Category: Inspiration of the Bible

How We Know the Bible is from God

1. Fulfilled Prophecy

· The Bible contains hundreds of specific prophecies written before the events they describe.

· These prophecies are detailed, verifiable, and historically fulfilled, not vague predictions.

·  Examples include:

· The rise and fall of empires (Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome).

· The rise and fall of world leaders such as Alexander the Great, Nero, and Domitian.

· The destruction of cities like Nineveh, Tyre, and Jerusalem.

· Detailed Messianic prophecies fulfilled in Jesus (His lineage, place of birth, place of death, burial, and resurrection, etc.).… Read more

What About the Ethiopian Bible?

Overview of the Ethiopian Bible

  • The Ethiopian Orthodox Church uses a very large canon of Scripture—one of the largest of any so-called “Christian” tradition.
  • It includes 81 books (some versions count even more, depending on the source).
  • Their Old Testament contains traditional books, plus several apocryphal and pseudepigraphal texts not found in Jewish, Catholic, or Protestant canons.
  • Their New Testament includes all 27 books recognized in most Christian traditions, plus additional books.

Old Testament Contents

In addition to the standard Old Testament books, the Ethiopian Bible includes:

  • 1 Enoch
  • Jubilees
  • 1, 2, 3 Meqabyan (not to be confused with the Catholic 1–2 Maccabees)
  • Book of Josippon
  • Book of the Covenant
  • Book of the Mysteries of Heaven and Earth
  • Ascension of Isaiah

These books often contain:

  • Erroneous, mythical cosmology (e.g.,
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Isaac, a Foreshadowing of Christ

Jesus told the Jews who sought to kill Him, “Search the [Old Testament, JPH] scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me” (John 5:39). Christ is seen throughout the Bible, including in the life of Abraham’s son Isaac, who lived about 2,000 years before Christ came to earth:

ISAAC – Son of Abraham, the son of promise (Genesis 17:16ff)
CHRIST – Son of Abraham, the Son of promise (Gen.… Read more