True History is Important

 Who we are and where we come from is important. 

There is a history and we have a purpose. 

The lies that people tell about history when they don’t know the truth or don’t want that truth is religion. 

The Bible records history, both good and bad. 

There is a science to finding out the past. You look at the evidence. If someone wiped out all of the historical records, then we would have the evidence of design that needs a Designer. 

Evidence of design is what made me look at all of the origin beliefs and find whether any line up with the rest evidence. One did. The Bible.

So, Why Jesus?

Many people question Christianity, as well they should.  It’s good to be an informed believer.  I welcome questions from skeptics, especially since I was one.

So, could anyone with enough will power, determination and some special effects have pulled off the claim to the title of Messiah?  Let’s look at that.

There were thousands of prophecies that the Messiah needed to fulfill.   Many of the prophecies no one could control.

  

One is that the Messiah needed to be a descendent of King David.   

Jesus would have had a claim to the throne in 2 ways.   His step father Joseph was a descendant through the main line that had the direct heir lineage.   Also, His Mother Mary was descended via a different line.  This was important because the direct line of heirs was told by God that they would never rule again.   Joseph was descended from Jechonias, Jesus could not rightly claim the throne (see Jeremiah 22:30) had he been Joseph’s natural son, but through His mothers line there was no such problem.  Jesus, would have been King had the rule continued.

Here are eight examples of prophecies that were out of human control (by Jesus):

1.  Place of Birth (Mic 5:2), 

2.  Time of Birth (Dan 9:25; Gen 49:10),

3.  Manner of Birth (Isa 7:14),

4.  Betrayal (Ps 41:9; 55:13), 

5.  Manner of Death (Ps 22:16),

6.  The reactions of people (mocking, spitting, etc),

7.  Piercing (Zech 12:10),

8.  Burial (Isa 53:9)

Peter Stoner explains how the science of probability rules out coincidence in his book "Science Speaks." The chance of someone else meeting just these 8 requirements is 10^17.  Stoner gave this illustration:

If you mark one of ten tickets, and place all the tickets in a hat, and thoroughly stir them, and then ask a blindfolded man to draw one, his chance of getting the right ticket is one in ten. Suppose that we take 10^17 silver dollars and lay them on the face of Texas. They'll cover all of the state two feet deep. Now mark one of these silver dollars and stir the whole mass thoroughly, all over the state. Blindfold a man and tell him that he can travel as far as he wishes, but he must pick up one silver dollar and say that this is the right one. What chance would he have of getting the right one? Just the same chance that the prophets would've had of writing these eight prophecies and having them all come true in any one man, from their day to the present time, providing they wrote them in their own wisdom (Idem, 106-107).

To add to the problem of manipulation, there are 456 characteristics that the Messiah had to have.  It not only impossible to fake, it shows us God is in control. 

My friends, you may not want to believe in or understand why God has made the decisions that He has, but He is real and He has provided us the bail for our offenses to Him.   He loves us.

Now let’s thank Him.

God vs. Aliens

There are incredibly complex circumstances that provide life for us here, add to that the common design and the programming involved in DNA, you would need to come to the conclusion of a Creator. The Bible has an explanation for aliens or the false gods of other religions. They are called the Nephilim.

The religions of the world have common themes. As men spread out from their origin, they took the information with them. Those that didn't stay in communion with God lost parts of the truth. Kinda like when you line up kids and have them pass a secret down the line. However, God kept a lineage supplied with the truth and kept contact with them. So, world religions all have SOME truth, but the Bible is the line of prophets and people with whom He continued to supply knowledge.  The others have filled in the blanks with the wisdom of man.  Some better than others.  Some received knowledge from other sources and lead you away and to destruction

The Universe had a beginning. Space and Time had a beginning. Everything is wearing down. The laws and constants of the Universe have been fine tuned for human life. There is digital code embedded in the DNA molecule in every cell. It could not develop on it's own and aliens would ALSO require DNA which could not develop on it's own.

SETI spent MILLIONS of dollars and years listening for ET. At one time, they had heard a simple radio emission from a pulsar and thought it was some kind of intelligence. It turned out to be just one of the natural radio waves that pulsars produce.  The earth produces these as well.  You can hear some samples on the site of NASA.

Billions of years? That doesn't match up with the evidence. The fact that we still have comets, we haven't lost the moon which drifts about 2in away every year, or the sun as it is shrinking at a rate that makes billions of years impossible.

Just these few general ideas should make you question the currently accepted theories as well as the more spacey ones.

Is the Bible Relevant Today?

The Alpha and the Omega, our God is AT the beginning and the end and ALL that is in between as he is outside of the timeline. He has given us this manual for living. In it's pages you find advice on dealing with others, dealing with money, proper thinking, and motivation.

The history contained in the Bible shows us examples and informs us how things came to be. For generations people have attempted to disprove the Bible and in doing so have added to the evidence that supports it. French philosopher Voltaire bragged that within a hundred years the Bible would have passed into the mists of history as people became more liberated and enlightened. That time has come and gone while most have forgotten him and the Bible has continued to inspire.

It is a book that not only tells us what happened, but what WILL happen. Even today, prophesies are fulfilled. Who would have believed Israel would become a nation once more after being dispersed throughout the world. Who believes that the Temple will be rebuilt? It will. We don't know how yet, but it will. What does the future hold for us? It is all foretold as it now unveils in front of us. What book could be MORE relevant?