events in the bible?

Question

i just wana ask questions that came to my mind wen i went to church, and for one, the jewish thing, don't mind that its a gimmick, and i am penacost? im just confused at the moment. but more one the questions, how can the stories in the bible be tru? i mean noah building the ark n such, how is it all really possible is there living proof to say that this all happened? i don't want to offend anybody, just lookin for simple answers

Answer 1

They aren't true. Your Noah example is a good one. There isn't and never was enough water in the world to flood the entire surface to the depth required.

Answer 2

Most, if not all, of the miracles in the Old Testament are possible through natural means. The events are not miraculous so much as the timing.

Noah - The word translated "earth" in the Bible is just as easily translated "land," "region," or "ground." In the Hebrew, there is no reason to assume that the flood covered the whole earth. The Bible dates the flood to c. 2500 BC, and there is archealogical evidence for a massive flood that occured at that time in Mesopotamia. In ancient Judaism (around the time of Christ) the Jews assumed that the flood was local, and even told stories about survivors other than Noah - Josephus recorded these beliefs in the first century.

The parting of the Red Sea is another example - the Bible never says that the Red Sea parted into two walls of water. It actually says that a strong east wind blew all night and dried up a path across the Sea of Reeds, which was a shallow marsh that dries up twice a day at low tide anyway.

The pillar of fire and pillar of smoke that lead the Hebrews through the wilderness is another example. Egyptian murals from the time of the Exodus show columns of soldiers following two men - one man holds a long pole with a torch on the top, and the other man holds a long pole with a covered brazier to produce smoke.

There are similar explanations for the long lives of the Patriarchs (which may have been counted in lunar months, rather than solar years), the Tower of Babel (which describes the fall of Sumerian civilization to foreigners), the plagues of Egypt (which all describe the exact events that follow a volcanic eruption, and coincide with the eruption of Thera in Greece), the life of Joseph in Egypt (who is almost identical to Imhotep), the life of Moses (who is very similar to Ankhenaten), etc.

Answer 3

The best answer I can give you is to research this for yourself. Archeology has discovered a layer of flood silt covering the entire Middle East. The then known world. Most of the old testament has been proven to be historically accurate. Such as the Assyrian king Sargon mentioned in the Bible that history said did not exist till his city was uncovered not to long ago. Clay tablets with writing were discovered at UR that go back to Moses time. Look for yourself, it is the only way but there is a lot of evidence that backs the bible and it's stories. There has not been ONE thing that proves it is false. Only that it is too much for some to imagine. It is hard to imagine that the Universe is endless. Science says it is. probably true but can they prove it?

Answer 4

There has been many things that have been found to show Biblical events and places to have actually existed.

Often, mankind have thought that we knew better but when the Bible and science disagree, if we wait long enough, science will catch up to what the Bible has declared long before. Things such as the Earth not being flat. Those who read and trusted the Bible knew this long before science found out.

Example, Before the flood, the Earth was much flatter then it is now. There were no mountains and no deep valleys in the oceans.

There is evidence of a world wide flood:

http://www.christiananswers.net/creation/menu-catastrophe.html

Answer 5

Secrets of the bible be told. The bible is the name of the book put together by the early church combining the torah with the new testament. As you may be guessing, the Pentecost consists of the foundational books written or told by Moses in the early times. The Pentagon is a five sided building therefore, the pentecost relates to the first five books written by Moses.

I am not a religious fanatic, but some of the books of the bible that were removed are known as the Gnostic texts. These forbidden books describe such things as angels taking human woman as wives resulting in Giants as children. Others are historical, like the MacAbees. One of the Macabees relates to the conquest of the holy lands and Egypt by Alexander the Great.

Just imagine being lost in the wilderness after Pharoah has released you and yours from bondage. Here is this learned man named Moses who is in charge and has an education. Don't forget that Moses was raised as an Egyptian but read, wrote and spoke Greek, Hebrew and Egyptian. All of his people are asking him questions and his tribes are surrounded by enemies that want to destroy these Hebrews. Moses needed to explain the world to these people who were slaves to the Egyptians for so long. All of a sudden, he has to instill this great awesome respect for one God, not the many the Egyptians worshipped and explain the world to them.

