicting the other. It is God who made one book out of 66 books. Another reason of remarkable unity of 66 books is one outstanding theme which ties them all together, that is Jesus Christ. The Bible is in two parts Old Testament and New Testament. The Old Testament consists of 39 books and The new Testament consists of 27 books. The old testament prepared the way for the coming of Christ by its mant predictions and pictures of Him. The new testament tell us the story of his coming and how the good news was spread throughout world by Jesus followers.

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