Bible Authenticity

WAS JESUS’ CONCEPTION A MORAL EVENT?

March 7, 2023 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

The two biblical accounts that deal with Jesus’ conception (Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-35), both present it as moral in every sense of the word. There have been a few who, without any Biblical evidence, have claimed otherwise.

“God sent the angel Gabriel . . . to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph . . . The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.’ Mary was greatly troubled at this and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and be called the Son of the Most High . . . ‘ ‘How will this be,’ Mary asked the angel, ‘since I am a virgin? The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God'” (Luke 1:26-35 NIV). read more

WAS MARY A TEENAGER WHEN JESUS WAS CONCEIVED?

March 6, 2023 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

“When the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law”—Galatians 4:4 NIV

While some pastors, Bible teachers, and even “scholars”, claim that Mary was a teenager when Jesus was conceived, the Bible does not give Mary’s age. Contrary to the claims that she was only teenager, the Bible says she was “a woman”.

In the two Biblical accounts that deal with Jesus’ miraculous conception, Mary’s age is never mentioned (Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-35). No clue is given as to her approximate age at that time. read more

WHO IS “THE MAJESTY IN HEAVEN”?

January 30, 2023 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

“To the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord”—Jude 25 NIV

There is a popular song that is frequently sung in evangelical churches and groups called “Majesty” that calls Jesus Christ “Majesty”. There are two scriptures in the Bible that refer to “the Majesty in heaven”. Let’s look at them:

“The Son . . . After he had provided purification for our sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven”—Hebrews 1:3 NIV read more

CLAY PRISM NAMING NEBUZARADAN FOUND IN BABYLON

November 22, 2022 BibleAuthenticity Comments 42 comments

“The word came to Jeremiah from the LORD [Yahweh] after Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had released him at Ramah. He had found Jeremiah among all the captives from Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried into exile to Babylon”—Jeremiah 40:1 NIV

After Zedekiah, king of Judah, rebelled against Babylonian control in 588 BCE, Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar swiftly responded, capturing Jerusalem the next year.

“In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month — it was in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon — Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, a member of the king of Babylon’s staff, entered Jerusalem. He burned down the Temple of Yahweh, the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. Nebuzaradan commander of the guard deported the remainder of the people left in the city, the deserters who had gone over to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the common people. But the commander of the guard left some of the poor country people behind as vineyard workers and ploughmen”—2 Kings 25:8-12 NJB read more

CITY GATE DISCOVERED AT SHILOH

November 15, 2022 BibleAuthenticity Comments 13 comments

“When he mentioned the ark of the God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the city gate.His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led Israel forty years”—1 Samuel 4:18 NIV

The remains of a city gate were discovered recently in Shiloh, Israel. This was the place where the Ark of the Covenant was kept during the time of the Judges. The remains of this city gate gate were discovered by the Associates for Biblical Research along the northern wall of this ancient Israelite city. The team discovered that the defensive embankment against the city wall had a gap at this point, where the remains of the gate were discovered. The terrain leading up to this place was internally terraced upward., and “the city gate” being at this location also makes sense because the main spring that the city’s inhabitants used was located about a kilometer to the north. It is possible that this was “the city gate” where “Eli fell backward off his chair . . . and he died”.

This is just one more example of the thousands of evidences discovered, which independently verify many places and things that are mentioned in the Bible. This mountain of evidence stands in stark contrast to the Book of Mormon, which names many places, things, civilizations, and events, that supposedly existed or happened in the Americas, but have never been independently verified with even the slightest shred of evidence.

ISRAELITE KING OMRI IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANCIENT DOCUMENTS

October 23, 2022 BibleAuthenticity Comments 19 comments

“Then the people of Israel were split into two factions; half supporting Tibni son of Ginath for king, and the other half supported Omri. But Omri’s followers proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king. In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah. He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city on the hill, calling it Samaria, after Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill. But Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD [Yahweh] and sinned more than all those before him. He followed completely the ways of Jeroboam son of Neat, committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the LORD [Yahweh], the God of Israel, by their worthless idols. As for the other events of Omri’s reign, what he did and the things he achieved, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? Omri rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. and Ahab his son succeeded him”—1 Kings 16:21-26 NIV read more

JEHOIACHIN’S RATION TABLETS VERIFY BIBLE ACCURACY

October 19, 2022 BibleAuthenticity Comments 13 comments

“In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison. He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. so Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table. Day by day the king of Babylon gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived, till the day of his death”—Jeremiah 52:31-34 NIV; see also 2 Kings 25:27-30 read more

THESSALONIAN POLITARCH INSCRIPTION CONFIRMS BIBLE ACCURACY

October 16, 2022 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

“But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials [Greek, politarches], shouting: ‘These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here, and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.’ When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials [Greek, politarches] were thrown into turmoil”—Acts 17:6-8 NIV read more

SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AUTHENTICATES THE BIBLE ON CIRCUMCISION

October 14, 2022 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

God’s people today, Christians, who are under the New Covenant, are not required to be circumcised..

“Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means; what counts is the new creation”—Galatians 6:15 NIV

“Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts”—1 Corinthians 7:19 NIV

Today, it is fine if a male is circumcised, and it is also fine if they’re not circumcised. What is important is a person’s relationship with God through Christ. read more

CAN WE UNDERSTAND ALMIGHTY GOD AND HIS WORD, THE BIBLE?

October 12, 2022 BibleAuthenticity Comments 9 comments

The short answer is, yes, we can understand Almighty God and his Word, the Bible! Does that mean that we can fully understand everything? No, we can’t. The Bible makes this very clear.

“How great is our God–beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out”—Job 36:26 NIV

But the Bible does indeed indicate that understanding of what we need to know, how to act, how to be considered “righteous” by God, and be given the gift of eternal life, is entirely attainable. read more