That's when he met with God in the tent and began his conversations with the almighty. Trying to do God's will and teaching the Jewish people about their directives from the almighty. The new testament was written and made available to the masses because the Hebrew nation kept on dropping the ball relating to God's law. Therefore, God decided to let everyone else on his promises and Christianity was born. Good luck to you finding out for yourself what all this means.

Answer 6

Unfortunately, there are no simple answers. I wish I could give you a simple answer, but I honestly think that to do so would be to devalue and detract from the complexity and wealth of theological truth that comprise the Judeo-Christian Scriptures. It's not a gimmick. The Bible is not a simple book. It is very complex and as such, it demands that we believers be diligent students of it if we really want to seek out truth in all humility, not being afraid of what we don't know or to say we don't know. On the flip side, there is much that we DO know. Balancing what we know and what we don't know is what we do in life. I think when we expect simple answers, we do ourselves an injustice.

Maturing in faith includes being able to sit with our particular uncertainties but resting in the *certain* aspects of God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit, and God's collective activity in human history. Our certainty lies in the character of God, whom we learn through the stories. Thus, WHO HE IS becomes the focus.

Frankly, whether or not Noah built an ark really can't be proven beyond a shadow of the doubt. Whether or not God created the world in six days cannot be 100% verified. But just because they can't be proven (in some cases, yet), doesn't mean it didn't happen. It doesn't necessarily negate the revelation of who God is and who we are. So we take on faith, or operate on the assumption that certain stories did happen, and see where that takes us. We operate on theories all the time. It's OK to be uncertain. Remember, stories are passed on for a reason. To reveal God. To reveal who we are. These are the questions that the Bible addresses.

For a more secular example... consider... we don't have definitive proof that the Big Bang has happened; we only observe an "expansion in space" that suggests that there was a Big Bang. Certain calculations (which I don't understand) support the theory. But my point is, we can observe "faith" through the lives of others over the centuries. When we look at the life of Jesus, we see lives around him change. Look for that. Changed lives because of God's love and grace. As Jesus describes in John 3, you don't see the wind, but you see its effects. Such is the nature of faith and the Spirit of God.

My encouragement—Rest in your uncertainties about the historical facts. Study them, as you wish. Research to your hearts content. But ultimately, even in the midst of your uncertainties, find faith enough to pursue answer to the most pertinent questions -- 1) who is God, 2) who am I in relation to God, 3) how do I get to know him, 4) what's my purpose in life? Frankly, these are the questions that are matters of life (and death).

Answer 7

Even today we see evidence of large areas being flooded and remaining under water for extended periods of time. In the time of Noah the known world was much smaller since the population had not expanded into many parts of the earth at that time. Check with archeological experts on what evidence exists for flooding in different parts of the world. There are other factors that may have changed the surface of the earth also.

Answer 8

in my opinion, i don't have faith interior the Bible code and that i'm an excellent fan of Professor Gans and comprehend it replaced right into a Rabbi who got here up with the assumption yet I do in basic terms no longer think of there is something to it. A code matrix does say the Earth would be destroyed via a comet in 2012 yet it additionally says the comet would be destroyed till now it hits earth. The extraordinary ingredient is that many faiths/cultures envisioned the top of the international in 2012 by using astronomical alignments of three planets which surely would reason some adjustments in Earth yet i in my opinion do no longer think of the earth will lead to 2012 yet who knows, consistent with danger i'm in basic terms an optimist. I do think of that's extraordinary that the individuals who learn the Torah codes envisioned and tried to warn Yitzak Rabin of a warning approximately being assisinated. they stumbled on the matrix till now it happend. all of the others they discover afterwards. I admit that one creeped me out slightly.

Answer 9

As far as I don't remember myself being there I can't say whether things written in bible are or are not true. I think, that's why they call it "belief". Having the proof would be "knowing".

I think you don't need my advices, but in every story I look for the .. idea. If you don't believe the story it doesn't mean that you can't find there something that enriches you (and I don't mean moral of the day). Little boys reed bible as the adventure book. Adult can find a lot of examples how the human works (so called bad character features of human kind are not changing in the ages, do they).

Answer 10

Listen to your own common sense.

These claims some of these others are making. If you look a bit, you'll find those are claims only made on religious websites. Why is that I wonder?