Who Wrote The Bible, Really?
Shavuot, the Jewish holiday that celebrates God's giving of the Torah to His people, begins at sundown on June 7, 2011. God's law or torah is the spelling out of the details of the Covenant that was agreed upon and sealed at Sinai (see Ex 19:1-23; Num28:26-31). So, it is fitting to ask the question that if the Bible is God's word, did he sign it? Is His signature there? Is it evident? How do we know it is His word, and so on? Let's take a look.
Let's look at 1Kings 7:23. These are instruction for making a cylinder of some sort that has a diameter of 10 cubits. We as moderns know that there is a ratio of radius/diameter to circumference; there is a fixed relationship. Hence when given the radius or diameter of a circle we can find the circumference. We know it is a little more than 3 times the diameter. This is modern geometry.
Ignorant people use this passage in 1Kings to say that God didn't write the Bible (or even worse that there is no God and if there were He is not all knowing). This passage states that the diameter of the cylinder is to be 10 cubits and the circumference is to be 30 cubits. Why, that is impossible, they proclaim. And, indeed, if that were the end, it would be impossible; but it is not.
The Hebrew text reads that cylinder is to be 10 cubits from lip to lip. The word used for "circumference: however has no vowels written with it. This is one of several places in Hebrew Scripture where a word is pronounced one way and written another way. Two meanings can be extracted from the same word. If it is written, the word is kava. If it is spoken, the word is Kav. As you know from my other writings, all letters in Hebrew have a numerical value. Kav equals 106 and Kava equals 111. In Hebrew when a word is written one way and pronounced another; there is a message which comes out of it showing that God is true.
Samuel or the writers of Kings wanted to tell us that there is a relationship between these numbers. Indeed there is. Three times 111 divided by 106 equals 3.1415! We cal that Pi. Archimedes first knew of this relationship about 150-200 years before Christ; but it was Fibonacci who really formulated it around 1200. Yet the Bible describes it years before either of these two men. In fact, 3.1415 is more accurate information than one needs to send a man to the moon!
Modern science accredits the formulation of the water vapor cycle to Bernard Palissy, who lived in the 1500's. Yet the Bible explains this cycle in Gen 2:6 and in Job 37:26, which happens to be the oldest written in the Bible. It is also told again in Amos 5:8. Apparently, God wanted us to understand how He waters the earth!
In the creation story in Genesis, there are 34 verses in the Hebrew to describe it. Those verses are composed of 92 Hebrew words. How many elements do you need to create the universe? Ninety-two! Just as an aside: the elements from 93-115 don't exist naturally. They are made artificially and only last a few seconds. Hence, there are 92 building blocks for everything around you and 92 words used to describe it. There is no word of "coincidence" in Hebrew!
There are many, many more examples of God's signature in the bible. Then why do people insist the Bible was made up by primitive, tribal Bedouins? Did God use man to write it? Of course He did. But He is the author behind it. His signature runs throughout it. And if Bedouins wrote the Bible, where is the rest of their literature they've done since then? There isn't any!
The problem is "cognitive dissonance." Our minds will block out information that causes our hearts pain. To restate: we block out painful information. Recognizing that God is the true author of the Bible means it has to be taken seriously, man is not in control, and someone is watching us all the time! So man sturctures a world view that the Bible is nonsense, a fiction made up by primitive people a long time ago. They believe the Bible is not the instruction manual for life and if you suggest otherwise; you become the idiot, bigot, religious fundamentalist! One point missed is, of course, that there is someone watching OVER mankind, not just watching. Suggesting that someone is watching over us and protecting us might be something we can offer those who deny the authenticity of the Bible. In other words, they don't have to be frightened! We understand their everyday life will change when they accept what is written; but, they can know this is the Word of God. In fact, if anyone studies it enough, they will realize the Bible is a love letter from God and that He is speaking to them directly. The purpose: to fulfill our lives!
By the way, the Hebrew word for learn and repeat are the same. That's how we learn, by repetition. God says that if we want to learn, we do it by repetition. Study, Study, Study His Word!
