Is the Bible God's Word?

The Bible contains 66 books written by more than 40 writers.

It has 2 major sections:

• The Old Testament (OT) is the Old Agreement between God and man. It consists of 39 books.
• The New Testament (NT) is the New Agreement between God and man. It consists of 27 books.

OT section of the Bible is incomplete without the NT section, because the fulfillments of many of the Old Testament prophecies are found in the New Testament. Therefore, those who proclaim only the Old testament, proclaim only partial truth.

The first book Genesis in the OT was written by Moses around 1500 BC. The last book, Revelation in the NT was written by John the disciple of Jesus, around 100AD.

Therefore, the time taken to write the whole Bible from beginning to end was about 1600 years. (See the diagram below)

The Bible begins with the book of Genesis by telling us how God created the world and everything in it.

It was impossible for Moses to write down in such detail about creation without the help of someone with superior knowledge because he was not living when God created the world.

Therefore, if the account were true, it could have come by supernatural inspiration.

The Bible ends with the book of Revelation, which tells us how God will judge the world, eliminate sin, and set up His eternal righteous kingdom.

Again, it was impossible for John to write about future events in such detail without the help of someone with supernatural knowledge of the past, present and future. (Hebrews 1:1-2).

The Bible is a UNIQUE BOOK. It is progressive revelation of God's plan with no contradictions.