THE BIBLE
Proof of Supernatural Origin
 of The Holy Bible
by: Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.   

THE HOLY BIBLE IS TRUE - PROOF THAT THE BIBLE COMES FROM SUPERNATURAL ORIGINS

Can we trust the Bible?  Is the Holy Bible really the Word of God, as theologians and preachers say?  Or is The Bible a compilation of wise, witty and intellectual sayings, recorded by scribes and holy men down through the centuries?

IS THE HOLY BIBLE INFALLIBLE - DOES GOD REALLY EXIST?

Is the Bible inerrant, authoritative and infallible?  And what about God; does He really exist?  Is God all wise, all knowing and is God everywhere present and eternal?

YES - I BELIEVE THE BIBLE IN INFALLIBLE & IS THE WORD OF GOD 
& YES - I BELIEVE GOD DOES EXIST

Yes - I  believe the answer to both of these questions is YES, and I believe that I can prove it!  The Greek philosopher, Plato, said there are three valid sources of knowledge:

1)  The five senses - sight, sound, smell, touch and taste
2)  Reason - which sets men apart from the lower animals
3)  Something he called "divine madness" - referring to the spiritual world of supernatural communication.

ONLY TWO SOURCES OF SUPERNATURAL WISDOM EXIST - GOD & SATAN

The Bible is the divine rule book.  There are only two sources of supernatural wisdom - God and Satan.  Therefore, we need a divinely formulated rule book as a guide or measuring stick.  The Bible is that rule book!

Jesus Christ endorsed the Holy Scriptures.  He said, "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."  (Matthew 5:18)

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.  But of that day and know knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."  (Matthew 24:34-36)

Multitudes are looking for a reliable voice of authority. They know they cannot trust treaties between world leaders, statements by philosophers, scientists and even church leaders.

But the Bible, God's Word, is the only real authority we have. Proven trustworthy throughout the centuries, the Holy Bible sheds light on human nature, world problems and human sufferings. Beyond that, it clearly reveals the way to God!

WHO WROTE THE BIBLE?  WHERE DOES THE BIBLE ORIGINATE FROM?

Who wrote the Bible? Where did it originate and why is it so important?   Biblical scholar, Dr. Moshe Katz, and computer expert, Dr. Menachen Wiener, of 'The Technion', Israel's Institute of Technology have concluded that God is its author.  

The conclusion that God is the author of the Bible was reached by Biblical scholars based on the notion that significant words are concealed in the Hebrew text of the first five books of the Bible, spelled by letter, separated at fixed intervals; a system alluded to in Rabbinical literature used much later.

Dr. Katz said the researchers' evidence contradicts the belief that the Pentateuch is a collection of documents written and edited by different persons at different times.

The patterns of letters repeated throughout all the text dismiss this theory, because the statistical probabilities of the pattern are information appearing at set intervals. By chance, it is extremely low - sometimes one to three million!

Katz pointed to the repetition of the Hebrew word "Torah" (law), which appears in the book of Genesis repeatedly every fifty characters, and the word "Elohim" (God), which appears in the same book, then skipping twenty six letters.

The numbers 50 and 26 have great significance in Jewish tradition.   The burial site of Adam and Eve is never mentioned in the text in the Bible, but by the letter skipping method the names, "Adam & Eve" appear in the text where the burial place of Abraham and Sarah, the patriarch's tomb, is described.

OLD TESTAMENT NOT WRITTEN BY HUMAN HAND

Another extraordinary aspect to emerge from the research is the prophetic nature of many words revealed in the text, which gives ammunition to Dr. Katz' conviction that the Old Testament was not written by a human hand.

In the book of Esther which is read during the Jewish holiday of Purim, the story of Haman's treachery and execution was graphically told. Haman's ten sons were hanged and their names are listed in the same book.

After the hangings, Queen Esther was asked by the king what more could be done for her and her people, the Jews.  Her reply was that she wanted "Haman's ten sons hanged upon the gallows".  This puzzled scholars for centuries, since they had already been hanged.

A major hint explaining this mystery, said Katz, is the appearance of three letters. These three letters are "tas, shin and zayin" in the list of Haman's ten hanged sons (written smaller than the other letters). "TAS, SHIN, ZAYIN" spell out the number in the Jewish calendar for the year 1946 on the Gregorian calendar.

On October 16th, 1946 explained Dr. Katz, ten Nazis were hanged following their conviction and sentencing at the Nuremberg Trials. (Eleven had been convicted but Herman Goering committed suicide, by poisoning an hour before the execution.)

Julius Steicher, one of the ten hanged, seconds before the noose tightened cried out, "Purim Fest, 1946"!

Additionally said Katz, "In 1946 according to the Jewish calendar, October 16th fell exactly on the annual Jewish holiday, "Hoshana Raba", which is considered the last day of judgment in a chain of high holidays, including Hoshana, Raba and Yom Kippur, a period of judgment.

"Such a phenomenon cannot be explained rationally", commented computer expert, Dr. Weiner.  "So we need a non-rational! And ours is that the Bible was written by God, through the hands of Moses."

