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Hi there, many others like you have asked, what is the Bible?
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Let's find out, shall we?
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You can also discover this answer and more at GotQuestions .org.
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The word Bible comes from the Latin and Greek words meaning book, a fitting name since the Bible is
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the book for all people for all time.
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It is a book like no other and a class by itself.
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Sixty -six different books comprise the Bible.
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They include books of law such as Leviticus and Deuteronomy, historical books such as Ezra
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and Acts, books of poetry such as Psalms and Ecclesiastes, books of prophecy such as
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Isaiah and Revelation, biographies such as Matthew and John, and epistles, formal
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letters, such as Titus and Hebrews.
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About 40 different human authors contributed to the Bible which was written over a period of 1
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The authors were kings, fishermen, priests, government officials, farmers, shepherds,.
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From all of this diversity comes an incredible unity with common themes woven throughout.
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The Bible's unity is due to the fact that ultimately it has one author, God himself.
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The Bible is God -breathed.
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The human authors wrote exactly what God wanted them to write and the result was the perfect and holy
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The Bible is divided into two main parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament.
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In short, the Old is the story of a nation and the New is the story of a man.
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The nation was God's way of bringing the man, Jesus Christ, into the world.
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The Old Testament describes the founding and preservation of the nation of Israel.
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God promised to use Israel to bless the whole world.
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Once Israel was established as a nation, God raised up a family within that nation through whom the
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blessing would come, the family of David.
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Then from the family of David was promised one man who would bring the promised blessing.
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The New Testament details the coming of that promised man.
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His name was Jesus and he fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament as he lived a perfect life,
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died to become the Savior, and rose from the dead.
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Jesus is the central character in the Bible.
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The whole book is really about him.
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The Old Testament predicts his coming and sets the stage for his entrance into the world.
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The New Testament describes his coming and his work to bring salvation to our sinful.
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Jesus is more than a historical figure.
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In fact, he is more than a man.
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He is God in the flesh and his coming was the most important event in the history of.
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God himself became a man in order to give us a clear, understandable picture of who.
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Jesus is God in human form.
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In conclusion, here is a brief summary of the Bible's story.
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God created man and placed him in a perfect environment.
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However, man rebelled against God and fell from what God intended him to be.
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God placed the world under a curse because of sin but immediately set in motion a plan to restore
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humanity and all creation to its original glory.
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As part of his plan of redemption, God called Abraham out of Babylonia into Canaan about
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God promised Abraham, his son Isaac, and his grandson Jacob, also called Israel,
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that he would bless the whole world through a descendant of theirs.
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Israel's family immigrated from Canaan to Egypt where they grew to be a nation.
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About 1400 BC, God led Israel's descendants out of Egypt under the direction of Moses
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and gave them the promised land, Canaan, as their own.
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Through Moses, God gave the people of Israel the law and made a covenant with them.
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If they would remain faithful to God, then they would prosper.
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However, if they followed idols, then God would destroy their nation.
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About 400 years later, during the reigns of David and his son Solomon, Israel was solidified into
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a great and powerful kingdom.
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God promised David and Solomon that a descendant of theirs would rule as an everlasting
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After Solomon's reign, the nation of Israel was divided.
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The ten tribes to the north were called Israel and they lasted about 200 years before God judged them for
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Assyria took Israel captive about 712 BC.
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The two tribes in the south were called Judah and they lasted a little longer but they too
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eventually turned from God.
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Babylon took them captive about 600 BC.
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About 70 years later, God graciously brought a remnant of the captives back to their own
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Jerusalem, the capital, was rebuilt about 444 BC and Israel once again
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established a national identity.
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Thus, the Old Testament closes.
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The New Testament opens about 400 years later with the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem.
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Jesus was the descendant promised to Abraham and David, the one to fulfill
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God's plan to redeem mankind and restore creation.
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Jesus faithfully completed his work.
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He died for sin and rose from the dead.
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The death of Christ is the basis for a new covenant, testament, with the world.
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All who have faith in Jesus will be saved from sin and live eternally.
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After his resurrection, Jesus sent his disciples to spread the news everywhere of his life and
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Jesus' disciples went in every direction, spreading the good news of Jesus and salvation.
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They traveled through Asia Minor, Greece, and all the Roman Empire.
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The New Testament closes with a prediction of Jesus' return to judge the unbelieving world
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and free creation from the curse.
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Alright, that answers your question.