The Bible is by far the world’s most popular
book. Why? For one thing, it is easy to identify with. It contains true-life
accounts of real people and their interactions with one another and with God.
These accounts teach practical lessons using simple and straightforward words
that can be translated into hundreds of languages and understood by people
living in any place or time period. And the Bible’s principles always work.
Most important, the Bible
claims to be not just a book about God but also a book from God.
It reveals God’s name, his personality, and his unchangeable purpose in
creating the earth and humans. The Bible also relates the historic struggle of
good versus evil: a fascinating, universal drama with a happy ending. Reading
the Bible with an open mind thus lays a basis for faith and hope.
In the Bible, we find
information available nowhere else. For example, the Bible tells us the truth
about such topics as these:
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Where we come from and why we suffer
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God’s arrangement to redeem humankind
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What Jesus has done for us
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The future of the earth and humans
Why not take a brief look
at the following pages and consider what the Bible is all about?
FAST FACTS ABOUT THE
BIBLE
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Theme: How God’s heavenly
Kingdom will restore righteousness and peace to the earth
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Contents: 39 books in Hebrew (with
a few passages in Aramaic) plus 27 in Greek
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Written: By some 40 writers over
about 1,600 years, from 1513 B.C.E. to about 98 C.E.
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Languages: Now translated in whole
or in part into more than 2,500