CAN THE BIBLE BE TRUSTED?

The Bible certainly can be trusted, for it is the living Word of God!

Over the centuries, a number of very sincere doubters have set out to prove the Bible to be incorrect.

One of these was Sir William Ramsay, who determined to use historical events - especially the 'Book of Acts' - to disprove the validity of the Sacred Writings!   Sir William Ramsay's strategy was to travel to every place and do all the things - recorded by Dr. Luke - which St. Paul and his party experienced.

Using similar modes of transportation and reconstructing the great Apostle's missionary journeys, Sir William Ramsay discovered Luke's accounts so accurate and convincing that he received Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour!

At the conclusion of his study, Sir William Ramsay concluded: "Luke is an historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy; he is possessed of the true historical sense, he fixed his mind on the idea and plan that rules in the evolution of history, and proportions the scale of his treatment to the importance of each incident...In short, this author should be placed along with the very greatest of historians".   

THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY OF THE BIBLE OVERWHELMED SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY

Another 'notable' to be converted to Christ by the outcome of his own research is mathematician, Dr. Ivan Panin. Immigrating to the USA more than a hundred years ago from his native Russia, the famous atheist was challenged by friends to prove the Bible erroneous, using mathematics.

The results of Dr. Panin's scientific research convinced him that the Bible is indeed a 'mathematical marvel'!  He discovered a miraculous numeric pattern and consistency, which ran like a thread throughout the entire Bible - Old and New Testaments! Using the same scientific approach to Greek classics, the Apocrypha and books of literature, Dr. Panin found no such divine design!

Falling upon his face he cried out for mercy and received Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour! And he devoted the rest of his life speaking publicly at universities across the USA, proving that the Bible is inerrant, infallible and divine!

THE BIBLE STILL WORLD'S BEST SELLER BOOK

It is small wonder then that the Holy Bible is still the world's best seller. The American Bible Society reported in 1982, that the Bible had been translated into 1739 languages and dialects which are spoken by 97 per cent of the world's population!   What does the Bible say about this?

"Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world." (Ps. 19:2-4)

And what of the noise made by 'Johnny-Come-Lately's' like the humanistic theologians who call themselves 'The Jesus Seminar'?

LIKE THE PROVERBIAL STORY OF THE DOGS WHICH RUN AFTER THE CARAVAN...THE DOGS BARK, BUT THE CARAVAN MOVES ON!

THE BIBLE IS MORE SCIENTIFIC THAN MODERN SCIENCE

Dr. T.A. Pierson says, “There is a danger in pressing the words in the Bible into a positive announcement of scientific fact, so marvelous are some of these correspondences. 

But it is certainly a curious fact that Solomon should use language entirely consistent with discoveries as EVAPORATION and STORM CURRENTS (1:6,7). 

Some have boldly said that Redfield’s theory of storms is here explicitly stated. Without taking such ground, we ask, who taught Solomon to use terms that readily accommodate facts that the MOVEMENT OF THE WINDS which seem to be so lawless and uncertain, ARE RULED BY LAWS AS POSITIVE AS THOSE WHICH RULE THE GROWTH OF THE PLANT: and that by EVAPORATION, the waters that fall on the earth are continually rising again, so that the sea never overflows!

“Ecclesiastes 12:6 IS A POETIC DESCRIPTION OF DEATH. How the ‘SILVER CORD’ describes the spinal marrow, the ‘GOLDEN BOWL’ the basin which holds the brain, the ‘PITCHER’ the lungs, and the ‘WHEEL’ the heart. Without claiming that Solomon was inspired to foretell the CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD, 26 centuries before Harvey announced it, is it not remarkable that the language he uses exactly suits the facts - A WHEEL PUMPING UP THROUGH ONE PIPE TO DISCHARGE THROUGH ANOTHER.”

OUR WORLD IS IN CRISIS
HOW TO PUT THE WORLD
BACK TOGETHER
by: Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.    

And mankind hasn't changed over the millennia's.  There has been no evolution of the human spirit, mind or body. Except perhaps, a degradation or devolving of the human spirit.. A deterioration of man's desires, goals and aspirations has occurred and at the same time mankind has had an increase in lust, fear, hatred and greed!

WITH TWO WORLD WARS AND HUNDREDS OF SMALLER CONFLICTS, PEOPLE ARE 
LIVING IN FEAR OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT

It's no wonder we've had two world wars this century, with hundreds of smaller conflicts across the planet.

Word War III is still ominously lurking somewhere on the horizon.  The entire world is living in fear of what is next to come, as the conflicts, fighting and religious wars continue.

Violence, murder, drug abuse and other criminal activities have escalated at a frightening rate, suicides have spiraled, herpes II is almost epidemic and AIDS may soon bankrupt our health systems!

HOW DO WE CHANGE THE WORLD?

How do we usher in the era of brotherly love, kindness, peace and understanding we all crave for?  How can we fix the world that is so badly damaged?

What is the needed ingredient that is missing in today's peace conferences and boards of inquiry into drug addiction, alcoholism, suicide, family breakdown, child abuse and racism?

