Isaiah prophesied about the rebuilding of the temple and called Cyrus out by name as the one who gave the order at least about 80 years before the temple was destroyed and 150 years before Cyrus issued the decree to rebuild it in Jerusalem. About one year or so after Cyrus became king, he issued a decree to rebuild the temple that had been destroyed by king Nebuchadnezzar 70 years earlier. Cyrus became the king of the Medo-Persian empire in about 538 BC. The temple was destroyed in about 587 BC. Isaiah wrote this during a period of time between 740-680 B.C. Isaiah wrote of a king named Cyrus who would order the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem before it was destroyed. The Bible also contains prophetic foretelling of events that would happen some time in the future beyond the time these prophecies were written. It also contains a record of the rise, fall and existence of civilizations that until recent archaeological discoveries, were unknown to man living in this century. The Bible is a book of much more than just a bunch of rules God expects us to live by. The explanation must take in to account the vast expanse of time it took to write it, the number of people who participated, not only in the writing of it, but of the events depicted therein. Moreover, the explanation for the Bible’s existence must also be adequate to make an accounting for how it got here and for what it contains. The Bible exists, therefore it’s existence must have an explanation. The Bible was written by 40 different people, but it makes the internal claim in 2 Peter 1:21 to have only one author, “ for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (NKJV). A table showing the dates of the authorship of each book of the Bible and the writer is included at the end of this lesson for review. It is generally believed that John wrote the last 4 books of the New Testament at the latter part of the first century. Moses penned the book of Genesis about 1400 years before Christ walked the earth. It took almost 1500 years for all of the Bible to be written. The Bible we have today is a collection of sixty six ancient books and letters written by 40 different people who lived in many different parts of the world and were separated by centuries of time. Lesson 1 The Bible has a Unique Authorship
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So that being stated, why should we believe it? Why should we live our lives in accordance with the instructions written within? Why should we use it to seek eternal life? In short, why should I believe the Bible? This lesson is one in a series of studies which will examine the evidence, both internal and outside the Bible, which supports the authenticity of the Bible as the written record of God’s word. The Authorship of the Bible all begins with God.
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