Bible History

When we open the Bible in the book of Genesis we are confronted immediately with God and the historical events of creation that took place over a timeframe of a week. There is never any hint of some uncontrolled explosion or long-drawn-out evolutionary process, but only of the Creator working with absolute perfection - like a master potter beginning with a lump of unformed clay, ready to create a masterpiece (The earth was without form, and void...and the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters - Gen 1:2).

At the beginning there was no death, decay or corruption. There is never any mention of God using a process of "death and destruction" or "survival of the fittest" to arrive at perfection. There was no "geological column" consisting of billions of dead creatures buried in layers of rock. Those things came in later after Adam sinned and further down the line to the world-wide flood. So then, the creation week was all perfect and very good and reflected God's absolute power, glory and holiness. (see comparison table)

The history of creation is so important that the whole gospel message rests entirely on it. How and why death entered the world is inseparably linked to the death of the Son of God and the reasons why He had to suffer death to rescue people from their sins. Any attempt to change the history of the Bible to align with the ever-changing philosophies of what they call science is an attack on the gospel of Jesus Christ (See article).

When we open the Bible in the New Testament we are brought face to face with the literal historical account of the LORD Jesus Christ - His origins, His person and the works He did for the salvation of mankind. "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." - John 1:14

So then, the creation, the fall and origin of sin and death, the promise, the world-wide flood, the origin of nations and languages, the call of Abraham, the giving of the law, the prophets, the Son of God clothing Himself in human nature and being born into this world, His crucifixion on a Roman cross, His physical bodily resurrection, His physical bodily ascension were all literal events that took place in the history of the world. The Christian faith in rooted very firmly in events that took place on the concrete plane of history.

The Bible is not a book of philosophy or for postulating theories. God has not left the human race to spend their time scratching their heads about where they came from. God did not hide the truth for all the centuries only until modern man arrived on the scene. No, no. He has spoken plainly and directly about our origins and it has been recorded in writing for thousands of years.

Having said that it needs to be stressed that the Bible also speaks of events that will happen in the future, like the second visible coming of Jesus Christ, the final judgement and the final state of each person, whether it be in heaven or in hell.

The message of the Bible remains the most urgent message for every person in the world to hear, to believe it and to submit themselves to its message.