Let's look at 1Kings 7:23. These are instruction for making a cylinder of some sort that has a diameter of 10 cubits. We as moderns know that there is a ratio of radius/diameter to circumference; there is a fixed relationship. Hence when given the radius or diameter of a circle we can find the circumference. We know it is a little more than 3 times the diameter. This is modern geometry.
Ignorant people use this passage in 1Kings to say that God didn't write the Bible (or even worse that there is no God and if there were He is not all knowing). This passage states that the diameter of the cylinder is to be 10 cubits and the circumference is to be 30 cubits. Why, that is impossible, they proclaim. And, indeed, if that were the end, it would be impossible; but it is not.
The Hebrew text reads that cylinder is to be 10 cubits from lip to lip. The word used for "circumference: however has no vowels written with it. This is one of several places in Hebrew Scripture where a word is pronounced one way and written another way. Two meanings can be extracted from the same word. If it is written, the word is kava. If it is spoken, the word is Kav. As you know from my other writings, all letters in Hebrew have a numerical value. Kav equals 106 and Kava equals 111. In Hebrew when a word is written one way and pronounced another; there is a message which comes out of it showing that God is true.
Samuel or the writers of Kings wanted to tell us that there is a relationship between these numbers. Indeed there is. Three times 111 divided by 106 equals 3.1415! We cal that Pi. Archimedes first knew of this relationship about 150-200 years before Christ; but it was Fibonacci who really formulated it around 1200. Yet the Bible describes it years before either of these two men. In fact, 3.1415 is more accurate information than one needs to send a man to the moon!
Modern science accredits the formulation of the water vapor cycle to Bernard Palissy, who lived in the 1500's. Yet the Bible explains this cycle in Gen 2:6 and in Job 37:26, which happens to be the oldest written in the Bible. It is also told again in Amos 5:8. Apparently, God wanted us to understand how He waters the earth!
In the creation story in Genesis, there are 34 verses in the Hebrew to describe it. Those verses are composed of 92 Hebrew words. How many elements do you need to create the universe? Ninety-two! Just as an aside: the elements from 93-115 don't exist naturally. They are made artificially and only last a few seconds. Hence, there are 92 building blocks for everything around you and 92 words used to describe it. There is no word of "coincidence" in Hebrew!
There are many, many more examples of God's signature in the bible. Then why do people insist the Bible was made up by primitive, tribal Bedouins? Did God use man to write it? Of course He did. But He is the author behind it. His signature runs throughout it. And if Bedouins wrote the Bible, where is the rest of their literature they've done since then? There isn't any!
The problem is "cognitive dissonance." Our minds will block out information that causes our hearts pain. To restate: we block out painful information. Recognizing that God is the true author of the Bible means it has to be taken seriously, man is not in control, and someone is watching us all the time! So man sturctures a world view that the Bible is nonsense, a fiction made up by primitive people a long time ago. They believe the Bible is not the instruction manual for life and if you suggest otherwise; you become the idiot, bigot, religious fundamentalist! One point missed is, of course, that there is someone watching OVER mankind, not just watching. Suggesting that someone is watching over us and protecting us might be something we can offer those who deny the authenticity of the Bible. In other words, they don't have to be frightened! We understand their everyday life will change when they accept what is written; but, they can know this is the Word of God. In fact, if anyone studies it enough, they will realize the Bible is a love letter from God and that He is speaking to them directly. The purpose: to fulfill our lives!
By the way, the Hebrew word for learn and repeat are the same. That's how we learn, by repetition. God says that if we want to learn, we do it by repetition. Study, Study, Study His Word!
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Posted by Adrienne Gottlieb at 5/14/2011 4:39 PM 
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Tags: Shavuot Bible author Fibonacci Scripture Hebrew Torah geometry Pi circumference radius diameter cogn
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Tags: Shavuot Bible author Fibonacci Scripture Hebrew Torah geometry Pi circumference radius diameter cogn
There are other evidences of yah's precision. the ark built by noah, the tabernacle built by moses, and i'm mising some i'm sure. when yah wants something done, he tells you precisely how to get it done, down to exacting measurements. oh yes, exek 46 and even in revelaiton where the new city is measured.
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