The History of God & His Creation Eternity Past Creation & Fall Eternity Future Flood Abraham 2000 BC 4000 BC 0 2000 AD Moses & the Law David Malachi Messiah Christ Savior Church Age . . . . . ? Millennium Great White Throne Rapture Resurrection
Feb 24, 2016
The History of God
& His Creation
Eternity Past
Creation& Fall
EternityFuture
Flood
Abraham
2000 BC4000 BC 0 2000 AD
Moses & the Law
David
Malachi
MessiahChristSavior
Church Age . . . . . ?
Millennium
Great White Throne
Rapture
Resurrection
What does your Bible say about itself?
1. Your Bible is the only book that claims to be the
actual breathed out words of God for you.
2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is breathed
out by God.” Your Bible claims to be
God’s breathed out Words.
2 Peter 1:21 “men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy
Spirit.” FROM GOD ~CARRIED ALONG ~
Your Bible claims to originate from God’s
breathed out Words by the Holy Spirit.
1. Your Bible Claims to Be GOD’S WORDS.
2. Your Bible Claims to Be TRUTH.
Word IS TruthPs. 119:90; John 17:17
Word OF TruthPsalm 119:41; 2
Timothy 2:15
1. Your Bible Claims to Be God’s Words.
2. Your Bible Claims to Be Truth.
3. Your Bible Claims to Contain EVERYTHING YOU ARE
RESPONSIBLE TO GOD TO KNOW AND DO.
2 Timothy 3:14-17The sacred scriptures ~Able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus~All scripture is profitable ~That the man of God ~
YOUR BIBLE IS
TRUSTWORTHY
How did the Bible come to be?
O.T. Breathed by GodAutographs writtenMoses to Malachi
1445 to 434 BC
1500 BC 0
Your Bible
2000 AD
N.T. Autographs writtenJames to Revelation
46 to 90 AD
New Testament
Old Testament
GOD BREATHED Men Wrote
O.T. Breathed by GodAutographs writtenMoses to Malachi
1445 to 434 BC
1500 BC
0
Your Bible
2000 AD
N.T. Autographs writtenJames to Revelation
46 to 90 AD
100 BCEssenes Copy
Dead Sea Scrolls
600 ADMasoretic Jews
StandardizeHebrew Text
New Testament
Old Testament
N.T. copied: Alexandrian, Syrian, Byzantine
manuscripts
O.T. Copied by Kings, Priests, Scribes, Essenes, Masorits
1947Dead Sea Scrolls
Found
Manuscripts Copied
O.T. Breathed by GodAutographs writtenMoses to Malachi
1445 to 434 BC
1500 BC 0
Your Bible
SilentYears
2000 AD
N.T. Autographs writtenJames to Revelation
46 to 90 AD
400 BC Ezra Compiles
O.T. Canon
90 AD Council of Jamnia Confirms OT
(no Apocrypha)280 BC
Hebrew Canon Translated to Greek:
“Septuagint”
397 AD Council of Carthage Affirms N.T. Canon
New Testament
Old Testament
Books Canonized
Canon Formed Texts
O.T. Breathed by GodAutographs writtenMoses to Malachi
1445 to 434 BC
1500 BC 0
Your Bible
2000 AD
N.T. Autographs writtenJames to Revelation
46 to 90 AD
600 ADMasoretic Jews
StandardizeHebrew Text
280 BC Alexandrian Hebrew
Canon Translated to Greek:
“Septuagint”
1516Erasmus Greek Text
1633 Textus Receptus
1881 Wescott & Hort 1966
UBS/Nestle-Aland
New Testament
Old Testament
1947Dead Sea ScrollsAffirm Mas.Text
O.T. Breathed by GodAutographs writtenMoses to Malachi
1445 to 434 BC
1500 BC
0
SilentYears
2000 AD
N.T. Autographs writtenJames to Revelation
46 to 90 AD
100 BCIsaiah Copied
Dead Sea Scrolls
600 ADMasoretic Jews
StandardizeHebrew Text
280 BC Hebrew Canon
Translated to Greek: “Septuagint”
1947 Dead Sea Scrolls
Discovered
1516Erasmus’ Greek Text
1525 TB1611 KJV
1633 Textus Receptus
1769 KJV 4th Edition1982 NKJV
1881 Wescott & Hort
1901 ASV1970 NIV 1966
UBS/Nestle-Aland2001 ESV2011 NIV
Old Testament
New TestamentTexts Translated
Your Bible
O.T. Breathed by GodAutographs writtenMoses to Malachi
1445 to 434 BC
1500 BC
0
Your Bible
SilentYears
2000 AD
N.T. Autographs writtenJames to Revelation
46 to 90 AD
100 BCIsaiah Copied
Dead Sea Scrolls
600 ADMasoretic Jews
StandardizeHebrew Text
400 BC Ezra Compiles
O.T. Canon
90 AD Council of Jamnia Confirms OT
(no Apocrypha)
280 BC Hebrew Canon?
Translated to Greek: “Septuagint”
397 AD Council of Carthage Affirms N.T. Canon
1947 Dead Sea Scrolls
Discovered
1516Erasmus Greek Text
1525 TB1611 KJV
1633 Textus Receptus
1769 KJV 4th Edition1982 NKJV
1881 Wescott & Hort
1901 ASV1970 NIV
1966 UBS/Nestle-Aland
2001 ESV2011 NIV
Old Testament
GOD HAS MIRACULOUSLY PRESERVED HIS WORDS
FOR YOU!
Your Bible is a BIG DEAL!
YOUR BIBLE is God’s way of
CHANGING YOU!Hebrews 4:11 Psalm 119:9 Psalm 119:11
YOUR BIBLE is GOD’S way of
GUIDING YOU!Psalm 119:105 Psalm 119:24 Joshua 1:8
YOUR BIBLE is GOD’s Way of
DISCIPLING YOU!2 Timothy 3:16-17 John 8:31-32
YOUR BIBLE is GOD’s way of
WARNING YOU!Revelation 21:8
YOUR BIBLE
GOD’s WORDS