How do you prove that the Bible the word of G-d without using the Bible itself?

Question

Logic dictates to use the Bible as proof would beg the question.

Answer 1

You can't. Historians know quite well it was all written by man. And common sense will tell you that any god or gods would have prepared the do's and do not's in a way that could be understood by one and all. No middle men required.

Answer 2

The first proof we have testifying to the reliability of the Bible is the archaeological evidence. Nelson Glueck, a respected Jewish archaeologist claims: "It may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever contradicted a biblical reference .

A case in point is the historicity of Jesus. Although many atheists state that Jesus never lived, He is mentioned by many contemporary, non-Christian historians. Let us look at the evidence.

Flavius Josephus, a first century Jewish historian wrote of Jesus and the Christians

Even the atheist H. G. Wells spoke of Jesus, "...one is obliged to say, "Here was a man. This part of the tale could not have been invented.

another reason Christians believe God is the ultimate author of the Bible is the predictive prophecies in the Bible. This aspect is unique to the world's religions because if one predicts something will happen and it does not, they are proven to be phony. The Bible is literally filled with detailed prophecies that have been fulfilled with 100% accuracy.
The Bible made several prophecies of the complete destruction of cities. Many of the cities it said would be rebuilt and several it claimed would never be rebuilt - The Bible is 100% accurate in both categories as archeology shows. One amazing example is the city of Tyre. Ezekiel 26:3-5,7,12,14 and 16 (17) predict:

Nebuchadnezzar will take the city.
Other nations will participate in the fulfillment.
The city is to be made flat like the top of a rock.
It is to become a place for spreading nets.
Its stones and timber are to be laid in the sea.
The old city of Tyre will never be rebuilt.
History records that Nebuchadnezzar took the city but the people escaped out to an island. Later Alexander the Great took the Island off the coast by taking the old cities rubble and throwing it into the sea making a land-bridge (this caused the old city to look flat like a rock due to the scraping of the material). The old city is now a place for fisherman but no city has been planted there even though there is an excellent water supply to support a major city.

Answer 3

By using other references. Archeology and old scrolls confirm the identity of places and people in the Bible. Prophecies that were foretold have been fulfilled and are undergoing fulfillment. Cities like Tyre and Babylon were prophesied to become desolate and they are today.

Many scientific accounts are accurate. It states that the earth has no supports and is round (both found in the book of Job). Columbus and other explorers tried to prove these for years, however, the Bible already had it correct. Einstein's famous equation is even seen in Genesis chapter 1. The only things in existence were God and light. That indicates that light and mass were present to form the energy that exists today.

The evidence is everywhere.

Answer 4

Use the Torah, Tanakh, and Dead Sea Scrolls -- those scriptures are not "The Bible".

Edit:
(1) Can you show or give an example of any language, message, or code; that did not come from an "intelligent mind"?

The answer is plain and simple: The written word - language, alphabet, and coded information - had to come from a "mind". That is why Christians and Jews say that the Torah, Bible, and Dead Sea Scrolls ARE the "Word of the L-RD G-d". It a curious fact, to those who do not believe in YHWH that the two languages, in which the Torah, Bible, and Dead Sea Scrolls are written (Hebrew and Greek) -- Each have an alphabet, in which every letter has a corresponding numeric value; in other words you can literally ADD UP the message or words.

Language is a part of our very being, in our DNA; it is not just a molecule: it too has an alphabet, consisting of four letters. These four letters are sequenced in such a way to produce "information in every cell of a living organism".

(2) Do we see science in the belief of the L-RD G-d (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)?

All materialistic answers to our origins, as well as the origins of all universes, galaxies, etc; are in blatant violation of the laws of physics. So science itself goes a long ways to prove there is a G-d and His eternal written language, code, words to us are only shown in the Torah, Bible, and Dead Sea Scrolls. For these are the only places, I have found there to be these words: “In the beginning G-d created…..” and “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”

As pointed out earlier, mathematics is used in the Word of the L-RD G-d, by way of the two languages the original texts were written in. Each word in Hebrew and Greek can, through the use of mathematics can be added to form more words or meanings. IF science were not interested in Judaism, Christianity, or think that the L-RD G-d (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) does not exist, why would the Pacific Science Center feature a display about the Dead Sea Scrolls?
http://www.pacsci.org/about/
http://www.pacsci.org/dss/background.html

We do know that there is more to life than the physical explanation for all things - science even supports this fact; energy and matter can not come out of nothing. Information (words, language, codes, RNA, DNA, etc) are not "matter", "energy", or "immaterial". Yet, they can be transmitted, stored, recorded, and copied; all this points to the workings of an "Intelligent Mind".

So, unless someone can refute the above mentioned statements and questions - I have proven the L-RD G-d (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) does exist - He did create all things (including humans as unique beings unto their own kind – not “from” any other living organism) - and He is the very being spoken of in the Torah, Bible, and Dead Sea Scrolls.

Answer 5

Was about toi say exactly the same thing, and that is no proof at all. Philosophers have struggles with this for millenia.Of course, if you are a believer, you might accept that the book of mormon is a companion to the bible and validates it insofar as the bible is correctly translated.

Answer 6

Of course you can't "prove" it - but if you study up on the history of the bible, of its amazing preservation through the ages, its effect on entire nations, its impact on individuals, its internal makeup, its prophecies that have been fulfilled - you certainly come away with the feeling of "wow - this book is unique among all other books. There is something very very special about this book, etc"

god bless

Answer 7

You can't, every religious book says that they are the word of God and that all the others aren't. And they all say ours is the only right religion to follow. So there is no way to prove that they are the word of God from outside sources

Answer 8

It does not. Bible was written by bunch of man waaaay after Jesus walked on the planet. Then, it has been edited, translated, re-written, and edited again and again. Jesus did not have a Bible.

Answer 9

simple and very possible...our very own personal testimony...it the most logical and positive was second to the Holy Word of God

Answer 10

By researching the archaeological discoveries that prove the historicity of Scripture.