There are a lot of arguments concerning the validity of the Bible. In Why Believe the Bible – Part 1 we went through the secular issues such as documentation, archaeology, various sciences, medicine and so on. I will be referring to some of that information in today’s blog. Now, let’s look at the book itself. What are the main arguments? Here are just a few. I may have to write a Part 3 and Part 4, because there are so many more arguments beyond these four and some explanations may be longer than others in the telling. So, Part 2 will be discussing how we got the Bible, who wrote it and God’s part in the writing and how it is unique among other religious texts.
Month: August 2023
MORE KIDS, MORE TRICKS
Laban profited quite well with the marriage of his sister, Rebekah, to Isaac. Then, he used his daughters as bargaining chips when Jacob wanted to marry Rachel. He defrauded Jacob by giving him Leah as wife when he thought he had been working 7 years for Rachel. Laban received another 7 years of service for the hand of Rachel. And all this time, because of Jacob, he was blessed by God. Laban tried to make sure that the amount livestock that Jacob requested from him as wages was as little as possible.
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HEY! PAY ATTENTION!
Jesus told us to do it to the least of these. Who is that? Your neighbor. Your friend. Your hair stylist or barber. The person behind you at McDonald’s drive-through. The person behind you in line at the grocery store or even the cashier ringing up your groceries. What I am saying is be sensitive to the prodding of the Holy Spirit. You never know what God has in store for the person you reach out to or for yourself, for that matter.
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TURNABOUT’S FAIR PLAY
The wedding plans were made. People were invited to celebrate. A feast was had by all. As was custom, Laban brought the heavily veiled bride to Jacob and they retired to their tent for the wedding night. In the morning, the fur hit the fan. Jacob found Leah in his bed instead of Rachel. Immediately he went to Laban and called him out on the deception. “What is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?” (Genesis 29:25b). He was outraged. He had worked for 7 years just to be able to marry Rachel, but he married Leah instead.
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ROCKS MAKE HARD PILLOWS
The first stop on Jacob’s journey was a place that would be called Bethel, which is about 10 miles north of Jerusalem and 60 miles from Beersheba. Jacob stopped because night was coming. Now here is where I would have had to have a soft pillow. But Jacob took a stone . . . yes . . . a stone and used it for a pillow. And he actually went to sleep! With rock pillow!! And he dreamed. We have all heard the story of Jacob’s ladder, his dream. There was a stairway reaching into heaven, with angels were moving up and down the stairway.
