Jordan Baerga
Theo 201-D02
Prof. Gaston
November 11,
2020
A question that is commonly asked in regard to the bible is, “What is the Bible?” The
bible is so much more complex than we make it seem at times. The bible is as Ryken says, “the
stories of all stories”, yet it is more than just entertainment. The bible encases everything we as
humans, as Christians, need to hear and know within our lives to live righteously. For example,
stories about wisdom, faith, correction, and most of all truth. The bible is truth, but most tend to
look past that idea and choose to challenge the validity of the bible because they feel as though
there is no way that it could be true. However, with further research, we can prove that the Bible
is indeed accurate and that it is the “Word of God”. One way that we can prove that the bible is
indeed the word of god is through the prophecies that are present within the bible. For example,
there was a prophet whose name was Daniel, he claimed that Israel would receive a long-awaited
Messiah who would start his ministry 483 years after the rebuilding of Jerusalem, and that this
Messiah would be killed. In addition, he prophesized that the killing of Israel’s Messiah would
take place prior to the second destruction of Jerusalem. With just a little bit of research, we come
to find out that these prophecies were perfectly fulfilled in both the life and crucifixion of Jesus
Christ. 483 years after the Persian King restored Jerusalem, Jesus Christ started his ministry and
the crucifixion of Jesus, the Messiah, was just a short few years later, and four decades later the
destruction of Jerusalem for the second time occurred. The bible uniquely and accurately tells
events that will happen in the future many years, or even decades before they happen. The odds
of this happening are less than one in a million, so what does this lead us to? It is no coincidence
that this has occurred and is still happening, everything that has been written in the bible has
occurred or will in the future. This only leads us to one idea; the bible is in fact the word of God.
As Towns says, “The strongest empirical argument that the Bible is the Word of God is based on
its demonstrated ability to predict the future. (Towns 2001)” Another argument that we can use
as evidence to support the idea that the bible is indeed the word of god is how throughout all the
different versions of the bible, there is still only one doctrine, one code of ethics, and one rule of
faith that is present within all of them. Throughout history we see that there are numerous
authors and timelines of the writings that are present in the bible which leads people to again
question the validity of this bible. Throughout research we have come to find out that the bible
was written a couple different languages over a large period of time. Many different parts of the
bible were written from all around the world, all different types of people, and even in all
different types of places in throughout the world. Even though this may seem like this is
evidence to prove the illegitimacy of the bible, this is proof of how the bible is the word of God.
How is it that through all those languages, all the different backgrounds, all of the different
timelines, there is still a central theme and unity that is carried throughout the bible that does not
necessarily come from humans. If you were to take out even a small part of the bible, the whole
message would be interrupted. Every language, every author, every time period that played a
part in the creation of the bible is extremely important to the unity of the word. Which brings us
back to the main point, without divine intervention there is no way that all of the same messages
could have been translated and passed down and all around the world, this is merely impossible;
it almost seems as though there is only one true author, God.
FINAL WORD COUNT: 639
Works Cited
https://learn.liberty.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-44006700-dt-content-rid-
515671612_1/courses/THEO201_D02_202040/Arguments_that_the_Bible_is_the_Word_of_Go
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Writing the Bible : Scribes, Scribalism and Script, edited by Thomas Römer, and Philip Davies,
Taylor & Francis Group, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-
com.ezproxy.liberty.edu/lib/liberty/detail.action?docID=3061138.