Certainly, our educational system is unable to communicate love, and impart it to the students. We read with alarm of the tragic rise of bullying and violence by juvenile delinquents against younger kids in the schools.  This violence has escalated into horrific incidents of killing, murder, suicide and terror for those involved in the school and college shootings.  example: ( Columbine school massacre killings )

All our anti-racial and anti-hate laws will never eradicate the awful stigma of bias and prejudice from people. They may even be anti-productive in eroding our basic freedoms. Taking from good people the right to free speech and expression, while the bigots still hate and feel superior certainly cannot build a better society!  YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE LOVE!

COMPASSION, CARING & LOVE MUST BE BORN WITHIN BY A FORCE OF GOOD

You cannot legislate caring, compassion or love, you cannot make a law saying you must love others or face criminal charges.  Caring, sharing and compassion must be born within by a force of good, which has invaded and possessed our beings. This force of good is what changes us from the inside!

In other words when we are spiritually born-again, the desire to hate leaves and instead a strong urge to love and befriend people automatically moves into action.

Our nature is changed by the overwhelming influence of the Holy Spirit of God in a life transforming action called the New Birth. And the subsequent Baptism of the Holy Spirit!

It's not difficult to love people when there is no hate in the heart. When the animosity is gone! And the devil has left!

When no fear remains, it's easy to feel safe. When all torments have gone, it's not difficult to know peace and when the depression and sadness has lifted, joy fills the vacuum.

THE WICKED ARE DRIVEN BY EVIL SPIRITUAL FORCES WHICH
 ARE UNCLEAN DEMONS & SPIRITS

The sadist wants to injure, the rapist subjugate, torture and sexually molest and the killer desires to put out the light of life. They are being driven by evil spirits, unclean demons of darkness!

SPIRITUAL FORCES ARE AT WORK WORLD WIDE 
CAUSING DEATH, ABUSE, PERVERSION

New York Times reporter, McCandish Phillips stated recently, "Spiritual forces are massively at work in North America causing a rise of drug abuse, sexual perversion, the occult and the breakdown of the nation's morals".

When Jesus Christ - the Prince of Life and Light - comes in, all the evil spirits depart; for light dispels darkness and good destroys evil.

When Jesus Christ takes over your life, mind & heart it is then easy to forgive, bless, help and share!

WHAT DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WORLD?

What we need to change and fix the world is one missing ingredient.  This ingredient  is God's divine 'Agape' Love which so changes the individual that he begins to think like God thinks, love like God loves and act like God acts!

WHAT IS AGAPE LOVE?

What does "Agape" Love mean? Agape love is pure and simple: unconditional love! Love so pure that actions are motivated by pure, selfless compassion and caring!

A preacher was preparing his Sunday sermon on a Saturday morning. His wife had gone shopping, leaving little seven year old Johnny with his daddy.

The little fellow was in and out of his Dad's office every 10 minutes or so. Restless, energetic and bored! His Dad kept giving him magazines to leaf through, books to read or blocks to play with. Johnny read them all in a few minutes and clearly was looking for some new adventure.

He was full of questions and wanted to look through his Dad's files.

The pastor then got a brilliant idea. He tore off the back cover of one of his magazines which had a very large photo of the globe on it. Then he cut it into small pieces.

PUT THE WORLD BACK TOGETHER!

"Here, my son," he said. "Use this scotch tape and put the world back together again."

Within 7 or 8 minutes the little fellow was back knocking on the pastor's door.

"I've got the world back together, Dad. I've got the world back together," he shouted. Excitedly his father jumped from his desk. He ran out into the den. It was true. His son had done the impossible. He had put the world back together from little bits.

How had he done it?  How had his small son put the world back together.  His son must be a genius. It was a job that would have taken an adult at least an hour or more.

Johnny just smiled and said, "I've looked through that magazine many times Dad, and I noticed that on the inside of the cover was a full length picture of a man.

"When I put the man together, the world automatically had come back together."

HERE IS THE KEY TO CHANGING THE WORLD AND PUTTING 
THE WORLD BACK TOGETHER

Herein lies the key to our world's major spiritual, moral, sociological, psychological and economic problems!

That's why St. Paul wrote: "If any man be in Christ Jesus, he is a new creature, old things are passed away. All things become new". (2 Corinthians 5:17)

The gospel of Christ changes the individual from the inside out. The Bible addresses the real problems of life and declares that UNBELIEF, REBELLION & DISOBEDIENCE - which is sin - are the root causes of all our problems. And once this is settled we receive God's peace, a stable mind, good morals and the strength to cope with the pressures of life!

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." (John 5:24)

Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free". (John 8:32)

What is the truth?

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life and no man cometh unto the father but by Me". (John 14:6)

He also stated, "Thy word O God is truth". (John 17:17)

Jesus is the living Word of God and the Bible is the written Word of God. And if you will read, believe and obey God's Word, Jesus will come out of its pages and come into you heart!

The Bible says, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see (or enter) into the kingdom of God". (John 3:3-7)

Receive Jesus Christ into your heart today my friend and you will be born again and the world will automatically become a better place.

GOD BLESS YOU